Drums honor dead, bring
Japanese culture to life
■ EVENT
drumming festival is
designed to promote
unity f ast-Wes!
By Dannie Holm
Kujpme'x Alton Bilk or Park
was filled with tlu> sights and
sounds of Japanese i ulture on
Saturday, as more than 1.2(H)
local residents gathered for the
fith Annual Japanese Otxm
and Taiko Drumming festival
The event is part of the
Japanese custom of honoring
the dead and vveli uinmg them
homo. An ording to tradition,
the spirits of the dead arrive
on the Iuii ks at dragonflies to
lie with their loved ones dur
mg the obon season
The folk dam e festival was
begun so i hildren and other
members of the ■ ommuuitv
could learn more alsout Japan
ose traditions said hen Nagao,
one of the organizers of the
event
Nagao also said the festival
pi elm >tes (fli' . tuning togettl
er of l ost and West, as sym
bolized by the rod salmon and
carp on the festival banner
In a performam e area
ringed with 2'VO pajier lanterns
donated by hakegawa,
Kugene's sister* itv in Japan,
darners in traditional cos
i ,imes pet formed dam os &mo
i ialed vvitlt tin* obon season
throughout the ev ening The
dam ers, w ho wens of various
Him!! bar kgrtmnds included
(with cliildran nii(i senior *it
i men and wonwn
Sumo of the dances in the
performau* e's intricate first
half used praps. such as (nits,
iiticf some represented differ
ent motifs from nature, such
ns the sun rising and sotting
Many olion dances also
honor work, and on** of the
dam *>s honored fishermen
The motions of the dancers
mitnii kod tin* throwing of
tints the hauling in of the
i ati h and its distribution on
shore
The dam os performed in
the soi ond half were easy to
learn, with simple. fejMititive
motions, audierx « parti* ipa
lion was encouraged
During the intermission in
the dam ing. a quartet of two
koto players, a shakuharht
(bamboo fluto) player and a
taiko drummer played a pier e
title*! Ml Fuji." which rep
resent* tin* ma jest \ and
sat redness of the mountain
Tho i htldren s ante had sun
oral ai tivitios which ranged in
pri*,e from free to $2 There
was a fish pond, paper Sumo
wrestling, and Shashin Koto,
when* children * mild get their
photo taken as either a geisha
or Sumo wrestler hv stir king
their head through a wooden
« utout Additionally, there
were also i ustom made paper
or cloth ha* hmiaki (head
(>ands) available for purchase
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fraternity house with intent to
commit theft
Donovan Du.hter, the fraiertii
t s system’* top of ft* iai and
Jason Potter were charged with
first (iegriut burglary in < oiuum
Hon with a July 21 incident
involving a TV and stereo equip
rnent allegedly taken from the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity house,
at 1472 him aid
Neither Dir liter nor Potter
responded to repealed messages
Monday afternoon and evening
However. Du liter s lawyer,
Robert Manderv said it was "not
the time to make any sort of
statement" regarding the
charges
According to statements in the
pole e report. Didilur and Potter
were invited to the fraternity
house by a friend on the evening
of July 21 As the three men
were sitting on the front pon h
of the house srM ializing. Potter
went inside the fraternity sever
al times, saying he needed to use
the luithroom
Around 2 4r> a in . according
to the report l.ani e Woodke. a
resident of the house, noticed
that Du hter and Potter had left
After hearing a loud noise on the
north Hide of the building.
Woodke went to investigate and
found his stereo reieiyer. CD
player ami TV' went laying in the
alleyway stretching between
Aider and him aid streets The
report said Woodke then went to
his room where he noticed the
Items had been taken from his
wall unit
Another resilient of the house.
Geoff Rankin, stated in the
report that he had heard a loud
noise in the alleyway and
looked out of his svindow,
where he observed two men
One wan holding a CD player
and TV in lus hands and the
other was holding a receiver
Rankin then yelled. "Hey.
what are you guys doing'” to the
OICHTER
POTTtR
two men.
who then
d r (i p p a d
the items
and run
west bound
through the
alley
Woodke
and Rankin
then (.ailed
the polite
\V i) o d k e
told polite
that while
waiting for
an ofl'u t*r to
arrive, he
saw t lii
same two
men riding
their hikes
south
hound on
K i n t a i d .
men lurnmg into me aiievwav
where the property had been
abandoned
According to polic <• reports,
Woodke caught up with the
men, whom he identified as
Dichter and Potter, at Alder
Street and advised them that the
(min e had been called The two
men were escorted hack to the
Phi Delta Theta houses
Rankin told police that Potter
had made comments to. him
such as "It was a mistake" and
“|lj didn't mean it."
Woodke advised officers on
the scene that he wished to
press burglary ( barges
The involved property was
retrieved from the aiievwav and
returned to Woodke
The polit e report gave the fol
lowing account of Potter's and
I helper's statements
The two men told offit ers that
they had been at local Kugene
bars that evening and had been
drinking Die liter was quoted as
saving he and Potter had gone
through the Phi Delta Theta
house let a use "we were looking
(or the beat way out of here
When the offit er pointed nut
to Du f>ttrr that hi* was already
outtidd of the house, and it
would have been easier to leavp
via the front porch, DichUtr stat
ed "w« left beer bore and want
ihI to take it with us At i ordiug
to polo i’ reports, no one was
abb* to locate the beer that was
allegedly brought over to the
house
The offu er ,isk»>d Dichter if he
had been in anv of the rooms at
the house Du liter stated "I was
just trying. I dfd not steal I
wanted to make it right I was
not in any of the rooms to steal "
The officer mentioned to
Dichter that Rankin had identi
fied him as one of the two men
carrying Woodke’s equipment
m the alleyway Dichter then
stated, "I grabbed the equipment
to take it hack So when lie
yelled from the window I left "
Dichter was asked by the offi
t or w hy lie came hat k to the fra
ternity house Dichter told the
offit or that he and Potter had
come bat k "to make sure every
thing was made right"
Potter stated “Donavan and
me wore just screwing around."
The officer then asked Potter
whose idea it was to take the
property Potter stated it was
mutual.
The officer then asked Potter
if tlie incident was some sort ol
prank or joke Potter stated. "It
was a frot prank; do you under
stand what I mean?" Potter was
then asked by the officer if he
had find permission to he in
Woodke's room. According to
polite. Potter replied, "You
know I didn't
Die liter and Potter were then
placed under arrest for first
degree burglary Both subjects
were transported and lodged at
the l.ane County Jail, hut later
released on bail.
Departure: OPS director has mixed emotions
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New Orleans and move it here
Drayton said lie will have a hard time leaving all
of his friends
Drayton came to the University in Dei ember
1‘WO to head the Qffit e of Puhlli .Safety He has
worked to incorporate law enforcement with the
campus nod has done a good job, said Dan
Williams, vice president for administration
"I really could not have asked for anything
more. Williams said
The University will begin a job search to fill the
position sometime next week Hut first. Williams
said, the University plans to evaluate the Office
of Public Safety
"Anytime you have a change in leadership you
have a chance in look at the organization,”
Williams saul
The University will advertise in higher educa
tion puhlit aliens and will recruit from some other
institutions across the < ountry. lie said
The search is expel ted to take about three
months, and an interim director will be named
after Drayton leaves, Williams said
Drayton said he was not actively pursuing a new
job, but that some of Ins colleagues had told turn
about the opening
The job had heeh advertised previously but it
had not been filled When it vs as opened again,
Drayton applied for the position
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