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--.Oregon Daily- - Emerald _Inside_ ■ Women in Arab culture. Page 4 ■ Comedy clubs compete. Page 5 ■ Meet will host Cubans, Page 12 ■ Biker/hiker controversy, Page 16 Tuesday. May 2, 1989 Eugene, Oregon Volume ‘to. Number 145 Ph.Ho b« Mill lUmn Gatherers outside the headquarters of the Southern Willamette Green Assembly celebrate May Day with a traditional maypole ritual. Political group marks May Day by supporting striking workers By Greg Hough Emerald Reporter May Day 198!), traditionally a time to mark the accomplish ments of laborers worldwide, was celebrated in Eugene Mon day at the mew home of the Southern Willamette Green As sembly, a grassroots political group Striking workers from the Morgan-Nicolai Wood Products Plant in Springfield, as well as from Roseburg Forest Products Co., spoke during the gathering at 1117 W. 11th Avenue, which the Assembly organized to demonstrate solidarity with union causes. "The ‘Green' movement is so much a part of the labor cause," Assembly member loan Marie Michaelsen said. "When we and other groups are say ing, we’ve got to slow down the cutting of these old growth forests, people think that's anti labor. But it’s pro-labor — be cause if they cut down all those trees, there's not going to lie any jobs." Organized in West Germany in 1980, and in the U.S. in 1984, the "Greens," as group members commonly refer to themselves, list "community based economics." “decentrali zation," "ecological wisdom," ana posi-pairiarcnai values among their official policy planks. "In an ideal situation." event organizer Brian Wilga said, "workers would have a lot mure say in how their business is run than they usually do now " Members of the Portland chapter of International Work ers of the World also attended the event, which drew a crowd of approximately -15. IWW is an organization that helps create union “shops" in small businesses, region dele gate Billy Don Robinson said Turn to Greens, Page 11 Research group to study disabled A University research group is taking a in it rosi opii look .it luns satisfied developmentally disabled people are with their jobs, thi'ir living situations and thi' programs designed to Iti'lp thrm as |iart of a national sol ves recently ordered by (am gross Through (Ml minute face-to fai e interviews with develop menlallt disabled adults and their families, and through do tailed studies ol Marioti and Lincoln counties, the llniversi It 's Disabilitv Policy Research ('■roup is seeking both facts and opinions ahout state programs and institutions In lauuarv 1000. the group will hold public forums to de velop recommendations for IhiIIi state and national polii v makers The Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council, for which the state report is lining writ ten. anticipates changes as a re sult of the study Fifty five oth er councils covering the other 4(1 states and U,S. trust territo ries will la* rei eivillg similar re ports. "After listening to com plaints and concerns almut how the programs have been work ing. Congress is pulling togeth er an aggregate illustration of the nation,” said Clyde Muiheid of the Oregon council. "But that picture won't be ready until the fall of 1(100 In the meantime, when our report is complete early next year, we'll pick our own high priori ties tint! det nlf how »i' waul to correct shortfalls and respond to critii ism him? Before all this ran happen, however. various parti< ipanls in the studs will huve to come In a i ousensus on w hat "devel npmentallv disabled" moans Chfirli-s Drum, coordinator of the University group. sa\s tho fodoral government uses .1 broad dofinition ai hiovod hv applying a lost ot major lilo ai livilios phy sit al 1 apaliilitios. omployahility and potonlial to live indopondontly. for exam ple Oregon takes ,1 more narrow view, using llie term only tor jreople who alroatl*. have heen categorized in another wav. sui h as having cerebral palsy or epilepsy. The University group also will fix us on differences he tween policies on eligibility for programs and what happens in practice. In a related project, the Uni versity group is studying Social Security programs for the tie velopmenlally disabled, with special attention to incentives and disincentives to employers to hire people in that group. The researchers also are begin ning to review harriers that pre vent or discourage private busi nesses from employing the de velopmeiitally disabled and un dertaking a in state survey of firms that offer "supported em ployment" to such workers Smoking clinics help students kick the habit, regain self confidence By David Bess Emerald Contributor Richard Hadley says lie's sick and tired of smoking. Sick and tired seems to be a valid as sessment of how some former smokers — or soon to lie non-smokers on cam pus feel about their habit and their at tempts to break it Removing a nicotine addiction from one's life is often nothing short oi a bat tle. especially if that addiction has been relied upon for relaxation or stress re lief. Students like Hadley, who have either quit smoking or are on the verge of quit ting. seem to share what they feel is an essential frame of mind the realiza tion that one is completely self-respon sible in deciding to stop According to Anita Skarbo. a junior business major, some smokers ex per t that a special cure will automatically free them of their habit, be it nicotine gum or a stop-smoking program. "You have to make up your own mind to quit and go for it." she said. Although the smoker's individual res olution to stop smoking is essential. Skarbo says that a smoking cessation program like the one she attended last term — the Student Health Center’s Fresh Start program- can be very benefi cial in gaining support and establishing act ountatnlity among participants Hadley, who is currently attending the same program, stresses the impor tance of having a group realize that they are all going through the same lifestyle change. "Without that support, it's hard to get reinforcement for a new behavior." he said. Sophomore biology major John Ste phens said there is a beneficial ex change of information between smokers in a stop-smoking program, along with the element of group support The ideas shared at his first meeting of Fresh Start ranged from personal strategies for quitting, replacements (or the cigarette, and diffii ulties in coping with withdrawal "It's a place to air frustrations, feel ings, and to identify with ourselves and each other." said Hadley, a junior psy chology major. The health center's Fresh Start and Sacred Heart Hospital's Smoke Stoppers are two nearby smoking cessation pro grams that offer positive, group-oriented settings along with beneficial informa tion and advice. Although they differ in cost and dura tion. the programs share a basic strategy behavior modification as a means to effective quitting. Ellen Ryan, director of health educa tion at the health center and the coordi Photo illustration In lainrs Marks Smokers who consider quiUin.it cigarettes often face a dilemma between their current addiction and a new one, such as chew inf; ftum. nator of this term's Fresh Start, said stress management, nutrition aware ness, weight control, and exercise all enter into the enacting of this strategy. The smoker can hope to incorporate these elements into practices that con front and ease the problems that caused him or tier to smoke in the first place Ryan tied this lifestyle modification to the importance of finding a substitution for smoking "What will you provide for the thing you take out of vour life?" she asks dur Turn to Smoking, Pjge 11
