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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1994)
BUY ONE 14" AT REG. PRICE And Get a 10" 1 Item For Only $030 I I 687-8600 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY MONDAY MOVIE NIGHT t*OOL TABLES FREE DARTS A FOOSBALL ASSORTED EATS invoking prflfrrvtl BE A DUCK CHEERLEADER! Oregon Cheerlending is announcing tryouts for the 1994-95 cheer squad Mandatory Informational Meeting Monday, March 7th, 7-8pm Mac Court Tryouts will run from Monday, March 28-Thursday, March 31 Questions? Call Kim Barger at 346-5485 GO DUCKS! Tired of working out indoors? Looking for an exercise alternative? I hen come join us in.. IltKING FOll HEALTH When: Saturday, March 5 'Mandatory pro-trip mooting on Thursday, March 3, 7:00pm at the Outdoor Program, IMU. Where: Cape Perpetua i ocated on the coast between Florence and Newport Beach, Cape Perpetua offers a great chance to experience Oregon's pristine coast Choose from 5 trails (totaling 10 miles) to explore tor the day. Cost: $3.1 X) per person (transportation included) S«;»p t»v of , .ill tlw Health M c* At Ihr Mudml rotrf *»k» -MV l <) Student Health Center Health I.duration Program Fishbowl frolic r 1 — I AHCMIVt PHOTOS FROM THE PAST: The EMU had dances and activities for stu dents (above) on Friday afternoons during the 1950s and 1960s in the Fishbowl Long before the TacoTime Express, the EMU catered stu dents with a full soda and ice cream bar (left). SEATS Continued from Page 1 rows In-hind the students to see the game Midway through tile first half, publii address an noil III er Don I ssig made at least two annoum ,e ments, asking students to retrain from standing on their seats hut did not ask the students to sit down. and said nothing about the possibility of them living removed from then seats Once the delusion was made to remove tile stu dents, four set unty guards and two police officers went Iroiti section to sei turn asking the students to muv e So|)ltoinorv l.oralvn Osborne, who was seated in the top row of the end /one section nest to the timid, said she was asked to move midway through half time I saw the se< uritv guards asking people ai ross the court from us to mov e right vv hen halftime start ed,' she said They ev entually tame to our section and told us to move to 'wherever you can find seats Osborne, along with many of the students asked tu move, ended up sitting in the top hah onv The rest ol the students, most of whom arrived at least an hour liefore the game to get the floor seats, sat in the sei ond level behind the baskets and the second balcony Three guys sitting next to us refused to move." Osborne said "The people in the reserved seats started throwing their wadded up bingo cards at them Then the sei uritv guards t ame back and told them to leave again, but they still wouldn't leave, so the sei uritv guards gist sat next to them for about 11) minutes The guards finally gave up and left Saturday's incident was at least the third time in the past 10 months the athlete department has toyed with student seating l ast May the athlete department imposed a $2 fee on all student tii kets for men's basketball and football home games after the incidental l ee Com mittee lowered its funding for athletics Prior to an October football game against Wash ington. the athlete department sold student tickets to the general public for general admission prices As a result, many students were unable to get tick ets for the game. Sandy Walton, senior associate athletic direc tor, said the athletic department has never acted outsuie of the guidelines under the control t with the IKC "I think (the athletic department) is getting a had rap," she said "We've always negotiated in good faith with the students "Maybe the students should ch«n k their own behavior We want the students to keep the seats, hut they simply refuse to sit down It's extremely rude to stand the entire game, blocking the view of those behind you," Brooks said he doesn't want the students to think the athlete department is purposely try ing give them the cold shoulder 1 don't blame the students for being upset, I would be too." he said "But I do not want any one to think we re try mg to pit k on the students I feel very badly about wh.it we did Saturday, hut we can’t exi lude people from seeing the game,” V\alton said the athletic department has received JO to 50 i alls a game tins season with fans com plaining about the students standing and blot king their vision At Saturday's game. Walton said tin people from the athletic department in attendant e were "being bombarded with complaints ASUO President Krit Bowen said the athlete department's actions Saturday were "unprofes sional.” Me and a few other people from (the ASl'()) were at the game looking at ways to try and lev this prob lem. ” he said "It just so happened that it yvas the game the athlete department decided to take mat ters m its own hands and start Ixaiting people That's inexcusable." This is not the lirst time the athletic department has had to deal with the problem of students block ing the y ieyvs of others I he athletic department denis not alloyv students to stand oil the top royv of the student section direc t Iv across from the team lienches because of the view ing obstruction to those behind them Apparently, the athletic: department has never had to deal with the problem of students standing in the end zone sec tions because Brooks arid Walk er both said fans never used to stand in those sec - tions "They used to stand when things got exc.it ing. or maybe the last couple minutes of the game." Wal ton said. "But never for the entire game like they have this season," Brooks said he hopes to find a fix to the seating problem before next season.
