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A 29-YEAR DEBT AT $67 PER TERM, UO STUDENTS WILL BE PAYTING FOR THE EMU’S MOST RECENT RENOVATION. Administration hopes the community that comes from a

revamped student union is worth the cost.

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ASUO Wrap-Up Jan. 11 ➥ MIGUEL

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The first ASUO Senate meeting of 2017 happened! Here’s the recap.

ASUO appointed two new members; Hong Lei for Program Finance Committee and Clarice Beasley for Senate Seat 15.

Lei was appointed to PFC at Large position by a majority vote of acclamation. Senator Gimm was the only senator to vote against the appointment. Lei is a junior, majoring in accounting with an interest finance. “What interested me most about the Programs Finance Committee is the opportunity to work with different student organizations on campus,� Lei’s application stated. “I have always had a keen interest in finance and as an accounting student myself, I hope to apply what I’ve learned from classrooms to ASUO’s mission statement.�

Lei was the Finance Coordinator for the Dean of Students IMPACT program. He was responsible for keeping track of the programs budget and offering recommendations for events based upon understanding of the budget.

Beasley was appointed to senate seat 15 by unanimous approval from senate. Beasley is a sophomore business major who campaigned during the last election for senate seat 14. “I am interested in this role because I am interested in being a part of the change that will happen on this campus,� Beasley’s application stated. “I want to be part of a group that listens to students and presents concerns or discontent about current situations to administration, and moves forward with plans of action to reconcile those issues. It is important to me that the student impact on policy

within this campus is not limited to those who hold senate seats or are involved in ASUO.�

Beasley believes that her position as a business major will give her a unique perspective and understanding of the student body and will benefit the senate.

Funding requests were the next major topic of discussion for senate with various organizations requesting funds from surplus for upcoming guest speakers and events on campus.

The Muslim Student Association requested $2,527 from surplus for their upcoming Spring Event, which is the group’s final and largest event of the year. Part of the funding will go towards bringing in a speaker to discuss Islam to “give nonMuslims and Muslims alike a better understanding of the complexities of the Muslim world altogether,� the groups application stated. The group was also requesting $430 be moved from existing spots within their budget to a different spot so the funds can be allocated for different use. All requests were approved.

The under-realized budget for this term is currently in a deficit and senator Young was requesting over $26,000 be moved from surplus to cover part of this deficit. The funding was approved unanimously.

The proposed stipend model is still being finalized before its July 1 implementation date. Gimm proposed small language changes to the current form to make it easier to understand. Senate eventually passed the proposal by making small changes to the verbiage of the form after half an hour of deliberation.

ASUO senate meets every week at 7 p.m. in the EMU Miller room. The meetings are open to the public.

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SPORTS

Tyler Dorsey may be the Ducks’ key to success, but inconsistency remains a hurdle ➡ JACK

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On Jan. 4, in Seattle, against rival Washington, the No. 15 Oregon men’s basketball team was in trouble early.

Jordan Bell, one of Oregon’s most consistent players and arguably its best defender, was ushered to the locker room with an apparent injury, and Dillon Brooks, among others, was in early foul trouble.

Six minutes remained in the first half and the Huskies were up by three points.

That’s when sophomore guard Tyler Dorsey took over. He went 5-of-5 from 3-point range in the last seven minutes of the half, and Oregon took a seven-point lead into halftime.

Oregon won 83-61. Dorsey finished with 28 points on 8-of-12 shooting from 3-point range.

Since Dorsey arrived in Eugene, he has widely been considered Oregon’s ‘X Factor.’ He has the offensive ability to control games, but Dorsey struggles with consistency.

The Washington game — and others like it — serves as proof that when Dorsey plays well, the Ducks are one of the premier college basketball teams. Despite many other weapons, Dorsey may be the key to success come March.

The 6-foot-4 guard with a smooth shooting stroke is Oregon’s best 3-point threat. Throughout his season-and-a-half experience, Dorsey has become familiar with big performances.

“It was one of those nights where the basket just felt wide and

everything feels like it’s going in, and it did tonight,” Dorsey told The Oregonian after the win over UW. When Dorsey shoots efficiently from the outside, it gives Oregon’s offense another weapon. When Dorsey is off-ball, he can draw defenders away from the middle when Brooks or Dylan Ennis drives to the basket. If his defenders decide to collapse, or give him any space, he can bury 3s.

When Dorsey is hot, defenders have to respect his range. That makes it easier for him to drive.

“We haven’t had that kind of success from three. That really just popped the game open,” Oregon coach Dana Altman told The Oregonian after the Washington Game.

Following the Washington game, the Ducks travelled to face Washington State. Dorsey, following the best game of the season, scored zero points in 24 minutes. He went 0-of-4 from the field and 0-of-2 from three. Oregon still won 85-66.

Pac-12 play has been a prime example of Dorsey’s inconsistency.

Through four games, he is shooting an impressive 45 percent. However, outside of the Washington game, he is only 1-of-8 from outside the arc.

In the first five games of the season, he shot 31 percent from 3-point range. In the next five games he shot 52 percent. During the last seven games he’s shot 34 percent.

Come March, if Dorsey finds himself looking at the hoop, the team will hope that it looks big to him.

Oregon Ducks guard Tyler Dorsey (5). (Adam Eberhardt)

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An illustration depicting the money being used to pay for the EMU ’s renovation .

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Rebuilding the Student Uni

The old EMU before the renovation began in 2014. (Creative Commons)

During the construction of the new EMU outside the main enterance. (Adam Eberhardt)

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The outside of the new EMU after the grand opening. (Adam Eberhardt)

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➡ N O A H M C G R AW, @ M C N O A H M C G R AW ➡ M A X T H O R N B E R R Y, @ M A X T H O R N B E R R Y University of Oregon students who haven’t been born yet will continue to bear the cost of a $98 million EMU renovation project.

Students will pay an extra $67 per term until 2043 to cover the cost of the improvements made to the EMU, according to project leaders.

“One of the most important things on a college campus is building community and having a laboratory for students to practice all the things they learn in the classroom,” Laurie Woodward, EMU director, said. “That’s what student unions are and what they do.”

In 2009, planners began a five year process to conceptualize what the final project would look like.

During the renovation, student groups temporarily relocated to other facilities in late 2013, and construction began in January 2014.

The new EMU has many additions and amenities the former building lacked: a prayer room, local restaurants and more meeting spaces for student groups to name a few.

Gregg Lobisser, the retired assistant vice president for Capital Projects Division of Student Life and the lead on the project, started designing the new building in 2009. Lobisser was also the lead on the Student Rec Center renovation, and his original plan was to renovate both buildings at the same time.

“It’s very difficult to do two projects at once — two major projects,” said Lobisser. “What we didn’t want was to move one forward and then have the other one lag and students feel like, ‘Well, we already did one. We’re not going to do another one.’ ” Former UO President Michael Gottfredson approved plans for both renovations, and the projects went to a student vote in 2011. The Rec Center was approved, but the EMU was not. A second EMU vote failed in the spring of 2012. The first two referendums asked for a $100 increase in student fees per term to pay for the project.

Students approved a significantly changed final referendum in November of that year.

Administrators had cut aspects of the project — including a 1,200-seat concert hall in the east wing — to

minimize costs.

The final referendum included a student fee of “no more than $69 per term,” which was eventually finalized as $67 by the president.

“One of the challenges with a referendum is that it requires legacy leadership,” Lobisser said.

“It means that if I vote ‘yes,’ I’m voting for the people who come after me, not for myself. Am I willing to pay more for them when I’m going to graduate before the thing opens?”

In 1947, UO students approved a $5-per-term fee to pay for the construction of the original building.

That is equivalent to $54.12 per term today.

Although the building was expanded in the ‘70s, increasing space requirements and an estimated $12 million in essential repairs led administration to suggest an overhaul.

Laurie Woodward wasn’t working at the EMU during the planning stages. By the time she came on board in April 2013 the wheels were already in motion.

“It was exciting,” Woodward said.

“My job was to come in and not undo anything that had been done, but to offer some new ideas and add what I thought was missing, and try to do that without changing the budget or without changing the direction.”

Giving students everything they wanted without increasing the budget was a challenge, Woodward said. She said that her first job was to address the fact that despite being told to “dream big,” there was a limit to what they could afford.

Students have been left with the majority of the bill for their new student union. Over 90 percent of the costs for the renovation will be paid by students, including the new $67 fee and student building fees that were already in place.

But students aren’t paying the entire sum. Additional sources, such as the computing center, the health center and EMU reserves, helped increase the budget from $95 million to $98 million. Campus operations contributed to fund the ramps and stairs along 13th Avenue.

“This project, unlike every project

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that I’d been on, added, added, added, within our budget as we found money,” Lobisser said. “We were able to do things like the ballroom renovation.”

Part of the original budget accounted for $5 million in donations, but only $3.2 million has been raised. UO continues to reach out to donors.

Even supplemented by outside funding, some students believe that the financial burden of the renovation falls too heavily on the student body.

“I know there are lots of students who are going to use this building, and they’re happy. But from a student leader perspective, it shouldn’t have been so much on the backs of students,” said ASUO Senate President Max Burns.

Dave Petrone, former UO Board of Trustees member, donated $1 million to update the Fishbowl, what he says is one of the most iconic features of the EMU. “The Fishbowl is classic,” Petrone said. “It’s a little hard to explain, it

just touches you. Everyone that goes there knows the Fishbowl.”

Working to create a community space for students, Lobisser organized focus groups with every organization in the EMU to make sure each group got what they needed. The Innovation Center and the expanded Multicultural Center are some of the additions that came from those meetings.

“It becomes symbolic of the inclusiveness of campus that when you do a renovation like this, you are able to take the needs of students into mind that maybe were not part of the original thinking,” said UO spokesman Tobin Klinger, referring to the prayer rooms that were added in order to accommodate the larger international student body.

The EMU had its grand opening on Oct. 6, 2016. After 37 years working at the university, Gregg Lobisser retired the same day.

“I think this is the most important building on campus,” Lobisser said.

“People who visit see the culture of UO in these halls.”

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OPINION

The Tuition and Fees Advisory Board is providing the opportunity for students to directly interact with administration regarding tuition. (Jeff Ozvold/Flikr)

Tuesday, January 17th. 6-7:30 p.m., EMU Ballroom •

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This meeting is open for all and is specifically designed for students to talk to the Tuition and Fees Advisory Board (TFAB) about the role of this committee in the university community, and more specifically, the budget this year as it pertains to tutition.

It's a fantastic opportunity for students to learn, ask questions, and voice their thoughts about the upcoming proposal before the Board of Trustees Meeting in early March.​ -Written by Kyle Heiner, ASUO communications director

Upcoming Podcasts Arts and Culture: The State of Television in 2017 (21 minutes, 3 seconds):

Writers Sararosa Davies, Patience Greene and Emerson Malone discuss the television landscape, including dramas, comedies and cartoons. Namely: Transparent (Amazon), Atlanta (FX), Broad City (Comedy Central), Adventure Time (Cartoon Network), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) and many more.

Sports: The Rebranding of UO Football (19 minutes, 30 seconds): Writers Jack Butler and Ryan Kostecka join editor Kenny Jacoby to discuss how coach Willie Taggart is succeeding Mark Helfrich, the rebranding of UO Football and why you won't see the team with the Twitter handle @WinTheDay anymore.

Stay tuned for upcoming episodes from the Emerald. Listen online at SoundCloud or dailyemerald.com and subscribe to Emerald Media on iTunes here: https://t.co/PY7ebnjcH1

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Tuition Meeting

provides important opprotunity Tuition and school fees are steadily towering over college students. Moreover, these debt inducing prices are often intangible and without direct information from the administration.

Luckily, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon will be holding a Tuition and Fees Advisory Board (TFAB) meeting this Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. The meeting will provide students an opportunity to interact directly with the administration in order to gain information about their tuition. They will also discuss the effects the new state budget will have on tuition in the near future.

The TFAB meeting is quite valuable as it gives students the chance to take an active role in a monetary matter that directly affects them (and their wallets) for the whole time they spend in higher education.

It is unfortunate that our society puts a monetary amount on our education, a piece of life that is becoming a requirement to have an occupation.

The ASUO is providing an opportunity for students to become informed about a matter they will have to deal with in the form of debt even after they have a degree in hand.

According to Saving for College, an online organization that provides tools to handle college costs, it is assumed that tuition will increase an average of 5 percent each year.

This statistic proves true for UO’s tuition. In a letter regarding the budget released by Governor Kate Brown late in 2016, Michael H. Schill, UO President and Professor of Law, with Scott Coltrane, Provost and Senior Vice President, informed students that it will be impossible to keep tuition rise under 5 percent for next year because of the insufficient budget.

Despite this warning of rising tuition, many students just put up with the heavy burden of high tuition and limited scholarships because it has become normalized — high debt has become an expectation as well as a reality. But with the chance to connect with administration, students are able to advocate against the developing norms of raising tuition with well informed arguments.

Universities encounter multiple challenges when weighing students’ well being and the reality of state regulations. Despite the administration’s requirements to fulfill, they are not deaf to the voices of their student populations. Thus, the TFAB meeting highlights the impact students can have on the issues plaguing their university. What’s more, this meeting, taking place this Tuesday, provides students a place to practice student advocacy through the opportunity to gain crucial information and input about tuition.

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