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November 12,1999
Volume 101, Issue 54
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University of Oregon
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Oregon’s charged and ready
The Ducks begin thier quest for the “Big Dance ” as they kick
off their 1999-2000season tonight at McArthur Court
against the Basketball Travelers. PAGE 7A
Cottage Grove commute
Lane Transit District will offer service between Eugene and
Cottage Grove throughout the week beginning in February
to better serve distant commuters. PAGE 5A
At the coffee counter
The Buzz employee Jason Lanning serves Tara Payne, a senior business major, a cup of coffee.
Jeffrey Stockton Emerald
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Coffee has been a staple
of the American diet for
years. And for years, the
health effects of caffeine
have been a source of heat
ed debate. But one fact is
without question — the
coffee industry is brim
ming with delight as sales
are up across the board,
and the University is no
exception.
Coffee consumption on
campus has shown a dra
matic increase from last
year. EMU Food Service,
which manages all coffee outlets
on campus not associated with
University Housing, reports a
first-quarter increase in coffee
sales from $47,087 in 1998 to
$63,238 in 1999.
Victoria Varble-Goss, EMU as
sistant food service director, at
tributed the increase to java
savvy freshmen.
“In the last several years, if
you walk into any high school,
they have espresso bars, Varble
Goss said. “When those students
come to college, they already
know exactly what they want.”
Fred Babcock has served as di
rector of food service for Univer
sity Housing since 1979 and has
noticed a significant change in
coffee consumption.
“I’ve recently noticed an in
crease in consumption as fresh
man become more familiar with
coffee,” Babcock said.
“Students coming to
school now have already
been exposed to the coffee
culture.”
Babcock said that when
he first came to the Uni
versity, students were not
really into drinking coffee.
University Housing now
conducts surveys every
year to measure coffee
preferences of students.
“They’re drinking a lot
more of it now,” Babcock
said.
Nutritionists are not
convinced that this recent
boom is a good thing, but they
are reluctant to condemn coffee
consumption, as long as it’s
done in moderation.
“There are no studies that
show caffeine in small doses has
ill health effects for an individ
ual," University Health Center
Dietitian Kristen Olmos'said.
Although caffeine has been
linked to heart disease, cancer, os
Turn to Addiction, Page4A
Coffee consumption among University
students has increased dramatically
within the last year
New grievance
filed in senate
■ University student Scott Austin
accuses five student senators of
breaking ASUO rules and demands
they each be removed from office
By Jeremy Lang
* Oregon Daily Emerald
Five hours and $25 might not be the only
punishment for the student senators ac
cused last week of breaking ASUO rules.
On Thursday, student Scott Austin filed an
eight-page grievance with the ASUO Consti
tution Court against summer-session Sens.
Jessica Timpany, C.J. Gabbe, Jereme Grzy
bowski, Spencer Hamlin and Andrew Schnei
der. Austin accused the five senators of break
ing ASUO rules by not holding office hours
and abusing power by allocating $400 to fami
ly housing, a non-ASUO recognized group.
Austin also demanded in his grievance
that all five senators be removed from office
for non-fulfillment of duties and pay back
the $75 stipend they received for their work
on the summer senate.
Gabbe said he disagreed with the charges
and spent more than adequate time during
the summer working on student issues even
though he didn’t post office hours.
“The accusations of nonfulfillment are
unreasonable,” Gabbe said. “I went above
and beyond what was required of me, and
it’s unfortunate that this is about whether I
posted hours and not what I accomplished
over the summer. ”
As of late Thursday, Grzybowski and
Hamlin said they didn’t have a chance to
read the grievance and would not comment
Turn to Grievance. Page 4A
f
Student
Senate
Timeline
Nov. 3: Former
Student Senator
Autumn DePoe
files a grievance
against four sena
tors for failing to
hold office hours.
Nov. 10: In re
sponse, the senate
demands the sena
tors return $25 of
the $75 received in
stipends during
summer session.
Nov. 11: Student
Scott Austin files a
grievance against
five senators for
not fulfilling ASUO
responsibilities,
suggesting they
each be removed
from office and re
pay the entire $75.
African student group
to foster community
■ Junior Aleyao Binioube
is looking to re-establish
an organization for African
students in Eugene
By Edward Yuen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Diversity on campus will
soon be broadened with the ad
dition of a new ethnic student
group at the University.
Aleyao Binioube, a junior ma
joring in international studies, is
trying to re-establish an organi
zation for students from Africa.
The organization will tentative
ly be called African Student As
sociation, Binioube said.
Binioube, who is from the Re
public of Togo, has been work
ing in different African coun
tries for various international
organizations, such as the
African Refugee Committee and
ADIS (Afrique, Action for Inte
gral and Sustainable Develop
ment in Africa in Benin and
Togo).
Binioube came to the Univer
sity in September and decided
he wanted to establish the group
so students from Africa can
share their experiences with
other African students and for
learn more
about
African is
sues.
Binioube
also said he
has many
goals for
the student
group.
He said
he wants to
build an
African community at the Uni
versity through the group. He
said the student group will pro
vide information to students in
Africa about studying in the
United States. In addition, the
group will provide career infor
mation for African students in
their home countries.
Turn to African. Page 4A
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