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■ Relieving boredom. Page 4
■ HIV testing questions, Page (»
■ House dumps Hush veto, Page 7
■ Teams play I.A clubs, Pages 9-10
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Long postal lines frustrate students
Bv Pain Miller
tmerald Contributor____
“(amid miu open lip another window' he asked
the clerk (here's about 40 people in line
U hili1 must I 'nivrrsitv post otfii e i ustumers dun t
at tuallv ask tills is their must Ireipient i|Uestiun Is
the post uflire undersl.itted has it tailed to aualv/e
needs tor busy periods ot are students expei tatiuns
ulire.ilist]| ?
On Tuesdav |an 1 • > lines snaked through the
i rowded luhh\ At 'l JTi a m the i lerk told i ustnm
ers his line was i losing and the lt> people vv.tiling
in two lines stood ill disheliet
Most ot the dav Iietween six and J.l people waited
in line helore just one window While it was an un
usualh bus\ dav it was typical of the campus
branch to have only one window open during peak
periods
Many ( ustomers think the llniversilv post office
should have mote windows o|)iui
I hc people ,irr friendly said |oe l-.dwiiisen. se
mol "but there's not enough ol them .is evident ed
by the line
I'll tr\ .mother post office today s.ud graduate
te.ii hing fellow Kathleen Tryliom as she dropped
out of line last week She said the post ottn e hasn't
figured out when the high times are
Kei ognizing low use earl\ in tile morning the
three 1 ierks have staggered starting I.. said Howl
W dson. direr tor ol i it\ operations lor the t S Host
al Service Iheretore clerks take their breaks and
lunr h at different limes
Keplai eluents from the dou ntou n post olfu e may
he sent over when a t lerk is sir k lie said but other
u ise there .1. • no bat k lips like lit he 1 oil 11 es have
\\ ilson said one 1 lerk works only in the mornings
011 tasks sui h as putting mail in boxes but is not
lorn to I mes. Page 8
Governor's plan
to fund salaries
may draw fire
Bv ( hris Bmmetl
I meruld \ssot iale I ditnr
(inv \eil (iolclsc It ill lilt s plan In ask I lit* I * > * * I stall*
Legislature lor an additional Sl»n million 11» IiiikI lac tills
salaries is likelv to spark a humus UaltU* over breaking
l hr spending limit
Goldschmidt made his intention In ircjuest the mon
• \ puhlii during ihe third ol loin state * * I tin* slate* ad
dresses held earlier this month in Lugene I he Still mil
lion will he* above and beyond' whal Ihe Legislature al
|(t< ales foi the highei edui alum budget
\houl Sail million will go toward boosting salarv lev
e|s which are among tin* lowest m the enuntrv liner
other programs ini hiding a fighting hind to re* mil and
retain tat nll\ and an endow men! mah hing fund w d! «1 i
vide* the rest
Goldschmidt expects higher education officials to
help sell the proposed h\ lobbying I with legislators and
the public over the next seven months
They teel ihev ve got the* < omnutment now to use the
next six seven months to 40 into the umveisitv « tmmm
nitres. work through w hat the i hot* es are 40 out to the
statewide couimunitx and talk about d and then go out
and sell it ( ioldst hillicit said altei his spree li
‘The key here is the\ needed the lead lime to do it
he said
Licit lead lime, however mas prove useless j| legis
lators again div ide along tnidilioual lines when it comes
to breaking the spending limit
I veil though most legislators agier the tale s highei
ecitic .ition system lias tear heel a » Msis point, not evervone
is in agreemc'iil on w hat to do about it
State He mot rats who persistentl\ want the spending
limit broken s.iv the state* should use its surplus revenue
to raise salai I«*S tol the- stale* s e* l gll t colleges .11 id U 111 V e*| • i
Ill’S
Republicans, on the other hand argue that the* state
must assess its other needs whit h me hide health • an foi
the elderlv and building new prison spat e
Last session the* Legislature had $.' 11) million m ex
c ess revenue to deal with most ol wine li will hi* re turned
m the lorm ol tax relief
Lot the Pe* I session, legislators will battle over how
to spend as mile h as S »UH million ill exc ess revenue
In all this talk about e*xc ess revenue, tin* educ ation is
sue might lie replacecl h\ the* spending limit issue and
Inr 11 to Spending, Page H
Panel claims HIV support services are available
By Dan Eisler
Emerald Reporter
For a community <>! its si/.e
llii' Kugone area has a good net
work of support services toi
people undergoing or who have
undergone 111 \ testing panel
disi ussion meinhers agreed
Wednesday night
The dist ussion on HIV
lesting and Treatment was
held as part of AIDS Infonna
lion Mouth and held in the
I All' Fir Room
The panelists included Dr
David Flemming, deputy slate
epidemiologist; Dr Mark
I leerema. medic al intern. I )i
W illiam IJisher. from the I ni
versily Student Health denier.
Jim Shoemaker and Tadd Tohi
as from tin* W hitehird ( Jinn .
William Warren, executive di
re< tor of Shanti in Oregon: Km
ilv Hedhrun. i limit serv ii es i o
ordinator of Shanti; attorney
(in'ti hen Millet. Rii hard Korlri
Hut", it member ol ihe (nnitnii
iiiIn AIDS (amsortium. and
(airmene Pew. Irmn Lane < nun
t\ Publit Health
Anonymous and tree lll\
testing is provided by the
Whitebird ( linit as well as Its
private physii i.ins Pew said
The Student I lealth ( enter
also does both c onfidential and
’modified anonymous" testing
tor I 'diversity students w itli
student ID i arils and w ho
have paid then lees. Dishei
said
"Modified anonymous"
means i onfidential i omponents
iit a student's health rei ord
such as psvi hiatrii history or
substani e abuse remain sepa
rate from I lit* main record.
I hsher said
Records are not identified by
name when sent along w ith the
blood samples to the health lab
in Pirrtland. I)ishei said
The Whitebird ('linii . at
int litun provides anonymous
.mil tree testing mi luesdays
(hiring sessions from 'll I .1 111
.inti l> 8 p in Slioemakei said
At Whilcbird the same pci
son does pre and post lest
( uunselmg lor eai li individual
Slioemakei said
rile ( A III 111 \ I leallll I )i\ Isloil
at 1.87-4041 otters testing in
appointment on Tuesd.n s
A two week waiting period is
required between the listing
period and w hen the results ale
sent lull k and It is a stale re
quirement that tested people
i (line h.ii k in for results
l.asl \ear t 1.000 people in
Oregon or one for even H2
people were tested lor ll!\
I lemming said ' It s an ama/
ingl\ < ornmon pro* edu're
About 2 I ol 111\ tesls are
i oiiiIik ted In 111 h ate pin si
1 ians, and 1 t 1 ondut ted In
government health or other
public institutions. 1 lemming
said
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