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Campus Planning Committee airs basketball arena concerns Issues such as energy efficiency and parking were discussed at a recent meeting By Ali Shaughnessy Senior News Reporter The Campus Planning Committee met early Wednesday morning to dis cuss concerns about the new basketball arena, which is scheduled to be built on 11 owe Field. University Vice President for Ad ministration Dan Williams spoke on the behalf of University President Dave Prohnmayer, who asked the planning committee to help with the arena process, and answered questions on everything from park ing concerns to making the new are na energy efficient. Williams said a big reason for building the new arena was simple business economics. Generating more revenue by expanding the are na was better than increasing the price of tickets, he said. Architecture Professor G Z Brown expressed the most concern about whether or not the arena will be ener gy efficient. Brown encouraged the committee to ask for energy efficien cy as soon as possible so architects can plan it into the design. Outdoor Program Coordinator Dan Geiger expressed his concern about the pace of the project. Geiger said he is concerned that the arena's fast track will displace other pro grams currently using the area where the new building will go, such as the Outdoor Program. "Soon there will be bulldozers at our door," he said. Williams reassured Geiger and the coordinators of other programs that will be displaced that construction will be scheduled to secure the fewest amount of delays and incon veniences. "1 think we'll learn from this Tim Bobosky Photographer Dan Williams (middle) discusses the new basketball arena location on Wednesday. experience," Williams said. "We hope we can avoid unnecessary delays." Planning committee members also spoke extensively on presenting a long-range plan to the architects. There will soon be an open forum, and planning committee Chair woman Carole Daly suggested invit ing the architects to attend. Planning committee members are now going to work on a letter to send to Frohnmayer outlining the goals of the committee Contact the crime/health/safety reporter atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com. ftownew mmt th,afKI 8 nr** Ml,** !fc?l t* fW)w*M «c»twno4»(to>u ^ ■!' wtewrt wnfcmrtBtfc >tfT 0<w»tej»«**tr •'■•■•' ' " <Ntk«k34».4m / David Camille Karen now open for 1745 W. 18th Ave. appointment 18th & Chambers monday - Saturday 431-1717 For the week of Friday, November 21st! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! www.bijou-cinemas.com “More than being a smart ant? accurate look at magazine journalism — no small matter — Shattered Glass is also a compelling portrait of a psychosis at work.” — Kenneth Turan. 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Sena tors unanimously supported the ADFC benchmark. The Programs Finance Committee received a benchmark increase of 3.4 percent. By a 13-3 approval of the sen ate, PFC will operate next year with a $4,996,813 budget guideline. Senators devoted a significant amount of time to debating the PFC benchmark, with much discussion of how the process could be improved in the future to more accurately reflect what the PFC needs. "We need to change the process at some point in time," senate Ombuds man Mike Sherman said. "1 believe we should focus more on what a benchmark could be." An ASUO controller talked about the importance of having an accurate benchmark. "You need to look at the bigger pic ture, the process," Sara Henderson said. "You have to think of all the repercussions that could come from having (an inaccurate) benchmark." The EMU board received a 4.8 per cent increase to $3,400,928. The mo tion passed 14-2. The increase was less than expect ed because of a salary freeze and sky rocketing energy costs that were pre dicted but never materialized. The increase includes an operational re serve fund. "It's kind of like a rainy-day fund," EMU Board Chairwoman Christa Shively said. "We're really only start ing to prepare for the EMU Master Plan, which will be a massive renova tion of this building." — Chuck Slothower University professor to speak on Middle East University geography Professor Ronald Wixman will give a lecture tonight about the geography of eth nic and religious conflict in the Mid dle East. The lecture, which will focus on Iraq, is titled "American Policy in the Middle East: Geographical Perspec tives." It is open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m. in 150 Colum bia Hall. Wixman, who has spoken interna tionally on the geography of Europe and the Middle East, frequently lec tures for cruises and other educational trips sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Geo graphical Society. He has also advised planners and politicians in many parts of the world, according to a Uni versity press release. The lecture is sponsored by the De partment of Geography and is in ob servance of National Geography Awareness Week. — Chelsea Duncan PFC increases Career Center's budget The ASUO Program Finance Committee commended the Univer sity Career Center's budgeting strate gies at its meeting Wednesday night. The Center answered questions about its budget so the process will be less complicated when it presents next year's budget to the PFC for approval in December. "They do run a tight ship," PFC Vice Chairman Tobias Piering said. "I do think they are a fiscally responsi ble group." The Center's proposed budget is for $258,702, which is an increase of $43,521 from the PFC-approved budget for 2003-04. The Center will ask for the increase as it implements a plan to decrease its reserve account. The reserve account, which was created via ballot measure for the construction of a new build ing, was instead used for renovation of the current Center because the Ore gon University System determined the funds could not be used for con struction. The PFC plan calls for the Center to exhaust its reserve funds by using them to finance ongoing programs by 2005-2006 and in turn receive smaller allocations of incidental fees. The $43,521 increase in the Center's budg et would be a step in reducing its re serve account. PFC members agreed the plan was the best strategy for the Center's budg et. "It's the Career Center; you've got to help students get jobs," PFC Chair man Adrian Gilmore said. The PFC also approved late budgets for two student groups after debating the legitimacy of their situations at Wednesday's meeting. It approved an extension for the Al ternative Dispute Resolution Advo cates because the group was not in formed of the budget deadline. Piering said he did not mind ap proving the deadline extension as long as other groups did not begin taking advantage of the decision. "We have to set a clear precedent," he said. The PFC also extended the deadline for the Chinese Student Association because of a misunderstanding about when the proposal was due. — Chelsea Duncan The quickest way to find a parking spot. Ride for free with your UO ID! Take the bus. Ride a bike. Carpool. Save our resources by conserving energy. Got a story idea? Give us a call. 346.5511. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is pub- s lished daily Monday through Friday during the school year by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. 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