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Knight continued from page 1 [or] early June — we are going to keep on track with that aspect. “The phase two portion of the project is not scheduled to start until late November and we may have to delay that part of it. We will decide as we move forward.” The first phase of the project will focus on the stadium’s exteri or, which Moos characterized as r being in dire need of improve ment. Phase two is scheduled to add luxury sky-boxes and thou sands of new seats to the stadium. “We had, and still have at this point, a handful of significant do nations, most of them preferring to remain anonymous,” he said. “The grand total of those commitments, we felt, was sufficient enough to move forward with the project.” Knight’s withdrawal of support will have a definite impact on the project time line. “We need to replace Phil’s por tion of it,” Moos said. “That’s go ing to take some doing, but I feel that we have the resources, and certainly the funding base, and the interest in this project to hope fully do that. We may have to change some aspects of it. We may have to delay the timing.” Revenue generated through the addition of 12,000 seats to Autzen Stadium was tentatively identi fied as a source to fund faculty salary increases via the recently approved University Senate Bud get Committee White Paper, a plan to improve faculty salaries. The added ticket sales would eliminate the need for a multi million dollar subsidy paid to the athletic department from the Uni versity general fund. “It was a long-range source,” said Wayne Westling, chair of the committee that drafted the White Paper. “If that source of revenue is foreclosed to us, we’ll have to find others.” COME INTO OUR HOUSE AND LEARN ABOUT AMERICA. Wednesday, April 26th: Opening Ceremonies What: Kicks off Asian Heritage Month Celebration featuring Lion Dance Team. Where: EMU Amphitheater 4:00-5:30 pm Saturday, April 29th; Fashion Show/Auction & Dance What: Asian American fashions followed by auction and dance with live D.J. Where: EMU Fir Room, Fashion Show 8:30-9:30pm fee admission Dance 10:00-1:00 am, admission with 3 canned food donations What: Professor Jiannbm Shiao* University of Oregon, discusses the difference of Asian American cultures in California, Oregon, Texas, and Hawaii. Where: EMU Multicultural Center 5:00-6:30 pm «<*, Wednesday, May 10thi Island Paradise...History of Whal What: Professor Toeutu Fa’aleava, U.C. Berkeley introduces the history whaling in the Pacific from the 1790s to 1870s. Pacific Islander were integrated into the global market and labor economies dt Where: EMU Multicultural Center 5:00-6:30 pm Tuesday, May 16th: Seeking Truth.„Film_ What: A showing of “True,” by director Jay Koh, illustrates the Korean Americans of dramatically different backgrounds. In the truth about what it means to be Korean Americans, individuals. Q&A session to follow. Where: EMU Gumwood Rooms 7:00-9:00 pm Wednesday, May 17t m Eyes1 What: Directed by Jay Koh. Fi^HSjJmin|j examining tha experiences day of school. Followed by discussions with Mr. Koh. Where: EMU Multicultural Center 7:00-9:90 pm Saturday, May 20th; Closing Celebration: The Main What: Alex Leu, “Three Lives” a one-man show about Asian American be announced, musical performance. Where: EMU Ballroom 7:30-10:00 pm, cost to be announced ences. Group to More Information Contact: apasu@gladstone.uoregon.edu 346-0342 He said although the news will have no short-term impact on fac ulty pay increases, he added that it could potentially have a long term impact. University President Dave Frohnmayer echoed statements he made in a press release late Monday night and in an open let ter written to University faculty on Tuesday morning. Frohnmayer emphasized that the University’s decision to join the Worker Rights Consortium was not made without care ful considera tion “through many months of study, de bate, discus sion and votes.” “The Uni versity has its own deci sion-making process,” Frohnmayer said. He noted that the Licensing Code of Conduct Committee, the ASUO, the student body and the University Senate all recommend ed that the University join the WRC, a labor monitoring group. The University Senate is sched uled to review the WRC — which Frohnmayer characterized as “a work in progress” — in one year. Frohnmayer spoke with Knight on Tuesday. He described their conversation as cordial, genuine and heartfelt on both sides. Both parties agreed that this was a tragedy, he said. Frohnmayer said the important thing was to mend relationships with Knight. “There’s a lot of blood that’s thicker than water here,” he said. “I wouldn’t ask (Knight) to recon sider his thought-out position. Obviously, I hope over time we can persuade him, but I’m sure he will stand by the statement that he issued last night.” In that statement Knight said he was shocked when he learned Fri day morning that the University had joined the WRC. Frohnmayer said he did not con sult with Knight in advance of mak ing the decision to join the WRC. “We have reason to believe that people — particularly in the li censing division of Nike — knew that the University was going in this direction,” he said. Because of that belief, the Uni versity may have been misled into believing that Knight was aware of the University’s plans to join the WRC, he said. Earlier in the process of devel oping a corporate code of con duct, the University requested all of its licensees disclose the loca tions of their factories. Nike was among the first to comply with the University’s re quest, Frohnmayer said. A small group of students ob served the short press conference just outside the crowded confer ence room. Sarah Jacobson, a mem ber of the Human Rights Alliance, the campus group that has spear headed activism in favor of the WRC, said the decision to join the WRC was made according to the University’s democratic process. That decision should not be questioned, nor should the Uni versity be bullied by corporate in fluence, Jacobson said. She said that Knight’s “shock” at learning of the University’s membership in the WRC was a “pretense.” “This was a tactical and calcu lated effort by Nike to try and crush the WRC,” Jacobson said. “I think the ties have become very obvious between universities and corporate interests. “Alleged philanthropy is now being used as a club to pull the University one way or another.”
