Catherine siegner
of environmental concern
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus
has extended a 1970 develop
ment ban on 110 million acres of
spectacular Alaska land past its
original deadline of Dec. 18.
Andrus made his move with the
approval of Pres. Carter, who has
repeatedly declared his support
for protection of Alaska’s public
lands as national parks, wilder
ness areas and wildlife refuges.
If the ban had not been ex
tended, the entire acreage would
have been open to development.
The Alaska Lands Bill, which
would have established the parks
and wilderness areas, was never
let out of Senate committee,
primarily because of opposition
from Alaska’s hard-line Democrat
Sen. Mike Gravel.
Gravel and Sen. Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska) are both vehemently
opposed to any legislation remov
ing land from mining or petroleum
drilling.
The issue has been further
complicated by widespread sen
timent within Alaska that the land
belongs to the state, and not to the
federal government. The state
had attempted to persuade Carter
to allow negotiation of the entire
110 million acres, but Carter re
jected the offer.
The state of Alaska anticipated
the next move, and filed suit
against Andrus challenging his
powers to ban development of the
land. Andrus apparently is uncer
tain of the outcome of such a suit,
for he extended the development
ban in an uncharacteristically
low-key manner.
Andrus released a press state
ment last Thursday filled with
praise for Alaska Gov. Jay Ham
mond. The ban was buried at the
end of the release.
Only a few hours before, An
drus had negotiated a deal with
Hammond whereby the state of
Alaska would withdraw claims to
nine million acres within the 110
million acres in return for Andrus’
promise to speedily process addi
tional state claims to 32 million
acres outside the protected areas.
Carter and Andrus are ex
pected to meet soon to consider
action to permanently ban de
velopment of the entire 110 million
acres. The president has the
power to declare the land a na
tional monument, which would
place it off-limits to any develop
ment forever.
The state of Alaska, however,
will not take any such action lying
down.
Class aids in battle to cope with depression
By JENNIFER GREENLEAF
Of the Emerald
Sometimes it’s difficult to
rationalize just what good it is to
get out of bed. Those are the days
that the alarm gets set and reset
every 15 minutes, or maybe not at
all.
“Everybody feels depressed at
one time or another,” says Peter
Lewinsohn, a University psychol
ogy professor. "No group is im
mune to it.”
Lewinsohn has devised a class,
“Coping with Depression," he
says teaches depressed people to
feel better.
‘‘Our approach is action
oriented,” says Lewinsohn. The
process used in the class is es
sentially a self-help process which
is different than the traditional
patient-therapist techniques used
to help depressed persons.
Lewinsohn and three others
have written a text for the course,
which is basically a self-help
manual called “How to Control
Your Depression." The text and
the class focus on four techniques
that can assist people in dealing
with their problems.
‘ Often people are depressed
because of negative thinking,"
says Lewinsohn, "so we teach
them to think constructively."
Participants are also asked to
identify the activities that give them
Action-oriented approach is key to self-help
pleasure so they can schedule
more pleasant activities when they
feel depressed.
The third technique involves
social interaction. It teaches peo
ple to be more assertive about
their feelings and to increase the
kinds of social activities that are
pleasant to them.
"We also teach people how to
relax,” says Lewinsohn. The re
laxation techniques are useful in
any situation that makes a person
feel uncomfortable, Lewinsohn
says.
"...if we were to pick out a group
that is especially vulnerable to de
pression, it would be young
mothers with small children,”
Lewinsohn says. He attributes this
to little opportunity for mothers to
do things they want to and to a
lack of adult conversation.
People also become depressed
after the death of a close person,
because of economic difficulties
or after a move to a new city, but
many people cannot relate their
depression to a single event and
do not know why they are de
pressed, according to Lewinsohn.
The techniques used in the
class attracted national attention.
Dr. Art Ulene of Los Angeles has
developed a ten-part TV series
called "Feeling Better" based on
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shown in four-minute segments
on TV stations across the country.
The classes are held as small
groups of eight to 12 persons, with
a lecture-discussion format.
“The participants learn the
techniques and then apply them to
something in their own lives. The
group members help each other
develop a plan to change their be
havior and thinking,” says Lewin
sohn.
Lewinsohn says that the proce
dures have previously been used
in individual cases and classes
were started just last summer. He
hopes to offer them on an on
going basis.
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Amenson and Doug Larsen, also
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a week the second month. The
class is held in a meeting room
provided by the Eugene Hospital
and Clinic.
Persons wishing to take the
class should call the Human
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686-4966 to set up an interview.
Fees for the class are based on
ability-to-pay with a $30 minimum
fee and a $180 maximum fee.
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