Oregon Daily
TUESOAY, JULY 20, 1993
Monson: re-assignment was ‘suicidal’ to career
□ The University will begin
presenting its case today
By Martin Fisher
Oteg(>n Daily imarald
Former Oregon men's basketball com h Don
Monson concluded his second day on the witness
stand Monday in his breach of contract suit against
the University. Monson was removed as basketball
coach following the the 1901-92 season and is ask
ing for more than $425,000 in damages.
Monson is asking the University to pay him not
only his salary, but money he would have earned
from various other sources, including Nike, the
Oregon Sports Network and summer basketball
camps.
The statu maintains the outside income was not
the responsibility of tile University and whatever
agreements Monson had were between him and
the outside parties
At times. Monson’s own testimonv seemed to
support the state's contention When asked by his
attorney. Harold Gillis. about the summer basket
ball tamps. Monson said the first year tie was
coach, the camp’s income was run through the
University business office, but after that, "it was
my camp then (and was) not run through the Uni
varsity.”
Monson said the money he received from Nike
also was not arranged by the University, “but it
was because I was head couch at the University
Monson also said he had never directly nogoti
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Former Oregon men's basketball coach Don Monson (right) talks to his
accountant, David Sparks. Monday outside the courtroom
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Because of recent wet weather. Mike Kangas had to turn over hay to dry in Bob Niel's field before it is baled
Multicultural
Center taking
shape in EMU
□ Despite failed ballot
measure, center will start
By S.A. Clemens
Ongon Otiily i nw.nl
f'hi! asbestos is removed and i ommit
lees are meeting in the new Multii ullural
( enter l<>< ated in the KMU liaseineiit Hut
many students are trying to figure out wtiv
a project they refused to fund in last
spring s election is still going up on
si hodule, and without students' approval
The ballot measure that failed last
spring asked University students to pay a
one-tirne incidental fee of $2 4S each term
lor one year in order to raise $100,023 lor
"remodeling and start-up” costs of the
center Students voted it down 434-403.
with five percent of students voting
"Thu hallo! was i lose and the students
that I had contact with felt that it was gist
too mm h money," said Vii e Provost
(ierry Moseley, who has worked with stu
dents on the center "Students said it’s too
expensive They did not want a Cadil
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Power outage temporarily leaves buildings in dark
-I Old equipment causes outage
Sunday in several campus halls
By Ed Carson
Orvgort Oaity f meoUcl
Aging equipment wos the causa of a power outage in
a number of University buildings Sunday. Electrical pow
er was temporarily interrupted in Deady, Vi I lard.
Lawrence. Pacific and Oregon halls, and Onyx Bridge.
Ceorge Hecht of University Physical Plant said alarms
went off in the Physical Plant building between f>:30 and
7 a m, EVVEB engineers were brought in to help determine
the cause of the powttr failure.
"It look a while lo determine the problem." Hecht said
Eventually they discovered that transformers in Villard
and Pacific had "caught fire, burned out or shorted out,"
he said.
The Eugene fire department was called to clear out
smoke in Pacific Hall.
Truck-mounted generators restored power to all of the
affected buildings by Monday morning except for Villard
and the second floor of Pacific. All buildings should have
power by today.
The faulty transformers were about 25 years old. which
put them "right on the edge of their lifespan." Hocht said.
The Physical Plant has working to modernize the
University power system since several transformers
"burned out unci blew up behind Klamath Hull" four or
five years ago.
"Wo ve made un intensive effort to improve the elec
trical distribution system on campus,” Heck said
However, one-third of the old electrical infrastructure
remains, including in Viilurd and Pacific.
The truck-mounted generators will lie used until trans
formers cam lie installed. The University is ordering now
transformers, but it will be several weeks before they
are delivered. In the meantime, the Physical Plant hopes
to borrow transformers.
WEATHER
Bet you thought this was sum
mer! Rain should continue
through tomorrow with a 20 per
mit chance of showers
Highs should be near 75 for the
remainder of the week with
overnight lows around 50
DIVORCE COURT
DAYTONA BEACH. Ft* (API - Appel tile judges questioned Monday
whether • 12-ve*r-o!d boy who "divorced" himself from his mother had
tnv business being in court in the first place
Shawn Russ, now 13. was permitted by a lower-court fudge to sue his
natural mother and sever her parental rights so that he could be adopted
by a central Flonda family last September. The youngster claimed neglect
and abandonment by his mother
A three-judge panel is weighing whether Juvenile Court ludge Thomas
Kirk acted correctly in ruling that the boy had the legal standing and men
tal capacity to sue. in terminating the mother-son relationship, and in
prodeeding with the adoption
SPORTS
ATLANTA (AF) - Fred McGnff represents the present and
future for the Atlanta Braves.
McGnff. baseball s most consistent home run hitter the past
Five years, was traded to the Braves on Sunday by San Diego
for three minor leagers The First baseman is signed through
next season, and the Braves hold an option for 1995.
But First, the run-starved Braves need MoGriffs bat to help
them challenge the First-place Giants in the NL West. McCriff.
batting 275 with IB homers and 46 RBls this season, takes
over at First for Sid Bream and Brian Hunter, who combined
for eight homers and 35 RBls this season