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in the
illustrations by Bryan Dixon Emerald
From Frog to Frohnmayer, these are the faces that
pervade our campus and deserve credit
As our computer-ad
dicted population
hurtles toward the
millennium mark, we
reach that all important time to
take stock of our lives and why
they’ve careened off course.
The past year has witnessed
some perplexing and often re
markable moments for
the campus commu
nity to im- a
bibe. .-fj
It seems
that 1999 'h' 9 f
was a terrify
ing year of
pop culture
that should be
forgotten as
quickly as pos
sible. I wish
Pok&non
would evolve into nothingness
and the boy band crew would
harmonize into a lovely, silent
oblivion. Maybe they can all
take a dangerous trip into some
haunted woods while carrying
a handheld camera to witness
the 8,000th performance of
Livin’ La Vida Loca.
While the cul
ture industry
may pump out
homogeneous
crap for the en
tire country to in
take, there were some
special events on campus that
inspired or perplexed us all.
There is always a plethora of
colorful characters to
wonder at in
amazement. Just
as Barbara Wal
ters puts her
hard-hitting
journalis
tic integri
ty on the
line to put
forth the
ever-con
troversia
10 Most
Fascinating
People of the Year
list, it behooves all of us on
campus to remember the inter
esting and remarkable people
who touch our lives, pocket
books and funny bones. I’ve
listed the top five, in ascending
order, below.
5. Frog. You’re kidding your
self if Frog doesn’t make the list
every year. Anyone who can
sell the World’s Funniest Joke
book and still remain true to his
personal aesthetic integrity au
tomatically claims a spot on
this list. He’s as much a part of
this campus as the University
Bookstore and the EMU and
much cheaper to maintain.
4. Student Senator Michael
Dixon. The gloves fit, but they
didn’t acquit.
3. Summer Senate — as a
whole. They caused a fuss over
skipping office hours and ques
tionably appropriated funds to
another group. This combina
tion jettisons this group of star
crossed rapscallions into the
third spot.
2. Charles Lillis. Originally
considering donating a profes
sorship to the Lundquist Col
lege of Business, the right tim
: r ing and the right way
If / of asking got this
need of upgraded facili
ties. In a world where success
breeds success, it’s a good thing
LCB produces people like Lil
lis.
1. University President Dave
Frohnmayer. He’s the only uni
versity president in the nation
to have the foresight to priori
tize diversity and technology,
the skills to push through and
receive funding for a $125 mil
lion campus expansion and the
intelligence to have his medical
emergency in a room full of
some of the nation’s leading
physicians. The outpouring of
support from the community,
and the campus in particular,
was genuine.
So, as you hunker down in
MediaOne mogul
to donate $12
million to per
petuate the
success of a
school in
desperate
your sandbagged
with your Mad Dog
and a chip on your shoulder
about possible intruders trying
to steal your Spam and canned
vegetable hoard, remember all
the fun times this year and all
the great people.
Bret Jacobson is an Editorial Editor for the
Emerald His views do not necessarily repre
sent those of the paper. He can be reached at
bjcaobso@gladstone. uoregon. edu