RIM team fees may rise
By Allan Lazo
Of th* Emerald
After the Incidental Fee Committee
granted the Recreation and Intramurals Pro
gram only $59,600 of its $63,283 budget re
quest Feb. 26. RIM head Karla Rice found
herself in a Catch-22 of sorts.
For the last four years, the amount of stu
dent incidental fees allocated to the RIM
budget has remained fairly steady, rising a
total of just over $1,000 since the 1982-83
academic year.
This year. Rice says she went to the 1PC
with a larger budget request mainly because a
graduate teaching fellowship position, used to
help run the weight room in Esslinger Hall,
was removed from the physical education
department budget. Rice said she wanted
students to help foot the bill of running the
weightroom.
"This particular GTF position had been
supported by the physical education depart
ment for three years...and they didn't feel
they could continue to support that recrea
tional phase of the program." Rice says. "It
just seemed reasonable to ask the students to
pick-up that additional phase of the recreation
program."
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Volleyball team wins tournament
Oregon Club Sports volleyball
team took first place Sunday at a
tournament held at Western
Oregon State College in
Monmouth.
The men advanced to the
finals of the seven-team tourna
ment and downed the Hall
Street Pub team. 15-8. 15-10.
The Hall Street team, according
to Sean Madden, coach of the
volleyball tram, was composed
mostly of players and coaches
from the WOSC volleyball team
Madden, also an assistant
coach for the Oregon women's
volleyball team, said it would*
be hard to pick any one player
who was a standout in the tour
nament for the Club Sports
team . „
He said senior middle-hitter
Jerry Sullivan and freshman
outside-hitter Matt Spring both
turned in "nice days" at the
tournament. The team finished
with a 12-3 game record over
eight matches during the
tournament.
Teams from Oregon State
University. Portland and Salem
competed in the tournament..
The first-place finish Sunday
was the first win of the season
for the team after capturing fifth
in their first regular season tour
nament at - Oregon .State and
then finishing seventh ih their
next tournament in Portland.. •
The Club Sports', volleyball
team has 11 rrten registered-for
United States .Volleyball
Association play, and-the team
competes in the A division: the
second highest IJ'sVBA divi
sion. AA is the highest division
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It's just about time,
tourney time, that is
Well, Its about time,
The NCAA basketball tournament Is just weeks away
and we can t wait Sportwrlters are calling this the Year of
the Guard In college basketball, and this spring s final four
will undoubtedly reinforce that notion. Some great basket
ball Is bound to be hapennlng. ...
We've accepted the fact there Is the Pacific-10 Con.
ference and then there are those teams that make It to the.
final four. It’s sad but true. The caliber of teams that shine
in post-season play far outmatch anything the West Coast
has to offer.. • ‘ .
You can only hope that teams like Washington or
Arizona might play, the spoiler role. It wasn't'that long ago
that Oregon State almost did It. but they ran Into , . ;
Georgetown, who. walloped the Beavers cn route to their
final four appearance. .. .
From the Sidelines
by Joe Arndt & Dennis Fernandes
There are few sporting events that match the excitement
of. the MCA A tourney. It has become the most popular col
lege tournament l*j the land for many reasons. This national
championship Is determined by.head-to-head pMy; no
newspaper polls here (as in college footbath. It s become the
. final.frontier for superb amateur athletic competition.
. . You can always look forward to hew personalities to sur
o face around this Urge of year. fob. Players celebrate, and
. :pla.yers.cry:'Pans adorn school colors and cheer at a feverish
pitch. They wave Was of pom-poms and paint their faces to
match school colors'. •••.’•'
.* CoacJHes become larger-than'-llfe figures; witness past
• mentors In the tournafnchf: Jon;.Thompson of Georgetown
Kay Meyer 'df DePaul Kollle’MassImlno of Villanova and Loci
.CArneseca of.St. John s.' lt-kind of gives you goosebumps.
doe'sn t it? .
.•..Although there Is no .clear-cut favorite this year (like
Qeorgetbwn.whp*had a stranglehold on the polls last year).
. College basketball s Final Topr'should be as exciting as ever.
! •' .the. top.four-teams"that stick In our minds have a lot In
common: there Is-some grittyVdefense. run-and gun offense
. .arid-at least'one outstanding guard to bolster a powerful and
quick front line •
. Regardless of pairings'and seeding* (which will be an
hounted on Sunday) and what Al McGuire Billy Par ker and
pick -'Vitale*, might' ajty* these art t.hc teams we see emerging
v from the 6t4-tcam tournament. Joe and Dennis Pinal Pour
pi^ks'are* i.s:follows:
' Duke (29-2): has.this ycar-.s finest In the guard corps In
;6*.l senior johnny Dawkins. The former Olympian and the
• Blue Devils* all-time leading scorer Is the catalyst on. a team
that consistently runs the score Info the 80s and 90s.
Kansas <28.-31 Is big fast and tough. The 6- I I Danny
Manning.tan do everything and brings back memories, of a
kid at Michigan State who spilled a lot while taking that
. team to the‘197.7 national.championship (using a little
'. .Magic); . ; ■ .' .
Syracuse (23 4) can get the. number one seed and the
home court.advantage If they can win this week s Big f.ast
Conference tourfiament, Cpach jimmy Boehelm has built a
superb-pirogr^m here! Thls'hasfo be the'yeaf for The
Orangemen as.Dwayne - Pearl. Washington Is. sure to otter
his’services to the MBA a year early. *• '
Motre Dame (-21‘-5) is-playing the finest basketball in the
• country rlghtnpw.Coach Digger Phelps has found himself a
gem jn 6-1* point guard David: Rivers Phelps coaching and
Rivers playmakingwiirmakeup for their mediocre front
line. . 'jo • - ! .
• Some.other, teams that could make waves and have
legitimate shots^at. the coveted Pinal four:
St. John's* (-27-4) has rebounded well from the loss of
Chris Mullln and Bill Wenningtbn fo graduation. Walter Berry
an undersized 6-8 center, should be the favorite for the John
Wooden Award, given annually to the nation s best player.
Michigan (25-4) reaiiy needs to turn it on. Center Roy
Tarpley has yet to live up to pre season expectations. Solid
defense is the anchor for this club.
Georgia Tech (22-5) is playing a little Mat also. Guard
Mark Price needs to find that shooting touch that got him on
the cover of Sports Illustrated s basketball preview Issue last
fall.. John Salley has lost some value on the MBA market.
Kentucky (2f>-3) got an excellent coaching performance
from Eddie Sutton this season. Can anyone stop Kenny
Walker? \ . ';
here are a few teams that will be discarded early:
Villanova (20-13); yes. we like their coach but these guys
should not have even made it last year.
Morth Carolina (26-4) Is hurting. Last year. Steve Male s
dislocated shoulder cost the Tarheels a trip to Lexington.
Since Male suffered a collapsed lung two weeks ago. Carolina
has gone 2-3. Me will be back by tournament time but will
not be IOO percent. P.vcn Dean Smith's coaching and Brad
Daugherty s gentle shooting touch can t compensate lor the
scrappy senior s defense and perceptive court sense.
Oh yeah, we almost lorgot: also count out any team In
the Pac-10. Enough said.
See you in Dallas.