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Students restore neglected Villard Hall tower
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By Mark Swart/fdger
Emerald Contributor
It i.s only h start, but
rehabilitation has finally found
Villard Hall.
Historic preservation
students are working this
quarter to restore a portion of
the building, the second oldest
structure on campus
Under the direction of ad
junct Professor (Iregg Olson,
the nine graduate students are
getting "hands on work experi
ence" in the preserving of the
northeast tower of the 10 t-year
old building
Villard Hall has long been a
showi ase of disregard and de
terioration "It has seen 100
years of neglect." said Michael
Sbellenbarger. bead of the
University's historic
preservation department
Ia«st month, the state's His
toid Preservation < )ffi( e plai ed
Villard. and next door neighbor
Heady Hall, the oldest building
on campus, on a list of
"threatened National Historic
1-andmarks The buildings may
la* put on the "endangered"
list next year if no substantive
work is done by then.
Shellenbarger said
Of the two buildings. Villard
Hall is in the worst condition
"It is in desperate shape for
help," said Keith Kichard,
University archivist
Villard's four large towers
have seen the worst wear due
to wood rot and poor drainage
These towers are made entirely
of wood and have never been
repairer}
However, after the students
began stripping the paint and
inspecting the wood for a clos
er look, they realized the build
ing is in relatively good shape
"The deterioration is not as
bod as we feared." said Hon
I'eting, architecture professor
and the tear her of a rec ent ( lass
that did an analysis of the roof
structure of Villard
"The work is going along
smoothly he said
Christine Taylor, an arc hitcs
tore student working on the
projec t, said the opportunity to
work in historic, preservation is
an "absolutely wonderful
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sense until you are up there."
When the students are not on
the scaffolding repairing the
tower, they are in the shop
Here, with the use of a band
saw. they recreate exact
replu as of missing or damaged
brackets and cornices and other
decorative carvings It is a
time-consuming prot ess
In all. the students will
replace and restore the roof fab
ric of the i ornices. brat kets and
shingles, replai e the missing
urns and decorative carvings,
and repair and replace the gut
ters They plan to c omplete the
projet t sometime this summer
Taylor said the experience
the c lass gains from the project
will prove valuable in the com
ing years
We'll lie able to analyze
work done in the future, to
judge someone else's work and
see what's right and what's
wrong, she said
Villard. along with Heady
Hail. were designated as
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A group of University graduate students is helping to restore
one of Villard Halls aging towers.
New health center peer group
to discuss AIDS with students
B> Bri.in Gallagher
Emerald Contributor
According to University sta
tistics. about til) students may
already have the AIDS virus
To conduit the problem and
emphasize the „ message that
students should "take AIDS so
riously.” the Student Health
Center is sponsoring an AIDS
peer educator training
Sherry O’Shea, graduate stu
dent in community health
eduction and founder ot the
AIDS peer educator program,
said the figures about AIDS and
students are a projection based
on statislii s from a survey con
ducted by the American Col
lege Health Assot latino in con
junction with tile Center for
I Jisease (amtrol
The survey, conducted on
various i ullage i ampuses
throughout the nation, tested
tor the presence of the HIV vi
rus in participants' blood sum
pies Survey results indicated
that between r>V(>5 people will
test Hl\ positive on each col
lege campus nationwide
The pilot peer ediu ator pro
gram implemented on April 1 1
gives interested students the
opportunity to learn more
about AIDS as well as a chance
to share this knowledge with
their peers. " O’Shea said
O'Shea said that a large part
of the group's activities, in ad
dition to offering individual
private consultations and infor
mation would include i lass
presentations and other pro
jects.
" Surveys show that the aver
age college students have most
of the basic knowledge."
O'Shea said "What the\ often
lack is practical skills such as
how to properK use a condom,
and the\ are not i hanging then
behavior to make them less vul
nerable
O'Shea said hei involvement
with various communitv based
AIDS awareness programs and
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her concern for the leek of
AIDS awareness displayed by
many students were among tIn*
reasons for founding such a
program.
"There may be a high level
of sexual activity for college
students, which means that
they are a vulnerable popula
tion." O'Shea said
She cited recent studies that
indicate that the AIDS virus
can have an incubation period
of up to 9.5 years.
O’Shea's project, endorsed
by Dr lames Jackson, Student
Health Center Director, was
based on similar programs of
fered bv the American Red
(Toss and Willamette Aids
(Council
She said she wanted to start a
program that would he on a
"peer to peer student to stu
dent, informal basis, adding
that a student would probably
"feel better asking a peer than
an authordv ligure
The training tor student vol
unteers began in earls April
and continued to meet once a
week tor live weeks O shea
said
She added that the students
I 1 1 women and three men) re
cruited to the program are a di
verse group ol people all with
different fields of interest
O'Shea said the volunteers
first week of training toe used
mainly on issues such as basic
biology and epidemiology
whereas the second week was
devoted to the analysis of legal,
ethical issues and psvt ho-so
i ial issues
It was not until the basil
foundations were laid that vol
unteers focused on the topic of
risk reduction and issues such
as safe se\ needle sharing and
other safety precautions.
Afterw arils. \ olunteers
learned peer counseling skills
and methods ot networking
with community agencies in
volved in providing services
and education
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