FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 NCAA: Division H athletes can compete after pro experience by Matthew McGuire TMS Campus January 10, 2001 The NCAA loosened its restrictions this week by passing legislation that will allow athletes to return to Divi sion II college athletics after playing under a professional contract. Under the new legislation an nounced Tuesday, Jan. 9, an athlete can sign a professional contract, play for a professional team, receive money and later play for a Division II athletic team. The new legislation overwhelmingly passed with a 217- 29-2 vote and will go into effect Au gust 1. The legislation seems tailor-made for athletes who sign professional Student athletes drink more often than non-athletes, according to study by Matthew McGuire TMS Campus January 14, 2001 They run, they jump, they shoot, they slide. And according to a new study, they also binge drink. The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study re cently published new findings that showed that college athletes have a higher rate of binge drinking and experience more alcohol-related harms then non-athlete students. The study was published in the January issue of Medicine & Sci ence in Sports & Exercise, and it is the first national study that com pares binge drinking among col lege athletes, According to the study, 57 per cent of male athletes participated in binge drinking compared to 48 percent of male, non-athletes, The 1% 4 0 Continued for feiriMe 'Ath letes, where 48 percent reported binge drinking compared to 40 percent of female non-athletes. The study defined binge drink ing as consuming five or more dinks in a row - four for women - on one or more occasions in the past two weeks. A drink was de Complicating the social scene; outnumber men on college campuses by Andre Mouchard January 15, 2001 Knight-Ridder Newspapers FULLERTON, Calif. -- Margaret Hernandez is young and single and, cribbing an old movie line, she says she "wouldn't mind" to mingle. But not tonight. Not with any guys, anyway. The 22-year-old Cal State Fuller ton sophomore is at Off-Campus, a bar across the street from the school. And if she doesn't meet any guy tonight she won't be surprised. After all, she can count. "I've got my girlfriends," she says, laughing. "Lots and lots and lots of girl friends." Too many girlfriends? "No way. Not possible," she says, sipping the one beer she'll drink to night. "But, still ..." She doesn't finish the thought. In stead, she juts her chin in the direc tion of the bar, which is packed -- almost exclusively with women. In fact, as she looks throughout the place she sees a typical sports oriented bar, complete with big screen televisions tuned to various sporting events, lots of male-ori ented decor, and, in the men's room, a condom machine. Still, the customers she sees are, by an obvious plurality, women. "I might as well be in class," she says, sighing. True enough. Hernandez is part contracts out of high school only to soon find out they don't have the skills to cut it in the pros. Under the new legislation, each year an athlete plays under a professional contract he or she looses a year of eligibility in the NCAA. While there have been many high profile cases involving Division I ath letes such as Muhanimed Lasege, who the NCAA ruled ineligible to play for the University of Louisville because of time spent playing profes sionally on a Russian basketball team Division 11 schools run into similar problems with baseball, tennis and skiing, said University of South Da kota athletic director Kelly Higgins. Higgins was one of 217 delegates from Division 11 schools that attended fined as 12 ounces of beer, four ounces of wine, 12 ounces of wine cooler or one shot of liquor. Student athletes are also more prone to social characteristics that tend to promote binge drinking, such as having five or more close friends, being a fraternity or soror ity member, placing importance on parties and more hours ing "Coaches lege admit should be a' the social pry sures on athletes and take further steps to help limit al cohol co sunw,tion, 'college ath so that drinking continue ti threat to thei peers," s. Wechsler, principal investi gator of the study and dircc- t o r of College Alcohol Studies at the of a rapidly expanding majority: a woman in college. As recently as 1986, men and women were equally represented on college campuses. That year. women got more associate degrees at junior colleges than men, but bachelor's degrees and master's de grees were roughly 50-50 for men and women. Then, something -- and nobody is sure exactly what -- changed. Women started getting into college at a slightly higher rate than men. Over the past 15 years, that hasn't stopped. Now, there are about 800,000 more women than men on college campuses, for an overall population ratio of 56 percent to 44 percent, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Edu cation. The burst of female college en rolhnent is a huge shift, statistically speaking, and it has turned up in most racial and economic catego ries. Only among wealthier whites (families making $70,000 a year or more) do male and female high school grads still have an equal likelihood of going to college. The trend is spurring debate among educators. "For the past six months to a year, a lot of people have been wonder ing why, or even if, it's really as pro nounced as the statistics suggest," says Dolores Vura, director of ana lytical studies at Cal State Fuller ton. Theories run the gamut. NATIONAL CAMPUS NEWS the NCAA conference and voted to pass the legislation. He believes the benefits far outweigh any downsides. "It has some risks, yeah, but I'm not going to get Tiger Woods to come play golf at University of South Da kota." Higgins said. "Likewise, we have a very good Division II foot ball team, hut we're no Florida State. I don't think there's much risk of us getting any ringers The athlete will also he required to complete on year of residence at the college before being allowed to play on the Division II team. - So you ,lust can't just walk right hack in. You have to prove you're not just going to he some sort of ringer,'' Higgins said. Harvard School of Public Health In addition to drinking more than their peers, college athletes also reported more alcohol-re lated harms. More athletes re ported that alcohol interferes with their studying (66.4 percent) than non-athletes (58.2 percent), and 67.4 percent of the athletes rted that alcohol in rferes with athlet- ~ctors that strongly influence whether an athlete will hinge drink." Sonic argue that in a pro-girl world, school age boys aren't en couraged to go to college. Others believe young men have better ac cess to some of the higher-paying non-college-degree jobs that have popped up during the tight labor "Everyone notices it. Everywhereyou look, there are girls. In class. All over campus. Everywhere, It's pretty cool." market of the 19905. Still others ar gue that male teens don't value education or intellectual achieve- "l can't speak to the national is sue," Vura says. "Here (at Cal State Fullerton), we've always had a heavy female enrollment because we have a strong teaching program. "Every school has its own rea son, I'm sure." Whatever the reason for the na tional trend, one thing is clear: Men won't catch up with women on campus any time soon. Federal projections -- based on trends in el ementary and high school -- say women will account for 60 percent Despite report ng a higher level of 'rinking, athletes led a greater expo alcohol-edu- lforts. cation alone is not ,gh to curb binge nking among this , pulation," said Toben F. Nelson, a Harvard school "of Public Health doc toral student and the study's lead author. "There are nply too many -Kevin Jacks, history major at Cal State Fullerton UT-Austin tight lipped about presidential student by Joanna Tom TMS Campus Correspondent January 15, 2001 President-elect George W. Bush's 19- year-old daughter's name is not among the records of students enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin even though she's beginning her fourth se mester at the university. Not only is Jenna Bush's name omitted from registrar records but it's also not listed in the university's elec tronic directory, which lists the name, major, address, phone number and e-mail address of most UT students. However, students may request not to be listed in the directory. As the presidential inauguration nears, of ficials and students alike are cautious about what they say about president-elect Bush's twin daughters Jenna and Barbara. Even the Austin based presidential tran sition press office would not answer any questions about either of the president-elect's daughters "We aren't taking any questions re garding the girls. We just don't talk about them," said press office employee who refused to give her name. Whitney Miller, a UT journalism stu dent, said she did not want to talk about Bush's daughter Jenna, who is a mem ber of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. The university has been working with president-elect Bush to ensure that Jenna remains safe while in school and is happy to have Jenna as one of its stu dents, said James Vick, vice president for student affairs. "We're delighted to have her among our students, and we hope she'll have a very positive experience as a student here," he said. Having a president's daughter attend the University may help the institution because of publicity, but Jenna is not the first president's daughter to attend the University. "It certainly gives us more attention in the media," Vick said. "We have had a president's daughter before: LBJ's of all college students by 2010. If that comes true, you could ar gue that the term "coed" -- once code for women encroaching in the once-all-male world of higher edu cation -- could disappear. Or, rather, the new coeds will be Hernandez doesn't care about sta tistics or even recent feminist his- Nearly three semesters into her college career, Hernandez unhappily notes that "this dude shortage" has translated into, well, nothing. "Zero dates," she says. "I haven't been asked out by a de cent guy even once, except by guys at work (a Torrance car dealership) since I've been (in school)." Some college women say the gen der gap is a nonissue. "What a stupid question," says Liz Nguyen, a UC Irvine sopho more. daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson." If he was aware of special security for Bush, Vick said he would not be able to discuss any security details. He said he believes Bush will receive the same treatment as other students at the University. "I think we're interested in provid ing the het for all of our students," Vick said. "I would anticipate she would like Jenna Bush is gathered with her family to prepare for the opening of her grandfather's presidential library, the George Bush Library on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station, Texas March 1999. From left to right are George W. Bush, daughter Barbara, daughter Jenna, and wife Laura. to he treated like other students With her sister Barbara attending Yale and her mother and father mov ing to White House, Jenna will be a long okay from the rest of her family except cousin Jeb Bush, who attends the 11T School of Law. While her fa ther was governor of Texas, the family lived in the Governor's mansion, less than a mile from the University of Texas campus. Bush's attention among UT students is similar to that of UT star athletes. "1 think generally Jenna Bush just wants to be treated like other students much like student athletes like Ricky Williams and Major Applewhite have wanted to he treated," said Erica lotlinann, a communications student. "I think they're here to get an educa tion and not to he some super-star per son and not to be followed by flocks of people." Imm Espino, a senior Economics stu dent, is curious if Service agents will he on campus to protect Jenna and if they'll he dressed like college stu "Dating isn't why I'm in school, and it's not why any woman I know is in school. I don't even think about (the ratio of women to men). I mean, really, who cares?" Hernandez agrees -- to a point. "School is the main thing," the undeclared major says. "I'm here to study ... It's fun." But she also wonders this: If she doesn't meet guys in col lege, then where? She knows that dating and relationships can and do happen in post-college workplaces. But she also knows that such mix ing is often frowned upon by management and, increasingly, the law. She also realizes that dat ing might be easiest in college. The parties involved are younger, the stakes lower. "Even my morn laughs at me about this," Hernandez says. "But she also thinks it would be sad if I went through college and didn't meet a guy, like, ever." At least one group cares about -- and is pleased by -- the gender gap. "No one I know argues about it, at least not the guys," says Kevin Jacks, a history major at Cal State Fullerton. Jacks, 22, frankly concedes that having a lot of girls on campus makes his dating life much easier than it might otherwise be at a school where men face tougher odds. "Everyone notices it. Every- dents to blend in and what kind or ve hicles they drive. Curiosities aside, Espino is glad Bush chose to study at the University. "I think it's cool." she said. "1 think it's different because presidents' kids usu ally go to East Coast schools or Ivy League schools. So. it's kind of a nice change that she goes to a state school." John Archer, a computer science se president's daughter attend the Univer sity, but Archer said he doesn't think it's a big deal. "She's just a normal person," he said. "Just because her father is the Presi dent doesn't mean much." The security alone probably makes it hard for her to live a normal life, so the media should leave her a lone like they did with Chelsea Clinton, Archer said. "That would really interfere with her personal life," he said. Bush's daughter will be safe from cov erage in UT's student newspaper, The Daily Texan, unless she draws attention to herself with her actions, said Cecily Sailer, the paper's editor. "We're not going to make news out of her just because she's the President's daughter," she said. "She's a student like anybody else. We don't want to give her special attention, and it may not he what she wants.- Joanna Time is a senior majoring in join nalisin at the University of 7evas Aus l'ilii i it:l ii where you look, there arc girls. In class. All over campus. Everywhere," Jacks says. "It's pretty cool." Regina Niles, 19, wants to he an actress. As a sophomore theater arts major, she has already tried out for a few roles in campus productions and, last year, came close to winning a part. She's smart. She's funny. She's outgoing And dateless. In one of her classes there are 25 women and three men. In another, she says the men in her class are openly gay and not looking for a girl to date. In another, she says, the few men she has met are surrounded by women. "It's awkward, a little, I guess." But Niles isn't bothered Women in school, she says, pro vide a "great example of success." They dominate discussions in sonic classes. They're leaders. They tell jokes. They listen. "I'm actually happy about (the fe male-heavy gender gap). It's a great support system. - History major Jacks, who attended an all-boys high school, says having more women than men in class "adds to the way we think." Niles, who works with Jacks at a student housing center on the north side of campus, offers a prediction. "Right now, in the real world, you see a lot of men in positions of power and stuff. But from what I'm seeing here in school, that's going to change. Women are going to be in charge." nior, went to a tech- nology conference on Campus a I e weeks ago that presi dent-elect Bush at tended and overheard Bush's daughter lived in a dorm, the whole tloor would have to he closed for security Other sttt- dents may be excited to have a
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