Commentary
Columnist Aaron Rorick points to
problems with the U.S. death penalty.
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Sports
After winning the Pac-10 track title,
Stanford has an eye on the NCAA meet.
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Volume 103, Issue 155
Class suspended
Thomas Patterson Emerald
No classes are scheduled here in Gilbert 111 because of construction noise, and students have complained that the din in Gilbert 107 has made concentrating difficult.
Time to MOVE OUT
Noise from the construction is driving classes out of Gilbert 107
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
As construction on the new Lillis Business
Complex progresses, students in nearby
Gilbert 107 are moving out.
Last week, at least a dozen classes in
Gilbert 107, located on the side of the building clos
est to the recent construction, were moved in re
sponse to noise and safety issues.
Senior Karolin Wicks said even with her profes
sor practically yelling during the hour-plus lecture,
there were times when his voice simply could not
compete with the drone of equipment.
“It is such a small room that even sitting in the
first two rows we couldn’t hear,” she said.
Once completed, the four-story complex re
placing the Gilbert Hall Commonwealth
Bridge will add 145,000 square feet for class
rooms, plus space for conferences and extra
technology. But this won’t be done until 2003.
The demolition has brought down 24 class
rooms in its path —16 percent of the University’s
total classroom space.
While the noise may have distracted some stu
dents from lectures, discussions and exams in
Room 107, there were also safety concerns about
the possibility of debris flying through the win
dows and injuring students.
University Registrar Herbert Chereck said nothing
had been scheduled in Gilbert 104 and 111 through
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Series to honor professor, celebrate diversity
The Dr. Coleman
Speaker Series
draws speakers
. from around
the world
for a three-day
discussion
of international
cultural issues
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
University Professor Emeritus Dr.
Edwin Coleman has made recognizing
diversity a lifelong journey.
Keeping in step with Coleman’s
path, the University Multicultural
Center is highlighting ethnicity with
the fifth annual Dr. Coleman Speaker
Series in the veteran educator’s honor.
The series will be staged in the EMU
today, Wednesday and Thursday.
“Everybody knows he’s paved the
way for other African American stu
dents for leadership positions,” Black
Student Union Co-Director Haben
Woldu said.
The conference recognizes Coleman
for his leadership as well as his other
contributions. An accomplished jazz
musician, Coleman is also a scholar
and the author of “Black Rage, Black
Identity,” “Thems that Got: The Art of
Billie Holliday” and “Black Literature
for Teachers.”
“From students to faculty members
— unsolicited by him — it is a pure
and simple adoration to him makes
this unique,” Program Coordinator for
the Office of Multicultural Affairs Lyl
lye Parker said.
Parker thinks Coleman’s dedication
to well-rounded, ongoing learning is
being mirrored in the week’s events.
“He was looking at the continuing
education of the community,” she
said. “We do it on a daily basis on the
issues that impact students-of-color or
ganizations and it gives exposure to
voices we’re not used to hearing,” she
said about the event.
MCC Programs Adviser Steve Mo
rozumi said in addition to the ongoing
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Budget’s
future
remains
uncertain
■The University Senate hosts
a public meeting to discuss
options in dealing with cuts to
the 2002-03 school year budget
By Katie Ellis
for the Emerald
Discussing the University’s projected
budget plan for the 2002-03 school year
was the goal of a University Senate
sponsored town hall meeting Monday.
However, with possible additional
budget cuts, the fate of the University’s
budget and its impact on students and
faculty remains uncertain.
A panel of speakers including Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmayer,
University Provost John Moseley,
ASUO President Nilda Brooklyn and
Senate Budget Committee Chairman
Michael Kellman delivered opening re
marks to an audience of about 60 mem
bers of the campus and public commu
nity who gathered in Lawrence 177.
President Frohnmayer said the pur
pose of the meeting was to discuss the
University’s “fiscal health.” He said
the University’s initial priority is to
fund the additional 1,000 students
who will not receive state support next
fall as a result of budget cuts. The Uni
versity is expecting an enrollment of
20,000 — the largest enrollment in the
school’s history.
Projecting the University’s future
budget plan and strategy to compensate
for decreased state funding is difficult
to determine, Frohnmayer said.
“The issue is somewhat ambiguous
right now,” he said referring to the re
cent revenue shortfall of a possible $220
million and the fate of Ballot Measure
13, which would compensate for an ad
ditional government shortfall. Frohn
mayer said the University’s budget can
not be determined right now but said
the budget problem is of great concern.
“The budget is a well of concern, as
evidenced by the attendance at this
meeting,” he said.
Provost Moseley, referred to as the
“man with the numbers,” said the Uni
versity is within $3 million of balanc
ing next year’s budget, but potential ad
ditional budget cuts will make the
2002-03 school year difficult.
“We will have to do things on a one
year basis,” he said. “It would be diffi
cult to get through next year.”
Although the University has yet to
determine the course of action it will
take to account for the decrease in state
funding, increasing tuition is a possibil
ity. Brooklyn stressed the negative im
pact a tuition increase could have on
many students and said ASUO wants to
be involved in the process.
“This issue is not taken lightly by stu
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