Friday, April 30, 1982
Eugana, Oragon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 142
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Study shows
students know
where those
pitchers go
By Debbie Howiett
Of Vm gmmrmtd
The average University
student is “incredibly
knowledgable" about how
alcohol works in the body,
according to a survey of
undergraduates conducted by
Patricia Gwartney-Gibbs, an
assistant sociology professor,
and her sociology class
Mailed Feb 24, the "alcohol
knowledge section" of the
survey of alcohol use and non
use was tabulated recently
The survey shows approx
imately half of the students
polled know the laws pertaining
to alcohol and 80 percent of
those polled have an excellent
understanding of how alcohol
affects the body
"It seems as though almost
everybody knows how alcohol
works," but many aren't familiar
with the laws, Gwartney-Gibbs
says
She speculates that some of
the unfamiliarity with the laws
may be the result of recent revi
sions of statutes concerning
alcohol
The survey was written and is
being tabulated in two parts The
results of the alcohol use and
non-use questions won t be
known until near the end of the
term In order to have a
representative survey, non
drinkers were polled as well,
Gwartney-Gibbs says
The 55-percent response rate
was high, she says
Questions testing knowledge
about alcohol ranged from what
penalties a minor could expect
for trying to buy beer to what
quantity of white wine is
comparable to four ounces of
whiskey
One of the questions that
“suprised" Gwartney-Gibbs
asked whether a person who
only drank beer could become
an alcoholic Only a "minimal" 1
percent responded that it was
possible Gwartney-Gibbs said
Alcohol
A person who
only drinks
beer cannot
become an
alcoholic.
raphic by Debbie Howlett
as far back as 20 years ago
people believed that beer
drinkers wouldn’t become
alcoholics
"That's just such a myth,"
she says "Our parents believed
that I think there are big
generational differences."
Much alcohol education takes
place in the high schools or
early in college, Gwartney
Gibbs says
One of the survey's purposes
is to provide the University's
Alcohol Education Committee
with information and results that
can be used as reference
materials The committee may
begin an alcohol education
program if the results determine
a need for one
Gwartney-Gibbs is adamant
about the need for accessible
alcohol information. Several un
iversities, including the Univer
sity of Michigan and Washington
State University, already have
surveys of a similar type.
Surveys at the other schools
have indicated "a problem on
other campuses, " Gwartney
Gibbs says.
Another purpose of the survey
was to acquaint students in
Gwarteny-Gibbs' sociology
class with statistical research
The survey cost about
$4,000, an amount Gwarteny
Gibbs calls minimal. A survey
this size, conducted by a
professional survey group
would have cost about $125 per
interview The sociology class
mailed 1,000 questionnaires
Amazon to ‘look into’
spraying injunction
The Amazon Community
Tenant’s Association will “look
into" obtaining an injunction that
would prevent the 4J school dis
trict from future spraying of the
herbicide “Round-up” in the
vicinity of the University-owned
housing complex, according to
special task force member
Courtney Lupton.
The task force met Thursday
with University legal adviser
Chuck Spinner to determine the
association’s options. The
association charges that
Monday’s spraying of the
herbicide at South Eugene High
drifted into the complex.
Gail Campbell, a spokesperson
for the 4J school district, says
neighborhoods adjacent to 4J
schools can prevent spraying by
filing a “Hold Harmless
Agreement” which also releases
the district from responsibility for
peripheral weed proliferation.
Lupton, who has contacted 4J
through District Manager Doug
Mansfield, says she has not been
notified that ACT has this option.
ACT will discuss Round-up
spraying today with Jim
Sollenberger, 4J school district
maintenance officer
Lupton says ACTs urgency is
fueled by a rumor that 4J may
spray again this Spring because
Wednesday's .9 inch of rain may
have diluted Round-up’s effec
tiveness.
4J Grounds Supervisor Bryan
Lee reportedly informed
Mansfield that Round-up will be
sprayed near the South Eugene
High School soccer field, well out
of the vicinity of the Amazon
housing complex. Lee could not
be reached regarding whether
this area was included in
Monday’s spraying.
Of the 12 blood samples drawn
from six residents and 10 soil
samples taken by Kent Smith of
the Environmental Protection
Agency, a half dozen of each will
be analyzed by the Department of
Agriculture for traces of Round
up.
Heagan asks public
to back ’83 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres
Ronald Reagan asked America’s
voters Thursday night to press
Congress for approval of his 1983
federal budget, deeply in deficit
despite sharp spending cuts. He
said it is essential to demonstrate
' that we, Democrats and Repub
licans alike, can agree on reduc
ing the deficit and continuing to
hold down inflation.”
Reagan urged approval of a
constitutional amendment to
restrict deficit spending.
In a speech broadcast by the
television and radio networks, he
said if Americans will back his
program, it will bring an end to red
ink, high taxes and high interest
rates. Recalling the public back
ing that helped sell his economic
plan when it was first adopted a
year ago, Reagan told the nation
"You did it once, you can do it
again.”
Rep. Richard Bolling of Mis
souri, responding for the
Democrats, retorted that
Reagan’s speech had been too
political. He said it would take
cooperation instead of partisan
ship to fashion an acceptable
plan.
Bolling broadcast his rebuttal
immediately after the Reagan
speech.
‘ Government will have to do
what each of us does with our
own family budgets — spend no
more than we can afford," the
president said in his address from
the Oval Office.
Reagan declared that “only a
constitutional amendment will do
the job. We’ve tried the carrot and
it failed. With the stick of a
balanced budget amendment, we
can stop government’s
squandering, over-taxing ways
and save our economy."
Emerald board decides on 1982-83 editor
Photo by Mark Pynes
Harry Eatave
The Oregon Daily Emerald
Board of Directors on Thursday
selected Harry Esteve as the
newspaper’s editor for the
1982-83 academic year
A junior majoring in journalism,
Esteve is Emerald news editor. He
began as a freelance reporter in
the fall of 1980, and then also
worked as a copy editor and night
editor He served as managing
editor and news editor last sum
mer.
He will assume the editor s po
sition beginning with publication
of the newspaper summer term.
"The Emerald rests on a very
solid base," said Esteve at a
campus-area tavern late
Thursday evening “My goal this
year will be to improve on that
base by enhancing its strengths
and bracing its weaknesses
Esteve will be building on what
he sees as an already improving
product.
"I think the Emerald improved a
lot this year and j want to see it
continue to improve," he said. "I
don't foresee any major changes
in the Emerald next year "
However, Esteve said the role of
graphics editor may be converted
to a freelance position.
As editor, Esteve plans to cover
higher education exhaustively.
“The Emerald s primary role is
to act as a news service to the
University community,” he said.
In addition, Esteve sees the
Emerald as being "a strong voice
for higher education in the state of
Oregon ”
‘‘Because of the economy,
higher education is going to be
facing crucial choices I think the
Emerald is going to be covering
the dynamics of education even
more .”
Esteve plans to open applica
tions for 1982-83 news staff posi
tions during the second week in
May.
"I’m a little bit nervous," he
said while reflecting on a
schooner of beer. "But it’s noth
ing I can't handle.”