Perspective_Spring_1982

New approach to life-long learning "Universitv College" examines the city in-society Portland Stale is offering a 14, will be Hon. Neil Goldschmidt, difierent educational experience this former U.S TransportationSecretaly spring that will allow alums and and former Portland mayor, currently friends of the Untversltyto meet and associated w~thNlkeiBRS, Inc., of exchange Ideas with some of the Beaverton. leading thinkers and doers of the Joining Goldschmidtas a special reglon. lecturer will be Douglas Strain. Title of thls year's premier Cha~rman of the Board. "University Coll e" IS "The Elecfro-ScientiftcIndustries. Inc.. of Bus~nessof the?lty: Its People, Beaverton. He will dlscuss "The Place and Prospects." It wlll convene W~redWorld of the Future." on campus Monday through Two leading members of Portland Thursdav. June 14-17. State's facultv. as well as a noted gradualelundergraduate students and government employees. Also Included will be a sesston on "The Built Environment" by well-known Portland architect, Mariorie Wintermute ~bllow~n~ dlnner on Wednesday. oartctpants tn the colhe wtll IS head of PSU's Department of Theater Arts, and Ms Tate IS an actress and playwright The Unlven~tyCollege Adv~soly Board has been resoonslble for Liw- elated Education at PSU. and D; Wllllam damliton UnlverslW concePtuallz~noand'creatlno the head of the plannlng team. "By providing an atmosphere thavs condusive to cont~nuedlearning, and that 1s both non-fradit~onaland non-prov~ncial,it IS deslgned to nourish the Intellectual and soclal needs of people, many of whom already possess the usual academic credentials." Keynote speaker on Monday, June Professor at PSU, wtll lead college, as wen as provtdlni needed discussionson "The City as Ethical Problem" and "The Blrth of the Ctty: Aeschvlus and Athens." Ham~ltonis comrnunlly leadership and hison. Members include Phil Bogue. former nartner Arthur Anderson and a noteb lecturer and author of seven Co , CPAs, Kathenne Corbett, Director. Un~versltyEvents. PSU. books and rnanv articles concerned with religion and culture. Dr Mllton Bennett. Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at PSU. will talk on "Bevond the Carl Halvorson. Piesident, Halvorson-MasonCorp.: Hardy Myers (D.). Speaker, Oregon Home of Representattves;Chet Orloff. Development Officer Or on Historical Society: ~alph?in~leton. emerltus professor, PSU; and Sheny Vauohan. Director of Forelon Melt~nQPot: Human Communication In the GIN and Construct~ngtne Fut~reNew Pm e .n hew Systems Bennen IS a spectallst In ~nlorcblturacommJnncat ons and a ~rcfivesO. reaon Hlstor~caSiocletv widely-recognized consultant to organizationswhtch send employees overseas. Joining them is a third distinaulshed academictan. Dr. Fec lo aneGd the tnrec-oay ' educattona expertmen1,s 5175. Fov those who wlsn orad~ale underoraduat; ui?d~ctan be ona aid Balmer. Professor of Political Foifurther information, alums and Sctence, Lewts and Clark College, friends of PSU are invlted to contact Portland, who will speak concerntng Lynda Falkensteln at 229-3119, or "The New Federalismand Life ~n the wnte Office of Universitv Events. C~tv Balmer-co-~!rectorof hts Poriland State ~nrversliv P 0 Box coliege's graduate program In Public 751. Portland, OR 972d7 for a free Adm~ntstratlonand a faculty member brochure and reglstration materials. slnce 1951, has for many years led Appllcat~onsfor reglstration must periodic semlnars for be submlfted by May 20 her to become acquainted with offtcials of two large publlc hospitals In oariinular located on onoosite Chavigny says, "Then iPs a reasonablething to ask why, when I have no infect~on.I'm hav~noan ~~~ - 7 r ~ . - coasts of the Unlted States. Previous antibiota. ~urthe; it IS not tgo late to soclal research had shown a Quest~onany therapy at any time," remaman r s rn lar ry beween the two hosp.'a s In phys ca p ant slze klnfls 01 o seaces reaten nLmoers ot oatrents seen and thc I%e So she Inslsts. "Surdelllance of hospital communities to prevent unnecessaly infection IS a new field." she asserts. after oblainlno oermtsslon from the From her own research. Chav~qnv hopes others wtl began to qdesqon tnr cffects ol pophy arl c ant mot c tnerapy furtner tnro..gn the st.0, of larae n o n a~RonS n nOSDlta s $0 wi have paused momentarllv cross-cduntrv plank hops necessary on a medlcal banle-held, questlonhg to collect and Interpret the data. Chavlgny's study should allow her to stat- more orec~selvwhat the the over-prexnpt~onof certaln antibioltcs whose infection-killmg caoabilities once seemed estimated iskg oiiive~oo~neaw aooo~we~u"wl.e gave them w~llv-nillv."Chav~qnyrecalls. "So we Infections are. whenever ~alientsare ha"e gonorrhea-iesistant bugs now. We have hospttal-acqulredbugs whrh are reslqAnt lo a whole oamut st111gr"<too m a n i pr&&laZt~c ant~blot~cIsn. splte of what has prev~ouslybeen said and done in the research field. If her theory can be cunfirmed. even aoiantlb~otlcsIn feed, so that our afimals have antibiotlc-resistant m~cro-florain their systems. What Unlve~Collegpelanningteam, from left Lynda Falkenrtein, Wllllam Hamilton. happens tf the animals get ill?' she and Mlnon Bennett. asks ~ncredulously.

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