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THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1996 INDEX News Digest News Sports Classifieds Crossword News Briefly CM CO lO Is- CD TODAY The Mad Duck Repertory Theatre presents “All in the Timing,”at 8p.m. in the Arena Theatre. Admission is $4 Jor students. INSIDE Eugene’s Steve Hacker provided the power for the Ems in a 10-4 win over Everett University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees names new president 8 WEATHER Mostly sunny. High 80. Low 50 The Prefontaine movie Filming on campus begins next week ■ MOVIE: UO and legendary track star will be immortalized in the upcoming Warner Brothers film By Kristin Bailey Associate Editor EugeneWood. It may sound kind of funny, but locals had better get used to it. Big-time Hollywood names are head ing toward campus, and they’re not leaving until their jobs are done. Warner Brothers will begin filming Pre, a movie about track star Steve Pre fontaine, on campus next week. The film, produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, will trace the life of the University alum who revolutionized the sport of track and field. INSIDE The Hollywood presence will impact life on campus as streets are closed and buildings are used for filming Page 4 j Billy Crudup will play the ti tle role, and Donald Suther land will play track coach William Bower man. In prepara tion for filming, crews in a West Eugene movie studio nave been busy constructing sets and gearing up for the actors’ arrival. The first stages of filming began Wednesday in Florence. The movie will also offer University students and Eugene residents the op portunity to make their big screen de but. In fact, the Prefontaine Party next weekend at Hayward Field will make stars of 10,000 people. Film crews will be recreating the 1972 Olympic Trials, and they’re looking for people to play enthusiastic track fans. Organizers said they hope to entice people to come by offering entertainment and prize give aways. “We’re encouraging all of Eugene to come,” Pre Casting Director Deedra Ricketts said. She also said she hopes Turn to MOVIE, Page 4 l_m ANDREW BRACKENSICK/Emerald Jim Lynchosky of Portland prepares part of the set for the Prefontaine movie. UO plans practice facility ■ ATHLETICS: The UO will be able to boast the first indoor practice facility in the Pac-10 Conference By Mark McTyre Sports Editor During the past two years, Oregon athlet ics has been among the best in the Pacific 10 Conference. Now, Oregon will be among the top in premier athletic facilities. The University has a plan in the works for an indoor practice facility to be built next to Autzen Stadium and the Casanova Center. In addition, there will be an out door soccer field constructed beside it. The facility’s pri mary use will be for football, but all Ore gon teams will have access to the site. “The purpose of the building is sta ble,” said Steve McBride, assistant athletic director. “It .is to provide indoor THE FACILITY Plans for the “king size” building include: ■ A full size football field ■ Astraight-away track. ■ A large net for golf and tennis use. ■ Planners are also debating the installation of long jump pits for the track and field teams Source: U0 Athletic Department practice space iur luumau ana an omer ain letics.” The “king size” building will house a full size football field with ample space on the sidelines to include a straight-away track. Also included will be a large net for golf and tennis use. Planners are also debating the in stallation of long jump pits for the track and field teams. The University hopes to break ground on the site January 1997, according to Jim Bartko of Duck Athletic Funds. “Having a facility like this will better pre pare us, as we’ll be able to train year-round,” Turn to ATHLETICS, Page 4 Bagiev Downs complex opens Another chapter in the Amazon contro versy has come to a close. Thirty newly-renovated apartments that survived the University’s demolition of the Amazon housing complex were unveiled Tuesday afternoon in their new location. Called Bagley Downs, the new complex will provide additional University area housing for low-income families. Rent for a two-bedroom apartment at will run $270 a month. St. Vincent de Paul already has a waiting list for families hoping to move in. See story, page 3 Promise Keeper visit guarantees local traffic jams ■ CONFERENCE: More than 40,000 visitors are expected to come to Eugene this weekend By Andrea DeYoung Associate Editor In case you have been in a dark cave the past few weeks, the Promise Keepers are coming to town. When any group of 40,000 people come to Eugene for the weekend, it’s going to mean an inconvenience for the locals. In creased traffic, longer waits at restaurants and lack of hotel rooms will all be prob lems. Autzen Stadium will be filled like it is for football games, but mostly with people who do not live in Eugene and who will be stay ing longer than the time it takes to tailgate and watch four quarters of football. The Promise Keepers have already had prob lems with hotel rooms, resorting instead to sleeping on the floor of people’s homes, grabbing a bunk in a University dorm room or even staying as far away as Corvallis. For Eugene residents, staying away from Autzen is the best idea. The traffic on Coburg Road and Centennial Boulevard wiH.no doubt be treacherous both days. The key times to stay off the road will be be tween noon and 6 p.m. and after 10 p.m. on Friday and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and after 7 p.m. on Saturday. According to Jan Power, a spokeswoman for the Eugene Police Department, there will be increased police presence around Autzen for the event. “Part of the contract when somebody uses Autzen Stadium is traffic control and security at the promoter’s expense,” Power said. “We told the Promise Keepers how many officers we thought would be needed for the event, and they pay for those over time officers.” Because the event will be attended by a University football-game-size audience, the staffing level will be similar as well. “Our only additional concerns are on Fri day night when there is also rush-hour traf fic,” Power said.
