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additional means of funding.
After the president's announcement
Athletics Director Bill Moos said Men's
Basketball Coach Ernie Kent was disap
pointed by the postponement but he
did not expect it to negatively affect re
cruitment efforts.
Junior Marc Weiss said the admin
istration made the right choice to halt
the project because it doesn't have the
funds to do it.
"They should hold off," he said.
"Besides, Mac Court's cool."
Student Tim Ranger had similar
sentiments.
"I didn't think it was worth it at
this stage of the game," Ranger
said, adding that the University is
facing many financial challenges,
such as budget cuts. He said the
project might be more feasible
down the line.
While he is a sports fan, Ranger
said it did not seem prudent to
build a grand stadium just for
prestige.
He said there were many other
programs of campus that should also
be supported with donor funding,
such as the Art Museum.
"They look at sports as being the
only thing that can enhance pres
tige of the school and that's sad,"
he said.
Associate geography Professor An
drew Marcus agreed, saying he be
lieves the University's current fiscal
condition makes the project's delay
a wise decision. As the administra
tion considers the next steps, he said
it might be a challenge to scale
down the project.
"It would be very difficult to get
private funding for a smaller proj
ect," he said.
Carole Daly, the director of An
nual Giving and Special Projects in
the Office of Development, said it
was important to evaluate the via
bility of the project and ask ques
tions about funding.
"I think it wouldn't be a wise
idea until we know where our
funding is going to come from,"
she said.
Community members also ap
plauded Frohnmayer's resolve.
Peg Peters, chairwoman of the
South University Neighborhood As
sociation, said Frohnmayer made a
wise choice especially in light of gen
eral economic conditions.
"I have a lot of admiration for him
to take a look at the bigger picture and
decide not to proceed until all the
pieces are in place," she said.
She said all is not lost and perhaps
there are possibilities the University
could still acquire additional donor
funding for the arena.
Members of the neighborhood
association had concerns with the
decision to construct the arena at
Howe Field and as the University
re-evaluates the project, Peters
hopes the administration will con
tinue to take these concerns into
consideration.
"We didn't feel things had been
thought through carefully regarding
traffic and congestion," Peters said.
She said the area is already very busy
during basketball games just with
Mac Court, which has a capacity of
9,738. The new arena would contain
about 15,000 seats.
"It gives us time to rethink and
reflect on the process and what the
goals might be," she said.
Jeff Nelson, the co-Chairman of
the Fairmount Neighborhood as
sociation has similar sentiments.
He said the University never really
gave many details about traffic
flow and parking. However, he said
he was happy with how the Univer
sity involved the neighborhoods in
getting input and feedback on the
project.
"I hope that picks up again as the
project moves to the future," Nel
son said.
Still, some hope the administration
will also reconsider the site complete
ly in the interim.
Classics Associate Professor Mal
com Wilson, who lives in the
neighborhood, said some neigh
bors are opposed to siting of the
arena at Howe Field because of
traffic.
"We hope they'll think that Autzen
is a better site," he said.
Contact the news editor
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KERRY
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"Objects in your mirror may be
closer than they appear," he said.
The voters want an ongoing debate,
he said, and they want this campaign
to continue. And he said it would.
Kerry, though, picked up another
bloc of delegates that now assure
him more than 25 percent of the
delegates needed to win the nomi
nation at this summer's Democratic
National Convention.
In the exit polls conducted for The
Associated Press and the television
networks, he held an overwhelming
lead among those who most wanted
a candidate who could beat President
Bush in the fall and among those who
believed the economy was poor.
Edwards did much better among
independents aLnd Republicans,
who could vote in Wisconsin's
"open" primary.
Edwards and Dean had vied for
second place Tuesday and the
chance to take on Kerry, one on
one, down the road.
Kerry, the front-runner since his
early wins in Iowa and New
Hampshire, planned to campaign
Wednesday in Ohio. Edwards was
heading to New York to raise mon
ey, then quickly on to a handful of
other states voting in the 10 Super
Tuesday contests March 2.
Dean, who had vowed to make
Wisconsin his last stand, is returning
home to Burlington, Vt., to consider
his next move.
His campaign has been in increas
ing disarray since the recent abrupt
departure of his national chairman,
Steve Grossman, and the beginning of
tense behind-the-scenes efforts by
party stalwarts and even some key
advisers to persuade him to withdraw.
Still, the former Vermont governor
said, he has enough money and other
resources to keep his campaign alive,
in one form or another.
"We are not done," he told his sup
porters at a Madison, Wis., hotel, say
ing his campaign already had done a
lot to "change this country and
change this party."
But, he said, "Change is tough."
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SMITH
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areas such as Lane County and he
shows this through plans such as the
Healthy Forest Initiatives.
"People in this county understand
something of the land," he said.
"They understand that you can use
the land without abusing the land."
Smith also examined Sen. John Ker
ry's, D-Mass., campaign, who he said is
Bush's "likely opponent" for presidency.
"John Kerry is a man of two faces,"
he said, adding that he would not go
as far as to call him "two-faced."
"Time and again John Kerry has
one story and one vote on the Senate
floor and a different one on the cam
paign trail," he said.
Smith said it is important for a presi
dent to remain on the same track.
"We need a president who says what
he believes, pursues it with courage
and conviction, and I tell you that that
person for America, for another term,
is George W. Bush," he said.
Oregon Republican Party Chair
man Kevin Mannix also attended the
event. He said before the speech that,
although "the door is open" for him
to consider running for governor once
again, right now he is focusing on this
year's presidential election.
"I think that we will have a strong
campaign," he said, adding that he
thinks Bush will receive the majority
of Oregon's votes.
After Smith's speech, University
junior and College Republicans mem
ber Dean Scrutton said Smith ad
dressed issues many conservatives
have been nervous about, such as Ker
ry's campaign and how it has been
portrayed in the media.
"It was good to kind of hear that
they've got a game plan, got things go
ing," he said.
College Republicans member and '
University graduate student Scott
Austin said it was important for the
College Republicans to attend the
event.
"It just shows our presence," he
said. "It's a way for the community to
know we're here."
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
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Wednesday
TEP Teaching and Learning Roundtable entitled
"International Students in UO Classrooms," Me
dia Services, Studio A, Knight Library, 8:30
a.m.-lOa.m.
Humanity and Environment Career Fair, EMU Ball
room, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
"A Little Night Music,” featuring the UO Opera
Ensemble, directed by Mark Kaczmarczyk and
the UO Symphony, Soreng Theatre, Hult Center,
7:30 p.m.
“Living with the Consequences of U.S. Policy," a
film presentation by freelance photographer Paul
Dix, Harris Hall, Eighth and Oak streets, 7:30 p.m.
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