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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1995)
DON’T MYTH OUT Y IH <>f f 4\ 41 iOXtAtfi l 0 if rour rw»mm*te titrs Sfu denis nationwide base pjsscil this talc around for scars I he fait ihat it isn i true ham f slopped them Hvh ho , isn t ihat the nature of a myth* ETC. ( all it studrntlorc the hi non or stranger than hi non that Isonds students at a particular college I li re s some of the most enduring: Harvard l keeps afloat the rumor of required swimming lessons It's true that on April 1(*. 14) I -. the I ifanie sank and that I Icanor W icdnct s von, a liars aid student, drowned It s also true that in Tier son s memory VC icd tier donated mones to Harvard for a library {now known as Wicdncr I ibrarv) Hut contrary to \sbat Harvard students have believed Miur then, it isn’t true that W icdncr attached a stipulation requiring all students to pass a swim test l essons arc merely encouraged for students who want to participate in water sports, sass a source in the Harvard ness s nt!tc c At Duke l in North ( arohna. » ' loot stone vs all surrounds the former women's campus (from when the -men's and women s cam puses sscre separate) According to the myth, endowment benefactor lames B Duke stipulated in ho will that a 10 foot wall separate the men from the women But the rebel builders got around that require ment by putting ? feet below ground Hit or myth? Mow, •«« tf you con toll tact from fiction. Truo or tnlmm: •The U ot Maryland College Par*. awarded a doctorate — in hearth and human performance — to a dead woman (True, m 1994, to HatarHa CoeUo. who was tU when she d<mJ; • Famed U ol Ho Ire Dame football coach Knute Rockne really told his players. “Win one lor the Dipper ' (false Ha actual worth were -The day before he died [Mode Dame football player] George Gipp asked me to wart until the situation seemed hopeless — then ask a Hotre Dame team to go out and beat Army tor turn This is the day and you are the team “) • About the only thing that can gel you out ol class is a natural disaster (True Washington State U canceled classes tor tour days m I960 when Mount Saint Helens erupted, classes at the U ot Miami were canceled tor a month m 1926 because ot a hurricane: Hanover College lost 32 of Its 33 build mgs and a wee* ol classes in 1974 when a tornado swept through Indiana.) I he iruih What sou tee it tvhat you get “It t itut orrumciit.il," cayt David Kobertnn tit Duke i public attairs office. Sludcnii at Brown 1 are itill awaiting the emergence ol |)ititrtt<ir I Utah S ( arherrt 1 cadence of ( ar berry. a hctitrtmt character Iteheteti Ur Irate been treated by a Blown protector, littt turtaced in l‘)2‘> \ notice ttat potlcd adterucing l ar herrv’t lecture on [net hotel am let the tuidt ot cracked (rote to |>e held in 1 ‘ruvertity I lall btert I ridat the I Cth tirice, there hate ap|>earrd around cam|uit touting the mystery lecture A room it alttatt reterved but no one thottc up for t arhertc t tpeech I hat t part ol the tradition, too At Nalc 1 and the l of I loricia. truth hat Itetome legendary lire Vietnam Vctcram Memon al in Washington, I VC perhapt the nation t mott revered war man utncni n a product of Mai a \ ing I in. who wai 4 senior 41 Vale when her contcii cniry for ihe memorial dcitgn won in !‘>8I l rn firm dcugned the memorial ai i Jrn project Her profcwr, Andv Burr, alio submitted a blueprint, hui I in won ihe conteil ami the $20,000 pure Buir gave her a B Became ihe impiejl heal often dehydrated ihe U of Honda football playen Robert ( ade. a pnitc'uoi of medicine ami kidney mean.h at the univenity. chocc the pigikin ban dleti ai guinea pigi tot hn new drink Now know n at ( •atotade u>irv. not l.atoti jdt the dunk was a hit with the football placet! It wav named for their mac cot, the t.aiot, and the univemry receive! a portion of Gatoradc profit!. Kathleen Setter, Syracuse U /Photo by John Foraste, Brown U II s \V 1 HU AIN \s I *1 ATM \\|> I Wh MtEU4Nt< Ol ! HR. Hi i ks l OK textbooks 1 radmonallv students have tin their losses in pan In revelling (heir books at the end of the semester. Bookstores sxholcsalers ami used l*M»k Hcafinghcniscs arc the most frequent buyers, but they rarely pas even SO percent of the retail price Its at (he buy ba» k where they stress vou, suss 1 of Alabama senior Statv < ohen NX fieri they bus it ba».k. it \ like Here s sour >' Hope sou learned what vou bad to learn lo make matters ssorve bookstores often refuse to bus bask vcrtain texts after professors opt to vhangc the edition used in their courses Fortunately for students there are alternatives to the traditional bookstore ( «>hen and some friends are planning to open an alternative bookstore on the Alabama umpus Shi \uv\ her group hopes to pay students ball of (hi original purchase pritc fi *f *i//hooks \X c re (rvini! to out toerrhci a WJ hjll with 411 art gallery and 411 alternative bookstott upstarts ( often MV' I Kerr > m>! really 4 bookstore lure thai sells ness and used slassis' 4iui has rise inn right ihere. too Marvl’IKta, the campus f'ublu interest pinup .11 1 he l ot Maryland hold* 4 hook swap 41 which students tun trade then old tests lot Urdu toward new once hut even <hc alternatives pose problems "Sometimes sou scan tor ihe book sss4p. 4nd then dies don't hist what sou nerd suss Maryland senuir Melt Kamsded So sou end up going to the bookstore jnvwn Another alternative offered 4t 1 jstern Illinois l is 4 school run lestlsook rentjl system A Ice of 4fsout S*> per credit hour is jddrd to stu dents hills wficn rhes register for t lasses Although some courses require more books than others, university officials S4\ the trrs esen out over tout scats Nkese reads gotten positive feedhask." sas v Donna Dawson, lest book iriital vletk at EIU "especially llolli 11 aiistcr students who come here and are a mated that they don t base to spend hundreds of dollars on books Ihc l of 'S tsconstn, iau l laire, and the l ot \\ isconsin. Stout, spoil sor similar tcvtbook leasing programs and at the l ol Minnesota. Duluth, stuslent tun organizations Inis used tesis (or alums lust remember if you look hard enough, sou II lie ahlr to hit sour books harder than they hit your wallet Dan Arery, U ot Maryland College Part Photo by Aaron Lathem. U ol Aruona Shaaaahl Oattlng caught In tha booksfor* trap could coat you an arm and a lag.
