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People on the street Reflections of the past year By Ixiri Steinhauer Of ttw Emerald Freshman Annie Miller came to the Universi ty from Ketchikan. Alaska, fall term. “If you'd asked me at the end of the first term. 1 probably wouldn't be coming back,” Miller says. However, sipping a soft drink at her favorite spectator's seat on the sidewalk outside the University Bookstore. Miller says she will “definitely" return to the University next fall. “I love it. On a really nice day it’s really crowded out here, and you can hardly find a place to sit." she says.“I've never experienced anything like that, and I really like it." Miller says she met some friends in her dorm that shared her sentiments of loneliness and let down at first because they had unmet expecta tions of the University. “We weren’t completely fair to judge it at first," Miller says. "Real independence" awaits Miller next-fall, when she will live off campus. However, she says the dorms were the right place for heT to spend her first year getting acclimated. “I'm glad I did it because that's where I made some of my best friends." If finals go well, Dan Beyer, a business major, will graduate from the University next week. "It was a great four-year party." Beyer says of his col lege career. 'It was a great four-year party. It prepared me for the real world, especially more than, if I didn’t go to college. \ • ~ Dan Beyer. Contemplating the gains of college a bit longer. Beyer, adds. “It prepared me for the real world, especially more than if 1'didn't go to college." „• ' ' " Dorena Wright, who' teaches introductory literature at the University, says her students make, a clear transition from being "eager-to-, please" freshmen when they arrive in the’fall to "calculating how many classed they-can cut [and still get by" at the end of spring term. ' , Annie Miller .■■■■■■■■■■■■■I ■ Ken Cushing. Wright, who has taught, at the University since 1981 and at'colleges in England .and Australia before‘that, observes that American-, students get bogged, down with taking's; lot of. subjects at one time. "This means.inevitably.that. . their time and. energy is more divided ..’’.she says.'. ' Keeping up on classe's has been no epsy task ’ for Ken Cushing this year, since he .was hire'd'aya . graduate. teaching fellow, ip‘the • University’s ' Spanish department. The spare time COushirtg'us "ed-fo spend at the movies is now"spent grading papers. ■ . .* \ “• .*•" " ‘ ' * • * *. Cushing says "he had a rite,.of passage this year .with his first shot at-teaching cla°sses. ■ Cushing recalls •Kis" -first day in front' of. 35 students.' * ’•"/ • . \ ‘‘lt.’s kind of like being baptized jn fire," he. $ays. think that the rriopt memorable thing-was .coming into class and saying/you know-,- ’Hp1lo,. ' I’m your teacher’.’ and seeing the peoples’ faces." • Cushing : says the students seemed .to * be. . waiting for him .to. sit down so the real .teacher could,move in. : . •' Bui in his .year of teaching, Cushing says he •has learned ways to captivate, a large group of people for an hour:long .class session. ‘IGetting-, .them to laugh'is a great way to break the ice,’-’ he says. .... • ” Ross Gibbs says 1984:85has been more ex citing for him because of about 200 to 300. more; mopeds on camp.us. Gibbs, a University Public Safety officer,- says this year he has chased more mopeds through"campus than ever. • ■ ■ • ; . "‘And that’s fun. It’s just li|ce a chase, like cops and robbers,” he says. But Gibbs givds out more warnings than citations to moped offenders, and the people he stops rarely ride away with bit ter feelings, he adds. • Outside the bookstore, students' carousing on the sidewalk hasn't been the only-activity this year. Cookie Szakacs, who owns The Dog House hotdog stand on 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street, clearly remembers struggling with city officials to . keep her stand on the comer this spring. Looking back, Szakacs response is, "What could I say?" • But to Szakacs, the students are the ones who make standing on the corner worthwhile. “I hate it when they graduate,’’ she says. MAIN DESK STORE SPRING SALE Chocoholic's Special 5th Avenue Chirndnlli Choc. Chunks Cherry filled Chocolate Bars Hershey’s Krackel Bar f’eanut Butter Fudge Brownies Chocolate Cherries S»li> llmlltd lo tlock on html ___ ✓ YES! There W il l, he GRK andULSAJ preparation classes this summer. GRE: (in lime for Aug. 19 test) July 9 - July 25 Tres./Thurs. 3:00-5:00 LSAT: (next test-Oct. 5) July 23 - Aug. I (2 weeks) Tues., Wed., Thurs., 3:00-5:00 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, CONTACT THE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER 5 FRIENDLY HALL • 686-3226 Raw Power plays ‘hardcore’ tonight Raw Power, an Italian band currently touring the United States showcasing its latest album release, “Screams from the Gutter," will perform tonight at 6 p.m. in the EMU Fishbowl. Malcolm Conover, one of the promoters responsible for bringing Raw Power into Oregon, describes the band as “political, angry. . .hardcore with a heavy metal edge.. .it’s kind of hard to size them up real easy." A sampling of the lyrics gives the idea: They asked me for the democratic card to work at'the factory/ They asked me fot the socialist card to drive a bus /.They ask ed me for the communist card to be a dustman / But they never asked me why I hate them / And they nevet asked., themselves why they take my life.. ■ *. • (“No Card,” by^Mauro) . ,In addition to his song writing. Maiiro's lead vocal .style'. has been called punk, hardcorp and thrash, you can pick . your description, but the performance oh “Don’t Let Me See’ It,” which opens the secpnd side of the album, has to be . among'the most intense', gut-wrpnch'ing vocals bn. record to . - •date. ' • •' ■' Ra.w Power’s message, like moat punk and hardcore, is. . politics Land social — and never mind that' Mauro sings in. English, it'would, be hard’ to discern- his lyrics' in-'any . .’ language. A lyric sheet is included with the album. '' ■ ' • Anotfier.sampling: • , . ‘ . ‘Look at me: What do you. see? Is'there 'anything'new?'/• Something you didn 't s6e ? We are all gorina die. / Look at me.. * I'm no-reject! Look- at me. 7 want respect. 7 We are all gonna • die: ■ . • .r • .. • • . .*■ (“\ye are’all gonna die,” Mauro) - “Streams”; was recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana,.. ,. September of.iast year, during the barid's fifst*U.S. tour., and ' - released early'in'1985 on Toxic .Shock,-an American'' label. • t .The album is.-available by contacting Toxi.c .Shock Records at ' ' -Blpx 242, Pomona, California, 91769. ■ *. : • Et3,.a fiugene band now based in Portland; willopen the' * show in their first assault on Eugene in almost a year.. ' •*.. * .‘Ej3'has a 7-jiich L.P., “No Mercy For Swine,’.’ available .. on Fatal Erection feecords. “No Mefcy’’.will Ke included on a , 'Fatal Erection, record label compilation of Portland|s punk '■ music, ..“Portland is- White Trash,” scheduled for release ’ within the next;month.- • ; . The .free show is presented by KRVM Radio’s Modern Mono show, the’ EMU Cultural Forum, and 'is sponsored in . • part-by House .of Records, Face the Music, the Record Garden • .and.Genesis Juice. • . • . —‘ . By Marty Schwarzbauer Come Jim & Lou Whittaker — __world famous climbers and outdoor enthusiast will put or< a slide show on. Lou’s 1984 Everest climb. Where? — University of Oregon Geology Building — Room 150. Friday June 7th 7:30 p.m. U of (^Geology Bldg. — Room 150 Seating limited to 500 One pair of New Balance Cascade Hiking Boots will be given away at the conclusion of the program. Sat. June 8th 11 A.M. — 2 P.M. Meet Lou & Jim at our downtown store. They will be autographing posters from their Everest climbs. Jlw Is lie »wi»f d fatmr H i TMrc. lm rcyrsmts Jmyrt * Me Siluct Slim. cMcKenzie Outfitters 771 WILLAMETTE (Open til 8 Fridays) 485-2946
