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
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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.
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GRE:
(in lime for Aug. 19 test)
July 9 - July 25
Tres./Thurs.
3:00-5:00
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July 23 - Aug. I (2 weeks)
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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.
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771 WILLAMETTE
(Open til 8 Fridays)
485-2946