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ARENA continued from page 1 they cost to fund. The two sports help fund all other sports at the University. The reasoning behind the addi tional costs is diversified. Relocation costs of moving the softball field, among other things in the area, is es timated at $10 to $12 million. Un derstanding the design more precise ly and what is wanted has also added significant amounts. Williams said the University is not prepared to re-evaluate the selection of the new arena site at this time, adding that Howe Field is still the least expensive site when compared to land proposed for the new federal courthouse and the Autzen Stadium location. Those sites would have re quired $20 to $25 million for pur chasing and land reconstruction. Campus Planning Committee Chairwoman Carole Daly said the Howe Field site does not violate any of the guidelines set forth by the Long Range Campus Plan except for density issues. The committee is vocal in the arena's development because it over sees new projects at the University and ensures certain guidelines are fol lowed in how the campus will be de veloped in the future. "There's not a site anywhere on campus that you could build this — whether you built it at Autzen Stadi um, whether you built it here — that would not exceed the density and you would have to do the same thing," Daly said. English Professor James Earl has a different opinion. Earl has expressed his concern regarding the new arena from the beginning, saying he doesn't see the need for a new facility at all. "I have a hard time getting comfort able with the idea that we are going to be the school that has two arenas," Earl said. "That's a level of excess al ready, even before we even talk about the nature of the new arena." Earl also has said that when the Uni versity originally went public about the new arena, the cost was $90 million, or at the low end of the original range. Now that the cost has doubled, Earl be lieves the $ 180 million figure is at the low end of another range. "What you're watching is the tip of the iceberg," Earl said. "You're just watching the arms race at work. Nothing is surprising in what's hap pening here. Expansion is the name of the game." Earl said he recognizes there is strong commercial pressure for Ore gon to have an arena right now, and he expects there is a 50 percent chance of the arena being built. Williams said the opening of the arena — slated for the start of the 2006-07 basketball season — is in jeopardy because of delays in dealing with debt financing. "1 don't think we're at the point where we know there is going to be a delay but we're certainly getting dose," Williams said. "There's a cer tain reality setting in here in terms of revenue and cost that's causing us to sharpen our pendls." Contact the sports reporter at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com. EDUCATION continued from page 1 center at the Oregon Hillel and an Is raeli interest group to suit that pur pose, he said. Utwer is also on the ex ecutive board of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity on campus; works with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an Israel advocacy group; and helped found a new advocacy group whose aim is to push for stronger political ties between the United States and Israel. Oregon Hillel Executive Director Hal Applebaum, who has known Litwer for more than two years, said he was "instru mental" in creating and enhancing the Is rael resource center at Oregon I lillel. "He returned energized and com mitted to sharing not only his experi ence but also the importance of, not only Jewish students, but all students connecting with the state of Israel," Applebaum said. Litwer wasn't always so involved in Israel advocacy, he said. Something about Israel changed him. "Like many people, I used to have some real misconceptions about Is rael," Litwer said. "When I was there, there were a couple of things that just really got under my skin, (especially) meeting people whose lives have been severely affected by the war in Israel that, I believe, is ongoing." Litwer said he met an Israeli man who continued to direct a center for children with broken families even though the man had recently experi enced his own personal tragedy. "While we were there, there was a dog that was following us around while we got the tour (of the center) — a beautiful golden retriever," Litwer said. "I asked about the dog and it turned out the dog was his daughter's. We found out after we left that his daughter had been shot by a Palestin ian sniper just 10 months prior. "There's nobody in Israel who has n't lost a family member. I can't imag ine what living like that would be like. You come back here and you see headlines, like yesterday's in The Reg ister-Guard, talking about this 'Berlin Wall' that they're putting up so they can live safely. I could hardly not do something, you'd feel the same way. All I could think to do about it is to hope to educate some people." Litwer said during his trip he also was struck by how similar the Israelis are to Americans, both socially and politically. In fact, he said he felt at home there, which surprised him be cause he previously thought of the Middle East as purely "exotic." He said he felt it important to edu cate people about the similarities be tween the two countries — especially regarding their mutual belief in democracy and human rights — so they can see the importance of the United States supporting Israel. Litwer must split the grant evenly between two community charities of his choice; however, one must be in Israel and one in Eugene. He has not yet decided how to spend it, he said. Litwer said more and more people are becoming interested in Israel through the efforts of Jewish advocacy groups. In fact he said birthright israel set a record during winter break by send ing more than 6,000 people to Israel. "It's starting to hit critical mass," he said. "People are realizing that the best way to make general conclusions about how you feel about Israel as a Jew is to go. When I came to this cam pus there were very few people who would describe themselves as pro-Is rael advocates ... now there's a whole club. I think we've done quite well." 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