IN BRIEF
Indicators suggest labor
market growth declining
Just one month after economic
indicators seemed to show a strong
labor market, the University of Ore
gon Index of Economic Indicators
now seems to suggest "a noticeable
softening of the labor market,” Uni
versity economist Tim Duy said in a
news release.
With the release of the economic
indicators for May last week, the in
dex sunk to its lowest level since late
last year. The decrease is due, in part,
to a loss of 3,300 non-farm jobs as
well as a drop in indicators affecting
building and business investment.
The index measures eight indica
tors that affect areas of the economy
such as development, investment,
consumption, and employment.
Duy, an economics professor and
director of the Oregon Economic
Forum, had previously said
that while the index for April had
declined overall, the labor market
was resilient.
“Labor market conditions re
mained solid in the wake of rapid
employment gains in the first quar
ter,” he said.
Now, it seems that the labor mar
ket is also on the decline.
“These numbers suggest a more
significant weakening in the Oregon
labor market than indicated by the
April UO index,” Duy said.
This is the third decrease for the in
dex in four months.
“The index is not signaling that a
recession is imminent, but does sug
gest that the pace of growth is slow
ing,” Duy said. The methods used to
calculate the index, which is a project
of the Oregon Economic Forum
through the University, are the same
methods used to calculate the U.S.
Leading Index of economic indicators.
— Gabe Bradley
Donations: Music schools
square footage will double
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of the music school. Because the
University has already raised $7.1
million, construction is slated to be
gin two years ahead of schedule, in
August, 2006.
Lokey donated an additional $4.5
million toward building a Portland
based program for the School of
Journalism and Communication.
The announcement ceremony for
this project took place during the
weekend in Portland. The George S.
TUrnbull Portland Center will open
this fall in a temporary location in
the University of Oregon Portland
Center and will offer degree pro
grams in journalism by fall 2006.
Lokey’s $4.5 million donation was
combined with an anonymous do
nation of the same amount.
George S. Ttirnbull, whom the
new journalism program is named
after, taught reporting and editing as
a journalism professor at the
University from 1917-1948 and
was dean of the School of Journal
ism and Communication from
1944-1948.
Lokey encouraged the audience
to enjoy the gift of giving while
they’re here.
“I can’t imagine going through
life and leaving millions of dollars
behind,” Lokey said during his
speech. “Doing something nice is a
way of...investing in the future to
make a better world. You put the
money in education and you get a
civilized people coming out of it.”
Lokey’s donation is added
to those from 22 individual donors
and two foundations. The music
school project is part of the division
of University advancement
“Campaign Oregon, Transforming
Lives.” The campaign’s main objec
tives are to “position the university
strategically in the minds of our var
ious constituencies,” and to “ac
quire the public and private re
sources to finance the strategic
directions of the university,” accord
ing to its Web site.
The new construction and reno
vation will double the square
footage of the music school and al
low better accommodations to the
500 music majors and 4,000 non
music majors that use the building,
which was originally designed to fit
300 students.
New features include an entrance
on 18th Avenue, improved historic
courtyard and outdoor stage, new
classrooms, offices and space for
rehearsals and instrument storage
and new acoustically isolated stu
dios. BOORA Architects Inc. worked
with the University Planning Office
and the School of Music for the de
sign of the school’s reconstruction.
President Dave Frohnmayer
called Lokey “one of the most
generous donors in the University’s
history.” Frohnmayer’s two
brothers, John and Philip, and his
sister Mira, attended the announce
ment to show their gratitude for the
dedication of the music school to
their mother.
“Lorry, we thank you so much,”
Mira Frohnmayer said in a short
speech. As a graduate of the Univer
sity’s school of music in 1960, Mira
Frohnmayer recalled the legacy of
music that her mother left them.
“I know what she’d say,’’Mira
Frohnmayer said of her mother’s re
sponse, “(she would say) Oh no! Not
me. I don’t deserve this notoriety.”
MarAbel Braden Frohnmayer,
who lived from 1909 to 2003, moved
to Oregon with her family in 1912.
She graduated from Albany High
School, and received her Bachelor
of Arts from the University’s music
school in 1931. While at the Univer
sity, MarAbel Frohnmayer was a
member of the sorority Kappa Alpha
Theta and was elected to the music
honorary Mu Phi Epsilon.
She taught elementary and mid
dle school education in McMin
nville, Merrill and Medford, Ore. be
tween 1931 and 1936.
nwilbur@ dailyemerald. com
MARABEL FROHN MAYER'S
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Co-founder of the Rogue Valley Symphony, a
not-for-profit organization that performs live
symphony concerts
• First president of the Rogue Valley Chorale,
the oldest public choral organization in southern
Oregon
• Board member of the Tony Award-winning Ore
gon Shakespeare Festival, the largest non-profit
theater in the nation
• Board member of the Rogue Valley Opera and
Britt Music Festival
• Chairwoman of the Civic Music Association
and Community Concerts out of Medford, Ore.
• Founding member and President of Rogue
Valley Hospital Auxiliary
• Active in the First Presbyterian Church, the
Contemporary Book Club, and the PEO Sister
hood, an organization that promotes international
educational opportunities for women through
encouragement and support
You’re always close to campus.
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