Gerlach’s 344-8890
Dot Dotson’s 485 1771
Gerlach’s on Campus
849 E. 13th, Eugene
Dot Dotson's Photo Finishing
1668 Willamette, Eugene
^gerlach's
017764
t Service!)
REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
Voted "Best auto repair shop"
TOYOTA • HONDA • MAZDA
SUBARU • ACURA
Mon-Fri • 8:30 - 5:30
Tuned into your car
and the environment!
1301 Lincoln • Eugene
343-9427
We serve freshly roasted
organic beans, loose
leaf organic tea, excellent
pastries and more,
all in a relaxed, family
oriented environment.
New Location Open
next to Baja Fresh
in the Coburg Rd. Pavilion
"Best Meal for a. Deals 2n
■
^ wm
News . * '‘Best Dinner^Hr
.. ^Chhh
*r
;t Soup." 3rd Place Eugene
sst," Best of Teen. jffegrsteP'
'Best Breakfast,'1 2nl Placet
k m \
V m ■
The best eats in town
Sports Illustrated on Campus
2588 Willairfette St. 541-687-8201 1340 Alder Street 541-687-0355
APPLY NOW FOR FA AND RA POSITIONS
APPLICATIONS DUE 5:00 P.M. 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.