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Friday, April 19,2002
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Volume 103, Issue 133
April Showers?
Occasional
sun breaks
on campus
brought some
students outside
to study Thursday
afternoon. A
dreary week
of cold weather
and rain has kept
many inside.
Adam Amato Emerald
Greek chapters
face changing
to alcohol-free
■The alcohol-free living proposal, requiring greek
chapters to go dry in order to remain affiliated
with the University, will be decided upon in May
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Like most of the men in Beta Theta Pi, sophomore Taylor
Lewis said he doesn’t drink at every party at the fraternity.
Members are required to maintain at least a 2.5 GPA and
studying is a priority, he said. Still, he considers the social as
pect of fraternity life just as important as the academic side,
and he doesn’t see anything wrong with that.
“For us, the social scene is huge ... It works hand-in
hand with the academics,” he said. “It’s just people having
a good time.”
Lewis, who is in charge of risk management for the house,
said parties at his house are restricted to people members
know, and drinking at the fraternity is under control.
“ J00 percent of the guys in my house kngw when to go to
bed,” he said.
But not everyone at the University agrees that drinking in
greek houses is harmless fun.
The University’s nine sororities and five of the 15 frater
nities already have alcohol-free housing, and for the past
year administrators, greek advisers and some alumni and
students have been discussing how to end drinking in all
University chapters.
At a meeting attended by fraternity and sorority presidents,
members of the Interfratemity Council and the Panhellenic
Council last week, it was announced that all greek houses
must have alcohol-free housing by this fall in order to remain
affiliated with the University. University spokeswoman
Pauline Austin said University President Dave Frohnmayer
is expected to approve the policy, but right now he is still con
sidering it. A final decision is expected in May.
Associated Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Leav
itt said the announcement at the meeting of greek student
leaders was unexpected, and caught many who attended
by surprise. Administrators and Greek Life advisers had
planned to talk with members of greek houses about the al
cohol-free housing initiative this month before it was an
Turn to Alcohol-free, page 7A
University research may yield profit if Ballot Measure 10 passes
■Voters will decide whether
universities should receive profits for
research in the May 21 primaries
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University could own stock in its own
research if voters approve a state ballot meas
ure that would legalize the practice.
Ballot Measure 10 on the May 21 primary
election ballot would allow companies to
purchase and mar
Inside
A UO student runs for
county commissioner.
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Today’s hearing
will determine what
happens to candidates
in trouble with the rules.
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ket university-devel
oped products with
company stock in
stead of cash, a
transaction current
ly barred by the Ore
gon Constitution.
Supporters say
passage of the meas
ure would not only
increase revenue for universities but would
also encourage small business growth, which
could create jobs and help stimulate the strug
gling Oregon economy.
“Most of the job growth in the U.S. has
come from small companies,” said Jim Coo
nan, Oregon University System director of
business alliances. ‘They’ve got terrific
ideas, but they don’t have the cash to ac
quire those ideas.”
Measure 10, Coonan said, would give
start-up companies lacking capital more ac
cess to potentially profitable ideas and in
ventions, and universities would stand to
profit along with successful new business
es, Coonan said.
Though nobody wrote an argument against
the measure for the state voter pamphlet, an
opponent of the measure, tax activist Don
Mclntire, said the proposal has drawbacks.
“If a university starts angling to participate
Turn to Measure 10, page 6A
Adam Jones Emerald
Kathe Shaw
Bassettand her
10-month-old
daughter Emma
participate in a
study at Electrical
Geodesics Inc.
using an EEG
device to map
patterns of
mother/child
brain activity
during breast
feeding. Ballot
Measure 10
would allow
companies
like Electrical
Geodesics to
purchase and
market university
developed
products.