University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Mark Hamilton. Rob Price and Dave Carter display their award winning wheelchair. The Exxon tanker Valdez ran aground, dumping 11.2 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska In the world’ largest oil spill. While environmentalists raged and Northwest residents stood helplessly by. the spill covered 730 miles, gumming up coastlines, damaging fish runs and ecosystems, and killing thousands of Northwest animals, including more than 11,000 birds. 700 Pacific sea otters, and 20 bald eagles. In the events leading up to the tragedy, Exxon's captain Joe Hazelwood apparently slipped below for a couple of drinks, leaving Gregory Cousins, an unauthorized third mate, at the helm of the 978 foot tanker. Following investigations. Hazelwood was fired for being legally drunk and neglecting his duties. Meanwhile, gas prices rose five to Fifteen cents higher at the pumps, and President Bush called In the National Guard to help clean up Exxon’s mess. Citizens' protests erupted against the nation's largest corporation, ranging from violent shootings of their gas station windows to a wave of Boycott Exxon graffiti, buttons. T-shirts, and bumperstickers. A Harvard freshman and his high school classmate declared that it's easy to cheat on the SAT. They challenged the test’s policies when they both successfully took a similar achievement test under false iden tification. The two men attacked the Educational Testing Service on several talk shows, and their story appeared in the March issue of Penthouse. American Express appealed to spring break students by offering current and new members two $99 round-trip vouchers from Northwest Airlines, plus flight coupons and 5,000 mileage credits in its free-travel program. WORLDPERKS. and went out like a lamb. (Jh, scratch that — went out like a lion. March ended up being an especially dreary month marked with temperatures rarely breaking 50 degrees, almost constant rain, cold and gusty winds, and distant threats of still more snow. March 17

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fc: -MARCH March came in like a lion ... Seattle struggled under eight to eighteen inches of snow in a record two-day snowstorm that closed most schools except the GW. caused hundreds of traffic accidents, left thousands without power, and shut down Sea-Tac airport. When criticism of the GW coaching staff increased, the GW men’s basketball team quickly responded with a show of support; During pre-game warm ups of the Arizona garnet the Huskies dribbled onto the court wearing T-shirts bearing the message WE BELIEVE IN OGR COACHES. Guard Jeff Sanor commented, It was really nice for the coaches, to show them we haven't given up. The Huskies then went on to trounce Arizona 83-72. • •••••••••• Eight thousand, five hundred Eastern Airline mechanics, baggage handlers, and ground crews walked out at midnight after rejecting a final contract offer which would have ended 17 long months of feuding between management and union. The strike caused national concern when Eastern pilots honored the picket lines. Eastern was forced to cut down its service to all but the shuttle flights between Washington D.C., New York, and Boston, and to lower its prices to $12 for one way tickets. East-bound college students en route to spring break destinations jumped at the cheaper prices, not seeming to care if the overwhelming turnout at the airports would prevent them from flying back. The largest earthquake to hit the Seattle area in eight years occurred at 10:45 pm. Measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale, the quake was relatively minor, but could signal the larger quake this region is expecting. A damaging quake has hit the area every two decades or so. The last one was in 1965. GW mechanical engineering majors Mark Hamilton, Rob Price, and Dave Carter took first place at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Regional Student Conference with a collapsible wheelchair narrow enough to fit into an airplane aisle or an overhead compartment. The trio will advance to the national competition scheduled for December 1989. The National Association of College Stores’ Campus Market Report listed silver toe rings (one size fits all) as the most popular item on campuses this year. Other in items included pork rinds (President Bush’s contribution), crazy shower heads, and the Blotch Watch (digital, with hot splat-ter print designs on the face). Last but not least, snake skin was replaced by salmon skin as the fashionable material for wallets and key chains. Two grapes found tainted with cyanide in a Philadelphia warehouse prompted the Food and Drug Administration to halt all Chilean fruit shipments at port of entry, and to pull all Chilean grapes off supermarket shelves nationwide. A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council linking cancer risk to children s consumption of apples and apple products treated with the pesticide Alar caused explosive consumer reactions. Schools pulled apple products from their menus and retailers reported severe declines in apple sales. Washington State produced over half the nation’s apple supply and planned to eliminate Alar from the fall crop. GW police officers Henry Beleford and Mel Perez responded to a night call from a woman afraid to move from Gould Hall to her car because of a man who emerged from the bushes and advanced towards her each time she attempted to leave the building. The officers escorted the woman to her car, then encountered the suspect at the intersection of 15th Northeast and Northeast Campus Parkway. During the identification check, the man thrust his hands in his pockets, produced a knife with a three and a half inch blade, and lunged at the officers. A struggle with both officers ensued. Beleford was able to pull way and fire two rounds from his service-revolver. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The officers were exonerated after an investigation. 16 Atarch

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-fc-APRIL Pinal Four fans held their breath as the University of Michigan took the NCAA national basketball championship by conquering Seton Hall by one point. 80-79. in overtime. The University of Tennessee defeated Auburn in the women's championship with a 76-60 victory. Spectators from all over the country flocked to Seattle despite the high, hundred-dollar cost of tickets. An estimated half a million people participated in the March for Women's Equa-llty Women's Lives in Washington. D.C., supporting the right of women to have an abortion. In opposition, anti-choice activists placed thousands of small white crosses near the Capitol building to symbolize aborted fetuses. The Supreme Court decision to hear a case that could potentially overturn the Roe v. Wade decision (which legalized abortion in 1973) sparked increasing protests from both sides of the controversy. Numerous editorials and letters to the editor appeared in The Daily arguing various aspects of the issue. Gas prices soared in the greatest single price increase In the history of the U.S. gasoline market. Prices rose in response to the Exxon tanker accident in the Port of Valdez in Alaska. Two UW physics graduate students announced the results of a cold fusion ex-periment similar to those attempted in other parts of the country earlier in the month. The concept of nuclear fusion at room temperature was met with both excitement and skepticism from other scientists. The 19th Annual Earth Day celebration stretched over three days and included various programs centering on the theme A Sustainable Future: What Can You Do? Activities ranged from a forum on Is Seattle becoming another L.A.? to video presentations on environmental issues and music and poetry readings celebrating the Earth. Bndgette Gordon dodges past Jocelyn McGilberry for the NCAA championship In the Tacoma Dome. Tennessee defeating Auburn 76-60. Students at UW residence halls con request non-smoking roommates, but U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor students went a step further—they selected alcohol- and drug-free roommotes. When students wrote substance free on their housing appli cations, they were paired with others wanting a similar environment. Cherry blossoms and sun beckoned students, who flocked to soak up rays in the quad and Red Square. Seats stood unoccupied in libraries and dining halls as students studied and ate outside. After months of rain and cold, spring finally arrived and the temperatures soared to 68 degrees. 18 April