Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
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Volume Issue I
Old controversy
haunts revised
Muslim group
By Daralyn Trappe
! me raid Reporter
I here's a nr« Muslim student group mi r ampiis
Hut it's actually tlie old group Or it s the old one re
struc tured Maybe It depends on who von ask
It's ,dso uiu lear what the »iffit ial name ot this group
is.
Hut all that aside, ime fact is f lear Several Muslim
students have stepped to the forefront this year and
i rented an organization that they hope w ill prov ule an
entirely different exponent e for the 1 'niversiH s Mils
Inn students
They plan to he ac tive on campus, to provide iufor
illation sponsor events and speakers and. in the pro
cess, try to dispel a few ol the Western myths sin
rounding the Islamic religion and the Muslims who
follow it
Controversy has surrounded the Muslim Student As
soc iation all year
long standing tensions among members resulted in
one group of students leaving to establish an oft cam
pus organization during winter term while another
group remains at the I'niversiH and is developing a
new type of Muslim student asset iation
After MSA elec tions were held in ()i toher several
members informed the ASI't) that the elections had
been unfair An ASI't) investigation determined *f;.it
c ertain MS A members had been (weiudi d from voting
Turn to MUSLIMS Page 4
Stretching to win
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workout <it Hayward lirUI Cobb is tbr t.norite in thr 1(H) hurdles .is LSI' looks to o. fifth
straight \( \.\ '.t'.lr it (/;<• \t.l :.:: k and held < . 'na::;;:;onships br^innim; tod.n and miming
through Saturda\ See\C.-\.-\ Supplement, Panes lll-HIt
I’lmlii In |t'll I’.isl.iv
Blazer maniacs cram local bars, restaurants — and hope
By Jake Berg
tri', I M.-p.
( Ivde Brevier glides ar russ Ihi' key tor
i slam dunk mil the i nnvd at Pegasus
Smokehouse Pizza roars its apprei ia
turn
Not evervoiie ( aught up in the hype of
the Portland I rail Blazers' second trip
to the NBA Western ( amferent e tinals
i .m ai tually enjoy the game Ini at Port
land's Memorial Coliseum, so many
(diversity students and other Kugetie
residents have taken up the Blazer
yyati I) on their television sets
But the watch may not hist tor much
longer as the Blazers are down i J in
their best of seven series with the l.os
Angeles Bikers and must travel to I A
Thursday night lor what nun be Port
land's final game of the season
1 ye pretty much written tins one oil
but yy ho knows." Scott Curtis said
while playing pool and watching lues
day s 'la H4 Blazer win at Pegasus
Pegasus manager Carol |ones said the
Blazer games shown on the restaurant s
I'hiilu f»» Mrfik N Irn
Students Dvannd Interns (/nun Irttj. Mar\ l.iwlrr lostfih I illy and l.immy (>nni;r
is.itih nrrvously .it /Vi;.isu\ Smokrhousr l*i//d .is thr Md/rrs fmll .ihr.nl id thr I .ikrrs
lursday ni^ht
three television sets in< re.ise liusines.s
approximately id pen cut Slie said the
Mazers (.liul the I’egiisus food she .iddsl
.ire so popular that in previou? pl.notl
games IVgaMIS was ( linked In Ihe ceil
ing v\ ilh Portland fans
()thei popular hangouts Ini tin* Hla/er
maniacs during games range frinn the
(limns to hars lu department stores
K11k Slew,ill a f'niversilv junioi and
Mimlgiimim W ard elei tronii s salesper
sun rememhers crowds of Valley Kivei
( enlei shoppers Hoiking III the ills
plaved television -els slims 11114 tills sea
sun's Hla/et playoll games
I’euple line up m the aisles and vmi
i ant even walk h\ . Slessarl said Id
hale III see ll there's a tire people
wouldn't leave I he IA -els
II there is a tremendous surge ot Ilia/
er popularity in Oregon, a wave ol dis
like tin the uppo.sillg hakers is eijualK
as huge 1 hat hasn't kept t'niversllv
freshman and I ns Angeles native Kevin
White from rooting for the hakers
White is hardly the most populat guv
on his blink in I'arsons Mali, an area
dominated liy ftla/er fans hut lie s.ivs
lie stands to make good money otl hi t
with neighbors and won't hold hack
from bragging if I A wins the series
While said lie expects lo give the
Hla/et f.ins in I’arsons a hard time I lie
ftla/er dream was (list that a dream,
he said
Inside
Three professors distil)
guished themselves from the
rest of tin- University (.n ulls
by earning the top teaching
awards for ISHfl.
The two recipients of the
annual Krsted Awards lor
Distinguished Teaching and
tlie winner of the Burlington
Northern Foundation Facul
tv Award for Teaching Kx■
cellniK (* will In- ret ognixed
lime<> during tin; graduation
ceremony at Autzen Stadi
it in
See story. Page r>
Sports
PORTI-ANUlAP) Buck
Williams pulled down lt> re
bounds to lend a dominating
Portland iMufonnaiu <■ as tin?
Trail Hla/ers beat the Los
Angulos l-ikcrs OY84 to sta\
aim* hi tin* Wiistrrn ( uufi-i
i*iio' tin.ils
Thi* UiktTs now luttd tin*
bost-of-soven si*rit;s til Tin
sixth garni; will hi* in I .os
Angelas Thursday at i> p m
pm
Sit stor>. Pasi* \2
Regionally
K)REST CRO\ I- ! M’|
Kt*p i.fs An(!oin. I) i'nrt
land announcnd I'unsd.tv he
v\oulii give up tus 17-year
I louse < .ireer and run next
year lor the Senate se.it held
bv Kepuhlii .in Bob Hat. k
wood
AuCoin had been hinting
at sut h a run for weeks He
made Ins .iniuiuiu ement at
Harifu University where he
graduated and began his po
litica! i .hot
Au(loin said he would
adopt the slogan ot the last
Iieinot rat to hold the seat.
longtime (fregotl Sen
Wayne Morse "I’rinc :iple
above politic s
Hearing it again re
minds us how much we've
lost on another man's
watt h," AuC.oin said
"In the hearts of Oregoni
ails, this 1 eat still lielongs to
Wayne Morse I'm t,iking it
buck for the people of Ore
gun.' he said
Pack wood upset Morse, a
four-term veteran, in 1‘itiH