The Bleak Professor Canhnued hwnpage 12 Giusti draws given voice to their fears though rational means, by examiningsome nation's top self-imposed restrictions such as human inertia, self-stereotyping,and women's teams hlding behlnd our functions." One of the first steps toward The third annual Giusti reclaiminq~ndividualtty,De~numsays. . , ~ o u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t of~h&~i~~~" I "is to go Through life more Consciously. I have the feelingthat if people just paid attenttonfive percent more every day, we could change our way of living." But there is tremendous pressure to conform to the dictates of society, partlcuiarlyas popularizedby mass med~a".We are deluged by the mass media, by people who want to sell us thrngs and who have an interest in having quiet consumerswho don't dare speak up. As a consequence, we are being buried in avalanches of irrelevant ingenuities." For example, he says, "Who the hell needs striped toothpaste? It's very ingenious, but who needs it? Of course, we all need it, or at least our chlldren do, according to the media." The same thing is true, Deinum says, of television programming and many Hdlpood produciims. "it lsnY a matter of good or bad," he says. "The trouble IS that most of it is just a siupld waste of t~me.Nothing happens except that these guys. over the decades, have learned the trick of arousrng people's attention without engaglng thelr minds." "You see, nobody expressed a des~refor a film Ihke "Jaws'' and then Hollywoodmade it. It happened the other way around. They had to convince people they wanted it first." While he urged people to ask questions and to challenge what he terms assaults on individuality, Deinum is not a fan of "ail th~s assertivenessthing," which he sees as a danger. "It makes you feel that you are self-sufficient,spld off from Society." ' 1;' m t a m 01what you mlght call a magnanmous ndiv dual.' he says. 'But t may we i be tnat inaiv d~alism as we know ~tnow is a passing phenomenon." This jaundiced outlook may reinforce the students' title for Deinum. The Bleak Professor,but he manages aim to convey his own brand of semi-optimism. "My motto is from William of Orange." he says pointing out a piacard on his o K i wail. "Hope is not necessary to begin; nor is success necessary to go on." "I'm not very hopeful but, as Camus said, I give mankind one chance in a mlllion and I'd be a damned fool not to take that chance. Some mornings I'm glad I'm almady 62 years old. Mher mornings, Iwake uo and am thankful that I'm onlv 62. Women s lnvltahonal ~asketball Tournamentaga~nw ~ lblrtng some of the top teams In the natlon to Portlands MemonalCol~seum,Dec 76.17 and 18 The tournament hosted by Portland State features eloht mator colleae teams and this .ve; for the f~rs<t me, the tournameit wisable to secure a weekend date at the Collseum The flnals will be held on Friday evenlng. Dec. 18. Tournament Director Betty Rankin has announcedthat last year's AiAW national runner-up, the Universityof Tennessee, will open the tournament with a noon game against Washington State on Wednesday. Dec. 16. Other first round pairings in the tourney are: PSU vs. Ohio State. 2 p.m.; Oregon State vs. California. 6:30 0.m.: and Oreaon vs. Loutsiana state. 8:iO p.m. ~lifirst-roundgames are on Dec. 16. Dec. 17 will see the first mund losers palred off dur~ngthe afternoon. wtth the wtnners playlng at n~ght. Resewed tournament ticket applicationsare be~ngtaken on a priority bass at the PSU Athletic Development Office, 1921 SW Sixth, Or bv caliina 229-4000 Ticket orices are 525 for-12 games, and $16 fir the six night games. The tournament is named for the late Al C. Giusti, original sponsor of the event and generous friend of PSU athletics. Patland State Unwemny -ive 8 s published pencdtcalydunng the year by W on~m 01 Information Serv~ces for alurnn,, tacutly and std and Inends ot Ihe Unvenlly. 4R.x Laura JambPon mmr(bunn Clarence Hem CllH Alan Yder ChswJe ol address: Send born new and old &*I0 PmthM State *ny m h n g P o BOX 751. Wnland sate unsenny. Wand, Oregon, 97207. / PDrmE If lhb iSoUB is address& to pur son a m,lgn,cr *h" no 4 q r rnlrn'l ns a -dnlmtaoeress 81 9 . r h me p s m not+, me PSL A ~ m n O* ce Y3 22-349461 01 lne re* rs -a ~WFI I FSr SI.PPML =.a ed.calomI wcahnn, niltcna or: - mar's -atJr or wtgo? Vlktng toatbail neao coach Don Read erp,a~nstne tone points 01 hls pro-style onense to team members durng practice sesslon at Clvlc Stadlum. Read, wno coachedat PSU from 1968.71, returnstothe Park Blockstollowlngcoachlngnlnts at the University ol Oregon and OregonTech. The football program got a boost recentlywlththeannouncementthat PSU will join thenew Western FootballConkr- wlce Mlnnlna nextvear. first wnterencea~iliatlonfor thefootballteam since PSU - - . . left the Oregon Collegiate ConferenceIn 1964. First Football Club Auction produces dollars, smiles There were smiles all around the people who said that when we Viking FootballClub and PSU organized the club. they were going Athletic offices following the club's to take the ball and run with it, and first Football Club Dinner Auction in the've done just that." mid-September. "People realize there is a financial The event, held in PSU's Smith crunch," he added. "and that if they Center Ballroom. raised some want an athletic prwram. they have S20.000 in schoiarshiomonev far the to aet out and suoo6rt it..' footbal program [hark to sb rlted PSU Presedent Joseph Blumel has bod ng on more tnan 200 items sald that the Jnnenty MI Rnve for Tnat makestne dnner-a~ct~one qJal ty In ts athlet c programs, even of the larqest fund raisers ever put if that means lrmiting the n u m b ' together ior the athletic department. teams. Athletic Director Roy Love was Speaking of Ihe Viking Foot lavish in his praise of Viklng Football Club. Love said, "They've ded Club members,a group of about Me club to being a vital force, three dozen select individuals under they've surroundedthernselve the leadershipof club president Tom quality people. Our alums are Oberg (MS '70). who played fwtball getting to the point where the) here In the late 1960's and went on give something back to the to professional football. University." "There are a lot ot soeciai m i e "We have a lona wav to 90. who deserve credit for'thls," i o v i said, "but we havesome leid, said following the auction. "They are now that's going to go out anc the job done." ball icated and s w~th now " Love ership I get
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