Oregon Daily
MONDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1992
Rise and run
PtKWO S*y
The weather may be cold, but a good tog should warm anyone's
spirit Eugene offers trails along the Willamette River tor biking and
recreation enthusiasts, such as this one near the Aut/en Footbridge
Knight library to close
for move during break
jMore than 12,000 hours of
work required to move
services to the new facility
By Colleen Pohhq
freec.Vd Associate tdtft*
There won’t lie a yv inter break lor the
University Knight ! ibmrv staff tins year
As the new construction phase of the
Si!7 4 million library protect nears com
pletion, the staff is hustly making plans
to move more than one million books to
new spares during the tireak
Hooks ami library services will he
moved into the new farilitv so that reno
vation of the existing facility can fegin
tri January.
To complete the massive move estc
mated at using 12.000 hours of labor to
move more than halt of the two million
volume collet turn the library will be
closed from Dot 19 through )an t
It is extremely rare [or the library to
close, even during inter-sessions," Uni
versity librarian tieorge Shipman said in
a press release "Hut given the immensity
of this task, putiln safety concerns. 1 on
tractor requirements and the disruption
of the move itself it was the only op
(ion
The lalxir, which is already lined up.
will consist of slalf and volunteer teams
For emergent y paging of library mate
rials during the temporary closure, cam
pus and community patrons may call the
library's main telephone number,
i-tti tOfiti, tor assistance
Ihe branch libraries architecture
and allied arts, archives, law, map and
it is extremely rare for
the library to close....
But given the immensity
of this task, it was the
only option.'
George Shipman,
University hbrjrutn
aerial photography. math amt science
will remain open timing the break
funding for the construe lion amt reno
vation pro|e< is. which will add approxi
mainly 1 IS.000 \ipiare leet to tin- It
britrvs current 237,000 square leet, came
from the Oregon Legislature, the state
(U-nerul Lund, gills, grants ami other
sources
besides adding the extra spate, the
projet I will more than double the seating
capacity, increase shelving space by J.7
pen erd, modernize the heating ami cool
ing systems and transform the library's
interior so library services may be hilly
modernized
When the library reopens Ian t lai nl
IV and the general puliltr yvill begin us
mg a temporary entrance near the south
east corner of the building, opposite
t.erlinger Annex arid tie Pioneer (mine
terv
Tile massive move will result in many
changes of lot alum some temporary
and maps are being rey ised to reflect
the changes, said Deborah Carver, assis
tant librarian for public services
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Minority students question University’s representation
j School isn't doing enough to
retain minorities, students say
By Chester Alien
Emerald Reporter
RACISM ON CAMPUS
First of five parts
When Gene Shaffer
Strathrnan enterwi the
University almost
three years ago, there
was only one other
African-American stu
dent living in his
Bean Complex dormi
tory.
"It was definitely a culture-shock typo of envi
ronment.” Shaffer-Strathman said "For a full
year. 1 could go a whole duy and see only one or
two other black people."
Feeling isolated and lonely, he transferred to
Temple University a year later.
Many other minority students said they feel
Isolated and lonely on campus because of the
small number of minority students and faculty at
I ho University Some of these students said they
have considered transferring to a si hool with a
larger minority population
According to the Office of the Registrar, ol the
1I>,71'| students enrolled at the University this
term. 2 Hi are Afric an Americans. tflU are Latinos
or Uhl cat nos. lot are Native Americans and l.iou
are Asian-Americans or Pacific Islanders
Why doesn't the University have a larger popu
lation of minority students?
While they emphasized that they only speak for
themselves, individual Latino-Ohicano, African
American. Native American and Asian students
all said the University will not attrai t minority
students without more minority professors and an
improved ethnic studies curriculum
Of the 1.25:i University fac ulty members, seven
are African-American, one is Native Americ an. 50
are Asian and 21 are Latino or Uhicano More
than >M1 percent of the University's faculty is
white
University administrators agree there is a prob
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MINORITY STUDENTS
AT THE UNIVERSITY
FALL 1991
African-American - 241
Latino/Chicano - 346
Native American - 154
Asian/Pacific
Island- 919
Total enrolled -16,905
FALL 1992
African-American -216
Latino/Chicano - 389
Native American - 191
Asian/Pacific
Island - 1,019
Total enrolled - 16,719
Graphic by Heather Zilbauer
WEATHER
Kugene-Springfield resident
should expect ram throughout
the day. with highs in the upper
40s
Today in History
In 1986. student protests in
Pans sparked by proposed edu
cational reforms continued to
escalate as dozens of people
dashed with police
DISCRIMINATION OF GAYS
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Sam Nunn dismissed two sides a decade ay
after learning that they were gay, and gay-rights groups now say that dis
qualifies him fmm a cabinet post in the Clinton administration, according to
a published report
Nunn, a Democrat from Georgia, has confirmed that he asked two aides to
leave because of their homosexuality, The Sew York Turns reported
Sunday
The senator said he had no choice because his office deals in sensitive
security matters The Central Intelligence Agency said that being homosex
ual made the men vulnerable to blackmail, even though both were open
about their homosexuality
SPORTS
Oregon men s cross u'untry coach
Dill Dellinger was nameil Pacific-10
Conference Wen's (Crus* Country
Coach of the Year for the fourth
time in five years anil the 10th time
in his career.
The Ducks lost their top seven
runners from 1001. but Dellinger
guuieii his team to the Pac-10 cham
pionahip anil an eighth-place finish
at the NCAA Championships