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McDuffie and Brown join Oregon All-Stars
By Nyewusi Askari
When sports b u ff speak o f great
women basketball players, names
like Ann Myers (on the professional
level) and the McGhee twins (on the
college level: USC) come to mind.
These players have established
respect from sport fans and coaches
alike fo r their a b ility to add new
dimensions to the game. As a result,
there is a grow ing interest in
womens' basketball, and as a sport,
it is now drawing large crowds into
basketball arenas throughout the
nation. W ith all o f the attention
being given womens' basketball and
its stars, the State o f Oregon is
groom ing its own: among them
Heather McDuffie, and “ D ow n
town” Cindy Brown.
McDuffie, a St. Mary’ s Academy
A ll-S ta r guard, and Brown, a 6-
foot-2 Grant High sophomore, was
recently selected to play on the
Oregon A ll-S tar basketball team.
The team participated in the Pepsi
Summer Challenge Womens Mixed
College, High School and In te r
national Basketball tournament in
Seattle, Washington. The tourna
ment was held at Seattle Pacific
University July 31 - August 2, 1981.
M c D u ffie and Brown are es
tablishing themselves as premier
basketball players in the State o f
Oregon. As a 14-year-old freshman,
Brown roared onto the scene in the
girls Class A A A state tournament,
averaging 16.0 points per game, and
HEATHER McDUFFIE
17.5 rebounds. She set a tournament
record w ith 68 rebounds in fo u r
games, and blocked I2 shots in one
game. She plays center.
Heather, a 5-foot-8 inch senior,
was named to the A ll-S ta te and
State A A A tournam ent teams. In
1981, she was named to the Metro
League team and all M etro Area
Team. The St. M ary’ s star led her
team to the A A A basketball tourna
ment and to second place fo r two
consecutive years, and was selected
as Oregon’ s Team Captain for the
In ternation al Tournam ent. She
played point guard.
Other Oregon selections were:
Cindy Brown, Grant High School
All-State and A ll Metro Area Team
(I980); Jennifer Freeman, Marshall
High School (I9 8 I A A A cham
pions); and Wendy Bradetich,
C h u rch ill High School, Eugene,
Oregon. College players par
ticip a tin g were: Karen Johnson,
Jeannette Cameron, C. J. Sealey,
and Sharon Van Loo o f Portland
State U niversity; C arol Mencken,
Robin C lark, Donna Brigham, o f
Oregon State U niversity. Wendy
Hawley, Portland State University’s
coach, directed the Oregon team
against com petition from mixed
high school, college, and in te r
national teams from Canada and
The Peoples Republic o f China.
For Heather and Cindy, it was an
invaluable experience. The In te r
national basketball tournam ent
featured the Seattle Blues; The
Seattle Gold; The Republic o f China
N ational Team; the USA West
Select; the Far West Select from
C a lifo rn ia ; tw o C andian teams,
Alberta Select and British Columbia
select, and the Oregon Select team.
The firs t day o f com petition
saw the Oregon team defeat British
Columbia Select 76-74. The second
game saw them pitted against the
Seattle Blues. It was a hard fought
game with the Seattle team winning
85-82. C. J. Sealy o f Portland State
University led the Oregon team with
23 points, and Cindy “ downtown”
Brown contributed 16 points and 10
rebounds. The game was a semi
final match.
Against the team fro m China,
again it was C. J. Sealy leading the
way with 21 points. Heather added
16 points, most o f which were shot
from the outside. The point guard
was dazzling w ith her speed and
ability to get down the court and hit
the open shot. The Oregon Select
team ended the tournament in fifth
place w ith a 1-2 record. In the
championship game, USA, a team
o f under-18 A ll-S tars fro m 14
Western states, defeated the Seattle
team for top honors.
For C indy and Heather, the ex
perience o f playing against some o f
the best women basketball players in
the w orld, w ill make them better
prepared to face their opponents
during the upcoming Metro season.
Both are receiving scholarship o f
fers from colleges and universities
across the nation; Oregon State
University; University o f Portland;
P ortland State U n iversity; the
University o f C alifornia, to name a
few. But fo r now, C indy and
Heather have their sights set on this
season’s upcoming basketball play.
Both are eyeing a cham pionship,
and although there can be only one
team winner, both, w ill emerge as
winners. They are that good!
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Sports Talk
By Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
Does the relative position o f the
moon have any influence on a
professional fo o tb a ll game? M r.
Edward Slick, well known Eastern
football writer, believes it does.
Slick says: as great as Roger
Stauback was, how many times did
you watch in disbelief as he threw
right into the enemy’ s waling hands
fo r th ird time? A t the tim e, you
probably wanted to throw a brick
through your TV set. But after
th in k in g it over, you probably
decided to hold o f f to try and get
even at 4 O 'clock, only to see M r.
Stabler, Mr. Accuracy, do le meme
drosc.
Now think back, can you honestly
remember how many times Terry
Bradshaw let you down? Especially
last season when the moon was in
focus on four different occasions.
Why I’d bet it’ s perfectly sa*e to bet
that many o f you have been watch
ing fo o tb a ll fo r years and d id n ’ t
know Bradshaw is a Virgo - and
Virgo quarterbacks usually don't
perform well when the moon is in
Pisces.
Pittsburgh did manage to win one
game when the moon was in Pisces
last year on November I6th. They
won 16-13. Bradshaw threw three or
four interceptions. It was really not
his day. The moon was not in its
proper place. M ore im p o rta n tly,
Pittsburgh did not cover the point
spread. And in some fo o tb a ll
circles, i t ’ s not how you play the
gan.c to win or lose it's whether or
not you covered the pointspread.
Each o f us has a little bit o f
Benedict A rnold when it come to
professional football speculation.
You know as well as I do that one
week you’ re rooting fo r Vince
Evans and his daredevil scamper;
the next week yo u ’ re hoping that
Mean Joe Greene sacks the living
end out o f him. And he probably
w ill i f the moon happens to be in
Aquarius. Suppose you had known
before last year’ s Super Bowl that
Ron Jarworshi was going to have a
bad day. C ould you have saved
yourself a few frustrations? could
your betting losses been curtailed?
I f you had been betting Oakland,
wouldn’t you have been relieved at
the astrological data com piled
against Jaworshi?
Jaworshi is the only starting Aries
quarterback in the N FL. P rior to
last year’ s Super Bowl, the moon
hadn’ t been fu ll in the Lib ra fo r
years. In the absence o f the moon’ s
presence in L ib ra , Jaworshi has
compiled a number o f impressive
statistics.
Since October 29, 1978, the last
tim e the moon was in L ibra, the
Eagles were a 10-point favorite to
beat a 0 and 8 St. Louis team. The
fin a l score was 16-10...the Cards
winning their first game.
If you happen to like watching the
NFL and have a desire to wager a
bit, it might be beneficial to check
the astrological charts before doing
so. I ’ ve been involved in astrology
for about five years and have made
some amazing, and g ra tifyin g
discoveries on how much effect the
moon has on a NFL quarterback.
The stars favor no particular team
on a yearly basis. Equality amongst
the N FL clubs is the astrological
theme for the 1980s.
Prepare for professional football
in the beginning stages o f a new age
o f Aquarius. Gone are the days o f
two touchdown fa vorite, the
automatic extra point, and the home
team underdog. I f you care to ven
ture to beat the p o in t spread,
knowing when a quarterback w ill
perform poorly will certainly help.
Dates: September 6: Losing QB’ s
Plunkett (Oakland); Montana (SF)
and Robinson (Denver). September
13th: Losing Q B ’ s - Jones
( B a lt im o r e ) ;
T h e is m a n
(W ashington), and Danielson
(D etroit). September 20th: Losing
QB’ s - Landry (Baltimore); Jawor
ski (Eagles).
October 4th: Losing QB’s - Fouts
(SD); M ontana (SF); Robinson
(Denver); Evans (Chicago); October
11th: Losing Q B ’ s - Jones
( B a lt im o r e ) ;
T h e is m a n
(Washington); Danielson (Detroit);
October 18th: Losing Q B ’ s -
Laundry (Baltim ore); October 25:
Losing Q B ’ s - Jaw orski (Eagles);
Scott (New Orleans); November 22:
Losing QB’s - Scott (New Orleans);
November 29th: Losing Q B’ s -
Pisarcik (Eagles); December 13th:
Losing QB’ s - DeBerg (SF); Decem
ber 14th: Losing Q B ’ s - Haden
(LA).
Remember as always, the moon is
the moon, and this is only one Black
man's opinion.
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the area to provide fertilizer for the
crops to be planted.
- S ta p le Food: M ountain rice,
including some vegetables. Hmong
are p a rticu la rly known fo r their
cultivation o f Opium.
- S o c ia l O rg a n iz a tio n : High
value is placed on old age. The
Hmong believes anyone o f old age
should have respect.
- The women are recognized as
possessing a u th o rity over the
children, but in all fa m ily con
siderations the father's word is final
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authority.
- In a Hmong village one may find
from one to forty houses.
- The practice o f exagamous
marriage — marriage outside one’ s
clan - is part of customary law.
- The young is trained to be self-
sufficient. A young Hmong man
may disagree w ith his father, but
only in the mildest o f terms.
- A child is responsible to his
father.
- The patrilineal clan system with
its household unit is an integral fac
to r in the Hmong system o f
authority.
Tha Mian:
The Mien have their origins in
Southern C hina. The Mien
m igrating to the U.S. are from
Laos.
Agriculture: Slash and burn
agriculturist.
-Family: The Mien likes to keep
the extended fam ily together in the
same household and m aintain
lineage bonds whenever such house-
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holds spread out to establish new
households. The need for additional
labor and a recurring problem o f
female sterility has led to adoption
o f children whenever possible, from
neighboring communities. Adopted
children are given full family status.
- R e lig io n : The religion o f the
Mien is a combination o f animism
and ancestor worhsip. This Taoist
religion and philosophy has been
handed down from China. Today,
their religion is integrated into their
everyday life , and is free o f any
modern Chinese influence. Their
biggest spirit ceremony is the wor
ship o f the Chinese god pictures. At
the ageof I6 or 17, a boy is given a
special name fo r use at religious
ceremonies. When a man becomes a
priest and is able to conduct
funerals and various activities to
pacify ancestors, they attain a high
status. Many Mien men learn
techniques o f d iv in a tio n and are
skilled exorcists.
- Funerala: Animists believe the
spirit o f the deceased needs to be
released to the spirit and they hold a
big worship ceremony.
•Language: For centuries, the
language o f the Mien has been un
w ritten. Except fo r a very few
booklets, written in Chinese, there is
no literature.
• Woman: A woman must show
respect for her husband and family.
T ra d itio n a lly, she never stands in
their presence, but w ould take a
low, squatting position at the edge
o f a group o f visitors. Women do
not talk about pregnancy, nor do
their husbands acknowledge the im
pending event.
-M ien D ecorum : An invitation
to eat is not something that is accep
ted immediately. It is not polite to
accept the first time an invitation is
extended. The Mien assume one in
v ita tio n is a polite gesture, but i f
repeated several times, it is genuine.
This same procedure is follow ed
even when preparing to go to the
dining table. It is rude to move
toward the table immediately.
-Other:
- M otioning to a Mien with the
fingers w ith the palm up is not
polite. Pointing or seeming to point
at someone with the finger is very
rude and w ill be interpreted as ac
cusing the person very strongly. It
is bold and belligerent to stand with
the hands on the hip. It is impolite
to fold the arms in front o f the body
while talking with a Mien. Handing
an object to a person with only one
hand is impolite. It is disrespectful
to look d ire ctly at a person when
talking. It is polite in Mien society
to look a different direction when
addressing someone. The Mien
people believe the head is the most
saerd part o f the body and it should
not be touched by others.
Oregonians should be alert to this,
especially in contact w ith Mien
children. It is rude to point the foot
or ain the sole o f the foot toward a
Mien. The Mien do not publlically
display affection.
Next week: Some o f the problems
refugees
are
having
with
Oregonians.
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