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Oregon DAILY EMERALD Morulas Mas fv ll*)| 1 ui’i-ih-. i trci'on \ olurm '*? Issue 146 Inside Mines llllisli Util ,lg.i 111 |ll till i 111! 11 < Mil .ill I null ii i ii iriii) I fir i til tir r nf I ill) \\ rime .uni K mi .ml Street. I fir Mir ut I .tv lur - f inllrgr Stcir Inn ["hr newly remodeled tinmi lirlif its grand opening Saturday night offering ,111 expanded tnrmi .mil frirnillv atmosphere See Reporter's Notebook. Page ti A group of rennw noil Hispanic artists and an I hors visited (tie t 'imorsi tv last week sharing then view son I iisp.inii and l.atino vulture See story. Page < Ichiji Ishii a meinhei ol the upper house of )a pan's parliament and I 'nivorsilv alumnus, said at a Friday presentation at the t Iniversitv th.it d« spite the anti Anierivnn sentiments expressed hy a minority in japan, the (wot outlines are depen dent on eat h other et o nomivallv See storv Page 4 Sports The Oregon men's team finished sixth at Pacific 1(11 onterein >• tnurnament held this week end in Palo Alto. ( add Paula Berry Paulii Berry set a Pa<if tc> 10 Conference record in the javelin ai Satur day's Minnesota Invita (tonal Berry buried the ( om petition with a threw of 111" ?. wlm h is also the s«-I mai lli st mark in si liool history Sec story . Pane it Weed-control spray angers neighboitiood By Peter Cogswell I ••• .. ! A 1'.- !- ! ' >: A >!*•( isiun i>\ the I ugeie- Nihoui Dislm ! In spins ss eed < (inlrui c heinii als on the li.uk it Smith hugenc I lii;h School has tip ».*■ t in.on members of tin* t ntvrrsity .mil Kugene t ontnui nitifs "V. Members of the \mnzon Ienniits ( mini d the ASIA) the South hugene student foods .tml neighborhood .issue iatiems surrounding the inn are .ill protesting the proposed spr.ivmg Members trom these groups attended u ptiblii hearing Thursdas to voire their opinions on the sprue mg Pan I induing ot the Kiigene selmnl distrut said he believed the healing went fine and that the dislrii I is still m the proi ess ot making a tie i ision "We go! a lot of creative input l ueltring sairi He said he had a meeting f rtditv morning with Kugene st hot)I Superintendent Margaret Nit hols and It will he lip to her to make a tier ision I he groups are rout er net! about the spras mg's eitei is on tenants and gardens next door to the trat k at Amazon, and the effect the spras will ft.tve on people using the trac k Ihe i humic al to be list'd known by the brand name Roundup has never been tested lor harm ful ellet ts said Urt ks Long who live-, at Am.i /on anil has hern the i hief organi/ei against the spras mg Onlv the active ingredient has been tested anti tliat makes up onh about pert cut ot the lu rhu itfo she said l ire tr.H k w onld be i fused tor sev oral da1, s tol low ing the spraying to prutet t people against e\ posure. lint long said she is runt erned about I in gel tug tl.il is ol the t hemic al that i mild turn out to he harmful The groups also have c onc erns about the tim ing of the spray ing, w flic h would take plat e dm mg a si hoot das during track season and onlv a fees weeks before t track meet involving • no ; ' SPRAY > I ;■ ilisfei tki.i ■ •» Sack lunch ( hri’Dl) tlrlrnsi\r rlul Huinro H.liulisun s<l<As Dully; \ Ill^i>r,l\r nlir ill thr tr.iin lour 1/11,11 lrrh.it A hopvl'uls ilurinff h.itunl.n 's mlr.isqtuid m rimnuigf in Hillsboro I hr ytrurn Ir.nn tiuulr u/i ol thr lust tr.iin ot trllsr ttllil 1 Irtrusr ilrlr.itnl thr wlnlr tr.iin .'I in hunt til ■ Hi t Ihlik hins Srr stor\ I'.n/r 'I I’liolll ll\ Mill k 'l leu Measles shots force health center fees to rise By Heather Goodwin fcmeraid Contributor One year after the outbreak u! three scrums ( ases ut measles oil campus. the disease is still causing financial problems for the Student Health Hentri. the direi toi ol the health i entei said Thursday three University students ( ontrai ted the disease last year c ausmg cone ern about a possi hie measles outbreak ill Ore gull espee talk among ( ullegc students Two of the students were treated at the health (enter, and the third was treated b\ a Ku gene area phvsu tan One of the students was hospitalized with complications from the illness The health (enter subsidized the ( ost ol the measles vai ( me tor students offering It free of charge The health ( enter im mum/ed more than 1 00(1 I 'in Versify students last year re suiting in a debt of $100,000 To help reduce the debt, the center instituted a $"> ( barge for the first offii e visit per term Vaccination rush caused by 1990 outbreak results in $100,000 debt List t.lll, but till' I enter is still experieiu mg finaiu i.il trouble U c ie probably going to need to ( lintmin' with (In1 oik e .1 term of fit o v i s 11 charge s.ml l)r lames Ja< kson health t en lei ilirei tor "We re still paving for last year's immunizations .inti with iiits from Measure ’> it's likely vse' 11 be asking for a $10 increase in the student health tee next year Students now pav $47 in stu dent health fees No new cases ol measles were reported at the I niversitv tins year, lull other i ases have been reported in Oregon, in cluding one re< cut i use in ( a os Bay ,\ new I 'niversitv rule requit ing all incoming freshmen and transfer students to show proof of a sc( ond measles inui illation mav be partially responsible for the lai k of new cases oil ( am pus |ai kson said Between I .IKK) .mil I non m ( liming students were v,n t in.it I'd against the disease l.ill term in order to i omph with the new rule The sei mill i not 11 Lit ion is needed hei .iuse the vaiilne is oillv .ilxillt ‘lri |ieri ent ellei live .mil sir.mis id the disease may be hei iimiiig more deadly. |a< k son said " The disease todav is prnba hiv a lot more virulent than it was when people mv ago were kids " he said 'When a dis ease has been around for a few wars it tends to mutate over time and bei nine harder to < on trol " Health i enter nurse Susan Belknap said measles is not the harmless i hildhood disease it was once thought to be We know a lot more about the disease and some of the ef foils it has. like encephalitis (swelling of the braiui sin sail I 'll a I si i has mine scrums i onseipicm ox tor adults An adult or ,i tccu ager with incu sics Is ,1 \ Cl I Silk individual S\ 111pt(iins nl measles in ( I title head.u lie fever and burning, sure eyes several days before a rash bleak nut "Measles i an also result in |Mieuniunia deafness nr blind ness, and even death. Dr Mi i hael Dunn a health < enter pinsu tan said I he stale health division and a federal grant •in' subsidizing the vau illations lor incoming freshmen |ai ksnn said I he vail me will tie available to in coming freshmen tor only Other students now p.u $.11 tor the shot wliii h also immunizes against mumps and rubella or (airmail measles Dir.i llr.ut liw aile a junior an thropologv maior got tier s«>< ond measles van illation last sliring I hate shots so mut li Hraithwaite said "Hut, I went III it onh took a second. It Turr P SHOTS Page ‘