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Wednesday September 29,1999 Volume 101, Issue 22 Weather University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper www.dailyemerald.com Ducks slip, finish second With a tough final round, the women's golf team falls to second place behind California in the Oregon Invitational at the Emerald Valley Resort Golf Club. PAGE 13 Credit cards come to campus School has begun, and booths are set up along 13th Avenue, trying to target the University crowd; many offer special deals uniquely for students. PAGE 7 College of Business runs academic frats ■ Alpha Kappa Psi and Beta Alpha Psi are co-ed fraternities emphasizing professional relationships By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald As students finish fraternity and sorority rush this week, there may have been some fra ternities they haven’t consid ered pledging: Alpha Kappa Psi and Beta Alpha Psi. They aren’t affiliated with Greek Life but are academic fraternities run by the University’s Charles H. Lundquist College of Business. Founded in 1915, Alpha Kappa Psi is a co-ed fraternity open to all majors and minors in the business and economics fields. Chapter Vice President Grant Blume said it’s more than a social fraternity. “Members can build friend ships and connections they keep as they move into the busi ness world,,” Blume said. “As a national fraternity, those con nections go beyond just the University.” Members build relationships outside of the University at re gional and national leadership conferences held every year, where business students meet, exchange ideas and vote on fra ternity procedure on a national level. “Membership in Alpha Kap pa Psi is also more than just an opportunity for a student to build a resumd,” Blume said. “It also lets them apply what they learn in classes and textbooks to real life.” He said the fraternity runs a variety of short-term businesses during the year. Fraternity members get involved in adver tising, sales, promotion — all the areas of running a business, just on a smaller university scale. Last year, Alpha Kappa Psi made T-shirts for the Civil War football game and held a salsa dance during spring term. They also print a newsletter, The Al pha Kappa Psi Diary, which lists job opportunities and helps students get in contact with employers. Beta Alpha Psi is also a co-ed fraternity affiliated with the business school, but is specifi cally open to accounting ma jors. The University’s chapter was the second to be founded in the nation. Chapter President Shannon Dolan said the fraternity’s main purpose is to bring students and job recruiters together in a re laxed atmosphere. “We provide an easy way for students to get information on internships, different compa nies and visit company offices,” she said. Last August, Dolan and two other students attended the Beta Alpha Psi Annual Meeting Program in San Diego. They at tended seminars on ethics, how to attract new members to the fraternity and how to balance a career with a family. At the conference, Beta Al pha Psi’s national board voted to include finance majors and minors as members “because professional service firms have expanded their degree criteria Turn to Fraternities, Page 9 _ . “Seen Samett Emerald Senior Ben Anderson helps Stacey Isaac find the serial number on her bike. The Bike Hut located on 13th ave. in front of Gilbert Hall will be available for bike registration until the end of this week and possibly into next week also. i University seeks to reduce bike theft ■ Bike registration, a free service from the Office of Public Safety, can make finding stolen bikes easier By Ben Romano lor the Emerald You can’t miss the green tent on 13th Avenue in front of Gilbert Hall. Nor should you if you’re riding a bike to campus, said David Niles, University bi cycle coordinator. The Transportation Resource Center, Niles and the bicycle program staff, can answer all of your bicycle commuting ques tions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the rest of this week and probably all of next week, Niles said. Sporting T-shirts that bear the resource center’s mantra: “Every bike counts, don’t lock yours with a cable,” Niles and his staff offer advice for students riding and locking bikes on campus. “Our main push is bike regis tration,” Niles said. Bike registration is a free ser vice of the University Office of Public Safety. It helps OPS iden tify and return stolen bikes that have been recovered. Bike theft is a problem; ap proximately 300 bikes are stolen annually, Niles said. “We can significantly reduce that number if people learn to lock their bikes properly,” he said. There are three main reasons bikes get stolen. First, bikes that are not locked make obvious, Turn to Bike hut, Page 3 Collier House to undergo construction, will be accessible to disabled Jeffrey Stockton Emerald The mechanical lift on the west side of the Collier House will be replaced by a new ramp. The lift, installed in the early 1980s, has a history of {malfunction. ■ The new ramp will be consistent with the national historic landmark’s original architecture By Brian Goodell Oregon Daily Emerald In its 113-year history on cam pus, the Collier House has served as a residence, a restaurant and a meeting place for students, faculty and alumni. Until recently, howev er, it’s never been conveniently ac cessible to disabled patrons. But now a disabled ramp will be constructed the west end of the Col lier House. After the Campus Planning Com mittee voted unanimously last spring to approve plans made by University Facilities Services, the design was approved by the city of Eugene and the University. Construction will begin .sopn al though no specific date has been set. Christine Thompson, an associ ate planner with the University Planning Office, said the ramp pro ject began after repairs to the west desk were needed because of its age and condition. Facilities Services later suggested a disabled ramp be added to im prove accessibility for disabled pa trons and to maintain an aesthetic and character consistent with the original Collier House style of ar chitecture. “The Collier House was designed in a two-story Italianate style that was very popular in Oregon in the 19th Century,” said Ken Guzowski, Eugene historic preservation plan ner. “The design of the ramp will improve the Italianate style of the building.” In the early 1980s, a mechanical lift was installed tq provide access to the first level of the Collier House. Disabled patrons and em ployees of the building, however, soon found that the lift was unreli able. “A member of the University Club questioned why ramps were being used instead of repairing the existing mechanical lift,” said Chris Ramey, University Planning archi tect. “Mechanical lifts often malfunc tion and a ramp provides a more straightforward and easily main tained solution, much preferred by wheelchair users,” she said. The Collier House is a historic landmark for both the city and the University and is listed on the Na tional Register of Historic Places. It was originally designed as a resi dence in 1886 by then physics Pro fessor George Collier, who built the house with his sons. Collier and his , Turn to Collier House. Page 4
