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effective.
"Tobacco is so addictive that it's
doesn't take long to develop a full
fledged addiction," she said.
But Sigmu Nu President Andrew
Newsom countered the practice of
giving away free tobacco products is
n't likely to get people addicted.
"I'd say that just in my personal
experience an isolated incident like
that is not likely to cause people to
change their habits," he said.
Newsom added that fraternity
members are mature and can choose
for themselves whether to accept the
products.
"I don't think it's unethical to tar
get full-grown adults," he added.
Paula Staight, the director of
health education at the I Iealth Cen
ter, said she fears fraternity members
may not comprehend the potency of
tobacco addiction.
"It's hard to understand tobacco
addiction if you haven't experienced
it," she said.
She added giving away free tobac
co products eliminates the "price
barrier," referring to the concept that
the more expensive tobacco prod
ucts get, the less likely people are to
buy and use them — especially cash
strapped college students.
But Wedeking said the strategy is
purely competitive.
"A lot of what they're trying to do
is trying to get people to switch
brands," he said.
Though fraternities reported they
haven't been contacted recently by
tobacco companies, many presi
dents said they would accept the
products if companies offered them.
Chi Psi President Casey Doolin said
he personally doesn't use tobacco prod
ucts but would accept the products "on
behalf of the guys that do."
But Beta Theta Pi President Dan
Occhipinti said he would refuse to ac
cept the products out of concern for
the health of his fraternity's members.
Giving away free chewing tobacco
is not the only marketing tactic that
has come under question. A study by
University of Southern California
documented 40 fraternity events that
had been sponsored by the United
States Smokeless Tobacco Company.
Young-Peterson also reported that to
bacco vendors had been showing up
at vacation hot spots frequented by
fraternities, such as Lake Shasta, to
give out free merchandise.
USST showed up at Sigma Nu in
fall 2002, according to Newsom, but
he said he would never allow them
to sponsor an event.
"If the entire house is allowing
them to sponsor a house function, it
would mean that the entire mem
bership is condoning tobacco use,
which really isn't the case," he said.
Staight hopes to implement a pol
icy to ban the practice of accepting
free tobacco products on campus,
saying that fraternities are supposed
to be "substance-free."
"What we'd like to have them do
is include tobacco among those sub
stances," she said.
Staight and the Campus Advisory
Board recently pushed to have to
bacco sales banned at Erb Essentials.
"It would be in the best interest of
the greek system to ... put into place a
policy that they would not accept to
bacco products," Young-Peterson said.
But Newsom still argues that the
practice is perfectly fine, given that fra
ternity members are mature adults.
"In regard to ethics, people need
to be responsible for their own deci
sions and they can't blame the to
bacco industry for wanting to ... ad
vertise their products," he said.
Contact the people/cutture/farth
reporter
at moriahbalingit@dailyemerald.com.
CAMPUS
BUZZ
Friday
• Spring Family Weekend, today-Saturday, University
campus, activities on Friday include recognition of inter
national students at 4 p.m. at the EMU International Re
source Center and a Multicultural Affairs awards cere
mony at 6 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center Bonus
Room. On Saturday, the honors and awards banquet is
at noon in the EMU Ballroom, and University Housing
will host a residence life leadership reception at 3:30
p.m.
• Sixth-annual Environmental Joint Campus Conference
“Crossing Boundaries: Linking People, Policy and Sci
ence,” EMU Fir Room, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Healing Arts Lecture by Louise Bishop from the Clark
Honors College entitled "Words, Stones and Herbs:
Healing Texts in the Middle Ages,” Room 330, Hen
dricks Hall, noon-1 p.m.
•Architecture Lecture by Peter Pfau entitled “Passing
Speculations on Emotional Architecture," Room 177,
Lawrence Hall, 5:30 p.m.
• Rollin’ fora Remedy, McArthur Court, 7-9 p.m. Ore
gon men’s and women's basketball players compete in
a wheelchair basketball game against the nationally ac
claimed Portland Wheelblazers. All proceeds will go to
ward medical expenses of a local child battling cancer.
• Oregon Ballroom Dance, Room 220, Gerlinger Hall,
7:30-11:30 p.m.
• University Theatre performance of "Much Ado About
Nothing," today-Saturday, Robinson Theatre, 8 p.m.
• Oregon Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Bands, Beall
Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
• Faculty Dance Concert entitled "Dance 2004,” today-Sat
urday, Dougherty Dance Theater, Gerlinger Annex, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Comparative Literature Graduate Symposium entitled “Ob
jects of Comparison,” Lillis Business Complex, 8 a.m.
Sunday
Felting in the Park, EMU East Lawn, noon-4 p.m. Learn
how to make unwoven cloth from wool.
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