Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 134
Panelists agree:
Misrepresentation
has many causes
jGays and lesbians ignored, misrep
resented in media, but not always from
outright prejudice, reporters say
By Tammy Batey
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April 13 • 17 1992
Tin mi'ilid i.ijt'i.m-r'i; and misrcpre
m• nt iiml li'siii.iii-. hut tins m.i\
not In- the result tit outrightproju
tin t s.itd four panelists ,it .1 discus
sion Tuesday on the media's repre
scnt.ilion ol tin1 j*.iv community
M./d TV reporter Jean I’mvt'll said
betHUM: television is .1 visual met!
..i.
of <i group appeal in news Stories Queer Nation, the
radical gay right-- group. ris eivos more media attention
than oilier gay groups her ause they dross and at l more
radically, slur said
ki.Zi l\ reporters work at presenting issues and
groups fairly. I'owell said Many o! her colleagues time
the amount of (overage they give opposing groups to
make t ertiiin tiiese groups views an ispiallv represent
ed
In mv newsroom. I think you (an find people of all
polilti al y lews.' she said "It's a moral issue You have
to rely on a balanced newsroom so they catch (biases)
When something goes on the air people don t remem
tier the reporter, they remember IsKZi
i’owell said gay groups can go far in having their
Views put Oil tile air hv talking to the right people
There's a lot to lie said for developing a relationship
■with someone in the press," she said Not to overpow
er them so they yvon't take your c alls full enough to ill
form them atxnil issues
Only the most outspoken tnemlxrs ol any underrep
resented group get their ytews expressed through the
media, saul )tm Oodhold, assistant managing editor ol
/'he Wegls/er /iu.irtl
The fact that only a lew people Irom a group appear
m the media isn't hei ause of prejudice toward gay peo
pie. lie said Instead it's a result ol what women 111 the
women's movcim-nt ( al! trie 'Kolodex syndrome
hist' ait ol hroadening the von es and laces you have
you tend to have the same people evervtime," Oodhold
said
' .jrn ’o GAYS P.tge /
Elite Dumdi, chairwoman ol Ihe Lane County Commission, and David Wagner, a University biology professor,
cut the ribbon yesterday marking the opening of the Eugene Nature Sanctuary in Alton Bakor Park
Officials designate nature preserve
jWild flowers in Alton
Baker Park are now
safe from the mad
mower'
By Hope Nealson
tmtKdid RepWllX
Hi; calls ii ,i s.icriiil jiltii c. it
plum wlmrc nullin' is first
Hu has been working for I T>
yi'tirs in the .ire,i giving nature
vs,ilks mil will) flower tours Yes
teriiuv he finally got Ins wish
David Wagner, a University hi
ologv professor, gathered with n.i
lurr lovers .1 ix 1 ( ilv olfit nils Ini'*,
day near the Aul/cn footbridge It)
deduale n portion of Alton Baker
Park as the pugehu Nature Sam.In
ary
Tin- Alton (taker Park Nature
Sanctuary is located near the
north end of the Aut/en Pool
bridge, and cm ompa*.ses a 20 ■»« re
wooded area bordering lilt* Wil
lainelle River
ll Is a well-known area among
lot al nature studs enllnisiasts lor
watching birds, wild flowers and
the river bank
\V igner. also lie President o!
i.ugene Natural Hislorv Society.
sptmrlmaded the drive to net the
nature s.uudu.irv designated he
cause lie said he thought It w as
lin|M»rtant to keep a little ill the
hank
'It's for the next generation." he
said "II we don't look after the
area now. llien it will lx: lost No
hotly will know vvhal the original
vegetation looked like along the
river
Wagner said She area is the
home of a large number of wild
flowers, and needs to ho protet let)
from the mad mower of faigene
furn to NATURE. Page /
This is the season to be sneezin’
jThe unusually early
spring like weather is
causing problems for al
lergy sufferers
By Colleen Pohlig
tf'. -.i : Reports*
II the thl< k pollen in the .nr
hasn't signaled people to the fm t
that it's allergy turns ohm again, the
antihistamine uimmori lals dome
nating television lately most likely
have
The unusually early spring-like
weather has caused many trees to
bloom early, which in turn has
caused some problems for allergy
sufferers, said Sharon Harhert, a
registered nurse at the Student
Health Center
"We re seeing a lot more people
with allergies because of the warm,
sunny and windy days we've been
having." Harhert said
Judy Moran, .1 registered nurse .it
the Allergy and Asthma Asso< iation
in liugene said tins year s lluilu.il
mg weather patients. with the vm
ny days followed by tin? recent
rams. .ire making it tough In predit t
hcuv tins season will iif lor suffer
ITS
"There is no wav to predict
whether tins early spring weather
will influent i' grass pollination.
Moran s.iui. lint sim has been seeing
an tin reuse in the numhiT ol allergy
patients this season
Moran sail) tinil "every season is
someone's worst season, depend
ing on what tlui individual is aller
gic to In other words, tins season
may not lie as troublesome (or one
person as it is for another
Senior Hill Roberson, who's alter
git to "everything, said he hasn't
suffered from allergies very much
so far tins season
"Right now. tile rain lias kept
down a lot of the pollen, in- said
"During tii.it stretth of good weath
er though, my eyes started to wa
ter
Warm, windy weather is tin
worst for sufferers bet ause pollen Is
air born* Moran said, .mti ram
yvashus pul It'll i in! <i! the air
Asthma sufferers an also having
a ilillii ill! titllr right III I’.' sail) 1 >r
Kir hard Bur k. om of llir allergists
at tin- hi'allh i enter
"The allergies may lie developing
coughing, and these symptoms nun
represent symptoms of asthma
Bmk said A physician should
evaluate tins condition
Moran said tin- top three tr« • s
that give sufferers the most proti
lums art* alder. tun h and lllbert
They polli'liati' from lanuarv to
May. depending on the trim
Thu Willainuttu Vail.A. whom
grass and trim pollun limd to gut
lrap|iud, is appro.n thing Its worst
six week su.ison, from around Mu
mortal L)av to July t
The Vulluy lias onu ol thu world's
highusl pollun counts dim to tin
high amount of grass srmd th.it is
common i.illv grown
Many pooplu plan thuir v.u a
lions around tins time and go to thu
Turn to ALLERGIES Parje
HOME SWEET HOME
In this week's "Into the Outdoors," find
out about fishing and hiking at the
Gordon Lakes and the Fall Creek trail
near Sweet Home
See SPORTS, Page 8
PLAYS
Two plays by Chris
topher Durang will
be performed,
beginning tonight,
at the University.
See ARTS, Pnge 6
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Nineteen students are running for posi
tions on the Incidental Fee Committee
and a q and a with each of them be
gins with two articles today
See IFC, Page* 3 4 4