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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1998)
STATE OF THE CITY Torrey seeks curfew Eugene mayor Jim Torrey calledfor a daytime curfew for all children at his Wednesday address PAGE 6A SPORTS Hey, Ernie! Ernie Kent and the UO basketball teams take on the Pac-10 Conference PAGE1B a THURSDAY, JAHUABY8, 1998 I—l TODAY “The Struggle for Peace: Israelis and Palestinians ” will be shown at 7p.m. in 180 PLC. WEATHER Today Partly cloudy I ligh 44. Low .42. Friday Partly sunny 1 ligh 42. Low 34. University Goals l_: CHAD PATTESON/Emerald i/n«u r«i icouiwcim University President Dave Frohnmayer urged active participation as he discussed issues facing the University before 2000 Facing the Future President Dave hrohnmayer asked faculty and staff to help find solutions to the school's predicted $ 5-million shortfall By Laura Cadiz Higher Education Editor University President Dave Frohnmay er asked the members of the University Assembly a simple, yet insightful ques tion Wednesday: "Would you send your child to the University of Oregon?” he asked, “If your answer is not unequivo cally, immediately and enthusiastically ‘Yes! then we must do better.” Frohnmayer urged faculty and staff to “participate in change” as he voiced the “mega-issues” facing the University be fore the millennium. These issues have been determined by the Issues Definition Groups, which are made up of about 100 faculty members whose task is to look at the University’s economic situation, stu dents, public perception and support, the role of faculty and other areas of interest to define urgent issues affecting the Uni versity. “If we do not lead change, we will be victimized by it,” he said. “If we do not determine our future, others will deter mine it for us.” The immediately critical issue, Frohn mayersaid, is a potential $5-million bud get shortfall facing the University next year. He said the shortfall is the direct and cumulative result of a "disinvest ment in higher education.” "It is a projection,” he said. “It is one we can manage, and, with your help, one we can work through in ways that protect our core of quality. But I do not doubt that this shortfall will be very difficult to ab Turn to FROHNMAYER, Page 4A rmiiimiTrmrnmriTTMirigT UO business dean leaves for new job Dean Tim McGuire accepted a position at a Pittsburgh-based high -tech company, where he will be the No. 2 executive By Laura Cadiz Higher Education Editor Lundquist College of Business Dean Tim McGuire will soon be “putting his money where his mouth is" when he leaves the University to become the No. 2 executive in a private high-tech company. “While I approach this next stage of my career with considerable trepidation, it is an outstanding opportunity for personal growth and for me to put my money where my mouth is,” McGuire wrote in an an nouncement to his friends and colleagues. McGuire will hold the position of senior executive vice president and chief operat ing officer of Management Science Associ ates Inc., a 550-person company in Pitts burgh that assists clients through the integration of analytics and information technology. “It's a pretty spectacular offer," McGuire said in an interview. “It gives me an oppor tunity to learn as a higher-level executive and learn about management.” The details of his leaving have not yet been worked out. McGuire, who came to the University in 1994, has been closely connected to the company, which was founded by his for mer professor, Alfred A. Kuhn, at Garuegie Mellon in 1963. He was appointed to the board of directors in 1968 and named vice chairman in 1990. Although McGuire said he is nervous about the transition, he believes that busi ness and academia go hand-in-hand. “My view of the world of higher educa tion is that increasingly higher education Turn tn flFAM Pane AA ASUO pushes for longer hours at library, computing centers Oregon State’s and the University of Washington’s libraries open earlier and close later than Knight By Doug Irving Student Activities Editor ASUO Vice President Ben Unger has hundreds of old textbooks in his car. He hopes to get students to dedicate those and a thousand other used books to University officials by the end of next week. Each dedication will ask for better access to the library and computing cen ters. ‘‘They’ll get more books than they’ve ever read in their lives,” Unger said. The ASUO advocacy team will work to extend Knight Library’s hours at least into the early morning and to keep the comput ing labs open 24 hours. Nothing is concrete yet, but the team hopes to finalize its plans by next week, said Adrienne Young, ASUO associate outreach director. The University is a nationally recog nized research institution, ASUO intern Bryan Clark noted. Still, it turns students out of its main library and closes most of its computing labs at 11 p:m. "If we need this education to survive, we need to have proper access to it,” Unger said. “We need to get everything they claim they can give us.” Knight Library is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday. In con trast, the University of Washington’s un dergraduate library opens at 8 a.m. and closes at midnight, according to its Web page. Oregon State’s main library opens at 7:45 a.m. and closes at midnight. The University is Oregon’s flagship in stitution, so it needs to at least meet Ore gon State’s access expectations, Unger said. “We claim to be the best institute in Ore gon, and I think we are,” ASUO President Bill Miner said. “But we have some horri ble hours.” The ASUO surveyed 577 University stu dents last term about library access. More than 200 agreed the University provides in adequate places to study; 195 students had no opinion. More than 250 students thought that hurt the quality of education. “That’s a strong statement to make,” Young said. Students estimated a few years ago what it would cost to keep the library open later. They decided it would cost several thou sand dollars every hour the library stayed open past normal times, Unger said. That kind of price tag should make the access campaign a difficult one, Clark said. “It’ll take a lot of effort,” he said. “There are probably going to be some cost prob lems. We’re looking for some ways to real ly hit this hard.” One way involves the hundreds of old books the ASUO got from used bookstores. The ASUO hopes students will ask for bet ter hours in writing on the book covers. Or ganizers haven’t figured out yet where the 1,500 books will go after the campaign, Clark said. The ASUO is also planning a “Day of Action” in the EMU to rally for 24-hour ac cess to the computing labs and to the EMU Turn to ACCESS, Page 10A This is the fourth story in a week-long series of articles that will look at what the ASUO hopes to accomplish winter term
