Senate: Several companies interested in site
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purposes while a plan for the stu
dent housing is finalized,
Moseley said.
“But those purposes will gener
ate the revenue so that the amount
of money from this sale that will
go to student housing will not be
less than the amount of the sale,”
Moseley said.
“I think in the end this will be a
win-win,” he said.
Dyke said needed property acqui
sitions will likely be impossible un
less Westmoreland is sold, and
Moseley echoed that belief.
“If we do not sell it we have no —
zero — resources with which to ac
quire any of this property that the
University needs,” Moseley said.
Interim Vice President for Stu
dent Affairs and Director of Univer
sity Housing Mike Eyster also said
that the need to renovate and build
new residence halls on campus is
extreme, but there’s no money to do
it unless Westmoreland is sold.
University officials emphasized
that nonprofit organizations in
volved in low-income housing have
shown interest in the site, which
they said would minimize if not dis
solve the negative effects the sale
could have on the 592 people who
currently live at Westmoreland.
“We don’t know for sure if
that’s going to happen, but that is
what both the real estate people in
town and the appraisers say is the
highest and best use, therefore the
use that will get the University the
best price,” Moseley said.
Bing Li, chairwoman of the West
moreland Tenants Council, outlined
her reasons for opposing the sale,
asking why the University would
want to sell property in which so
many organizations see value.
She also criticized University
President Dave Frohnmayer for his
dream of securing a land bank in
the east campus neighborhood to
serve as his administration’s legacy.
“We shouldn’t sacrifice our
homes and our children for some
one’s personal dream,” Li said.
Some people have expressed
concerns that the sale money
could be used to help finance the
basketball arena the University is
hoping to build at the Williams’
Bakery site on Franklin Boule
vard, but Moseley guaranteed
that “not one dime of this money
will go toward any arena.”
Frohnmayer said during his State
of the University address later in the
meeting that there is no arena, there
is only hope for an arena.
Estimated to cost as much as
$180 million, the arena will be fi
nanced through private fundraising
efforts by the Athletics Department
and through private loans taken by
National Championship Properties,
a subsidiary of the nonprofit organi
zation the UO Foundation.
“It would require an heroic act
of philanthropy to proceed,”
Frohnmayer said.
Also at the meeting, the senate
was notified of motions it will
hear at its Nov. 30 meeting. One
motion calls for public hearings
regarding the University’s fund
ing from the Department of De
fense. Another would limit the
amount of wireless Internet ac
cess in classrooms because of
concerns that students spend
time browsing Web sites rather
than listening to professors and
participating in class discussions.
Contact the news editor at
mcuniff@ daily emerald, com
Kate Horton | Photographer
Mike Eyster, interim
vice president for
Student Affairs and
director of University
Housing, responds to
a question from a
University Senate
member about the
possible sale of
Westmoreland
Apartments.
Mankiller: Students applaud
former Native American chief
Zane Rite | Photographer
Former Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller speaks to a crowd in the EMU
Ballroom about the history and culture of Native Americans.
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necessity of doing so.
“If we don’t frame our own issues,
our opponents will,” she said.
She ended her speech on a note of
optimism for the future of the Native
Americans by invoking her favorite
proverb.
“It’s hard to see the future with tears
in your eyes.”
Audience response was overwhelm
ingly positive, with applause and sev
eral standing ovations punctuating her
speech.
Shalan Ryan, an undeclared sopho
more who is in Mankiller’s class, said
she found the speech, as well as
Mankiller herself, amazing.
“She’s a phenomenal person. ...
Tonight’s speech was a summary of a
lot of stuff we learned in class, and it
really cemented the ideas,” she said.
Wesley Weathers, an honor guard of
the Grand Ronde who presented the
flag, said that the speech echoed much
of what he already felt.
Master of Ceremonies Rennard
Strickland, a professor of law, said
Mankiller is an inspiration.
“1 thought it was a marvelous analy
sis of the misconceptions that people
have about American Indians,” he
said.
“I hope people get a sense ... that
any individual who devotes them
selves to something that is important
can make a real difference,” he said.
Contact the higher education reporter
at kbrown@dailyemerald.com
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