Oregon Daily
The factors
that have gone
Into my
decision do
not just
include this
year’s win-loss
record, but
also the trends
that have been
developing
over the last
few years.’
Bill Byrne.
(hrcc!O'
Byrne: Monson firing ‘not easy’
j Declining performance and
sharp drop in ticket sales prompt
ed decision
By Jayson Jacoby
Emerald Sports Reporter
The Don Munson era is over
Oregon tiltilotic direi tor Mill IHriie ended more
Ilian a month of speculation nhoul the future of
the I'm ks’ nine-vear head i oai h in announcing
a! .1 Mari h 17 press i onlerem e I lull Munson
would not he retained for the final two years of
Ins SHI ,T>20-per year conlrui I
See analysis,
Page 10
M on son s })om lion
had boon t onsidorod in
jo op.»rd \ lor l ho last
half of l IT r s (* a s o n .
w h i ( h rmiial \v i I h .1
<>1!) ro< ord. Munson s
worst in I u^nir aiki (rrrgon s worst sint.r >
Oregon lost PI of its hist 21 games and l.nli'd to
win .1 road game The Dm ks also suffered their
worst loss ever 101 -VI to Ari/on.i, and their
worst Mi Arthur Court loss, ln-t 'it. .ilso to the
Wtllli .its
"This h.is not been tm easy dm isliin. ,md I
make it with great reluctiinee.' Bvrue said The
f.K tors th.it have go nr into mv decision do not
just include this year's win loss rm ord hut also
I hr trends that have liirii developing over the lust
few ve.irs
Mon son, who i ompiled ,m overa.II tit. It. r>
cord .it Oregon, led the l)ur ks to a disappointing
It 1'> in.irk hist season Munson did vnllei 1 four
w 1 n n mg season s during Ills tenuro, including
three ition.il Invitation.iTTuurn.intent hills the
last in Httnt <«)
'' There are a nil til her o! lai tors that go into
making a dm ision sui h as this one. Byrne said
But the primary one is that our future does not
look anv brighter Our level ol performaiit e seems
hi tie dropping, anil the I’ai ifn 10 Conteiein e
seems to fie getting stronger and stronger
Possibly even more damaging to Munson, how
ever, was the prei ipitous drop in tan support this
season Oregon s liottu a ttei ] d. 1 nee yy as the lowest
■ MONSON l ie ’
Fowl play
4 dui:« Likes her family on a four of their home near the mtilracv on a pleasant Sunday afternoon A hwe rain is ikely today, with clearing m the
early evenmy Hujhs m the lower 60s
Housing plans get mixed response
j Amazon rebuilding project would im
prove living conditions, raise rents
By Rivers Janssen
• monud Rapt rfUtf
Student* gavi mixed review* to m w family housing
pi,in*, some rein ling positively to the designs end oth
ers worrying uhout the Ingii housing ( osts
The Criiverslty s Student Housing Props t held un in
formational open house March go. detailing the pro
posed construction of additional student family hous
mg
I loor plans an<i slides of the proposed units were ills
played, including an entirely rebuilt Amazon Family
Housing complex and several new units in the hast
Campus area
The design for each unit was relatively sparse, with
plans to use only the cheapest durable materials for
construction
The rents, however, are projected to be fairly high
The estimate given at the open house was as high as
$500 a month for eat ft unit, a cost that could he re
dui ed if other housing units such as Westmoreland,
shoulder some of the price
Student housing is currently Si-iJ a month at Am a
/on housing and Slf>! at Westmoreland
lames Fisher a graduate student in architec ture who
lives in (he Am,i/on complex with lus wife uni child
wondered d slurients now living m ihe Amazon i om
plex will he able afford .1 V>00 hill
Kight now, we have low cost housing. fisher said
We re 1 boosing to live there hei ause it s inexpensive
The poor condition of the Amazon i omplex is what
w e re paying lor
"II the rent were ini reused by s, I fit) a month, that
would come out to around $ 1 .000 a term. who h is
more than the pm e of tuition, hr.id Without that
monev. I 1 ouldn't afford to attend si hool a! all
Vm< v Wright, direi lor of fat ihties and, i apr.al 1:1;
provements lor University Housing, said the r ost of
family housing shouldn't he a problem She said that
Westmoreland and other familv housing complexes
would still tie low 1.ost
1 tie I niversilv will alw ays tie able to offer ( tie ip
housing to students. Wright said, tint in order to 1111
prove familv housing in the long run, students will
have to work together at shouldering tie- r ost
I he units designers said lhe\ hope to offset so::., n!
the rent costs with savings in other areas Amazon pro
jet t director !• rank (I add ini said the new units w di have
cheaper utilities tier arise of better insulation, in !di
tion to much lower maintenance 1
I he materials used for the props t < an lie sustained
for 100 years or tii.ee he said V . -.v- ., w .... : r.
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WELCOME BACK
Spring term will last 10 weeks, with
finals beginning June 8 A reminder
Today is the last day to withdraw with a
100 percent tuition and fee refund
CUTBACKS
The University will eliminate 40 non
teaching jobs by June 30 The cuts are
in managerial and other non-academic
areas, and are in response to Measure
5 budget constraints
See JOBS, Page 4
I DIDN’T INHALE’
Democratic presidential candidates Bill
Clinton and Jerry Brown answered
charges about marijuana use and ethics
Sunday as the April 7 New York prima
ries neared. See CANDIDATES, Page 6