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Law school nears completion By Trtcia Schwennesen Oregon Daily Emerald The intermittent hum of electric saws still seeps out from beneath long sheets of plastic. Part of the skeletal infrastructure of steel and concrete remains exposed. However, construction of the William W. Knight Law School at the comer of 15th Avenue and Agate Street is nearing its final stages, and most ofthe outside is finished. The $24 million project is ex pected to be complete by early spring, said Jane Gordon, the School of Law's associate dean for student affairs. “We’ve been really lucky with the weather,” Gordon said. “It’s been really dry.” Gordon said the original plan was to move into the new building after the fall semester, but law school officials decided to wait until after commencement be cause the move will be so large. Jennifer Roth and Maureen Mc Fadden, both third year law stu dents, said they are disappointed they will never attend classes in the new building. Both said they were curious about what the bathrooms would look like in the new building be cause the bathrooms are too small in Grayson Hall, home of the cur rent law school built in 1970. "Well, they were built when mostly men went to school here,” McFadden said. Gordon said almost all 41 facul ty offices in the new building are completely framed and construc tion crews are dry walling and putting in the ceilings. “It’s very impressive,” said Jerry Hill, a second year law student. “It seems huge.” The new building will have about 50 percent more space than Grayson Hall, accommodate about 500 stu dents and house a larger library, conference rooms and study rooms. It will also house The Commons, a central place where students, facul ty and staff can meet, Gordon said. The new school will be fully wired to accommodate the latest technology in computers.Law stu dents are required to have a laptop computer but current classrooms are not conveniently wired for stu dents to plug in, Gordon said. Originally, the plan was to reno vate Grayson Hall but new sources of funding provided a new build ing, said George Pernsteiner, vice provost for resource management. “The bulk of the funding is gift oriented,” Pernsteiner said. In 1996, Phil Knight, CEO of Nike, Inc., gave the University $25 million. A portion of his gift is be ing used to build the new law building in honor of his father, William W. Knight. About two years ago. the Univer sity sold back some state bonds to raise $10.3 million and more than $14 million was raised through pri vate funding, Pemsteiner said. The University is currently paying the debt service on the bonds it sold for the project. Some of the funds came from re source fees law students paid and a few thousand dollars were ad vanced from the chancellor, Pem steiner said. None of the funding came from state dollars, he said. After the School of Law moves into the new building, Grayson Hall will undergo $19 million in renovations for future use by the School of Arts and Sciences. “It was definitely a win-win sit uation for the university commu nity,” Gordon said. Renovations will include more office space for faculty and staff, more classrooms and the possibil ity of a computer lab. The renovat ed building should provide space for 1,850 students. News briers Flu vaccine available at health center Beginning Wednesday, Oct 14, an influenza vaccine will be available at the Student Health Center for students and faculty. Shots are available every Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, from 8 to 9 a.m. for faculty and staff. 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