1997_09 The Daily Collegian September 1997

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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Thursday, September 4,1997
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and all of the students should sup¬
port it because we need something
like this on our campus." said ASI
Advisor Frankie Moore, who works
with the student committee that is
hacking the initiative.
The idea for the referendum
came over the summer when the
student committee was formed to
explore the best method for build¬
ing a recreational facility. The com¬
mittee was advised, through the
CSU Chancellor's Office, that the
best method was through a USU
bond.
The advantage to the project be¬
ing bankrolled by a student fee is
that the Board'of Directors for the
USU — all students —.would con¬
trol the facility; not the administra¬
tion. The committee has promised
a "student's first" philosophy when
it comes to the use of the RecPlex.
"Right now students arc the last
priority when it comes to facilities."
said Tufts. "With the RecPlex. the
students would never be kicked off
because of intra-murals or athletics.
It will be the students' facility."
Despite Tufts' comments, Dunn
did say that there was a possibility
that certain athletic teams or other
entities could go before the USU
Board and ask for permission to use
the facility.
"The USU Board will have com¬
plete control over decisions like
that." said Dunn. "So we can't re¬
ally make any definite promises."
The committee is proposing a
variety of different uses for the
RecPlex. Among the items being
proposed is a 24-hour computer lab.
a swimming pool, an indoor track
and a theater/concert area.
Yesterday's forum was designed
to answer specific student questions
regarding the measure. Another fo¬
rum will be held on Sept. 1,6 in the
Satellite Student Union at 12:30
p.m.
"The more information that we
give the students, the harder wj;
think it will be to vote no," said
Dunn. 'Right now wc arc focusing
on giving them all of the informa¬
tion that wc can."
Other questions posed at the fo¬
rum concerned the expected 150-
200 student jobs that the RecPlex
would create and the lack of a defi¬
nite site.
A president's committee will de¬
termine the site of the RecPlex.
Organizers arc hoping for the
Barstow area near the North Gym
and the soflball diamond."
Top party school tries to manage
binge drinking after student dies
By Colleen De Baise
College Pnss Service
At Louisiana State University,
administrators tried to combat a
"party school" reputation by ban¬
ning alcohol from all student func¬
tions on campus.
But the strict policy, it seems,
wasn't enough.
A week after LSU was named
to a national Top 10 Party School
list, a 20-year-old fraternity pledge
died after consuming an estimated
24 drinks in one sitting.
When police found Benjamin
Wynne passed out on the floor of
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, his blood
alcohol content was 0.588—six
times above the legal limit to drive.
Three other students who had
celebrated fraternity bid day with
him were hospitalized.
While the incident happened at
an off-campus party and bar, it was
enough to highlight the university's
frustration with how to prevent stu¬
dents from binge drinking.
"The tragedy is compounded by
the fact that, in recent years, wc
have worked very hard to educate
our students about the conse¬
quences of alcohol and substance
abuse." said LSU chancellor Will¬
iam L. Jenkins. "Unfortunately, it
is not humanly possible to totally
regulate the conduct of our students,
particularly in their off-campus ac¬
tivities."
LSU is not the only university
grappling with how to avoid some
of the tragic consequences of binge
drinking—which essentially is
when a students drinks five or more
drinks in one sitting.
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liven as more universities
scramble to implement bans on al¬
cohol and step up enforcement,
growing numbers of students admit
to binge drinking.
A national study recently re¬
leased by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found that
during a 30-day period in 1995, 34
percent of college students had con¬
sumed five or more alcoholic drinks
on at least one occasion.
Slightly more thary* percent said
they had drunk alconol on at least
20 of the 30 days.
A 1995 study by >lar\
University's School of Public
Health found more cases of binge
drinking reported by fraternities
and sororities, which it referred to
as "functional saloons."
According to the survey, 86 per¬
cent of fraternity men and 80 per¬
cent of sorority women are binge
drinkers.
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College men prefer
larger breasts
UPI
When women guess what men
desire in breast si/c. they tend to
guess too big.
At the American Psychological
Association meeting in Chicago,
researchers find ihalves. men fre-
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ten prefer for
themselvc^
But, they also said, women think
men desire even larger breasts for
their ideal women's figure.
Researchers interviewed 120
women and 36 men on college cam¬
puses in Florida to update previous
studies on breast si/c of women and
chest si/c of men and preferences
of the opposite sex.
The group was shown pictures
of breast sizes, ranked from 1-5.
with 5 beirlg the largest roughly
equivalent to a D-cup bra size.
In the latest study, men preferred
close to a'4 for a woman; women
preferred a 3.5 for themselves.
Women, however, thought men
were more likely to want a woman
with a 5. Tantleff-Dunn tells United
Press International that the results
are similar to surveys taken in 1990.
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