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Emerald
Monday, November 21, 1988
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 90, Number 59
_Inside_
• Streetwise, Page 6
• Beavers kill Ducks, Page 7
• Athlete of the week, Page 8
• Women’s basketball, Page 10
Sharing culture
David Jackson shared the warmth of the Native
American culture in a traditional dance at the Native
American Student Union's Welcoming Pow Wow, held
in the EMU Ballroom Saturday. Visitors drove in from
as far away as Portland and Warm Springs to partici
pate in the event.
Photo by James Marks
Tag strategy must include safety
By Christopher Blair
Emerald Reporter
Every Friday and Saturday night the build
ings, lawns and shrubbery of the University be
come a battleground.
Because the wars have been fought with in
frared toy pistols, better known as Lazer Tag
guns, no one has been killed or even hurt, aside
from an occasional scrape in the bushes.
Area police, however, whose guns are very
real, say they are concerned. At about 9:30 p.m.
on a recent Saturday night. Eugene police officers
responded to a call from the caretaker at the Pio
neer Cemetery, who suspected the individuals in
dark clothes he had seen running around were
knocking over tombstones.
Upon entering the cemetery, officer Tom
Schulke saw the silhouetted form of someone
with a gun in his hand run by. The officer drew
his gun and aimed his flashlight at the subject, a
Lazer Tag player.
Fortunately, the player knew none of his
friends was carrying a flashlight and dropped his
toy weapon immediately.
There is the possibility that the incident
could have ended in tragedy.
"Who knows what might have happened
when the flashlight hit the guy.” said Shulke’s
partner Scott McKee, and stressed the fact that
police officers are trained to respond if confront
ed with what they believe might be a life-threat
ening situation.
"If the guy's already got his gun out he’s tak
en a substantial step toward taking your life."
McKee said. “If it's dark, the business-end of a
.45-caliber handgun, which is what police carry,
looks exactly the same as a Lazer Tag gun.”
McKee said the worst case scenario involves
Turn to Lazer Tag, Page 4
Migrants face poverty, despair
By Martin Johncox
Emerald Contributor
Like so many other homeless
people in Eugene, Adrian Gar
cia has spent many a chilly
night camped out or beneath a
bridge, uncertain of both his fu
ture and his ability to control
it.
But Garcia faces additional
obstacles in his search for
work, shelter and housing,
problems unique to him and
the hundreds of other migrant
farm workers in the Eugene
area.
Because most migrant work
ers speak little English and
have an uncertain immigration
status, they can use few of the
social services available to oth
er homeless people, said Ricar
do Olalde, a counselor at the
Chicano Affairs Center in Eu
gene.
Olalde and a handful of other
staff members at the center help
homeless workers find jobs,
shelter and English instruction.
They also provide some legal
assistance, particularly in help
ing workers apply for immigra
tion permits.
“We try to help them break
the cycle of homelessness,”
Olalde said. A fortunate few.
such as Garcia, find temporary
housing through the Chicano
Affairs Center or the Eugene
Shelter.
Olalde estimates there are
about 250 migrant workers in
the Eugene community, al
though he said the number
fluctuates because so many of
the workers are passing
through and seek work else
where.
Olalde said he has seen a big
increase in the number of
homeless migrants this year,
and he traces this growth to the
larger number of workers that
began arriving in February and
March.
“There was actually a short
age of workers in 1987,”
Olalde said. “So this year farm
Turn to Migrants, Page 3
People photographed 'in flight'
By Greg Hough
Emerald Reporter
More than 280 people showed up at a con
verted office space in downtown Eugene Satur
day, drawn hy the lure of a ‘'fly-in," an unusual
event that offered them a shot at city-wide fame.
Area residents were invited to 820 Olive St.
to be photographed by local artist David Joyce
and his two assistants, in positions that allowed
them to appear like they were in flight.
Some of the black and white photos taken
Saturday will be used in a 100-ft. long
"photosculpture mural” Joyce is creating for a
concourse at the new Mahlon Sweet Airport ter
minal.
Joyce said he sought a broad cross-section of
people for the mural, added he and his associates
each attacked Saturday’s work with the bravado
of a high-paid photographer shooting a top fash
ion model.
A little girl accompanying her mother came
into the makeshift photo studio, carrying two
small suitcases she would hold as she held onto
her “flying" mother in the shots. Mother and
daughter approached the area to be photo
graphed, a strip of blue padding between two IJ1
tra-fil)() lights.
Joyce, as he did with many others, turned on
the charm. "Look at those neat suitcases,” he
said to the child, "and those pretty shoes."
Eric Mortenson, covering the event for the
Register-Guard, was transformed during his pho
to session into the stereotypical press man with a
light brown hat, taking notes as he laid on the
blue padding and positioned to look as if he were
flying.
"Maybe we get one of those little pieces of
paper that has PRESS on it for your hat," Joyce
said.
Bob Shelby of Eugene looked like "an out
doors type” to Joyce. "Here, let me put this back
pack on you," he told Shelby, and photographed
him as a flying hiker, having him strike a pose
not far from that of Christopher Reeve in the Su
perman movies.
Two University students, Eric Peterson and
Sean Sullivan, said they came on the recommen
dation of their coach, assistant track coach John
Gillespie. Sullivan wore a green letterman's jack
et with a yellow "O” sewed on, and Peterson
wore a sweater with the words OREGON TRACK.
"It’s gonna be a long day," Joyce said to as
sistants Scott Douglas and Jim Dawe around
11:30. And when the session was over — about
15 minutes behind schedule — Joyce said he and
his crew felt "tired but exhilarated.”
Joyce said lie was afraid that the event had
gotten so much publicity that there would
"hordes of people,” making the event unmanage
able. However, he said, "it went beautifully. I
really have to give a lot of credit to my assistants
— they responded very well to the pressure.
During the next step of the mural creation,
according to Joyce, more photos will be taken pri
vately, then the final choices for which photos to
use will be made. The images for the final mural
will then be cut and and glued onto Masonite.
The completed mural will include up to 100
figures, varying in length from six inches to four
feet. The finished pieces will be hung from the
ceiling of the concourse, six to nine feet from the
floor.
The project is part of the Art in Public Places
Ordinance, adopted by the city of Eugene in
Turn to Mural, Page 6
Photo by Maile Field
Diane Jeffcott strikes a pose for a photo that may be used in
mural local artist David Joyce is preparing for the addition in
Mahlon Sweet Airport.