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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1978)
Kamikaze kickers end first season Saturday By LAURY MASHEF Of the Emerald The University nine-member dance team, the “Kamikaze Kick ers," will perform for the last time this year Saturday at 4 p m. in McArthur Court. The group, directed by Captain Betty Christensen, and Co captain Debi Dirks will perform at the UCLA-UO University pre game to a tune by Aerosmith titled “Walk This Way.” The dance team first started in September with a total of 15 members. “Now we have nine,” says Dirks. "The people that are in it now are the ones that have stuck it out through the whole year.” Christensen says the group ran into a lot of organizational prob lems in the beginning that caused them to lose members, partly due to only having one adviser, Dianna Hovick, who is also the rally adviser. "It was just too much work for her," says Christensen. The dance team hired another adviser this winter, Bertie Van Geem, a teacher a? Roosevelt Jr. High School. “Getting our own adviser helped," says Dirks. OSU housing may soon have 24-hour visitations The student senate at Oregon State University (OSU) has pro posed a recommendation for all student housing to be open to 24-hour visitation by members of the opposite sex. According to Al Chick, president of the Student Residence Hall As sociation at OSU, “It's a freedom the students deserve because the university shouldn't be a second mother for the students here.” The 24-3 vote with three ab stentions this week supports pro posed changes in visiting regula tions that could affect 6,000 stu dents living in housing owned or sanctioned by the university, in cluding dormitories, fraternities, sororities and cooperatives. The senate decision will go to a conduct committee composed of students and faculty members. The committee's recommenda tion will then be submitted to the administration to make the final decision. Unlike present OSU housing rules allowing students round the-clock visiting privileges in the main lounges of all residence halls, the University of Oregon regulates visiting hours for entire dormitories. Donald Lee, associate director of housing at this University, says non-residents are not allowed in the halls from midnight to 6 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 2 to 6 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. There are no room checks after hours, Lee says, but the outside doors to the dorms are locked ear lier in the evenings to discourage outside persons who don’t have keys. Lee doesn’t foresee any changes in this University’s hous ing regulations, although he ad mits the situation has changed drastically in the past decade or so. ‘‘Years ago, members of the opposite sex were not allowed in any of the dormitory buildings,” Lee says. Now, there are open rooms for out-of-town guests and visitors, and limited visiting hours for se curity reasons and resident pro tection. Lee feels it is important to main tain the regulations, because “If you don't have a break of some sort, how would you handle a permanent visitor?” Without visitation restrictions, it is possible for someone to live there permanently,” Lee believes. Only one OSU resident hall for students over 21 years old cur rently allows 24-hour visiting in private rooms. Thomson Motor’s Specializing in Triumph, Norton, BSA & Honda. 1858 E. 13th 344-1224 In Memory of Slahkal a turning point in the struggle of Iranian people (dinner, play, song, lecture, slide show) Sunday, February 26, 1978 6:30 p.m. EMU Ballroom admission $2.50 Sponsored by l.S.A. & F.S.O. “After a formative year, things are on their way,” says Christen sen. “I think it shows a lot that there are still nine of us hanging in there.” The Kamikaze Kickers previ ously performed for the University football games. "At the end of the (basketball) season, we’ll have danced at eight home games and one in Portland,” says Dirks. All choreography for the dance team is done by the group mem bers. “All the girls have helped in putting together the routines,” says Dirks. Saturday's dance is choreographed by dance team member Lynelle Swift. Other members of the group in clude Lori Kohler, Kalin Blaco, Doris Berkeley, Carolyn Bone brake, Loralie Edminsten and Les lie Weaver. "Were enjoying ourselves," says Dirks. "The whole thing that keeps me going during the week is knowing that we re going to dance.” "And we have gotten a lot ol good feedback,” says Christen sen. In addition to dance perfor mances, the dance team plans to hold a clinic before rally try-outs to teach junior high and high school dance teams. The clinic will also Photo by Gr®g GawtowsKi include the rally squad who will conduct clinics in cheerleading. Rally try-outs will be held the third or fourth week of spring quar ter, although a date has not been set. The dance team try-outs will consist of learning and performing a dance for a panel of judges. The dance team will also be flashing score cards for the mens NCAA gymnastics champion ships held in Eugene on April 6, 7 and 8. "I like to dance,” says Dirks. ‘ And get out in front of people and make them enjoy themselves. Even if I see only a few people enjoy themselves, that's good enough for me.” (fyUtcvuil 0po^w*K frie&etifo An Evening With KENNY RANKIN Plus Special Guest Gary Ogan Thursday Mar. 2 - EMU Ballroom - 8 pm \ Tickets: Available at: / \ $3.75 UO Students EMU Main Desk, Sun Shop,/ $5.00 Gen Public Everbody’s Records
