Page 10 Portland Oboorvor. September 3 . 1001
Sports Talk
by R on Sykes. Sports E d ito r
“ T h e Ducks are one o f the valid
contenders for the P A C -1 0 title ."
— Rich Brooks,
Coach, U niversity o f Oregon
T h e U n iv e rs ity o f O regon opens
the 1981 fo o tb a ll season Saturday,
S ept. 3 , ag ain st F re s n o S ta te , at
Fresno. I t ’ s believed by the fa ith fu l
D uck follow ers th at this w ill begin
the run for the roses. T o say Oregon
is loaded would be the same as won
d ering i f George H erschel W a c k e r
can play football, or i f Pablo Picas
so was really a Spanish p a in te r. It
w ill be a night game starting at 7:30
p .m ., and w ill be the o ffic ia l dedica
tion game o f the new Bulldog Stadi
um . A crowd o f 3 0 ,0 0 0 is expected
to be on hand as th e L e m o n an d
G re e n starts th e f i f t h season fo r
head coach Rich Brooks.
“ I h a v e a set o f ru n n in g backs
that are as good as any in the nation
in d e p t h ,” b eam ed B ro o k s . T h a t
la tte r s itu a tio n , h o w e v e r, was
changed so m ew h at in th a t s e n io r
ta ilb a c k D w ig h t R o b e rts o n , th e
f if t h le a d in g scorer in school h is
to ry , w ill redshirt this season. Last
year, Robertson had to share the as
signment with Reggie B row n, a ju n
io r college tra n s fe r w h o w o u ld up
dom inating the position, rushing for
149 yards in his debut against S tan
ford.
B ro w n is considered p o te n tia lly
one o f th e n a tio n ’ s to p ru n n in g
b ac k s . W it h th e d e p a rtu re o f Q B
Reggie O g b u r n .. . B row n w ill have
m ore opportunities to show why he
is so h ig h ly ra te d . T h e 6 -0 , 2 1 0
pounder is explosive o f f the ball and
elusive in the open field. A n d back
ing B ro w n is speedster sophom ore
H a rry Billups and kick return spe
cialist C h o o C h o o Y o u n g . A t f u ll
back, the Ducks are equally strong
with senior Vivie W illiam s, 6-1, 230
p o u n d s , w h o is w ith in ran g e o f
A h m a d Rashad's school record fo r
career ru s h in g .. set to s ta rt, w ith
tw o proven standouts behind h im ,
ju n io r
T e rra n c e
Jones
and
sophom ore L a d a ria Johnson, who
at 6 -2 , 2 2 4 -p o u n d » can also p la y
ta ilb a c k . W illia m s has not p ra c
tic e d , w h ile c o m p le tin g some
sum m er school acad em ic re q u ire
m ents. W il l th e D u c k s miss O g
burn? Kevin Lusk th in k ! not. Lusk,
heir apparent to Reggie’ r jo b , has a
rifle a rm . Passing m ay be m ore in
vogue fo r the Ducks this fa ll, and
the likely starter, ju n io r Kevin Lusk,
had a sparkling completion percent
age last year, in support o f the de
p arted Reggie O g b u rn , o f .6 3 9 (4 6
o f 72 fo r 573 yards and four T D s ).
I f in ju r y im p a irs K e v in L u s k ’ s
s ta rt th e n s o p h o m o re E d m u n d
Rivera, who did not have a throw ing
attem pt as a freshm an but is highly
touted by the Duck coaching s ta ff is
wasting in the wings.
R e c e iv in g lo o k s s o lid , as th e
Ducks return leading w ide receiver
G reg M a s e r, a ju n io r , whose fin e
m oves an d sure h and s last y e a r
earn ed h im 32 re c e p tio n s fo r 611
yards and tw o touchdowns. But per
haps the biggest find o f the season is
another wide receiver is sophom ore
O sb o rn e T h o m a s , w h o missed last
season d ue to a h a n d in ju r y , an d
now is listed as num ber one a fte r a
brilliant spring season. The 6-1, 178-
p o u n d fly e r ca u g h t e v e ry th in g in
sight an d m o ved up o n th e d e p th
chart fro m th ird to the top.
Both tight ends o f last year, Greg
Hogenson and T im T y le r, return.
W ith veterans M ik e D eleg ato , 6-
4, 243 an d S tuart Y a ts k o , 6 -6 , 266
pounds, returning to bolster the o f
fe n s iv e lin e , D u c k ru n n in g backs
should have a field day.
T h e D u c k s are also high on the
secondary, led by a ll-A m e ric a can
d id ate at c o rn e rb a c k , ju n io r Steve
Brown.
Bring on the wine and roses.
I w a n te d to w r ite an a rtic le on
G eorgia’ s all-everything superman,
man fro m M a rs , H erschel W a lk e r.
But th e th o u g h ts , th e w ords cam e
cascading down so fast and furious,
not u n like th at great spectacle that
to o k place on M t . S t. H elens. T h e
m a n , W a lk e r , is so a w eso m e. So
much has and w ill be w ritten about
this man from another planet. A t 6-
2, 230 pounds and the possessor o f
9.3 speed fo r 100 yards, one is just
captured by the awesomeness o f it
all. So instead I ' l l just sit back and
en jo y his e x p lo its on th e g rid iro n
this year. This young man is so com
plex, he seemingly handles so much,
so well, in his early years that it has
inspired me to use one o f this young
m an’s poems.
Z wish they could see
the real person in me.
Someday I reckon they w ill know
Z'm nor only here f o r the show,
¡h a v e one man upstairs,
I always pray.
They do not know.
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by A sm ar A bdul Seifullah
In D e c . 1979 M ic h e á l W a y n e
Jenkins was sentenced to a to ta l o f
123 years in prison. A 6 0 -year m an
d a to ry m in im u m sentence was im
posed as p a n o f M ic h e á l's sentence.
H e has been called a m o ra l, savage
and beyond redem ption. A t the time
o f M ic h e a l’ s sentencing he was 17
years old. A professional evaluator
had described Jen kin s as fo llo w s :
“ M r . J e n k in s has a m p ly d e m o n
s tra te d th a t he is an a m o ra l,
predatory and extremely dangerous
young m an. H e has consistently re
sisted a ll tre a tm e n t e ffo r ts , and
crim in a l sanctions have had no e f
fect on his behavior. W e Firmly be
lieve that M r . Jenkins should be in
c a rc e ra te d fo r th e rest o f his life
without benefit o f parole or custody
reduction.”
M icheál was born and grew up in
P o rtla n d , th e youngest o f six c h il
dren whose m o th e r died o f cancer
three years ago. M icheál admits that
he has been running wild most o f his
life . A c rim in a l a rre s t re c o rd 37
inches long, including 23 felony a r
rests since he was 8 years o ld , pre
cludes M ic h e a l’ s present incarcera
tion.
I t ’ s hard for many o f us to under
stand people like M icheál W . Jenk
ins but then most o f us d o n ’ t want
to u n d e rs ta n d o u r c h ild re n . Yes,
Micheál is one o f our children. H e is
as much a part o f us as the music we
listen to , th e shoes we w e a r, th e
tears we cry and the love we never
seem to get en ou g h o f. M ic h e á l
W ayne Jenkins is the ghetto person
ified. H e is the creation o f a society
inside society. A spaw ning-ground
fo r c o rru p tio n an d v ic e , a place
w h ere a 1 7 -y e a r-o ld c h ild can be
sentenced to 123 years in prison be
cause his c o m m u n ity did not care
enough to clean itself up.
It is jus: too easy to w rite Micheál
o f f — to say that he got what he de
served. S u re he has to accept th e
burden o f his acts but part o f the re
s p o n s ib ility is o u rs . P a rt o f th e
blame must be placed on the permis
siveness o f our co m m u n ity. The at-
tude that exists in our com m unity.
T h e N a tio n a l C o m m is s io n on
C iv il D is o rd e rs , th e K e rn e r C o m
mission, created by Presidetn L y n
don Johnson to determ ine the com
p le x io n o f A m e ric a , had these
words to say: “ O u r natio n is m o v
ing toward tw o societies, one Black,
one w h ite — separate and unequal.
W h a t w h ite A m erican s have never
fu lly
u n d e rs to o d — b u t
w h at
the Negro can never forget— is that
white society is deeply implicated in
th e g h e tto . W h ite in s titu tio n s
created it, w hite institutions m ain-
tia n it and w h ite society condones
it .”
W h ite A m e ric a has to b ear th e
burden o f its creation but m ore im
p o rta n t, Black A m erica must begin
to re fo rm the m o n s tro u s c re a tio n
called the ghetto.
Y oung men lik e M ic h e á l Jenkins
m ust be g iven th e o p p o r tu n ity to
g ro w in to h e a lth y h u m a n beings.
T hey must not be closeted away in
institutions to rot their lives away. I f
in fact this continues to happen then
we might as well throw in the towel,
we might as well sign up for the gas
and napalm .
O ne o f the most d istu rb ing facts
about the Jenkins case is that three
judges found him to be so corrupted
that they closed out all possibility o f
his re h a b ilita tio n . T h e y sentenced
him to m o re tim e th an most life rs
get fo r m u rd e r. T h e D is tr ic t A t
torney, H a ro ld H aas, was appalled
because M ic h e á l got a 2 0 -y e a r p a
ro le d a te , in stead o f th e 6 0 years
recom m ended by the c o u rt. “ H o w
in the hell can anybody be appalled
when a 1 7 -y e a r-o ld y o u th faces 20
years in p r is o n !” T h e ra p e th a t
M ic h e á l was s u b je c te d to in the
newspaper— was in fact the rape o f
the Black com m unity. T hey put his
picture in the p ap er— his d ark oval
face peering fro m behind bars and
th a t
p ic tu re
re p re s e n te d
the
incarceration o f our co m m u n ity. It
showed w h ite A m e ric a w h a t h a p
pens to niggers who get out o f line
and it created a false image o f Black
y o u th in g e n e ra l. T h e y used
M ic h e a l’ s s u ffe r in g , his p a in , his
uncertainty about life to instill fear
in our c o m m u n ity . T h e press re in
fo rc e d a ll th e n e g a tiv e ideas th a t
whites have concerning Blacks.
I personally know w hite inmates
w h o have c o m m itte d fa r w orse
crim es th a n M ic h e á l an d none o f
them received the lynching M icheál
d id . T h e w h ite press does put up
w hite crim inals fo r p ub lic ridicu le.
But when a B lack m an co m m its a
c rim e th ey m ake d a m n sure the
whole w orld knows about it. “ T hat
is a very racist approach to jo u rn a l
ism ." It is not enough for us to read
the news, we must at some point be
gin to und erstand th e im p lic a tio n
behind the news.
M ic h e á l W ayn e Jenkins is not a
hero, he will not be remembered for
his scout badges or a n y th in g c o n
nected to normalcy. M icheál W ayne
Jenkins— is a sacrifice. H e is a sacri
fice that should be rem em bered by
all o f us. H e is the reflection o f the
g h e t t o .. .o u r h o m e — th e p lace
where we will raise our children and
it is terribly im portant for us to cre
ate conditions favorable for them to
grow up in.
“ L et us rem em b er M ic h e á l and
all the other M icheals out there on
the streets today. Their mistakes are
only screams echoing in the night o f
neon madness. T u rn o u t the neon
and tu rn on the lig h ts — let them
have lig h t— let there be a guide___
W h o w ill lead the c h ild r e n — i f we
don’ t????”
Project connects jobs with workers
(C ontinued fro m page !, column 3)
lab o r. “ W e have scores o f satisfied
employers who are not only pleased
with the performance o f the workers
but in a ll cases the la b o r costs are
re a s o n a b le .” E m p lo y e rs get w hat
they w an t and the w orkers earn the
needed e x tra in co m e. O fte n the
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incomes and the money is critical to
m a k in g ends m eet. M o s t people
d o n ’ t k n o w it , but earnings fro m
jo b s constitute most o f the income
fo r those people o f retirem ent age.
It isn’t that the money earned from
jobs is so great; i t ’ s that retirem ent
and other income is so lo w .”
M o st o ld e r w o rk e rs have low
incomes and need to supplement re
tire m e n t pay w ith e m p lo y m e n t.
From 80 to 90 per cent o f the retired
fo r a h a n d -o u t. Q u ite the c o n tra ry ,
they h ave good skills an d years o f
experience w hich they ju s t want to
use on a jo b . T h ey have w hat have
been called old-fashioned virtues—
intense desire to w o rk not o nly fo r
the m oney, but also fo r w hat w ork
does fo r their self-esteem. They un
derstand p ro du ctivity and they take
pride in their w o rk . A b o u t o n e-h alf
o f our clients are interested in fu ll
tim e and fu ll p art-tim e jo b s .”
F o r those persons o ver 50 w ho
seek fu ll-tim e , perm anent e m p lo y
m ent, the agency provides a jo b de
velopment and referral system.
T h e S e n io r Job C e n te r is c u r
rently taking applications for w o rk
ers. “ T h e y m ay c a ll 2 3 9 -6 5 6 6 fo r
an a p p o in tm e n t,” M a rk u s said.
“ O f course we en cou rag e anyone
w ho needs one o f o u r w o rk e rs fo r
either fu ll o r p a rt-tim e work to call
us to o .”
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persons over 62 still receive income
from employment.
T he center cu rren tly refers older
wokers to approxim ately 300 handy-
m a n -ty p e jobs a m o n th , and these
m u ltip ly through the new contacts.
W orkers are available in all but the
licensed c ra fts (e le c tric a l, m a jo r
p lu m b in g , e tc .). Businesses m ay
fin d o ld e r p ro fessio n als fo r p a rt-
tim e employment or consulting.
S h o rt-te rm jobs are not the o nly
a lte rn a tiv e s fo r clients e n ro lle d at
the Senior Job Center. “ W e k n o w ,”
M arkus explained, " th a t when a fif
ty-year-old is out o f work he or she
encounters age discrimination which
is defeating. Older workers are char-
a c te r is tic rlly out o f w o rk longer
than are younger w orkers who are
la id o f f fo r a n y reaso n . W e help
with confidence-building mostly by
finding our workers a jo b as soon as
possible. W e also provide help with
re s u m e -w ritin g and jo b search
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