0 0 0 0 26 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Student Body NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1988 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1988. Opinions U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPEF k, Quarterbacks lead in 1988's . . U THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER By presenting a wide range of opinions and ideas reprinted from hundreds of campus newspapers, we hope to enhance the quality of campus life as we inform, entertain and engage the national student body. We acknow- ledge the commitment of student journalists across the nation, supported by their media advisers and journalism professors, to report the activities, issues and concerns of their fellow students. EDITORIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL . Hunt Bruin ofense airin it out with Aikrran By Steve Price Daily Trojan U. of Southern California The cream is beginning to separate in the race for the Heisman Trophy, and U. of California, Los Angeles quarterback Troy Aikman is rising to the top. Aikman, who finished second last season in passing efficiency, has picked up where he left off against a schedule that includes tough teams like Nebras- ka as well as some patsy offensive- statistic-boosting schools like San Diego State and California State, Long Beach. Nonetheless, Aikman is a proven quarterback. So far this season, he's been able to cut down on his intercep- tions and has also managed to avoid the sack, something that ate him alive last season. Aikman came to UCLA in 1986 as a transfer student from Oklahoma after. Head Coach Barry Switzer switched his offense to the wishbone and put Jamelle Holieway in charge of running it. Holie- way was a hit and Aikman's bags were packed. UCLA Coach Terry Donahue must have thought he was dreaming when Aikman showed up at his doorstep and asked if he could be a Bruin. "Troy is the best quarterback we could ever hope to have," Donahue said. "He has all of the ability in the world to be a great player - he has the size, he has tremendous arm strength, he has courage and intelligence. He really has it all." for the Heisman Q. C7, ti J Q. U Z 0 Can Troy Aikman (above) hang on to take the Heisman? Rodney Peete will battle it out with Aikman in a California showdown. 'Sweet Peete' gives Trojans extra offense By Darryn James Daily Trojan U. of Southern California With almost every major school in the nation touting a Heisman Trophy candidate, it's hard to tell who really has a legitimate shot at college foot- ball's highest award. But there is one player who everyone agrees will be sitting in New York's Downtown Athletic Club at the end of the year when the Heisman will be given out. That player is U. of Southern Califor- nia (USC) quarterback Rodney Peete. No, not running back. Quarterback. That's right. USC, home of four Heis- man Trophyrunning backs, has a quar- terback i the Heisman race. Known for decades as the school of student body right, USC is now known as the school of the 40-yard bomb. The transition in USC's offense wasn't just random chance - it was all Peete. "Even though USC has been known for its running game for years, I wasn't worried to come here," Peete said. "I knew I would get an opportunity to throw the ball." Once Peete started throwing the ball, he couldn't stop. The coaches wouldn't let him. "Every year you get more and more mature at this position," Peete said. "It's easy for a young quarterback to go into the tank. "But I am able to put mistakes behind me because I know I'm a good quarter- back." Come Heisman time, the country will find out just how good. 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Tel: 213 450-2921 Copyright 1988. All rights reserved. Class forces student to rethink the meaning of 'white By Stan Zukowski The Ball State Daily News Ball State U., IN I noticed something the other day: I'm white. I've known for a long time I am Caucasian, but I have never really made the distinction between white as a complexion and white as a race. The realization was sudden and shocking. It came to me in my black American literature class. Prof. Koontz was reading aloud a powerful poem by Richard Wright about a black man who was burned to death by a white mob. As I listened I became painfully embarrassed - the kind of embarrass- ment that causes the face to turn red- hot and prickly. I was embarrassed for what our American forefathers perpetuated in the name of white supremacy. My fami- ly didn't even emigrate from Poland un- til just before World War II, but I had never used that as a reason to excuse myself or my family from any aspect of American history. That excuse reeks of rationalization, and I couldn't gloss over the fact that my relatives had fallen prey to being pre- judiced, too. I was embarrassed for all the times my father told his "colored" jokes at the supper table. I remember him telling a joke about "a Colored, a Jew and a Spick." I went to school the next day and I ~low Goth L IW racism that have plagued the bla population since our country's birth. But I sat there, and could not help 12 notice those three were accepting it with much more dignity than I. At one point in class, Prof. Koontz w. discussing the black man as portray in literature written by white men. f asked us for some characteristics th- would describe the white view of t stereotypica; "nigger" in the first half the century. We flinched at the word "nigger," bi Prof. Koontz said in an unsmiling, r nonsense tone, "When you sign up for class like this, you have to expect t ugliness of racism." We agreed, so we brainstormed. Afi a time we came up with enough wor for a discussion. He stepped back from the words had written on the board and said, think it's a positive statement that took us so long to come up with so fe terms. When I taught this class ma years ago, the students thought of many they filled the board." I looked around the room and sa many smiling, self-satisfied white face "Look!" they seemed to be saying. "S how enlightened we are, how differe from our ancestors!" I could not help but realize, thoug that despite our "enlightenment" the were still 12 words on the board. A one of them was mine. DR. FRANK RAGULSKY, Manager of Studer Media, Daily Barometer, Oregon State U. JAN T. CHILDRESS, Director of Student Pu lications, University Daily, Texas Tech U. W. B. CASEY, Publisher, Daily Iowan, U. of I ED BARBER, General Manager, Independent Florida Alligator, U. of Florida HARRY MONTEVIDEO, General Manager, ' Red & Black,U. of Georgia BRUCE D. ITULE, Manager of Student Publ tions, State Press, Arizona State U. ERIC JACOBS, Immediate Past President, C lege Newspaper Business & Advertising Manal The Daily Pennsylvanian,U. of Pennsylvania BPA Consumer Audit membership applied for August 1987. A pair of West Coast quarterbacks were the early favorites, but they'll have plenty of company at New York's Downtown Athletic Club when the Heisman Trophy is presented to the country's best football player. heard the same joke with a new cast of characters: "A dumb Pollack, a Ken- tuckian and a Chink." I mentioned the incident to Dad and he said, "Son, you'll just have to learn to live with discrimination against Polish people. There are lots of narrow-minded people in the world." I was embarrassed for some of my friends in the theatre who perpetually cry, "No one understands us. Few peo- ple can accept how liberal we are." I overheard these same friends at a party saying, with chilling seriousness, "Well, now, I know it sounds bad, but it's true: there's black people and then there's niggers." Mostly though, I was embarrassed because I noticed there are three black students in the class. I felt exposed and guilty. And very white. I wanted to run, to hide, to apologize, to scream excuses, to offer everything I owned to try to take away the decades of I'M-" Braggin' on Barry ... At the beginning of the season, Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders was a mere speck on the Heisman horizon. Now. Sanders is a 5-8, 200-pound edifice that UCLA's Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete will have to keep in the back- ground to take home the trophy. He is the only person in the Big Eight Conference to by named Offensive Player of the Week more than three times in a season. Not even former Big Eight Heisman winners Billy Simms and Mike Rozier did that. But the amazing thing about Sanders is that he said he doesn't care one bit about winning the Heisman. "They can give it to the man in the moon for all I care. It doesn't even matter," said the junior from Wichita, Kan. 1 just have to keep working hard and trying to go out and win. God has given me the talent and I'm just trying to use it the best that I can." Said OSU head coach Pat Jones, "He's as unselfish as any human being ever. I think if there were any questions about how good he is against quality competition, he answered them against Nebraska. He had 189 yards and could have had 200 had we kept him out there."' Some of the best things said about Sanders came from the Cowboys' in-state rival, Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer when he said, "Barry Sanders is the best college player in America and ought to be the favorite for the Heisman Trophy."mKyle New- kirk, The Daily O'Collegian, Oklahoma State U. 1. TROY AIKMAN, qb, UCLA, senior 2. RODNEY PEETE, qb, USC, senior 3. BARRY SANDERS, rb, Oklahoma State, junior 4. STEVE WALSH, qb, Miami, senior 5. SAMMIE SMITH, rb,'Florida State, junior U.'s Contributing Editors: Dave Sottile, The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State U.; Joe Kacik, The Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia U.; Steve Davis, The Daily Texan, U. of Texas, Austin; Scott Rabalais, The Daily Reveille, Louisiana State U.; Brent Woods, The Daily Iowan, U. of Iowa; Tony Pettis, The Crimson White, U. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Tom Norman, The Daily Universe, Brigham Young U. (UT); Cameron Mackey, The Stanford Daily, Stanford U. (CA); Adam Schrager, The Michigan Daily, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; John Terry, The Okla- homa Daily, U. of Oklahoma Can Aikman outlast the rest? There are plenty of players who've been in and out of Heis- man contention. Below is a brief list of other contenders. Emmitt Smith, rb, Florida Tom Hodson, qb, LSU Chuck Hartlieb, qb, Iowa Deion Sanders, db, Florida State Steve Taylor, qb, Nebraska Eric Metcalf, rb, Texas Bobby Humphrey, rb, Alabama Todd Ellis, qb, South Carolina Lawyer Tillman, wr, Auburn Jamelle Holieway, qb, Oklahoma Blair Thomas, rb, Penn State Major Harris, qb, West Virginia Tony Rice, qb, Notre Dame Timm Rosenbach, qb, Washington State Tim Worley, rb, Georgia Eric Jones, qb, Vanderbilt In compiling the U. The National College Newspaper Heisman Hunt, U. chose college sports editors and writers from the nation's major conferences to get a cross-section of collegiate opinion. They see the country's top teams in action, know the coaches and players most often in the national spotlight and understand the game from an on-campus perspective. This poll shows who is winning the race for the 1988 Heisman Trophy. Quarterbacks were in the major See HEISMAN, Page 27