Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 55
Group speaks out
for mental patients
By Kirsten Lucas
i M>*; /! iy
In October Jung Sook latig. ,i id year-old I 'nivci .ilv grade
<iti‘ student from Korea, x\ under .-.i kin !<u>! through tin streets near
i.mnpus, dressed in papinies; m i asi,>n.dlv lying on the sidewalk
and dropping In her knees in pr.iu r
After two nights of encounters woh Its.- l-lugene p- .md !. i
crisis 'inter\ nit ion staff-.- u nr f i ■ . I !r a ■ ! ■ : - s ; a: a: ' v
room .it Sacred Heart Hospital.
Jang was examined at Sai red Heart, was tuund to la- i : danger rig
herself. ami was involuntarily .iclinitti .i t. lam ( nunn fs\i licat;n
liosplt.il in liugene hv tin' litri'c tcir ut I, me t uuntv.Nlenla! Health
It was her sn omi t ummiimenl to the !a< 1111 v m a month
At l.dl’ll, fang pleaded v\ ith her doctor When can 1 go him . 1
really need to gi t hat k to mv home
That was Oct ‘l
Jang ncvei made it home The next day she was found dead la. ■
down, arms and legs restrained, in solitary 1 oniniemrnt a! Id I'M
Yesterda\ more than a sear later, Jang s death and the meilii a!
practices ol i.( il’H were brought to publ u attention In a it k a I group
Tun 'o GROUP Pa<;>t 4
Participants in a memorial candlelight vigil yesterday met outside the t ane County Psychiatric Hospital
whore a Korean University student died last year
Jo Sonja Watson
Both Watson, opposition draw support
By Daraiyn Trappe
• <•>.«* a ki A: .< ■ av ! '
Members 'il tju- t Hi i: ■ Kepobb .h , - r,
they colli* led about .."*u signatures I'uesdav
about fa |)iT(t-iii i»l what they need on
.1 petition llley hope v\ ill lead to a ret ail
election of \Sl,() Vue President jo Sonja
Watson
Meanwhile, Watson is :ei eivme words ol
support and encouragement from several
Other students ASt'O men die :s ind even
the general manager id the ' t e v or ■ :'v Hi*;k
store
( ollege Kepuhhians begun its effort to
have a retail elet lion after it vv.e. revealed
two weeks aim that Watson had heen arrest
ed in November f'lUO for utmmpting to
shoplift $ ' J ■’ of inert handise from 'he I ini
versify Bookstore
Watson sa id she d id m i i i i m o
trouble during fu r elet lion campaign be
i iiuse she (i'll il would have no bearing on
her (oh prrimman. '' Members ol the (a»l
lege Kepuhlii .ins behove Willson'-, .i! lions
.ind failure !u • loiiu students In Sort* the
election are signs ot irresponsibility
J.ison W si.n .oi l io: K” g din '■ ■■■
ol College Kepub'n .ms lour set up .1 1.1 bit?
01 ihr I'Al 1 li 1 . on t 1 rr■. .1 i\
was Ihr lirsl day of shrir effort In t ollri I
1.7(H) signatures 10 percent ol Ihr she
dent body whk h is nrrdrd lo four 1 re
(.ill ulri lion If College Krpublu.ms gets
enough signatures, students will vote on
whether W.:'... Hi ■ ' . .! mu.im il. oil:.
They have until ' )• 1 1. to attain tin- signa
turns
King and W :! -.a..! they met w ith some
opposition I'liesday. l ot most students win.
approached were interested and signed the
petition
We w .11 Id jireh > lor her to resign.
Wilson -.aid W 1 1) jnrIm Cot t h.1 ve to do
1 ll IN "
W.itsun im 1 she will ms! ■ ,;:i
Mv personal tiff is an |n• r*.<ni.11 life
• he sill!I If people lire ( on* I'llll-I j!s»iI a \
leadership ilhililies, they need to hulls on
some a! the positive things I've done ill the
.\SI ’() I initialed the testrii! luring id lie
t oiiiplrulling system during the summer
I'm Irving to edui ate student*, at mu I hanger
•lad huaa I* ssness right anv ,md In. work
tag an the library hours Issue
People ere weighing as down with the.
t:ei all effort) .aid it take-, .e.v.n ft..in wh it
I'm lining fieri*
king s.ud the tei .ill effort is nut .a; mien
tinn to "split the i ampin.
We have an problem with (ASt <) I’re-.i
dent Jennifer) Hills administration, fie
ad "She s going to fie tilde to up; nail the
nest va e president .invw.iv We ju .! lane i
I urn to RECAf l fhep* S
Several area groups offer AIDS tests, help
Organizations offer confidential results in screening for virus
By Tammy Batey
! " ty 1 Hap< irtcx
Michael takes ‘'ii pills .I day, includ
ing tranquilizers, so lie cun sleep At I
he has AIDS
The pills provide physic al relief from
his pain Mic huel also receives emotion
al support from two support groups he
attends for people who test positive lor
human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV
the Acorn (Huh and Shunt! in (lo
gon's Body Positive droop However, he
finds the groups to lx- a mixed blessing
The groups are really good hut i an
he really depressing," Mic hael said It s
really hard for me I area use a lot of [am
ple who are HIV positive have never
been sic k.
Michael found out he was HIV posi
tive in 1489 alter becoming sick and
having an HIV antibody test taken
In 1401. Michael was diagnosed with
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
He said the test results were a relief be
cause not knowing what was wrong
with him was worse
"At firsi you're afraid," Michael said
"When you’re sick you're like, 'oh. mv
i.i: =ui i * ■
Cod I'm HIV ' Then whim you become
HIV, you're 1 iksc Mured cvrrvlimr you
sii' ii spot, wondering it you have AIDS
When you fintilly find out you have
AIDS it\ .1 ridii'f, you can relax and pist
live life and not worry about it
The test peopli! can take to determine)
their HIV status is not for the HIV virus
or for AIDS hut for the antibodies in the
blood tb.it attempt to combat the virus
Tin primary HFV antibody test used
by health c limes is tin- Western Blot
test, which is approved by the Outer
for Disease Control and is 00 o peri ent
an.umlt' if taken at I lie rtgli! time. said
Kathleen |oe I.an*; County I’ .'slit
Health HIV (.uordinalnr
Before the Western Blot test >-. a Imm
tstereil, the blood IS tested three times
using the l.lisa test II the bhsa te*,t re
suits are positive or urn ertain lie West
eril Blot lest Is taken
Antibodies for the HIV virus don't
show up until a window period of
three to six months alter exposure. Joe
said
As a result, this window period
means "the test is only good lor tin' day
it s done." Acorn (Huh Coordinator
Heather Henman said
White Bird Clinic Coordinator Jim
Shoemaker said the (linii asks patients
to return six months after their initial
text is administered At th.it point the
patient and a doctor can discuss wheth
er additional follow up tests are needed
Several Kugene health clinic-, offer
free HIV antibody testing
The White Bird Clinic offers anony
mous testing on Tuesdays from U to 11
a m and b to H p m on a walk in basis
' ■" 1 AIDS
INDEX
Into the outdoors_
Marion Lake loi aled jus! inside
the western boundary n! tin- Ml )• • I
ferson Wilderness Area, is 111 > l.i l
bar k country 1.1 k• • in Orison not .11
cessible bv 1 .11 During the slimmer
the t-U) .I! re lake often busts bun
dreds nl visitors .Iliil ran get ,1 little
overt rowded
Thai's why fall and winter are the
best times to v isit tins lake, w hen till
crowds are gone and (.ill tailors and
pristine snow 1 .in be enjoyed
See story, Page 8
NAACP speaker_
As the voters of Louisiana prepare
to decide Saturday if former hkk.
(Irani) Wizard David Duke will he
their next governor, the national vice
president of the NAAf.l'. who is also
Louisiana's NAAIII1 president, vvili
he on campus to offer her insight into
this and other issues
Rupert Richardson will give An
livening Discussion of < ivil Right .
Thursday a! 7 p m in Room llOWi!
lamette 1 fall
See story, Page 3