Oregon Daily
THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1991
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE IS
J
Winding down
Former University student ami professional potter fohn Fleenor "drills
on the pottery wheel at his Garden Avenue studio
creation
Photo by Andre Ranieri
OPS offers escorts
in wake of assaults
By Daralyn 7 rjppe
Emerald As*ooato Editor
Several assaults last weekend
in ihr Wimt University neigh
borhnod have prompted the Of
lice ol Public Safely to join
for) us with the Kugene Police
Department in an effort to
avoid further incidents
OPS has posted fliers on
i ampus and in West Kugene,
area warning people to lake
pro< autions and be on the look
out lor .1 suspect des< rifn>il as a
while male. JO to 25 years old.
live footeight. Hit) 1 HO pounds
with wavy, collar length hair
A! least three assaults oe
curred Saturday and Sunday,
two of them were sexual as
seultx
"A couple of the incidents
appear to involve the same per
son and a couple of other inch
dents are with a large group of
people, said joan Savior. OPS
si i urity officer "The incidents
have occurred off-campus, hut
because of the close proximity
to the University, we're assist
log"
Saylor said people on cam
pus who may have to walk
home alone late at night should
call OPS fur an escort
AVe generally have a lanind
ary of four blot ks off campus m
any direction, hut we will make
exceptions." she said
OPS is advising several wavs
to avoid potentially dangerous
situations
"Walk m we||-lit areas, travel
with a companion, know the
rouio you're walking and watch
for potential hiding places,"
Saylor said "Think ahead ol
time what you're going to do it
a situation does occur Look
confident and look alert
Members of the University's
Unwanted Sexual behavior
Task Force .ire also working to
publicize liie need lor added
caution
While liie c ampus may had
tranquil and sate, people need
to always be on the lookout lor
their friends and neighlmrs and
report any suspicious ac tivity,"
said Marlene; Dresr her, USD
member and direc tor of the Of
tic e of Student Advocacy
Hobby Lire, USb member of
AS! () Affirmative Action coor
dinotor. said this time of year
poses particular concerns, with
many visitors in town for lesti
sals and Saturday's summer
c ommem emenl
"A lot of people are coming
in from out of town, so there's a
lot ol potential lor violence.'
lie said "i’eople need to follow
tfieir intuitions If you feel nil
safe, reac I to it, because this is a
time when you could he a vie:
till)
Lee and several other stu
dents planned to protest
Wednesday flight at the sites ol
the attacks
"We want to make a state
merit saving. 'We're not going
to take anymore abuses.' " fie
saicl
INDEX
Until then_
This is the hist summer is
sue uf the Oregon Daily Em
emhl The law school Bar h
tu tile Boohs edition hits the
stands Aug IT the regular
Back, to the Books issue on
Sept l(i The Emeruhl re
sumes daily publication
Monday. Sept 2.1
Summer grads.
Kisa Balm, the new Col
lege of Arts and Sciences
dean, will deliver the sum
mer commencement address
Saturday at Hayward Field
See story, Page 8
A bad man_
Muhammed All: His Life
ami Limes, the authorized
biography of arguably the
greatest fighter in boxing
history, is an informative,
enlightening and entertain
ing read.
See From the Sidelines,'
Page 5
Veteran sportswriter brings experience to class
By Christopher Blair
Emerald Editor
Hu1 piece Murray Oldertnan
reads to Ins summer sportswrit
itiH rliiss is .1 detailed diagnosis
of what alls college football
The writer examines the
hypocrisy of the college foot
hail system, a world where
many lug-money coaches ig
note the little control their uni
versities place on athletic, de
parlments
" '(The player) is directly re
sponsible, d lie becomes a star,
for bringing in thousands upon
thousands of dollars for his col
leger,' " ii reads “ 'The colleges
sell him u free education, a liv
mg pitianc .0 and phony glam
our.
" ’The system is rotten from
top to bottom
The class of 11 students is a
little surprised when Older
rnan. a writer and cartoonist
who has worked lor newspa
pers and press syndicates for
more than 40 years, tells them
the piece Is a chapter from
sportswriter Paul Calico’s liook,
/•’arrive// in Sjxirt, written in
193fi.
"Unless you know it was
written in 1930, it sounds like
Puerto by J»U
Murray Oldorman, who is visiting Orogon for tho summer has been
using more than 40 years of experience in the hold to guide fledgling
sportswriters at the University.
il could have Ixmn written to
dav." lie says The students
agree One asks if there was
ever .1 time when college foot
hall was "honest
Yeah," Olderman says
When Princeton played Kut
Hers in 1 HI**#
One could suv. with little ex
aggeration. thiit Oldorman has
done it all when il comes to
sports journalism. If the event
concerns a ball, numbered jer
seys. sweat and keeping score,
chances are ho has writlon a
feature about it or drawn a car
loon, though probably both
th' has covered the World Se
ries. heavy weight champion
ship lights, the Indianapolis
r>(K). the Masters, the NCAA 1**(
nal four, NBA Championships,
and every Super Howl
Alter years of features and
artwork from some ol the sport
mg world's greatest moments,
Olderman said he doesn't think
in terms of a "favorite" Super
Howl, NHA Championship
game or other sporting event
Hut lie admits some stand out.
Thorn was the time the
Hrooklvn Dodgers finally beat
the New York Yankees in the
1<tr>5 World Series (" The Dodg
ers had always come close hut
never quite gotten them "); or
the first A Id,-NFL < hampion
ship game, later known as the
Super Howl ("There were
25.000 empty seats ')
tie lists other memorable ex
periences from four dec ados ol
sportswrtting, and of knowing
the players themselves tie
once saw former Detroit Lion
and Pittsburgh Stonier quarter
bar k Bobby Layne win $25,000
in u Texas poker game He was
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