University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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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

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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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The Earth Day celebration launches a rousing game of Earth Ball. More than 500.00 Chinese university students converged in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest against abuse of power by top party officials, shouting Long live freedom! and Down with dictatorship! The demonstration represented the most serious challenge to the Communist Party in its 4Dyear existence, as well as the largest Chinese demonstration in modern history. The event was the culmination of a 3.00Dperson hunger strike which was sparked by a People's Daily article that denounced earlier student demands The protest was unexpected in an area traditionally suffused with respect for authority. Students demanded a free press, since the Chinese people view journalism as the most important instrument against governmental corruption. Other factors behind the demonstration included an economic reform plan which profited top party officials and entrepreneurs but not intellectuals. and an Inflation rate around 30 percent. A New York court of appeals ruled in favor of treating a master's degree in remedial reading as marital property in a divorce settlement. The court stated that Kathleen McGowan's degree increased her earning potential and should therefore be divided with her husband, who helped pay for her tuition costs McGowan’s attorney cautioned that the court's decision puts a damper on someone who has the initiative—since the other spouse might want a piece of the action. More than 500 anti-racism demonstrators marched in Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, protesting a gathering of shinkeads and neo-Nazis at Hayden Lake. The human rights activists were countering the festivities organized by white supremacists in celebration of Hitler's 100th birthday in the midst of extensive media coverage and police supervision. April 19