FUNDS
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user card for the facilities,
whie fi in SM) .1 term or SIM) for
the auidemlc year Community
members can also buy the user
r .ird for S7S a term or S22'» »
year
With these funds, the far ill
tie*, are manuring to stay open
as self sup|»irt units, hut may
liaye to e ut thick hours if (man
rial problems arise
t.ols Youngen. an associate
professor in the physic al eduta
lion department, said the mon
ey is used for safety and sec uri
tv
Youngen said the Corltnger
pool area sometimes draws
some siisplc line looking pen
pie, so the department, has
made .1 c ommitment to employ
ing a security guard at the pool
during open hours to make c er
tain loc kec rcsinis are safe
Right now. they are taking
in enough with S.' tees to break
even." she said However, the
commitment to security uses
r
money tti.it could go to other
other uri .is. such as fat t!it\
maintenaiw <•
Ynungen said the slate puts
no monev into maintaining the
fn< ilities. .inti seeing f.it ulty
and instructors mopping the
floors before t hisses Is quite
common.
The late night program in
Ksslinger t barges students r)tl
i enls to swim or use the Weight
room from M'i pm to mid
night four days a week Yates
said the program generates Is
tween still) to SI OS a night,
and barely breaks even after
paving student employees who
work the shift
It s i ritu al that we watch
late night tickets. Yates said
He added that hours probably
won't he int but the students
I h e in selves will (lei I d e
through use of the fin ilities.
when the l.o iliiies will sta\
open I uesdays and I hursdays
are the busiest nights, with
Mondays living the slowest, he
said
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,i possibility il 11hi lit lx- eliminated
Thu department is still in tin- planning stasis .mil will
monitor the Sl’li i ourses term by term, Yntingen said
I hi1 majorily of lb*‘ i ourses have .1 S IS !«■«*. but i nurses that
require extra equipment or travel have a lumber cost
An ice skilling i lass ul Uine ( ounty l< •• is Vi7 Ml, anti
(nurses on ibe ski slopes, which ini hide bit tickets, ciksl
s IIUI Yntingen said these < osts, w hen compared in private
lessons, are mm h more aflordable
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By Tammy Batey
Emerald H*t[>of1«
David was (iingnoMxi as HIV
positive in after expert
cm mg flu like symptoms, in
i lulling night sweats and swoll
en lymph nodes symptoms
doctors snv arc the first intiicsi
tors of the virus’ presence
David gradually lost weight
and suffered mild memory loss,
said Ins sister Susan, 2H In
tO'HI. in- was diagnosed with
AIDS after coming down with
i vtomegalovirus. an opportun
istic infei lion of the eyes whit h
c an t ause blindness
During the last two years of
Ins life he had less than 1(H) I
cells, the immune system’s
helper ( ells
During the last month of Da
mi s life. Ins worst nightmare
came true when he experienced
almost complete loss of his eye
sight Susan said When David
died in Juno 1 *101. he had only
peripheral vision
Although the si ars are visible
from the outside, the battle lie
tween the HIV virus and a per
son’s immune system Is a vi
clous internal battle
I he HIV virus attacks the T
i ells, also called T4 lympho
cytes. the t oils that fight infei
lion, according to an article in
the October HHH issue of No/
rnltfU Amur it an The loss of I
cells loads to a det line in inv
muni- fvim Honing
A T-celi tminI is list'd as a
gauge of I fir Stage of the disease
a person is in People are diag
nosed as firing at significant
risk if their T-cell count falls
below 200. a healthy person
usually has about 1,000 I -cells,
said Dr John Wilson, a special
ist in mfet turns diseases, of the
Eugene Clinic
When the I-tell count gets
lielow 200, opportunistic mfi't
lions and canters tan set in
Parasites that wouldn't he le
thal to someone without HIV
t an Is- deadly to someone with
the virus who has a compro
mised immune system, said
Doug DeWitt, education and
outreach t oordinalor for the
Willamette AIDS Council
l or example, exposure lo a
parasite commonly found in cat
litter may lead to death for peo
ple w till the HIV i irus
When symptoms first devel
op, they are usually similar to
those of t ommon minor illness
es, such .is the flu, hul they last
longer anti are more severe, at -
cording to a statement from the
American College Health Asso
ciation These symptoms in
clude persistent tiredness, un
explained fevers, recurring
night sweats, prolonged en
largement of the lymph nodes
(glands), and weight loss
Within the first couple of
weeks alter a person is exposed
to the HIV virus, they may
come down with an achy feel
ing During this time, the HIV
v irus is starting to reproduce in
Ibook signing
./ t. Jance is the author i>t nine
much featuring J /’ Heaunumt
Ilnur of the Hunter draw s on thi
Inc years she s[ient as j librarian on
an Indian resenatnm in \n/ona She
inns lues m Seattle
J.A. JANCE
WILL BE SIGNING HER NEW B(X)K
I
*
HOUR of the HUNTER
AT THE
UO BOOKSTORE
IN THE GENERAL BOOK DEPT.
SATURDAY, NOV.23
2:30-3:30p.m.
J A ).«:■. w novel, //our ol the Hunter, marks a departure for this highis
lA.evsfi.i wills writer, creator of the Seattle baaed J I’ Beaumont series This
new » ;k takes pl.t. . in Arizona. .iikJ i apturcs the feel (and mans of lire w ul
dilemmas) of ifw- Southwest
l1. ■ - -se' nsolses I )iana I aild. a w ntet * hose husband < 'unison hail
committed saw ole ' sears ago He had Iveen acs used of live murilct of a young
Indian girl u d both Diana and her son Davy have suffered lor Garrison's
insols v-:::ent in the killing ever since Now Andrew Carlisle, who hail been
imprisoned lor fits role in the murder, is free with a twisted sense of rcuibuhon,
and a psyche going steadily out of control, he has begun stalking the Ladds, and
killing along the w ay
Soon Police Deles use Brandon Walker (who had once loved Diana) is
involved, as is Davy's nana Dahd. Ki’.a Antone, an Irxlian whose ancient
knowledge and mysterious powers come u> the 1 .add's aid T he story climaxes in a
final confrontation with Carhsilc. who's determined to let nothing deter his
frenzied revenge
J arise s new thriller also examme's the vast (and sometimes tragic) differences
(vetween \rnerican and Native American cultures Reviewed by Ru hard Chandler
the person's bloodstream, said
I)r James Jackson of the Uni
versity Student Health ('-enter
Within three months after
contracting the HIV virus, the
body starts developing antibod
ies to the virus, although they
may not show up for sis
months, Jackson said
"A war is going on. which is
successful to a certain extent,"
Jackson said "Hut the immune
system grows weaker and
weaker and HIV gets out of
hand."
Opportunism: intentions are
infections that occur because of
the breakdown in the immune
system These infections in
i hide pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (I’CI’) or meningi
tis. serious, life-threatening in
fections. certain kinds of cancer
including Kaposi's sarcoma, a
skin cancer that causes purple
Inimps or blotches, and lym
phoma, a lymph node tumor;
cytomegalovirus, an eye infec
tion which can lead to inlec
tion. and toxoplasmosis, caused
by a parasite found in cat litter
But drugs are available that
slow the HIV virns’ attack on a
person's immune system
Azidothymidine, or AZT,
and dideoxyinosine, or ddl, are
the only two anti viral drugs
approved by the federal Drug
Administration for use by peo
ple who are HIV positive,
Wilson said The two drugs
aren't a cure lor AIDS but slow
the reproduction of the HIV vi
ms and "buy the patient time,"
he said
AZT was lirst released lor
use by prescription in 1BH7,
and ddl was released for use
this year, Wilson said
The difference between the
two drugs is in the side effects
said limily Heilbrun, Shanti in
Oregon client services coordi
nator ! se of AZT may cause
bone marrow suppression,
whit h may result in anemia
li s e o I ddl m a V ( .1 u s e
pant realms, which may lead to
numbness in the limbs
A new drug, dideoxycytidine
or tldC, w as |usl released by the
I DA and is similar to ddl. lack
son said
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(banco to reflect
Springfield M.ivnr Mill
Morrisette spoke to students
gathered (or the sleepout Me
fore the event, he said he
planned to speak on "the plight
of the homeless and how im
portant it is that people not
onlv support in theory hut in
practice plans that alleviate the
situation
Morrisette said he hoped
those participating in the
sleepout were a( tuully willing
to he involved in finding a so
lution
Halier said the such sleepouts
have taken plate on other cam
puses around the nation, also
organized 'hrough OSPIRO On
one campus, students slept out
side overnight in 38-degree,
rainy weather, Haber said
In conjunction with OSP1RO.
a hunger banquet will be held
Thursday, Nov 21 at 7 p m at
the Newman Center. 1850 lim
erald The featured speaker will
he Ellen Knepper of Food for
Lane County