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Golf team rebounds, at No. 13 Kris Henry Qt&Qcm Qfcfy Efrwf&kl Aft«»r falling from No. 11 to No lf> duo to a disastrous third round, the Oregon women's golf team regained its composure on Saturday and finished nth among IB teams at the NCAA Golf Championships The Ducks posted their sec ond 100 of the elite tournament, thanks to solid final-round |>er formances from Shannon Hare and Karly Mills at the Landfall Fete Dye Course in Wilmington. N.C. Mills rebounded from .i dis appointing third round Hf> to card a one-over par 7.1 on Saturday while Hare cut five strokes off her third round out ing with a 73. Hare led the Ducks with a four-round total of 301 to tie for 20th in the individual competi tion. Mills finished in a tie for 65th after posting a 310. Unfazed by the pressure. Oregon's Susie Roh carded a four-round score of 307 to tie for 50th while Christel Tomori provided consistency for the women's team and finished tied for 69th with a 312. Leigh Casey tied for 96th with a 331. Arizona State became the first team to take three straight NCAA Golf Championships with an impressive 26-stroke victory over second-place San Jose State. The Sun Devils, the West Regional champion, were just three shots over par as a team with an 1,155. Wake Forest, the Last Regional champion, finished third with a four-round total of 1,185. Stanford and Indiana rounded out the top five after carding 1.188 and Turn to GOLF, Page 16 YEAR OF THE DUCK ORLANDO WILLIAMS Words cannot describe the quirky jump shot of Orlando Williams as it repeatedly tickled the twine of Mac Court, but the stats can as the 6-foot-2 guard wrapped up an incredible career at Oregon in 1995. Williams was the sixth-leading scorer in the conference over the 1994-1995 cam paign The Portland native nabbed his sec ond straight team MVP award for his efforts ramie m helping the Ducks to the NCAA Tournament. He finished as Oregon's career record holder for three-pointers (282) and the Ducks' fourth all time scorer with t ,674 points. Williams ranks 29th on the all-time Pac tO list, as well as being one of the biggest three-pomt threats in league history Should athletes be paid to play for Oregon? Should student-athletes b« paid lo play for their respective collegiate teams? It's a simple question. Unfortunately, that's where all the simplicity ends. On the positive side, terms such as impoverishment and equitability art! bandied about while nay-sayers cry foul the sense of professionalism and financial feasibility. It is a given that student-ath letes aren’t your typical college students. They are unable to deposit that measly monthly check most of us work toward outside our academic duties. Time and physical constraints do not allow these individuals living Kris Henry in a fish bowl to actively pursue this vaunted part-time job A student-athlete's more impor tant duties include representing Oregon and carrying the banner for our athletic fanaticism. But. how many of us are assured upon entering college that our entire education will be paid for' Room and board, tuition and books are non-enti ties in the life of a student-ath lete. No traumas of towering loan repayments or fear of mak ing that monthly housing pay ment crosses their minds. In the dilemma liest pondered in the -point/countorpoint" style. Oregon women's head basketball coach Jody Runge opens the discussion by admit ting that she opposes financial compensation to student-ath letes for their efforts •Point '1 think the student athletes have a great responsi bility and that creates a lot of work in representing the University." she said, “but 1 don't know that I care for the idea {of paying athletes) because 1 think that profession ahz.es amateur snorts. II it's not broken, lets not fix it •Counterpoint. "You are already subsidizing athletics and 1 don't thing this is going to make it any more of a profes sional sport by giving them an extra $100 a month to enable them to have a lifestyle that's not even the average of some students," Oregon head football coach Mike Hellotti said. • Yearly Oregon numbers Scholarships include tuition for in-state and out-of-state resi dents in the amount of $:t.25H and $10,777, respectively. Room and board is dependent upon where the student-athlete calls home — the dormitories at "“Turn to HENRY, Page 16 May 30, I 995 Volume 'M. Iwik I6t Wilcox named to Griese All-America football team Oregon light end Josh Wiico* has boon named to the Hob Grwse College Foot bail Yearbook 1996 At* Amen ca team First ream Tno i i- of was the only Duck on the list, but si* other Oregon team members made the Pacific 101 irst Team Joining VV - i* on yon terenc© list was Offensive lineman Witty Rife defensive lineman Troy Bailey Imo b.it ker Jororny Asher and defensive backs Kenny Wheaton and Ale* Motden The yearbook prediciod USC to win tfio conference followed by Arizona Wash ington uct A and Oregon Smits’ clutch jumper evens series INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Allot an almost unbelievable 3 potnt spree the Indiana Pan on; got the winning basket from a player wno had trou Dte making any sort oi shot all game Hik Smtts lurnaround 14 f<>otef a! the buzyer lifted the Indiana Pacers to a 94 93 v ( lory over the Orlando Mag h on Monday, tying the (.ast ern Confer erne Im.i % at two games apiece Struts' shot came after a timeout with 1 3 seconds loft and capped a run of Ihree consecutive 3-pointers m the (Inal 13 3 seconds two by the Magic and one by Indi ana n Reggie Meier With Of ando'5 Shaquille O' Neal and Horace Gram hav ing fouled out. Smits took an inbounds pass (torn Derrick Mi Key, turned and taked reserve center Tree Rollins oil tus feet Smits. who had missed 10 ol his first 15 shots, ducked under Rollins and leaned m lor the winner Fox in critical condi tion after Indy crash INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sian f ox remained in critical but stable condition Monday alter a brain scan found no addi tional injuries stemming from his crash on the first lap of the Indianapolis 500 Fox. a veteran sprint car driver, underwent surgery on Sunday at Methodist Hospital to relieve pressure caused by a subdural hematoma, or bieedmg in the brain Fox. 42. of Janesville. Wis . was injured just seconds into his eighth Indy 500 when his car veered to the right and slammed into a concrete wall, then was cut in hall by another car
