Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, MARCH 30. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 124
Graffiti artists leave their mark on Eugene mural
j Wall Brawl gives Eugene
its first sighting of graffiti art
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon Darty I tner.iKi
A pair of plastic milk c rates and a
brown bool lex ker hagi arrifid spray paint
i ,111s from tlir graffiti art ol San Diego.
Iierkele\ and San I rani isi o to luigene
March t>
At the end of that weekend, a mustard
yellow wall was c hanged into a splashy
mural m ross the back of a building lacing
some railroad tracks
Sake. Neon. Quasar. U nil and Me/ had
all met at the wall near Third Avenue and
Monroe Street for a Wall Brawl, a contest
between Me/, and another artist, Ta/
Me/ and Taz were given two to In ! /
loot spaces oil the wall at the beginning ol
the weekend, and at 4 p in that Sunday,
their peers would judge the finished pic
tures.
The w inner of the Wall Brawl gets brag
ging rights. Quasar said It'll be easy to
tell, everybody knows what's bad and
what's good."
Alek (ieiiibinshc a University freshman
who plans to study art. said good graffiti
art has clean lines, i arefullv blended col
ors, attention to detail and "flair and
appeal."
By Sundav afternoon, Me/ won the
Wall Brawl by default Taz left a half
painted mural and never returned to fin
ish it.
"I don't think he's gonna
complete...that's real sick. Quasar said
•'This is serious You’re not supposed to
leave the wall Your girlfriend or home
boys bring you food If you have to pee.
mmi go over there, so you're not too far
away." lie said, pointing at a dump of
»T*a*o Dt Anwyjr»y tomv,
Packed with paint and Imagination. Quasar (latt) and Saka create otherworldly Images on a wall In Eugene.
bushes about 20 feet from Taz's unfin
ished painting.
The materials the five men used are
simple — Krylon spray paint in 20 or .'to
colors and a pocket full of removable noz
zles for different lines and textures
Masks to protis t from paint fumes and
cut-off rufilxrr glove fingers to prolix t the
hands are optional.
Graffiti art is not taught in schools
most graffiti artists begin by "tagging."
quit kh and illegally spray-painting their
n.itnns on frttiglil trams or v\ .111 s
I'roni lh«r«. Ixr^iiming artists movn on
to "throw ups." whic h nro morn olnltoraln
mimes, t> 1KK*‘r and lillnct in w ith iliffumnt
Turn to GRAFFITI, Pago 3
Another witness
testifies in King
beating trial
j Officer Melanie Singer says she
didn’t help to avoid heckling
LOS ANC.KI.ES (AF) — A policewoman testified Mon
day she declined to give medical help to a hog-tied,
bleeding Rodney King after his beating because she
didn't want to be heckled by a group of joking officers.
Officer Melanie Singer, a defense witness whose tes
timony last week was mil as damaging to the defense,
fought tears as she recounted seeing King lying in the dirt
moments after policemen beat him March 3, 1991.
“There was blood dripping literally from his mouth,
and there was a pool of blood beneath his chin," said
Singer, under cross-examination from Assistant U.S.
Attorney Alan Tieger.
Singer said she started to reach for her gloves to give
medical aid to King, but decided against it after seeing
other officers nearby "joking around "
"I didn't want them to heckle me." she said.
Under questioning from defense attorneys, Singer
acknowledged she couldn't identify the officers or
whether they worked for the Los Angeles Police Depart
ment or other agencies
She also said she didn't know if they included any of
four officers on trial in federal court on charges of vio
lating King's civil rights in the videotaped heating. They
are Sgt. Stacey Koon, officers Laurence Powell and
Theodore Briseno and former officer Timothy Wind.
Singer said the scene bothered her.
"1 just couldn't understand why they were just stand
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WEATHER
Mild weather is uu lap through
Wednesday for Kugenr
Springfield.
Morning c foods should bum off
today, leaving plenty of sunshine
for an afternoon of study mg out
doors
Highs will be in the mid-60s
507 INCHES - SNOW KIDDING
CRATER LAKE (AP) - The oldtimers have been telling the sto
nes for years. of day-after day snowstorms burying buildings,
trees and other landmarks at Crater Lake National Park, located
at 6.100 feet in the southern Oregon Casi ides, hut no one truly
believed the tales until now
As of Saturday, a total of 507 inches of snow had fallen at
Crater lake That s still below the season average of 533 inc hes.
but a lot more than in recent drought years
The record snowfall. B79 inches, occurred in 1932-33.
SPORTS
SEATTLE |AP) - McDonald s will take over the Kingdome score
board sign above left field when the Marlboro Man rides out of
town a! the end of the year
The sign has sported a giant Marlboro cigarette ad smi e 197f>
The King County Council passed an ordinance banning lobai co
advertising on county property, which includes the Kingdome
Philip Moms will remove the tobacco sign four years before the
company's contract was to run out
Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said officials wanted a spon
sor "that would enhance the family values of going to the bail park
McDonald's signed a four-year agreement for the advertising nghts
Playboy to recruit
from the University
j The magazine has not covered the
"Girls of the Pac-10” since 1985
By Jake Berg
Oregon Ikufy Im&akJ
A photographer for Playboy begins interviews today
for the magazine's "Girls of the Piic-10 (Conference" pic
toriul. to i»e featured in its Octoiier issue.
Women students of the Pacific-10 Conference, of
which the University belongs, will appear in the maga
zine for the first time since Octofxir 19H5
"The last two times we traveled to Poc- It) territory we
not only found many lieautiful women for our fall fea
ture. we also found two women who went on to become
Playmates of the Month,” wild Jeff (Cohen, Playbo/% man
aging photo editor
Today. Playboy photographer David (Chan will begin
throe days of interviews.
Interested students must be at least 1H years old and
registered either full time or part-time at the University
Elizabeth Norris, the magazine's public relations direc
tor. said interviews consist of questions about who the
interested student is. such as hobbies and what the
woman's major is.
"We like to know our people." Norris sail).
A Polaroid is taken of the woman during the interview.
Norris said, and the photos and gathered information are
evaluated after all of the interviews are done. If a woman
is selected, she is later contacted and invited to a photo
session in l.os Angeles. (Chicago or an area near the stu
dent's school.
Students who appear in a fully nude photo will receive
a $500 modeling fee Those who appear partially nude
get $250. and those who are fully clothed get $100.
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