Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, APRIL t, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 124
Spiderman
Un varsity senior Jennifer LXi.ee .•i-mbs the ,\.ilis outside the EMU
Tuesday Davee who has neon .» t >ck climber for orn and .«-'u '
years sa d he tikes to practice ' s spent anywhere on 'jmpus
Kansas assistant named
Duck basketball coach
jJerry Green, who will re
place Don Monson, has his
work cut out for him, but he
says he's ready
E3y Jayson Jacoby
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Oregon athlelii <!i r< t tor Hill ItvMie an
nounriHi Tuesday .1! .1 press ronferenc e
that former Kansas assistant Ji*rrv (.men
will In- the ni'HOri'HiiM nil'll 's basketball
heat) ( Chit h
(Iri-cii, -IH, tv 1 I. ill ■ ’.11 li it! North
Carolina Asheville ior mini years Indore
t.tk 1 nyi th>' ' m: ( 0.11 h position it
kiins.ii in loiut li. will rri i-iV". SBO.OOO
[iff year tor hw st-.irSBO,000 |li-1 si 1 r
ior r.nl 11n 11’I«■ v 1.1,11 ijijir.ir.itic 1 -s .tint t
St .0,000 shot 1 : ' ■ .1 i w ith N: k.
Green replat . s lion Monson, who w r.
firm! Marc'll 1 ’ alter nnif v.'.irs In l-.u
gene
I found thr in.m I w.inti'd. Bvrnc
said "I'm damn glad he s hc-rt•
It's good to In here Green said I
am i'ii iti’ij about the opportunity to get
to work rile I’.ic 10 Conferomat is rer
lulnly one of the strongest in all ol 1 ul
lege basketball
(, i .rii iirrii ( ■ it (); ■ -n wilt: in tin
pressll' list o! i:r. Ii'lltials \ftel sis
years of high si bool om lung and a two
year stint as an assistant at 1 N( Ashe
villi', lie took over the then N MA hind
in 1070
Green posted two 70 w in seasons in
Ills first MX years it t N( Asheville lie
foie the si ho..! moved up to N( \A L)ivl
stem II status in 10Hr.
The Bulldogs went .!» <i thul season
.mil ili<' v hoot moved up lo tin' Du isiuii
I ranks the next season
(ireetl's two seasons as a Division I
head iiiiii ti saw rei orris of 1 >11 and
It IS. with an overall ISO Kill |u >110
winning peri outage) mark lor the mite
years
(been I lien |oined his longtime Iriomi
and Kansas lie.id ( o.u h Koy Williams
whom lie helped in elevating the lav
hawks lo rial ion a I power status
Kansas vs as ranked tilth entering thi
N( A A tournament in 1'i‘io and lost to
Duke hi the i hamplorislup garni a ve.u
ago, before lining upset in the lournev
so mill round this season as the nation's
so olid rariki-d h am and No I .. I d m
the M idw i si K> .• i, ma I
Kansas overall rei orrl in I .rei n's four
years as an assistant was 111 I III
I am very very happy lot |erry
(been. Williams -.aid ill a press slate
merit I think it's a goal day lot Oregon
basketball
lorry has Imeii extremely Important lo
our program's sura ess ihe last lour years
II will he >i tremendous ( hullengu tor inl
and my shill lo compensate lor the loss
ol one id Ihe most r (impotent basketball
people anywhere
Hyrne said his scan h for Munson s re
piai einelil got r ulisldeiahly easier w h' ii
he uni (.reeii
When making the decision com ern
nig our new basketball coat It. there were
a number ol criteria considered. IUrne
said I irst and foremost. 1 wanted some
one ol absolute integrity, a man who
knows and understands N( AA rules and
I urn to COACH P.irju 8
Oregon's most isolated communities and desolated
stretches of land where sagebrush-covered mountains
valleys and prairies stretch beyond the horizon
On the road
to
Eastern Oregon
I
By Jayson Jacoby
[ Ropofitif
Editur> nuh■ This is f/re
lirsl in a thrrf part si>r;cs
ahtiul I ho poufilo and phii os of
euslorn Orogim I’arts l\vn and
t/iree will run limrsda\ arui
Frida i
Wo Oregonians .1 r<■ proud of
our state and an: ijini k lo
point out Its virtues ( loan air,
slow paced lifestyle and lack
of crime
Compared with major met
ropulitan areas such us Los
Aridities iirul ( dm ago, even
Oregon's lew urban (enters
are ventahle paradises
Hut beiiiuse three-quarters
ol the state's population lives
west oi the Cascade moun
tains only one third ol Ori
son's tnlul land area the
sparsely populated eastern
two thirds is often forgotten
How ever, t! is pist that part
ol the stale, arid in particular
Turn to OREGON Page 6
Wugontire
Steen* Mountain
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Frenchglcn
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Graphic by .M1»f’ar.tay
ASUO ELECTIONS
Students interested in an elected position
next year have until Monday at 5 p.m. to
officially declare their intent and be in
cluded on the ballots.
See DEADLINE. Page 3
SPRING INTO ACTION
The Duck football team begins spring
practice today at the Autzen Stadium
practice field while the quarterback ques
tion remains unanswered.
See SPRING. Page 8
QUEEN IDA
A dash of Louisiana
culture will hit Eugene
when Queen Ida and
her band come to town.
See DASH, Page 4