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Along with the football team, the Oregon Marching band got new thunder-green uniforms.
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Marching band uniforms
receive mixed reactions
Green overalls and a
helmet are just a few
changes to the Oregon
Marching Band uniforms
By Kyle Harris
Freelance Reporter
More than 59,000 fans who crowd
ed Autzen Stadium on Sept. 20 for the
Oregon-Michigan game got the first
peek at the Oregon Marching Band's
new uniforms. The outfits were provid
ed by the Oregon Athletic Department,
courtesy of its contract with Nike.
The uniforms were kept hidden
from public view before the game and
the unconventional design, much in
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line with Nike's new design for Ore
gon's football uniforms, may have
shocked spectators.
The uniforms feature slim thunder
green overalls and matching jackets with
lightning-yellow accents on the shoul
ders. Band members also wear simple
white undershirts beneath the jackets.
The most distinct addition to the
band's uniforms are the hardtop hel
mets. The untraditional helmets were
the main source for rumors about a
new "biker gang" look for the march
ing band the week leading up to the
Michigan game.
According to OMB Director Todd
Zimbelman, tire decision to keep the
public from getting a peak at the new
uniforms was more about timing
than trying to create a buzz.
'The media was trying to get a look at
them prior to the Michigan game, but
we barely had all the pieces together and
we were heavy into rehearsals," he said.
"It was easier to hold everyone off until
we actually had them fitted and dis
played for all to see at the same time *
Nike as part of their athletic contract
with the University, conceived the idea
for the new uniforms. However, mem
bers of the marching band did provide
input for the final design, and Zimbel
man said there were "some minor alter
ations that took place"
What has been the reaction to the
new look? Among the band, it is mixed.
"1 really like them," band member
Laura Marshall said. "The helmet I
don't know about — I wish we had
more traditional helmets."
Matt Conrad, another member of
the band, said the new uniforms
make up in function what they might
lack in fashion.
Decidedly less happy with-tfle
new look is fellow band member El
liott Gavino.
"I'm proud to march under the
school's name, but not under Nike's
new uniforms," he said.
Kyle Harris is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
FRESHMEN
continued from page 1A
through the window.
Half of the tiny residence hall
room is bare, without pillows or
blankets on the bed or papers on
the desktop. The other half is occu
pied, but neat and tidy. Clothes
hang in the closet, the bed is made,
and a row of books — including a
Merriam-Webster dictionary and a
copy of "Wuthering Heights" — is
lined up neatly on the shelf.
Jennifer French, an 18-year-old
who rarely smiles, sits at a desk
crammed between the window and
the foot of the bed. Her mother,
Mary, reads a book on the bed.
It is Sept. 25, French's first day at col
lege and only her second day on the
University campus. The residence halls
buzz with activity: doors are propped
open and groups of students pour in
and out. A father and daughter wander
with bags of clothes and other belong
ings in their arms. Booths line the
walkways east of Agate Street, near
Hamilton Complex, where students
petition passersby to recruit them for
the greek community, Club Sports and
other groups and causes.
Noise from the walkways drifts into
the room where French sits, quietly.
The Beaverton native is a little
nervous. She hasn't met her room
mate yet.
"I've talked to her a couple of
times online," she says. "I've never
actually met her in person. You hear
horror stories (about roommates),
but it's more that I'm afraid I'll be
that bad roommate.
"From what I've heard about her,
she's really into music. She plays a
couple of instruments. So, she'll
have talent."
"We hope," her mom jokes.
Apprehension about school
The night before she left home for
Eugene, French had a nightmare: She
failed a class.
"I walked into the class and the
teacher pointed at me and said I got an
'F for no reason," she says, adding that
the teacher accused her of missing all
of her classes and failing all of her tests.
French is a little nervous she won't
be able to handle the 15-credit course
load she has registered for. Mostly,
she's worried she won't have enough
time to do well in class. School is im
portant to her. She was always a good
student in high school, she reiterates.
Beyond school, French also wants to
find a job. She hopes to work at a li
brary, where she can do work she is fa
miliar with. French says she reads too
much, gobbling everything from clas
sics to science fiction to murder myster
ies and horror fantasies. But in a few
days she will be tradi ng all of those for
chemistry books — she's registered for
three chemistry classes this term.
But French says she's excited, too,
hoping that her classes will be more
in-depth than they were in high
school. And she is hoping that she
won't have to listen to stupid ques
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