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Lesser quality faculty
risk of low financing
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I merald Reporter
111 v* I * * * i edm ation * 'ham elloi
Hiomas Bartlett said on
\Yed liesdax tli.it Unless tin*
stair stabilizes and imam r. 'K
higher I'diii aliuii system tt max
hi tint i‘d to a< i ept a lessei
ijuald\ fit iai tiltv and students
Hatti»'tf spoke af the fourth
t;ii uni in a series sponsored hv
tile I at nils Senate that hosts
speakri . id iuteiest to the I 111
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the state must leplemsh the
he:hei edm alum i ajutal depie
I lafed during the IMHO-. he
said
We vc i'.ii! In go hark and
strengthen verx ieiiti.il tilings
and people Bartleft said
Allot at mg monev lot t.u ult\
salaries is the most important
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White Bird Clinic's services diversify over time
Twenty years later clinic
still helps those in need
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Bv P.H Mal.u h
f merald Reporter
I ni I hi- past I I years Hob
l)iil/ has been working .11 till
mi: m tin-1 i,n ks
\s ! oonlimiloi fui U hit.
Bird < linn I )nl/ nvcrsirs 4 \ 4
rietv ot different medical anil
social programs serving mm
muniiv segments that might
1 it herw 1-4- 111- Ueglec Ic'd
Its a hamllul ot St lift w i- do
lii-rr 1 Jr i t z said ( )\or t \\ fill \
yrars hi- have lillc'd a lot ot
1 141 ks tn tin- 1 nmmuttiH U e
have i-ildrii up doing a lot ot
things tin ausi- there are a lot ol
i rai ks
lust about everything we do
nobod\ else does I bat s u h\
we re doing it be said
When the 1 linn began over
twenty years ago it was truly .1
grassroots setup, Drit/ said
I be idea for t lie i 11 n u came
troili a tew I Diversity graduate
students some < punter a ulture
activists ot the tills and a lot ol
doctors and lawyers from the
1 (immunity
"It was - art ol put togetlier
from those three i orners
I fl it/ said " I be model lb.it
lhe\ first started with was a
street medical 1 linn m the
model ot tile Haight Ashbury
1 him in San I rant iscn
I he clinii diret tors soon saw
a need to deal with the effects
ot the grow ing numbei of pen
pie experimenting with new
drugs
"Nobody knew bow to ban
die it and the professional pen
pie didn't want to touc h it
Dial/ said "We sort ot jumped
into that vacuum in terms ol
doing that
White Bird responded in
1‘Mi‘i hv ottering a t«• 11*p111jin•
hiil 11n«‘ Ini ilruy i mu n ns I )i It/
said tin' drug hotline expanded
into a total i risis hotline u hell
till1 stall began In reieise i .tils
de.ding with [ierson.il and men
lal health problems and Mill ide
issues
Tile original building that
housed While Bird was on Ian
ruin Street neat WOW Hall
I he i linn is now i omposed of
three separate buildings
I he friedH al i 11 nM Is Iih aled
at al'I I - 1 till St It [it'ov tiles
prtmars niedif al i are |ust like a
Iannis praitii e doctor's ollli e
would I It it/ said
1 lie diflerein e is the i linn
( atei S to people with hunted i it
llo mimes lie said lint/ said
about half ol the patients re
< e» e tree treatment and tile
othet hall are billed on a slid
mg si ale a< i nrding to then re
soon es
"What's a little more extern
sis e is we also keep a small kill
orators and dispensars there
lint/ said With people ssitli
out mimes d sou send them
oil to get meilii aliuii cm lab
work done somewhere tlies
i an t meet the lull there, so
ss e s e wasted oil I t line
1 lie i linn is able to remain
independent bet ause ol the di
verse and broad based binding
tlies receive, lint/ said White
Bud is funded through dona
lions Irum churches corpora
turns anil from lot a! fratern.il
organizations This also re
(eise binding from bain I mm
ts the ( ities ol Kugene and
Springfield and from the state
"Historu alls part ol what sse
has■- found is tii.it it < an he
very complicated to get bind
ing from a lot nt soon es Drib
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I'holu In Vtrfi tin | hu-l
Huh I frits, is i iionlin.itnr til the White Hint (Unit. it hit li ret ently t elehr.itetl its Jtttli .mnners.i
r\ Drits li.is it tirkeil there hir 11 til tluise years.
si!id “Hut it means that m>
t><><!\ < an [Hill tin' run nut limn
iiinliT von .uni nohods i in stall
pulling slimes It vmi keep a
imiaii base nn une smil'ie lias
undue i mitrol u\t't your Inline
in bow \ou handle tilings
Hie ( uunseling ullii es tin
White Hiril are i out,lined in
two buildings at 12 I and t I ! I
12th St Serve es provided
there iik lude the drug treat
nielli i enter tile at lipuiu title
detoxdii ation program. the
homeless issues ottii es. the i n
sis prevention program, and
the intormation and referral
servile
White Mini is also a lir.elised
state si bool in i iisis pretention
training
“What we do with the si bool
is we don't ( h.11 «<• (union He
ask lll.lt (IIK e |»<■«»p11• .lit* trained
th.it they hivi* it Ii.ii k into vol
unteer t i rm I )rit/. said
Si Mill* ol that work Is l**al
hands on work so we div idi* it
hi*1 wi*i*11 i lass work and ai tiial
expel ll'lll i*
l)rit/. addl'd that about till)
Milunti‘i*rs per visit an* Ir.iiiuid
at their school lb* i*stiin.ili'il
about 1(1 pert imit ol tin isi- \ ol
Unti'iTs ari' I 'imrrsitv students
I'lll4 ( I ISIS Assist.Illl I- I ll'lp
inir out iiii thf Streets Instil
■ 111a11• *l s ari' lot ati'il at tin- Util
Avenue buildings also ( A
1 It )CITS is mu’ i it Ihi' ri'i i'lll i'di
tioiis to tin' Whit*' Hud Clinic s
list ol services I hi' program is
.n tuallv part ol thr i 11\ s 'ill
emergent \ ri'sponsi' system
\\ l' gel 11 Isp.ltl Ill'll i III I l III
I dlls (list Ilk. till1 |)i)li( r illi
I h it/ said We work u itli the
i .ills th.it aren't priinarih i mil
Hi.ll. .1 Ini ill .ili <'In11 sulisl.iiii !•
.ilillsi' i .ills. .1 lot ill lllrlll.il
llf.iltll ,111(1 rmolicill.il <11st 111
li.lIII r ps\c hiltll r|ilsuilr i .ills
lieighhul disputes siiinr Ini
low 1111 mi iliinirstic .those .mil
sc mu' ilr.itll nut II rs
Dill/ s.nil mam nl thrsr i alls
i an hr hilllilli'il lirttri h\
tr.imril i ounsrlors rather Ilian
hv polii r Iiltli ns I Ir said hr
sri's White Bird as a l.n 11 it.itiit
between the groups lhe\ lirlp
and the prntrssiiin.il elements
nl the ( omtmiiiitv
I trit/ addl'd thr ( l.\l 1C )( ) |'S
program is thr hest example nl
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