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No longer in the lead 9 Alissa Edwards and the Ducks face an uphill bat tle to reclaim the Pac-10 title. PAGE 7 A second time around The Program Finance Committee began appellate hearings Monday to last through the week. PAGE 5 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Tuesday February 6,2001 Volume 102, Issue 88 Weather today high 47, low 30 Spun in the Web Doctors say that too much time surfing the ‘Net can lead to sleep deprivation, loneliness, depression and skipped classes This is the second in a two-part se ries on issues regarding the Internet Today: Inter net addiction and its affect on college students Monday: How the growing pop ularity of In ternet use in residence halls and off campus is changing the ways people communi cate and interact with each other. By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald A night of pizza, poker and some interesting conversation is sometimes all a person needs to feel content. And with a few clicks of a button, such an evening can be arranged from the comfort of one’s own room - with the help of the Internet. Some have called this a gift to communication. But others are labeling this popular form of technology dangerous. Psychologists nationwide are studying a new phenomenon known as Internet addiction, where people experience loneli ness, depression and anxiety from excessive use of the Internet — and several studies have shown college students are especially susceptible to getting hooked. College students spend an av erage of 9.1 hours a week on line, according to a fall 2000 survey by Student Monitor. But most students who use Web time to chat, e-mail or research believe the Internet has simply made their lives easier. According to Dr. Keith Ander son, a psychologist at the Rensse laer Polytechnic Institution in Troy, N.Y., too much time in cy berspace can have a negative in fluence on students’ health, so cial life and academic habits. Anderson, who is currently working on a study about Inter net use among college students, said he first became interested in the concept when one of his pa tients began doing poorly in school because of excessive Internet use. He said students who spend about two hours a day online are at risk and that many of them will experi ence symptoms such as loneliness and depression, in addition to suffer ing academically. He added that sev eral students in his study stayed up late to be online, which led to sleep deprivation and skipping classes. Dr. Jonathan Kandell, author of “Internet Addic tion on Campus: The Vulnerability of College Stu dents,” published in a 1998 issue of CyberPsychology & Behavior, com pares Internet ad diction to alco holism and gambling. It can be a cop- —-... . ing mechanism,” -- he said. Kandell, who is also a counselor at the Univer sity of Maryland, said some col lege students are especially drawn into the cyber-world be cause they are in a life stage T Russell Weller Emerald where they’re unsure of them selves, and they enjoy commu nication that doesn’t involve face-to-face contact. He men Turn to Internet, page 4 / ONLINE V SETUP As the World Wide Web turns... The percentage of college courses using e-mail and multimedia resources has more than doubled in the last few years, and more than seven million college students and faculty routinely use the Internet and World Wide Web as part of their daily and weekly activities. 2000 Campus Computing Survey Average time students spend online per week Fall 2000 Males 9.7 hours Females 8.4 hours Overall 9.1 hours Fall 1999 Overall 7.2 hours Spring 2000 Overall 8.1 hours Student Monitor 2000 Labor author rallies crowd, invokes Morse ■ Nelson Lichtenstein’s speech at the Knight Library launched a new exhibit of materials on labor arbitration from the Wayne Morse Papers By Christopher Arnold For the Emerald Nelson Lichtenstein believes workplace justice can prevent workers from having to “lick the boots” of their employers. The author and labor historian spoke to a diverse and at tentive crowd for nearly an hour Monday in the Knight Li brary. He analyzed America’s history of union organization, collective bargaining and labor arbitration in the 20th century. “Americans consider workplace discrimination un-Amer ican,” Lichtenstein said, “but there is no debate on the need to stop it.” He cited the formation of unions as key in turning labor policies upside down. Lichtenstein said the formation of unions allowed average workers to regain their rights as human beings—that workers maintain the same rights at the office that they have at the bal lots , in the courtroom or speaking out in city hall. The speech helped launch a new exhibition of papers at the Knight Library, which focuses on Wayne Morse’s career as a labor arbitrator. Morse, a former dean of the University’s law school, repre sented Oregon for 24 years in the U.S. Senate. He was best known for his contributions to labor relations on the West Coast before his death in 1974. Lichtenstein also addressed current problems in labor rela tions. He noted lawyers may be able to protect workers, but the judicial system may not be able to enforce labor laws in mil lions of workplaces. “Workers will remain silent unless they have some organi zation that protects them from the repercussions of speaking up,” he said. He continued to emphasize the nation’s retreat from democ racy in the workplace. “There is a virtue and a power in appealing to the demo cratic norms that are still carved in hundreds ofbuildings,” he Turn to Labor, page 3 4J School Closure Committee passes buck to board The group voted to let the school board decide which schools get the ax Schools targeted for closure: Bailey Hill, Coburg, Silver Lea [Corridor, YujinGakuen], Whiteaker, Willakenzie By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald The members of Eugene School Dis trict 4j’s board will have a serious date on Valentine’s Day — but it won’t be with their spouses or partners. On Feb. 14th, the final recommenda tion will be presented to the school board by the School Closure Committee, which is a group of parents, community mem bers, students and 4J staff appointed by the board. The board has several meet ings to receive further analysis before March 21, when they must vote upon their final action on the issue. On Monday night, the committee fi nalized its recommendation with a vote of 25-3, choosing to send the entire list of six schools to the board. “Forwarding the list as it is now gives [the school board] maximum flexibili ty,” said John Owens, a community rep resentative of the closure board. The recommendation that will go the school board will have three parts. First, it will include a plea to the board to make closures the last resort in deal ing with budget cuts. Second, the com mittee will list reasons brought forth as to why specific schools should and shouldn’t be closed. Lastly, the recom mendation has a statement encouraging the school board to look at the possibili ty of dealing with alternative schools before closures. Tom Henry, assistant superintendent for instruction, presented six options to the closure committee. The options centered on splitting up the students of closed schools and sending them to two other schools, which would eliminate problems such as redrawing boundary lines, Henry said. One of the main concerns of the com mittee was to have all the options address the loss of programs in the schools that would absorb students. In order to fit stu dents, auxiliary rooms now used for computer labs, music or reading rooms in some schools would need to be uti lized for classrooms, Henry said. “All the decisions haven’t been made whether schools will keep computer Turn to Closures, page 5 Chrystal McConnell Emerald Empty playgrounds may become commonplace at several area elementary schools facing possible closure. Final recommendations will be presented to the school board Feb. 14.
