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Article: `Lights, Camera ... Oregon!'.(Higher Education)(Hollywood celebrities and others help the UO kick off its public campaign in style)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2005
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Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard
It was a glitzy, black-tie, Oscar-like affair Saturday night that saw another $16 million donated toward the University of Oregon's goal of raising $600 million, the largest fund-raiser in state history.
And only a paltry $284 million to go.
"Is that right - $600 million?" Hollywood comedy star Fred Willard said, glancing around at the 1,100 or so who paid anywhere from $200 a ticket to $10,000 a table for what was billed as the biggest party in school history at the UO's Moshofsky Sports Center next to Autzen Stadium. "That can't be right," said Willard, the master of ceremonies for "Lights, Camera ... ...