That $31,000 could go a long way
THE FINE
PRINT
BV PAT MALACH
Priorities sure tun get
mixed up sometimes,
can't they '
if voti ve tieen paying .my at
tenliun to the news lately, you
probably have a good idea ol
what this is leading into
Yep, it's the $12 million (as
. 11. v a (lenter anii the $ .1.000
-1 ulpture that has bet ome a
center in its own right the
i enter ol a i onlroversv
The athletic department's
dr'-am building across the Wil
lamette River at Autzen Stadi
am has sounded some alarms
about |ust where athletics, aes
thetics and education are
carved on the totem pole of pri
unties for administrators, art
lovers and fund-raisers alike
Hells began ringing when
Athletic Director Hill Hyrne de
coded that one obnoxiously sil
ly little sculpture fat the risk of
exposing mv artistic intoler
ance) was ruining his mil
lion baby
Byrne Irii'U lo have tin' si ulp
lure cut down with blowtorch
es. hut tin1 artist responsible for
tin- work and local art lovers
flocked to the Casanova Center
to stop Uvrno's torches Univer
sity President Myles Brand
ijuickly arrived on the scene to
extinguish tiie Raring tempers
and set up a committee to de
cide where the sculpture might
tie relot atud
In turn, the committee dec id -
ed the sculpture Was ties! suit
ed ior the south side of the Cas
anova building, where most
people wouldn't tit; able to see
it Everyone appeared to be
happy The sculpture would re
main, tint Byrne wouldn't have
to look at it on his way to work
every day. And art 1st George
Greonamyer has to be the hap
piest of all He is going to be
paid $-1,000 for a redesign that
will amount to saying. "Uh,
yeah. Set it up like it was be
fore, only on the other side of
the building." That's a hard
day's work for uny artist.
There was just one more little
problem — the $31,000 it's go
ing to cost to move the art. The
University administration
stepped forward in those times
of budget reductions, tuition
hikes and department closures
lo say it would fork over the
cash lo move the allegedly ugly
.irl
liiit mure pra< tn a! people in
the i ommumtv (juestioned the
wisdom ol spending tli.it kiln!
til money on sut h .1 frivolous
end.-avor, espei mils when lin
University Is linking for stale
i,i\ dollars in idfset the > i
million athletic department
deficit,
i'o eurh the brewing contro
versy. several unnamed donors
stepped lurwjrd to loot the lull
for the sculpture's journey
south Again, the Univrislty is
off the hook and everyone m
volv ed seems happy
It's really tool that people
have the money to help mil till'
University in Its time of need It
restores tny faith in the species
when people tan raise that
much money lor something - a
unimportant and silly 1 imag
me if these people knew about
some of the real problems on
campus, money would coine
rolling in by the trie kioads
George
Greenamyer has to
be the happiest of
all. He is going to
be paid $4,000 for
a redesign that will
amount to saying,
Vh, yeah. Set it up
like it was before,
only on the other
side of the
building.’ That’s a
hard days’ work for
any artist.
So us a public sen. ice. 1 spent
a little time calling around
campus to find out what some
other departments would do
with Sill,(KM)
Sully Fullerton of the soon
to-be-defunct human services
department said she would use
$31,000 to "provide scholar
ships to help students finish
their degree requirements in
the short time they have left "
That kind of money would
mean one more full-time posi
tion and possibly five new
classes per term for Folklore
and Ethnic Studies, said co
director Sharon Sherman
Judy Newman of the Parent
and Child Education Program,
which helps children with
menial. |• ri% . : cd
disabiti!H's. i:•! s 1.Dm) w .iU:
allow ihem to se(\ (' .idolO 111 !■)
IS inuri' children ami their
families
Outdated equipment at the
lust il air i.! NVime.i iem e i mi! !
' :■ ja.M i-d w Itii that kind !
money. Ruth llremeiler said
Mi).', p in e are . e. td.ii '
we nurse them .dim.', and make
do." she said
Kabt rt Cllberl, dealt ol till1 re
renily (tutted (a.Here ,,! Ldta a
tiun, must have too many ideas
to I. it row it down ’■> one item
He had his secretary return tm
i ail ti • '..iv . "Nil .itnment
I ill en lal u ina i student adviser
i'eti i Hriggs said VU ,000 could
t»t .. .. ! ; . juta ide ■■ holarships
to more international students
in older to reai h the i illundiv
diverse level that is constantly
being mentioned
We d love to niov e into the
( asatieVat entet, he added
Donna h rank; .n of Chi id < are
and Development Centers said
they Would be atile to open an
other to idler program 'We've
got JO I; J5 people oil the wait
mg list right now
She also said they could use
the money to h\ up some of
their buddings Have you ever
been over to our Hast Campus
sites
ot Ihtr h!'lor sp»*rnl
lh*r tnon(*\ vv r** prrllv sim
plr
'( I'lic money 1 wuuld ) ust
about cm I T Ehr cost ol replac
mg Jr> herbarium specimen
cabinets lh.it .ire falling .ip.irl,"
said David Wagner el the l-'ni
\,ersitv herbarium
And even more cabinets
"Aerial photography cabi
nets. ” said 1‘eter Stark of the
map library "We have r>l filing
cabinets of different ages, si/es
and quality
Knight Litiranan (leorge
Shipman said donated money
is not used to keep the library
open, but if it were, $.11,000
would allow the library to re
claim t>0 percent cl its reduced
hours
incoming students who have
to get a measles vaccination
would fie interested to know
that $11,000 would buy 10,000
shots m the arm
Judge for yourself, but then
are some pretty worthy causes
among those listed above So
unless we want to concede to
the accusation that we live in a
society tfiat values image over
substance, let's get those dona
tions rolling in
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