PLAY MONEY:
WALL STREET WANNABEES
GET THEIR SHARES
By Roma Bailey
■ The Pme Log
Stephen F. Austin State U.
There may l>e some wealthy students,
maybe even millionaires, walking around
campuses nationwide
Wheeling and dealing on the New York
Stock Exchange is the source of fortune
for many of them. But w hile the money
may not be real, the experience is
For tile third year, the AT&T < 'ollegiate
Investment Challenge is offering col
lege students, as well as their pro
fessors. an opportunity to tuke part
in a stock market competition that
sucessfully mixes the seriousness of
learning with the fun of winning
The four-month competition began
Nov 1. with each participant paying
a $49 95 entry fee to possess a $500,000
fictitious trading account Last year's
winner, Doris Anne Wart, a Louisiana
State l graduate student, turned her
starting portfolio into $ 1,24s,559
Each individual must keep up with the
market w Inch stocks art' hot and which
ones arent (lame participants phone in
their transactions on an 800 service nuni
ls*r and receive monthh statements list
ing the trading activity Brokers on the
phone system give up
to-the-minute stock
prices
With the broker s
assistance, each stu
dent tries to build an
account high
enough to win real
money, such as a
$25,000
scholar
shipcheckor
a trip to the
Bahamas Fhe
competitors
have until Keb
2H to ported
their strategics
and portfolios
Michigan State l finance student
Bobbv Rahman said the game offers an
accurate portrayal ol real-world dealings
lie . idiled, "If vou vs ant to take a risk, lake
it If it is real money, that changes people's
li\ es ’ In this situation, how ever, the plas -
ers don't have too much to lose
■ Star Hvrrn File State News,
Michigan Stale l contributed to this
••ton'
No place for
a woman?
By Javier Gonzalez
• The Daily Cougar
U. of Houston
Last fall's locker room incident invoh
in^ a female Boston Herald reporter and
several pro football players, and a sub
seqent National Football League ruling',
is affecting collegiate athletics
Now collegiate athletic organizations
are examining their equal access p>li
cies for reporters, which allow both
female and male reporters to enter the
looker rooms and interview players
The NFL ruled in favor of < )lson, lining
the players and team a combined total of
$72,000.
The National Collegiate Athletic
Association allows open locker rooms lor
major college football bowl games and
men’s basketball tournaments, like the
Final Four, but does not specify rules for
regular season interviewing.
Here are stances some schools have:
■Under a new policy at the U of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, the l 'NC football
locker room is closed to all reporters until
players are dressed. The policy was
formed following the school's refusal to
allow a female reporter from the campus
paper to conduct post game interviews
in the locker room.
■ The U of Texas and Texas A&.Vl U
have special rooms where reporters —
both male and female — can interview
players after they've showered and
changed.
■ Rice U Sports Information Director
Bill Cousins said Rice’s policy is to hold
an open locker room for 20 minutes after
a game During the week, the athletic
facilities are closed to all media.
■ The U. of Houston doesn’t allow
women reporters in male locker rooms.
Sports Information Director Ted Nance
said, “We don't allow men in women's
locker rooms, either"
The policy at UH is beneficial to the
female reporters. Nance said, because
female reporters get to interview players
individually
In UH’s first game, inside receiver
Manny Hazard was hurt. He dressed
quickly, and the only one that talked to
him was a female reporter, Nance said.
“We might end up closing the locker
room altogether and bring out the play
ers for interviews,' Nance said
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