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****            Cameron Graham  az…@Freenet.Carleton.CA       ****
My opinions are not necessarily reflective of any body to which I belong.
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I am a student at Temple University and a member of the College Council
of Arts and Sciences.  We are currently working on a project involving
academic advising.  We beleive one reason for our school’s high attrition
rate are problems with advising.  There are only three full time advisors
for the 2000+ College of Arts and Sciences majors.  Students have to wait
in unreasonably long lines and often have to travel through a beauracratic
maze before their questions are answered.  

The administration is supposedly listening to suggestions,  and our
organiztion would like to make some constructive ones.

If students from other colleges and universities could answer the
questions below,  it would greatly aid us in our project.

1.  How does advising and registration for first and second year students
work at your school?  Are you happy with the process?  If yes,  why?  If
no,  why not?

2. Does your school use phone-in registration?  If so,  what are your
feelings about it?

Please e-mail me directly and thanks in advance.

Len  

           UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
              CONSTITUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM

        We welcome your inquiry to the House of Representatives
Constituent Electronic Mail System.  Currently, fortysix Members of
the U.S. House of Representatives have been assigned public electronic
mailboxes that may be accessed by their constituents.  The nature and
character of the incoming electronic mail has demonstrated that this
capability will be an invaluable source of information on constituent
opinion.  We are now in the process of expanding the project to other
Members of Congress, as technical, budgetary and staffing constraints
allow.

        A number of House committees have also been assigned public
electronic mailboxes.  The names and electronic mailbox addresses of
these committees are listed below after the information about
participating Representatives.

        Please review the list of participating Representatives below,
and if the Congressional District in which you reside is listed, follow
the instructions below to begin communicating by electronic mail with
your Representative.  If your Representative is not yet on-line, please
be patient.

        U.S. REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSTITUENT
                       ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM.

Hon. Thomas E. Andrews
1st Congressional District, Maine
Rm. 1530 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
TANDR…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Joe Barton
6th Congressional District, Texas
Rm. 1514 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
BARTO…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Sherwood Boehlert
23rd Congressional District, New York
Rm. 1127 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
BOEHL…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Dave Camp
4th Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 137 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
DAVEC…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Maria Cantwell
1st Congressional District, Washington
Rm. 1520 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CANTW…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
14th Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 2426 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
JCONY…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Sam Coppersmith
1st Congressional District, Arizona
1607 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SAMA…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Peter Defazio
4th Congressional District, Oregon
1233 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PDEFA…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Peter Deutsch
20th Congressional District, Florida
Rm. 425 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PDEUT…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Jay Dickey
4th Congressional District, Arkansas
Rm. 1338 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
JDIC…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Vernon Ehlers
3rd Congressional District, Michigan
Rm. 1526 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CONGE…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Anna Eshoo
14th Congressional District, California
Rm. 1505 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ANNAG…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Elizabeth Furse
1st Congressional District, Oregon
Rm. 316 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
FURSE…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Sam Gejdenson
2nd Congressional District, Connecticut
Rm. 2416 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
BOZ…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Newton Gingrich
6th Congressional District, Georgia
Rm. 2428 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
GEORG…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Bob Goodlatte
6th Congressional District, Virginia
Rm. 214 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
TALK2…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Rod Grams
6th Congressional District, Minnesota
Rm. 1713 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
RODGR…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Dan Hamburg
1st Congressional District, California
Rm. 114 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HAMB…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Dennis Hastert
14th Congressional District, Illinois
Rm. 2453 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
DHAST…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Martin Hoke
2nd Congressional District, Ohio
Rm. 212 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HOKEM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Ernest J. Istook, Jr.
5th Congressional District, Oklahoma
Rm. 1116 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
IST…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Sam Johnson
3rd Congressional District, Texas
Rm. 1030 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SAMT…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Mike Kreidler
9th Congressional District, Washington
Rm. 1535 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
KREID…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Tom Lantos
12th Congressional District, California
Rm. 2182 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
TALK2…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Thomas Manton
7th Congressional District, New York
Rm. 203 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
TMAN…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. George Miller
7th Congressional District, California
Rm. 2205 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
GMIL…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Norman Y. Mineta
15th Congressional District, California
Rm. 2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
TELLN…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Ed Pastor
2nd Congressional District, Arizona
Rm. 408 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
EDPAS…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Bill Paxon
27th Congressional District, New York
Rm. 1314 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
BPA…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Owen Pickett
2nd Congressional District, Virginia
Rm. 2430 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
OPICK…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Earl Pomeroy
North Dakota, At Large
Rm. 318 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
EPOME…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Rob Portman
2nd Congressional District, Ohio
Rm. 238 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
PORTM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. David Price
4th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 2458 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PR…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Jim Ramstad
3rd Congressional District, Minnesota
Rm. 322 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
M…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Pat Roberts
1st Congressional District, Kansas
Rm. 1126 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
EMAIL…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Charlie Rose
7th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 2230 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CR…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Christopher Shays
4th Congressional District, Connecticut
Room 1034, Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CSH…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Karen Shepherd
2nd Congressional District, Utah
Rm. 414 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SHEPH…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. David Skaggs
2nd Congressional District, Colorado
Rm. 1124 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SKA…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. ‘Pete’ Stark
13th Congressional District, California
Rm. 239 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PETEM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Cliff Stearns
6th Congressional District, Florida
Rm. 332 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CSTEA…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Charles Taylor
11th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 516 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
CHTAY…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Robert Walker
16th Congressional District, Pennsylvania
Rm. 2369 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Mel Watt
12th Congressional District, North Carolina
Rm. 1232 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
MELM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Charles Wilson
2nd Congressional District, Texas
Rm. 2256 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
CWIL…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Hon. Dick Zimmer
12th Congressional District, New Jersey
Rm. 228 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
DZIM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

                    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONSTITUENTS

     The list above includes the electronic mail addresses of members
who are participating in the program.  However, if your Representative
is taking part in the project, we request that you send a letter or
postcard by U.S. Mail to that Representative at the address listed above
with your name and internet address, followed by your postal
(geographical) address. The primary goal of this program is to allow
Members to better serve their CONSTITUENTS, and this postal contact is
the only sure method currently available of verifying that a user is a
resident of a particular congressional district.

        In addition, constituents who communicate with their
Representative by electronic mail should be aware that Members will
sometimes respond to their messages by way of the U.S. Postal Service.
This  method of reply will help to ensure confidentiality, a concern
that is of upmost importance to the House of Representatives.

        COMMITTEES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATING
                     IN THE ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM.

Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
Committee on Education and Labor
Rm. 320 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
SLABM…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Committee on Natural Resources
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
NAT…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
2320 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HOUSE…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

        You can send comments about our service to the Constituent
Electronic Mail System Comment mailbox, at

        COMME…@HR.HOUSE.GOV

        We will make every effort to integrate suggestions into
forthcoming updates of our system.  Please note, that the intended
purpose of this mailbox is to support public inquiry about the
House Constituent Electronic Mail System.  Messages intended for
Members of Congress should be sent directly to the appropriate
Member of Congress at their electronic mail or postal address.

UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

         From time to time, you may want to send another e-mail message
to CONGR…@HR.HOUSE.GOV to see the most recent version of the list of
Members and Committees using Constituent Electronic Mail.  The
information is also available on
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FEDERALIST No. 20

The Same Subject Continued
(The Insufficiency fo the Present Confederation to Preserve the
 Union)
From the New York Packet.
Tuesday, December 11, 1787.

HAMILTON AND MADISON

To the People of the State of New York:
THE United Netherlands are a confederacy of republics, or rather
 of aristocracies of a very remarkable texture, yet confirming all
 the lessons derived from those which we have already reviewed.
The union is composed of seven coequal and sovereign states, and
 each state or province is a composition of equal and independent
 cities. In all important cases, not only the provinces but the
 cities must be unanimous.
The sovereignty of the Union is represented by the
 States-General, consisting usually of about fifty deputies appointed
 by the provinces. They hold their seats, some for life, some for
 six, three, and one years; from two provinces they continue in
 appointment during pleasure.
The States-General have authority to enter into treaties and
 alliances; to make war and peace; to raise armies and equip
 fleets; to ascertain quotas and demand contributions. In all these
 cases, however, unanimity and the sanction of their constituents are
 requisite. They have authority to appoint and receive ambassadors;
 to execute treaties and alliances already formed; to provide for
 the collection of duties on imports and exports; to regulate the
 mint, with a saving to the provincial rights; to govern as
 sovereigns the dependent territories. The provinces are restrained,
 unless with the general consent, from entering into foreign
 treaties; from establishing imposts injurious to others, or
 charging their neighbors with higher duties than their own subjects.
 A council of state, a chamber of accounts, with five colleges of
 admiralty, aid and fortify the federal administration.
The executive magistrate of the union is the stadtholder, who is
 now an hereditary prince. His principal weight and influence in the
 republic are derived from this independent title; from his great
 patrimonial estates; from his family connections with some of the
 chief potentates of Europe; and, more than all, perhaps, from his
 being stadtholder in the several provinces, as well as for the
 union; in which provincial quality he has the appointment of town
 magistrates under certain regulations, executes provincial decrees,
 presides when he pleases in the provincial tribunals, and has
 throughout the power of pardon.
As stadtholder of the union, he has, however, considerable
 prerogatives.
In his political capacity he has authority to settle disputes
 between the provinces, when other methods fail; to assist at the
 deliberations of the States-General, and at their particular
 conferences; to give audiences to foreign ambassadors, and to keep
 agents for his particular affairs at foreign courts.
In his military capacity he commands the federal troops,
 provides for garrisons, and in general regulates military affairs;
 disposes of all appointments, from colonels to ensigns, and of the
 governments and posts of fortified towns.
In his marine capacity he is admiral-general, and superintends
 and directs every thing relative to naval forces and other naval
 affairs; presides in the admiralties in person or by proxy;
 appoints lieutenant-admirals and other officers; and establishes
 councils of war, whose sentences are not executed till he approves
 them.
His revenue, exclusive of his private income, amounts to three
 hundred thousand florins. The standing army which he commands
 consists of about forty thousand men.
Such is the nature of the celebrated Belgic confederacy, as
 delineated on parchment. What are the characters which practice has
 stamped upon it? Imbecility in the government; discord among the
 provinces; foreign influence and indignities; a precarious
 existence in peace, and peculiar calamities from war.
It was long ago remarked by Grotius, that nothing but the hatred
 of his countrymen to the house of Austria kept them from being
 ruined by the vices of their constitution.
The union of Utrecht, says another respectable writer, reposes
 an authority in the States-General, seemingly sufficient to secure
 harmony, but the jealousy in each province renders the practice very
 different from the theory.
The same instrument, says another, obliges each province to levy
 certain contributions; but this article never could, and probably
 never will, be executed; because the inland provinces, who have
 little commerce, cannot pay an equal quota.
In matters of contribution, it is the practice to waive the
 articles of the constitution. The danger of delay obliges the
 consenting provinces to furnish their quotas, without waiting for
 the others; and then to obtain reimbursement from the others, by
 deputations, which are frequent, or otherwise, as they can. The
 great wealth and influence of the province of Holland enable her to
 effect both these purposes.
It has more than once happened, that the deficiencies had to be
 ultimately collected at the point of the bayonet; a thing
 practicable, though dreadful, in a confedracy where one of the
 members exceeds in force all the rest, and where several of them are
 too small to meditate resistance; but utterly impracticable in one
 composed of members, several of which are equal to each other in
 strength and resources, and equal singly to a vigorous and
 persevering defense.
Foreign ministers, says Sir William Temple, who was himself a
 foreign minister, elude matters taken ad referendum, by
 tampering with the provinces and cities. In 1726, the treaty of
 Hanover was delayed by these means a whole year. Instances of a
 like nature are numerous and notorious.
In critical emergencies, the States-General are often compelled
 to overleap their constitutional bounds. In 1688, they concluded a
 treaty of themselves at the risk of their heads. The treaty of
 Westphalia, in 1648, by which their independence was formerly and
 finally recognized, was concluded without the consent of Zealand.
 Even as recently as the last treaty of peace with Great Britain,
 the constitutional principle of unanimity was departed from. A weak
 constitution must necessarily terminate in dissolution, for want of
 proper powers, or the usurpation of powers requisite for the public
 safety. Whether the usurpation, when once begun, will stop at the
 salutary point, or go forward to the dangerous extreme, must depend
 on the contingencies of the moment. Tyranny has perhaps oftener
 grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing
 exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full
 exercise of the largest constitutional authorities.
Notwithstanding the calamities produced by the stadtholdership,
 it has been supposed that without his influence in the individual
 provinces, the causes of anarchy manifest in the confederacy would
 long ago have dissolved it. “Under such a government,” says the
 Abbe Mably, “the Union could never have subsisted, if the provinces
 had not a spring within themselves, capable of quickening their
 tardiness, and compelling them to the same way of thinking. This
 spring is the stadtholder.” It is remarked by Sir William Temple,
 “that in the intermissions of the stadtholdership, Holland, by her
 riches and her authority, which drew the others into a sort of
 dependence, supplied the place.”
These are not the only circumstances which have controlled the
 tendency to anarchy and dissolution. The surrounding powers impose
 an absolute necessity of union to a certain degree, at the same time
 that they nourish by their intrigues the constitutional vices which
 keep the republic in some degree always at their mercy.
The true patriots have long bewailed the fatal tendency of these
 vices, and have made no less than four regular experiments by
 EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLIES, convened for the special purpose, to apply
 a remedy. As many times has their laudable zeal found it impossible
 to UNITE THE PUBLIC COUNCILS in reforming the known, the
 acknowledged, the fatal evils of the existing constitution. Let us
 pause, my fellow-citizens, for one moment, over this melancholy and
 monitory lesson of history; and with the tear that drops for the
 calamities brought on mankind by their adverse opinions and selfish
 passions, let our gratitude mingle an ejaculation to Heaven, for the
 propitious concord which has distinguished the consultations for our
 political happiness.
A design was also conceived of establishing a general tax to be
 administered by the federal authority. This also had its
 adversaries and failed.
This unhappy people seem to be now suffering from popular
 convulsions, from dissensions among the states, and from the actual
 invasion of foreign arms, the crisis of their distiny. All nations
 have their eyes fixed on the awful spectacle. The first wish
 prompted by humanity is, that this severe trial may issue in such a
 revolution of their government as will establish their union, and
 render it the parent of tranquillity, freedom and happiness: The
 next, that the asylum under which, we trust, the enjoyment of these
 blessings will speedily be secured in this country, may receive and
 console them for the catastrophe of their own.
I make no apology for having dwelt so long on the contemplation
 of these federal precedents. Experience is the oracle of truth;
 and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be
 conclusive and sacred. The important truth, which it unequivocally
 pronounces in the present case, is that a sovereignty over
 sovereigns, a government over governments, a legislation for
 communities, as contradistinguished from individuals, as it is a
 solecism in theory, so in practice it is subversive of the order and
 ends of civil polity, by substituting VIOLENCE in place of LAW, or
 the destructive COERCION of the SWORD in place of the mild and
 salutary COERCION of the MAGISTRACY.
PUBLIUS.

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Subject: Questions of current technology
Newsgroups: alt.education.research
Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900)
Summary:
Keywords:

Hello!  I’m doing a bit of research for my Business 101 class on how new
and current technologies are affecting students and faculty in facilities
of higher education.  This includes computers, of course, but is not
limited to them as technology includes all new knowledge.  We’ve made up
a list of six questions that we would like to have answered, and if you
could just take a moment to answer them it would be appreciated greatly.  
If you would like further information on our findings you can write to me
at my E-mail address and I would happy to get back in touch with you.  
Thank you in advance!

1.  What are the main problems you see associated with the constant
change in technology from the view of higher education?

2.  Do you find it difficult to keep up with the technological changes?  
Why or why not?  To what extent do you try to keep up (i.e. staying ahead
of the changes, learning on the job, taking classes, etc)?

3.  It has been said that four year programs are not as valuable in
today’s society because the rate of technological change is approximately
every three years, so by the time a student obtains his or her degree,
it’s on past knowledge.  Why do you agree or disagree with this statement?

4.  How are college level classes changing to meet business’ expectations
(i.e. are the colleges changing their curricullum to meet the increasing
technology or are the students responsible to "update" their own knowledge)?

5.  Do you feel that schools have the funding to keep up with the
increasing technology?

6.  How is this new technology being introduced within the classroom
setting?  Are professors accepting the new technology to prepare the
students or are they sticking to their past teaching methods?

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|______\East Coast Asian Student Union|____/

Presidents Day Weekend, February 17-19, 1995

DUKE UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, and THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL proudly present the Seventeenth Annual
ECASU Conference…

"Exposing the plight of Asian Pacific Americans
in our nation’s inner cities."  

        Miami.  Atlanta.  DC…

The recent splash of Asian Americans in Hollywood and television
may have greatly increased the visibility of APA’s in the eyes of
mainstream society, but the fight has only half begun.

        New York.  Philly.  Boston…

Hunched in the shadows of this glitz and glamour is the other side
of Asian America; an urban poor suffering from substandard housing,
health care deprivation, employment discrimination, inaccessibility
to basic education, and racially-motivated violence.  These Asian
Pacific Islanders of inner-city America are in dire need and still
very much invisible.

        Chicago.  San Francisco.  LA…

Our nation’s metropolitan centers are ticking time bombs packed
with the twin explosives of racism and classism, encircled by an
ever-growing minority underclass.  It is the goal of the 1995 ECASU
Conference to not only enlighten the minds of Asian Americans, but
to mobilize and incite them to action as leaders fighting for their
community and those of all People of Color.

        Durham.  Raleigh.  Chapel Hill.

We — the students of Duke University, North Carolina State
University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill —
are extremely proud to host what we hope will be a very historic
17th annual ECASU conference.

This is the first time the ECASU annual conference has been held
south of Philadelphia; a prime opportunity for ECASU to
simultaneously enlarge its scope of outreach and invigorate an up-
and-coming region with a growing, tight-knit Asian American
community.  "There are Asians in the South?" you wonder out loud.

Yes.  This is the New South and we hope that you will join us.

TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Friday, February 17, 1995
   3:00pm-11:30pm                  Registration
   7:00pm-1:00am                   Evening Social Activities
Saturday, February 18, 1995
   7:00am-10:00am                  Registration
   9:00am-10:00am                  Opening Session
   10:00am-10:30am                 Opening Speaker
   10:30am-11:15am                 Keynote Address
   11:30am-12:30pm                 Plenary: Panel Discussion
   12:30pm-2:00pm                  Lunch
   2:00pm-3:15pm                   Workshop Session I
   3:30pm-4:45pm                   Workshop Session II
   5:00pm-6:00pm                   ECASU Regional General
                                   Body Meetings
   6:00pm-7:30pm                   Dinner
   7:45pm-9:00pm                   Talent Show
   10:00pm-2:30am                  Dance
Sunday, February 19, 1995
   9:30am-11:30am                  ECASU ’96 Bidding*
   11:45am-12:15pm                 Closing Session

   *If you are planning to bid for the 1996 ECASU conference, you
must register your bid with Darren Jer (919-613-2446 /
darr…@acpub.duke.edu) by Feb. 1, 1995.

About ECASU…
   The East Coast Asian Student Union (ECASU) was founded in 1977
and is the oldest and largest network of Asian Pacific American
students in the United States.  Recognizing the need for collective
action and mutual support, ECASU boasts a long and distinguished
record of activism and achievement.
   The goals of ECASU are to promote a sense of unity among Asian
Pacific Americans, build and strengthen Asian Pacific American
student organizations and networks, and fight for the equality of
Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.

ECASU Regions & Executives for 1994-95:
  New England Region
     Vira Douangmany, UMass-Amherst
     Feng J, Hsiung, Dartmouth College
     Donna Lau, Brown University
 Upstate New York Region
     Ngoc Huynh, Syracuse University
     Timmy Mooken, SUNY-Albany
     Doualy Xaykaothao, Ithaca College
 New York City Region
     Tomo Geron, Columbia University
     Lea Geronimo, Hunter College
     Mumtaj Ismail, Rutgers University
  Mid-Atlantic Region
     Jergin Chen, Univ. of Pennsylvania
     Darren Jer, Duke University
     Phelana Pang, Duke University

ECASU ’95 CONFERENCE — REGISTRATION FORM

NAME___________________________________________________________

SCHOOL & CAMPUS________________________________________________

ADDRESS________________________________________________________        

_______________________________________________________________

PHONE/FAX______________________________________________________

EMAIL__________________________________________________________

GENDER:    F      M       DATE OF BIRTH:_______________________    

YEAR OF GRADUATION:________________  MAJOR:____________________

IS MONDAY, PRESIDENTS DAY (2/19) A HOLIDAY AT YOUR SCHOOL?  Y / N

ASIAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION OR OFFICE OF MINORITY OR MULTICULTURAL

AFFAIRS________________________________________________________

ADDRESS________________________________________________________        

_______________________________________________________________

PHONE/FAX______________________________________________________

TRAVEL INFORMATION

     WE AT ECASU ’95 ARE TRYING OUR HARDEST TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION AS
EASY AND INEXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
     FOR DISCOUNTED AIRFARE PLEASE CONTACT:
        TRIANGLE  TRAVEL, DUKE DESK
        1-800-334-1647, 8AM-5:30PM, MONDAY-FRIDAY
     CHARTERED BUSSING MAY BE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON SUFFICIENT
INTEREST.

     WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONFERENCE COORDINATORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ORGANIZING BUSSING AND TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS LEADING PUBLICITY EFFORTS
IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:  MIAMI, CHICAGO, BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, DC,
AND ATLANTA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
        Darren Jer:     (919)613-2446
        Phelana Pang:   phel…@acpub.duke.edu

ESTIMATED DAY AND TIME OF ARRIVAL:
____FRIDAY:_____MORNING _____AFTERNOON _____NIGHT _____LATE-NIGHT

____SATURDAY: ____MORNING ____AFTERNOON

WILL YOU REQUIRE A PARKING PERMIT?      Y       N

*** IF YOU WILL BE ARRIVING AS A GROUP, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU
SEND ALL OF YOUR REGISTRATION MATERIALS TOGETHER AND ALSO INCLUDE A LIST
OF EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP. ***

HOUSING INFORMATION
        ON CAMPUS HOUSING IS AVAILABLE FOR REGISTERED
PARTICIPANTS AT ALL THREE HOST SCHOOLS.  YOU WILL BE HOUSED ACCORDING TO
YOUR TRAVEL GROUP ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE BASIS.
   I WILL NEED HOUSING FOR:
        ____FRIDAY NIGHT ____SATURDAY NIGHT
   I WILL ARRANGE MY OWN HOUSING:
        ____AT A HOTEL, OR
        ____ON CAMPUS, AT __DUKE__NCSU__UNC-CH
        WITH (NAME)________________________.

WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING HOTELS:
        THE RATES LISTED BELOW ARE FOR DOUBLE ROOMS. YOU MUST MENTION
ECASU TO RECEIVE RATES LISTED BELOW.
     DURHAM HILTON: $66-$71, (919)383-8033
     SHERATON INN UNIVERSITY CENTER: $62-$68, (919)383-8575
     OMNI EUROPA: $56-$61, (919)968-4900
     BROWNSTONE-MEDCENTER INN: $42-$48,(919)286-7761
     CRICKET INN: $34-$40, (919)383-2549

REGISTRATION FEES:
     BEFORE DECEMBER 1: $15.   BEFORE FEBRUARY 1: $20.  
        AFTER FEBRUARY 1 & ON-SITE: $25.

*** Check must be received before registration will be processed

PLEASE RETURN FORM WITH CHECK PAYABLE TO:
        1995 ECASU CONFERENCE
        BOX 92243
        DURHAM, NC 27708-2243

QUESTIONS REGARDING REGISTRATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
     GRACE CHEN, G…@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU, (919)-613-0720
     JERRY KU, J…@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU, (919)-613-2077

RECEIVE THE LATEST ECASU NEWS. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECASU MAILING LISTSERVER BY
SENDING A MESSAGE TO TED…@MIT.EDU INDICATING: "subscribe ec…@mit.edu"

ECASU ’95 CONFERENCE — WORKSHOP APPLICATION

WORKSHOP APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
        1. APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 1, 1994.
             DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS & MAIL ALL APPLICATIONS TO:
                ECASU ’95 – WORKSHOPS
                C/O DARREN JER
                BOX 96653
                DURHAM, NC 27708-6653
                PHONE: (919)613-2446; FAX: (919)684-3200
                EMAIL: DARR…@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU        
        2. ECASU ’95 WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PROPOSALS
           ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING GENERAL TOPICS:
                SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES
                GHETTOIZATION
                SUBURBANIZATION
        3. PLEASE MAKE PROPOSALS FOCUSED, SPECIFIC, AND ONE HOUR TO  
           ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES IN LENGTH.

        SAMPLE TOPIC TITLE: "ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE"
        BETTER SAMPLE TOPIC TITLE: "ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE IN ATLANTA IN THE
                1990′S"

WORKSHOP APPLICATION:  (Please type or print legibly.)

Name___________________________________________________________

School & Campus________________________________________________

Organization (IF APPLICABLE) __________________________________

Address________________________________________________________

        _______________________________________________________

Phone/Fax______________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________________

Title of workshop______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Please address the following in your proposal:

1. What problem or issue will the workshop address?  Provide
background information and explain its significance to the Asian
Pacific American community.

2. What solutions or skills will the workshop offer?  How will the
workshop encourage students to participate in campus or community
organizations?

3. Describe the format of the workshop, specifically, how the session
will be presented.

4. What questions will you ask to focus discussion? (List 5)

5. How does the workshop relate to the theme: Exposing the plight of
Asian Pacific Americans in our nation’s inner cities.  It is not
mandatory that workshops relate to the theme of the conference,
but preference will be given to workshops that do.

ECASU ’95 CONFERENCE — TALENT SHOW APPLICATION

Direct all questions & mail all applications to:
        ECASU ’95 –  Talent Show
        c/o Theera Vachranukunkiet
        Box 95532
        Durham, NC 27708-5532
        phone: (919)613-2966    fax:(919)684-3200
        email: tvach…@acpub.duke.edu

        All applications must be postmarked by January 1, 1995. You will
be notified of the status of your application by January 20, 1995.

ECASU ’95 — TALENT SHOW APPLICATION (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT LEGIBLY)

Name of act____________________________________________________

Name of group__________________________________________________

Contact person_________________________________________________

School & Campus________________________________________________

Address________________________________________________________

        _______________________________________________________

Phone/Fax______________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________________

Number of performers___________________________________________

Duration (Maximum 8 minutes)___________________________________

Please SUBMIT A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR ACT ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.

Can any one tell me the email address or mailing address of the
graduate program for school psychology in the USA? Thanks very
much in advanced.
—

Regards,

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In article <3ae2d5$…@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>, ren…@wam.umd.edu (Renee Cidell Samuels) writes:

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>Does anyone out there feel that there is pressure on campus to join a
>traditionally black greek system because they are black?

>Or do you feel that  by joining a "white" sorority or fraternity that you
>are not  where you belong?

>I was also wondering if there are any  of the "white" houses that were
>bothered when a black person joined their organization?

>This is just something I noticed during Rush at my school, that there
>were different houses for different ethnic groups.  I never
>realized until now that there was a Greek System that was different for  
>the black greeks than the whites.

>Now before I finish I want to mention that I am not asking these
>questions to offend anyone.  I am just honestly curious if others have
>noticed this on their campuses and how they feel about it.

Well, of course people should only go where they feel most comfortable, but it
should be noted that the lines are becoming more and more blurred. There is no
such thing as a traditionally white fraternity anymore, and the traditionally
black fraternities currently have approximately 10% non-black membership
(mostly white) and rising steadily. The main different between the two types of
fraternities, as I understand it, other than their rules for rush and pledging
(or intake), is that the black, or NPHC fraternities were founded on community
service principles, and philanthropy is still extremely important in their
operations, while other fraternities participate in philanthropies, that isn’t
usually their main founding principle.

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