Apartments like this one haven’t had a housing code since 1983 to regulate
livability standards such as energy efficiency, lighting or room sizes. The
ASUO says a housing code would increase the quality of living around
campus, and the student government is pushing Eugene’s City Council to
implement a housing code. However, the city’s planning department says it
doesn't have enough money to enforce such a code.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Patterson and Heather Gee-Pape Emerald
Housing
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Megan Hughes, ASUO communi
ty outreach director, has been work
ing for several months to develop a
proposal outlining five to 10 issues
students should have in a code. The
proposal is similar to one Corvallis is
in the final stages of implementing.
She said the city’s lack of funding
surprised her. She has been meeting
with City Councilor David Kelly
and said funding issues haven’t
been raised during their meetings.
Kelly, who began representing
the University after the Jan. 1 city re
districting, said he is still getting ac
quainted with ASUO concerns.
“I’m still educating myself about
housing code issues,” Kelly said.
Hughes said a housing code could
create accountability for landlords and
overall “positively affect the housing
around the campus for students.” She
said that the student government
would try to find a solution to funding
problems if money is not available.
If a lack of money makes the imple
mentation of a code unfeasible, Hugh
es said ASUO will continue a hous
ing education campaign it is currently
creating.
The campaign will include a
renter’s information pamphlet set for
distribution by late fall, which will in
clude various rental rules and build
ing codes, a directory of Eugene apart
ments, apartment profiles, maps and a
question-and-answer section.
Hughes’ next step is to meet with
Richie Weinman, the planning de
partment’s housing code expert.
ASUO veterans said roadblocks
to implementing a housing code are
nothing new, but they are making
sine progress isn’t lost in the transi
tion from one year to the next.
Holly Magner, last year’s ASUO
vice president, also included hous
ing code implementation in her and
ASUO President Jay Breslow’s cam
paign platform, but the process took
so long it never got out of the plan
ning stage. That research was
passed to the current administra
tion, and they have based much of
their work on its findings.
Magner said a viable housing code
proposal takes several years to make,
and can only be completed if ASUO
creates more continuity between in
coming and outgoing administra
tions to facilitate ongoing projects.
“It’s a lot of red tape and crap you
have to go through” to create a hous
ing code proposal, she said.
Hughes agreed with Magner and
said she hopes to return to student
government next year and work
more on the proposal.
Although Eugene doesn’t have a
housing code, the city does main
tain a building code. A building
code regulates housing conditions,
like how tall it is and how old its
wiring can be, but only allows the
city to intervene if it deems the
structure dangerous in some way.
“For the city to take action, it
needs to be considered dangerous,”
Murray said.
E-mait community reporter Marty Toohey
at martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
Community reporter Brook Reinhard also
contributed to this story.
A Dock
Abroad
UO Dept, of Architecture
Alumnus Rick Mather returns
to the school of architecture
to present the work of his
London based firm.
Friday Feb. 22nd
5:15 pm
177 Lawrence Hall,
University of Oregon
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and open to the public.
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Food
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coincides with the Governor’s
Challenge program, which urges all
state employees to take part in a
statewide mission to raise food and
money for people in need.
The challenge is “the governor’s
way of saying hunger is an issue,
and state employees are committed
to doing something about it,” sdid
Deb Buchanan, food solicitor for
Food for Lane County.
The University is the largest or
ganization of state employees in
Lane County, and is a long-term
supporter of Food for Lane Coun
ty’s Food Rescue Program,
Buchanan said. The national econ
omy is struggling and Oregon has
the highest unemployment rate in
the country, and Buchanan said
that makes the food drive especial
ly important.
According to University Assis
tant Director for Community Out
reach Kim Mangun, who is coordi
nating the food drive, University
employees are working harder than
ever to reach the 60,000-pound
goal set for this year’s drive. Last
year, the University collected the
r
equivalent of52,000 pounds of food.
“We wanted to really encourage
the departments to be creative this
year and find fun ways to get peo
ple to give,” Mangun said.
Some departments sold choco
late hearts for Valentine’s Day. All
departments are giving out red,
white and black collector’s edition
buttons that read “I have a heart for
the hungry” with every donation of
$10 or more.
“Raising money is very impor
tant, as $1 donated is equal to six
pounds of food and can buy a
meal for a family of four,”
Buchanan said.
In the University admissions of
fice, everyone refers to Brian Stan
ley as the “Cookie Guy. ” Stanley, resi
dency officer, is getting involved by
making and selling snickerdoodles.
He buys all the ingredients and
makes all the cookies himself, then
sells them to co-workers to raise
money for the food drive.
“I got the idea because I would
bring the cookies in for holiday par
ties and folks commented on how
much they liked them, so I thought
it was a good way to contribute,”
Stanley said.
Last year he made 58 dozen
cookies, and he’s hoping to surpass
that this year. The cookies are $5
per dozen.
Other departments participat
ing in the drive include econom
ics, psychology, music, history,
journalism, athletics, the gradu
ate school, the Knight Library and
the bookstore.
There are 60 barrels scattered
around campus for food donations,
and facilities services volunteers
deliver and pick up all the barrels.
After the food drive ends, there
will be an event on March 11 with
University President Dave Frohn
mayer and the duck mascot in the
Johnson Hall lobby. Mangun plans
to give out prizes to the department
with the best theme, the best team
initiative and the most donations.
Buchanan, who works with the
University throughout the year to
acquire donated food, is thrilled
with all the different ways the Uni
versity is raising funds.
“It’s such a great drive. It’s a great
way for employees to bond and do
something as a collective organiza
tion,” Buchanan said. “It’s all about
finding whatever sparks creativity
for the group.”
Katie Franz is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
Call for Nominations
Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards
Deadline for Nominations: FEBRUARY 22, 2002
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations for any faculty
members, .5FTE or greater, tenure or non-tenure related, who have taught at the
University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years. The Ersted Award and Thomas F.
Herman Award are presented annually at Spring Commencement to University of
Oregon faculty members for distinguished teaching. Each award will be accompanied by
a recurring monetary reward. (Please note: Graduate Teaching Fellows have their own competition
and are ineligible for these teaching awards.)
Eligibility for Awards
Ersted Award for
Distinguished Teaching
The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the
Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching
so the University of Oregon could
annually honor faculty members “who
have taught comparatively short periods
and have demonstrated exceptional
abilities to induce students to reason and
not merely memorize.” The Ersted
Award is presented only to faculty who
are early in their teaching careers. This
teaching may occur at the undergraduate
or graduate level.
Thomas F. Herman Faculty
Achievement Award for
Distinguished Teaching
This award honors senior faculty
members who have achieved outstanding
records as teachers. The Thomas F.
Herman Award is presented only to
faculty members who have academic rank
at the University of Oregon for at least
seven years, and who have demonstrated
long-standing excellence in teaching and
have contributed significantly to student
learning at the undergraduate or graduate
level.
Nominations will be accepted either through submissions of the following form or by e-mail.
If your nomination is e-mailed, please make sure that you include all the information
contained on this form.
Send/Return this nomjnation form to:
Lorraine G. Davis
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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