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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 54
COME AND GET ‘EM!
Tim Bobosky Photographer
Sophomore chemistry major Jeff Jentzsch (left) was one of the lucky students to get a Civil War game ticket at the EMU Ticket Office on
Thursday before all 6,100 were gone by 4 p.m. Tickets for the Nov. 22 game were also available at Autzen Stadium.
International
numbers drop
for fall 2003
The University saw a decreased number of
international students this term due in part to
post-Sept. 11 regulations of the visa process
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
The number of international students attending the University
in fall 2003 dropped by almost ten percent from last year.
The University has 1,272 international students this fall, down
from 1,400 in fall 2002, according the Office of the Registrar's
Web site. The geographic diversity of the international student
body has increased, however, with students hailing from 86 dif
ferent countries this year. The figure is up from 78 last year.
The drop in international student enrollment at the University
is symbolic of a nationwide slump in the number of internation
al students as the United States fights the war on terrorism. Since
Sept. 11, international students have been subject to new regula
tions aimed at keeping better track of them.
Ginny Stark, director of International Student and School Ser
vices, said the new regulations have affected potential interna
tional students.
"More important is the perception of the difficulty of not only
obtaining visas but stricter immigration regulations that govern a
student's stay in the U.S.," Stark said, adding that competition
from universities in other English-speaking countries has in
Turn to DECREASE, page 8
Plans for arena concern South University residents
Residents of the area are
concerned about the new
arena's potential impact on
parking, traffic and history
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
When University President Dave
Frohnmayer made an Oct. 4 an
nouncement that Howe Field would
be the site of the new University bas
ketball arena, residents of the South
University neighborhood responded
with mixed opinions.
They did, however, know one
thing for sure: The arena would have
a significant impact on their homes.
Now, the South University Neigh
borhood Association is trying to as
sess the impact a new arena will
have on the neighborhood. Howe
Field is on the corner of University
Street and East 18th Avenue, next to
McArthur Court.
Peg Peters, president of the South
University Neighborhood Associa
tion and long-time resident of the
area, explained that parking, traffic
congestion and the outer appear
ance of the arena are the major is
sues residents have raised.
Ev«ry winter, South University res
idents have had to deal with the traf
fic and parking issues that re-emerge
whenever basketball fever hits
McArthur Court, the current home
of Oregon basketball.
"Parking is the big challenge," Pe
ters said. "We're concerned about
the parking structure that is going to
be built."
She added that some residents are
afraid of a parking structure "clutter
ing up open space."
Peters, who earned a master's de
gree in health education from the
University and is a retired public
health nurse, said she has resided in
the neighborhood for about 38
years. She said she and her husband
regularly attend University basket
ball games, but even as Duck fans
they have concerns about the pro
posed arena.
Peters said the members of the
neighborhood association think
that the University is rushing to
build the new arena, and some resi
dents hope officials will take more
time to plan and prepare before con
struction begins.
University officials say that con
struction will start no later than July
"It's just really a nice area and you're going to plop
something down that might be a monstrosity. I hope
that they choose a contextual design approach and
consider what's around (the arena) when they build it
so that itjust fits in."
Mary Ellen Rodgers
South University area resident
2004, with the arena expected to be
operational by fall 2006.
"A lot of people thought, 'Why the
big hurry? This is a long term proj
ect, why the rush?'" Peters said.
Mary Ellen Rodgers, a South Uni
versity resident of five years and a
neighborhood association board
member, said she is concerned
about the impact the arena might
have on the historic significance of
the surrounding area. Mac Court
and Pioneer Cemetery are among
the historic sites that would be close
to the new arena.
"(The proposed arena) is great,
but we're concerned that the Univer
sity staff hasn't thought through the
repercussions of having a major
sports arena put on that corner,"
Rodgers said.
Rodgers, who has a master's de
gree in historic preservation from
the University, said she is concerned
about the arena's design and
whether it will fit in with surround
ing buildings and other structures.
"It's just really a nice area and
you're going to plop something
down that might be a monstrosity,"
Rodgers said. "1 hope that they
choose a contextual design ap
proach and consider what's around
(the arena) when they build it so
that it just fits in."
Some South University residents
feel the arena will be a welcome ad
dition to campus, however.
"I think that the University is for
tunate to be in the position to con
sider a new arena," said fody Miller,
a member of University Vice Presi
dent Dan Williams' advisory board
for the new arena. "The University
has done a very good job with its
new buildings in the last 10 years,
like the science buildings and the
law school."
Miller, who lives about two and a
half blocks from where the pro
posed arena will be built, said her
home is "completely affected" by
traffic and parking during and after
events at Mac Court.
She said the level of traffic and
parking in the neighborhood will
probably remain the same or de
crease after the new arena is built.
"I think that there is a strong pos
sibility that parking (on the street)
will be decreased because a (park
ing) garage would benefit the cam
pus and arena and decrease traffic in
the neighborhood," Miller said.
Peters said she would like to see
more communication between the
South University neighborhood and
the school regarding the arena.
"1 realize that it's no one's busi
ness but the University's, but we are
all part of this community," she said.
Contact the city/state politics reporter
at shoikeda@dailyemerald.com.
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