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Two contributions add fuel to expansion project ■ New donations from Oregon businesses bring the business school closer to its fund raising goal By Mandy Toomey Oregon Daily Emerald Recent donations from two Ore gon companies to the Lundquist School of Business will put the school past the halfway point in fundraising for its $40 million Lil lis Business Center expansion proj ect. The $1 million gift from JELD WEN, one of the largest manufac turers of windows, doors and mill work, will aid in the building of a new career service center for both undergraduate and master of busi ness administration career assis tance. A $500,000 donation by Dick and David Boyd, co-CEOs of Boyd Coffee Co., will be added to the general fund, and the Boyds will assist in naming a dining area that will act as a meeting place for students and faculty. “These gifts were true leadership gifts, bringing outstanding momen tum for this project,” said Michael McKelvey, director of development at the Lundquist School of Business. Rather than donations going to the business school in general, funding will be matched according to company interests in the school. McKelvey said the renovation is unique because it “allows faculty and students to walk the talk of the new curriculum,” which assumes students spend 40 percent of their time in the classroom and 60 percent in working internships or participat ing in projects with companies. The target date for beginning the expansion project is late August or early September. JELD-WEN placed its money into the career service center be cause “we were interested most in recruitment and hiring graduates from the business school,” said Bob Turner, JELD-WEN executive vice president and a Lundquist School alumnus. Although the business school currently offers career services to both undergraduates and MBAs, the two services are located in separate areas in the school and tend to operate independently of each other. The new center will f*PP*s£ _. , . . . , ... Courtesy of SRG Partnership Pictured above is the artist s rendition of the proposed changes to the Lundquist College of Business. The new facilities will include 145,000 square feet of new space and 50,000 square feet of renovated space. house both groups together and allow the services to share re sources. “Having space dedicated to ca reer exploration and job search gives students something tangible to use as a launching pad for career futures,” said James Chang, assis tant director of University Career Services. Chang said the new center will give students access to computer stations, a resource room contain ing company information and a student work area for researching potential employers. Dick Boyd of Boyd Coffee Co. said his company has had an “on going” relationship with the busi ness school. In the past donations have been made both in the corpo ration’s and individual employees’ names. “It is our corporate philosophy and creed to contribute to better community, which includes contin uing education,” said Boyd. “Sup porting education at various levels is part of what we want to give back to the community.” ASUO aims to inform student renters ■ Past ignorance about student tenants’ rights has prompted the ASUO to launch an informative Web site By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Broken appliances, questionable fees and unanswered phone calls by landlords are just a few complaints some renters may have. But after the ASUO conducted a renter’s rights survey last year, the biggest problem seemed to be that renters didn’t know what rights they had, according to ASUO Com munity Outreach Director Christa Shively. This term, the ASUO will work on a renter’s rights campaign that will aim to produce a housing code by next year and educate stu dents about their rights as renters. ASUO Outreach Director Gabe Sitowski said the campaign is impor tant because many student renters are also first-time renters.“Because they don’t know their rights, it’s easier to take advantage of them,” he said. Although many of the campaign’s plans are tentative, Shively said the ASUO has solid objectives for the future. “The campaign for renter’s rights may not be very visible on campus,” she said. “But we have really strong long-term goals.” The winter term campaign will fo cus its efforts on informing students about renter’s rights through a Web site, which will include links to asso ciated sites such as Legal Services and those of city councilors. Students can ask questions via e-mail. Last year the ASUO considered offering a phone hotline for students who need ed guidance about renter’s rights, but a Web site seemed more feasible and helpful, Shively said. ASUO President Jay Breslow said that because there is no housing code in Eugene, many students live in structures that haven’t been maintained, and landlords don’t al ways respond to problems. “Students move into places that are less than quality,” he said. “And right now there’s no way to hold landlords accountable.” Although the state has its own housing code, communities are re sponsible for making their own codes based on their specific needs. The ASUO plans to work with Le gal Services and possibly the Office of Student Advocacy to write a code that is more detailed about renting stan dards, codes for responsiveness, and landlord and tenant responsibilities. The Outreach Team also plans to look at housing codes for other cities with demographics similar to Eugene’s. Shively said the idea for a housing code stemmed from a conversation Where it’s at: For a copy of the Renter’s Handbook, contact OSPIRG at 346 4377. For more information about the landlord tenant law in Oregon, visit http://www.ohiolandlordtenant.co m/ore.html. with City Councilor Bonny Bettman, who mentioned that the quality of housing often goes down in neigh borhoods where students live. Shively said this stirred the issue of renters’ duties versus landlord obligations. “I consider the overall appear ance of a house to be the responsi bility of the landlords,” she said. “I don’t know the legal stance behind that... but we should maybe look into businesses that don’t take care of their property as they should.” Bettman couldn’t be reached for comment. Shively added that the plan for a housing code is significant because it will start a discussion about what the standards should be and give students the opportunity to share their experiences. “This will bring out stories that show why this is important, and why we need to really define what the problems are,” she said. Calendar Wednesday, Jan. 17 Student Orientation Staff (S.O.S.) in formational meeting. 5:30 p.m. Metolius Room, EMU. Applications for S.O.S. available in Room 372 of Ore gon Hall. MLKCelebration: “Civil Rights Film Series: 20th-Century Social Justice Movements.” 10-11 a.m., “At the Riv er I Stand (1993); 11 a.m.-noon., “Frontline: The Two Nations of Black America (1998); noon-1 p.m., “Unfin ished Business: The Japanese-Ameri can Internment Cases (1984); 1-3 p.m., “Chicano! History oftheMexi can-American Civil Rights Movement (1996); 3-4:15 p.m., “Out of the Past: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights in America (1998). Media Ser vices Studio B, Knight Library. Free. Center for the Study of Women in So ciety Wednesdays at Noon: Lorraine Brundige, philosophy graduate stu dent, discusses “A Return to Reciproc ity.” Noon-1 p.m., Room 330, Hen dricks Hall. Free. MLK Celebration: The Black Student Union sponsors a lunchtime social and dialogue. Noon-1 p.m., Multicul tural Center, Room 33, EMU. Free. Classics Lecture: Andrea Falcon, Uni versity of Padua, discusses “Aristotle and the limits of Natural Science.” 3 p.m., Room 810, PLC. Free. Russian film Series: “Prisoner of the Mountains,” Tolstoy’s military tale in Russian, with English subtitles, set in contemporary Chechnya. 6:30 p.m.. Room 115, Pacific Hall. Free. MLKCelebration: “Two Decades of Martin Luther Kingjr. Celebrations” is a community panel and conversa tion. 7-9 p.m., Ben Linder Room, EMU. Free. 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