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Oregon Doily Emerald Sports Duck basketball celebrating gets pretty whacky What better wav to get pumped up for a name than with a solid whack in the earT College athletes are a strange bunch, alw avs < oming up with new wavs to celebrate Mn:hi.;ai does the chest bumping thing that Dick Vitale uist can't get enough of. and then of course there's the famous head butt with helmets in football Now the Oregon men's basket ball team lias come up with its own form of celebration It’s called kicking the living crap out of each other To mv knowledge, no other team in the country is so abusive to one another during and before games — that could explain the Dm ks' fi-12 record Oregon freshman Henry Mad den seems to he the one who has started this at t of celebration. Madden stands at the end of the introduction tunnel and "roughs tip" the Duck starters as thev are introduced. Deadlocks, elbows to the stomai h and noogies are part of Knight looks into fan actions BLfXJMINtH'ON. Inti (AP) - A kinder, more tolerant Bob knight' Maybe not toward the offi cials. but the Indiana coach may be rethinking his unbending attitude on perfect student deco rum at home. The Assembly Hall crowd, seemingly hold in check by Knight's rigid and vocal demands for good behavior, is in marked contrast with the rau cous reception, the Hoosiers usually receive on the road He's not suggesting Hoosier Ians reciprocate with equally rowdy behavior, but Knight admits the dampened enthusi asm at home rnay be hurting the players I don't think I'm being lair to my team," ho said in the dlnoin ington Herald-1 Hints last week after he was ejected with two technical tools for arguing with officials in a game against Ohio State. When knight left the court and retreated to the locker room, the noise level of the crowd rose noticeably, along with a few chants directed at the Buckeyes and some waving behind the basket in an attempt to distrui t Ohio State foul shooters, all Knight no-nos. The Indiana coach has often scolded home crowds for such behavior, even going so far as to take the courtside public address microphone to admon ish the offending fans. A lew daggered stares or even a side line saunter to the source of his irritation usually are enough to quiet the crowd "As long as I'm here. I think that you're the host team, you support vour team, you get behind vour team, you show everybody that Indiana fans .ire lhe most supportive of their team," knight said on his radio show the attm k Hut the one move that stands out is the what k to the head The other plavers for the Dm ks have no < lion e but to 11roti* t themselves by what king Madden ot i asionalh I'hursdav during introduc tions of the Stanford game. > foot VI point guard Kenya Wilkins was introduced, and Madden grabbed hold of him when he got to the end of the tunnel Wilkins then whispered something to Madden and whacked the (> foot-(> forward rigfit square in the ear and pretty hard, too The things that will amuse when sou re losing As brutal as it mav sound, there are some people who would better deserve a little whack in the ear once in a while We'll call these the DwkCharbonsku Whm kies" (or ! guess wo could call thorn the "Dave can't think of anv other ideas for a column this week") The f’a<ifi(-10 Conference referees The f’ai 10 refs have never been stellar, hut this sea son is as had as I've seen it ill m\ lour years here I have yet to see a game in the conferuni e this season where the offii nils haven't totally taken the game out of the players' hands It gets to the point whore it seems .is though the offii tills .ire just making a game-loin, series of makeup rails l'hey make a bad i all at one end of the i ourt and then an equally terrible i all a! the other end l he thing is. I'm not i oni plaining about the rets Iks a use I think they si reu Oregon That s not the problem The people get ting s; rowed are the falls who have to sit and vs ati h teams go to the Iree-throu line for the final It) minutes of each half be< ause both teams are already ill the bonus (iuvs with dumb signs A bum h of people in the front rim at the t al game Saturday mode up signs tiiat ripped Jason Kidd lor being ugly You're i rai kmg some mm ground there It's ■ ommon knuyy ledge around the nation that hold is one ugh limit' Von think In- doesn't know lus f.u f is enough to knoi k a hu//urd off a crap wag on7 I'hf fat I is. thf guv si hooted Oregon and everyone knew lit* would. I ruallv don't think Kidd gives a damn who thinks hit’s rule or tlgh w bower's guard ing him is the out) w ho s going to look ugly hv the tmd of the ganm Plus, no station hroadt astiilg the gamti would won think .ihotit putting a sign hkf that on thf ttihi*. whit h is thf point of making a sign anywav. isn't it7 I rtsih/f what a lug deal it would hf to get voiir lai f on Ravi oiu. hut at ifnst think ot something intelligent. /Jm c Charbomwati is a snorts rt'porlrr tor tlir kmrrnld fnTT[diversity ^ifou are invited to attend a public forum to discuss Multicultural Education and the future of the Race, Gender and Non-European-American requirement. When? Where? Thursday, February 10 from 12-2pm Walnut Room, EMU (Across from Post Office) Please bring ideas, comments, and criticisms. Sponsored by the Assembly Committee on Multicultural Curriculum