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Congressional and Political Papers of Michael Kopetski

Published April 1, 2013

Michael J. Kopetski was born October 27, 1949 in Pendleton, Oregon. After graduate school, Kopetski worked as an aide to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, better known as the “Watergate Committee.” In 1985 he won election as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. Following two unsuccessful runs for Congress in 1982 and 1988, Kopetski ran successfully in 1990, defeating incumbent Republican Denny Smith.

Kopetski was a member of the One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1995) as a Democratic member. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1995. The Michael J. Kopetski Papers consist of papers generated and received by the office of Congressman Michael J. Kopetski during his two terms in the United States House of Representatives representing the Fifth District of the state of Oregon. Additional materials include papers generated and received by the office of Congressman Michael J. Kopetski during his two terms in the Oregon State Legislature.

For more information, visit our full finding aid for his congressional and political papers at: http://libmedia.willamette.edu/GCW/#doc:page:eads/2867/cpd/1/4/0

Better Than Printing Tip #8: Listen to Articles

Published March 25, 2013

Better than Printing Tip #8: Listen to articles instead of read them. Many journal articles in the Ebsco or Gale databases are available in audio format. Look for the microphone icon to listen to an article.
Details at: http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/

It’s not just about sustainability & waste. The Better than Printing campaign is geared toward helping you choose methods that make it easier to organize and edit your documents & articles and to work collaboratively.

View the Tip of the Week Archive:

http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/tip_of_the_week.html

Results from the Edible Book Festival, 2013

Published March 19, 2013

Second Annual Edible Book Festival Results!!!

Our second annual Edible Book Festival was held in the Hatfield Room on March 15th, 2013, in conjunction with the annual International Edible Book Festival. There were nearly twice as many entries this year, so a big thank you goes to all of our participants.  The Statesman Journal also provided wonderful photos of the exhibits and even a video interview of how Kimberly Miller and her collaborators created “The Monster Book of Monsters”  in the March 15th edition of the newspaper. Below are photos of the entries, the winners, and photos during the judging and awards ceremony.

 

Prizes awarded:

  • People’s Choice – “The Monster Book of Monsters” by Kimberly Miller, Audrey Kaltenbach and Matt Bateman.
  • Best Student Entry – “One Cake to Rule Them All” by Kelsey Kinavey.
  • Most Creative – “Lord of Pies” by Kelly Slaughter.
  • Most Literary – (Tie) “The Picture of Dorian Souffle” by Maureen Ricks; “Lay’s Miserables” by Katie Mariman.
  • Punniest – (Three-way tie) “Their Fries Were Watching Cod” by Sophie Hearn; “Their Eyes Were Watching Cod” by Megan Newcomb and Grace Katzmar; “Pride and Prego Dish” by Liz Butterfield. 
  • Honorable Mention – “Hop on Pop” by Sara Amato.

 

“The Monster Book of Monsters”

Inspired by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
By J.K. Rowling
Created by Kimberly Miller, Audrey Kaltenbach and Matt Bateman

People’s Choice
“One Cake to Rule Them All”

Inspired by The Lord of the Rings By JRR Tolkein
Created by Kelsey Kinavey

Best Student Entry
  “Lord of the Pies”

Inspired by Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
Created by Kelly Slaughter

Most Creative
  “The Picture of Dorian Souffle”

Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray
By Oscar Wilde
Created by Maureen Ricks

(Tie) Most Literary

 
  “Lay’s Miserables”

Inspired by Les Miserables
By Victor Hugo
Created by Katie Mariman

(Tie) Most Literary

 
“Their Fries Were Watching Cod”

Inspired by Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurston
Created by Sophie Hearn

(Tie) Punniest

 
  “Their Eyes Were Watching Cod”

Inspired by Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurston
Created by Megan Newcomb and Grace Katzmar

(Tie) Punniest
“Pride and Prego Dish”

Inspired by Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen
Created by Liz Butterfield

(Tie) Punniest

 
  “Hop on Pop”

Inspired by Hop on Pop
By Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
Created by Sara Amato

Honorable Mention
  “Hairy Potato”

Inspired by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By J.K. Rowling
Created by Amy Amato
  “The Marshmallowship of the Ring”

Inspired by The Fellowship of the Ring
By JRR Tolkein
Created by Victoria Binning
“Sylvia”

Inspired by Birthday Letters
By Ted Hughes
Created by Carol Drost
  “Clementine’s Letter”

Inspired by Clementine’s Letter
By Sara Pennypacker
Created by Mary, Ruby, & Hoy McRobinson
  “The Big Two-Hearted River”

Inspired by The Big Two-Hearted River
By Ernest Hemingway
Created by Sage Townsend
  “The Cats’ Table”

Inspired by The Cat’s Table
By Michael Ondaatje
Created by Joni Roberts
  “The Count of Monte Crisco”

Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo
By  Alexandre Dumas
Created by John Repplinger
  “Oscar Meyer’s Salami”

Inspired by Salome
By Oscar Wilde
Created by Saran Walker
  “To Grill a Mockingbird”

Inspired by To Kill a Mocking Bird
By Harper Lee
Created by Emma Jonas
  “Pages Coming to Life – Jungle Book”

Inspired by Jungle Book
By Rudyard Kipling
Created by Leslie Whitaker
“Olive R Twist”

Inspired by Oliver Twist
By Charles Dickens
Created by Leslie Whitaker
  “Holes”

Inspired by Holes
By Louis Sachar
Created by Allison Boltwood

Viewing and Judging the Exhibits

 
 
 
 
 
 

For questions, contact Carol Drost, x6715, cdrost@willamette.edu.

 

Better Than Printing Tip #7: Save articles in RefWorks

Published March 15, 2013

Save articles in RefWorks. Refworks allows you to keep track of and organize your citations and documents.  You may also continue to use RefWorks after you graduate!

For more information about creating an account and using RefWorks check out the handy guides from our librarians:
http://libguides.willamette.edu/refworks

It’s not just about sustainability & waste. The Better than Printing campaign is geared toward helping you choose methods that make it easier to organize and edit your documents & articles and to work collaboratively.

View the Tip of the Week Archive:

http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/tip_of_the_week.html

Better Than Printing Tip #6: Use NetFiles Personal Storage

Published March 8, 2013

Students, faculty and staff have access to personal storage space on Willamette’s network file server. This space is automatically created when your network account is made.  The NetFiles storage space can be used to store and back up data for classes, projects and academic research.  The file servers themselves are backed up regularly and data can be recovered in cases of local hard drive failures or accidental file corruption or deletion.  All members of the community are strongly encouraged to save any files that cannot afford to be lost to their NetFiles storage space.

The file server may be accessed from any computer that has network connectivity. It is similar to DropBox or other on-line storage services – and it’s completely free.

  • Space: 10gb of storage are allotted to each personal share.
  • Connecting On-Campus: Map your NetFiles storage space as a network drive to access it easily from your computer on campus
  • Connecting from Off Campus: You MUST connect via a file transfer client application and use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to access your NetFiles storage space from off campus.  You can also use an SFTP client to connect to NetFiles from campus.
    • File Transfer Client Software: To access the NetFiles storage from off-campus, download and install a file transfer client application such as Filezilla or Cyberduck (both have versions for PC and Mac).  Configuration instructions for SFTP client software.
  • Personal website: You can also set up a personal website on your NetFiles directory.
  • Backups: NetFiles makes daily copies of each stored file, called snapshots.  These snapshots are user-accessible so you can retrieve your own files from a previous version. Please contact the WITS Help Desk or your user services consultant for help accessing or using the snapshots.
  • Transition to NetFiles FAQ

View the Tip of the Week Archive:

http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/tip_of_the_week.html

Win Cash for Your Research

Published March 5, 2013

The Hatfield Library is sponsoring its annual Research Award, with the winners earning a $500 cash prize. The award will be given for a paper, in any subject, that demonstrates outstanding research using library and information resources.  Any student paper written in the sophomore or junior year as part of regular class work is eligible to be considered for this award*.  The paper should have been written in the current academic year; that is, Fall 2012/Spring 2013. For complete details and instructions visit the Academic Commons.

*Papers done as the senior project but in the junior year are excluded.

Better Than Printing Tip #5: Use PrintWhatYouLike.com to Reduce Printing

Published March 1, 2013

Use services like  Printwhatyoulike.com to help reduce unnecessary things you don’t need to print.  This resource allows you to exclude elements of web pages to print only the stuff you need.

Edible Book Festival, March 15, 2013

Published February 25, 2013

YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
SECOND ANNUAL EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL!!!!

Friday, March 15, 2013

Hatfield Room
Mark O. Hatfield Library

In conjunction with the International Edible Book Festival, we are pleased to sponsor this fun and creative event again this year. Use your artistic talents or your punny side to make an edible creation inspired by a literary title, author, or character. Pick your favorite mystery, poem, or character from a children’s book—the only limit is your imagination.

 

Last year’s entries are show below. For additional inspiration and ideas, check out these Edible Book Festival entries from Seattle, University of Puget Sound, and Duke University. Your entry doesn’t need to be baked or cooked, but it does need to be made of something edible!

Drop off your entries in the Hatfield Room on March 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. If you have a copy of the book that inspired your creation, bring it along and we will include it in the display. Come in to cast a vote for your favorite edible book– all entries will be on view until 4:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided!

At 4:30 p.m., our esteemed panel of judges—Mike Chasar (English), Hannah Elder (CLA ’13), Honey Wilson (President’s Office)—will announce the prizes for:

  • Best Student Entry
  • Most Literary
  • Most Creative
  • Punniest
  • People’s Choice

Bistro gift cards will be given to this year’s winners.

For questions, contact Carol Drost, 370-6715
cdrost@willamette.edu

 

The Exhibits

“Tortilla Flat”

Inspired by
Tortilla Flat
By John Steinbeck
Created by
Leslie Whitaker
“Heart of Darkness”

Inspired by
Heart of Darkness
By Joseph Conrad
Created by
Joni Roberts
“Swiss Family Rubinson”

Inspired by
Swiss Family Robinson
Created by
Carol Drost
“The Invisible Flan”

Inspired by
The Invisible Man
By H.G. Wells
Created by
Saran Walker
“The Invisible Jam”

Inspired by
The Invisible Man
By H.G. Wells
Created by
Robert Minato
“Spuds in Your Eye”

Inspired by
Suds in Your Eye
By Mary Lasswell
Created by
Alice French
“Jane Pear”

Inspired by
Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Bronte
Created by
Liz Butterfield
“Jack & the
Jelly Bean Stalk”

Inspired by
Jack & the
Bean Stalk
By Steven Kellogg
Created by
John Repplinger
“Game of Scones”

Inspired by
Game of Thrones
By George R. R. Martin
Created by
Clara Timpe
“Fall of the House
of Gushers”

Inspired by
“The Fall of the House of Ushers”
By E. A. Poe
Created by
Max H. Gurnard
“The Girl with the Dragon Tofu”

Inspired by
The Girl with the Dragon Tatto
Created by
Dylan Goldade & Brittany Chin

Viewing and Judging the Exhibits

 

Better Than Printing Tip #4: Google Drive Revisions, Comments, and Markups

Published February 22, 2013
Use Comments and markup tools for convenient peer editing in Google Drive.

So you’ve finally convinced Group Partner XX that Google Drive is the wave of the present and to ditch the hand-scribed project revisions every week. They’ve seen the light, but now it’s all fouled up. Someone (not naming names) has gone and deleted the best paragraph in the whole presentation (yours of course). Not only that but the group hasn’t been able to meet in over a week and no one’s made anymore changes as the due date approaches.

Get that paragraph back in the final version: no problem(and see who nuked it in the 1st place). Set up commenting so your group members can give feedback without being face-to-face: easy as pie!

The power of Google Drive goes beyond just sharing and collaborative live-editing. Google Drive has an easy-to-view revision history so you can see just who messed up that last group project,and revert to an earlier version in a snap. You can also do peer-editing & feedback with their nifty commenting tool. You can even set up notifications on the comment thread so you’ll get emailed when someone posts a comment to your doc.

Better Than Printing Tip #3 Google Docs and Track Changes

Published February 15, 2013


Did you know? You can share documents and papers easily with Google Drive.

It’s not just about sustainability & waste. The Better than Printing campaign is geared toward helping you choose methods that make it easier to organize and edit your documents & articles and to work collaboratively.

 

View the Tip of the Week Archive:

http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/tip_of_the_week.html

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