Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 13, 1991, Page 4, Image 4

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advix nting fur lIn' rights of-(he
mrntully ill
I hf (denringhouse on Hu
limn Rights .mil l*svt hlritry h«'li!
.1 mi’inoriitl randlelight v igil for
Jang Tuesday outside the |m
i hialru unit where she died .if
ter being belli and drugged
ng.iinst her will
About 2'> rommunitv mem
hers, nine of whom identified
themselves ,is ' psvi hialru stir
vivors," nttended the g.ilhenrig
They formed .1 1 irt |e arid talked
alxiut their expertenres as and
with mentally ill patients, vs bo
had been ini ar( erated and
drugged
"Ni'veml Vfiirs ago vs f In !
protest m (run! of tins in'
warning th.it thinr nsi id hi-av v
feint'd drugging would «n< d.iv
n-sult in •! tii’iiih, i >.i v. I
Oak*. ( li .irmglu>wm- ( onrd : i
tor
Although Oaks hi'licv.s
drugvtoiilrihutdl to or rati v d
Jung's di’iith. iin autopsy ri*|■■ •:t
attributol it to ii.itur.il i atisrs
Jung hud Iiimti dlagnosi-d
with "hi polar affiitivf disor
di r, otlu rvs isr known as man
a di’pfsMi in W In I.- m l.( I'H
slif was adnimisti rfd a i hum
Kill 14M.killjI of thro' powurful
psyi hiulrit drugs Htildi !
l.ithiuni, and Kcstoril. !)aks
s.lKi
• his I'H I. I til '-'I' . .!
es that brought Jang to
1.1 i’l!. « as ( unfit mrtl i ■ ’
hale ( V- j >.,■
■ r ■> r< }m ir! m i h\ A} I cvdlie
Mij < rvisnr it emergent s set
V 1» ■ r ! .!in- ( mint v Mi r, ’ ..
Health
Haldol mil'll potent ■ f
11“ «ir< ■ <:t . Jang r<-< ened.as
.1 iii.iiiif Iran jiiih/,ri kniiwt) .t*. .i
neuroleptic, meaning nerve
seizing" dreg N nl g : ■
l'eit V)i\ Hi hi it’s Pi’.k Hrlrr
rtu e, Haldol should fie admin
isle red can 11 mi s i \ and mas
have adverse effects (ill the
heart in rare i uses, the I’l)K
states, Haldol has tieen asso( |
4*tvi w ith idden death
H wi-v-r ■ .. .• • sv hv the
i .ini' V : .,. * V.I:;:, r:
Mod Ho- • an v :■! death .is
!;: .1 n i ,t ' ,in d ! in' n.l I n r' ' 111
death a*. :;.i!nr.i! I fit• a a top
sv report .iIm .!• rail . .
i ff item ’ il isi-.iv- .is a si^nili
.ml i undiiion
Levine admitted lh..I rases of
ie.tiii tensed by menial His. a
dors are rare Hn» ev er he s,jiii
extreme fear from ps\i hosis
could have caused a bear! at
lark
At i urding to the auto[)sy re
port. while in the hospital. Jong
was taking five milligrams of
Haldol three limes a day. 4SO
milligrams of Lithium twice a
UO BOOKSTORE
13th & Kincaid M-F 7:130-6 Sal. 10:00-6
dav .!ri!i 1') milligrams as need
ed
1 r \ i m; said these were
maintenance level*’ dosages
Hi- also said Jang had been on
lli mednations before, ruling
ui -the possibility id a fatally
allergic feac tion
There are Is-ller, h'ss dan
ger .s vs ays ti) help people,
> i Wi demand that
i; - ise he rei ipene.J U e de
ir: ! that heller alternatives he
available
S' : II Mho, a longtime friend
of I'ing s and fellow church
member, said she does not
ki; j'ss what is light or wrong in
terms of psychiatric treatment
However, C.lio said, "if they
treated her wrong, they have to
cor roc 1 it
FS
Athletic funding
I'he Oregon Slain Board of
Higher Keltic ation is expected to
real h a dei ision on the issue of
intercollegiate iithletic funding
at its Nov 1 5 meeting The
meeting will begin at 1 1 a m in
the KMU Uumvvood Room
At our Sept 27 meeting, the
Board dei ided to delay a deci
sion on intercollegiate athletic
funding until we had engaged
Oregonians in a dialogue, said
Board President (ieorge Rich
ardson, ]r in a press release
Sim e then, the hoard has
reviewed numerous letters and
phone calls Irom citizens, and
has held three public hearings
regarding athletic funding," he
said Now it is time lor us to
make a dei ision
The issue before the hoard
involves i defii it produced by
the sports programs a! the Uni
versity, Oregon State and Port
land Stale S i m e I 08 1 , the
three m iniols have tried to ■ ,.lv
lend their programs out of gate
rei eipts and d: mat ions, res ait
mg in total delic it ol So mil
lion
MacDonald named
bugene city i mint dor Kamis
MacDonald lias hi-i'll ini ns ' ii
ri-t tor 11f legislutiv t* ami t mil
mundy relations tor the Dniver
MI\
V : • 1 c. a : d, y\ !. re; : i• m■:l!s
U .irti 1 s. ;tii L .in iiirim r
ly served as an intern am! then
legislative assistant t<> stale
Sen l.arrv Hill (luring the
lli i. g;i a l ; Vt ■ sissiiJlis
Tin- ii i r ft tor ol iegislat i ve
and t iiiniminiiy relations plans
.mil oversees ! my ersity rela
tions with the stair Legislature
and duet Is programs that de
. .. ; ..: s- hi ■' yver-ii the ' rti
versity and 11.n.inanity leaders
and organizations
Duties iiK hide ai ting as Uni
versity liaison to the Oregon
Slate System of Higher l'.duta
i: ,'i . legislative advisory team,
monitoring stale legislative ac
i i ns, trtii sing bills, and plan
n mg ami cm ml mating mdiv id
■nil state legislators’ ytsits to
( alttpus
liiodte Kemington, Umversi
!y vit e president for puhlit at
lairs and development, said in
a press release he was pleased
' ) ippoint M.it Donald because
"the quality and breadth of
ills legislative experience. his
broad i ormminity ties as a non
partisan lot al tdei ted offit nil
and Ins i a (.ground in public
relations and management
MacDonald is a lUUt) Univer
sily graduate and holds a bach
elor ol arts degree with honors
in political si lent e and a minor
in philosophy In his student
days, he chaired the
AS! ’() Student Senate