Viking_Yearbook_91

• I -- MARCH M arch 26 -The Office Student Af– fairs c~eated a new information cen– ter m Its reorgamzatwn process. The center will provide information on pro– grams and services offered to students at PSU, such as Counseling and Psychological Services, Helen Gordon Child Care Center and academ– ic advising. March 27 - Bernie Fagan, a former Port– land Timber and soccer coach at Warner Pacif– ic College, convinced the PSU Athletic De– partment to sponsor new men's and women's soccer teams at PSU beginning in the fall of 1991. The program will be funded entirely by private and corporate sponsors. News/Monthly APRIL A pril4 -Nineteen applicants registered for the student government elections, including four presidential hopefuls, held April 16 and 17. Greg Payne and running mate Shirley Smits defeated the Vision, Diverse and Open Forum parties at the end of a contro– versial campaign. In another upset, Jennie Clark, an unknown running with the Diverse party, defeated incumbent Eric Winters for the position of Incidental Fee Committee chair. It was announced at the beginning of April that six Student Affairs positions would be elim– inated. Hardest hit were academic advising which lost three positions. The remaining three were within the offices of Student Affairs, in– cluding Bob Vieira, the associate dean of Stu– dent Affairs, and Jack Lutes, the assistant dean of Student Affairs. During the first week of spring term, Kinko's Copy Center announced that it would suspend the sale of course packets at Kinko's as part of a nationwide suspension. The suspension was in response to a court ruling March 27 against Kinko's brought by book publishers. Aprill7- PSU's OSPIRG chapter hosted a 20th anniversary birthday party for the statewide organization. OSPIRG was founded twenty years ago by Oregon college students and since then has focused primarily on consumer, envi– ronmental, hunger and homelessness and good government issues. April 22 through April 26 -This year marked the fifteenth annual International Week celebration. The week kicked off with a multi– ethnic food bazaar with music by Tiempo Caribe in the Park Blocks that was attended by nearly one thousand students. The week was conclud– ed with Grand Cultural night with international fashion, food and performances from many inter– national groups on campus. • • • All by Deborah Hallick