Feeling fine
A.]. Feeley, one of the
Ducks’ two exceptional
quarterbacks, says he’s
healthy again and is
expecting to shine this
Saturday in the annual
Oregon football Spring
Scrimmage. PAGE 9
The Flash
Kilbourne speaks
tonight in EMU
Jean Kilbourne, an interna
tionally acclaimed expert on
the image of women in ad
vertising, discusses “Deadly
Persuasion” to kick off “Girls
on the Move to Eugene,” an
empowering event for
teenage girls, tonight at 7:30
p.m. in the EMU Ballroom.
This event is free and a book
signing follows.
Asian Americans
celebrate heritage
The term Asian American
attempts to give expression to
cultural, linguistic and ethnic
diversity while recognizing
common historical experi
ences in American history.
This month, members of the
Asian Pacific American Stu
dent Union invite the Univer
sity community to celebrate
the collective accomplish
ments of these heteroge
neous communities. Page 5
Nike kills talks on
renewing deal
with Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Nike Inc.
said Thursday that it has ter
minated negotiations on the
renewal of a six-year, multi
million-dollar licensing
agreement with the Universi
ty of Michigan.
University President Lee
Bollinger accused the compa
ny of retaliating against
Michigan for its involvement
with the Worker Rights Con
sortium, a student-driven
coalition of schools de
manding that Nike provide
better labor conditions for
overseas workers.
Nike did not disclose the
dollar value of the pro
posed new contract with
Michigan, one of 200 col
leges and universities with
which it has licensing
agreements.
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■ Including the Universty, seven
Oregon colleges have totaled $420
million worth of repairs
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University faces a $98 million
price tag in deferred maintenance costs,
according to a recent study.
The seven Oregon University System
schools collectively have accrued $420
million in deferred maintenance costs,
with the University holding the second
highest tab to Oregon State University’s
$131 million. Lynda Swanson, director
of capital construction planning for the
Oregon University System, said the
common thread tying this state-wide
problem is lack of funding to carry out
needed repairs.
The deferred maintenance cost is the
price of facilities that need replacement,
some of which have needed replace
ment for more than 10 years. The results
of the study were presented to a Board of
Higher Education committee in March^
George Hecht, director of University
Facilities Services, said of this general
problem universities face, “We’re better
at building things than we are at main
taining them.”
Facilities Services is in charge of
maintaining the University’s 3 million
square feet of building space, but the de
partment does not have the funding to
replace all of the items on which main
tenance has been deferred.
“The greatest problem we have on
campus is that our classrooms are in an
old, dilapidated condition,” Hecht said.
Hecht said funding for maintenance is
difficult to come by because potential
donors have the expectation that build
ing maintenance is the state’s responsi
bility.
Swanson said, for example, it is diffi
cult to raise money for a new electrical
system, but it is easier to raise money for
scholarship programs or a new building.
“This is an unglamorous problem,”
Swanson said of raising money for main
tenance. “The big push has been to cope
with having one of the most underfund
ed (university) systems.
“The fundamental problem is that
higher education has been underfunded
for years.”
Turn to Repairs, page 7A
WRC ruling,
UO exclusion
upset alumni
■ Letters from graduates
pour in criticizing the
University for the way the
WRC decision was handled
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
While University staff and
students express a mix of sup
port and criticism of the Univer
sity after Nike CEO Phil
Knight’s decision to curtail fu
ture philanthropic contribu
tions to the campus, comments
from alumni have been much
more uniform.
The majority of letters to the
editor written by University
alumni and published in the
Oregon Daily Emerald, The Reg
ister-Guard and The Oregonian
criticize the University for not
contacting Knight — a 1959
graduate and the University’s
biggest donor in recent years —
before signing on to the Worker
Rights Consortium April 12.
“I think Knight deserved at
least a phone call. It’s just sound
business practice,” Paul Mor
gan, a 1993 graduate who wrote
a letter to the Emerald April 25,
said during a telephone inter
view. “He’s given $50 million,
and that’s an awful lot of an in
vestment in the University.”
Duncan McDonald, Universi
ty vice president for public af
fairs and development, said he
regrets not contacting Knight
immediately after the final deci
sion to ease tension between the
Nike CEO and the University.
“I very much wish I could
have gotten Mr. Knight and
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Girls get a feel for different professions
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Participants in “Take Our Daughters To Work Day” have lunch in the EMU Thursday.
■ Organizers say
programs for girls are
needed during
adolescence when self
esteem is at risk
By Josh Ryneal
Oregon Daily Emerald
About 100 Eugene girls got a
different sort of education as
they left their regular middle
school classes Thursday and
took part in the University’s
“Take Our Daughters To Work
Day.”
Participating in diverse work
shops, such as genetics, com
munications, neuroscience and
clay art, the girls got a chance to
talk with professors and in
structors, listen to a lecture giv
en by female members of The
Register-Guard’s high school
news team, “20 Below,”
and have lunch with women
professionals.
Turn to Daughters, page 8A
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ages are a
crucial time
forgirls.
Karen Logvin
event
organizer //