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Persons with long-term heart or lung problems .V Persons with any of the following: kidney disease, cystic libmsis. diabetes, anemia, severe asthma and conditions which compromise immune mechanism Influenza vaccine may be given to persons wishing to reduce their chances of catching the tlu persons who provide essential community services and students or oltiers in v bools or colleges For more information, call the Student Health Center at 346-4441 orr^n Daily Emerald Sports Translations for all Blazer fans Being a Port lam) Trailblazer fan is like wearing under wear: It's a pretty popular idea, but it doesn't mean you know anything about besketlwll If you're new to Oregon or are contemplating spending the rest of your life here, you need to know about Blazer fans Each Western state has its sufx ulture of dubious repute Idaho has neo-Nazis, Washington has grunge rockers. Nevada has casi no dwellers and nightclub enter tainers, California has mall-lov ing, junk culture-fomenting, no-brain you gel the idea And Oregon. Oregon has Blaz er fans. They c-are about their families and communities. They're pro ductive. upstanding members of society. They're not bad people But unlike other basketball fans, many Blazer fans don't under stand basketball. Maybe il s something in the water. Maybe it's because they'vo never pumped their own gas or computed sales tax for a .jin(Is bar. Maybe it's their basketball team. Trying to understand bas ketball by watching the Blazers is like trying to understand physics hy watching Road Run ner cartoons or trying to under stand law by reading John Grisham novels It's fun. but it’s not educational To better understand Blazer fans and their team, here is a partially abridged Blazer Fan to Fnglish/Knglish to Blazer Fan Di< t ionary. • "So. how are the Blazer going to do this year'" Who s playing for us this year' Will the team be any good' Suitable answers include, "Better' You may recognize the new players by the playoffs, and. "They’re still one ol the elite teams in the league": They're slowly getting older and worse • "Chris Dudley was a good Scott Simonson acquisition" He was the only center available in a weak free agent market Surrounded by bad free throw shooters and another dumb team, fie should fit in just fine • Harvey Grant was a good acquisition" He's an underrated plover and an asset if used cor rectly, tint bringing a quality perimeter shooter to Portland is like sending a few U.N. troops to Somalia: There are still bad shots everywhere who aren't going to stop pulling the trigger. • "Good riddance to Duck worth He was a moody, unmo tivated underai hiever": Good riddance to Duckworth, He was a moody, unmotivated under achiever. • ‘‘The Blazers never get any respect": They can choke near ly insurmountable leads, their players ant petulant and whiny toward referees, and they usual ly win games by being the more talented team, not by playing smart basketball This is com mon knowledge in 4’1 states • Clyde Drexler needs to be paid what lie's worth" He missed most of last season with injuries He wasn’t a factor in the playoffs He's making about SB million next season and he's getting old. So who's complain ing? He's jealous of future stars like Chris Webber and Anferttee Hardaway signing long-term central ts with figures approxi mating the economies of some third world nations Those teams are banking on the young players' abilities to lead them to a championship. Clyde forgets that he put all star numbers on the league's most talented team and still didn't bring a championship to Portland How many more sec ond place finishes does Clyde have in him? How many more docs Portland want? • "Did you see the Blazer game last night?” I caught a few minutes of the game between Wheel of Fortune and Cheers reruns, • "I missed it”: I didn't know they played Inst night. • "it was a pretty close game": I liked that Cheers rerun. • "That's another great hustle plav by Jerome Kersey": He was a CBA-caliber player and an NBA-caliber athlete. He's become an NBA-caliber player and a CBA-caliber athlete. His once-dazzling athleticism seems to wane with each game. He hasn't finished a fast break with a dunk since Yugoslavia was a country. If he doesn't dive after every loose ball he sties, he may be out of the league by next season. • "The real season doesn't really start until the playoffs start ": Most Oregonians don't pay attention to basketball until April. When the Blazers lose in , the first round, most Oregonians stop paying attention to basket hall in April as well. • So, who's going to win it all this \ear?": I hope its one of the teams I know: The Soni< s. Suns, Lakers. Bulls or the team with Shtiq. • l ast year was a fluke I bis y ear, they could go all tile wav ': All the uay to the second round of the playoffs, and out. See you for a couple of weeks in April. Scott Simonson is a sports reporter for the Kmurald Blazers ready for season to beain PORTLAND(AP) — Clyde Drexler is satisfied. Buck Williams feels unappret iatud and the Port land Trail Blazers are featuring two new faces as they largin their 1993-94 season. A healthy Drexler lias put his contract differ ences aside until the end of the season as he pre pares to come back after a troubled year in which ho missed S3 games because of hamstring and knee problems Drexler's health was a big factor in the Blazers' disappointing finish a sear ago Thu team won 51 regular-season games, out with Drexler far below his top form, they were eliminated by San Antonio in the first round of the playoffs It was u major blow to a franchise that had advanced to the NBA Finals twice and the Western Conference finals three times in the previous three seasons The Blazers also never seemed to recover emo tionally from a February si andal in Salt laike City, when four players were accused of having sexual contact with underage girls. No criminal charges were brought, hut two players. Tra< v Murray and Dave Johnson, were suspended briefly and fined. Two others, Jerome Kersey and Reggie Smith, were fined. In the off-season, several trades were rumored, and two were made. The Blazers sent disgruntled heavyweight center Kevin Duckworth to the Wash ington Bullets for forward Harvey Grant, then trad ed swingman Mario Elio to Houston to open a xalar\ slot that allowed them to sign free agent cen Turn to BLAZERS. Page 10 Round Up That Hazardous Waste! L»r* County MouaahoU Hn«rdou* W**U? 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