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Campus Section Editor
Ian Tobias Montry
janmontry@dailyemerald.com
Monday, September 22, 2003
Oregon Daily Emerald
CAMPUS
SECTION
B
Residence hall to mix living, academic environs
One official predicts that a
site for the ‘Living Learning
Center’ will be selected
by the end of September
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
University administrators and hous
ing officials are working to select a suit
able location for a proposed new resi
dence hall, but it remains unclear when
construction on the new building will
begin. The $30 million residence hall
would house more than 400 first-year
students.
Members of the University Campus
Planning Committee met with admin
istrators in July to select a site for the
new building. However, planners and
administrators came away from the
meeting without making a final deci
sion, University Planning Associate
Christine Thompson said.
University Planning Director Chris
Ramey said there was no decision on
the new residence hall's location as of
early September, but University Hous
ing Director Mike Eyster said he
thinks planners will make a decision
by the end of the month.
"We need a decision soon in order
not to delay this project by another
year," Eyster said. He said the final
decision rests with University Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayer.
The project — known as the "Liv
ing Learning Center* because plan
ners aim to integrate academic and
living environments for students —
would be the first new on-campus
housing in more than 40 years.
Eyster said there are a few possible
locations for the new hall. The first site
is between Earl and Walton complex
es, where outdoor basketball and ten
nis courts currently sit If the University
selects the site, it might build two sepa
rate structures, creating a quadrangle.
One building would be adjacent to
East 15th Avenue and the other would
be built just south of the walkway
between Carson Hall and the existing
tennis courts.
A second configuration would
place buildings on either side of the
existing walkway, with buildings near
Carson and Walton.
Ihe other area being considered is
a site near Bean Complex, where bas
ketball courts are currently situated.
Eyster said academics could be a ma
jor factor in the new residence hall's de
sign. Ihe building would feature a large
auditorium-sized classroom along with
shared "touch-down" offices where fac
ulty members could hold office hours.
Turn to CENTER, page 17B
Justice
program
resolves
conflicts
A Conflict Resolution Services
program lets disputing parties
interact in a program that its
supporters call 'miraculous'
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
It's 2 a.m., and a student wakes up from
hearing someone shouting in his resi
dence hall. He peeks out his door to wit
ness his neighbor drunkenly stumbling
around, yelling obscenities. Other stu
dents open doors, mb their eyes and poke
their heads out to see what the commo
tion is. Angry at being rudely awakened,
the first student closes his door and makes
a mental note to talk to his resident assis
tant in the morning.
The above incident is one of many that
can occur during college, said Annie Bentz,
director of Conflict Resolution Services.
Traditionally, when one student com
plains about the actions of another, the of
fender must go through a process where
the transgression may be resolved with a
mediator, such as a complex director, or
through a formal judicial process, which
is similar to a coun trial.
1 Iowever, through cooperation between
the Student Judicial Affairs Program and
Conflict Resolution Services, students will
. be able to choose an alternative means of
settling disputes beginning this fall.
Unlike the current student judicial
process, where the offenders and
Turn to RESOLUTION, page 14B
Jessica Waters Photo Editor
University student Jack Steinhauer received his private pilot's license through the Lane
Community College Flight Technology program and is working toward commercial and flight
instructor certificates. He hopes one day to fly for his own company.
Student
in the 1
sky
University student Jack Steinhauer is
becoming a pilot through a flight instruction
program at Lane Community College
By Athanasios Fkiaras
Freelance Reporter
Jack Steinhauer's classroom moves at more than 100
miles per hour, thousands of feet above the ground. His
classroom is like no other: It's an airplane cockpit.
Steinhauer is one of many students who enjoy this set
ting regularly through the Flight Technology program at
Lane Community College.
"Nothing is better than getting up in the air after a long
day at school," Steinhauer said. "It's a great feeling when
it's just you, the plane, the horizon and no one else."
LCC's two-year program is designed so students with no
flying experience can enter the workforce as professional
pilots. Most students who go through the program earn a
private license, a commercial license, an instrument rating
and, finally, a flight-instructor certificate.
After flying at LCC for more than a year, Steinhauer
earned his private license and is now working toward re
ceiving his commercial and flight-instructor certificate by
the end of this fall.
To be hired as a pilot, a commercial license is technically
enough. I lowever, flight instructor Jonah Miller said the com
petition is such that pilots who get hired by most companies
usually have at least 2,500 hours in the air. Many students,
like Steinhauer, choose to instruct to get these extra hours.
Commercial airlines also favor individuals with a four
year degree. Flight department head Dr. I iarvey Birdseye
Turn to PILOT, page 12B
Deady Hall bears long tradition of aesthetics and education
Deady Hall, the first University
building, opened in 1876 and
is now a historical landmark
By Richelle Riddle
Freelance Reporter
Imagine it's 1876 and students at the
newly opened University are on their
way to class. In their hands are not math
or science books, but stacks of wood
used to heat the building: before indoor
heating was invented, all students
were required to bring a stack of wood
to class.
And it all started with Deady Hall,
the first building to be established at
the University.
On Oct. 16, 1876, the University
opened its doors to 177 students and just
four faculty members, all co-existing in
Deady Hall. Many years have passed since
the days of wood stoves, and since then the*
whole campus has grown up and out.
There is a lot of history that goes with
the old stone structure, including many
things that
most people
don't know.
The familiar
Deady Hall is
now home to _
many math
classes and math professor offices, and the
campus now spans a much bigger vicinity.
history
When the campus opened, Deady Hall
was named in honor of Judge Matthew P.
Deady, who was a member and president
of the State Board of Regents from 1873 to
1893. He also co-authored Oregon's state
Constitution, its first criminal procedure
code and the Oregon Civil Code. Deady
Hall was a gift from the residents of Eu
gene and Lane County to the University's
founders.
At that time, campus life was very dif
ferent from today. For instance, women
were required to walk up the east staircase
of Deady Hall because the Board of Re
gents was afraid female ankles would
show. Men, accordingly, had to use the
west staircase.
The custom eventually faded, howev
er, and today an elevator provides easy
access for everybody traveling to differ
ent floors. With the steep and narrow
staircases winding throughout the build
ing, the state had to do something to
make it handicap-accessible. But in 1977
Turn to DEADY, page 11B
Jesscia Waters Photo Editor
Deady Hall opened in 1876 and was named for Judge Matthew P. Deady,
president of the State Board of Regents.