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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1968)
■^^iastci ir ibeci / l i i Everybody Likes Jello Editor’s note: Alastair Beattie is a writer for Northwest Review, a tri-yearly literary magazine published at the University. The members of Morris Yarowsky’s Visual Semantics II class were asked to bring some thing of value to the plaza outside the art build ing complex at the University Thursday. It was decided during class discussion that each person should bring some object upon which he placed value in order to destroy it at the plaza. The object was to gain insights into contemp orary destructive and self-destructing art. The building of igloos in warm climates, dust sculp ture and body painting are all examples of this genre. In the gray afternoon, the class gathered as planned. Posters had been printed and posted so there was a crowd of spectators (approximately 100) milling about. One of the class members acted as emcee and called attention to each event. A girl spread a red soapy substance on her face and shaved off an eyebrow. Later she com mented that she wanted to show that beauty was only skin deep and other than that she did it for fun. Not Afraid to Kill A man placed a gold fish in an aluminum mixing bowl from a polyethelene bag and then poured approximately a quarter cup of table salt into the bowl. He said facetiously that he was an American and v/as not afraid to kill any thing including women and children. Later a man came out of the crowd and with a concerned air removed the goldfish from the mixing bowl. He placed it back into the poly ethelene bag and carried it back into the build ing to revive the fish with fresh water. The man who had brought the goldfish to destroy made no move to stop him. One man produced several bundles of color slides and proceeded to drive a large spike through the center of each bundle. He then toss ed them into the air after removing them from the spike. Another man with a movie camera approached him when he was finished and offered him sev eral feet of undeveloped film which he removed frorii his camera saying that it was a filmic record of the event and then adding that the film was exposed. Meanwhile a large black polyethelene balloon approximately 15 feet square was being inflated on the roof on an adjacent building. Eventually it began to move along the roof as though there were someone inside. It was then tossed off the edge into the crowd below. This created a moment of potential vio lence and there was a certain amount of fear in the crowd. One was reminded of the collapse of bleachers which was photographed at the In dianapolis 500 road race several years ago. Crowd Couldn't Get Away It w'as impossible for the entire crowd to move away quickly enough and some people were en gulfed by the black polyethelene which was im mediately rolled to the perimeter of the crowd, lodged in an adjacent fountain and deflated. A man stood on a chair and threw a large cake onto the ground. It smashed but remained in a cardboard box which had surrounded it and was immediately pounced upon by the crowd who stuffed fistfulls of it into their mouths. Other events included a bag of jello which was thrown from a roof top as someone yelled “everybody likes jello,” a television which was smashed loudly with a sledge hammer, a clay sculpture which was jumped upon by a man who first donned a crash helmet for effect, and a dope pipe smashed by a hammer. A chair’s seat was perforated by nails from the underside by a man under the instructions of a girl who stated that she was having some one else do her work as many contemporary artists do. An alarm clock was smashed as it rang, at length burning up while still ringing. There were other events, most of which could be considered less spectacular. Destructive Creation One of the spectators stated she realized that destruction was in some way part of a creative process but was not clear as to its specific func tion. Another said she could not understand how anybody could destroy something that they con sidered to be of value. The crowd was for the most part subdued and self-conscious. When someone mentioned that there was laxative in the cake which was thrown down, a groan of disgust escaped the lips of a well-dressed girl. Towards the end of the occasion, a fire hose was turned onto the crowd from a third story window. The crowd found it necessary to run for cover in order to avoid the deluge. It was difficult to determine whether the hosing was initiated by a class member or not. We've got the economy car that's cute-to-boot! New Toyota Corolla* 1839.81 Delivered in Eugene Now you can cut down on automobile expense and look good at the same time. Check the shape and statistics of the new Toyota Corolla and you’ll see why. • 30 miles to the gallon • Lifetime lubrication • 60 horses • Hits 87 mph when you want • 4-on-the-floor all synchromesh transmission • Bucket seats • Nylon carpeting • And it’s cute See and test drive Toyota Corolla... the new one to beat performance-wise and styling-wise today at TOYOTA of EUGENE llth & Charnelton 342-5179 Open 7 days a Week Japan's No. 1 Automobile Manufacturer The Last Hurrah The University Theatre’s pro duction of Jean-Claude van Itallie’s satire “America Hur rah” has been held over for two extra performances this Friday and Saturday. These per formances have already been sold out by advanced sales. Because the actors are start ing rehearsals for “Romeo and Juliet,” further performances of “America Hurrah” will not be held. Three of the 12 performances to date have been sellouts, while the other nine perform ances were near sellouts with an average of only seven vacant seats. E:Uce tll= \h CIE»*OOD ■ Off fkaNKL11 BUD BETWEEN EUGENE *n() SPRINGEIE10 nwive in ENDS TUESDAY * M-G M PRESENTS A DOUGLAS LAURENCE PRODUCTION iLVISPRiSUV Akxruyt you. -flout ■io' Live A Little Love A Little _PANAVlSlON® and METROCOLOR_ COLOR CO-HIT Henry Fonda James Stewart ‘Firecreek’ PL-3 Schedule 6:30 Huntley-Brinkley 7:00 Guten Tag (Repeat) 7:30 Nursing Education 8:00 Applachia; Rich Land, Poor People (Repeat) The Oregon Dally Emerald Is pub lished Monday thru Friday, Septem ber to May, except during exam ano vacation periods. Bi-Weekly June thru the first week of August, once a week the last three weeks of August, by the Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eu gene, Oregon 97403. Subscription ratea $9 per year, $3.50 per term. Circuit Court to Decide Legal Parking Policy A case to decide whether the University has the right to col lect fines from students violating campus parking rules will be heard in Lane County Circuit Court at 10 today. Paul Nolte, a University law student, has brought suit against the University, contending the present parking policy violates Oregon Revised Statute 352.360. Under this law, the University is empowered to make parking rules, but not to punish those who break the rules. According to Nolte, the University has been punishing violators — by taking fines from a student’s general deposit — and this is illegal. The University, through its system of student courts, has recognized the questionable legality of its fine collecting practices before. Last y e a r, student traffic court added a provision to its rules allowing court members to relinquish jurisdiction in a parking case to the district court. 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