Here at the Emerald, we have a 90-year history of archives that we can examine for the sake of institutional knowledge and historical framing. Here’s a glimpse of that Emerald history with a weekly feature, giving you a look into what was happening this day in the past.
We’ll be trying to find stories and headlines inherently relevant to situations that persist today, as well as the occasional oddity we find in our past.
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Dazed and Confused
Recent events, including the ASUO elections, have this columnist reaching for some meaning in the universe.
Evan Denbaum | Emerald archives @@http://www.evandenbaum.com/resume-editor-proofreader-copywriter-berkeley-sf/@@
May 2, 1997
I was up late, writing a paper at the last minute as I too often do, when I heard a loud “Thump!” from above, then another “Thump!” accompanied by a high-pitched wail from outside my dorm room window. …
Maybe I feel desensitized because students are playing Superman out of my hall’s third-floor window, while others, some Oregonians, have recently attempted to fly, hailing a comet as their source of salvation.
Maybe I feel apathetic because I took the ASUO elections very seriously — researching the candidates, weighing the issues and promptly voting, only to find it had been made into a mockery through the Miner/Unger controversy.
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Oregonians and University students no longer commonly seek out a comet’s guidance, and the columnist’s argument in this case is somewhat obscured in the confusing transition from “crazy dorm story” to “ASUO did something poorly.” However, the concerns of taking ASUO elections seriously persist today.
We’re just glad we haven’t had to run a story of dormmates “playing Superman out of (the) third-floor window” yet this year.