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JANUARY 28 Applications available at Area Desks/Housing Office By Hire Date FA candidates must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 RA candidates must have a minimum GPA of 2 5 Business college dean search narrows to two candidates Dean candidate Kenneth Evans visited the University Tuesday to meet students and discuss his interests By Chelsea Duncan News Reporter The search is on for a new dean of the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business. The current dean, Phil Romero, said he has decided to step down in June after accomplishing his goals for the school. Two finalists have been selected so far from a pool of about 75 applicants from around the world, College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joe Stone said. "We're looking for someone who can provide strong leadership ... both academically and for the faculty and students," said Stone, chair of the busi ness school's dean search committee Kenneth Evans — associate dean of the College of Business at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a finalist for the position — met with a group of stu dents on Jan. 6 to discuss his potential role at the University. Senior business major Amanda Con don said she attended the meeting be cause she thinks it's important for stu dents to be involved in the process of choosing a new dean. "I think he should be accessible so he knows what the students want," she said about the individual selected as the new dean. Senior business major Nick Bogen said the new dean should have a strong focus on undergraduate students in the college and added that students should be involved in the decision. "I just feel it's kind of my duty," he said. "I have an interest to see further success of the business school." Evans told students at the meeting he is interested in solving the many prob lems an administrator faces, which he Danielle Hickey Photo Editor Kenneth Evans, a candidate for dean of the business school, takes notes and answers questions from students on Tuesday morning considers "an interesting puzzle" "I think the dean provides academic leadership to the college" he said. He said some of his goals for the col lege would be to bring more visibility to the school and more private funding for scholarships. The second finalist, James Bean, Uni versity of Michigan's associate dean for academic affaire at the College of Engi neering is expected to visit campus near the end of January, Stone said. Throughout the hiring process, one person's input will be missing Romero said he isn't participating in the search for his replacement. "I am deliberately staying away from the dean search because I don't want to introduce any of my biases in it," Romero said. Romero said now that he has ac complished his main goals for the college, it is time for some "fresh blood" to take over. His largest goal, which Romero calls his "800-pound gorilla goal," was the new building for the college of business. Romero's other goals included mak ing the business school more competi tive in order to keep up with the busi ness-education industry. "It's critical that a program differen tiates itself," he said. Romero said he also raised national and international visibility and ensured the school was re-accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Romero said he isn't sure yet what he will do after he steps down as dean at the end of June, but one option is to re main as a faculty member at the Uni versity and teach. "I thought it was a good time to quit while I was ahead," he said. Contact the higher education/ student life/student affairs reporter atchelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com. New Eugene public library celebrates its first birthday Nearly 3,000 community members gathered to help commemorate the library's first anniversary on Saturday By Noriko Miyazaki Freelance Reporter The new Eugene Public Library, tout ed as a major achievement in Eugene's effort to develop downtown, celebrat ed its first birthday Saturday. About 3,000 community members participated in the celebration activities, which included Argentine tango, marimba music storytelling a juggling show and a jazz dance performance by the University's dance team. Tango dancer Marisela Rizik, who emigrated from the Dominican Repub lic 20 years ago and now resides in Eu gene said it is a rewarding experience to perform her ethnic dance at the aesthetic new facility, located at West 10th Avenue and Olive Street. "It's a wonderful library," she said. "We are happy that we could do some thing for the community. I'm having a great time." Community member Tony Myers came to the event to show support for the library. Myers said he enjoys the li brary' s excellent offerings. "I am a wheelchair user, but the ac cessibility of the library is absolutely wonderful," he said. "I like this ample space; much better than the old one" The four-story library is approxi mately three times bigger than the old library, an increase from 38,000 square feet to 130,000 square feet. "It's been a great success," said Tylar Merrill, marketing coordinator at the Eugene Pubic Library. "We're keeping track of how many people are going through at each of the performances, and every one is packed." With increased capacity and services offered at the new facility, the library also attracts more people now. "We have been in this building for about a year, but we're still getting close to 1,000 new cardholders each month," Merrill said. "That's been pret ty consistent." University librarian Tom Stave at tended the event with his 12-year-old daughter and said he comes to the Downtown library to feel a sense of the Eugene community. "I do most of my reading at the U of O library, but I just enjoy being here," he said. "I like to mingle with the public and the community." Stave said his favorite time at the li brary begins as the lights turn on. "At night, this library has the lights on, and it's like a glittering jewel," he said. Noriko Miyazaki is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. CAMPUS |» | | i.mjp, ^IsssJs* mmmm Monday LGBT Winter Welcome Social, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Ecological Design Center Lecture, Room 206, Lawrence Hall. Steve McGuire, Eugene Building and Permit Services Division Plan Review su pervisor, will discuss "Building Codes and Sus tainability: How They Can Work Together" at 5:15 p.m. Today's crossword solution OFFICER continued from page 1 "Part of the problem is, (Plummer) did not see the events that led up to her boyfriend being put on the ground," he said. "There's not a ques tion that that was a lawful arrest." "She had been drinking at the time, and that's obviously going to affect her perception," he added. Accounts of the incident given by Plummer and others largely matched what officers wrote in their reports, Williams said. Plummer said she was dissatisfied that all her inquiry yielded was a phone call from Williams, however. "He was just trying to convince me that everything that happened was common procedure in dealing with a party," Plummer said. "He told me it was perfectly normal. If it is, then the/re brutal to everyone." Williams said he sympathizes with the stress Plummer went through, but that officers did nothing wrong. "I don't expect her to be happy," Williams said. "These kinds of opin ions are really hard to respond to." The inquiry did not result in any disciplinary action, and EPD consid ers Plummer's inquiry "resolved," EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said. Dalgaard opted not to pursue an inquiry, and one student contacted the department about the incident but has not returned Williams' calls. "From the standpoint of the po lice department, we looked into the matter and consider it closed," Williams said. Dalgaard declined to comment, cit ing his upcoming trial on two counts of interfering with police in connec tion with the incident. Contact the campus/ federal politics reporter at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
