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
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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:
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For more information about the
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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.
Outdoor Program Author Event:
Seattle author, actor and award-win
ning public radio commentator Willie
Weir presents “I Am God!: Cycling In
dia,” a humor-filled account of his
5,000-mile bicycle journey. 7:30
p.m., Room 100, Willamette Hall. $2
general; free for students, OP mem
bers. Booksigning follows.
International Programs Lecture:
Alexander Yereskovsky, a member of
many bilateral arms control delega
tions including the SALT and START
negotiations, discusses “The Future of
Nuclear Arms Control: Mutually As
sured Cooperation as a Substitute for
Mutually Assured Destruction.” 7:30
p.m., UO Baker Downtown Center.
Free.
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