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March 8,2001
Volume 102, Issue 110
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TODAY
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Lindsey Dion and the Ducks expect another hard
fought game in Saturday’s Civil War. PAGE 11
Pick-me-up
Ride along with DDS drivers as they make campus
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Adam Amato Emerald
Matthew Lieuallen and several other members of Delta Lambda Phi discuss an upcoming bake sale, Big Bro Day, and
River Walk during a weekly meeting held in the LGBTA office. The fraternity views community service as paramount.
Acceptance via brotherhood
■The Delta Lambda Phi
fraternity offers gay men a
positive socia I atmosphere
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Michael Woodburn came out
when he was 14 years old, but the
junior theater and comparative
literature major said he “needed
a break” after high school be
cause he didn’t want to deal with
being gay and going to college.
When he came to the Universi
ty as a freshman, Woodburn had
already taken a year off from
school after high school. What he
didn’t know is that a group in
which he would be accepted al
ready existed.
Woodburn said the Alpha Xi
chapter of Delta Lambda Phi —
the gay, bisexual and progressive
men’s fraternity on campus—of
fers more than just a place where
members can be accepted. The
fraternity is also centered on pro
viding a social atmosphere with a
focus on community service.
The 12 members of the frater
nity don’t live together in a
house, but they meet every
Wednesday in the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Al
liance office, located in Suite 34
of the EMU. Woodburn, the co
president of the fraternity, said
Turn to Frat, page 5
Court halts election
for the second time
■Jay Breslow’s harried attempt
to restart the election fails
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Here we go again.
A last-ditch effort by ASUO President
Jay Breslow couldn’t stop the ASUO
Constitution Court from halting the elec
tion on the OSPIRG and Multicultural
Center ballot measures Wednesday
night after five student senators filed a
grievance against the MCC measure.
The injunction stopped voting on
both measures, even though Sens. Mary
Elizabeth Madden, Jennifer Greenough,
Jackie Ray, Skye Tenney and Greg Zim
mel also petitioned the court to stop vot
ing on the MCC funding request only.
Measure voting began Monday, and
the polls were scheduled to close Friday.
Court Justice Alan Tauber filed the in
junction, which needs only one justice’s
approval, and Breslow’s attempt to sway
a majority of the court to overturn the de
cision fell flat by one vote.
The MCC is requesting $18,555 in stu
dent fees to help smaller student groups
host “culturally diverse programming.”
But the senators in the grievance said
the measure’s wording violates the au
Turn to Election, page 3
Public safety bulletins
relate cautionary tales
■ A recent series of attacks
triggers action to encourage
precautions and help prevent
further crime around campus
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
After three recent attacks against
women in the University area, the De
partment of Public Safety will begin
posting crime alert bulletins on cam
pus as early as next week.
The bulletins will include informa
tion about the attacks and tips for pre
venting such crimes, all superim
posed over the DPS star. Federal law
requires that the department post bul
letins after or during a series of violent
crime on campus, but DPS officials
plan to continue posting bulletins.
“Although we’re trying to address
the situation at hand, we’re also work
ing to lay down the groundwork to
deal with future problems and get
people to take better care of them
selves,” DPS director Tom Fitzpatrick
said. “This will be an ongoing, regular
occurrence if there is a series of thefts
or whatever.”
The three attacks causing the need
for the bulletins occurred between
Feb. 14 and Feb. 28.
At 10 p.m. Feb. 14, a University stu
dent was harassed while walking
through the grassy courtyard between
the EMU and the Student Recreation
and Fitness Center. A man ap
proached the woman, made threaten
ing comments and grabbed her, ac
cording to DPS reports. The student
kicked at the man and fled, according
to DPS.
The second attack occurred at 7:30
p.m. Feb. 21 on the sidewalk south of
Johnson Hall, where a female high
school student on campus for a debate
tournament was harassed and grabbed
by a man. The student hit the suspect
Turn to DPS, page 6
Study shows high incidence of college-athlete gambling
Another survey
reveals
gambling
behavior
of NCAA
officials, but
there’s concern
that some
statistics may
be misleading
By Marty Toohey
for the Emerald
Two studies recently conduct
ed by the University of Michi
gan’s athletic department have
found that gambling is prevalent
in college sports, both with ath
letes and officials, and that more
than two-thirds of student ath
letes have gambled in some way
since entering college.
The University of Michigan
conducted a survey of college
football and men’s and women’s
college basketball in late 1998
and a survey of officials of those
sports in late 1999. The study of
student athletes produced 758
responses out of 3,000 surveys
mailed out (25.3 percent), and
the survey of officials yielded
640 responses out of 1,462 sur
veys (43.8 percent).
The studies included the fol
lowing findings:
• Almost 72 percent of student
athletes have gambled
percent of male student athletes
admitted that they have provid
ed inside information for gam
bling purposes, bet on a game in
in some way since en
tering college.
• About 35 percent of
student athletes have
gambled on sports since
entering college.
The study also found
that male student ath
letes are more likely
than female student
athletes to gamble. Most
wmcn mey nave paraci
pated or accepted mon
ey for performing poorly
in a game.
Student athletes who
gambled on sports with
bookmakers were wager
ing an average of $225
per month.
Sports officials are
also involved with gam
statistics were between 5 percent
and 10 percent higher for male
athletes than the average for all
student athletes, the study
showed.
And more surprisingly, the
study found that more than 5
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ficials found:
• Fourteen officials said they
bet on sports with a bookie.
• Twelve officials indicated
they were aware of other officials
who did not call games fairly be
cause of gambling reasons.
• Thirteen officials said they
were problem gamblers, and an
other four said they were patho
logical gamblers.
Gary Gray, the director of com
pliance for the University of Ore
gon’s athletics office, said the
study includes some numbers
that are of concern but that some
of the statistics, especially the
statistic that 72 percent of ath
letes have gambled since enter
ing college, may be misleading.
Of those athletes indicating
they had gambled, 28.8 percent
said the wager did not involve
money, and 32.5 percent indicat
ed they had wagered $10 or less.
More than 80 percent of the
those polled indicated they wa
Turn to Gambling, page 6
Most
of what
we're
talking
about is not
things like
betting with
a bookie.
Gary Gray
University
athletics,
director of
compliance
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