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Delta Lambda Phi visits convention
■ CONVENTION: The
University’s chapter of the
gay fraternity is the only
one in the Pacific Northwest
By Nicole Kristal
Oregon Daily Emerald
About 150-200 members of
Delta Lambda Phi, the country’s
only gay, bisexual and “progres
sive” fraternity, convened in At
lanta, Ga., last week to meet with
other chapters and define future
goals.
Four representatives from the
University’s 11 member chapter
attended the four day convention:
Jim Ransier, Brad Dunshee, Adam
Lutzow and Brian Myers.
“It was such a positive experi
ence," said Ransier, President of
the Eugene chapter. “It was all
about leadership, brotherhood,
friendship, giving your time to
others and helping out.”
About 30 chapters from across
the nation attended the conven
tion, which was hosted by the At
lanta chapter.
The convention was comprised
of workshops and activities. At
the workshops, members dis
cussed strategies for increasing
membership, maintaining mem
bership, fostering leadership and
effective fund raising. In addition,
a workshop was held to encourage
safe sex in the gay community.
But for Ransier and his other
fraternity brothers, the most mem
orable part of the trip were the ac
tivities.
“None of us had ever been to
Atlanta before,” said Ransier. “We
saw the city, went to Centennial
Park and did the whole tourist
thing.”
The “tourist thing” also includ
ed a visits to the Coca-Cola muse
um and the CNN center. While the
Eugene chapter chose not to at
tend a trip to Six Flags, it was a
popular item on the itinerary.
Members also attended a ban
quet at the Carter Presidential
Center.
“It was a really nice, formal
event,” Ransier said. “Everyone
dressed up.”
At the end of every day’s activi
ties, members went to clubs, often
finding themselves amongst their
fraternity brothers.
“We spent a lot of our time get
ting to know the national people,
meeting names with faces we had
been reading forever,” said Dun
shee, one of the founders of the
Eugene chapter.
. “We came home really ener
gized,” said Ransier, who is now
ecIt was such a positive
experience. It was all about
leadership, brotherhood,
friendship, giving your time to
others and helping out.
Jim Ransier
UO Delta Lambda Phi President
eager to work on increasing mem
bership and helping start a chap
ter in Seattle.
Ransier is also working with
Delta Lambda Phi alumnus En
rique Andrade to reestablish a
Portland chapter.
Members at the convention dis
cussed possible locations for next
year’s convention. So far, Min
neapolis and Washington D.C. are
the main contenders. Wherever
next year’s convention is held,
Ransier and Dunshee plan to at
tend.
“It was really a unifying experi
ence,” said Dunshee.
The University’s chapter has
been in existence since April
1996. The Eugene chapter is the
only Delta Lambda Phi chapter in
the Pacific Northwest.
LTD to implement scanning procedures
■ BUSES: Though the new identification
cards do not have term stickers, officials warn
graduates against using them for bus service
By Carl Yeh
Associate Editor
Students who have recently graduated may want
to think twice about using their University ID to ride
LTD buses for free. Just because the new ID cards that
were issued last fall do not have the term stickers,
which prevented non-current students from getting
free bus service in the past, doesn’t mean that people
can get away with it.
“One of the things we’re looking into doing are
‘spot checks’ with handheld scanners," said Andy
Vobora, service planning and marketing manager.
“We would have fare checkers that would come on
the buses randomly. Under current Eugene ordi
nances, they can fine people up to $250 and confis
cate their card.”
However, Vobora said, “We’re not interested in do
ing a lot of fines or confiscating cards, but finding out
how bad the problem is.”
Eventually, LTD may retrofit all of the fare boxes
in the boxes with scanners. “We’re watching the
technology,” Vobora said. “We have in our budget to
retrofit all of the fare boxes sometime in 1999. But
that’s dependent on federal funding for capital im
provements — we’re looking at $1 million dollars
[for this improvement].”
In other news, construction is about six to eight
weeks ahead of schedule for the new LTD bus station
ccWe’re not interested in doing a lot of fines
or confiscating cards, but finding out how bad
the problem is. yy
Andy Vobora
LTD Service Planning and Marketing Manager
that is being built in downtown Eugene.
“They may be done at the end of this year," Vobora
said. “If that’s the case then we would have some
time to move in and do some training for the bus dri
vers, such as moving in and out of the departure
bays.”
There will also be some changes in bus routes for
this fall.
“We’re restructuring West 18th Avenue service,”
Vobora said. “This should help out the students who
live out there, especially those in Westmoreland
Housing.” LTD also plans to expand service to
Duck’s Village..
“We’re also building a new Park n’ Ride in Spring
field at the intersection of Main street and the Eu
gene-Springfield Highway,” Vobora said. “From this
Park n’ Ride there will be an express service via the
freeway. This will be a quick way to get from the
Thurston area to the University.”
The new Park n’ Ride is scheduled to be complet
ed for school service starting Sept. 22.
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