Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, August 01, 1991, Page 8, Image 8

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Oregon Daily
REGIONAL
Suicide suspected in student’s death
MOSCOW lii.i ho M' A
University of Idaho student
found lunged from a tree al the
old campus arboretum appears
lo have < ommitted suicide.
Moscow polio- said Wednos
day
Sharon Andrew Akhavan. 21.
was despondenl about his
grades and other personal prob
lems, polu e l.t fake Kershisnik
saitl Akhavan had re< i-ntlv dis
i ussi-d suit ide w ith Inends and
left a note III Ills dormilorv
room giving awev his posses
sums tsershisnik said
Kei erllh , lie was a little lie
pressed aiiout Ills grades We
iieard last night lie committed
suicide or someone killed
him.” Kat liclle Akliavan. tin
man's stepmother, told the
Most ow Idahonian in a tele
phone interview from Palos
Verdes ( aid
Akhavan s hod\ was discov
ered I uestlav in heavilv wood
ed area In ail 111 ear old par
tu tpatmg ill a summer rei ree
lion camp
'Hie body was hanging in a
t.ord from a low branch about
it) feet down a sleep bank off
Nr/ Pen c Drive, neur the
Kihhie Dome, the University of
Idaho sports arena
Akhavan s hands were hound
(-■hind his hark w itii tvs ,:i’o
I H i del Ti ned Wed nesd.l V to
suggest how he might have tied
Ins own li.mds if the -death was
suicide
Police Chief Dave C.ameron
initially said there appeared to
he signs of foul [lias .It the
si ene and lfie death was inves
ligated as a homicide, general
log spei ulation tflat tile dark
skinned man might have hern
lynched
Investigators hoped the result
of an autopsy would help offl
ciully determine whether the
death was a suicide or homi
i ide, Korshisnik said 1 lie au
topsy was delayed until Thurs
day
Akhuven was horn in Iran
and later emigrated to Israel.
Kershisnik suid He is believed
to hold Israeli citizenship
Akhavun and his family emi
grated to California six years
ago. Kershisnik said
''Lately his behavior had
changed a lot. kind of likr he
was d«‘pn sM?d.’ sain a frinnu.
Irf.m ( Immtrv, .1 24-vcnr-old
student from I’.ikistnn
Dul Akhavan did not seem
MJioidnl, (ihaudry told the
Idahonian
I errv Maurer. .1 university
spokesni.m. said Akhavan was
.in art hili i lure student who un
rolled at the school m hill 1000
He was .1 tnmsler student from
Kmgsbnrough Communilv Col
lege in llrooklvn. N ^ Maurer
said. Ini! he listed a home ad
dress in I’alos Verdes. (la I if.
The t Jniversity of Idaho
ronimunilv shares the shock
and dismay expressed at the
death ol Sharon Akhavan."
said Hal (iodwin. university
vice president for student af
fairs
"Am death on ( am pus is a
tragi* and sail event. The uni
versity is extending its support
and sympathy to the friends
a n d family o I S h a r o n
Akhavan
The university, 100 miles
southeast of Spokane. Wash ,
had a fall enrollment of 10,500,
Maurei said
THEATER
Continued from Page 5
mind The theater hostod I tic Kfjt'.C, record s.ilc.
the Romanian Woman's Choir, the University of
Oregon Foundation and Archives, and the Eugene
Committee ol Performing Arts, whicti involved a
sen i nirig ol a movie made at the University ol
()regun m 1
|lei anise this is .1 community theater. Hove is in
(tie process of applying lor non profit status He
hopes to raise funds in order to pul some tin
ititling touches on construction am) to create a
board ol directors and advisers vslio would work
with the community to insure that the best lilms
arnl live shows .ire brought to Eugene
An artist gallery is housed inside the theater, as
is a gourmet ciiniessioc bar complete with heels
and wines But the the star attrai turns are the lit) i
deeply raked seats .designed bv art Illici t Don
Conasci, a professor at the University) that re
line, eliminating worries iibout an obstructed
view of the screen or stage.
A new look is anticipated lor the theater when
he doors open this Saturday Hove will show cur
rent Hollywood films that have not gone on to
video yet The show is for a 21 and older audi
>nce and a nominal tee of l)'l cents will he
barged
[leer, wine, champagne and snai s loods will he
sold Have culls this "having tun with American
novies, the best that are available after their regu
ar runs People can relax and talk \ohods is go
ng to suv sshh
Some ol the films to In shown tills weekend 111
dude Truthur Uurv. I'hvikiurs, Siluncc ol thv
l.iimlts and I .inlusiii
In the theater, new international films will he
ihowing Many countries from around the world
vill be re[iresented. sm h as the USSR (Taxi Blurs
I ranee [Cross M\ Hr.nl ). India (M.ih.ilmnitu).
mil Mali (/■ i/a/i).
LIZZARD
Continued from Page 1
time fur the* city's gullurtuling
anarchists
I was |ust too busy running
around .ind bunging out in tbc
Nutinnul (iullery in London.
Li/./urd said It wasn't until
the M'coml time 1 went there
th.it I saw any bands, and 1 saw
some pretty weird ones
It.II k 111 the states, but still III
trigued by what she hud heard
in London. Liz/.ard tuned in
some pretty "weird records
"More than anything ! got
into the foreign shift." she said
Punk roi k was a movement It
was a phenomenon
When KKV'M began to use
disi joe key s troill the Kugetle
cutnrminit\ in the early BOs,
some ol them ashed Li/./.ard ll
they could borroyv her tmiriis
Liz/iini agreed, l)til after they
played thorn, sin- recounts,
I hoy i .nno bach .mil then said
Nii, wo can’t do this Wo don't
know wtio those people are ’ At
that time I had never thought ol
doing radio at all
Lt/vard began to volunteer at
hK\ M. and also began to till in
on ix i a si on for the disc jockey s
ol Modern Mono, which was
then fining aired on hi.(Id
When K LCC took Modern
Mono oil the air, she and the
show's (reator, Lenny Tone, re
y iy oil it at h KVM
Despite Modern Mono's un
derground music format, the
show lias so lar avoided contro
versy Its late night slot, Sun
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davs from 10 p m to midnight
m.i\ have something to do with
lluit.
Iln' way I always figure it.
the people who are going to get
tin’ most upset usually turn oil
liter the first tell minutes."
Li/./ard said "I’ve never had a
complaint. And il the station's
had a complaint, they've never
told me
Program Director |olm Lthei
idge said Li/./,ini is luirlv re
strained in i housing material
"l.m \ blushes easily.” he ex
plained
Not surprisinglv. Modern
Mono's listeners lend to he
vnung During fundraisers,
however, Li/./ard gels most ol
her donations from people in
their litis
Hut then, she added. "I
don't plav hurdi ore a lot either
anymore I think the audience
has gotten older
So is hardcore punk at its last
gasp/
"I think everything that
could have been done with
hardcore has been done."
Lizzard said "it’s really hard to
find a band that's really good."
Well then, where is under
ground music heading?
"I don't know," Lizzard said
"And that's what makes il so
cool 1 have no idea. It could lie
something totally different. 1
hate going into the past. Usual
ly when I'm at home I don't lis
ten to anvthing that's over three
vears old And as far as the fu
ture goes. 1 hope it surprises the
hell out of me, instead of bor
ing me to death ”