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Friday. March 13. 1987
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 88. Number 119
Child care centers poorly kept up, officials say
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The Brown House is one of three aging Child Care and Development Centers ad
ministered by the EMU.
By Sarah Kitchen
Of the Kmcrald
A University child care coordinator
claims campus child care facilities are
not being maintained as they should be.
Dennis Reynolds, the EMU child care
coordinator, blames the poor upkeep on
a lack of University funding and confu
sion over what department is responsible
for the maintenance of each building.
I he child care buildings are suppos
ed to be maintained as if they were a
regular University classroom, but very
few academic buildings are allowed to
get this funky." he said.
I wo of the three child care buildings
became schools in the 1960s, and since
then very little has been done to make
any major improvements in the
buildings, Reynolds said.
"We have 1960s facilities with 1980s
needs." he said.
About 190 student-parents. 19
employee families and 19 community
families are served by three Child Care
and [Development Centers — the Moss
and Brown houses, at 1511 and 151IV*
Moss St., respectively; the Villard and
Green houses, at 1542 Villard St. and
1533 Moss St., respectively; and the
EMU child care center.
The housing department owns und is
in charge of maintenance for the Villard
and Green houses, and the Physical
Plant owns and maintains the Moss and
Brown houses.
Having the child care centers split up
causes problems, Reynolds said,
especially when it comes to
maintenance, because it is not always
clear exactly who is in charge of fixing
what.
Last year the Incidental Fee Committee
gave the centers about $t».(HK) from its
overrealized funds account, Reynolds
said. The money was intended for play
equipment. But most of it went to hire a
work-study student to build a room con
necting two other classrooms at the
Brown house, he said.
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AIDS Task Force aims to educate community
By Kim Gnau
Of the Emerald
Installing condom machines in the
dorms is only one of several programs
the University AIDS Task Force has
planned for spring term in an attempt to
increase AIDS awareness on campus.
The task force, which had its first
meeting Tuesday, also is planning a
brown-bag forum and a panel discussion
sometime next term, with a symposium
to follow next fall. The dates have not yet
been confirmed.
"We’re eager to plan sufficient educa
tional programs so that everyone gets in
formed,” said task force Chairman Gerry
Mosley.
The committee is concerned about
educating the general population about
AIDS because the problem is becoming
increasingly prominent in the heterosex
ual community.
"We’re seeing a denial in the
heterosexual community that was in the
gay community a few years ago,” said
Jeff Bernhardt, ASIJO assistant Universi
ty affairs coordinator.
“Anyone who is sexually active and
has had more than one partner needs to
know of the disease. We want to get
students more aware of it as a possible
concern,” said Dr. Jim Jackson, director
of the Student Health (’enter.
Jackson said college students are
“potentially at high risk for contracting
this virus, and the time to educate is now
while there’s a chance to stop it.”
Condom Awareness Day, which took
place last month, and the recent issue of
“Well Now,” the health center's
newsletter distributed this week, were
two steps taken to reach this goal.
According to Moseley, Condom
Awareness Day was very successful and
“brought a lot of response from other
campuses” that may look into attemp
ting similar programs.
The next stop is getting the condom
machines installed in the dorms. Tim
Regan, chairman of the Residence Hall
Governance Committee, said tho RHGC
proposed to the housing department
Monday that “at least a couple of
machines be put in all the complexes.”
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Kecora editor resigns,
cites heavy class load
Lisa Loving, editor of the
ASIJO publication The Record
has announced her resignation
from that post effective April 3.
Loving said her decision has
to do with her spring term class
load.
She plans to take 20 credits
next term and will be unable to
handle such a heavy class load
and The Record simultaneous
ly, she said.
The Record Assistant Editor
Dan Thoma said, “Taking that
class load and working on The
Record would either drive a per
son insane or drive them dead.”
Loving was sad to leave The
Record, she said, and com
mented that she thoroughly en
joyed working on it. She took
great pleasure in seeing how it
has improved over the year, she
added.
She must pass a physics to
graduate with an american
studies degree in June.
She will be taking 20 credits
next term and will be unable to
handle such a heavy class load
and The Record simultaneous
ly, she said.
“Working on The Record has
been a good experience,” she
said. “1 have been involved in
journalism since 1 was a
freshman in high school. It has
helped me decade what 1 want
to do with my life.
“I feel as though they (Record
staff members) really have im
proved,” she said. “Dan and I
have brought more people into
the process of putting out The
Record. ’ ’
The ASUO has not chosen a
replacement, Irving said. She
will work on the next issue, due
to be out April 3.
Thoma probably will put out
the final issue, he said, but that
decision is not likely to be made
until next term.
Thoma was surprised to hear
of Loving’s resignation and is
sorry she is leaving, he said.
“If I had my choice, she
would not be leaving,” he said.
The Record is the official
publication of the ASUO and is
published twice a term.
Dust to dust
Emerald Hall, originally erected as a temporary building in 1946, met with the
jaws of (*reg Payne's bulldozer Thursday. Payne, who owns the trucking and construc
tion company in charge of demolishing the structure, expects to have the lot cleared in
about 18 days.
Photo by Michael Wilhelm