Arena: Officials say project
could be finished by 2009
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by National Championship Proper
ties, a subsidiary of the UO Founda
tion. NCP would repay the bank
bonds by taking a portion of ticket
sales at the new arena.
“It is beyond our reach, in my mind,
to raise that much money,” Moos said
about the need for NCP to take out
bonds.
Once the design process is under
way architects will be able to deter
mine the options for design and the
cost of each one, Moos said.
Bob Thompson, a University gradu
ate and design principal for TVA Archi
tects, said his firm is designing the
building, concourses and other interi
or spaces, while Ellerbe Becket is de
signing the basketball court and lock
er rooms.
The size and scope of the project is
entirely dependent on fundraising
efforts, Moos said.
Moos is hopeful Nike founder and
University graduate Phil Knight and
his wife, Penny, will contribute to the
arena project and said if the arena
were to cost $160 million or more,
“we’d probably need Phil’s help.”
“At this point, there’s no guarantee
that that is going to happen, so we’re
cultivating other donors that we would
need regardless of the Knight dona
tion, if there is one,” Moos said.
Because raising the needed funds
could take some time, Moos said,
the architects will be exploring the pos
sibility of building the arena and its
amenities, which include an indoor
practice facility and a new athletic
learning center, in two phases.
Donors who gave during the sum
mer to restart the design phase were
aware of the fact that an arena is not
definite and still depends on funding
factors, Moos said.
"We’re going to get to some juncture
where we’re going to have to decide if
we halt it completely or we scale down
or we shoot for the moon,” Moos said.
“And that’s good; at least we’re mak
ing progress.”
University officials have said proper
ty around the Williams’ Bakery site
must be purchased for arena construc
tion to begin. The University has not
had contact with the owners of those
properties, Moos said, and the archi
tects are exploring whether it’s possi
ble to contain the first phase of the
project on the Williams’ Bakery site.
A completed design can show what
other properties need to be acquired,
Thompson and Price said.
“We have a lot of alumni working
on the project, so there’s a strong emo
tional attachment to making sure we
succeed,” Thompson said.
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EMU: Wind power wins ecological award
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Board, ASUO Student Senate Presi
dent Stephanie Erickson worked on
the initiative with University Sus
tainability Coordinator Steve Mital
and two other students, Megan
Edgar and Yoko Silk, who have
since graduated.
“They were able to convince the
administration and the students to
get behind this,” said Kristy Jones,
manager of campus climate educa
tion and action for the National
Wildlife Federation. “That’s really
an achievement.”
Wind power is more environmen
tally friendly than other types of elec
tricity because it does not generate
waste or pollution, and it does not de
plete the finite supply of natural re
sources such as coal, oil or natural
gas, according to the Eugene Water
and Electric Board Web site.
The University contracts with
EWEB for its wind power, which
comes from a wind farm in south
eastern Wyoming, according to the
EWEB Web site.
For the EMU to run purely on
wind power, it would have to have a
turbine on or near the building. In
stead, the wind power that the EMU
uses is heavily diluted with other
types of electricity — coal, gas fire,
nuclear and hydroelectric, which use
the same grid. This energy grid runs
through 10 Western states, connect
ing the Wyoming wind farm to the
University.
“In reality, where the electrons in
the EMU originate could be any
where in the grid,” Mital said.
The extra money University stu
dents pay means there is more finan
cial support for wind power in gen
eral, Mital said, and therefore a
greater likelihood that wind power
will become affordable and more
widely used.
“People are only going to build
wind farms if there are other people
willing to pay for it,” Mital said.
As a token of its support for wind
power, the EMU will receive a “green
tag” from EWEB. This will be framed
and hung in the EMU sometime dur
ing the school year, Mital said.
University Utilities Analyst Josh
Ruddick said that without wind
power, the EMU’s electric bill aver
ages $110,000 per year. The wind
power adds an extra $11,400.
Because of a lower-than-expected
price from EWEB, there is a $25,000
surplus from this year’s fee collec
tions, which will be used to establish
a fund for future sustainability proj
ects, Erickson said.
“That was the idea. We’d start
wind-power in the EMU, then mi
grate to the rec center and
other buildings on campus,”
Erickson said.
Another possibility, Erickson
said, is that the University might
construct its own wind turbine on
the Oregon Coast sometime in the
future. Oregon State University is
currently researching something
similar, she said. A group called
Energy Conservation and Alterna
tive Futures is being formed to
work on these possibilities, and it
will include University students
and faculty members.
Jones was impressed with the Uni
versity’s involvement with EWEB.
“They kind of brought it into the
local community, encouraging other
businesses to do this,” Jones said.
Jones said colleges and universi
ties are eligible for this recognition if
they set short- and long-term goals
to make the school more ecologically
sustainable, work to achieve those
goals, report on their progress and
ultimately achieve at least one of
their goals during a school year.
Of the more than 200 universities
that are members of the National
Wildlife Federation, 15 applied for
recognition and 12 received recogni
tion for the 2004-05 school year. Oth
er recognized projects involved habi
tat restoration and transportation
issues. These projects and others are
listed in the Federation’s Campus
Ecology Yearbook. The University
was included in the 2000, 2001 and
2004 editions of this yearbook for
projects involving waste reduction,
habitat restoration and a Web site
about campus energy use.
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technology reporter at
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IN BRIEF
DPS increases patrols
after attempted robbery
A University staff member
thwarted a robber’s attempt to steal
her shoulder bag when she strug
gled and escaped near Johnson Hall
on Friday, according to the Depart
ment of Public Safety.
Around 7 a.m., the woman,
whose name the Emerald could not
obtain, was walking to work when
a man approached her and grabbed
her shoulder bag. He said he carried
a weapon, but did not describe it or
show it to the woman, according to
a DPS press release.
The woman freed her bag and
quickly walked away. She reported
the incident to DPS at approximate
ly 1 a.m. Saturday.
DPS and the Eugene Police De
partment are investigating.
They are also increasing patrols
in the area.
The man is described as a white
male in his late 30s to 40s, approxi
mately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 165
pounds. He has brown hair, a mus
tache and brown eyes. He was seen
wearing a charcoal gray fleece jack
et and torn blue jeans.
At the time of the incident, the
woman was on her cell phone and
may not have been aware of her
surroundings, DPS Interim Director
Tom Hicks said.
“We feel we have a safe campus,
but incidents like this will happen,”
he said.
Hicks encourages people on cam
pus to be alert and aware of
their surroundings.
People walking on campus
should also avoid isolated areas and
walking alone at night.
All students, faculty and staff
who witness suspicious behavior or
are approached in a threatening
manner should contact DPS or the
Eugene Police Department immedi
ately, according to the release.
Anyone with information about
the incident should contact DPS at
346-5444 or Eugene Police Depart
ment at 346-2904.
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