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HEALTH Fighting depression Antidepressants, which help hold sero tonin in synapses, have Ijeen found to be effective in the battle with depression PAGE 9A SPORTS Tennis loses to USC, UCLA Erwan Kergroachpicked up the meti’s tennis team s only win of the weekend, beating 12th rankedJean-Noel Grinda of UCLA PAGE 11A MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1998 ”1 IUUAT Raye Ringholz will readfrom “Oh Belay!"at 7:30p.m. in the Knight Library. WtAI Hfcn Today Showers High 57. Low 41. Tuesday Rain High 56. Low 39. Crime still a problem on campus According to an OPS official, the number of bicycle thefts per capita is high in Eugene, and the campus area is no exception By Jesse Sowa Community Reporter Campus crime continues to be a problem at the University, and there are a number of things students can do to protect themselves and their property, according to one police official. Robert Guse, a campus safety officer at the University’s Office of Public Safety, snid one of the biggest problems on campus is bicy cle theft. Guse said Eugene was third in the United States in bicycle thefts per capita a few years ago. “Make sure your bike is locked,” Guse said, adding that it is best to only use cables to secure components of the bicycle and not the frame. If your bicycle is stolen, there is only about a 10 percent chance you will get it back, Guse said. And the best way to raise your odds of getting your bike returned is to engrave your bicycle’s serial number on the bicycle, reg ister the bicycle with OPS and keep the num ber in your home in a secure place. “Try to put [the number] in a couple dif ferent places,” he said. Guse suggests using a code police will be able to use to identify your bicycle and re turn it to you. This code includes your dri ver’s license number and the two-letter ab breviation of the state where the license was issued. “Any cop will know how to use that num ber,” he said. OPS has an engraver for student use avail able in its office on East 15th Avenue. According to OPS report figures, the number of robberies (excluding thefts) on campus in 1994 was three; there were four in 1995 and two in 1996. There were 12 ag Turn to CRIME, Page 6A Biology symposium i ■ LAURA GOSS/Emerald Allen Orr speaks with other geneticists at a symposium discussing ecology, evolution and the theory of speciation Saturday in Willamette Hall. Scientists discuss speciation Scientists gathered Saturday to discuss experiments they have conducted to determine how different species developed By David Ryan Freelance Reporter It’s a reproductive thing. That’s what biologists from around the country talked about Saturday. Scientists met to discuss the process by which dif ferent species are created at a mini-sym posium held by the University biology department. Specifically, they gathered to discuss the results of speciation experiments they have conducted on fruit flies, crickets and sunflowers. Mike Lynch, a biologist at the Univer sity, talked about the traditional concept of speciation — that different species are created when they are separated by geog raphy. “We’ve always known that you had to have geographic separation,” Lynch said, “but the big question is that you know something still has to happen evolution wise. You can separate [organisms], but they don’t change. You bring them back together and they’re still going to be the same. “So the big question is: What is it that changes so that when you bring two dif ferent populations back together they’re not the same species?” The answer seems to be getting clearer. Alan Orr, a biologist at the University of Rochester, said, “I think there’s clearly been dramatic progress in both the plant and animal world. In the old days there was lots of theorizing and very little ex perimental testing.” But now there are many experiments, Orr said. “We actually did experiments to test these theories so that very quickly a lot of these theories have fallen by the way side,” he said. Part of the batch of experimental evi dence presented at the symposium in volved a process called Interlocus Con Turn to BIOLOGY, Page 6A Hemingway, Bostic want ASUO government to ‘grow up’ TheASUO Executive candidates are pushing to integrate duplicate programs By Kristina Rudinskas Student Activities Reporter Mark Hemingway and Farrah Bostic said they want the associated student govern ment to grow up. Running for ASUO Execu tive is just one way they plan to clean house in the ASUO. "Even when good people get elected, they don’t get to do very much,” said Bostic, the vice presidential candidate. Bostic has been publisher of the Oregon Commentator for two years, managing editor one year and a staff writer for one year. She has held a cam pus talk show on KWVA and worked on the Associated Students Presidential Advisory Council. Presidential candidate Hemingway would like to think of his elected office as a "benevolent dictatorship.” Hemingway has served as editor of the Oregon Commentator for two years, as a representative of the Pro grams Finance Committee and as Promo tions Director of the KWVA. “It’s a tyranny of the minority when only 8 percent of the population votes. The govern ment itself is worthless,” he explained. "All it is good for is enabling programming. The people in power assume they have a man date from the students.” Hemingway and Bostic propose limiting incidental fees and trying to develop a zero percent benchmark for student program funding. "We want to push people to integrate pro grams that are duplicating themselves,” Bostic said. Hemingway and Bostic said they also want to educate students about the inciden tal fee that funds student programs. They suggest mailing students a copy of the stu dent fee budget. They also want to educate Turn to ASUO, Page 10A ASUO President and Vice President candidates a:: ASUO ELECTIONS Farran Bostic Marc iiemingway ana harran bostic are candidates tor the ASUO President and Vice President respectively. The primary elections will be held Wednesday and Thursday. EMERALD
