Knight
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[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.”
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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
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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
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Where: EMU Multicultural Center 7:00-9:90 pm
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be announced, musical performance.
Where: EMU Ballroom 7:30-10:00 pm, cost to be announced
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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.”