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Show 2 - The Daily Wednesday, January 13, 1999 Utah Chronicle nBrief News Editor, Laura Hancock: laura.hancockchronicle.utah.edu Assistant News Editor, Dave Hancock: davechronicle.utah.edu Nation Many NCAA Athletes Gamble On Their Games Study Finds After a semester marked with incidents of illegal gambling among college athletes across the nation, a report released Monday confirms what many have feared: The number of athletes who gamble is higher than previously thought. The report, conducted and funded by the Michigan Athletic Department, s states that 72 percent of who answered the survey have gambled in some way since entering college. More specifically, 45 percent of male athlete respondents gamble on sports, the report states. The term "gambling" can include anything from playing cards for money to betting on horses or dogs to taking money for purposely losing a game, the report states. One seemingly low statistic is of great concern to the study's authors, Mike Cross and Ann Vollano, assistant directors at Michigan for compli student-athlete- ance in the Athletic Department. They found that more than 5 percent of male student athlete respondents have provided inside information for gambling purposes, bet on a game in which they participated, or accepted money for performing poorly in a game. "Five percent might not sound like a lot, but to me, that statistic should be zero," Vollano said. National Collegiate Athletic Association rules strictly prohibit gambling on sports for which the NCAA sponsors a championship. Mike Stevenson, senior associate athletic director at Michigan, said the pervasive occurrence of gambling among athletes surprised him. "It is absolutely a serious problem for intercollegiate athletes," he said. Michigan Daily (U-wir- e) Nation Leaders Discuss Internet Sales Tax Utah residents and civic leaders are at the forefront of a heated debate involving the collection of sales tax for electronic commerce. Gov. Mike Leavitt and House Majority Leader Kevin Garn are putting pressure on state and congressional officials to ensure that people who make online business transactions pay the required sales tax to their state government. The National Governors' Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures are both discussing possible solutions. Garn said he favors the idea suggested by the National Governors' Association, which would require that "states establish a single statewide sales tax rate on all taxable electronic commerce and purchases." Amazon.com, one of the largest mail-ord- online business operations in the country, reported a 1998 fourth quarter increase 3 12 times larger than 1997. Amazon spokesman Bill Curry said more people buy online because of its convenience. "Time is the smallest commodity. Anything that saves time is valuable to people and has an extraordinary appeal," Curry said. Garn said U.S. Internet sales skyrocketed this holiday season. "This problem is getting bigger every year," he said. Garn said he's worried the federal government will create a solution where they end up with the added revenue, leaving states to look at other sources. er Nation Campus Florida University May Have Gay Fraternity on Campus Soon Like most fraternity members, Martina Williams is busy planning dinners, socials and selec-- . tion processes for a week of Spring Rush activities. But Williams' fraternity is not the typical chapter found on Fraternity Row. This fraternity is for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered. Williams, a Santa Fe Community College student who is transgendered and lives as a woman, started Gamma Alpha Psi which resembles the word "gay" in Greek letters three years ago as a farce between friends. Now, Williams and about 30 other gay University of Florida and SFCC students are joining a growing national trend by organizing themselves into a structured fraternity, complete with chapter meetings, functions, officers King Jr.'s birthday. After a welcome from U president J. Bernard Machen, Allen will discuss the challenges of "Walking in Two Worlds and Keeping Your Balance." Allen is a professor of English, creative writing and American Indian studies at UCLA. The award-winnin- g scholar has numerous books to her credit, including The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions; a novel, The Woman Who Owned the Shadows; several collections of poetry; and a collection of retold, traditional and (U-wir- e) contemporary American Indian myths. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, the Wise Woman Award from the Institute on Policy for Women, the Native American Prize for Literature, a Ford Foundation Minority Scholars Fellowship, and the Southern California Women for Understanding Vesta Literary Award. Allen will speak Thursday at Kingsbury Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The nation and state will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, the holiday honoring what would have been Dr. King's 68th birthday. The Rev. King was killed by an assassin April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. U News Service 7 believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality," Martin Luther King Jr.' (U-wir- e) mmimtum can save by buying Academic Priced Software at your University Bookstore of how much you fcwW 9S9SV7" Standard 13 The Salt Lake Organizing Committee is hosting open push trials with a bobsled simulator for the Winter Olympics USA bobsled team from n a.ra to 1 p.m. at the Marriott Library Plaza, Scholarship applications will not be available, unless your last name is Joklik or Samaranch. The University of Utah department of art is hosting the opening reception for its show "Ceramic Tiles" today from 5 to for more 7 p.m. Call information. 581-86- 77 . The U College of Pharmacy is hosting a forum to learn about its graduate programs. Faculty members will be in the Skaggs Hall foyer at 5 p.m. to answer questions. Refreshments will be served. Jan. 14 The U Middle East Center is hosting a group discussion lecture titled "Imagining National Identity After 16 Years of Civil War: The Process of Becoming Post-WLebanese" in room 208 of Orson Spencer Hall at for more 4:15 p.m. Call information. 581-61- The U College of Health and office of undergraduate studies is hosting a lecture titled "Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella and the Spectatorial Appeal of the Olympics," It will begin at 2 p.m. in the Marriott Library Gould Auditorium. Jeffrey Segrave will be speaking. Jan. 15 The Presenter's Office of the Associated Students of the Uni-- , versity of Utah is presenting a free viewing of the film "Doc-- . tor Zhivago" tonight at 8 p.m. in the OSH auditorium. 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"Once we get in the swing of things, we'll have paraphernalia like anyone else," she said. Alpha Gamma Rho member Lonnie Wells is not sure he supports the idea of a gay fraternity on campus. He would feel uncomfortable living in his fraternity house with a gay member, and he believes other greeks' reactions would be similar, he said. Nation Poet to Help U Remember King, Jr. The acclaimed novelist, poet and scholar Paula Gunn Allen will visit Salt Lake City .to deliver a keynote address as part of the University of Utah's week-lon- g celebration in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther Events ENLARGED TO SHOWIEXIUHE News writers wanted. Get valuable experience reporting for the Chronicle. Dedicated students with good writing skills are welcome to apply at 240 Union. |
