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BE COOL BE SEEN ine 790 E 14th St. 342-3378 OPEN 7am - 10pm M-F 8am - 10pm Weekends BREAKFAST 7am - 1pm M-F Bam - 1 30pm Weekends SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CET THE FACTS • Information on AIDS, Chlamydia, and other STD’s at the Health Information Center (next to the pharmacy at the Stu dent Health Center) • Free pamphlets • Speakers for classes, dormitories, organizations, and living groups (call 686-4447 for information) • Students concerned about their health status can make a medical appointment with a health center clinician (call 686-4441) University of Oregon Student Health Center Vote Continued from Page 1A per $1,000 of assessed property value. The funds will be used to run an inmate work camp, addi tional community corrections space, a mental health emergen cy unit at the jail and an alcohol and drug-treatment unit. Eugene voters also approved a one-year levy of $199,500 for downtown parking. The measure authorizes additional taxation of property owners in the Downtown Development District and will not affect other parts of the city. The measure passed, 11,685 to 7,259. Approval of the levy enables the Downtown Com mission to continue with the free parking program as well as provide downtown marketing and business recruitment. Springfield voters narrowly defeated the Private Investment Incentive Plan, Measure 51. With all 19 of 23 precincts reporting, PIIP was going down 1,353 to 1.234. The PIIP plan would have of ‘Expansion of the airport is one step in the revitalization process, but the road is a long one. I’m looking forward to healthy growth in the community.' — Brian Obie fered incentives to business or industries considering locating in certain districts in the Spr ingfield area. The program involved a tax increment financing plan, which would have increased property taxes slightly for pro perty owners in one of the 11 taxing bodies with boundaries overlapping those of the renewal district. City officials had hoped the PUP program would enable Spr ingfield to compete with cities of similar size in attracting new business developments. Measure 20-03, authorizing a four-year, $2.9 million levy for capital improvements at Lane Community College was ap proved by voters in Lane Coun ty. and portions of Linn, Benton and Douglas counties. With all 180 precints reporting, the measure passed, 20,778 to 16,639. Voter approval of the LCC bonds authorizes the college to spend $725,000 per year for upgrading the facilities and equipment at the 20-year-old campus. Voter turnout for the election was fairly low at about 26 per cent of registered voters. March elections generally have a low voter turnout accor ding Dave Spriggs of the Lane County Elections Division. “Voter turnout in a March election can range anywhere from 7 percent to 27 percent,’’ he said. Continued from Page 5A “We weren’t put together to form a pretty ticket,” Frichette said. “We’re running together because we work together so well.” The ticket’s platform includes issues varying from the maintenence of the student controlled ASUO health in surance to lobbying for a revi sion of independent student status for financial aid pur poses. They also hope to work for substance abuse education, improved child care, minority recruitment and an executive rule outlining the ASUO ap pointment process following the same guidelines as the hir ing process. W P A Continued from Page 4A child-care facilities, improved public safety, continuing sup port for affirmative action legislation and fair representa tion for minority students. Lachkar and Mooney are not overly concerned about the re cent formation of political organizations aimed at ending SPA’s dominance of student government. ‘‘We hope to educate everyone on what we are and what we’ve been doing,” Lachkar said. “It is important that we tell how students can benefit from SPA and our administration.” “SPA is a force to be reckon ed with,” Mooney said. “And in the democratic process, whatever students decide at the polls is what they want.” SPA will be announcing a full slate of candidates for elected positions early next week. The primary elections will be held April 15 and 16 followed by the general elections on April 22 and 23. ATTENTION STUDENTS UO REGISTERED STUDENTS Because the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Inc., is an op tional student fee, The Oregon Daily Emerald provides students who have paid unwillingly for their daily newspaper a refund. Students who do receive this re fund must sign an affidavit stating that they will not obtain an ODE throughout Spring term k 1987. rr Wednesday April 1, 1987 through Tuesday April 7, 1987 we will refund $1.99 to any subscriber who has paid their fee to the ODE unwill ingly. Refunds will be given from room 300 of the Erb Memorial Union during business hours of 9-5pm. But remember: The small cost of an Emerald subscription — 3.23C per issue per day — buys 3 months of news about your education, your administration and your weekend entertainment.
