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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 2001)
‘Life’ gets a little tougher One man recreated Milton Bradley’s ‘The Game of Life’to include reality. Page 5 Twice the threat Juniors Stephanie Martin and Lindsay Closs are carrying the volleybali team. Page 9 i nursuay, ^>cioDcr 1 », zuu 1 biNCE 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 103,Issue 38 State bonds may finance stadium’s renovation ■ Unexpected costs raise price tag of Autzen’s new look and send University officials seeking funds By Eric Martin Oregon Daily Emerald Oregon’s Emergency Board will de cide Nov. 15 and 16 if the University can issue an additional $10 million in state bonds to pay unforeseen Autzen Stadium renovation costs. An emergency board of 19 state leg islators approved the University’s origi nal $80 million renovation in February 2000. But because Nike CEO and Uni versity alumnus Phil Knight re-pocket ed the $30 million he had previously pledged in April 2000, the project stalled for a year and incurred addi tional costs. Knight donated an unspecified amount to the project in early Octo ber, but University officials have es timated the project’s cost has risen to $89.7 million. Bonds will be needed to cover $29.4 million in project expenses. The rest will come from private donations. “We’ll be looking at the need for the increase,” said Steve Bender, an emer gency board analyst. “They did bring this item forward and it was approved. But not with the increased costs.” The University needs additional funding to cover inflation and to pay construction costs until donations are collected. Legislators said they were optimistic the emergency board would approve the bonds because they won’t be paid back using the state’s general fund, which could be short as much as $290 million because of an economic down turn. Instead, the money will be paid back with bonds generated from Autzen Stadium revenue, said state Rep. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene. “I don’t think the emergency board should have a problem with it,” Walk er said. “We’re not taking any money out of the general fund.” Turn to Autzen Stadium, page 3 Jonathan House Emerald Chris Mettler pours molten glass that will be pressed with a UO’ insignia. Mettler works at Aurora Glass, a foundry that recycles old window glass into household decorations. HOT glass, COOL glassmaker ■A local foundry, whose product comes from recycled window glass and profit goes to Saint Vincent de Paul, rolls out a new ‘UO’ product line By Sue Ryan Oregon Daily Emerald Shattered glass sparkled from the bottom of a 3-foot deep wooden bin as Ryan Haldane, an employee of Aurora Glass, stirred the pile with a shovel to push the shards apart. Haldane, an University alumnus, oversees production at Aurora Glass, a foundry that melts recycled glass to create decorative and household items to sell. The foundry rolls out its latest creation this week — two designs of a circular University of Oregon hanging orna ment in both green and gold colors. Haldane said he came up with the newest de sign because of his University alumnus status. “I keep up with what’s going on,” he said. “And, because we’re local, I thought we could make something that would appeal to those connected with the University.” The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County opened the foundry on West Broadway four years ago as an economic development venture. BRING Recycling contributes most of the glass that Aurora uses for its creations. “We use all window glass because it has no Turn to Aurora Glass, page 3 Clinics offer influenza vaccine to high-risk people ■With flu season coming fast, local health services will offer the first round of vaccines this month By Sue Ryan Oregon Daily Emerald Influenza season is fast approaching, and Lane County health officials are ad vising certain groups of people to get vac cinated this month to prevent contracting the virus. “Flu season hasn’t really started yet,” said Anne Mattson, acting director of nursing at the University Health Cen ter. “But those faculty, students and spouses at risk can get vaccinated.” Students in high-risk groups can also get shots through Lane County health clinics in October. This includes adults with chronic diseases, immune system problems and pregnant women who are in their second or third trimester. Mattson said though the health center hasn’t seen patients with the flu yet, stu dents will know they have it when they Turn to Flu shots, page 3 High-risk definition Lane County considers the following people at high risk and eligible for flu shots immediately: Persons 65 and older Persons 6 months to 18 years Nursing home residents Adults and children with chronic diseases or immune system problems Women who will be in their second or third trimester of pregnancy during the flu season Source: Lane County Public Health Hastert shutters U.S. House for 5 days ■The U.S. Senate stays in session, but the House closes in response to emergency for the first time since 1812 By Naftali Bendavid & Jill Zuckman Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON (KRT) — The House of Representatives shut down Wednes day and Congress closed six office buildings after more than 30 Senate workers and Capitol Hill police officers tested positive for exposure to the dead ly anthrax bacteria. The congressional staff members ex posed to anthrax included at least 23 employees of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., who received a letter Friday containing anthrax, and three staffers of Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., whose office is next to Daschle’s suite in the Hart Senate Office Building. Five Capitol Hill police officers also were exposed. me worxers are taxing antimotics and are unlikely to contract the disease, officials said. The Senate remained open for business, but House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., decided to close the House on Wednesday afternoon to allow its offices to be screened. The House will return on Tuesday, Hastert said. The extraordinary spectacle of a deadly microorganism making its way into the halls of Congress left lawmak ers and their staff on edge and in a state of widespread confusion. Authorities sent mixed signals Wednesday about the threats’ severity, the virulence of the anthrax samples and the likely sophis tication of those behind the episodes, to the distress of some public health ex perts. Hastert, for instance, asserted early in the day that anthrax had been found in the Hart building’s ventilation system, a statement that other lawmakers and health officials spent much of the day debunking. In the past week, anthrax has been found at the headquarters of a tabloid newspaper publisher in Florida, televi sion networks in New York, on Capitol Hill and at New York Gov. George Pata ki’s Manhattan office. The discovery at Pataki’s office was prompted by a suspicious letter, leading authorities to conduct a series of tests, one of which showed a “probability” of anthrax in a low-traffic area of the of fice. The office was to be closed for the rest of the week, and the governor and his staff began taking Cipro as a precau tion. Tests continue on the anthrax con tained in the letters sent to NBC News in New York and to Daschle’s office. Investigators have found similarities between the handwriting and post Turn to Anthrax, page 4
