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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1999)
1225 ALDER 345-2434 Not valid with any other discount! or coupons. Mou-Fri 10am*10pm • Sat 11am-9pm • Sun 12pm-9pm This is the life... Brand New Apartments t TNI VERSITV • Totally geared for student living ^ BS3SQBQEDBBB A • Furnished 1, 2 and 4 bedrooms ;"JTTte • Located by Autzen Stadium 'pyUjljSSi^j ‘ TE Call Now! 338-4000 JL APARTMENTS 90 Commons Drive (off Kinsrow Ave) • Leasing Office: 720 E. 13th Suite 301 LOOK FOR IT IN THE ODE CLASSIFIEDS! History Continued from Page 1 Day March in 1970 to express: “Opposition to the expansion of the war. Opposition to the ‘mur der’ of five Kent State University students two days earlier by Na tional Guardsmen on the Ohio campus. Support for Black Pan ther party chairman Bobby Seale, [who was] facing trial in Con necticut for murder.” Concern about the Kent State shootings caused University Pres ident Robert Clark to suspend classes for a week, making the University one of 136 colleges to interrupt regular scheduling. Clark urged the community “not to turn away from the young as they stand before us and de mand a new world where all men are brothers.” A year later, another 2,500 peo ple participated in a second May Day anti-war rally. Escorted by the Eugene police.department, the march was “led by the ‘Peo ple’s Guerrilla Marching’ and a U.S. Army jeep with a Viet Cong flagon its hood.” Thousands protested peaceful ly, but others threw rocks, started fires and painted swastikas on the University ROTC building. Au thorities always responded. In 1971, the Eugene police ‘“used tear gas twice to disperse demonstrators,” and police chief Capt. Pat Larion reportedly walked into the crowd, “telling them over a loudspeaker, ‘We will go home if you go home. This is stupid.’” Similar attempts to remove ROTC from campus became al most yearly rituals in the tense climate predicated by the Viet nam War, the Emerald reported. The Emerald published various views during the heat of the 1974 Watergate scandal. There were weekly “On the Right” columns in support of embattled President Nixon by William F. Buckley, Jr. But those were equaled by the Emerald’s opinion pieces, which were not as supportive: “The name of Nixon will be a name of sorrow and shame for the chil dren of America.” In the meantime, Steve Pre fontaine, one of Oregon’s most celebrated athletes, became a leg end. \jnw ORBGO>1 ScHc xoith ’diiU’ °) Get Ready for Summer! Plan Your Classes Now The UO Summer Session Bulletin with Schedule of Classes is now available on campus. bulletin, contains important information about :ourses and special programs offered this summer, egistration, housing, and fees. Telephone starts May 3. ye Now! Pick Up Your Free Copy Today Pick up your copy today in the Summer Session office, 333 Oregon Hall, or at the UO Bookstore Telephone (541) 346-3475 http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/ “Just about every time he has been on the track this year in an Oregon uniform, Prefontaine has set some kind of record,” the Emerald reported toward the end of his freshman season. “Pre” continued to shine at the U.S, Olympic Trials held in Eu gene in 1972, a 10-day meet that showcased 574 of the nation’s best athletes. Prefontaine won the 5,000 and set an American record of 13.22.8 in the process. He was the owner of 14 differ ent American records at one time or another, effectively capturing both the community’s and the na tion’s affection. Then tragedy struck. Prefontaine died in a car acci dent in the hills of east Eugene on May 30,1975. His death came the morning after he “narrowly missed updating his American 5,000 meet record by 1.6 sec onds.” The Emerald ran a picture of Prefontaine on the front page with ihe headline: “A death that shocked everyone.” One Emerald reporter wrote: “Not only was the shock of Pre’s death early Friday felt in Ore gon, but waves of disbelief car ried throughout the country and the world ... All of us are left with the memories of a gutsy kid who didn’t have the foggiest no tion of what the word ‘quit’ meant.” While Prefontaine, who was re cently the subject of two feature length movies, might be Oregon’s most revered athlete, he wasn’t the only Oregon athlete who suc ceeded in the ’70s. For several seasons, the men’s basketball team, which included current Oregon head coach Ernie Kent, battled for the Pacific-10 Conference title with UCLA. Tabbed the Kamikaze Kids, the team gave fans reason to rejoice — and heckle opponents. After a win against Southern California on Feb. 18, 1977, an Emerald sportswriter began his story by quoting a student’s sign: “Trojans burst under pressure.” When Oregon defeated UCLA three days later, “delirious stu dents” rushed the court. And the Bruins’ head coach Gene Bartow wasn’t enamored by the students enthusiasm, saying, “I think it’s bad for basketball, it’s a sad, sad situation when those people act like they do.” The Vietnam War was official ly over on April 29,1975. But stu dents continued to voice their po litical opinions. In November 1977, students protested the Oregon State Board of Higher Education’s stock hold ings in South Africa. And students’ opinions were heard. After students testified, the board voted to sell its stock with U.S. corporations doing business in Africa. One board member said, “Hear ing testimonies, I realized that this oppression had been going on for 10 years and is growing worse instead of better.” Also that fall, Animal House took over the University. The classic comedy exhibited a college lifestyle full of fun and hi jinx. So for more than a month, the campus was used for “wreck ing parades, riding motorcycles up stairs, holding wild toga par ties and teaching trick horses to die of heart attacks in the Univer sity President’s office.” Despite its seemingly wild na ture, the Emerald reported that the entire production was “very professional” and that one actor was so impressed with the school “that he was considering sending his sons to the Universi ty.”
