Straps
Continued from page 16
gestures behind the misshapen backs
of all the Quasimodos-in-the-making.
And that’s not all. Double-strap
pers are the kind of people who can
long divide without benefit of paper
or pencil. We can pronounce the word
legume. We do crossword puzzles
with pens.
I do not want everyone to get the
idea that just because the two-strap
packer is in every way superior to the
one-strapper, we can't find some com
mon ground.
After all, you one-strappers may
look pretty silly, but those who don't
even wear backpacks are showing the
sort of moral courage your average
U.S. senator will display on the sub
ject of abortion.
Even these shoulder-bag-wearing
issue-duckers aren't the worst, how
ever. The worst are those who walk
around with Day-Glo protrusions
wrapped around their waists.
These individuals look like they
have lost the use of a major organ and
are being fed vital fluids intravenous
ly. This is fine if a major organ is
indeed not functioning, but the vast
majority are just looking for an ath
letic-looking holder for their
cigarettes.
The real question may not be how or
what kind of backpack to wear. For all
of us guys, the question is: What are
we going to do when we don't have the
excuse academics provides for carry
ing around a thinly disguised purse?
I’m not getting a briefcase. Those arc
for geeks.
Freshmen
Continued from page 17
"Swimmers are at their peak from age
18 to 22," said Arthur Wodjat, a sopho
more swimmer at Iowa. “You don’t have
time to compete at age 28. Your career j
is over I couldn't give up swimming at
this age.”
Glenn Patton, head coach of the Iowa
men’s swimming team, said the mea
sure is simply unnecessary for his ath
letes because they have little trouble
handling the combination of academics
and athletics.
“We're dealing with student athletes
who have a tremendous amount ofself
discipline and appear to be quite suc
cessful with academics,” Patton said
"They have career objectives which go
beyond the sport."
Patton suggested that a viable alter
native to unilateral enforcement of the
rule would be to limit mandatory fresh
man ineligibility to ‘high-profile media
sports" like football and basketball,
where most of the reform proposals are
focused anyway
"All this is coming about because of
football and basketball, not because of
tennis, swimming and golf," said Iowa
freshman Jason Palmer, a member of
the tennis team who opted to redshirt
his first year because of an injury
Palmer claims thut joining a team
actually aided his adjustment process,
since his teammates and coaches helped
him get comfortable with the university
and develop good study habits.
While it may be unfair to limit fresh
men ineligibility to men's basketball and
football, coaches may accept the mea
sure if it is imposed on all NCAA schools.
Freshman ineligibility will be formal
ly considered, along with other reform
legislation, by the NCAA council in
January 1991.
Gang
Continued from page 1
Police Harry Hueston said local gang
activity has increased in the past year.
Most recently, two men reportedly
attacked and terrorized a 20-year-old
Hispanic woman; the men involved
allegedly were skinheads, Hueston said.
Campus officials nationwide agree
that what affects the surrounding city
usually affects the college.
“The university is not surrounded by
a fence. There’s no big moat around it,"
said UA Del. Sgt. Sal Celi.
At the U. of California, Los Angeles,
with about 12 entrances, the potential
for gang activity also exists, said John
Barber, campus police chief.
Gangs have been a UCLA concern for
about five years. In that time, two shoot
ing incidents at the school's Mardi Gras
spring carnival were gang-related, and
police arrested about 24 gang members
on or near campus in the past year.
At Boston U., campus police have sug
gested creating a separate category list
ing gang affiliations when they institute
a new on-line booking system
“We do from time to time, in the nor
mal course of making arrests, have indi
viduals who claim they are, or we have
reason to believe they are, gang mem
bers,” said BU Police Department Lt
Robert Gaffney.
Because school colors instigated me
initial Bloods-Cnps rivalry, students
should learn to recognize the nuances of
gang appearance and dialogue. “A lot of
(gang members) don’t look much differ
ent than other college students, except
for their colors," Barber said.
Red typically is associated with Bloods
gangs, while a shade of blue symbolizes
involvement in the Crips. Skinheads
have adopted more of a punk style, often
signifying their membership by such
details as a twist in a shoelace, Tucson
Police Sgt. Ron Zimmerling said.
Because many of Tucson’s gang mem
bers have been transplanted from
California, Zimmerling said university
officials should keep a close eye on stu
dents recruited from other cities.
“We investigate every student athlete
that we recruit,” said David W. Murray,
UA men’s head track and field coach.
"Sometimes you pick things up, some
times you don't."
Zimmerling said, “Security and peace
of mind of the students is certainly a
concern."
PatCamllo, a juvenile probation offi
cer in Tucson, added, “Is it going to get
better? Is it going to get worse? Is it a
fad? I don’t know.”
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