Cultures merge at powwow
INjailVt! MI I ItillUdl lb
show tribal dances
By Colleen Pohhg
Emerald Roportw
Native AnwtiMitf decked-out in
elaborate henddresses, colorful
face paint and worn moccasins
danced to a steady drumbeat and
sacred lyrics of various tribal
songs Saturday night
'I he pat k a I KM U Ballroom
kr s like something out ol a
.me warp as Native Americans
from all over Dragon joined in the
,'ltb annual powwow to dance
and unite w ith others
The powwow, put un by the Na
tive Nmerii.an Student Union, was
it sm cess. NASU co-director
i • Aon Baker said.
It was pretty succ essful for just
a ugh! pow wow. ' she said
NAS!* also sjMinsom a twi> day
powwow every spring
: tie i’ail Welcoming I’ow wi.w"
vs.e ' we; ,.inc all new and re
turning Unive.Mly and Lane Coin
muntiy CxiHegi! students, and to
recognize NASU members NAS!
also organized tint powwow to
unite with other Native Anterl
“Thu main reason we have the
powwow i' not to have a show for
rum native people, hut it helps
k. p us going to school." Buk. i
said. A lot ol us are from differ
ent places, and it's easy to lose
!; e it with who we are So Hi or
der to keep in touch with our
selves, we need to unite with olh
ers "
Native Americans danced along
side community mom hers and stu
dents in tho traditional powwow
circle, shaking hands and sharing
in the festivities
The powwow featured many
different dances, some reserved
David Jackson performs a hoop dance, a solo specialty dance at the
Native American Student Union powwow.
for tlm Niilivti Americans and oth
ers in which the audience joined
in.
The inter tribal dances resemble
dunces die Indians used to per
form after returning from war
They feature each dancer's indi
vidual style and meaning and til
ton imitate nature to give the
dancer strength, Baker said
Turn to POWWOW, Pago 3
ASUO-backed bill
proposes separate
affirmative action
By Daralyn Trappe
i In ASi () •. s.-i furNii g >i bill *'■ it would estahlis
an affirmative actinn office independent of the llnivui
a« turn oilu e
.1 In allirm.iUvv at turn offii <• is mm m 'in the ih
Diversity vuimimstraiinn yvtuch i rent
mi u urn i on flu l ul interest -when 1.111. inn! grmv.it
,ts AM () affirm.dive ,i< lion coordinator
From a students point aj view, Lee '..ml. tfit? aftir
live action office lias .1 conflict of interest in that
administration's priority c?, to avoid ieeil u turn yv
< iwes of discrimination anti harassment .in
Uh.it w want to do is ! !h-- A!.:
fine out of the 1 IrmeriMv ami have tf|.
Sinn alive action ulfu <■-. rfi.it would h*
body to do the investigations." ..ltd
1 he toll the AS! ( ) is atlvoi Hlng p
tiff it e believes Is the solution to the p
would establish affirmative action oil
In the past, by state law you havi to have an .d
ftrinative .11 iiori office that is directly tied tinder the
(laitveisity) president," l.ee said "Hut there's 1>. ,-n a
lot o! u lestion as to what evil tile ai'.m. i!:ve
role is on campus Do they enforce law or do they just
vv. :* on 1 ompharu ■ ' Do 11. • v d> ii with pin iv.
anti discrimination types of projects 01 do they just
formulate the affirmative a< Sion goals'’
\ddmg to the controversy is 1 proposal from Dni
ii-r-u’y president Myles Bland that the respi :!e..! u! il..
of the afhrmative .11 lion uffii e he divided l.arle-r the.
month. Brand announced that the (fffire of Affirmative
INDEX
Helping_
S;admit and nomrnunity
i i a Hirers Wot ki’d all day
Saturday on improvumonts
: : WliitiiakiT Cuinmum
ly Si hnol and the Chuano
A:.'airs Kmurgom y Shelter,
raising money for health
(.are in id Salvador
See story, Pag<> 5
Dogged
Thit C>r
gun football
1 f a m t .1 n
lake so I u< e
in ihe fad
that its loss
to the \\ .ish
ington Huskies «iui not em
barrass it in Scuttle on Sntnr
d.ty Rut the Ducks did lose
more than the gumc
See story, Page 10
Turn t-.i ACTION (>.. 3
ODE celebrates 20 years of independence
Paper s separation was an amiable arrangement
By Came Dennett
I'ho Orvffuti Dtiil) Emoruld
has been published since ihu
turn of tho century, but 20
years ago the paper under
went .1 dramatic change it
In i .line independent from
tliir t adversity
Until 1971, tin; l.mrrahl
was essentially ownuil and
published by the t 'niversltv
ami the State Board of High
er Education
The Emerald's move to
ward independence wav not
u n i q u e, said s t a t ti S e n
Grattan Kerans, D-Eugene,
1970-71 Emerald editor
"Across tfit! country,
boards of regents, wealthy
alumni and administrators
were not happy with what
student publications wore
printing," he said
Student publications at
thiil limn, the i’f.i of th<- Viet
n.iin War, u • vitv j■ • 11111
. a!, and those politics often
offended legislators and ad
ministrators. said Art Bush
null, vita- president of Hun
ters n i- w s ago a c s a n d
1‘i7l '2 Emvnild editor
The college press didn't
tin a vs mt eye In eve with
the government." he said
"l! would have been oasy to
make the College jiress fall
victim to those pressures hv
withholding funding or oth
er means
Karans said some student
newspapers were seized or
closed down by administra
tions, making freedom of
speech for state-controlled
newspapers a hot issue
At the same time, Reruns
said the Oregon Legislature
was considering legislation
tiiat would have allowed
schools to crack down on
student publications
Legislators duln'l like
hearing from constituents
about what student journal
ists have written, he said
Bushnei! said 11t itecuuse
of these pressures, a number
of m-wspajiers f -* >; ill io file
articles of incorporation and
take u! he’ steps ! s) p: i ■ ’ * ‘
themselves
All of us wanted to pro
tes t the institution of the
collets* neWspiipet. ' he said
We wanted the freedom of
not fearing censorship or
economic reprisal
Kerens said when the lint
arald began to make plans
for its independence from
the University, it met with
little objection from the ad
ministration.
"It was an amiable ar
rungement between the ad
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