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NICARAGUA
Two Years After the Elections:
A Sandinista Update
A PRESENTATION BY NICARAGUAN CONGRESSMAN
RAY HOOKER
MONDAY, MARCH 30,1992
7:00 PM EMU FIR ROOM
SPONSORED BY THE LATIN AMERICAN SUPPORT
COMMIT TEE - UNIVERSITY Of OREGON
Monson a victim of circumstance
j Disaster season
was beyond his con
trol, and it did him in
By Jayson Jacoby
W h <> s
I h c o ii 1 v
bnski'tlmli
i ii si t h
fvrr In lost* his Jot) as a rrsull n!
three fool injuries, u million
dollar NI1A contract and a bag
of nails?
Il might i>e l>on Monson
Oregon's n i nn -yea r he a d
roach was fired March 17 wilh
I wo years left on his contrue t
Although athletic director Hill
Byrne said his dec ision was
based partially on "trends ' he
had seen developing the- past
few years, there is little doubt
that Munson's <>-21 record this
season and the resulting
drop in ultendanc e and other
forms o! public support for the
program were the main
causes of his downfall
After all. there was little or
no talk alxsut the safety of Mon
son s Job after last year s disap
pointing 1 It - I f> mark Th e
Due ks went to the National In
vitational Tournament just two
years ago
But what about that bag of
nails7
the bug in question was the
one that hit Oregon center Hob
l ife a junior with two years
of Pacific 10 Oonferenc e expe
rience under his bell on the
head while he- was working in a
hardware store last summer
life said t h e h low. w h i c h
c .i ti sed a minor c one usslon,
kept him from eating for sever
Photo by SMn Pwtfon
Ouatad baakatball coach Don klonaon had to faca mora than hit
ahara ot playar in/uriaa and tha loaa of atar guard Tarrall Brandon.
a I days and mnltod off the
weight ho was supposed lo
have put on in preparation for
ins third season
l ife came into fall practice at
about tile same weight as the
end of tiie season in l'l'll He
wanted to redsiurt, and having
little < hoi co ini t to com pi v.
Monson had lost Ins starting
lug man
Fife, along with Terrell Bran
don, would have linen Oregon's
most experienced returnee But
Brandon, the Du< ks' do-overv
thlng man the past two years
aritl tiie Pat -10 l’laver of the
Year in 19<J1, was the 11th pick
in the NBA draft
liven with his two top return
ing players gone, Monson had
put together a team of fresh
men. sophomores and junior
college transfers that endured
an embarrassing 7H-:i9 loss at
Montana in the season opener
to post a 4-2 start.
Unfortunately, Oregon
played its Iwst basketball of the
season at the Daiwa Ball, which
was held In Japan during
Uhristmas vac ation The Ducks
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