—.Oregon Daily_ _
Emerald
Wednesday, October 26, 1988
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 90, Number 41
__Inside_
• Wiser recycling advice, Page 3
• Academic help available, Page 4
• EMU Recreation Center, Page 6
• Halloween special, Page 7
Leaving time
Todd kinner, temporarily on "leave'’ from attending classes at the University,
rakes the EMU’s front lawn Tuesday.
Photo by Scott Maben
Misinformation often
deters overseas study
By Mike Lucas
Emerald Contributor
Despite the dollar's fluctua
tions in areas like Europe and
Japan, overseas studies are still
within a student's grasp.
The problem is that people
are either unaware of or misin
formed about the application
procedure and the require
ments of the individual pro
grams, overseas study adviser
Mark Levy said.
The study abroad program
incorporates 38 different study
plans. It includes business
studies in Tokyo, language in
struction in Moscow and class
es in Liverpool’s School of Ar
chitecture.
But many misconceptions
prevent American students
from applying to the Universi
ty’s study abroad program,
which is based in the Office of
International Studies on the
third floor of Oregon Hall, Levy
said.
Many students “think it is
for rich students or that it is
only for straight-A students."
Levy said.
But this is false, he said. For
many study abroad programs
like those based in London.
Rome or Italy, fluency in a sec
ond language is not a require
ment nor is the application pro
cedure difficult. Levy said.
For some programs, complet
ing some forms and an inter
view may be all that is needed.
Other programs may require
more paperwork.
Students with a grade point
average of 2.75 or 3.0 often are
qualified candidates for the
program. Levy said. In addi
tion. they can apply their finan
cial aid assistance overseas.
"Some of the programs are
really easy to get into." Levy
said. “Maybe we're too lax."
Despite these factors, the pro
gram has experienced a slight
drop in enrollment, he said.
But Levy claimed that the fluc
tuation of the dollar, which has
increased the cost of some pro
grams. is major cause of the
program's slight decline.
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UW embalms euthanised monkey
By Chris Bouneff
Emerald Reporter
The director of the University of
Washington's primate center said last
week that the 18-year-old monkey trans
ferred from the University was em
balmed and is being used as an anatomi
cal model.
Ur. William Morton. UW veterinary
supervisor, disclosed that the monkey,
named Martha, was not used in the tis
sue distribution program as was previ
ously announced.
Instead, the dead monkey was em
balmed and given to the UW physical
anthropology department for use in an
anatomy course.
“That (using Martha as a cadaver)
was the best use we could do with her
and 1 think it’s a good use," Morton ex
plained.
He also stated that the demand for an
anatomy teaching specimen existed at
UW and so the monkey was not distrib
uted to different research programs.
Along with the controversial an
nouncement of Martha's death in Sep
tember, it was made known that her re
mains would be placed in the tissue dis
tribution program to fill the needs of
other research institutions.
Such a program is designed to reduce
the number of animals, most notably
primates, used in research by providing
the tissues of animals that can no longer
be used for experimentation. This sup
posedly discourages the acquisition and
killing of new animals for tissue sam
ples.
l.ocal reaction to the use of Martha's
remains ranged from surprise to anger.
Lucille Kaplun, spokeswoman for Peo
ple for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA), claimed that the news is one
more example of the public being de
ceived.
"I can hardly believe that the decep
tion is roally greater than we thought,’’
Kaplan said. “The thrust of their argu
ment was how great the tissue distribu
tion program is and then to not put her
(Martha) into the program, it’s unbeliev
able."
Kaplan also questioned how Martha's
use as a classroom tool w’ould reduce
the number of primates used for re
search.
It was widely accepted that Martha
would be placed in the tissue distribu
tion program after Nathan Tublitz and
Judith Eisen, both assistant professors of
biology, made public their findings of
an investigation conducted for the Uni
versity's Institute of Neuroscience.
In a prepared statement read by Eisen
at an Oct. 3 press conference, the fact
Martha was put into the tissue distribu
tion program seemingly was confirmed.
The statement described the placing
of Martha in the distribution program as
one of two possible options, and since
the monkey could not bp placed else
where, it was placed in the distribution
program.
The statement also said that the UW
tissue distribution program is “extreme
ly important in that it distributes pri
mate tissues to investigators nation
wide, thereby significantly reducing the
number of animals used in primate re
search.”
When informed about how the mon
key's remains were actually being used,
Tublitz was surprised and responded by
saying the events surrounding Martha’s
death were still not clear.
“W'e’ve not come to an absolute un
derstanding of what went on at the time
of the press conference," Tublitz stated.
Martha's case has brought to the fore
front the questionable merits and ethics
of the UW tissue distribution program
and of animal research in general.
The UW program is one of seven re
gional programs funded by the National
Institutes of Health (N1H). The first pro
gram was started 30 years ago as both a
File photo
Animal research opponents argue
that many research methods on ani
mals, such as monkeys, are outdated.
method of conservation and a way to ad
vance animal research.
According to Dr. Leo Whitehair, di
rector of the N1H primate research pro
gram, distribution programs are a very
small percentage of the NIH research
program and that the main focus is on
the research itself, but he does say that
the UW program and the others like it
are an effective conservation measure.
Morton echoes many of the same con
cepts. “Things like the (UW) distribu
tion program are very instrumental in
reducing the number of animals used
for research,” he said.
But he also expands his argument by
claiming that animal research benefits
Turn to Martha, Page 14
Measure 6
seeks to ban
smoking area
By Brad Robertson
Emerald Reporter
Cigarette smoke and its carcino
gens will be banned in indoor
public places including the work
place if Ballot Measure 6 passes
on Nov. 8.
This issue is a heated one with
both sides of the measure ap
proaching it from different angles.
The opponents of Measure 6 see it
_ELECTIONS 88_
as an intrusion of government on
individual rights while the propo
nents see it primarily as a health
issue.
Richard Ross, a former Portland
newscaster who is now working
for the advertising firm of Pihas,
Schmidt, and Westerdahl Co.,
which is in charge of promoting a
‘‘No" vote on Measure 6, said
there "has to be a provision for
people who are smokers."
Ross asserts that the present
law, which segregates smoking
and non-smoking areas in most
public places, but does not make
any provisions for the workplace,
is working well and that any fur
ther intervention is unnecessary
and takes the decision out of the
hands of the private employer
whether or not to allow the em
ployees to smoke at work.
"This measure makes anyplace
with employees a public place and
takes the choice away from the
Turn to Smoking, Page 15