THE TOP TEN REASONS TO GO TO OSU
10 The Uwversrty of Oregon won't take you
9 At OSU, cow-tipping is a good first date
8 You've got better things to do on Saturday besides watch football
7 You never have to look too far lor a spittoon
6 You like to be alone and the student section at OSU fits the bill
5 Wiangler butts drive you nuts
4 You can Qet work-study lor milking cows
3. Living in Corvallis makes you feel less homesick lor Springfield
2. OSU's football team can’t slip in the national polls
1 You don't have to worry about your coach leaving lor the NFL
CIVIL WAR SPECIAL EDITION
Ducks, Beavers gear up for big game
■ CELEBRATION: The
University has celebrated
the game in many different
ways over the years
By Doug Irving
Student Activities ffaponw
I’he Civil War game has always
boon moro than just a football
game But historically, ( oiebrn
tion surrounding the game was
far different than it is today.
■ The Oregon
football team
looks to clinch
the best
possible bowl
berth in its
annual grudge
match with
Oregon
StaT. SECTIOH B
Until the
iSifiOs. the
Civil War was
linked to
Homecoming
and reached
into both the
community
and the state.
"Down
town busi
nesses would
close," said
Keith
Richard, Uni
varsity
archivist,
"People
just accepted
that people
should be at
the game," he
said.
With Homecoming, however,
came the Noise Parade Students
wop Id rent flatbed trucks and
parade through Eugene making
as much noise as possible. In the
early days, this was limited to
banging drums and blowing air
horns. Richard said chainsaws
changed that
"You could really make some
racket with those things,” he said.
Instead of discouraging the
noise parade, area businesses
actually encouraged it.
"Quite often, the equipment
was supplied for free,” said
Richard. "They thought of it as
community spirit."
In the late 1960s, Eugene
passed a noise ordinance that
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(Above) Universi
ty students used
to paint the big
O' at Skinner
Butte before the
Clvii War games
It was stolen
repeatedly by
Oregon State, but
continues to
stand at Skinner .
Butte today.
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'
i
Attf lWt PHOTO
(Above) Covering their ears, atudent* parade through
Eugene during the 1941 Civil War Noiae Parade
AMt.MfVf PHOTO
‘Game ball run’ tradition
earns money for cancer
■ CHARITY: Fraternity will
run football from OSIJ
campus to the University
By Doug Irving
Stutitenf Ai
In the rat n fur a cure against
i iim nr. Kappa Sigma fraterm
tv has volunteered for 50
mites in thi) annual "Game
Hall Run.”
The fraternity will continue
its three year tradition of run
ning a gnu it) I kill between Ore
gon Si«tii University and the
University of Oregon before
tbn Civil War game to earn
money for lim American (lan
cer Society
“It’s a great opportunity for
the house,'’ ‘.aid Steve Kvuti,
president of the University's
chapter of Kappa Sigma
The run is a cooperative
event between « hupters at the
University and Oregon State
The Oregon State fraternity
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ANOWW BMACKfMSaCX/SAmM
Bryan Murray ((aft) and Will Smith keep warm at the Sigma Sleepout
Wednesday night. The sleepout raised more than $800 tor homeless.
Fraternity sleeps outside for homeless
■ SERVICE: Recently
chartered Phi Beta Sigma
raises awareness about
hunger in Eugene
By Kenya Luvert
Fkepoftef
Less than a month after
receiving their charter, the men
of Pht Beta .Sigma Fraternity ini
tiated their first community ser
vice event.
The first Phi Beta Sigma
Sleepout tiMik place in the EMU
Courtyard Wednesday night and
continued until sunrise Thurs
day morning. Its purpose was to
raise awareness about homeless
and hunger problems in the
Kugene-Springfield area.
Hrvan Murray, one of five pt*>
pie to spend the entire night at
the sloopnut, said the event was
to “not only bettor ourselves and
to raise awareness about the
problem, but to raise up other
people's awareness as well."
Phi Beta Sigma members col
lected pledges for the sleepout
in order to provide food for the
needy during the holidays They
raised more than $800.
In addition, the fraternity
plans to adopt a family eat h
month, anti supply it with a
month's worth of groceries
Members of the organization
said they realize they cannot
help everyone who is homeless
due to limited resource*.
Hut Murray said if everyone
dm idiui to sponsor a family for a
month, than collectively the
community could work to solve
the hunger problem in Eugene
“This is not just a holiday
event," he said.
Many fraternity members
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