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higher education
■Gambling on college sports
is widespread and can damage
a school’s reputation for years
By Marty Toohey
for the Emerald
It blighted Arizona State University
and resulted in suspensions and loss
of scholarships. It
basketball and the Mafia that still
lingers in some circles, even after
caused Tulane
University’s bas
ketball program to
shut down for five
years. It forged a
link in the public
eye between
Boston College
more than 20 years.
It sparked an investigation into
Northwestern University athletics
that led to jail time for several of the
school’s athletes. Twice.
College sports gambling is a nation
wide phenomenon, according to FBI
Special Agent Randy Sealby. And
Gary Gray, the University of Oregon’s
athletics office director of compli
ance, says it could happen at the Uni
versity of Oregon.
“I don’t have any reason to suggest
that U of O isn’t exposed to the same
pressures and influences as any other
university,” Gray said. “I’d be a little
naive to suggest otherwise.”
Sealby, who works in the FBI’s
Chicago bureau, said that sports gam
bling of some type takes place on al
most every campus.
“At just about every university,
there is gambling activity,” said Seal
by, who was one of the agents in
volved in the investigation of North
western University, in which 11
people were indicted.
Sealby recently spoke with “a cross
section of the Greek system and the
athletes” at a Midwest university
about sports gambling. The audience
included one member from each fra
ternity and sorority on campus, as
well as a member of each of the col
lege’s intercollegiate sports.
“I asked them who had gambled
since coming into college, and every
single one of them raised their hand,”
Turn to Gambling, page 6
OSPIRG, MCC
election is set
for this week
■The Constitution Court rules that the measures
will be voted on through Friday, while the general
election will now be put off until next term
By Jeremy Lang and Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Although the election for a new ASUO president won’t
happen until spring term, the ASUO Consti
tution Court decided Monday to allow vot
ing on the ballot measures for the Multicul
tural Center and OSPIRG.
After the ruling, Elections Coordinator
Shantell Rice announced students can vote
on the ballot measures via Duck Web begin
ning 9 a.m. Wednesday. The election will
end 5 p.m. Friday.
The court was essentially forced to allow voting on the bal
Turn to Election, page 5
2 dead, 13 hurt
in school attack
■The shooting occurred near San Diego; the boy
accused was regularly picked on, classmates say
By Ben Fox
Associated Press Writer
SANTEE, Calif. — A 15-year-old boy who had been picked
on and had talked about shooting classmates allegedly
opened fire in a high school bathroom Monday, killing two
people and wounding 13 in the nation’s deadliest school at
tack since Columbine.
One student said the boy had a smile on his face as he fired
away with a pistol at Santana High School in this middle
class San Diego suburb.
The boy, a freshman whose name was not released, surren
dered in the bathroom, dropped his gun and said he acted
alone, telling officers: “It’s just me,” according to sheriff’s of
ficials. They said he will be charged as an adult with murder,
assault with a deadly weapon and gun possession.
Both of the dead were students, and at least one of the vic
tims was a campus supervisor, Sheriff William Kolender said.
One student also suffered minor injuries in a car accident
while fleeing the 1,900-student school.
“I know in your minds is the overriding question: ‘Why?’”
Turn to Shooting, page 6
Moos will wait to address players’ concerns with coach Runge
■ Eight women's basketball players
“vent” about their coach’s tactics, but
Moos says the Ducks will focus on the
NCAA Tournament for now
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon women’s basketball coach Jody
Runge has faced Bears, Wildcats and Cougars
during her eight-season tenure in Eugene.
Now, Runge is facing a much more unlike
ly foe — her own Ducks.
' Eight of Oregon’s 14 players met privately
with Oregon Athletic Director Bill Moos Sun
day to discuss Runge’s coaching tactics,
Moos said in a conference call Monday.
Moos said the players had communica
tion and trust issues with Runge, but that he
would deal with their concerns after the sea
son ends.
“This is coming at a time when we should
be focusing our attention on our last game of
the season and our hopes of getting into the
[NCAA] tournament,” Moos said.
Runge could not be reached for comment
Monday, while three players contacted by the
Emerald refused to talk about the situation.
“I don’t think that’s a very good idea,” sen
ior forward Lindsey Dion said, when asked
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ing.
Moos didn’t say which
players initiated the
meeting, or who the eight
players involved were.
“It took a lot of courage
for the players to call that
meeting,” Moos said. “It
shouldn’t have to require
a lot of courage.”
RUNGE Runge has built the
Ducks into a perennial
power since taking over as coach before the
1993-94 season. Oregon has made seven
straight NCAA Tournament appearances,
won back-to-back Pacific-10 Conference
championships the past two seasons and
amassed a 159-72 record under Runge.
But Runge’s on-court accomplishments
haven’t translated into off-court happiness,
especially for this year’s team. Moos said the
players who spoke with him had specific
concerns that were “eye-opening.”
“Jody was not listening, and that was a
concern to [the players],” Moos said. “As I
understood it, they had an issue with belit
tling and private matters being aired out in
Turn to Runge, page 8