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Oregon Daily THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1994 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 96. ISSUE 12 Marketing director happy with number two slot Simpson: Former reporter takes on executive assistant job By Edward Klopfenstein Oregon Daily Crrmrak) Christopher Simpson speaks in para doxes. He'loves staying at home with his two dogs, two kids and wife of 14 years but works 14- to 16-hour days. He said he strives to lie .it the top hut ' prefers the number two slot. As director of the new Office of Com munications and Marketing, he said the University was Ins ultimate career goal, but now he's leaving for Indiana Univer sity and an W’,000 fob. Christopher Simpson is leaving after only 11 months at the University. "The job that I have is the quintessen tial. liehind the scenes, number two per son." Simpson said of his new slot in Indiana ns the executive assistant to l’ri*s ident Myles Brand, former University president. "I want nothing out of it The only thing that 1 ask is that I he allowed the opportunity to continue to work with him (Brand), and I'm very fortunate that I have that opportunity,” he said. The administration's decision to bring Simpson to the University was result of a school in Measure 5 chaos, trying to over come the stigma of a $42 million budget shortfall without dis* mi raging prosper live students He represents the University's bullhorn blasting the glass-half-full message ''You've got hundreds of different mes sages going out, and they're very diffuse There's no rhyme or reason.” Simpson said in a re< ont interview "So what you do is get everyone singing off the same sheet Turn to SIMPSON, Page 3 Mil MAI l \MtMH I HI i"». Christopher Simpson will leave the Uni versity and follow Myles Brand to Indiana. Still life with pheasant i MCMAEl S»«lNDliat iw**! Kevin Temple, 14. draws a slutted pheasant at the Museum ot Natural History Tuesday. "You usual ly don't get a chance to draw these because they're moving— and moving last," Temple said. UNIVERSITY Public corporation plan could save $20 million OSSHE: Board wants more control over how schools can purchase goods, spend money By Joe Harwood F<y the CVegue t U'-% I metjxt Thu Oregon Stnlu Hoard of Higher Kdm ation is Irving to git in inoru control over the state's colleges and universities l>v turning them into a public corporation Not to be confused with privatising the state s\ stein, the proposal aims to eliminate some of the administrative rules that govern how colleges and universities purchase goods, hire personnel and other wise spend money. Under the proposal, the Legislature would retain its authority to set the budget and directly control all revenue transferred front the General Fund to the state system Currently, the Legislature only contributes about 20 percent, or S?i7?> million to a S2 4 billion budget. Turn to OSSHE, Page 4 Organization wants to run Amazon housing complex Non-profit: Tenants say buildings should be run like a business By Kaly Soto (Xtify Em&akl it's been almost a year since the Amazon Family Housing complex became n battleground. After a year, the struggle is a little less hectic. Before both sides can reach an amicable set tlenient they must first discuss demolition, reconstruction and whether or not a non-profit cor poration should run the com plex. "We wanted to structure it as a non-profit corporation because we want accountability and we want it run like u business." said Michelle Summers-Thompson, chairwoman of the Amazon TenantsCounc.il and vice presi dent of Amazon Community Housing, a non-profit corpora tion. Wednesday. tho board of Ama zon Community Housing toured vai ant buildings in order to deter mine which of tho buildings arti habitable Thu tour is only one of the stops ttin corporation is tak ing to show tho University that tho corporation should lm con sidered tho host candidate to innnago tho complex. In addition, tho members of the board have been talking to contractors to got bids on a demonstration building on the corner of 24th Avenue and Pat terson Street The demonstration building would show what renovations the board would make, if they bad the money. Much of the work thus far has !>een done by the student-resi dents at Amazon, a tradition they would liku to continue. Ono University architecture class was devoted entirely to the Turn to AMAZON, Page 3 GOOD MORNING HIGH 85° LOW 50° ► Construction on the corner ol 18th Avenue and University, part of on going improvements the University is making while school is out, should be completed to day it everything goes according to the University's plan
