Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,1992
Home-hunting hassles
Clare Winter undeclared junior checks the housing board or. the ust t'ooi of the
EMU Monday afternoon There S .1 ” e-t good housing out the.-e. t\.t a lot. t a rk
ana a hassle " she said
Photo by Jtttt i’.i ■ .iy
Clinic equips tourists
before jaunts abroad
jHealth Center gives
vaccinations, advisory
information for foreign
travel destinations
By Colleen Pohlig
I n a 1 Hep*yUtf
Traveler> itinerary ( olom
bht Kenya Nigeria and bill in
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\ ,ii i tn.ittnns needed gamma
v; in I'u in h h n h p r o! e i t s
igainsl hepatitis A. yellow ie
ver. malaria .mil typhus v.n
1 ides
i r.ivi l advisunes lor (inlotn
bill Kami biiid travel .iiiii travel
by night shoitlil l*- avoided due
I i guerrilla ami criminal ut tivi
: es !■ ri-ijin nt kidnappings ol
U S i |li/ens lur ransom or po
litical purposes cvi'.t
Tilt-*.!' -in ,i tew nl tin things
one may see il using the l 111
vi-rsity Stmli'iit Health (enters
new travel hiiimnu/.itlon (illn
k
I'hi- clltm startl'd last tall,
uses a program calk'd Travel
Health Inlotmation Service to
print out shot ronuiromnnts.
tf.nol mlv isivrii’s or warnings
unit portinoitt intortnntion
•iIkiuI loud .uni u .11i-r in mill
ulti.il i ounlrit's
\W 11k• lliis program i lnl
hi*i ,iini' !hi- mlorm.ilmn is vori
l OnipruhuiiMi u. s.iiii Sli.iton
Hurburt, Ir.ivol nursi- ,il Ihr lilln
ii Wi \i g. ittrli i^iii'il h '-ii
’ .iik. Irtim thi" -luiii iils ,iml
ihrv niton li'.irn i lot about the
• m i th.it lIli'V didn't know bo
tori! ”
I'lii" prm I ilurr is Sitnpli* Slu
clnils iv mhing In i r.i\: go Ii i
thi" i linn m tho honlth < «*iil<ir
,mil till out mlorm.illon obuul
liii'ir houlth hlstorv .uni wdioto
mul lor how loop thoi will ho
abroad
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moot with a lr.ivt-1 nursr ,il
which linn I ho v r i-i i-1 v i a
printout with updated mini
ut.ilion about that cuuiilr v A
si hotlulo ill v .ii i illation dolus
ami nun's .no linn prov ubd
Students planning In vonlurt'
af>r" ill this summer should
lull ' THAVEL I p. 8
Student with ‘politics in his
blood’ runs for city council
jWard 3 candidate wants
to solve homeless, Eugene
Mall problems
By Rene DeC.i r
i morale Assoc-ate us
Hr says puhtii.s i.s m Ins blond >• il it
must hr because hr s already runmi:,:
lor politii ill offir «■
And although most people first
their bin helor's degree third-year puitti
, d m 11‘m i* student iloii SirringiT, .t
sear-old Republican, has already d<
i durud his candidacy dir Ward t 1 "
bugerie ldtv l louncil
A s a freshman a I the ' im e:
Steringer thought lie d pursue a rareet
m journalism, until one luteful term,
when he enrolled ill a political science
class because the ether i lasses he need
ed were full
A political science class was the
only thing I could find. Steringer said
It hooked me right there
He changed his major and has been
involved yyith polilit al causes and cam
paigns ever Mill e
111- worked as a legislative assistant in
1‘IB‘J for Kep linin' (ial boon. K-Mr.l
ford and was Lane County Comrnis
Bob Steringer
-.loner M.ine Kriuief's . ampaign inanag
er in I'l’iO He's tin executive board
memtier lor the West tbiiverxltv Neigh
borhooii As.sot lation anti ii.ts worked on
a couple of oilier politic al campaigns
Now he's gearing up lor the Mas elet
lions lor Ward I, which includes the
West l Diversity neighhorhootl and the
t entrul Eugene area
Turn to STERINGER Page 8
Summer Asian study offered
j Institute to provide inten
sive language, culture
courses for the first time in
the Northwest
By Dara'yr, Trjppe
east Asian languages or cultures have
several opportunities Slits sear tu sup
piemen! tllcir studies
lie Southeast Asian Studies Sum
;ie r Institute is holding its (.lasses .1!
niveisit-, u! Washington this seat
rri . : .1 e ; 1 thrinigh Aug 1 ■! It e. the
lust time Si; A SSI has Iteen idlered in
tie Northwest
This year, the Institute is ottering in
tensive language courses 111 Burmese
Indonesian. Javanese. Khmer, l.ao,
I'agalog. Thai and Vietnamese at tu
ginning, intermediate and advanced
levels
Additionally, participants cun attend
seminars on (iainhodia. Indonesia.
Vietnam nr Ttiuiland
The deadline to apply for a Foreign
Language and Area Studs award tu
ition plus living stipend and partial
travel stipend !'■ |an lr> fellow
hips !<>r tuition expenditures alone
an* also available Deadline is April 1
Mu' iiiiiil deadline lor stljcirllts not
Ipp •, eg Su an! . M.i. :
Add ibonallv. tlif Northwest Kegum
at (amsortium lor Southeast Asi.in
Stuijii's, which i ompriM's the limvrt
11v oi Oregon and tin University o!
H a sh I ngtiin. lias received a Sglitl.OOn
gran! from tin- Henry Lure Foundation
through Its l.ure fund loi Southeast
Asian Studios
(Jl that mollis S' I i.OOtl lias Ix'i'ii ai
located lu the University of (begems
Southeast Asian Studies Program with
SIi:».00(1 slated to !)<• used tor the IF
I farv I oiler lion and sill.Il()(l lor ,lu
dellt lelluW slops
(,i raid I■ rv, direr tor ol the Southeast
Asian Studies Program, said lie has
seen a dramatic rise in interest over
tin' p.e I lew years With improved ; S
relations with Oambodlu and Laos and
a move toward normalization ol rela
lions with Vietnam, an understanding
ot the languages, politirs and r ultunm
ol Southeast Asia is more important
than ever, !■ rv said
lor more information on these ami
other opportunities for students with
in interest in studying Southeast Asia.
contiK t Saudi Leavitt at t lfi -IfUti
EXHIBITION
Robert Kramer
works to create an
emotional impact ;n
his paintings
1 -e ARTS. r>age 6
WHITE OR WHOLE WHEAT?
■ An armed Albany high school senior who
intended to tane ms English class hos
tage wrote 'C a note he nooed he would
sc tpast
' STORY. "a >• 10
DUNK IT
Ducks breeze past
Portland. 85-71,
and look / ward
UCLA on r dav.
SPORTS. page 5