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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1981)
World-record lapsit scheduled Saturday's football game may not be world championship ma terial, but pre-game activities just may be Before the onslaught of the an nual Civil War between the University and Oregon State University, there may be some north-south cooperation as 6,000 attempt the largest "lapsit” in history Naturally, the goal is a place among the pages of the Guiness Book of World Records Sponsored by the University’s recreation and park management department, the participants will form a continuous chain of human chairs Upon a predetermined signal, the participants will squat slowly until they are sitting on the lap of the person behind them The lapsit is one of numerous "new games" that encourage fun, fair play and participation The current record for the event is held by 5,180 people who formed a chain of human chairs in Japan last September The first 6,000 people to report to the west side of Autzen Stadium by 10 am Saturday will participate in the event From there, people will be directed to specific areas of the parking lot to practice Each section will contain 250 people led by a coordinator and six staff members Each section will practice in groups of 25, 50. 100 and finally 200 before joining with the other sections at 10 30 am ic attempt the record To break the record par Donation buys titles The University has decided to purchase library books with the money a Eugene couple recently donated Norman and Elizabeth Boyles donated half of their 1981 "renters refund to the University and the other half to Oregon State University The Boyles donated $140 72 to each university because they felt education was more important than a tax rebate, they said "We have to make a statement Staff Continued from Page 3 Those are the people who tell us to break it up," the staff member replied ft materials stilt are usable they should be salvaged, Olum said An auction will be held later this year when enough used equip ment is accumulated Responding to a question about staff morale, he said more con sideration can be placed on that problem, if it exists, but usually financial problems cause morale problems Olum repeatedly asked em ployees to bring grievances out in the open and to come to him if dissatisfied with the way problems are resolved He said he’s received letters from staff complaining about superiors who "mistreat" or "run off" employees "If there's a problem in the University and there's no other place to get it solved, yes, I want to know about it "Call me, and we ll get it to the right place " of our beliefs/ the Boyles said Property tax relief is all wrong — especially when essential pro grams, especially education, is being cut." the couple wrote to University Pres Paul Olum and OSU Pres Robert McVicar The money will be used to pur chase a number of titles, among them a collection of poems written by Sylvia Plath and a history of American wars from 1 745 to 1918, says George Shipman, University librarian Affordable Housingl The West University neighbors 1456 F*rry St • Euowm. Of® 97401 • 687 5386 Recycle this paper ticipants must keep the chain in tact fbr 15 seconds “Anyone who wants to par ticipate can," says Joan Schaller, an organizer for the event Lapsitters are asked to check in at the headquarters, just off the main parking lot's main entrance on Centennial Boulevard Par ticipants are reminded to dress for the weather I HAIRCUT 343-1182 29th 8 Willamette (behind Patty’s PIzti poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein’s new book, A Light in the Attic, and all other books from our Children’s Section are reduced 20% during Children’s Book Week, November 16-21. Stock up now for Christmas from our wide selection. I 1^^ 13th & Kincaid Upstairs in the Book Dept. Uy “°tn10F^5005 30 Cash rpjjisirr sair\ only Textbooks 680-3520 * General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 666-4331 I .muted to stuck on hand Six of the best tasting beers in the world.
