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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1993)
News Rebel editor finds a cause Jeff ( iremillion wants Ills day in court, Lhe ’ ’ year olil I Wi journalism graduate ol the l ot Southwestern Louisiana is suing his alma mater tor stepping on Ins lirst \mendment rights. Ciremillion, the former editor of the university's ycarlxiok, l.’Aiadien, stunned the eamptis and a gixxl deal ot the Bible* Belt with the |W1 puhheation appro priatelv titled “ \ Slunk to the System." The ycarlxiok featured several controversial photos, un hiding one of a topless woman and a man amorous ly sharing a plate ot spaghetti, and one depleting the sehiMil's bulldog maseot parked on an Vmeruan llag. \dministrators, wealthy school eontrihutors and some students were offended One Benefactor even suggested (iremillion should have Ins mouth washed out w ith soap. “To print that kind of garbage and to have (stti dents| pay tor it is like being forced to accept an obscene phone call,” says sophomore Kandy I airmand ■any am offended toy tide pMe fer the booh * Cuff *ar ceverete. Circmillion ran tor re ap|M>intmcnt as tali tor in \pril ami was approved by the campus ('amimunicatmns ( aimmittce I le was already working on the next edition when he was notified b\ the dean ot students that someone else had been named editor Ihis was the first time the administration hail ever ignored the vote ot the committee (iremiihon apjK-alcd in the \mcncan ( ml I therttes t 'nnin, which furnished turn with in attornev lie filed miii in \pril l'^H. (.rennlhon wants one sear’s salarv of approximately S’,MM), a public adinitl.ini e of wrongdoing from the administration and a tension of the editor selection pros ess I he administration has moved to dismiss the case and is waiting tm the l S Ihstrnt < ourt to make a dec isioii I hough resolution of the iase mas take months and (.rcmtlhon will Ik- at < olumhia t pursuing Ins mas ter s degree, he says he will not lose enthusiasm for the fight ”1 think that the universits sent a \er\ wrong tiles sage," he s.ns “I'ntil that message is set right, I think that I'll have enough righteous indignation to pursue it " l mversitv President Rav Niithemcnt dei lined to comment Ironically, "'\ Slunk to the S\ stein received first place in the Yssociatcd ( ollegiate Press (lest of Show ( ompetltion last vui ■ Stephanie l ournet, I he I ermiltun, l , of Southwestern I ouisiaua M*C»:Zll i to 71 <ay», aad they nm (M m Mtvmm Ivy students chase their dream fields " 1 akc Me < >til to the Hall (Janie" took on a new meaning tor lour college students this summer, when they visaed all ot the JK major league ballparks in just JK days a dilfereta game every day. Mark Johns, (Jtris I nonet and Mike (lasagranda ol Princeton l , and Brent DeKis/ner ol Dartmouth l , all JO years old, started thinking aliom the idea several years ago. “W hen the league schedules came out this January , it look me four or live days to come up with our schedule," Johns, a junior, says 'He started out naively hoping we could go around the country in a big circle and see everything.” But the game schedules didn’t work out that was, and the four ended up going from Seattle one day to Anaheim, (laid., the next, from Oakland to Denver and from Baltimore to Miami, hinharkmg on their trip July i I, they sometimes traveled more than 1.1HK) miles from one park to another, driving through the night in their rented minivan. “The worst part was after one week," Johns s.ivs "It seemed like we M lieen on the ro.ul forever alreads I he four got help with their unusual roadtnp from some uncx|>ccted plaees “Two corporate sponsors approached us after reading alwiut our trip m f .S. I luLty." I (Mine) says. \ sports drink compain and a hasehall hat mamifacturer donated a i <unbined $7, '(H) to the students I'he trip tust the group a total of alMiut S.’.fHM) I heir celeurity sl.t tus preceded them around the umnirv, says Johns. “W e run into reporters in every stadi urn." \tter their exhausting journey, the guys sav the\ .ire older and wiser particularly in the area ot hasehall park euisinc. “The hest food was definitely the taptas and I exas barbeque at the Houston \strtxh »me," say s lax mev. \nd the hest stadium? “Fenway Park in Boston and ( auiden Varils in Baltimore," l.ooncy says “ I hey Both have a classic design, and there's not a had scat in the house \nd the tans there are great." ()ther highlights include almost catching a foul hall at Shea Stadium in New York, and visiting the Baseball Hall ot l ame in (axipcrstown, N ^ So, alter JH days ot travel stretching from Cleveland to Oakland, from Montreal to Miami, are the four planning anything lug tor next summer? “I don’t think so," says laxmey. a |umor. “It’s time to start getting serious alxitit the joh market Johns has another pressing priority “Right now I need to get back into shape so badly," lie says. “Timi many hotdogs." ■ Joan Hurley, I'he Daily Barometer, Oregon Slate U. My thesis is bigger than yours It’s a strange little office. A poster titled “Peniscs of the Animal Kingdom" hangs on the wall behind the desk, displaying drawings of odd-looking genitalia, from a whale’s long and pointnl member to a bat’s short and roundish one. On the desk sit little jars containing samples of the hacula (Latin for “little wand”), a bone common to most carnivores, rodents and pri mates which may enable copulation. The oddities in the office belong to U. of Florida graduate student Ron Edwards, who is researching mammalian genitalia for his Ph.D. dissertation. “Genitals have been neglected — in an evolutionary seme, that is,” Edwards, 28, says. “The way we interact as males and females is influ enced by biological structure. If we want to understand the biological history of our own gender interaction, then genital anatomy is some thin* we shouldn’t neglect.” Edwards choae to study the evolution of genitalia while earning his bachelor’s degree at the U. of Chicago. However, he says his profes sors at Chicago weren’t enthusiastic about his ideas. “They thought I was nuts," Edwards says. “That’s why I went to a different college f«>r my graduate research. Richard Kiltie, Edwards' graduate research adviser, says little work has been done on genitalia from this perspective. “People have been embarrassed with this issue, but they’ll just have to get over it," says Kiltie, a UK zoology associate professor. Edwards says after three yean of research, he has discovered many interesting aspects of mammalian copulation. "For instance," he says, “while I was helping research rats, we discovered that their brains have a cooling mechanism to prevent overheating their brain tissues during copulation." And some mammals’ genitalia have evolved to better fertilize and stimulate the female, he says “When considering size, you can’t do much better than to go to the walruses. They have a baculum as long as my forearm,” he says. “Their penis it one-third to one-half of their body length. “But that is just a size issue. What about ornateness and complexity? For that you go to the rodents. They have a variety of spines and bumps and sometimes five different erectile tissues.” Humans, he adds, don't have a baculum. “Our closest relatives, the apes, all have bacula. But nobody knows why man lost his." Mary Hart, a former student in Edwards’ class, says she never thought about people studying genitalia before. “It’s an interesting concept that he's come up with, says Hart, a recent UF graduate in zoology. “He is always willing to discuss his work with his students. He is an interesting guy to talk with.” ■ Victoria Staff, The Independent FUrida AOtptttr, U. of Florida
