Riqht-to-die bill sent to Straub
By TOM JACKSON
Of the Emerald
SALEM—The scene is a hospi
tal room: A terminally ill patient lies
on the bed, kept alive only by the
machines surrounding her. In the
comer, a physician confers with a
nurse over data which may help
determine the best way to prolong
the patient’s life. Members of her
family gazed on with tear-filled,
helpless eyes.
The question arises: At what
point does a patient have the right
to die naturally? Currently, the
problem is resolved by discussion
among the patient, the family and
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the doctor. But the Oregon Legis
lature, with the passage of Senate
Bill 438, is attempting to provide a
legal framework for the patient to
request a natural death.
The bill was passed by the
House Wednesday in a 33-23
vote. Passed by the Senate last
month, the bill will now go to the
governor’s desk, where a rep
resentative of Gov. Bob Straub's
office says it will probably be
signed, although no committment
has been made.
If and when the governor pas
ses the bill into law, any individual
may sign a document requesting a
physician to withhold or withdraw
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artificial life-sustaining systems if
a terminal illness has been diag
nosed.
The bill has generated a some
what philosophical debate here in
the capital. Some people testify
ing in committee hearings in both
the House and the Senate said the
bill would grant an individual the
right to make a personal decision
about how to face death. Others
argued the bill may open the door
to euthenasia, or mercy killing.
Carrying the bill to the House
chamber was Rep. Mary Burrows,
R-Eugene. Burrows said, "Most of
us have shared the experience of
witnessing the death of a loved
one or friend. Sometimes death
comes very fast, other times it
comes unbelieveably, agonizingly
slow."
Burrows said, "Modern medical
technology is a blessing, but it can
by tyrannical if it prolongs the life
of a person who is facing death.
The intent of the bill is to preserve
the dignity of the patient. The bill
allows an individual to sign a direc
tive saying that he or she wishes
to face death with dignity and au
tonomy."
Rep. Roger Martin, R-Lake
Oswego, said, however, that the
bill will “inevitably be amended by
future legislative assemblies. We
are building a platform and we are
going to move closer to
euthenasia," he said.
Also opposing the bill was Rep.
Curt Wolfer, D-Silverton. who said
that under current common law,
“my physician knows very clearly
my views. Under present law, a
physician can do anything
reasonable,” he said.
German dorm on the upswing
By SEAN MEYERS
Of the Emerald
Although still in the incipient
stage, the University's only
foreign language dormitory has
acquired a strong, diverse pro
gram. Behind the thrustof German
enthusiasts, the newly born
Deutsches Haus — officially know
as Dunn dormitory in Hamilton
complex — is geared for an even
more prosperous showing next
year.
Of the 46 persons in the coed
dormitory about half speak some
degree of German. About two
thirds of the dorm spoke German
fall term. Despite protests from the
housing department about coed
dorms, the German house was
given a trial this year, with the
floors segregated by sex.
But the marbled language bond
is not the only attraction between
the dormitory’s residents. A flavor
of the German culture is apparent
in the posters, movies,
magazines, dinners, lectures and
special events available to the
dormitory resident.
Kathy Onley and Tammy Olsen
are two Deutsches Haus resi
dents who are heavily promoting
the program. Olsen is the
dormitory’s resident assistant,
and Onley is the dormitory
government’s vice-president and
president of the Univeristy’s Ger
man Club.
Olsen spent a year in Germany
on a foreign exchange program.
She became intrigued with the
"Faschingsfest," a celebration be
fore the Lent season. This year
the dorm celebrated "Fasch” in
German style. Olsen plans to
teach an accredited SEARCH
class at the University next year
that will have the goal of producing
an authentic “Fasch" revival.
Other house activities included
an October Fest at Hendrick's
Park, with German beer sausage
— but American beer. Olsen ex
plained the price of imported
German beer is prohibitive.
At Christmas the residents had
a party with a German Santa
Claus and German fairy tale
characters, one of which unrelent
ingly follows Santa around and in
timidates little kids into being
good. In the spirit of the evening,
they even managed to sing Ger
man renditions of Christmas
carols.
The dormitory has a private din
ing room and a comfortable
lounge and guest room. Every
Thursday a professor from the
German department is invited to
dinner, where conversation is re
stricted to German.
In addition to the German ac
tivities, dorm projects such as a
pumpkin carving contest and a
camp-out add to the special unifi
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Next year s goals include
"Germanating" everyone in the
dormitory. Mix-ups in arrange
ments with the housing office last
year resulted in inefficient disper
sal of the Deutsches Haus litera
ture. Since it was the house's be
ginning year, Onley and Olsen
feel lucky to have gotten the 30
persons that they did.
Plans for next year include get
ting space donated to establish a
home for some 200 books do
nated to the University by the
German government. Most of the
books were donated by the West
German government, but some
were even given by the com
munist East German government.
Karen Achberger and Wolfgang
Leppmann, both of the German
department, were among the
people instigating the house.
They wanted a place for students
to live, on or off campus, where
the atmosphere was of a German
nature.
“We re not trying to make an
elitist group where you have to
speak fluent German.” said
Onley. “Anyone with interest can
live here, even a first year stu
dent.” Olsen added that students
less versed in the German lan
guage and customs could “get a
good education here in the
house.”
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Zambia shells Rhodesian town
SALISBURY, Rhodesia—Zambian government troops fired
mortars and machine guns into the resort town of Victoria Falls on
Wednesday in a half-hour daylight attack from across the Zam
bezi River, military officials said. No damage or casualties were
reported
The attack on the town of 3,500 persons in northwest Rho
desia was the first such action since Zambian Pres. Kenneth
Kaunda declared a state of war exists between his country and
Rhodesia.
Soviet military experts expelled
KHARTOUM, Sudan —Sudan expelled all 90 Soviet military
experts in the Sudanese army Wednesday, the Sudanese news
agency reported.
It is said the experts along with their 57 member families left
Khartoum at noon aboard three Soviet planes.
The expulsion decision was relayed to the Soviet ambas
sador to Khartoum a week ago, the agency added
An office attached to the Soviet Embassy was also closed.
U.S.-Soviet weapon ban signed
GENEVA. Switzerland — Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromykosigned a convention
Wednesday banning man-made natural disasters in warfare and
then opened three days of talks on nuclear arms and the Mideast.
The two leaders joined officials from 31 other nations in the
council chamber of Geneva s Palace of Nations for a brief cer
emony putting an environmental warfare convention into force
and formally beginning ratification procedures.
Senate OK’s energy department
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to create a
Department of Energy, a new Cabinet agency sought by Pres.
Carter to implement the nation's energy policies.
The legislation now goes to the House, where a similar bill is
awaiting floor action.
The proposed department, to be headed by White House
energy adviser James Schlesinger. would have broad powers
over energy pricing and development.