Oregon Daily
FRIDAY. MAY 21. 1993
Crystalizing his thoughts
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P*Oto An*»W*f Vatnvy
Josh Moore, a fourth-grade student from Wh/teaker Elementary School m Eugene studies crys
tal structures at the Student Project Fair during the Student Achievement Convention going on
through Thursday at the Lane County fairgrounds
Researchers study
U.S. campus habits
j Students with poor
grades drink three
times as much
WASHINGTON (API — Col
lege* students in the Northeast
drink more alcohol and go on
hinges more often than their
peers in other parts of the coun
try. according to a report released
Thursday.
The study, based on a survey
of about 58.000 students, also
found that college students under
21 drink more alcohol and suffer
more hangovers, injuries and
legal difficulties than those over
21.
"It's clear that they re not able
to handle it as well as the older
students." said Philip W Mail
man, the study's co-author and
director of the College of William
and Mary’s Counseling Center.
Researchers from Southern Illi
nois University and William and
Mary analyzed survey results col
lected at 78 campuses between
1989-91.
Initial findings released in Sep
tember showed that students
with low grades consume about
three times as many drinks as
those on the honor roll
Turn to HABITS, Page 3
WEATHER
Get out those umbrellas and
be prepared for a wet weekend
A storm situated off the < oast is
expeited to move inland todav
bringing heavy doud c-over and
widespread showers
Temperatures will remain near
60 degrees Showers expected
to last through Monday.
Justice stops
expulsion of
IFC chairman
j Motion to lower quota for removal
would violate amendment, justice says
By Chester Allen
During a sometimes unruly and
tension .filled meeting, an A SI;() < <>n
slitutuin.il ('mirt justice Thursday
prevented the Ini idental I ee (aim
mittee from i onsulering wliellier to
remove the Ilfs ilnnrm.ui from
office
histn e Mn Intel () l ean delivered
an inium turn prohibiting the ■ om
mittee from changing two rules ihai
would allow it to consider removing
Steve Masai from uffii e wilhotll the
Steve Masat
prior .ipprov a I of the i ourl
in the injuiit lion. OU’.irv stated tir.it set lion *1 1-t of I ho
AS! ’() (lonstitulion. vvtin ti w .is passed liv volcrs in llns
year's miner.11 elec lion, prevents .kin lir.nu.il of shnienl
government from i hanging its rules without flu- < ourl'-.
approval
Tin going lo have to pre\ enl you folks from doing tins.
() l.earv told the i omnnttno What you're proposing here
is a ( flange in rules, so that's w liv I in issuing tins injuiu -
lion. "
1 he II I 11 annul lake am further ai lion lo dismiss Mas.il
for .even dii vs or until the I a rust it lit ion Court meets |o
rule on the lununitlou's proposed rule i hanges
It the i ourt does not rule on the ( hanges fi\ May 24. tile
present i onwtiiltee w ill not lie aide lo ((insider renew mg
Masai from offu e bet ause the new committee. mi lull
ing Masai, w ill enter into offu e May 25
Masai is the only present i ommillee meniher w ho
Turn lo IFC, Payo 3
Survey says students are happy
j The student-designed survey
covered both international and
domestic graduate students
By Colleen Pohllg
Qr©poo Dotty tnwtakl
University graduate students .ire pleased with
their graduate school experiences, and there
aren't many discrepancies of opinion between
international and domestic graduate students
aliout their experiences, a recent survey showed.
The survey, which sociology assoi into Pro
fessor Patricia Gwnrtnoy-Gihhs and her Survey
Methods and Design graduate students began
Inst term, was an attempt to find out how satis
fied international graduate students are in areas,
including campus services, classes, professors,
housing and their social lives.
In order to tiiil.nn i1 tin- information given by
tin; randomly chosen international students.
Cwarlnev-tiibhs said domestic students worn
also interviewed by Imr and h«ir iiim; graduate
students. There worn a total of 407 students inter
viewed. and slightly more than half of them wore
international studimls
"This gives us a pretty good idea that gradu
ate students an; quite happy here, and there are
few differences lielween domestii and interna
tional students' oxporiem es here." said hath
Ieen Bowman, vice provost of the Office ol
International Affairs.
Following last summer's rai ml < omineiit from
an administrator about Chinese students, sari
mis foi us groups were formed by the OFfit e of
International Affairs to gather information on
international students' experiem es on • ampus
Turn to SURVEY, Paqe 3
TERMINATION OF THE TREE
PALO ALTO I API - The banana slug and the dud are taken, bui Stanford
students, known for their creative minds, should come up with a suitable
alternative in no time
The esteemed institution of learning is looking for a new logo because the
state!) tree adopted in 3975 apparent!) didn't cut it as a marketing tool
'You can t make a ferocious-looking football shirt with a tree." said Maria
Gladfelter. who directs the licensing of Stanford's logos to producers of jewel
ry. pillows and dozens of other products
Tnis will not be the first lime Stanford changed its logo In 197z. the school
replaced its b’l ln|un mascot with the tree because American Indian groups
found the former offensive.
SPORTS
LANSING. Mich SAP) - The Ontral Michigan l'niv*T5sfy
basketball coach fired for exhorting hi* losing team to "plj>
like niggers” was criticised Thursday by a national us i! rights
' ■
Officials with Jesse Jackson s National Rainbow (aulition
said former coac h Leith Dambrot degraded black players and
students In a Jan 20 post game pep talk
But what most angers Dambrots critic* is his lawsuit seeking
S25 million in damages and reinstatement
The suit was filed m U S District Court in Bay City It con
tends Dambrot was wrongfully fired for using the term 'nig
ger' in the "positive, reinforcing sense" in which blacks use it