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UO E-clips, Oct. 12
Top stories for October 12, 2007: Register-Guard urges the UO to "proceed with caution" in today's lead editorial, which discusses UO's approach for financing a new basketball arena; UO today unveils two building projects (an overview by the R-G); and the Web site Associated Content and Salem-News.com report that a team of researchers, including UO biologist Michelle Wood, director of the Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will find new ways to monitor and respond to blooms of algae off the coast under a NOAA grant.
Scrutinize UO arena plan (Register-Guard editorial): As construction zone signs routinely warn, the University of Oregon should proceed with caution with its plan for financing a new basketball arena. Thanks to Nike co-founder Phil Knight’s $100 million donation earlier this year, the UO has thoroughly revamped its earlier financing plan. Instead of funding all or most of the cost of arena construction with private donations, university officials now plan to borrow the entire projected $200 million cost using state bonds and paying back the money with arena revenues, and if necessary, annual donations from fans.
UO unveils two building projects (Register-Guard): The University of Oregon will unveil its latest remodeling project and preview a building-to-be in separate events on campus today. At 11 a.m., UO President Dave Frohnmayer will help launch the official campaign for the university’s $25 million alumni center. At 2 p.m., the UO will reopen the Mills International Center in the Erb Memorial Union following a one-year, $1.3 million remodel. The university is close to the halfway mark in fundraising for the new alumni center. It will be named the Cheryl Ramberg Ford and Allyn Ford Alumni Center, after the Roseburg couple whose $5 million lead gift launched the building project.
Oregon researchers to study toxic algae blooms (Associated Content and Salem-News.com): Researchers will get $2.3 million over the next five years to develop better ways to monitor and respond to toxic blooms of algae off the coast of Oregon, according to news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Toxic algal blooms are blamed for costly hits to fisheries and recreation along the Oregon coast, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). In 2003, for example, a single algae bloom that released domoic acid into Oregon waters forced the closure of the razor clam fishery at Clatsop Beach, Oregon, costing the local economy $4.8 million, ODFW estimates. … NOAA begins the five-year research project in Oregon by awarding $456,630 for the first year of research by Oregon State University, the University of Oregon and ODFW. Among the recipients is UO biology professor Michelle Wood, who is quoted in the Salem-News coverage.