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• I -- SEPTEMBER F all term started off with many changes for the new year. Though not completed, Smith Memorial Center was undergoing large-scale remodeling and the Branford Price Millar Library construction was well underway. PSU had a new president. Many students were concerned about the looming crisis in the Per– sian Gulf. Smoking was banned from the campus build– ings, following the recommendation of a Faculty Senate committee. The ban prohibited smoking in all university buildings and eliminated previ– ouslydesignated smoking areas around campus. The PSU student newspaper, theVanguard, started publishing daily at the beginning of fall term, following a rwo-year build up of staff, re– sources and equipment. On Sept. 8, PSU's second annual Ultimate Tailgate party netted $110,000. The event was held to raise money which this year went for athletic scholarships and the new wing of the Branford Price Millar Library. Six hundred peo– ple attended the tailgate party. Raising money for the Republican party, Vice President Dan Quayle was met by hundreds of angry protestors on a Sept. 25 visit to downtown Portland. Several of the protestors were arrested, sparking public condemnation of the police. Photo by Deborah Hallick News/Monthly OCTOBER E ast and West Germany reunited after 45 years of separation on Oct. 3. The reuni– fication followed the tearing down of the BerlinWall less than a year earlier. On Oct. 6, an anti-racism rally and march ending in the Park Blocks drew thousands. The rally and march were a response to the trial of white supremacist Tom Metzger which began Oct. 7. Metzger was charged with inciting a racially motivated murder of an Ethiopian stu– dent in November 1988. Metzger was found guilty in the civil suit. More then a thousand faculty, staff, students and friends joined to celebrate the inauguration of PSU's sixth President, Judith Ramaley. Photo by Deborah Hallick