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Since 1900 \ Volume 106, Issue 150 \ Friday, May 6, 2005
Administrators
hire one of own
for new position
Frances Dyke will begin her vice president for
finance and administration post this summer
BY ADAM CHERRY
NEWS REPORTER
Administrators chose to look
within the University’s ranks for
their choice to fill the newly creat
ed vice president for finance and
administration position after a
search that drew more than 50 ap
plicants from across the nation.
Frances Dyke, currently associ
ate vice president for budget and
finance and interim director of the
Office of Business Affairs, will be
elevated to one of the University’s
top jobs this summer. The VPFA
position will take over parts of the
jobs currently covered by Senior
Vice President and Provost John
Moseley and Vice President for
Administration Dan Williams as
those two administrators prepare
for retirement.
According to a University press
release, Dyke will act as the Uni
versity’s chief financial officer and
will report to the provost’s office.
“We have to be good stewards
of our money,” Dyke, 56, said in
an interview. “We have to make
sure that we’ve strengthened the
framework for accountability, for
policy support, as much as we
can so that no matter what our
DYKE, page 5A
Zane Rite | Photographer
Frances Dyke, currently associate vice president for budget and finance, has been
selected as the University’s new vice president for finance and administration.
She has been working at the University since 1991.
Roadwork may slow campus commute
BY EMILY SMITH
NEWS REPORTER
Students may run into major traf
fic delays on their way to school in
coming months, so University Park
ing and Transportation Manager
Rand Stamm suggests they start
looking for alternate routes if they
want to avoid being late to class.
Starting Sunday night, construc
tion on the Interstate 105 inter
change with Coburg Road near the
Oakway Center will be underway,
Stamm said. Students coming from
the north and those who live on
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
may run into congestion. This
phase of the project will be in effect
through Thursday night.
According to the 1-105 Improve
ment Project’s weekly update, em
bankment construction on both
sides of 1-105 between the Coburg
Road and Delta Highway inter
changes and at a section east of In
terstate 5 into Springfield will con
tinue through Thursday. Some lanes
also will be closed from 7 p.m. to
6 a.m. between the Pioneer Park
way and Delta Highway inter
changes during this time.
The closures with the most po
tential impact on University stu
dents and Eugene residents are
scheduled to begin May 16 and to
continue on and off through early
July, Stamm said.
For weekly updates and links to
Web sites for alternate modes of
transportation, visit www.keepus
moving.info.
Bicycling is one way to avoid traf
fic delays, and people who live near
or ride through the Ferry Street
Bridge area are invited to attend an
introduction to back roads in that
section of town May 19. Participants
have been instructed to meet at the
parking lot at Alton Baker Park be
fore the tour begins at 6 p.m., said
Lee Shoemaker, the bicycle and al
ternate modes coordinator for the
City of Eugene. He added that any
one interested in more bike tours in
the surrounding area should contact
Greater Eugene Area Riders.
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
Construction on the Interstate 105 overpass of Coburg Road may interrupt
the commutes of University students, faculty and staff.
For a calendar of guided tours
and area bike maps, visit GEARS's
Web site at www.eugenegears.org.
The restoration project aims to fix
several problems along 1-105, such
as lifted pavement panels, numer
ous joints needing repair and bridge
sections that are substandard in
width and rail. In addition, lane
changes during peak hours are
causing accidents at interchanges.
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Mayor discusses development plans
Kitty Piercy spoke at a neighborhood meeting, addressing plans
for the University's arena project and the riverfront hospital
BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy defended Thurs
day night her decision to miss the upcoming
Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast and pledged to work
with the University administration to start a
community dialogue about the plans for a new
basketball arena during her first appearance at
a West University Neighbors meeting since last
year’s mayoral election.
Piercy announced Thesday that she would not
be attending the annual breakfast and said at the
meeting the main reason behind the decision is
the need for the separation of church and state.
“My concern about the Mayors’ Prayer Break
fast is the very title of it,” Piercy said.
She emphasized that she is very appreciative
of prayer in the community but said she wants to
make sure she represents people of all religious
beliefs equally.
“I’m willing to take the shots for that,” Piercy
said, commenting on what she said were about
300 e-mails she has received commending or
criticizing the decision.
Later in the meeting, Piercy expressed her in
terest in learning more about the University’s
plans for a new basketball arena and in open
ing up a community dialogue about the issue
with the University but said she will wait until
the controversy surrounding the prayer break
fast dies down before tackling another poten
tially controversial issue.
“I would be glad to work with (City Councilor)
David (Kelly) on trying to light the fires where
they need to be lit,” Piercy said. “(But) maybe I’ll
let the burs go out before tackling that one. ”
Councilor Kelly said he contacted the city man
ager and members of the University administra
tion after the neighborhood association passed a
resolution March 3 asking for a say in the arena
plans but did not receive a definitive response
about the issue.
The resolution called for University, city and
comity officials to start a public forum on the Uni
versity’s plans for the arena.
University Vice President for Administration
Dan Williams said in an April 25 Emerald article
that the recently purchased Williams’ Bakery
property is the definite site for the new arena,
though he said it is still unknown when the arena
will be built.
University Planning Director and Architect
Chris Ramey spoke after Piercy about the
WEST, page 8A
Senators
postpone
repayment
decision
Four options were presented
for reimbursing student groups
for cut stipends and positions
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Attempts to agree on how to reimburse
student groups for paid positions cut dur
ing this year’s funding process failed in the
ASUO Student Senate during a tense
meeting Wednesday night, causing sena
tors to postpone the matter to consult
group representatives.
The Programs Finance Committee,
which allocates student money to groups,
implemented a new pay model during this
year’s process, drawing ire from multicul
tural groups that lost paid positions or re
ceived pay cuts for some leaders. Eleventh
hour lobbying by groups led members of
the PFC to include notes in the budget ask
ing the Senate to create a committee to dis
burse funds to groups that lost stipends.
PFC member and Senator Mike Sherman
presented four options to the Senate
on how to fund cut positions, including
giving back all of the roughly $94,600 that
was cut.
Sherman said the money would come
from overrealized funds, which is inciden
tal fee money earmarked for one-time ex
penses and is generated by overestimates
of the University’s fee-paying population at
the beginning of the year. He said the fund
fluctuates from about $250,000 to
$300,000.
But to use the money, the Senate would
have to gain approval for its plans from the
ASUO Executive and University President
Dave Frohnmayer.
The first option would replace all the cut
positions at $125 each, costing $60,500.
The second proposal would reimburse the
cut money to be distributed by groups
among existing positions, costing $94,580.
The other possibilities include creating a
“mini-PFC budget committee” to dole out
relief funds on an individual basis or hav
ing groups submit special requests to the
full Senate for funding.
Sherman said the second option would
raise the PFC’s increase over last year to
8.9 percent, 1.9 percent higher than the
cap allowed by the Green Tape Notebook.
Although several senators said they fa
vored refunding all the cut money, others
disagreed, saying the ASUO Executive and
Frohnmayer might not approve such a
large amount.
Several senators referenced a letter from
Frohnmayer to student government lead
ers this summer in which he pointed out
that some groups received more money for
member pay than for programming, asking
them to re-evaluate the old stipend model.
Sherman called the solutions a “Band
Aid solution” no matter what the Senate
decides, saying the pay model will have to
be revised next year.
“We don’t get a choice,” he said. “That’s
the elephant in the room right now.”
Senator Austin Shaw-Phillips said he fa
vored the second option because it would
give groups the “most autonomy without
being ridiculously complicated.”
Senator Sarah Wells said student Kit My
ers is circulating a petition among student
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