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I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road The critically acclaimed musical starring PRISCILLA LAURIS July 5, 6, 7, 19, 25, 26; August 3, 4, 10 Side by Side by SeKdkeiw A musical revue of Broadway show tunes by the master songwriter, Stephen Sondheim July 12, 13, 14, 20, 21 August 2, 11 Mass Appeal A heartwarming comic drama starring TOM LASSWELL and DENNIS SMITH July 17, 18, 27, 28 August 1, 8, 9 Robinson Theatre • 8 p.m. $5.00 - Any Friday or Saturday $3.50 - Any other performance day Call 686-4191 for ticket reservations and information. *<»»*• . i * Paee 2 Relaxation of camping a farce Ahhh. . . the good life. Back to nature. Getting away from it all. A weekend in the woods. But most of all, two days of guaranteed rest and relaxation. Since childhood, I’ve viewed camping as the purest form of living and the best way to restore one’s sanity. And as my family and I headed for Waldo Lake Friday, with tents and bug repellent in hand, I figured I was in for yet another mentally uplifting experience. What I got, however, was a surprise. First we had to set up camp, a ceremony which has always started with the erection of the tents. This time, instead of going for a swim or hike as 1 had done in earlier days, I was now required to lend my adult hands. Hmmm. “Attach spanner to joint connec tions. Run rods through joint ends, and secure spike ring clips in bottom opening. Then at tach rain flap clips to side loops. Secure spikes; wrap tension ropes around joints, and tie back front zippered window opening sections.” This mumbo-jumbo went on for nearly two pages. “A person needs a degree in engineering and architecture to get this ridiculous piece of plastic up,” I thought to myself. With lower lip stuck out, 1 shot an en vious look at my brother's handiwork on my right and my father’s snap-together con dominium to my left, both of which had been put up in minutes. Meanwhile the wilderness's mosquito population had banded together around our site, and the nasty little bugs were making a meal out of us fast. Even the strongest repellent, available at $6 per ounce, wasn’t enough to keep them from swarming around our coated hands and faces. One extra-hungry varmint found the only spot left open for biting, and it wasn’t long until my lip was red and puffy. Then the wind picked up, taking most of the flying pests away but freezing our butts off in the process. We stared at the pit of cold. gray ashes waiting for my dad to build a roar ing fire there. Nothing happened — he was busy in the warmth of his portable palace pum ping up an air mattress. Rats. Our effort was more smoke than flame, and it didn’t take long before we smell ed like the bottom of an ashtray. And of course the wind always blew the smoke in my direc tion, but it didn’t make me feel very beautiful like the old saying goes. Bedtime at last. But just about as we were all asleep, some metallic caravan drove up full of boisterous brats. The pre-pubescent pains spent the next hour exploring the area with flashlights, letting us know all the way of their progress. Their parents were no better, either. The next day three of us decided to go fishing at a nearby lake. We loaded up the car with rubber boats and headed up the longest, roughest quarter-mile of boulders the forest service ever called “road.” The trip only lasted an hour, though, as the bigger raft was decorated with a mean gash. Besides, my brother and a friend reason ed, beer would be just as enjoyable back at camp. But as one of the few beer haters alive, the only thing left for me to do was take the canoe out for a spin on the lake. And a spin it was. The inflatable idiocy paid no attention to the direction my useless paddling asked it to go. “Give me the oars,” my friend command ed. “I got a merit badge in Boy Scouts for canoe-paddling.” But even his qualified strokes did no good and, much to my satisfac tion, the boat just flailed around — his ego with it. An inch of dirt, a sunburn and a few hun dred bug-bites later, we were home. A shower and a real bed never felt better. Even the phone and the pile of mail and newspapers couldn’t prevent me from relishing my homecoming. And to hear the neighbors’ car engines and lawn mowers again — what joy! Commentary by Julie Shippen Biomechanics -i--ueJ from Fage 1 according to their shock absorbing ability, ^ut Bates’ tests on the performance of run ning shoes demonstrated that | shock absorption was only one indicator of quality in a shoe. “We published information that showed that the two primary functions of a shoe were shock absorption and con trol or stability, and that the two functions were inversely related — the more padding, the less control,” Bates says. “During this time a lot of runners got hurt. Since then in 1980 Run ner’s World has three control tests in their program.” Olympic athletes and weekend athletes alike have benefitted from the understand ing of human movement gained ed through the relatively new discipline. Bates says. But as biology and machinery mesh, questions have been raised about where to draw the line between man the human and man the machine, he adds. Biomechanics also can be a tool for identifying athletes who may have potential for ex cellence in a given event. Oregon doily _ _ emerald The summer edition of the Oregon Daily Emerald is published Tuesdays and Thursdays, except during ex am week and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403. The Emerald operates independently of the Universi ty with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press. News and Editorial Display Advertising and Business Classified Advertising Production Circulation 686-5511 3712 4343 686-4361 666-5511 tailor Micneie Maiassa Managing Editor/Editorial Page Editor Jim Moore News Editor Michael Kulaga Photo Editor Michael Clapp Associate Editors Higher Education Administration Politics/Communiiy ASUO/Student Activities Night Editor Reporters: Diana Elliott, ! Mike Sims Mike Duncan Paul Ertelt Julie Shippen Michele Matassa Axmaker. General Stall Advertising Manager Production Manager Classilied Advertising Controller Susan Thelen Russell Steele Carrie Greaves Jean Ownbey Ad Sales: Rachel Bellamy, Richard Skeen, Julie Bulrice. Production: Sharia Cassidy, Kelly Cornyn, Kathy Gallagher, Carrie Greaves, Kelly Nell, Michele Ross, Colleen Tremaine, Hank Trotter. Tuesdav. lulv 24. 1984