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Six basketball
players earn
academic honor
The Oregon women’s basket
ball team placed six players on
the Pacific-10 Conference All
Academic squad for the second
straight year, including three on
the first team league commis
sioner Tom Hansen announced
Thursday. Seniors Cindie
Edamura (3.90 gpa), Betty Ann
Boeving (3.85) and Renae Fe
gent (3.80) each repeated as
first-team selections, while
Edamura and Boeving earned
their third-straight selections af
ter second-team selections as
sophomores. Arianne Boyer re
peats as a second-team selec
tion and Mendy Benson and
Sonja Curtis were both named
honorable mention selections
last season.
Women’s soccer
to host Portland
The Oregon women’s soccer
team released its tentative
spring schedule with play be
ginning next Sunday against
California in Berkeley. Oregon
will play four games in Pullman
Wash., over two days on the
18th and 19th of April followed
by a double-header with Oregon
State and Portland State in Cor
vallis on the 26th. Saturday May
3 Oregon will host national pow
er Portland.
Surprise starter sparks Mets to 4-2 victory
■ BASEBALL: Brian Bohanon
pitches seven strong innings
to defeat the Giants
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Bo
hanon’s emergency start put new
life into the New York Mets.
Starting in place of ailing Pete
Harnisch on two hours notice fol
lowing his recall from the minor
leagues, Bohanon pitched seven
strong innings for his first Nation
al League victory as the Mets beat
the San Francisco Giants 4-2 Sun
day,
“Great might be too mild a word
to use for what he did,” Mets man
ager Bobby Valentine. “He made
quality pitches and met this chal
lenge as well as anyone could
have met it.”
Harnisch, who has been suffer
ing from insomnia, was sent back
to New York earlier in the day.
There is some speculation he may
be going through withdrawal after
trying to quit a 13-year chewing to
bacco habit, but there was no offi
cial word on his condition pend
ing another evaluation by team
doctors.
“It’s a situation he has to deal
with himself and hopefully he’ll
be able to resolve it quickly and
permanently,” Valentine said.
Bohanon was recalled Saturday
from Triple-A Norfolk to fill the
roster spot of disabled pitcher
Yorkis Perez and was told by
Valentine two hours before Sun
day’s game that he would be mak
ing his first start in nearly two
years.
“I thought he was kidding me at
first. Then I went over and looked
at the lineup and I was the one on
it,” Bohanon said. "I really didn’t
know what to expect. I just told
myself I was going to give it every
thing I had for as long as I could.
After that first inning, I was able to
cruise a little bit and as each in
ning went down, things just start
ed rolling.”
Bohanon (1-0), signed during
the offseason as a six-year minor
league free agent and one of the
team’s final spring training cuts,
gave up two runs on four hits. He
struck out five and walked one in
helping the Mets salvage a win in
the finale of the three-game series
while making his first start since
Aug. 20, 1995, against Minnesota
as a member of the Detroit Tigers.
“He really did the job for us,”
said Bernard Gilkey, who had an
RBI single during New York’s
three-run first. “He kept them off
balance and made the most of his
opportunity.”
Bohanon walked Rick Wilkins
to start the eighth and Greg
McMichael relieved. Pinch-hitter
Damon Berryhill hit an RBI dou
ble, but overran second and was
tagged out by third baseman Butch
Huskey.
“What I was doing was reading
the relay,” said Berryhill, who
strained his right hamstring trying
to avoid the tag and left the game.
"Just as he caught the ball, my
hammy grabbed and I was toast. I
guess I just should have pulled up
at second.”
John Franco relieved to start the
ninth. Glenallen Hill led off with a
bloop double and Barry Bonds
walked on four pitches, but Fran
co struck out Jeff Kent and got J.T.
Snow on a game-ending double
play grounder.
Bohanon, after giving up a two
out double to Kent, retired 15
straight before Glenallen Hill’s
two-out single in the sixth. But Bo
hanon disposed of the threat by
getting Bonds on a popup.
Mark Gardner (0-1) pitched sev
en innings, settling down after al
lowing three runs in the first.
Lance Johnson drew a leadoff
walk, Gilkey and Carlos Baerga
later had RBI singles and Huskey
had a sacrifice fly.
San Francisco came up with a
run in the bottom of the first on
Hill’s single, which scored Stan
Javier, who had a leadoff single
and stole second.
Alex Ochoa had an RBI double
in the Mets ninth.
Frank: Will Green be able to
fill UT’s 24,000-seat arena?
■ Continued from Page 11A
And the Tennessee women’s
basketball team’s performance in
1997 will only draw more atten
tion to itself, while taking atten
tion away from the fledgling
men’s program that Green was
brought in to revive.
Not only must Green compete
with those programs, but he will
also suffer comparisons to the
women’s basketball head coach,
Pat Summitt, which is like com
paring Green to the John Wooden.
Summitt trails only Wooden
for the most basketball champi
onships in NCAA history, and
she took her team to the title in
1997 after suffering 10 regular
season losses and a fifth-place fin
ish in the SEC.
And how many women’s bas
ketball teams can say they have a
172-page media guide?
Better yet, how many men’s
basketball teams can say that
same thing?
Granted, Green will have a
beautiful arena that seats more
than 24,000 fans, but the big ques
tion will be: Can he fill it?
It will be interesting to see if
Green can breathe life into a pro
gram that has been down and out
for quite some time, and bring it
to a level comparable to the rest of
the SEC.
But what should be even more
interesting to see is if Green can
compete with two other sports on
his very own campus.
Ryan Frank is the sports editor
for the Emerald. His views do not
necessarily represent those of the
paper. His column appears every
Monday in the Emerald.
New Coach: Green will be in
Eugene for the team banquet
■ Continued from Page 11A
course it being a Pac-10 venue,
and if you look at the perfor
mance of the Pac-10 in the re
cent NCAA Tournament.”
Prior to his meeting with
Taylor, Moos interviewed Cal
State Northridge head coach
Bobby Braswell on Friday in
Los Angeles.
But before heading to South
ern California, Moos made a
stop in the Bay Area to meet
with Saint Mary’s head coach
Ernie Kent. The first of the four
to be interviewed was Oregon
assistant coach MarkTurgeon,
who met with Moos on
Wednesday.
“Pve been very impressed
with all four interviews,” Moos
told The Associated Press. “I
came out of all four feeling that
any one of them could be a suc
cessful coach at the University
of Oregon.”
After meeting with the four
candidates, Moos will now
take the next few days to make
a decision. Moos told The As
sociated Press he would use
Sunday to check references
over the phone.
An announcement could
come as soon as Tuesday, after
the 1997 men’s basketball ban
quet is wrapped up on Monday.
Green, who was in Knox
ville, Term, on April 1, will be
back in Eugene for a 2 p.m.
meeting with the media on
Monday before the Ducks hold
their annual banquet at 6 p.m.
at the Eugene Hilton.
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Southeast Asia in the Greater Asia-Pacific Community
7th Conference of the Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies
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-Chatchawan Nilsakul '97
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon April 25-27, 1997
The conference is expected to be a stimulating venue for academic discussion
and discovery. Join us and the Northwest Consortium in exploring Southeast
Asia, and sharing ideas, experiences, research, and resources!
Session topics include:
Modern Indonesian Monties
Cultural Heritage in SE Asia
History, Gender and Identity Issues
• Mnance ana lraae in Asia
• ASEAN and Zopfan
• Higher Education in SE Asia
Special Events and Activities
• David E. Jeremiah Keynote Address by Edilberto de Jesus, President of Far Eastern
University in Manila. Friday, April 25, 4 p.m„ Gerlinger Lounge, UO
• Teacher Training Workshop, Friday, April 25, 9 a m.-3 p.m.
• Kultura Pilipinas Night: Conference Dinner and Entertainment, Friday, April 25,
7:30 p.m., EMU Ballroom
• Exhibits by film houses, publishers, bookstores, and student groups
• Video Review and Feature Film
• Academic credit is being offered for the conference and teacher's workshop.
For registration information, please contact:
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies • 1246 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1246 USA • Fax: (541) 346-0802 • Tel: (541) 346-5084
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~caps/