Oregon daily emerald., April 13, 1979, Section B, Image 21

Police bust University zing ring
Eugene police smashed a rally squad ring late
Wednesday night, but not before this couple en
gaged In an unspeakable act before a capacity
tmmoraid photo
crowd at McArthur Court Police said the pep
squad was the worst they had seen in 20 years
Photo continued on Page 11B
From glory hole to glory hallelujah
Shop switches pitch
By JON CROWLEQ
Of tha Immorald
Dale Undersome. owner-manager of Adult
World, said Thursday ha plans to convert the
former bookstore and X-rated movie arcade into
a church The move comes In the midst of a Lane
County District Attorney Smack Snortsum civil
suit to permanently close the business
"When you've gone through a personal crisis
like I have," Undersome said, “you spend a lot of
time just thinking things over And I've been
thinking a change is in order."
Undersome said the change came for him
with the visit of a young evangelist. Josh, last
week "I'm not a religious guy," said Undersome.
"but that Josh really turned me around He
showed me that life doesn't have to have
Maximum Sex to be fulfilling It was like a great
weight had been lifted from me."
As emancipating as Josh's visit may have
been , Undersome still must face the outcome of
the civil suit. Horton filed the suit to close Adult
World. 490 E. Broadway. Jan 24, after under
cover members on the Eugene Police Depart
ment found "lewd" activity occuring there
between men viewing pornographic films In In
dividual viewing booths.
When reporters phoned Horton to ask if Un
dersome's plans would cause Snortsum to drop
the suit, he laughed and hung up.
During a preliminary hearing last month to
decide whether to ciose down the business dur
ing the trial, the undercover officers told of seeing
various acts of masturbation and anal and oral
intercourse The police aided their observations
by peering over the otps of booths or through
"gloryholes" cut between some booths
Underson says his new church, the Church
of the Adult World, has a new use for the booths
"Josh said the Lord wants me to use what I have
on earth to glorify God, so I've decided to keep
the booths where they are." Undersome said
he's ordered several "religious inspirational"
films to show in the booths, including "The
Shepherd and his Flock," "Meet Me at Mag
dalene's." and "Jesus Loves the Little Children."
•‘In my church, a member can come on
Sunday morning, or Friday night, and instead of
having a particular sermon forced on him. he can
peruse the booths and decide which uplifintg
subject he wants Call it what you want, but I call
it democracy, and the other churches just aren't
ready for It yet."
Undersome said that since meeting Josh he
has become "a very holy man. I pray all the time
now. especially for Mr Snortsum Like I did. he
has sex on his mind all the time."
Undersome said he would welcome Snort
sum to worship at the Church of the Adult World.
"Maybe he'll get a hot flash and drop his suit."
Undersome sighed.
—today
Hazel Slaughter is blind, crippled, old
and poor. But she's enrolled in the
University tap dancing class anyway.
"There’s no end to the things a crippled
person can do." says Slaughter Story on
Page 8.
This week's entertainment section,
"How to Build a Gazebo out of
Aluminum," discusses the fine points of i
Gazebo buying. You may be doing it all
wrong. See Page 21.
Bob Jenkens, an ex-Marine. has no
hair, hemorrhoids, and three kinds of
cancer after serving in a nuclear base in
Arizona. "Life is a tragic farce.” offered
Jenkens from his hospital bed. "But I
found temporary relief through lots of
drugs." Page 36.
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CUP AMD SAVK
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By KEVIN OSEVEN
Of the Immorald
Eugene police and University
campus security have broken
what they say is a major ring of
young women involved in a
scheme to establish a pep rally
squad on the University cam
pus
According to Police Chief
Fierce Looks, the pep rally ring
was broken up early Wednes
day morning when police and
Campus Security raided the
ring headquarters in a sorority
house near campus
The Police surrounded the
house at about 5:30 a m and
forced the women out with tear
gas and promises of dates to
the spring prom Most of the
women surrendered without a
fight. Looks said Others had to
be shot
"It was the worst situation I
have ever seen in my entire
three weeks as chief of police."
Looks explained to reporters
after the arrests
"This ring had grown so large
that they could have actually
incited Mac Court crowd to
cheer for the basketball team."
he said
The ring of pep-rally women
apparently began in the fall, just
about the time the ill-fated foot
ball season started. Looks said.
With a small circle of followers,
the leaders, who were not iden
tified. gathered most of the
faithful around them and
congregated in special seats in
the football stadium and
McArthur court.
From those seats the pep rally
women cheered for the teams,
which is against the University's
anti-Frisbee rule.
With the arrests of most of the
women, the police hope they've
damaged the ring beyond
repair. Looks said
"We know that these type of
things didn't exist during the
sixties,” he explained "There
were such rings of cheer
leaders in the fifties, however.
We think this ring was modeled
after one of those fifties rings ”
University Pres William Body,
however, said he hopes the pep
rally ring was just a fluke.
"I cannot believe that rational
students could be involved in
such an asinine venture," Body
said "If more students did what
these have done, I think the
University structure would
suffer irreversible damage that
could not be reversed "
Leader helped
by wit and reds
By KELIKOSBORN
Of the Immorald *
With the first round of ASUO
elections over, current ASUO
Pres Ramon Ihearya says he's
relieved to see his year come to
an end.
"It's been a hard year, a busy
year," he says of the last 11
months. "Thank God I'm ASUO
president — all those free reds
came in handy."
In last May's campaign for the
presidency, Ihearya promised
to "turn the tide" to include
more students in ASUO than
had previous administrations.
"I think we succeeded
there," he says. "I hired four
vice-presidents, a dozen ad
ministratrive assistants and 88
research people.
"That $53,000 budget goes a
long way," ha adds.
Ihearya says his biggest
achievement was "looking
strong" when the University
administration filed to close the
campus during January's ice
storm.
"I had a tough decision to
make." he says. "Either come
out and take a position on
something inconsequential or
be forced to address something
significant.
"I chose the first."
One of his first stumbling
blocks. Ihearya says, was a
challenge from a wheelchair
bound student that ASUO hiring
processes were discriminatory
Faced with a grievance when
he declined to hire Lome
Sizeberger, the University's
1977-78 poster student, for a
vice-presidential slot, Ihearya
promised to reform the ASUO's
affirmative action plan.
"Nobody's complained since
Lome gave up the fight, so I
guess that means our affirma
tive action plan isn't so bad
after all," Ihearya says.
"Why waste time on a project
that nobody cares about? I'd
rather dump on the IFC or
SUAB.”
One of his biggest mistakes,
he adds, was hiring Mike Dead
wood as executive coordinator.
"I've seen the guy six times," he
says. "But I can't complain.
He's the one supplying me with
the reds."
A more recent problem is the
resignation of two student
interest lobbyists. "You'll notice
that both were women," he
explains. "Like my daddy al
ways said, 'If you can't stand
the heat, stay out of the
kitchen.' "
Relations with the Incidental
Fee Committee. though
strained at times, have now
reached an all-time high point,
he claims.
"They love me. Everyone
loves me." he says. "I'm such a
nice guy." He adds that the
secret to winning friends and
includincing people is to say
nothing, do nothing and quote
Bob Dylan