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Oregon demolishes Stanford 44-20 | 9 An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 107, Issue 28 | Monday, October 3, 2005 New program gives busted students a choice The SAPP has developed an alternative to The new program was developed after a huge rise in on- campus alcohol and drug citations, Favreau said. ALCOHOL CITATIONS ON CAMPUS: 2000-03 its all-day Saturday class that emphasizes Statistics from the Student Judicial Affairs office show 1200 that 1,063 students were cited for possession of alcohol in peer counseling and one-on-one meetings Alcohol possession 1,063 the 2002-03 school year, up from 354 the year before. 1000 In 2002-03, 784 students were cited for drinking alco- Alcohol consumption hol; 173 students were cited the previous year. 784 800 BY KATY GAGNON Last year, the Student Judicial Affairs office was “over- NEWS REPORTER loaded” with alcohol offenses, Favreau said. The new program will hopefully reduce the number of For the first time, students living in residence halls who 600 on-campus alcohol violations, he said. DITOR IN CHIEF are cited for on-campus drinking or drug use can choose It’s “a way that students can get information in a non- 354 | E to forgo an eight-hour drug and alcohol class and instead 400 threatening environment,” said Darcy Ketchum, a gradu- attend a peer counseling session as punishment. 262 ate student and one of the program’s counselors. OWELL 173 H The eight-hour Busted course, which discusses the risks No interviews have taken place yet, but Favreau expects 200 90 of substance abuse, is not appropriate for many students them to begin in the next few weeks. SOURCE: Student Judicial Affairs ARKER because it isn’t individualized enough, said Tom Favreau, 0 P 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 director of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program. ALCOHOL, page 4 Financial club’s success International Resource attributed to teamwork Center expects remodel The IRC hopes that a renovated meeting place for international and University students will foster appreciation for diversity BY JOE BAILEY fices, and a new catering station will better ac- NEWS REPORTER commodate events. Sound and technology en- When Remi Nagata came to the University hancements will allow for improved multimedia from Japan three years ago, weekly coffee hours presentations. at the International Resource Center helped her After the remodel, IRC will be called the make new friends. International Center. “We will be able to provide better services for Anders Hansen, a student from Norway, the groups that want to use it,” Mills said. joined the International Student Association Mills added that he anticipates the remodeling through IRC. He said it has helped him feel more will be a “recruiting aid for the University.” involved at the University. Mills said IRC currently serves three general Naoya Yamada, a Japanese student, said IRC purposes: It offers a meeting place for foreign stu- has simply been a refuge from the residence dents, it provides information to non-internation- halls. al students about foreign travel and study-abroad programs, and it allows students to attend inter- All three said IRC has enhanced their experi- national events and find international news. ences at the University. Every Friday afternoon IRC hosts an open The University hopes to expand the appeal reception with coffee and tea for and utility of IRC by remodeling the current international students. facility, which is located in the EMU on the Nagata said she met “a majority” of her Uni- ANE ITT HOTOGRAPHER mezzanine level. Z R | P versity friends at the Friday coffee hour. In a Sept. 30 e-mail to University development Left to right: Consumer Goods Analyst Jeff Mecredy, Financial Sector Leader Bernie Fox and Director of “Every coffee hour I have been here, and directors and administrators, Associate Vice Pres- Human Resources Justin Buell converse over breakfast at the Glenwood Cafe. during the day it is just a nice place to study,” ident for International Programs Tom Mills said she said. more than $800,000 has been donated to the re- The University Investment Group manages more than IRC serves as a headquarters for international modeling project and approximately $400,000 student groups and also helps facilitate study $650,000 and affects students’ investment choices more is needed. abroad, Mills said. Mills expects the additional money to be raised “The number of our American students who through donations and said he hopes BY EVA SYLWESTER University alumnus who is the retired chief study abroad is construction will begin in 2006. SENIOR NEWS REPORTER financial officer of Verizon International. just shooting The project will update the carpet- By managing large amounts of other peo- Justin Buell, the investment group’s direc- up,” Mills said. ing, furnishings and heating and cool- ple’s money, members of a University stu- tor of human resources, said the group’s By hosting ing systems in the room, which dent group are gaining valuable experience investments have been posting larger international has not been remodeled for more navigating the financial industry. returns than what major mutual funds events and The University of Oregon Investment would predict. than 50 years. Space will also be Group placed second in a national contest “I think we credit it a lot to the process added for international student of- IRC, page 8 this summer and traveled to New York City that we use, how we vote as a group,” to learn about the financial industry from Buell said. Wall Street executives. In this process, a group member gives a The Davidson Student Investment Pro- company presentation, including a written gram, sponsored by the brokerage firm D.A. report approximately 15 pages long, and the Davidson & Co., put the group in competi- group then votes on whether to buy, hold or tion with similar groups at 17 other universi- sell shares of the company’s stock. ties. The group received a $5,000 bonus for “The actual generation of a report can getting the second-highest return on a take up to 40 hours,” senior business ad- $50,000 investment. ministration and economics major Bernie According to the group’s Web site Fox said, adding that usually members write (uoig.uoregon.edu), a few students started one report per term. the group in 1998. In 1999, the group was Members of the group all have specific accepted by D.A. Davidson & Co. to manage roles. There are three directors, three portfo- a $50,000 portfolio; in 2001, four Lundquist lio managers, and a number of sector lead- College of Business alumni and the Univer- ers, equity analysts and analysts. Members sity of Oregon Foundation gave the group a must apply and be interviewed to advance $500,000 portfolio to manage. from the entry-level analyst position, just as at a real business. The group now manages $650,000, plus a COURTESY $100,000 donation from Howard Svigals, a FINANCE, page 8 The Eugene firm Robertson/Sherwood Architects designed the floor plan for the proposed remodel of the International Center. CommentaryCommentary Monday, October 3, 2005 NEWS STAFF I (541) 346-5511 Editorial PARKER HOWELL EDITOR IN CHIEF Smokers don’t want to be SHADRA BEESLEY MANAGING EDITOR protected from themselves MEGHANN M. CUNIFF JARED PABEN At the end of September, the Eugene NEWS EDITORS EVA SYLWESTER City Council urged the development of SENIOR NEWS REPORTER new rules that would, ostensibly, reduce JOE BAILEY KATY GAGNON the health hazard of secondhand smoke. CHRISTOPHER HAGAN BRITTNI MCCLENAHAN The ruling? That outdoor smoking “en- NICHOLAS WILBUR closures” must now be 75 percent open. NEWS REPORTERS EMILY SMITH Under such City Council direction, a PART-TIME NEWS REPORTER smoking area with both a roof and more SHAWN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR than one wall would not be permissible. SCOTT J. ADAMS LUKE ANDREWS The Eugene City Council has claimed JEFFREY DRANSFELDT that better ventilation will reduce the SPORTS REPORTERS AMY LICHTY health risks of smoking, but who are we PULSE EDITOR kidding? The only people who frequent TREVOR DAVIS KRISTEN GERHARD smoking areas are smokers — otherwise ANDREW MCCOLLUM known as people comfortable with the PULSE REPORTERS AILEE SLATER idea of inhaling smoke. Smokers are al- COMMENTARY EDITOR ready prohibited from smoking inside any GABE BRADLEY JESSICA DERLETH city building; now, they won’t even be al- ARMY FETH lowed protection from wind and rain RICHARD PRYOR COLUMNISTS when trying to smoke outdoors. TIM BOBOSKY As long as citizens over the age of 18 PHOTO EDITOR NICOLE BARKER have the legal right to smoke a cigarette, SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER the city of Eugene has little business pro- KATE HORTON ZANE RITT tecting smokers from themselves. If the PHOTOGRAPHERS lungs of non-smokers are the City Coun- KATIE GLEASON PART-TIME PHOTOGRAPHER AARON DUCHATEAU | ILLUSTRATOR cil’s true concern, they should consider JONAH SCHROGIN the fact that opening up smoking areas SENIOR DESIGNER JOHN AYRES I only creates an abundance of secondhand JONNY BAGGS In my opinion smoke flowing into the faces of passersby. MOLLY BEDFORD KERI SPANGLER For $15,000, Eugene can surely accom- DESIGNERS CHRIS TODD plish a feat greater than rebuilding smok- GRAPHIC ARTIST perpetuates ing enclosures. Smokers don’t have a AARON DUCHATEAU War Terrorism ILLUSTRATOR problem with their own secondhand TRACY TIERNEY The war in Iraq has been removed and receive no real punishment. The smoke, and non-smokers will be less likely REBECCA TAYLOR COPY CHIEFS from its prestigious position as love people of Earth are far too torn to to inhale toxins if smoking enclosures stay EILEEN CHANG child sprung from the media and mili- work together, and rogue terrorists enclosed.