Backpacks:
a tale of
two straps
By Mitch Martin
■ The Daity kxrwn
U. of Iowa
The other day, I
was wandering
around campus
desperately
searching for
something to do
to avoid my
homework. I
spied this friend
oi mine ana saia neuo, mil ne sim
ply stood there staring at me like
there was a cockroach leg dangling
from between by teeth. (There
wasn't)
'You know, you look like a real
geek with thorn things," he said,
giving the two shoulder straps I
had jauntily thrown across my
shoulders a condescending tug.
Now I don't mind being called a
geek, but when someone starts
making fun of my backpack, he's
gone too far.
Contrary to popular opinion, peo
ple who wear only one backpack
strap are in no way more cultivat
ed, suave or in any way superior to
those of us who wear both. One
strappers walk around steeped in
their own smugness, awash in the
mistaken idea that wearing but
one strap of your backpack is really
hip or something. Little do they
suspect that they are nowhere near
the cutting edge of academic acces
sories.
In general, my fashion sense is
maybe one notch above Cher’s, but
you don’t have to be named Sergio
to figure out the basic principle
behind coolness.
One-strappers are by far the
majority on campus. They think
this is, therefore, the way to be. But
this is not simply about popularity,
ladies and gentlemen. This is about
plain old common sense. The uni
versity, as it stands, is a chiroprac
tic gold mine. It may seem wise to
walk around like a palm tree in a
hurricane for some misbegotten
sense of couth. But we lucky few
who don't bow down to social con
vention will not have to worry
about self-inflicted scoliosis in our
old age. Also, we have two free
hands with which to make obscene
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DIET
Aaachoo!
Students with food allergies and
intolerances adjust to restricted
menus.
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Roundball roundup
College sports editors pick their top
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1990-91 season.
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ATHLETICS
No freshmen allowed
Schools and conferences discuss the
possibility of excluding freshmen
from competition.
Page 17
New media
contracts
shake up
athletics
By Todd Vinyard
and Bob Yarbrough
■ The Daily Mississippi
U. of Mississippi
The war for millions of dollars in
available television revenue is spark
ing pitched battles between major ath
letic conferences, a war which is
redrawing traditional collegiate battle
lines and forging new alliances across
1 the country.
Existing and established conferences
are scrambling to add new members,
and coalitions of independent schools
are talking of banding together in
attempts to present lucrative offers to
television networks. The most recent
deal inked between ABC, ESPN and the
College Football Association totalled
$300 million.
However, tne future of tne trA, wrucn
represents 64 member schools, is in
question after the Federal Trade
Commission in September charged the
organization with violating federal
antitrust laws.
An administrative law judge began
hearings Nov. 13 to find if a violation
occurred The hearings are the begin
ning of a process which could drag on for
two years before a final decision concern
ing the CFA’s nght to negotiate is pro
nounced
Although a definitive ruling has not
been made, questions about the CFA’s
stability has fueled the competition
between the nation’s major athletic con
ferences.
The Southeastern Conference, which
includes the U. of Mississippi, scored in
the fight when the U. of Arkansas and
the U ofSouth Carolina joined, vaulting
the SEC into an enviable position, said
Ole Miss Athletic Director Warner
Alford.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1990
1. Nevada. Las Vegas (380)
2. Georgetown (313)
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6. Arizona (298)
7. Indiana (251)
8. Syracuse (242)
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of U. The National College Newspaper's college bas
ketball preseason picks this year, although they
have been banned from 1990-91 postseason compe
tition. The July 20 NCAA ruling stemmed from a
1977 case involving UNLV Coach Jerry
Ihrkmanian who was charged with illegal recruit
ing practices. UNLV outscored Duke U last April
to win the NCAA national championship after top
ping ITs poll last November.
Twenty-one college sports editors submitted their
picks, and the top 20 teams were selected from 63,
based on a rating system giving 20 points to each No.
1 team and 1 point to each No. 20 team The editors
also selected players for first and second All-America
teams. The first team includes Georgetown forward
Alonzo Mourning. UNLV forward Larry Johnson,
Georgia Thch guard Kenny Anderson, UNLV guard
Stacey Auginon and LSU center Shaquille ONeiL
Second team members are Syracuse forward Billy
Owens, Missouri forward Doug Smith, Arkansas
guardsTbdd Day and Lee Mayberry, and Duke center
Christian Laettner
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1989. Johnson hogos to
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Allergy sufferers avoid diet dilemma
By Dawn Wilson
■ The Daity Tar Heel
U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bananas are forbidden fruit for U. of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, student
Martha Donaldson Beef, pork and milk
also are off-limits.
For Valerie Carr, merely inhaling the
fumes of a seafood dish causes her
tongue to itch and her skin to break out
in a rash
Like many people, Donaldson and
Carr have food allergies.
“It used to be an inconvenience, but
now it’s a part of life,’ Donaldson said.
“You get used to not being able to eat cer
tain things.”
Carr said avoidance has become her
remedy, despite having to ask about the
contents of casseroles and other dishes.
Food allergies are caused when the
body produces too much of the antibody
called immune globulin.
Over-production of this antibody often
is hereditary, but may be caused by par
asites or the intake of drugs, said William
Woods, director of the allergy depart
ment at North Carolina Memorial
Hospital.
“The only safe way to treat food aller
gies is to avoid the food,* Wood said. “The
amazing fact is not that some people
have trouble with food allergies. The
amazing fact is that we all don't have
trouble with them.’