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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 2003)
The International Resource Center A meeting place for the world "Located aboue the Post Office in the EMU" \ i Programs Iint'L Filivis ISA CoffEE Hour TraveI SerIes Poetry REAdiNqs Art Show TibETAN Picture Show Open: 9AM'9pM, MoNdAy^FRidAy Resources TraveI Books TraveI Brochures IintT. Newspapers IintT. MAqAziNES TraveI Vicfcos •JjA f \ Boiling Water 101 workshop Improve the quality of your diet by expanding your cooking abilities. Learn to prepare quick, easy and nutritious meals. Workshop fee of $15 includes mixing bowls, skillet, utility knife and other helpful kitchen tools. PLUS you get three weeks of hands on cooking and great meals. Come hungry. V V Wednesdays A-.00—5:50 pm October 22—November 5th UO Health Center Cafeteria call Kristen Olmos At 346-2794 to register UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Mark McCambridge Photographer Rugby is one of 40 Club Sports offered by the University. Other activities include martial arts, lacrosse, water polo, paintball, ice hockey and baseball. University sports make Duck fans out of students Duck sports leave students with lasting memories and enough school spirit to last for years after graduation By Aron Glatzer Freelance Reporter University senior Nate Wilson knows why everyone should attend at least one Duck football game during college. "The crowd noise and spirit is un paralleled in the Pac-10," he said. "Everyone should attend games — even if they aren't huge sports fans — simply for the experience." The University's enthusiasm is ap parent when Autzen Stadium, an are na capable of holding i>4,uuu people, can generate as much crowd noise as stadi ums twice its size. The student section at Autzen is often one big party — a celebra tion that continues • through the late hours of the night after a vic tory. Tailgaters can be found in abundance outside Autzen and may "bring back college memories for every alumnus," said recent University alumna Lindsay McNamara. "The experience 1 had as a Duck stu dent will definitely carry over through the rest of my life," McNamara said. Senior Brian Landon is an exam ple of the enthusiasm Oregonians can have for their college teams. He recalls growing up in Scappoose and Hillsboro, and "rooting for the quack attack." Basketball has similar intensity in the confines of McArthur Court. 'The Pit" can generate so much noise that houses three blocks away can hear the game in what may seem like surround sound. Several times, Mac Court has rocked so hard during opposing team's free throws that men's basketball head coach Ernie Kent has had to silence the crowd via microphone. "At basketball games, I am given the whole seat, but I only need the edge," Landon said. With recent basketball history in cluding players A.D. Smith, Alex Scales, Darius Wright, Freddie Jones and Luke Ridnour, many students, in cluding senior Casey Kovacic, believe that "the Ducks are on the rise." Plans for a new court and the recent com mitments of current high school sen iors Chamberlain Oguchi and Marty Leunen may show that the basketball program is heading nowhere but up. The softball team's recent success has generated new interest and atten dance at Howe Field. McNamara said it is victories more than anything else that breed atten dance at sporting events and catch the ......,. attention of the stu dents. "Wins are always nice for the soul," she said. Club Sports give Duck fans another chance to get involved with campus athletics. But fan attendance at Club Sports is often low, and many of the . committed athletes in volved would love to see more fans at the events. Senior Chris Gaffney, captain of the men's lacrosse team, said more fans would be a welcome addition to games. He added that fans are capable of "making it a hostile environment for the other team." Senior Nate Wilson, a member of the men's rugby team, also encour ages everyone to "come see the talent we have out here. "(Rugby) is damn entertaining," he said. Kovacic said there are other ways for students to show their spirit. "We can be better students of the game and know who is winning and losing in our UO community," he said. "The more sports knowledge the better." Aron Glatzer is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. "Everyone should attend games — even if they aren't huge sports fans — simply for the experience." Nate Wilson University senior Got a story idea? Give us a call. 346.5511.
