Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1985)
Open 8:30 AM Daily Mon-Sat 1 PM Sundays Fine Italian Entrees Serving Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner All Well Drinks $1.25 3-6 PM Mon-Fri *-#V Going To Graduate School? _Graduate Record Examination__ Review Course Offered by • Portland State University ' Division of Continuing Education 3 FULL DAYS - 21 CLASSROOM HOURS ALL SECTIONS OF THE GRADUATE RECORD EXAM REVIEWED QUANTITATIVE - LOGIC - VERBAL Fee of $140 includes classroom materials and in struction, in-class practice exam, and home study materials with practice exams. Sec. 1: September 14, 21, 28, 1985 Sec. 2: November 2; 30, December 7," 1985 Sec. 3: March 22, 29, Aprii 5, 1986 - i . - All sections 9.00 arn-5:00 pm, 258'Cramer HaJl. Portland State University Campus. For registration. ttnd Jm to PSU DCE. PO Box 1491. Portland. OR 97207 or telephone 229-4812. toll-bee in Oregon- * 1-800-452-4909. VESA MASTERCARD accepted. —=ceO 00 Ultrasonic pen cleaning to make your technical pen work like new! At your Bookstore in the Art Dept University scientist says animals suffer little pain By Dave Borns Of th« Kmcrald A quiet corner of the University campus is stuck in the center of a national controversy, which revolves around the use of laboratory animals for scientific research. Opponents of the practice charge that researchers cold-bloodedly ‘'torture and slaughter" laboratory animals, while placing human life above all other forms of life. But proponents of animal experimentation counter that laboratory animals suffer little if any pain during experiments, and they say the experiments are needed to advance medical science. Greg Stickrod, University director of laboratory and animal services, believes "humans are the most important form of life.” . As the result, "some animals have, to be r sacrificedI to advance, human life." Vaccines for polio, small pox and rubella were all discovered with the a.id of animal research, Stickrod says. . Yet. Sharon Nettles, a coordinator of the Kugene chapter of People for the Ethical Treat ment of Animals,-says,."Humans are not the . top species." Nettles, who does not eat animal meat, opposes any use of anima.ls for scientific: . research. • ' • * "It. is a clear violation of their {animals’) moral rights.” Nettles says. "Animals are not a tool for human, use." . . • . . There are alternatives to using animals for : scientific research, she says. Among these she . cites autopsies and voluntary experimentation on:humans. / •> The issue of animal experimentation has received- much.national media attention in .re cent months." , ’ ". ••• • ... . ■ labs ,at..tKe_Uuiversity .of • California at, Riveirside. and" at .the University of ^Penn sylvania have been vandalized by" opponents . of animal research. •And the.federal •government" has recently suspended support for brain-injury. research on-baboons at the University of Pennsylvania. ’ The government’s "action was- taken in response to charges that animal researchers at. the school were needlessly performing painful . experiments.’on the primates.- . • • As the result of the. negative publicity., Stickrod fears that* local opponents of animal experimentation may vandalize- the Univer ’ sity'.s lab-. "Some schools can afford to repair $1 million worth of damage to their labs," he says, "but this school can't." Hecause ui his fears. Stickrod has closed the University's lab to the public. However, Nettles says, the Eugene chapter of PETA is not nearly as militant as other 'organizations that oppose animal research Locally, PETA with a core of five to 10 ac tive-members — is involved in peaceful pro tests and community education, she says. The group organized a June protest against the University’s research facility. About 15 picketors marched outside of Science III in opposition to research being done by two University psychology professors. The professors. Richard Marrocco and .. Ilnrhara Cordon -Lit key, perform research on monkeys and kittens in Order Mo further understand the animals’ brain processes "Our goal is to eliminate the use of animals in experimentation." Nettles says; •' •_ Aside from the issue of physical pain, it is. painful for animals to be isolated from each *It is a clear violation of their (animals') moral rights. Animals are not a idol for human use,’ • — Sharon Nettles other, she says. Yet.-this is exactly what; (a ■done, inthe University’s labs, she says. But St ickrod-argues that.Dniyersity resear chers strictly follow. U S. -Public Health Ser . vice guidelines that were developed to protect .-laboratory-.animals.,- .. ... . "I hate to. see animals suffer pain.”~he ■ says. ' St ickrod fears that if all animal research were to end today, "human death and suffer ing would needlessly continue " . * It would drastically hinder efforts to find a cure.for AIDS, he says! "The information we get from such research is key.” he says. Nevertheless, Nettles is convinced that animal research is wrong...v i, "It all comes downto a question of morali ty and your own moral values'” she says. Study for Finals... While You Help Us Save Lives And Earn Extra Income! ★ Weekly Drawings ★ Special Bonuses - ★ $10.00 per regular donation ★ Bring This Ad In For An Extra $5.00 For New Donors Hours: 7:30am-6:00pra Mon-Sal 484-2241 (Call for an Appointment) Eugene Plasma Corp. 1071 Olive Recycle This Paper <#JW>
