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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1977)
EVERYDAY SALES ON ALL MERCHANDISE & WAREHOUSE OUTLET New shipments of corduroy pants, pre-washed and heavyweight denim jeans. New shipment of shirts arriving soon. You can t get it for less anywhere. 484-9716 539 E. 13th Ave. Across from Little’s Market EMU Cultural Forum presents Country Joe McDonald Tuesday Jan. 25 with special guest Dan Hicks EMU Ballroom 8 p.m. U of O Students $3.75 General $4.75 Tickets Available at EMU Main Desk, Chrystalship and Everybody’s Records. DUFFY’S fRIDflH Pilcher Sale foxe & UJeasel (no cover) fRIDflH & SflTURDflH 9-2:00 foX€ 61 UJeasel (61 cover) uj^K^nD big scRefn evmis SATURDAY 4:00 Oregon vs. OSU Pac-8 Game of the Week SlinDflH 8:00 Roots (Complimentary Popcorn) 13th & Aider Phoio by Torrya Houg Leighton's killer whale mural sparks no fear of devourment By JOCK HATFIELD Of the Emerald Swimmers at Leighton Pool will have to watch out for the pools latest addition — a killer whale But this whale is not likely to devour any stu dents. It is part of an 88-foot long mural begun last Wednesday by the art department "I've been trying to get something like this mural for seven years," said Jim Willis, pool director. "It's just beautiful." Willis calls the whale "my mural and claims full credit for its production. “Last quarter during prac tice I spotted an art class sitting on the bleachers drawing swimmers," he said. "I ran over and told the teacher I wanted a mural for one of my walls, and we set up production." Cheryl Bowers, the art teacher in charge of the project, said the mural is only about one-fourth completed At present, the whale, done in black and white against a blue water background, cov ers the top one-fourth of the pool s shallow-end wall. The rest of the design, according to Bowers, is still a mystery. “We want the mural to be a surprise," she said. “It adds to the final effect." Bowers describes the tone of the painting as "eastern." The mural is not planned to cover the entire wall, she said, because of coming changes on the lower half, which would disturb the paint ing. All of the work on the mural is done by Bower’s class, which meets three times a week to do the painting The whale was finished in a matter of days; however, Bowers said it will be four to five weeks before the rest of the mural is completed The subject for the mural was also decided by students. All I told them was that I didn t want swimmers, said Willis "We see enough swim mers around here already without having them on the walls." Bowers said her class thought the whale would make an interesting subject In real life the male killer whale averages 31 feet in length, making the Leighton whale seem com paratively small It has 40 to 50 large teeth and is capable of attacking almost anything in water, including other whales It is one of the few species of whales not presently on the endangered species list Willis said the mural is part of his overall plan to brighten up the pool area "When I came here seven years ago this place was just gray," he said, gesturing toward the pool walls. “I put up all these slogans and banners " "It was a lot of work getting people together Even after I had gotten the class to do the work, I had to get the scaffolding and order the paint I didn't even try to get consent from the physical plant because I knew they wouldn't get things going until next year," Willis said Student reaction to the project has been good, according to Willis. "My mural is something everybody can enjoy, not just swimmers," he said. "We need more of this type of thing all over the school Heating prices double by ’85 WASHINGTON (AP) — You may think your home heating bill this winter is too high, but the Fed eral Energy Administration (FEA) predicts it will nearly double by 1985. Most of the increase will be due to inflation, the FEA said Wed nesday, forcing prices up some 58.4 per cent. On top of that, the FEA esti mated that residential energy prices — a weighted average of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity and motor gasoline — will increase an estimated 24 per cent. X-RATED MOVIES IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN ROOM VIA CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV DAYTIME RATES, WATERBEDS & A WHOLE LOT MORE. Student & Faculty Discounts NOTEL MOTOR INN 1185 West 7th, Eugene
