Thursday
October 28,1999
Volume 101, Issue 43
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
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Freshman finds net, niche
Freshman forward Julie McLellan has forged a spot on a
senior-laden Oregon women’s soccer team thanks to her
goal-scoring abilities. PAGE 11A
Getting the boot
By parking smart and not letting parking tickets go unpaid,
students can avoid having a car boot placed on their vehicle.
PAGE 8A
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Founder and CEO of Rumblefish Inc., Paul Anthony, installs a fish tank at the company’s new corporate headquarters with the help of Jon Sharpie.
Die Business
■ With a lot of drive and a little
help, students can start their own
businesses and companies
By Stefanie Knowlton
Oregon Daily Emerald
The exposed brick walls of the office
are painted purple and track lighting
shines pinks and blues on the gray, tex
tured ceiling. The doors are lined with
a shiny silver material that gives this
student-run record company a very ur
ban feel.
There is even a pinball machine and
putting green in addition to phones,
computers and a photo copier.
“I want it to flow,” said Paul Antho
ny, a senior music major and CEO of
Rumblefish, Inc. “I want artists to be
able to walk in and feel a creative envi
ronment.”
A few weeks ago, he and five other
employees moved into the building at
1900 Millrace Drive, where the
Lundquist Entrepreneurial Center is
planning to move two more University
student-run companies.
It is part of a new program started this
fall that gives student businesses office
space and supplies and helps them get
up and running.
“It serves as the training wheels for
the first year of business operations,”
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said Phil Bussy, associate director of the
center.
Rumblefish, however, had a running
start before the program.
. Anthony started his first business, Al
cala, as a freshman operating out of his
dorm room with $400 in capital, he
said.
It was a record publishing company
named after his mom, he said.
From this beginning, Rumblefish has
acquired a recording studio in addition
to the publishing company and now a
recording label.
Artists such as Sarah McLachlan,
Fuel and Feeder have all worked with
Anthony, but Rumblefish mostly works
with artists who are looking for their
break.
The music ranges from Christian,
rock, folk, pop and hip hop to alterna
tive.
“The recording label is completely
cross-genre, we have no qualms about
signing anyone if they’re good,” said
Mike Severson, who has worked with
Anthony for the.last four years.
Anthony’s goal is to create enough
capital to build the biggest recording
studio between San Francisco and Seat
tle, he said.
The Entrepreneurial Center will help
him as far as they can, but funding for
this program lasts for one year and after
that the students are on their own.
This time is used to mature their
business ideas into a real company,
Bussy said.
Each potential company must submit
its business plan and a selection com
mittee makes the final decision. Office
space and supplies such as computers,
faxes and copiers are supplied by the
University, but the company must pay
for all other expenses.
In addition to Rumblefish records,
the center chose MBA Link, an online
resume company, to participate in the
new entrepreneurial program.
The center is still looking for two
more student-run businesses to subsi
dize this year.
“These are students who get a chance
to run a business ... not just going to
class, it’s getting their hands dirty with
profit margins ... apd putting what they
learned into play,” Bussy said.
Something student businesses like
Rumblefish records and MBA Link
have taken full advantage of.
Frohnmayer
improving
■ University president issues a
grateful statement after being moved
from intensive care
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
University President Dave Frohnmayer
was moved out of the intensive care unit at
Suburban Health Care Systems in Bethes
da, Md., Wednesday,
and continues to recov
er from a sudden ar
rhythmia suffered dur
ing a National
Institutes for Health
conference Friday.
“Frohnmayer’s con
dition has measurably
improved. He has been
moved out of the inten
sive care unit and is
enjoying conversation
with his family,” according to a statement
released from the hospital Wednesday.
Frohnmayer issued the following state
ment to the campus community:
“I am so very grateful to those individu
als who were instrumental in saving my
life. I am receiving extraordinary medical
care and I am most fortunate that Lynn,
Mark and my brother Phil are here with
me. It is uncertain at this time how long I
will need to remain here. We do not yet
know the full extent of what caused this
event or what is in store for immediate and
long-term treatment. I have very high re
Turn to Frohnmayer, Page 4A
Ballot measures
to be discussed
a Students will get a chance to learn
more about the pending ballot
measures in a panel discussion
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
If this year’s voter’s pamphlet seems all
too confusing, students will have the
chance to learn more about the issues dur
ing a moderated panel discussion tonight.
The ASUO will sponsor the discussion
at 7 p.m. in room 110 of the Knight Law
Center regarding ballot measures 69-75. All
seven measures propose amendments to
Oregon’s constitution regarding the rights
of the accused, criminals and crime vic
tims.
The panel will consist of four people,
two supporting the measures and two in
opposition.
ASUO Executive Projects Coordinator
Arile Adkins said he has currently sched
uled Rep. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, a
representative from the American Civil
Liberties Union and Steve Doell, president
of Crime Victims United of Oregon. Adkins
said he hopes to fill the panel with a repre
sentative from the Attorney General’s of
fice, but has not confirmed anyone yet.
Each panel member will speak on the is
sues and answer two moderated questions
Turn to Roundtree, Page 4A