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Smoker benefit canceled
The Smoker Boxing Exhibition was called off
this year after it failed to turn a profit last year
BY BRITTNIMCCLENAHAN
NEWS REPORTER
More than 30 years ago, Phi
Kappa Psi, a fraternity no longer
housed at the University, started
the Smoker Boxing Exhibition.
Fraternities and sororities on
campus carried out the
annual event, which has raised
thousands of dollars for local
organizations over the years.
This year, Smoker
was canceled.
Greek community leaders said
they canceled the event, normal
ly held around this time of year,
because last year’s event was
plagued with disorganization
and failed to generate enough
money to turn a profit.
Last year, nonprofit organiza
tion Boys & Girls Club of Emer
ald Valley was selected to receive
funds raised at the event.
Greek Life Coordinator Shelley
Sutherland said the event
didn’t generate enough money to
break even.
“To put on an event of that
size takes work, lots of money
and time,” Sutherland said. “It’s
hard to sell enough tickets to pay
for the event. The idea was there
to hold the event for charity, but
we didn’t make any money. We
might have made money the first
year, but after that we either
broke even or lost money. ”
The group failed to turn in a
final report after last year’s
event, making it difficult to ob
tain more detailed information
about the event.
Witnesses said a fight also
broke out between members of
SMOKER, page 5A
Burning the midnight oil fj
Fewer than seven hours of sleep a night can have
negative effects on mental and physical health
BYAYISHAYAHYA
NEWS EDITOR
With Finals Week just
around the comer, some
students will be working
late into the night trying to catch up
on their studies or to finish a project.
But pulling all-nighters may not ac
tually be the best way to pass classes.
Lack of sleep can have
significant negative short-term and
long-term effects on mental and
physical health.
Adults need at least seven to
nine hours of sleep per
night, according
to the National
Sleep Founda
tion. However,
in the nonprof
it orga
nization’s 2005 Sleep in America
Poll, American adults reported
sleeping a nightly average of 6.8
hours on weekdays and 7.4 hours
on weekends.
“Seven (hours) is about as little as
we should be getting,” Dr. Vickie
Skellcerf of the University Health
Center said, adding that sleep needs
vary from person to person.
But not getting enough sleep
can affect one’s ability to concen
trate, as well as one’s coordination
and memory.
“Your thinking is not as clear,”
Skellcerf said, adding that it is hard
er to stay organized and on track.
For instance, Skellcerf said sleep
deprivation has been the cause of
many automobile accidents be
cause people are not as alert as
they should be. At least 4 percent
of those who participated in the
NSF poll reported acci
dents or near acci
dents be
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driven while drowsy.
Students who stay up all night
cramming for an exam may
actually be putting themselves at
a disadvantage.
University Health Educator
Ramah Leith said the chances of
remembering things after a night
ALL-NIGHTERS, page 8A
TIPS FOR GOOD SLEEP
- Try to sleep and wake up the same time
every day, even on weekends.
- Try to adopt bedtime rituals such as a hot
bath or light reading to relieve anxiety and
tension.
-Avoid caffeine, alcohol, chocolate and
spicy and sugary foods before bed.
- Avoid exercising right before bedtime.
- Use the bed only for sleep and sex, not for
working. Make sure bedding is comfortable.
- Make sure the room has a comfortable
temperature and is free from distracting
noise and too much light.
- Keep a todo list near bed and list all con
cerns that might prevent sleep, then let them
go until morning.
Source: University Health Center
Photo illustration by Kate Horton
Education
board to
. decide fee
increases
If the Fee Book is approved,
the fees for three University
programs would rise significantly
BY ADAM CHERRY
NEWS REPORTER
The State Board of Higher Education will
decide today the degree of fee increases for
University students in its vote on the Oregon Uni
versity System’s Academic Year Fee Book for the
2005-06 academic year.
If the book, which dictates the amount of near
ly every institutional fee that OUS students pay,
is approved, students will see substantial pro
gram fee increases from the School of Architec
ture & Allied Arts, the Robert D. Clark Honors
College and the Law School.
The Oregon Student Association, a lobbyist
group that represents OUS students statewide,
has balked at the concept of program fee hikes
at all OUS institutions. The group doesn’t nec
essarily disagree with the University’s need for
money, said spokeswoman Courtney Hight, but
it considers the rising fees to be back-door
tuition increases.
“They should be calling it what it is and
trying to get that money from the legislature,"
Hight said. T\iition increases require
legislative approval.
Students in the School of Architecture & Al
lied Arts may shoulder the highest percentages
of program fee increases in the proposal. Ma
jors in that college would be split into studio
based and non-studio-based. Students in ma
jors such as digital arts and architecture, which
require studio work, would pay 150 percent
more next year, with per-term program fees in
creasing from $50 to $125. Students who don’t
do studio work would pay 50 percent more,
with their fees increasing from $50 to $75.
Law students who are admitted next year
would pay $600 more per semester over the
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Walsh selects former political rivals for ASUO posts
Ashley Rees and Nick Hudson, who ran for president
in this year's election, are among the new hires
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
New ASUO President Adam Walsh
has'tapped several former political ri
vals for top positions in his cabinet as
part of preparations for next year that
include the creation of new advocacy
positions for greek and nontraditional
students as well as the environment.
Former presidential candidates
Ashley Rees and Nick Hudson,
along with former vice presidential
candidate David Goward, will fill
administrative slots in the Walsh ex
ecutive. Rees, Walsh’s top competi
tion during the election, will contin
ue her lobbying efforts as federal
affairs coordinator. As finance coor
dinator, Hudson will help form the
executive’s recommendation for
groups’ budgets next year. Goward
will approve and monitor student
groups as programs administrator.
Walsh said any hard feelings were
left behind after the race.
“For most of the race it was pretty
friendly,” he said. “Toward the end
... it can get contentious at times, but
I don’t think there were ever any hard
feelings between anyone over any
thing that was said or anything that
was promised or not promised as
soon as the results were in.
“Both Nick and Ashley are very
well-qualified for the jobs that they
applied for. They’re going to be an as
set to student government.”
Walsh said he and Vice President
Kyla Coy were warned to avoid accu
sations of “cronyism” by having mul
tiple people on their hiring panel but
decided to do the hiring themselves.
“I think the staff that we came
up with really shows that we were
capable of picking the best people for
the job in each case,” Walsh said.
“Really, if it was about being friends
with somebody or having hard feel
ings about anything, I’m sure that
Ashley would be the last person that
applied to get hired. ... Just because
we were supported or not supported
by someone ... wasn’t a deciding fac
tor by any means.”
The greek advocacy position, to be
filled by former senator and current
Delta Sigma Phi member Barett Volk
mann, will help create an “all-inclu
sive student government” and will
aid the transition in the Greek Life Of
fice as Greek Life Coordinator Shelley
Sutherland departs, Walsh said.
“Greek students are regular stu
dents, but... at the same time they’re
a different section of campus, I guess,
so just like any group on campus
they have special needs and they’re
large enough ... that we felt that it
was right to make sure that there was
that representation as well,” he said.
Walsh called the greek system a
“great place to be advertising for the
different events on campus and to get
active participation from.”
“Hopefully with the special atten
tion that we’re giving them, and as
volunteer organizations at their root,
there will be a reciprocal response,”
he said.
Members of the Nontraditional Stu
dent Union expressed concerns about
their reputation in student govern
ment, prompting Walsh to create the
non-traditional advocacy position. He
said former President Adam Petkun
advised him to create the position,
which will be filled by Italian major
Stephanie McLaughlin, and said that
Petkun had planned to create it but
that it fell through.
“We wanted it to be included be
cause we want all student voices to
be heard,” Walsh said.
He added that he encouraged the
Nontraditional Student Union to
make at least one person from the
union apply.
Although Walsh said Coy will be
overseeing new environmental advo
cate and former ASUO controller
Rosie Sweetman, he said Sweetman
will coordinate environmental groups
and events on campus.
“It was something that Kyla defi
nitely was interested in from the start
of our hiring process,” he said. “Also,
the UO has a reputation as a very
green campus, as a very green
school, but as far as student govern
ment goes, we don’t necessarily have
someone set aside to be working on
environmental issues on campus. ”
Walsh said he looked for appli
cants with an “honest desire to learn
something new” and who didn’t ap
pear to be applying just to pad their
resumes.
“We hired people from inside the
ASUO, but there’s also people we
hired that blatantly say they don’t
have any real experience with stu
dent government or even with organ
izing,” he said.
The elections coordinator position
WALSH, page 12A