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Debt, job difficulties result
from excessive gambling
Students’ gambling habits
can sometimes interfere
with budgeting skills and work
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
Ah, gambling. The snap of shuf
fling cards, the gentle tap of poker
chips, the thrill of beating the point
spread. These sensations are no
strangers to college students as gam
ing is becoming an increasingly popu
lar pastime.
"Problem gambling is a
serious issue on college
campuses across the
nation and doesn't often
receive the attention
it deserves."
Dr. Jeffrey Marotta
Problem gambling expert
A Harvard Medical School study
found that 42 percent of college stu
dents gambled on sports.
Junior Brandon Gleich enjoys gam
bling occasionally. He plays Texas
Hold'em, a popular form of poker,
about twice a week.
For Gleich and most college-aged
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Photo Illustration by Adam Amato Senior Photographer
A recent study reports that 3 percent of college students have a gambling problem,
which can escalate from harmless activities such as poker.
gamblers, gambling is a harmless and
fan activity. College students can,
however, develop serious gambling
problems.
A University of Minnesota study
found that about 3 percent of college
students have a gambling problem.
Students with a gambling problem
bet money they can't afford to lose,
gamble to win back money they've
lost and let gambling interfere with
work or school.
"Problem gambling is a serious
issue on college campuses across
the nation and doesn't often receive
the attention it deserves," said Dr.
Jeffrey Marotta, a problem gam
bling expert for the state of Oregon.
"It's not terribly unusual for a stu
dent to drop out of college because
of a gambling problem or have aca
demic difficulties."
Marotta said it can be more difficult
to identify gambling problems
among college students because they
have easier access to credit than older
adults and often don't have some of
the obligations, such as a family or a
full-time job, that can reveal a gam
bling problem.
"(College students) often don't get
themselves in a very big hole," Marot
ta said.
College students play a variety of
Turn to GAMBLING, page 5B
Singles hook up on weekends
at Eugene’s social hot spots
Although the definition
of‘hooking up’ remains
uncertain, the unattached
of Lane County still do it
By Moriah Balingit
Freelance Reporter
While couples celebrated their love
on Feb. 14, some singles moped and
cried about their lack of attachment.
However, for the rest of the year, sin
gles are free to celebrate one of the
most coveted luxuries reserved mostly
for bachelors and bachelorettes —
hooking up.
What exactly does "hooking up"
mean? In recent years, even our Yale
educated former president was unable
to come up with a definition.
"Guys want (hand jobs) to count,
because it raises the numerical value
of their sexual conquests," Wm.
Steven Humphrey wrote in the Feb.
12 edition of The Portland Mercury.
When asked for his definition of a
hookup, University graduate Chris
Swartz said "sex."
For others, the term was a little
more difficult to define.
"(Hooking up is) anything more
than kissing and when you're not in a
committed relationship," freshman
Ryan Sturges said.
For some, bars are a notorious spot
to find a hookup. Swartz said some
times he goes to bars with the explicit
intention of hooking up.
"I don't justify it," he said. "I don't
care... It's all about fun."
Others said they feel differently
about hook ups at bars.
"That's a bad idea," senior Jarod
Courtney, a journalism major, said.
"You should go out and chill with
your friends."
Spencer Miles said there is pres
sure for men to have random sexual
encounters.
"I would say innately being a guy
you feel that pressure," he said.
He added that if there is increased
pressure, it comes from being around
so many male friends.
Freshman Dave Holzapfel shared
similar sentiments.
"That pressure exists ... it's a social
norm to hook up with people."
Some such as Sturges, choose to re
sist the pressure.
"I feel like if you're known to be re
fusing hookups people would wonder
what's wrong with you, and it's such a
common topic of conversation ... if
you don't do it it's pretty noticeable."
Some students said they prefer to live
through television hookups instead.
"'Sex and the City' treats it like a
game," Sturges said. "It's all the enter
taining parts of hooking up without
the emotional baggage."
Moriah Balingit is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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