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Having a harmless but happenin’ Halloween
Giovanni Salimena Emerald
The chances of
another
Halloween riot
are slim,
especially
seeing as how
there are plenty
of campus
activities
organized for
this weekend
University students once again find
themselves on a precipice of antic
ipatory wonder to see what the
Halloween weekend will bring,
with hope for a peaceful array of good times.
While it’s a good thing that there are so many
interesting events to keep students busy, the
net result of the weekend will reflect on the
University and its citizens. There should be
no reason for it to be anything but a positive
image.
Should there actually be a riot this week
end, the reflection on University students
will be damaging once again, whether or not
the majority of disorderly persons are even
students. In fact, last year out of 12 people ar
rested, only four were University students.
But throughout the community, it is almost a
given that it is unruly Ducks who are solely
to blame.
While it may be difficult to develop a bet
ter reputation by doing nothing wrong, there
should be no need for any negative percep
tion of University students because the nu
merous events pianned should be more en
1
tertaining to
everyone than
would be reck
less behavior.
There are quite
a few events that
should keep the av
erage student bi
throughout the w
end. For sports
there is the Homecom
ing football game, and for ice hockey afi
cionados there is a twin bill against UCLA.
For those who enjoy a chuckle, David Spade
will perform his comedy act Saturday
evening, while those who wish to boogie can
attend the Halloween Dance before grubbing
down the midnight breakfast that will imme
diately follow the Spade event. Those are
just a few of several events anyone seeking
entertainment can find.
Those are certainly better than the alterna
tive action many in the community are
working to avoid. While it is theoretically
possible that some could choose to get ob
noxiously intoxicated and acting like ill
mannered heathens only to spend a night
full of bruises, tear-gassed eyes and jail time,
it should suit all intelligent University stu
dents just fine to enjoy the company of their
families and friends in the innumerable ac
tivities planned for the weekend.
None of us wants to see a riot. And the
chances are good there won’t be one. Then
we can all sit back, recalling the fun to be
had, and wonder why anyone would have
acted differently.
This editorial represents the opinion of the Emerald editorial
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university Housing
is considering two
pians to house ap
proximately 40
graduate students,
a group seemingly
no one currently
serves. The site
would be located
between Villard
and Moss streets
north of 15th Av
enue.
To thwarting a
dangerous
disease
More than 175 stu
dents have been
vaccinated against
bacterial meningi
tis at the Student
Health Center. The
vaccine costs $66
for the disease that
affected 3,000 peo
ple nationwide last
year.
To unlucky
scheduling
Every year, the
Duck football team
plays all but one
PAC-10 team, and
this year they dont
play Stanford,
which is 5-0. Had
the Ducks had the
opportunity, they
could have ended
the false glory that
is the Cardinal.
To a weighty
problem
The amount of
obese Americans
has increased from
12 to almost 18
percent from 1991
to 1998, according
to the University of
California, in a sep
arate study, Tufts
University claims
that 63 percent of
men and 55 per
cent of women old
er than 25 are
overweight or
obese, the highest
rate ever.