Oregon Daily FRIDAY, JANUARY 10.1992 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 93, ISSUE 76 Legislators, University at odds over housing project j Declining enroll ment prompts officials to reconsider need for new housing units By Carrie Dennett (lonslfut lion ot ! i t units <>t ufl-campus student housing; is on hold while CnivorstW off j ciuis reevaluate the need to ■house .1 shrinking student pop u lit lion Legislators who lobbied for the bond issue want construi lion to continue, iiut l University administrators are tearful that the smaller student bodv might make new housing units hard to till in spring 1989, hxel politi cians began pressuring the I'm versitv to build more student housing, blaming record stu dent enrollment for lingerie's housing crunch A few months later, the Oregon Legislature approved sale of SI 1 million in bonds to imam e the promt t An architect u.is selected in Leman loot to carry out Un building project, followed ,jin; kly by the net ision to build 98 new units at the Amazon I,irmly Housing site, Hi units j! 18th Avenue and \gate Street and 22 units a! 1 ‘itf 1 Avenue betwcen Higii and Pearl streets s i -I million of the bonds have been sold arid this money has been earmarked lor con struction at the three sites Tin additional bonds were not sold before the state Treasurer put a temporary freeze on bond sales Contract negotiations began in March 1991, and the SiUJs OOO contract was ratified and signed bv the Oregon State Board of Higher hdueation in August Work on tin- construction proud began and i ontinued I S . ' .V ».*. ■ ■ V • «*-*« :•> a*nit PROPOSED HOUSING SITES A Amazon site - 96 new units 8 Pearl Street site - 22 new units C Agate Street site - 16 new units until \w IS. whi'l) Univeisiiv officials notified Cl’S and 1M. Ventures i professional ari hi iri tur.il corporation formed spin ifkt.»11V for this profit 1, that 1 lit - V were considering redur mg thf si opo of the construe turn This change of heart came amid .i changing finani ml di nt.il' ti. :ht w.ike u! Me . . a climate that led to 4 larger thilll antic ip.tled drop in stu lii-iii enrol Intent "IHiring these past 1.1 months there have lien a lot of i hange-, at the l dm ersitv . said Dan Williams, vice president lor ad minis! ration t )ur interest is in doing tin right tiling, but we don't want to i r, er ; ihligute our students, he said It new housing is built with the bund money, the bonds will he repaid over time with mop. ey from student rent Cmversi tv o'fii mis fear that if enroll men! i untinues to drop, the rent .. . may In- plagued with vu cam ;■ s. and the bond pav merits might not he met Scott Harlletl aide to Sen Hill Dwyer, said a recent fall survey of apartment rental vu i.ani.ii N showed in t percent v.k ant v rate in this i arnpus iiri'.i. simil.it to other mh lions at iugene Tim campus vyt uik y rate at tualiy showed as 7 pm rut, hut the survey Indicated tins whs because .it atmommllv high v.i i lie v rail's a! two i amp.is area apartment < omplexes l amslv housing units .ire cur retltiv full, but ipiestioris have been raised ufrout the possible ettl'i I ol a dramatic rent in i iease on the vacant s rate N e is two hint r ■ : : apart ments ..! Aftia/uli are expel led to rent Ii>r vi.: ■ a month tl) percent la-tow the c urrent mar ket rate but high ompared the current monthly rent of S! -I that rent Itu lease is tnevila ole, ami vs. ivant to work with the v i>i v er sit v to mintmi/e that. said David lidrington, one id the projet t arc Intel ts Regardless of the rent issue, I'.'drington said tin Amazon units origiiiallv meant to he temp on i housing lor U'oi :.i War il veterans, .ire in poor condition and need to he re built in the near future Amazon Housing units were originally built ns temporary housing lor World War II veterans Mm un VVi•slmur('lii!!.-,-n km.l ill iik. a n.Mi't i D.i s 11- r. Ki| r i i) g! ii n s.i i d ‘. -II ,t "i . h.ie . ! D I..- D|itliimtl( . .ind '.omt'timcs ii ink'. !ik. linn id going Id .ill I urr : MOUSING P.i-j.- < Combining loans may aid students j Agencies offer consolidation as al ternative to paying off several lenders By Jim Winkle t •• Re purler College graduates who hii e paying oil heavy loans In several lenders may find an alternative method imsiit lo handle consolidating their loans through an agen cy "Thu basic purpose1 of our program is to help mini mi/u the number of students defaulting on their loans, said Phoebe Hollenbeck wee president of the Loan Consolidation Program, a Northwest loan associ ation Wfuin debts are c onsolidated through the ELCP and programs like it, a student’s loan is paid off bv the agency, who then charges the student one monthly bill This makes the debt more manageable (nr the graduate owing to many different lenders "All of a sudden students may find themselves pay Tum to LOANS. Page 3 FLICKS JFK placed as the 10th best movie of 1991 Complete rankings inside See ENTERTAINMENT, page 8 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Jon Franklin, Tom Wheeler, and Roger Lavery joined the University's School of Journalism faculty this fall bringing impressive credentials. See FACULTY, page 3 WIN, BABY The Oregon men surprised Cal Thursday, winning 67-57 See SPORTS, page 13 Recycling efforts grow on campus j Student program is now serving EMU, three sororities and the dorms By Kirsten Lucas ! n . '.i Students approved a ballot measure Iasi year th.il gave svas lu ,i com prebensive campus recycling pro i ....-a tin- < tilling edge of tmiveisils ret \t img effort*. ; in I. ni Kecyclmg Program a.is founded ,in< 1 landed ’ students lu i implement and exp,mil i .in. ;,,. - : . V f : i:. wim h Vv.i* pres, iiiusU iia :.d led solely I is the > nisei-.:tv Kei ycling Program !: i.e.l M.iV’x ASH) election. si.ideals ,i|i|irc)Ved a lee til ,0 (elds pel sllldefil per term, amounting to an annual budget of S.lr),()()() This moms pass for ret si I ins', services spei ilicallv designed to meet student needs an lading ed.ii atn.n aitout rri vt ling Prior 'u 'in- •student funded, student-run program, .lie i M’- er-aty Ket.si Img Program fat <*d rising costs . to RECYCLE i