Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11. 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE
Water walkin’
.* ’ Photo by Part*
Jack Vaughn ot Eugene rides his river board to beat the heat
Monday below the Autzen Footbridge Vaughn said he hits the water
a couple of times a week whenever the temperature climbs
Will gamble on Brooks
in dual roles pay off?
jThe University has taken a
chance by trying a new way
to run the athletic depart
ment
By Rene DeCdir
Emerald Associate f ditar
The University got Itself a bargain
when it hired I ho now athletic dim tor
Iasi munth
But shortly thereafter, some people
started questioning whether the man
hired to do the job is a good investment
The administration says Rich Brooks Is
the rigid man Brooks says the scrutiny is
valid until he proves his worth
Brooks, who is entering his sixteenth
season as head football roar h for the
Ducks, will make one-fourth the salary
that tiis predecessor Bill Byrne made for
doing the same Jot) Byrne earned about
SHH.OOO a year, and Brooks will make
about $20,000
Brooks will continue to lie head foot
ball coach while also serving as athletic
director
Critics believe the position could have
been used to advance the status of wom
en and minorities Others wonder if
Brooks will play favorites with football
Dan Williams, vice president for ad
ministration. and University President
Myles Brand said after the announce
ment of Brooks' appointment July EH) that
they expected some flack.
A month before hiring Brooks, Wil
liams said tile search for a new director
wouldn't seriously t>egin until Soplem
iwr when faculty and staff return
Anil, tie said, the search for Byrne's re
placement would stretch beyond the
University.
Later he recanted.
Brand admits the economic x of the is
sue was “not irrelevant” but says it
wasn't u major consideration either "It
wasn't the driving force." tie said But ''ll
definitely was <i factor."
Moreover, Brand said tho criticism that
li.is mint! has boon minimal
Rich Brooks has a very visible posi
tion." hi? said " I’hoW! who don't think
he's doing a good job will complain."
Despite the i omplainls, Brooks is hern
to stay, or at least until |uno of
w hen his contract expires
One week after the hiring announce
inent. Brooks offered Ills view of the i Tit
le I stit and explained just what his athlct
ic director’s |oi> will entail
"I’m used to i ritu ism," he said
"I feel like I have to prove myself to
everybody and not just the critics," he
said "We still have to make this work
Moreover, he said, he doesn't mind
getting paid less for doing the same job
Byrne did la-cause he would prefer to see
his salary cut rather than have funds luk
en out of the sports
"I make, obviously, u lot of money .is a
football conch." he said "I think it's a
statement in those economic times that
I'm trying to do what's lies! for this uni
versity and the department I feel like it's
the right thing to do,"
In ids job. Brooks will oversee the en
tire athletics department, with a $12 mil
lion budget and 14 sports
He'll la* the man, he said with u chuck
le, who determines "whether you finish
In the red or the black.”
One of his main concern's, he said, is
how to maintain a strong athletics de
partment with the prospect of a shrink
ing budget.
Mostly, he said, he wants all students
players and fans to enjoy the activi
ties that come out of the athletic depart
ment
"I'd like for us to continue making the
activities as the student athlete a positive
one"And of course, "stay competitive in
all sports "
Radio time Deadicated to concerts
□ KLCC will broadcast two Grate
ful Dead shows live from Veneta
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate Editor__
You want to hear the Grateful Dead when the
legendary bund finally comes around again for
two shows Aug. 22 and 23. But a $30 ticket is too
much, you have other commitments or you don't
want to sit out in the blistering sun
Whatever the reason, KLGC B9 7 FM in Eugene
has a solution. Both Dead shows will be broadcast
live In the local area KLCC and Its sister station,
KLCO 90 S in Newport, have combined resources
with Grateful Dead Productions and local promot
ors to broadcast the shows livo from the Oregon
(Country Fair site in Vonota.
in addition, other stations across the Northwest
may carry the shows as well so people as far uway
as Seattle or Portland may la; able to tune in.
Plans are in the works to uplink the broadcast
to a satellite, providing access to many other pub
lic radio stations on the west coast and maybe
further across the nation. Listeners can contact
their local public radio stations for carriage infor
mation KLC:C is offering the broadcast free to any
public radio station that wants it.
Steve Barton. KLCC general manager, said the
idea came ubout after KLC.C sot up equipment to
Turn to DEAD, Page 4
County may up .ante
on hotel room tax
□ Increased rev
enue would be
used to promote lo
cal tourism
By Tim Neff
Emerald Associate EcMor
Lane County may dig
deeper Into tourists' pockots
to cover tho cost of luring
thorn to tho region.
The Board of Commission
er* is considering a pro
posed ordinance change that
would raise tho county's ho
tel joom tax from 7 per
cent to 9 percent. Tho ad
ditional money would holp
Turn to TAX. Page 4
WEATHER
Blazing sunshine
A heal wave moved over the
Northwest Monday and will
send temperatures rocketing
into the iOOs throughout the
interior Willammette Valley
Moisture needed to produce
afternoon thundershowers
will remain well south of
Oregon.
Sizzling heat is on tap
through the week
NEVER FORGET THE BLOOD
BLLLINCiHAM. Wish (AP) - A man who disappeared for six weeks and
ihen claimed to have lost hts memory has admitted he ined to fake his
death so his family could collect his $200,000 life insurance
It's unlikely lames Lang will be charged with a crime, but he will be
required to gel counseling
Among the reasons police suspected Ling was that investigators found
two small plastic bigs of blood in his car Lang mtened to smear them
inside the car but forgot them before setting the car in motion toward the
Nooksac k River.
Lang decided to fake amnesia and rejoined his family after learning his
wife was unable to collect the insurance
_REGIONAL
PORTLAND (AP) - The Troian nuclear plant should be
shut down by 1996, the board of directors for Portland
(leneral Electric Co. decided Monday
A statement bv the utility's chief executive officer. Ken
Hamson, said the board's decision would be the leas! costly
alternative far taxpayers
But the leaders of a state initiative to close the plant
immediately repeated their charge that the PCE option will
end up coating more than Si billion.
The Don't Waste Oregon (Committee has collected
signatures for one of twu ballot measures that would fur e
closure of the plant Both measures will be on the
November 3 ballot in Oregon.