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ten by a lo n g -tim e friend A rt Spandcr.
M r Spandcr is a co lu m n ist fo r the
San Francisco E xam iner O n Sun
day, A ugust 29, 1993, an a rticle he
w rote concerning the p lig h t o f c o l
lege football was published in the
aforem entioned newspaper
“ C ollege fo o tb a ll has already
jum ped back in to our presence, and
once again we wonder about the p u r
pose o f the sport
Somebody in one a d m in istra tio n
said, perhaps w ith some seriousness,
that he was try in g to b u ild a university
the football team could be proud of.
A n d that is to be adm ired, although
not necessarily by the alum ni
H arvard and Y ale, perhaps, are
exceptions, but the rest o f the in s titu
tions in the land seem in business
m erely to get a place in the w eekly
ratings.
Even C al and Stanford, w h ile
stringent in th e ir admissions policy,
h old football considerably im portant.
A n d U C L A , your a u th o r’ s one
tim e place o f study, is ra ttlin g around
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GAP BETWEEN FOOTBALL
AND SCHOOL WIDENS
by John Phillips
The fo llo w in g article was w r it
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try in g to decide w hether to raise it
standards or f i l l its stadium , the Rose
Bow 1, a choice already made by riva l
USC, w h ich canned its head coach
even though the team ’ s grade-point
average had risen.
The new Sports Illustrated, in
some c o n tra d ic to ry b u t w e ll-c o n
structed prose, bemoans the fact that
there arc no more g rid -i ron gods such
as the belated coach Bear Bry ant, and
then points out a ll the misdeeds by
B rya n t that w ould never be allow ed in
today’ s p o litic a lly correct campus a t
mosphere
Stanford doesn’ t begin classes
fo r another m onth but begins the sea
son next Saturday . The same th in g for
U C L A Surely football cannot be ju s
tifie d as a diversion fo r students who
are not in school to be diverted.
The next few months, the ques
tio n is going to be, w ho are the best
teams in college football? W o u ld n ’ t it
be e n lig h te n in g i f the answer came
from the number o f play ers w ho w ere
getting degrees and not ju st getting
in to the end zone?”
RLAZERS JAM FOR KIDS
by E ric Noon
W ith the ris in g cos, o f education
and the s h rin k in g funds to support
o u r states school budgets, the P ort
land T ra ilb la ze rs made a step in the
rig h t dire ctio n , by hosting the 1993
Slam N Jam on A ugust 21. in C iv ic
Stadium.
The benefit basketball game fo r
Oregon h ig h school sports raised
I N W w 11
The 17th ranked University of Portland Men's Soccer team opened
their 1993 season by winning the Umbro Invitational at Merlo Field
over the Labor Day weekend. Portland beat University of South
Alabama, 4-3 in overtime Saturday and Howard University Sunday
4-1. Jim Clarke, left, who scored 4 goals and two assists, was
named offensive player of the tournament.
photo by veronica Green
$ 1 2 6 ,0 0 0 fo r a th le tic p ro g ra m s
th ro u g h o u t the state. T h e nearly
12,000 fans in attendance, not o nly
had a great chance to sec the Blazers
and other N B A players in action, but
were able to donate money to sports
rig h t here in Oregon. A lth o u g h the
Blazers tackled many o f the c iv ic
problems fa cin g the greater Portland
area, it was nice to sec them help take
on a problem facing m any school
d istricts around the state. T he effects
o f Measure 5 are being fe lt in many
h ig h school a th le tic program s more
dra stica lly each year.
G ro w in g up in to d a y ’ s w o rld isn’ t
easy fo r many young adults and los
ing som ething as positive as high
#4 Darick Holmes rushed for 50 yards and caught 6 passes for 153
yards as the Portland State Vikings crushed Angelo State (Texas)
45-7 Next up for the Vikings is Idaho State Saturday, 7:00pm at
Civic Stadium.
Ph0'° * M o n ic a Green
school sports can and w ill be very
dam aging fo r today’ s fra g ile u p b rin g
JOIN OUR SALUTE TO CHILDREN!
in g environm ent.
“ It all starts w ith o u r kids, and
sports is a p ositive outlet fo r our
young,” said form er Benson H ig h
graduate A C. Green, “ I t ’ s im p o rta n t
fo r sports to be there fo r kids, o f a ll
ages.”
T h e N B A is b ig business and
business is g o o d . W ith a th le tic b u d
gets be g in cu t b e fo re academ ic b u d
gets in m any O re g o n schools the
Blazes, N ike and o th e r m a jo r sports
re la te d o rg a n iz a tio n s need to be on
the fo re fro n t on a th le tic fu n d -ra is
in g d u rin g these to u g h e co n o m ic
tim es.
S c h litz M a lt Liquor D o n a te s M o n e y
To Am Far D uring C om edy C o m p e titio n
fin d new treatments, vaccines and
donation w ill help fin d a cure fo r th is
helped in the cause by incorporating
eventually a cure fo r A ID S . I hope
that m y p a rticip a tio n w ith A m F A R
contributes to educating young and
deadly disease.
“ U n fo rtu n a te ly , reports show
there are a g ro w in g num ber o f A ID S -
A ID S -related educational messages
old alike about ways in which we can come
together to fig h t this horrible disease.”
related deaths among A fric a n A m e ri
cans between the ages o f 21 and 35,”
T he w in n in g amateur com edi
ans fro m each o f the 11 cities received
said Boyd. “ G iven our com pany’ s
an all-expense paid weekend fo r tw o
to p a rticip a te in the national Comedy
Jam co m p e titio n in Los Angeles.
M a rv in D ixo n o f M ia m i, Fla, was
named the w in n e r o f the Los Angeles
fin a ls co m p e titio n by an independent
panel o f judges. As his grand prize,
D ix o n w ill appear on B lack E n te r
ta in m e n t T e le visio n ’ s “ C om ic V ie w ”
in the future.
D u rin g the fin a ls com petition, as
w e ll as in the other 11 cities, co m e d i
ans B e rn ie M ac, D .L . Hughley and
T ed Carpenter, headlined and hosted
the am ateur stand-up com petition.
A c c o rd in g to Boyd, these comedians
history as a responsible corporate c iti
zen and the S c h litz M a lt L iq u o r
b rand's reputation fo r m arketing re
sponsibly, we saw it o n ly fittin g to
help raise funds fo r A m F A R . N ot
only d id o u r donation go tow ard com -
bating th is k ille r disease, but we edu
cated o u r target audience through a
mode o f com m unication that is enter
ta in in g —comedy.”
N e ll C arter said, “ I ’ m proud to be
associated w ith the A m erican Foun
dation o f A ID S Research and to have
accepted th is generous g ift from The
S tro h B re w e ry C o m p a n y on
A m F A R ’ s b e h a lf A m F A R co n tin u e s
to ca rry out the research necessary to
S ch litz M a lt
$15,000 donation
F o u n d a tio n fo r
(A m F A R ) d u rin g
L iq u o r presented
to the A m erican
A ID S R esearch
the fin a ls o f the
in th e ir skits.
“ I t ’ s hard to reach our target
audience and make people under n a tional S ch litz M a lt L iq u o r Comedy
stand it is necessary to take precau Jam c o m p e titio n at Los A n g e le s’
tio n because A ID S k ills ,” said Boyd W ilte m Theater held on A ugust 14
“ I f we accomplished one thingthrough N e ll C arter accepted the check on
the S ch litz M a lt L iq u o r Comedy Jam, b e h a lf o f A m F A R .
Before the national comedy com
I hope it is that a few m ore people
heard the message about A ID S .”
p e titio n began, S ch litz M a lt L iq u o r
A m F A R is the n a tio n 's leading presented the check to N e ll Carter
n o t-fo r-p ro fit organization dedicated w h ic h represented proceeds gener
to the support o f A ID S research, both ated at the Comedy Jam amateur
basic biom edical research and c lin i stand-up contests held in 11 cities
cal research, education fo r A ID S pre across the country in June and July.
vention and sound A ID S -related pub Contests were held in W ashington
lic policy A m F A R m obilizes the good D C ., G reenville, S.C., Chicago. 111.,
w ill energy and generosity o f caring Jacksonville. Fla., M ia m i, Fla., A t
Am ericans toe n d the A ID S epidem ic lanta, Ga., Tam pa, Fla., P h ila d e l
S ch litz M a lt L iq u o r is a product phia, Pa , C harlotte, N .C ., Greens
o f The Stroh B rew ery Com pany, the boro, N .C . and C olum bia, S.C.
n a tio n ’ s fo u rth largest bre w in g com
pany
E d Boyd, S ch litz M a lt L iq u o r
brand director, said he hoped the
top p rio rity ” , said Ron Coleman,
manager, media relations Coca-Cola
1993 “ Cocoa Cola A ll Academic Foot
USA.
“ W e h o p e th a t th e se s tu
dents w il l serve as ro le m odels
and h e lp in s till o th e r athletes and
b a ll T eam ” .
T h e “ C oca-Cola A ll Academ ic
F ootball T eam " is com prised o f fo o t
b a ll players fro m h is to ric a lly black
students the im p o rta n c e o f fie rce
colleges and u n ive rsitie s w ho have
successfully com bined athletics w ith
c o m p e titive n e ss b o th in the aca
d e m ic and a th le tic a re n a s .” he
academ ic excellence by achieving a
added.
The Coca-Cola A ll Academ ic
3.0 and above grade po in t average
T h is m arks the second consecu
tiv e year that C oca-Cola U S A has
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“ Coca-Cola U S A is proud to serve
as sponsor o f a program that awards
and recognizes academic excellence
am ong students, p a rtic u la rly athletes
w h o sometim es choose sports as th e ir
m em bers in c lu d e : T im Benson,
Jefferson C ity , M is s o u ri-H a m p to n
U n iv e rs ity ; D a d a rio M cC utcheon,
H ollyw ood, Flonda-Tuskegee In s ti
tute; Trav is Rameur, Charleston. West
V irg in ia -N o rth fo lk State U niversity;
Terrence Davis, New Orleans, L o u i-
sia n a -M o rch o u e C o lle g e , Stanley
B u rris. Dover, Delaware-Delaware
State, Jonathan Porter, Bessemer,
Alabama-Tuskegee In stitu te ; K e lv in
D aniels, D aytona Beach, F lo rid a -
V irg in ia -N o rfo lk State U n ive rsity;
D a vid Shackleford, F arm ville, N o rth
C a ro lin a -N o rth C a ro lin a C e n tra l
B ethune-C ookm an C ollege, B ra in
G a ry , M o n tg o m e ry , A la b a m a -
Tuskegee Institute; Jonathan H unt,
U n iv e r s ity ;
R e g g ie
F a y e tte v ille , N o r th
B ille ric a , M assachusetts-H am pton
U niversity, Lonn ie T u cke r, Salisbury.
N orth C a ro lin a -L ivin g sto n cC o lle g e ;
G regory M id d le to n , Cross, South
C arolina-S outh C arolina State U n i
versity; E ric A lexander, W ater V a l
ley, M ississip p i-M ississip p i Valley
State; Hugh Thomas, Decatur, G eor
gia-A labam a A & M U n ive rsity; and
D onnell W illia m s , W arner Robins.
G eorgia-Fort Valley State College
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