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Volume 100, Issue 41
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
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Barnhardt tries to salvage OSU’s sinking ship
Ihe Beavers
athletic
director, who
is an
experienced
fund-raiser,
inherited more
than $8
million in debt
By Joel Hood
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nobody ever said Mitch Barnhardt does
n’t enjoy a good fight.
At the University of Tennessee, where he
served as senior associate athletic director
from 1986 to 1998, Barnhardt was responsi
ble for shaking loose the pocket books of
alumni, who during his tenure donated
more than $53 million to the Volunteers’
athletic department.
Barnhardt’s newest fight? Try to correct
two decades worth of fiscal irresponsibility
by the Oregon State University athletic de
partment.
When Barnhardt, 38, was hired as Oregon
State’s athletic director last February, he in
herited an athletic department in disarray.
Years of fiscal mismanagement, which be
gan in 1984, had left the department with an
$8.2 million deficit by June 30 of last year.
One problem was the mishandling of
funds by the Oregon State football team,
which reportedly had overdrawn its budget
by $1.42 million during the past two years.
Another problem: In order to make mon
ey, an athletic department must spend mon
ey.
“It was very clear when I took over here
that the department was struggling,” Barn
hardt said. “Morale was low, and they need
Turn to OSU, Page 8A
Breaking the bank
DECEMBER 1996: Mike Riley hired as football coach
JANUARY 1996: Riley and his coaching staff signed
contracts nearly 45 percent higher than their prede
cessors ... OSU's men’s head basketball coach given a
raise to $96,000a year
FEBRUARY 1998: Mitch Barnhardt (right) takes over
as OSU athletic director
MARCH 1998: Barnhardt hires associate director
MAY 1998: Barnhardt lays off 25 staff members
JUNE 1999: OSU must have budget deficit
reduced to $6 million
Wushu Club
Courtesy I*hutu
Club coach Peter Wolf practices the Wushu straight sword form near the library. Wolf said the sword routine is one of most popular.
Chinese Acrobatic Art
The Wushu Club has helped
make the sport competitive on
an intercollegiate level
By Peter Breaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
To describe the art of wushu, Mark
Tamimi stops talking and speaks with his
hands and arms. Palms flattened, he
straightens out his arms further and fur
ther, showing that wushu pushes out the
physical limits of blocking and striking.
“In the past, it’s been described as a
dance,” says Tamimi, one of the club’s two
coaches. " We do aerials and jumpkicks —
it brings out the acrobatic parts of Chinese
Opera.”
The University Wushu Club will
demonstrate its unique combinations of
martial art and acrobatics today in the
EMU Amphitheater at 1 p.m. The club,
which recently brought wushu to campus,
has helped make it a competitive intercol
legiate sport.
“We’re pretty much the sole club here
in Oregon,” Tamimi said. “In California,
it's abundant.”
Wushu is a Chinese martial art. It resem
bles Kung Fu, an art geared toward com
bat, and Tai Chi, an art of slow, concentrat
ed movement. Wushu players wear
costumes, including “Chinese-style” silk
tops.
Some routines use weapons, said Peter
Wolf, a coach for the club.
“The most popular ones are the spear,
the staff, the straight sword, and the
curved broad sword,” he said.
Performers also remain silent. Wolf
said.
“A lot of the other martial arts have
yells,” Wolf said. In wushu, he said, “You
don’t want to show a lot of emotion in your
moves. You show a lot of intent in your
eyes."
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Health expert
issues healthy
challenge
A U.S. health official says college
is when people start building
behainors for a lifetime
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
Dr. Saralyn Mark issued a challenge to a
crowd of about 300 women and four men
Monday night during a round-table discus
sion on women’s health in the EMU Ball
room.
“I urge you to cherish your health," said
Mark, senior medical advisor for the U.S.
Public Health Services Office on Women’s
Health. "It is the most precious gift you
could ever have.”
The evening began with Mark's opening
statements, followed by a video displaying
some of the more important health prob
lems women face today.
She stressed that college students don’t
have to be a statistic. You make the choices
about how you live your life. College is
when you start making decisions for your
self, she said.
"You are building behaviors that will last
for a lifetime,” Mark said.
Fifty percent of Americans die of behav
ioral-related causes, said University panhel
lenic president Marisa Ramsdell. But health
causes such as cancer, homicide and heart
disease are the leading cause of death
among women ages 18 to 24, Ramsdell said.
"Learn how to make yourself healthier
and take it with you and teach others so
they can be healthier," she said.
But Mark said the leading cause of death
among women is not always expected.
Heart disease is the biggest cause of death
for women, lung cancer being the second.
Mark addressed the issue of osteoporosis,
a disease characterized by bone deteriora
tion. Eighty percent of people who have the
disease are women, she said. Mark urged
students to begin thinking about this disease
now, while they can still prevent it.
“You build 90 percent of your bone den
sity by the time you are 19 years old. That
has to last alt your life,” she said.
Turn to HEALTH, Page 4A