Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 90
Students to step it up Saturday night
j Competition to feature
mix of traditional African
and modern dance
By Daralyn Trappe
i •’•e'.iid Associate Editor
Traditional African tribal dam
mg melds w■ iI'h modern dunce and
must! lilts weekend when the
!"iiiversit\ hosts its htst stepping
competition. Membersof a blac k
•• i tniiv and sornritv on tainpus
an going up against teams from
three other universities
: In '•! , ; : takes place in the
: Mi Baii; tit Sulutday at H p m
aiut inti id- ■ a dance lor everyone
c>:i -wed t) v pei [ormances ami
.aging il Its' competing teams
i i< kets are st, a! thi' door
K : A dta I'm fruternilv and
Alpti.i K..: pa Alpha sorority each
- a . f. ■ t mpi t tog Sol the
. iianctt to go to the western region
a Is at ! ( : i,i \ ;> 111 Mas
Hugh t; of kapp t Alpha I'si
last It ' tradition o! stepping ts
t s 11, l! - t ties
u an
tid
(, • eti's u I dance w i th
,’ »as a tnha dance tor cele
. t it • ikim d around
!;;ack untt \ l been said
; aivr, iite ol Alpha kappa
.1 - ■ . t tu : tea in has been
work;!:;: ' it about a month on
their dam e
Ours a umhmation of mod
em dunte alone with traditional
stepping Luwreiiii said "We try
to keep the traditional bund-ship
ping and foot stomping, hut we
like to include modern dam e
Although this is the lust time
University teams am competing
for a chance lo go to the regionals
and nationals, fraternities and so
James Jessie (front) and Sean Burwell of Kappa Alpha Psi perfect their
stepping moves Wednesday night for this weekend's competition
rorilies here have had coinpell
lions among themselves
U. vc been stopping .it this
school Sinn- the late HUs, but it's
boon happening over miuv bl.u k
fraternities were sl.irlcil ■ n the
! '>1)0- ' (;r*:i-1■. s.uil
loams from Urogou State Uni
versity, Oregon Institute of I et h
nology anti I t! Davis will be here
Saturday
A judging committee niatii; up
University professors will detide
the winning team
1'lni dance is from ii to 10 ji.ni
followed bv tin- competition Tlui
judging vs ill begin around mid
niglil followed b\ more of lie- au
dience (Jain e
Ideen and Lawrence .ire both
competing for the firs! time, but
i.jwrom r li.is ven competitions
before .ti.d knows what the crowd
is in lor
; liey ,m expect to he pumped
ip ,iml energized ’ she x,iid
When I've lieeit ill the uidlcnee
it s been le,lily exciting
Amazon Housing
rapped in report
j Architectural firm recommends that
use of the family homes end by 1996
By C.’lffio Dennett
• * • o; a .1 An • .»**• ‘ ’• *
A nr pat.i t ommisskmrjl by iho t iitivrts'itv st.ilrs i! in
[mu- to bite lht* bullet .inti t uttimi! lu tn-! using Am.i
i >r; I'annlv Hnusir. / la I i 111 - !""> ml thi l'lUi.sehu I
year
I :siv<• riv I‘resident Mvlt-s Hr.ind j. ■ jt'ni tie i
[tori tin Inti 1 ’ ti> assess the saletv of the complex i 11>■
report v\ .1-. i ompded in the .it t in let tufa! Ilf til e! M.ulm,
s> hull/ (.i vet. A1A
in i U In. do night meeting Ut dot us-, the housing
itt.md me! with i 'Diversity i’hinner {'.lifts Ramey,
Jon Ohvei- assistant vice president lor mstituhnn.il .tt
S ilts, state Sen Hill Dwyer, .uni Sint! Ilartlett. Dwyer
legislahv e assist.mi
At ftorcliuj^ In the 1 nivetsity News Bureau, ilt.inii is
rxp.s ti ll In .inntiutsii' till!.IV how tile University will
j i rm eeil with oft campus housing t uiislfm ttolt. .it An .a
/nil atul a! other Mies
l ire lia/.mls are the greatest safely t urn rut, at.i ordilig
ti: ;:ie Ian I r. jell Autllul Mu iiael i '.ever W'tote. ' The
htoliiuit;. . le Iv .In nut MieeI i iittenl t utie w ith respw t
hi lire separation lietweeii living units
According to the ri pnrl, lire s.ih tv in the existing
buddings < annul In sullit lenllv improved. so even ef
Inrts to provide an eiier.live lire alarm system lio not
solve the problem
lht I't'it. tim* Ini* .v e. has..! nil the poor physita!
. uruhtinn t>l the entire Aitiu/on l.u ility a-, well as the
poor ipiahtv of resident life
the physical deficiencies plague .ill building areas
Poor soil dtaowge has t a used wet rot, utUai led unde
strahle animal life and t.auseri the wall separating liv
mg units to drop away from the ceiling and root strut
lures hv .e. mill h as I Im lies
Knolmg quality lias been ail ongoing problem hi the
rep..[ i. (.ever ...nil. It.-i a use ot moisten inhitr.it mn and
loss of am structural integrity. I am laid the physical
p';.Ill' pi I',, ill!:.*! li Ills, to even VS .ilk oil tilnse routs
. . ■ ..1 : iiv> midi i ’In Inofilings and
rats. mni‘ and coi kroe lies ale a i ouittioli problem in
side the iivmg units Asbestos materials are still in
pl.ll e
; ... pi. .x:.1 v ..u.t .a *pii..tv sewer and water
lilies mi ,in llt.il vv iter qua!itV is jeopardized I lie build
, ' HOUSING • ;
El Nino credited for warmer weather
j Ocean current often linked with ca
tastrophe instead brings unseasonal
warm spell to Northwest
By Josh Englander
Emerald Contributor
Students toss frtsbees end lounge on the lawns Pass
ersby stroll between r lasses, husking m the mild after
noon Cherry blossoms peek their eyes to see il the sun
is lor real Something is different about tills winter
The (Karan current known as id Nino is ba< k, poisedto
disrupt weather patterns in the Northwest anti across
the globe
A massive strip of warm water has formed in the
equatorial Pacific Ocean, setting in motion the unusual
climactic events ussur Kited with hi Nino l or the North
west, this means abnormal dryness and mild tempera
tures
Eugene is already feeling the effects, ' said John
lischer, KEZI-TV meteorologist "We are getting some
ram. but not as much as usual and it's unseasonably
warm
Wednesday s temperature of ti-t degrees tied a rei ord
high, and only four inches of rain fell on Eugene this
month, half the January average
University students have hud the strange opportunity
to wander campus in the dead of winter wearing T
shirts Even the late January nights have surprised Eu
gene residents with a mysterious warm brco/.r
I'hf rest of (he world has traditionally full .111 angrier
wrath ol 1.1 Nino ! lie id Nino id I'M.' 111 ( a used severe
droughts in Australia and the Philippines lorrenllal
ranis in la uatfnr and Peru, and villous storms that
puilirneled if 1 e (ahlorma 1 oast
That hi Nino system was thought In some scientists
to he the worst natural calastiophe id the leiiturv.
claiming approximately 1.500 lives and inflicting S.'
billion to So billion dollars worth ut (Jamage on the
hardest hit areas
I'he hi Nino ol Pl'iJ is not expel ted to he as severe
" I bis one is prohali!v a low grade, moderate id Nino
tn.it should last until March or \pril. I tscher said
"Theoretically. this should mean .1 warmer and dryer
winter lor (Jregon
Thu cause of the warm weather is tr.it eii to the cur
rent ol warm water seeping up from the south
Idle warming m the mid-Pac 1!it allei Is the flow ol
the jet stream and pushes the storms wed normally I"
getting this time of year In the north." I isc her s ml
An effet ! that SI tenlisls have assoi late i w ith hi Nino
is the increase in ocean temperatures In the eastern Pa
cific. the temperatures are two degrees warmer than
usual The PIHd Hd hi Nmo caused a live degree m
crease
Scientists have been able to study only 10 hi Nines
this century Tl'-ey occur generally every five or :>
’ to EL NINO P ■ m •:
FREAK-OUT
Primus and Love on
Ice: thrash-funk to
twisted be-bop
metal to loony
tunes. Check it out!
See ENT, Page 5
JUST A REMINDER...
Today is the deadline for doctoral final
oral defense applications to be submit
ted to the Graduate School, 125
Chapman.
COACH
4
JThe women's
basketball team
has a new face on
the sidelines.
See SPORTS. Page 8 I