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 Looking for a good deal? 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