Federal fund
freeze puts
auditorium
in jeopardy
By JOHN KNOWLTON
Of the Emerald
Funding of the Lane County Auditorium
Association’s (LCAA) proposed auditorium
convention center was dealt a hard blow Wednesday
when it was learned that a $1.25 million grant from
the Economic Development Administration (EDA)
which had previously been recommended for the
project, will not be available to the organization.
The EDA grant, a $5.5 million bond issue and
private sources, were to provide the funding for the
center.
LCAA president Lee Bishop said at the
organization’s meeting Wednesday, that, according
to Congressman John Dellenback, the current
Administration has “impounded one million dollars
of the $2.5 million EDA Budget.” Bishop further
stated that the part of the budget that wasn’t im
pounded will be used to help complete some
already-funded EDA projects.
Bishop said the possibility of obtaining ad
ditional funds from some form of statewide lodgings
tax had been explored. “But,” he said, “the
Governor has only discussed such a plan and is not
planning to introduce anything along these lines to
the Legislature.”
Architect for the proposed center, John
Amundson of Springfield, said his studies have
indicated that the center, minus the arena hall can
be built for “between 7 and 7.5 million dollars.”
“The largest variable of the project is in
relation to the site,” he said. After a $5.5 million
bond issue for the center was defeated in Novem
ber, a subsequent survey showed the greatest
reason for voter disapproval of the measure was the
location of the site. An alternate area, along with
the original downtown site, is to be presented to the
voters when the proposed center’s bond issue goes
on the ballot.
If the proposed center were to be built in the city
business district, it would take the form of an
auditorium center along with other supportive
services, said Amundson. If it were to be built at the
alternate site — the one under current consideration
is in Alton Baker Park — the center would take the
form of an auditorium-community center.
Loss of the arena hall will mean a loss in
revenue to the center, said Bishop. “But it would
also mean a decrease in operating expenditures,”
he said.
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Cabinet discusses
Centennial plans
Improvements for the Hayward Field track facilities are
important but they are not the prime concern in planning
projects for the University’s Centennial celebration, ac
cording to Fred Loveys, ASUO vice president.
In an ASUO Cabinet meeting on Tuesday he stated that
academic and environmental projects need to be given more
consideration.
Loveys said he needed suggestions from the Cabinet in
order to increase student input in the planning of the Cen
tennial. Suggested projects will be taken to the Centennial
Needs and Priorities Committee, a group that is selecting
campus improvement projects to be used in the year-long
University Centennial celebration in 1976.
Joan Eggleston, representing IUS, said student housing
problems should be dealt with as a Centennial project, since
the Willamette Student Housing program is having financial
difficulties.
Allotting Centennial funds to that organization may not
totally fund the program, according to Rot Saylor of the
Graduate Student Council, but he stated that it could give the
program a substantial amount with which to start and build
upon.
Saylor also suggested that some improvements could De
made on the campus section of 13th Avenue, using the
original ideas for the downtown mall as a basis. He said
places should be provided for people to sell things.
Loveys added that this would be a good move “to retain
as much green as possible on campus.” Some concrete
would have to left for fire equipment, service trucks and
access to manholes.
A suggestion to provide a career planning program on
campus was introduced by Eggleston, who claimed that
students need more counseling to relate their work at the
University to their future plans. -
“You get a degree and then you’re on your own,” she
said.
Laurie Farmer, a representative of Panhellenic,
suggested that a project to improve the appearance and
ventilation of classrooms is a valid proposal. The cabinet
agreed that the condition of classrooms is not conducive to
the academic atmosphere.
Another suggestion called for improvements of the in
tramural facilities. Since classes and teams often
monopolize the available athletic facilities, Cabinet mem
bers felt that some space should be reserved for recreational
use only.
A campus retreat project, initially suggested by Robert
Bowlin, Dean of Student Services, was favorable received by
Cabinet members. Such a retreat facility would be available
to faculty groups, student organizations and learning
workshops.
Dick Reynolds, EMU director, said an isolated area not
too far from campus would be ideal. Some locations have
already been investigated and rejected because of size or
distance, he said.
The Cabinet also discussed the elements of dissension
between the Elections Board and the executive concerning
the coming ASUO elections. The major issue involves the
necessity of ballot slogans.
Cliff Zukin, ASUO Senate president, said ballot slogans
“are not necessary, but they’re desirable to people who don’t
have a lot of name familiarity.”