Lounge
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ous international news broadcasts
from several countries, and this is
made possible by the Yamada
Language Center’s satellite equip
ment, which allows them to put
the broadcasts on campus televi
sion, she said.
In addition to the donated tele
vision, Williams said the lounge
also receives materials provided
by embassies where University
students are from, or have trav
eled to. Some University students
who have studied abroad also
write descriptions of their travel
ing experiences for others to read
in the lounge.
Williams said many of these
new amenities were made possi
ble by the work of the IRC adviso
ry committee, which consists of
the ASUO, the EMU board, the
Office of International Education
and Exchange, the International
Student Association and a hand
ful of faculty members.
She said the committee has
worked for several years on plans
to make the existing lounge more
accessible to the University, in
cluding installing a new elevator
at the beginning of 2000 to make
the area handicap accessible.
Jackie Reed, EMU board repre
sentative for the advisory com
mittee and a sophomore journal
ism major, said the committee
exists to review plans for the IRC
and make sure the University’s
needs are being met. They’ve put
in many long hours preparing for
this week’s agenda, she said.
“We’ve been holding meetings
twice a week because we really
want to show that the lounge can
offer great opportunities to every
one,” she said.
Mills said the center received a
two-year, $50,000 budget from the
ASUO last spring, and student in
Grand Opening
Activities for the
International
Resource Center
Lounge
Thursday, Jan. 25:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open House
4 p.m to 6 [i m. Ri bbon Cut
ting/Reception
5 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Joseph Arpaia,
M.D.
7 p.m.
Peace Corps Slide Presentation
Friday, Jan. 26:
International Family Day
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open House
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Coffee Hour
5 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Tom Mills
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Film: La Vie
Est Belle
cidental fees were raised about $1
to make the budget possible.
The student fees, along with
private donations and the volun
teer work of the advisory commit
tee keep the lounge running,
Williams said.
“The lounge is a place that
everyone can use,” she said,
adding that international students
make up roughly 10 percent of
the University population, and 14
percent of University students
will at some time study abroad.
Reed, who studied in England
during high school, said she
would have liked to have a re
source like the IRC lounge.
“If I’d have had a little bit of a
home base in a foreign country, it
would have helped me in Eng
land,” she said.
Autzen
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Though he said he can’t speak for
every faculty member at the Uni
versity, Earl did say many have ex
pressed similar concerns to him
over the project.
“By my experience, the faculty is
almost solidly skeptical about the
need for athletic expansion,” he
said.
However, Earl said this was only
one example of the national debate
going on at universities, where edu
cators and athletic departments
have squared off over the need for
costly upgrades and investments in
sports programs.
Daniel Pope, head of the history
department, said he was “not too
crazy about the idea” of the stadi
um expansion. He questioned the
need for the University to be mak
ing such a financial commitment to
athletics, especially when state
budget cuts appear likely for high
er education.
Pope said it was hard for him to
take a real stand on the issue be
cause he questions the need but is
also a Duck fan who regularly at
tends football games.
Williams said the funds going
into the expansion were all specifi
cally designated by donors for the
project.
“The resources going to that ex
pansion would not have been going
to the instructional budget,” he
said.
And while millions have been
raised for the Athletic Department,
Williams said $250 million has
been raised for the academic insti
tutions of the University.
“Many of the major donors [for
athletics] are also significant
.donors to the academic sidq of the
institution,” he said.
Richard Sundt, an associate pro
fessor of art history, was critical not
only of the large amount of funding
going into Autzen Stadium expan
sion, but also of the Athletic De
partment in general.
“It’s like athletics can never be
cut,” he said. “They can get what
ever they want.”
He also found fault with what he
viewed as a huge disparity between
coaches’ and professors’ salaries,
which he said only placed more of
an emphasis on athletics rather
than education. Sundt said he did
The resources going to
that expansion would not
have been going to the in
structional budget
Dan Williams
vice president,
administration
n’t want more money, but he wants
to see the University scale back its
spending on the Athletic Depart
ment so other departments don’t
suffer.
“We’re down the food chain,
down at the bottom in academics,”
he said. “The faculty is asked to
[teach] students with less funding.”
Sundt also questioned the sus
tainability of the Athletic Depart
ment’s projects because of the high
cost it takes to keep an athletic de
partment competitive at the nation
al level.
“As soon as we finish Autzen,
there’s another huge project to do,”
he said. “While the expansion will
make money, it won’t last verv
long.” ,. • >
Tom Patterson Emerald
Department of Public Safety officers clean the scene after a car careens into a bicycle rack outside Walton Complex Wednesday.
Bikes
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ager for University Housing, said
the racks and roof shelter above
them will be replaced in the near
future.
Wednesday’s collision mirrors an
incident Monday afternoon in
Springfield, where a 33-year-old
man drove his truck into a Spring
field Hollywood Video store, caus
ing extensive damage.
Springfield police said the man
apparently suffered from a seizure
If your bike
incurred
damages or was
destroyed:
• Many were impound ed by the
Department of Public Safety
• Claims can be filed with the stu
dent’s insurance company
• Insurance information can be
picked up at the Eugene Police
Department’s main office on the
corner of 7th Avenue and Pearl
Street.Ask for case number 01 -
1716
or some other kind of medical
emergency.
Aguilar said seizures at the
wheel are not especially common
but have been the cause of more
than a few accidents in recent
years.
“It happens a lot more frequently
than we would expect,” he said.
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