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Issue 100 • Volume 18
September 21,1998
Campus Life
Outdoor adventures
The University’s Outdoor
Program provides opportunities
for students to create their own
outdoor trips/1 B
Community
Car crunch
LTD has big plans
for the future of
mass transit in
Eugene/1C
Rhythm & Reviews
Dylan concert
With the help of the Cultural
Forum, Bob Dylan and Van
Morrison are slated to play
Mac Court on Thursday /ID
Sports
Football
Will Akili Smith
be the man at
quarterback for
the Ducks?/IE
New elevator is planned for EMU
Four levels on the northwest
wing will be accessible again
to students with disabilities
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
Just as the campus community thought
the EMU was finished with demolitions
and renovations, a new elevator will be in
stalled to allow access for people with dis
abilities to areas currently unaccessible.
The new elevator will recreate access to
the Oregon Daily Emerald, the International
Lounge and the Adell McMillan Art Gallery
as well as make available the restrooms on
the art gallery level, said Jim Robertson of
Robertson Sherwood Architects PC.
The elevator will also allow access to a
handful of student organizations such as
the International Student Association,
the Oregon Commentator and the Mus
lim Student Association, he said.
“The International Lounge has long
been a favored program space,” Robert
son said.
More than a year ago, the University
had to make that space unavailable for
programs when a wheelchair lift broke,
Robertson said. Programming in that
space had to be moved to accommodate
access for people with disabilities.
“The old chair ramps were unsafe and
had to be taken out of commission,”
Robertson said.
Last spring, students voted to dedicate
$555,000 to build an elevator which
would make those areas available again.
A study was done to find potential lo
cations in the EMU where the elevator
might be erected. After four were identi
fied, a final decision and proposal was
made to build the new elevator on the
building’s inside corner, adjacent to the
post office at the main level.
“What we’re proposing is a 40-foot
high elevator tower,” Robertson said. “It
will serve four different levels, but will
only have three floors in it.”
The elevator will be two-sided in order
to access the new east-facing lobbies on
the three floors as well as the west-facing
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LAURA GOSS/EmenM
The fire escape on the EMU’s inside quad uill he removed to make way for the neiv
elevator, which could finished by the middle of1999.
Honors hall
involvement
to increase
Housing will work closely with
the Honors College to plan
activities for the residents
By Peter Breaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
Campus life will lake on an entirely new
shape for honors students this fall.
A collaboration between the Clark Hon
ors College and University Housing brings
three honors-themed residence halls to the
Walton Complex. The Honors College facul
ty will use expanded facilities in Dyment
Hall to coordinate activities reaching be
yond the classroom experience. DeCou and
Hawthorne, the halls adjacent to Dyment,
will also be honors halls.
“It extends the fellowship with other stu
dents beyond the classroom,” said Paul
Csonka, Honors College director.
Honors Track seminars have been taught
in the Dyment lounge and seminar area dur
ing the past two years, and many Honors
College students have lived in the hall. The
three contiguous Honors Halls, however,
will involve Honors College faculty this fall
for the first time.
“The Honors College involvement is not
the first time we’ve been involved with an
academic program,” said Michael Eyster, di
rector of Housing, “although it's probably
one of the more intense involvements that
we’ve had, which I’m really excited about.
When Honors Track started, we approached
the Honors College and they weren't inter
ested.”
Although the halls are designed specifi
cally for Honors College and Honors Track
students, 15 ofthe 173 students in the halls
are not in either program.
“They’re still smart students and want the
quiet atmosphere,” said Kelly Matchett
Morris, associate director of residence life.
“Our preference is that every person in
the hall be eligible through their participa
tion in Honors Track or the Honors College.
However, if we’ve got any space in those
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Frohnmayer shares vision for University’s future
By Michael Hines
Editor in Chief
University President Dave Frohnmayer
recently spoke with the Emerald about
his thoughts on students, the City of Eu
gene and the future of the University.
Qi What does the job of the president
! of this university entail?
A; It’s a very broad job description, and
j sometimes it changes according to
the issues that you have to confront. So,
going into a legislative year, for example,
some of the monumental reforms and
changes in the system, in the way it’s fi
nanced — that really dictates my job de
DAVE FROHNMAYER
scription for a significant part of this
year. And that’s fine. This is something
we’ve been working for years.
Making sure that we get legislative en
dorsement now of the new and reformed
budget model is very important. This is
an election year, and it will be a legisla
tive year starting in January, so my job de
scription changes there.
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LAURA GOSS/Emeraid
President Frohn
mayer, the former
Oregon attorney
general, has no
plat is to run for
elective office.