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Moos: Athletics 'in sync'
with UO administration
BY MORIAH BALINGIT
NEWS REPORTER
Wednesday’s University Senate
meeting marked a momentous occa
sion in the body’s history with the de
livery of the first ever State of the Ath
letics Department address by Athletic
Director Bill Moos.
The address is one of the new re
quirements the University Senate re
cently established to improve relations
between the Athletics Department and
the rest of the University administra
tion, though this was not the first time
Moos has addressed the Senate. The
requirements were proposed after the
President’s Task Force on Athletics
conducted an exhaustive four-year
study that examined nearly every facet
of athletics at the University.
“This moment has taken four years
to make," University Senate Presi
dent W. Andrew Marcus said in
introducing Moos.
In his address, Moos spoke about
multiple facets of the department, in
cluding the academic and athletic per
formance of student-athletes, the de
partment’s contributions to the
community and the University’s recent
purchase of the Williams’ Bakery site.
Student athletes have a graduation
rate of 63 percent, 3 percent higher
than the general student population.
While Moos said this rate is satisfacto
ry, he noted that academic perform
ance among student athletes has
slightly slipped. Just three years ago,
Stanford University barely edged out
the University for the top spot in the
Pacific-10 Conference for academics.
Moos highlighted the department’s
contribution to the University, citing
that out of the department’s
$37.5 million budget, about $6.8 mil
lion goes to Club Sports, intramural
sports and other programs that bene
fit students. The department is also
heavily invested in the community,
Moos said. The department’s
mentoring program, S.O.A.R, has re
ceived national honors, and the de
partment continues to host high school
athletics championships at University
facilities, even though these events
yield no revenue for the department.
Moos said out of the 1,000 or so
high school students who come for the
championships, only a few will be
come Division I athletes. But he added
that while hosting these events pro
vides recruitment opportunities for the
Athletics Department, it also benefits
the University as a whole by exposing
high school students to the University.
“1 believe that there are great reasons
for bringing these events here ... in
cluding student recruitment,” he said.
Moos also commented on the Uni
versity’s recent acquisition of the
Williams’ Bakery site.
“I’m thrilled that they’ve purchased
that land, whether they’ll build a sta
dium or not,” he said.
In the past, faculty senators have ex
pressed concern about whether the de
partment is in compliance with the
University’s mission — Moos said it is.
“I am proud to put my signature on
a program that is in sync with the Uni
versity’s mission,” he said.
He also emphasized the potential
for athletics to be used as a vehicle to
advertise other facets of the Universi
ty. He recounted the department’s de
cision to shell out $60,000 for a bill
board of Heisman TVophy finalist Joey
Harrington in New York City three
years ago, a decision that drew criti
cism from those who felt athletics
compromised the University’s mission
and who questioned the effectiveness
of advertising across the country.
A similarly puzzled reporter from
the New York Times called Moos the
day after the billboard was unveiled,
Moos said.
“He said, ‘Why the heck would you
do that?”’ Moos recalled. “I told him,
‘So you’d call me!”’
Apart from The New York Times,
the billboard also generated media at
tention from the Boston Globe, USA
Today and Sports Illustrated and put
the University in the national spotlight.
“We have a role to take an entity
that is visible and use it to showcase
the other accomplishments of the Uni
versity,” he said.
In closing, Moos spoke approvingly
of the improved relations between the
Athletics Department and the rest of
the University administration and
compared the relationship to a family.
“I have five kids and we bicker
and argue all the time, but we love
each other,” Moos said. “We’re go
ing to have squabbles and resent
ments, but we have to remember
that we’re a family.”
In addition to the State of the Athletic
Department address, University Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayer spoke about
possibly restructuring the administra
tion after the resignation of Vice
Provost of Academic Affairs Lorraine
Davis and Vice President John Mose
ley. The new administrative structure
would require the Athletics Director to
report to the president; Moos currently
reports to the vice president.
Frohnmayer also confirmed that the
University had purchased the
Williams’ Bakery site, but emphasized
that a decision had not been made re
garding the use of the land.
In other business, Vice Provost of In
stitutional Equity and Diversity Greg
Vincent spoke about the progress of the
Diversity Action Plan, a comprehensive
set of initiatives being developed to in
crease diversity on campus and im
prove cultural competency and com
munity relations, among other things.
He said the plan had made “signifi
cant progress” toward implementation
and emphasized the importance of in
put from as many people as possible.
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Crime: Police say thefts happen during day
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insecure frames. He said students
should also lock their bikes up, includ
ing the tires, and shouldn’t leave them
out longer than necessary. Mostly, he
wants people to keep their eyes open
and their heads up, he said.
Ellis said students should be careful
not to leave items such as compact
discs, backpacks and textbooks visible
in their cars.
“Making it harder and forcing a thief
to take longer than they want to to get
it” can deter a person from trying to
take a bicycle or break into a car, Ellis
said. “If you can make
it harder, you probably won’t be
the victim.”
Didion said he and his roommates
had never wondered whether the win
dows in the back of their house near
East 14th Avenue and High Street were
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secure, but they realized after they
were robbed that motion-detecting
lights or other deterrents might have
helped prevent it.
“If someone wants to get into your
house, they will,” Didion said. “But
you can make it more difficult.”
He said his landlord plans to install
bars over their windows to prevent fu
tures thefts, a security feature that will
work whether it’s light or dark outside.
While Eugene police used to suggest
parking cars and bikes in well-lit public
places, the time of day no longer
seems to prevent theft, Ellis said. He
said thieves are quick enough and
skilled enough to take bicycles and
cars in plain view.
Rixmann said a friend’s landscaping
truck was recently stolen in the neigh
borhood around noon. When it was
found, nearly everything had been
stripped out of it, and his friend’s tools
were missing. Didion’s house was
robbed in the evening, shortly before
7 p.m., and only two of his room
mates had renter’s insurance to cover
the losses.
Rixmann said community members
will discuss crime prevention at the
next West University Neighbors meet
ing on March 3. He said that if the
neighborhood bands together to be
come a “more connected community,
more good and less bad will happen.”
“By definition, our neighborhood
is an easy target, because everyone
here is a student,” Rixmann said.
“They aren’t used to having to watch
their own back door. But it goes with
freedom — you have to keep your
eyes open.”
karahansen@dailyemerald.com
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