New weight room opens with flourish
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Diane Baxter and Greg Wilk celebrate the new weight
room.
By Melissa Martin
Of the Emerald
The physical education department
is "a tad arrogant" about the new
Harry Jerome Weight Room in Essl
inger, officially opened after a
ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday
morning.
More than 50 students in the term's
first weight training class walked
through the purple ribbon into a
"wall-to-wall-plus" carpeted room
lined with mirrors, new weight
equipment and a built-in stereo
system.
Michael Ellis, dean of the physical
education department, used the
sound system to formally dedicate
the new room to University students.
The weight room, which can ac
commodate 40 to 60 students at a
time, twice as many as the old room,
was designed for classes and recrea
tional weightlifters, not for University
athletic teams, Ellis says.
"The other one (old weight room in
Esslinger) was a piece of junk and this
one is amazing. It's better than a lot
of clubs I've seen," weight training
instructor Greg Wilk told a television
reporter.
He expects 200 to 300 people to use
the new facility daily.
The $40,000 remodeling project was
partially funded by "Men of
Oregon," the Oregon track alumni.
Former track coach Bill Bowerman
recalled the physical education
department helping his track team
with weight training and authorized
the donation.
Ellis called the project the "brain
child" of Diane Baxter, head of the
service and shape program.
Baxter says the idea began as a
dream two years ago and became
reality after "a real team effort."
Graduate Teaching Fellows in the
PE department donated time this
summer to put the new room
together.
In October, Ellis plans to have an
official dedication ceremony in ap
preciation for the gift from the Men
of Oregon.
“We have definitely needed it,"
GTE Pat Lambardi says.
“We are happy to have it for the
people who are the real die-hards. It
will be easier to teach. We can spend
more time with the students," he
says.
Wilk says the new weight room will
eliminate “people standing around
doing nothing." He also expects a
jump in weight training class
enrollment.
The room was named after Cana
dian Harry Jerome, one-time world
record holder in the 100 meters and a
1960 Olympian. Jerome, a former
assistant track coach, died last year in
Vancouver, B.C.
"It is a welcomed addition to the
University," Lambardi says.
Hams squeezes
past the 'Juice'
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Now that
durable but not daring Franco
Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers
I has surpassed O.J. Simpson to
become pro football's second
leading rusher of all time, his next
■ targef is clearly in focus.
"After No. 2 comes No. 1," Har
Iris says, referring to record holder
|im Brown.
Harris, with 11,309 career yards,
trails Brown and his 12,312 yards
I by 1,003 yards. He needs to
average 84 yards per game in the
Steelerr' final 12 games to set the
record this season. That would
seem like a difficult feat, but con
sidering that Harris has run for
over 100 yards in each of his last
three games and in five of his last
six regular-season games, it would
not seem that hard.
"Franco has just been Franco,"
says offensive tackle Larry Brown.
"I'm just proud to have played
with him."
Though Brown's record is con
sidered one of the sport's most
cherished marks, Harris doesn't
expect to be the only one to break
it.
"I would just like to be the
first," he says.
I Walter Payton of the Chicago
Bears trails Harris by only 739
yards. Tony Dorsett of the Dallas
Cowboys and Earl Campbell of the
Houston Oilers also have chances
of Surpassing Brown, if they can
stay healthy.
But Harris is clearly the first in
line, and if he breaks the record,
his teammates say it will be
because, at age 33, he has main
tained a boyish enthusiasm for a
man's game.
"He still plays jokes, has a lot of
fun," says safety Donnie Shell.
"You can tell he loves to play
football," says Steelers coach
Chuck Noll. "He has never lost
that enthusiasm for the game. He
proves that if there is something
you want to do, and it's important
for you to do, you can still do it."
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