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342-8111
TINO’S 1
• Full dinner menu
• 23 varieties of Pizzas
• Whole wheat and
white crust
• Pizzas to go
-cooked and uncooked
15th and Willamette
Hours:
Mon -Thura 1 1 00 Midnight
Frl. II 00 1 00 a m
Sat 5 00 1 00 d m
Sun 5 00-1 1 00 p m
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Something Wild
Is Coming to
Springfield!
____University
Veteran mixes politics, literature
B\ P.it M.il.u h
I mer.ild ( ontributor
Veteran (lorn bamp returned
Irnm Vietnam tm ( hnslmas
I v e 1 u " I \meieen vears lain
In teai hr-. ,t I nn crstlv i nurse
ihi tin’ 111<-■ itlnit- i'I tin' \ tolnam
\\ ,ii, .mil In- is Il»i* iivvnei .uni
(Ipl'filllll III .1 distinctive Used
Iiiink .mil ifi mil store thr
Buiiksi.itnm
In .i period ulii'i; ni.inv veter
.ms .nr steieoiv(hm! .is nnb.ii
.tut i-il m unable In .nljiisi
K.imp is In mk proot ili.il lin>
S| Ill's 111 the \ iHttitrn ''V|irfli‘lii I'
i ,in In1 In'.ili'il
bump's interest in hooks .mil
bis [m■ i sun.11 knowledge of Mu'
war ( ombirted Vvlth bis obser
vation |lull there W l'l>' lew it
,m\ I im 1‘isitv i l.issi s bi'tiii:
taught mi \ letuanv, led bun to
pursin' tin- pussiblllH til tear b
ing Ibr i mu si
k.imp s involvement m Viet
mini began in I ehruarv I'1 “ 1
I b- lull Im \ ii'ln.im Imni .i n.i
v al bust' ni'.it I ib u agii
I bail been ibi'ti' Im twit
vi‘iiis ll was a ri-.tl ai live pl.n e
pobtiialK. ami I lii'i.anii ver\
pulilii i/ed m fIII it ago I w as
a( tnalK .inli w ai 11\ tin- IllHi- 1
want lu \ ii'lnalli biimp said
1 was going lu go 11mi smut'
anti w.ii people to gal involved
w ith I thought I could reallv bo
a volt o
Win'll ho relumed lullin' be
il iscuv ered I lull a lot o! wind
bail gone mil ot the sails oi the
anil wai imwt'liionl
'People were Mini lug on and
doing ulbei things k.imp
said People bad also been
killed al benl Stale and ]at k
snnville ll seemed to be< nine a
qiiesliun ol whether or not peo
pie weie willing lo lav down
then lives lo protest the wai
\\ ilh little lo allai ll himself
lo bump bn .line w ithdraw n
and v ei v ipuel Im a luunher ol
Years
I sal hat k and read a lot and
listened lo i lilt ot inu.sn I
didn’t i ommunii ale w it It main
people bamp said
I le I it‘i ame so w itlulraw n ilia!
when Saigon loll in Pl7'> bamp
said that he liei ame aw are ut
the news In ov ei hem mg two
students m the I Ml talking
al lot 11 il I was just shocked It
was about a mouth alter H hap
pelted I w as I lull withdraw n
ALL STUDENTS
ARE INVITED
TO AN OPEN
FORUM WITH:
President
Myles Brand
Noon Tuesday
February 6
EMU Fir Room
Moderator:
Marlene Drescher. Director
Office of Student Advocacy
Another in a series of
opportunities for
students to meet with
the president and
discuss issues of
mutual concern.
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Photo In Xrirltf K.m
\ irtn.un \rlri.in firm K.inip o/icr.i/cs
i/riii/i/r i nlli'i lion ol honk* .inti mnsii . in
.1 I ni\rt*it\ i imr*r nn \ irln.im lilri.iturr
thr Hiink*latinn. .1
tilth hull In Ir.n him:
Isdlllp Srtlll
l! was during 1111•- tinir lti.it
kamp .«( 111u11!.iti il inuri’ ill.in
dUHH) books Illf'St’ luniks
■.souli! Inter In thi' beginnings
lit his store
1 lungs began to look up loi
k.imp win'll hr began ( ounsri
mg .it tin' I nn i'mH I If also
began talking .lliollt Ills t April
fin (>s with thr woman w ho lat
ri In•! aim his w itr
kainp slnuh pulled himsi'lt
out ol tos shall llr graduated
trmn tin I 111 \ ersitv in I o'"
w ith a degree in I atgiish
kainp mamril thr da\ altri
graduation and hr and Ins w dr
I trill,! W rlit to KllIiipi' || II thru
hour\ HH ii ill That Is w hri r
kainp dlsi 11\ rred thr lust ol
mam hooks that hr would irad
about thr Wai
I i amr ai mss I nn () Hi ian's
book II I Ihr In a ( omb.it
/iinr k.imp said I hat was
Ihr lust tiling that I had srrn in
pi mt on Vietnam t on |iisl
didn't 11lid things in \inri ii a
So iristrad ot bring a tourist in
1 nglaud I was hold up in a
mom OVrl llirir reading this
book
Xlli'i tl»e\ lelurnetl Imm I u
i■ 11*i■ k.miji and his wilt1 spent
the next two \ears working
«ith the Pent i‘ ( nips in the
Sultanate i >1 (Jinan a i mini i t,
lui alnl at mss {min (ran .it the
button) ill the Sliail of {li n mu/.
kamp said that his tune m
tlie Feat e (nips was a turning
point m Ins lile It alloweil him
to spent! time auat from Amei
ii ans ami the . ounlrv that he
felt flail useil him lie saul
Non timill luiik at it as kai
ma 1 gliess kamp said I
spent one veal in Vietnam. and
two years in the IVai e t taps
Alter their Peare (airps ser
ve e they returned to I ugenc
and began running the
Itonks!at ion \t that point the
store was a g.is station that had
been ill 1 Jehra s talllllv sini e
1919
kamp said that one day lie
I a me up w ith .III idea that
w oilhl t u Itil I a t h lid hood
dleam ol owning a book anil re
i old store ami at the same time
till empty spate in the station
lie put Ins toilet turn ol hooks
on the shelves
In July of 1980 or K 1 I took
mv hooks down there and put
them up. kamp said "We pul
up a sign that said Itooksture
.ind we were rolling
The let old selling aspei t ol
the business t nine about almost
In at t nil-ill
Some gin t ame into the
S i I I | 1 \ \ Ill'll I I 1 I ' I 1 lilt | I M >1 l r\ - . I i I ■ i
asked it I dealt in HK olds
K.iill11 said I said Min1 .ili nl a
Midden So lie sold me about -<*
re< onls I put iheni on I be
shelves and llle\ sold belorr
the week was out tfthei people
brought in records ami it (list
took oft It was truly a business
that grew out of nothing
rile lec olds featured at
bump's store include mam six
ties nu k and loll i lassii s with
jazz and ( lassa a I selei t inns as
v>. ell
kamp said the books at the
stole ale lilt isl I v works I bat one
would have wanted to lead in
( nllege hut never got the
i hunt e
I'be station no longei sells
gasoline
Due to new federal regnla
lions kamp said be would hate
had to repl.ii e lus underground
tanks I le added that it w mild
no! Iia\e been prui tit al to do
that kamp said that he also
i mild not afford the tedeialh
mandated St million liabilitv
msiiratiie premium that is now
required
\\ hilt- k.imp's gasoline bust
ness max haw laded. his liter.t
lure ot the Vietnam Wai i lass
has heen i iinsistent l\ grow ing
I he i lass is rum uttered sum
trier term through the Interna
tiunal Studies Department Jl
meets ime night per Week tin
three hi nil s
I tie tin lls lit the i mil se IS oil
the i illllh.it expenem e, he said
"We tiv to understand what
it is in the combat experience
that i hunges people hump
s.iid ''\\ e Itmik at lum it
i hailges them and how they e\
press that in w nting
kamp plans to expand the
inurse to imlude the coming
home experience as well The
hooks that make up the i lass
ate mostly tai tual ai i mints ot
t he w at
I attempt to pn k books that
don't romantii i/e or deprei i.ile
it kamp said ** file w hole
idea ot the ionise is not loi me
In tell people that war is hell or
that w.u is neat I tiv to leaxe
m\ feelings out id it as mm h as
possible
kamp encourages students to
lake m the Ini Is and make up
then ow n minds about war
kamp I l ies to avoid the i lit
rent efforts in the media to de
pit I romantii aspei Is ot wai
because he lielieves they are
missing .in opportunity to lie
gin looking at what ai lions as a
nation could do In other pen
I'le