Editorial
Doming Autzen is
the best alternative
Proponents of plans to build a dome on Autzen
Stadium, which would be the first in the state, have ex*
perienced two triumphs recently. First, a study to determine
whether the dome could be feasibly engineered verified that
it could be. Second, the state Economic Development Com
mission granted the University $20 million in state in
dustrial revenue bonds to fund construction
Originally funds were going to be sought through
private donations, which raised concerns that donations to
the University for academic support would decrease.
As in every issue, there are two sides. But in this case,
the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
Athletic Director Bill Byrne estimated that every time it
rains. 6,000 to 8.000 people that would have attended the
game forgo attendance. Losses accumulate in forgone ticket,
concession, and parking revenues and also in forgone sales
by area retailers, restaurants, hotels, and gas stations. While
there is something to be said for the nostalgia of attending a
football game in the chill of the fall air. economic considera
tions take precedence.
ID aaoiucn, me looioau team generates approwniaiuiy
70 percent to 80 percent of the athletic department's
revenue, Byrne said. Therefore, if football brings in more
money, ail of the University athletic programs stand to
benefit.
Doming Autzen could improve football recruitment.
Byrne said that Oregon's out-of-state reputation is that it
always rains here, which turns away players that don't like
to play in bad weather.
Construction of the dome would include new athletic
department offices and provisions for converting the facility
into a basketball arena during basketball season. MacArthur
Court, the current home of the basketball team, is showing
its age, and Byrne thinks that the basketball team will re
quire a new facility within the forseeable future. He sees the
dome project as a chance to get two facilities for the price of
ope.
Don Monson, the University’s head basketball coach,
thinks that the dome is the athletic department’s best option,
but that relocating basketball games there could hurt the
basketball program. The arena could be staged for basket
ball, but Monson says it would still be a football facility.
Basketball recruitment could be hurt, because recruits
won’t be able to see an actual basketball court in fall and spr
ing, and basketball practices and possibly pre-season games
would have to be relocated in the fall when football season is
still in session, Monson said. In addition, students could
have difficulty getting to Autzen Stadium for games played
at night, and fans would have to sacrifice some proximity to
the game.
But even Monson agrees that Mac Court will require
either a replacement facility or major repairs within five to
eight years.
If domed, the facility will be useful for events that can
not be held at the Hult center or at the Lane County
Fairgrounds. Athletics would only be a part of the events
featured at the stadium.
Construction could send the football team up to Parker
Stadium in Corvallis for a season, but the project will be the
best solution in the long run.
All that is needed now is a stamp of approval from the
University administration and the State Board of Higher
Education. Their final decision will come following the
results of a financial and market analysis feasibility study
due next month.
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Wear them
What’s worse than misplac
ing your clothes? Having them
stolen from you. is! Recently,
while I was hanging some
clothes in my dorm room, so
meone took my laundry out of a
dryer and I never saw it again.
It’s sad when someone can’t
leave his or her clothes
unguarded for even a few
moments.
I would just like to say a few
words to the person who stole
my clothes. Go ahead and wear
them. Someday 1 will have the
pleasure of catching you in
them. And finally, rest assured
that eventually some other
crook will rip you off, too.
Steve Glen
Eugene
Prevent misuse
The concerns expressed in
the "AIDS test" editorial (ODE.
Oct. 21) are valid, I agree. Con
fidentiality, protection of civil
'rights and the lack of
discrimination are important
considerations. They are of in
terest not only to vigilant
defenders of a free, democratic
society. Fearing a misuse of test
information could prevent peo
ple in high-risk categories for
contracting the AIDS disease
from seeking to be tested for
HTLV-III (the virus indentified
as a necessary factor in develop
ing AIDS) antibodies.
However. I wonder if in the
rush to decry potential releases
of information and prosecution
of homosexuals, larger issues
have not been ignored. It is now
a medical fact that AIDS can be
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transmuted uy neierosexuat
contact. Both male/female and
female/mala tranfer of AIDS has
been documented. In addition,
heterosexuals with numerous
sexual partners have been add
ed to the list of populations at
risk for AIDS.
Members of the armed ser
vices can have characteristics
quite different from the genera)
public. Their special living con
ditions. i.e. separation from
spouses or permanent sexual
partners, make sexual contact
with prostitutes a greater
likelihood. By the above defini
tion. prostitutes are at higher
risk for being carriers of HTLV
111 With the mobility of military
personnel, internationally and
domestically, their potential
impact on public health seems
to be significant.
Instead of beating the drums
against HTLV-II1 antibody
testing, your time could be bet
ter spent, in my opinion. You
might use your influence to
campaign for real ways which
would prevent misuse of poten
tial abuse of test information.
Inge McNeese
Kugene
Film is tasteless
It has recently come to my at
tention that the movie "Star
Wars" may be coming to cam
pus. Are our memories so feeble
that we have forgotten the
violent story line and the
classic, tasteless. American
hero rescue plot? Planets are ex
ploded. people are zapped, and
other life forms are in
discriminately vaporized.
Golly!
Some stores actually sold
"Star Wars" light swords and
masks! Young children were
seen aggressively acting out
their bellicose fantasies — some
even carried the swords on
Halloween!
Was I the only one to notice
the sultry, provocative look the
princess gave "Chewy”? Were
the producers trying to promote
beastiality? Where is our sense
of social responsibility? *
Well my friends, I am the self
elected guardian of your im
aginations. I promise to con
demn and pontificate whenever
possible. I promise to hop on
the bandwagon and share my
unsolicited moral blitherings to
assault your sensibilities above
and beyond reasonable limits.
What gives me the right to
snare my eninuaiasm lur
pointless endeavors? What
makes me such an authority? 1
was there! i was a star traveller
for two and a half years. ‘‘Star
Wars" is NOT real — it is the
product of a twisted mind
driven only to rape the public
for its box-office dollars.
Those of you who are easily
excited and prone to over reac
tion should don black arm
bands and ‘IStar Wars"
costumes and meet me in front
of the movie for a group hassle
session.
Alex Gardner
Biology
Trash *Rambo9
I have been actively involved
with Students Opposing
Registration and the Draft for
over a year. I wrote and/or
designed several pamphlets. I
have been the veteran’s liaison
since April. The original
"Scenes Rambo left out" board
was my creation. 1 do not sup
port militarism.
However, I find myself at
odds with a large percentage of
my community supporting the
action directed at educating and
influencing persons who attend
"Rambo" for entertainment.
By all accounts, "Rambo" is a
grotesque, ridiculous mockery
of the tragedy of a generation.
Unfortunately, it is also a sure
sellout no matter what anyone
does. I believe "Rambo" should
be treated as the tasteless joke
and rip off that it is. I ask
anyone who opposes junk like
“Rambo" to bring their paper
airplanes and other implements
of insult, and come educate
yourself and others by attending
the “Rambo Horror Picture
Show" at 7 p.m. After "Ram
bo” has been thoroughly trash
ed, attend the second showing
of other films supporting the
many worthy causes on
campus.
I am tired of preaching to the
converted. The "Rambo Horror
Picture Show" is an attempt to
reach people who have not con
sidered the implications of
shows like “Rambo." If you
can't change an event, the next
best thing is to change the
meaning of the event.
Shasta Hatter
Co-director of SORI)