Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 25, 1992, Page 4, Image 4

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to not « cup of coffee and a muffin, Palmer said
He said she told him the Iasi job she had was in
December IH'l!
Palmer said Abram* w as very philosophical
about fu r situation and did not seem depressed
"Looking lack, it was real obvious she didn't
have any more problems.” he said She had al
ready planned on ending it
Palmer said Abrams told him <i story about
c limbing Mount Washington and ihuiit the view
from the top of the mountain A fir a ms told Palm
er being on top of the mountain was the closest
thing to flying a person could experictnr n, he said
After their conversation. Palmer said Abrams
spent the next 45 minutes smoking outside Tay
lor's He said he saw her talk with a few people
outside, but she spent most of the lime alone
Before Abrams left, she came bar k inside to tell
Palmer two things, he said
She told me to remember the little things in
life, because she said that is what is Important.''
he said, "and then she said. And remember, I'm
Monica
l ive minutes after she left, someone came into
Taylor's and told Palmer someone had jumped
from PIT!, he said
As soon as they said that. 1 knew exactly who
it was." Palmer said
Tim Birr. Eugene police department spokes
man. said Abrams had spoken to a friend about
( rimmilling suicide and jumping off a building
‘She told me to remember the
little things in life, because
she said that is what is
important. And then she said,
“And remember, I'm Monica. ” ’
Bill Palmer,
Qua ntancc of Monica Abrams
Birr also said Abram* iive<l alone, suffered from
depression and was having financial problems
A( i nrdlng lo Lane County sheriffs office roc
■rds. Abrams was served with an eviction notice
on Or t 20 Abrams' landlord said the eviction
notice was served b*s arise of nonpayment of rent
Friends of Abrams said she was a frequent visi
tor to the Cienwood Restaurants smoking sec
lion flenerei k Hills said he met Abrams at the
i ampus area restaurant
She was a six ml recluse and very drawn in.
Hills said "We respected her privacy "
Hills said he knew Abrams was a writer and
said she had talked about losing her apartment
Others .it the Glcnwood said the group of
friends that gathers in the smoking section was
surprised, shocked and angered by Abrams' deci
sion to take her life
A voting man who would only identify himself
as Joshua said, "I didn't expert her to do it I
didn't think she saw life as so hopeless It's so
meaningless There was no reason for her to die "
RELIGION
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"You learn how to apply
what {awi has for us in the Ill
blo." Curler said "Chi Alpha in
not the only thing that helps
It s aside from < hurt h It's not a
substitute for church
"It's something that I i an use
in this reality." he said "it
helps me realize life is spiritual
and that Christianity is .1 life
style "
Carter said Christianity has
given his life more meaning
"I've gone through a lot of
tilings I've been in trouble with
the law and in lough situa
tions. Carter said It s hard to
find something secular that
really lasts You go to a party,
and when it’s over, the charge
isn't there anymore When I go
to ('hi Alpha it s something that
will always he there, a relation
ship with Cod Aside from mv
oh! lifestyle. (Chi Alpha} is an
alternative for wasting my
time "
Faith Center, a Foursquare
( hurt'll in the lingerie area, also
has a college-age group for all
of the lot a I campuses
Alicia Ross, a member of the
Faith Center college age fellow
ship. said she likes the fact that
Faith Center "is not your tradi
tional, really conservative
Christianity Survey
1 tlunk God is:
,i it psychological invention,
b an impersonal force,
c the creator of the universe.
1 tie Navigators believe b.
1 think Jesus Christ is/wns:
n a good man
h. a philosopher/teachet
e. God.
I he Navigators believe c.
Someone gets to heaven by
a. there's no such place
b living a gisxl life
c. trust in ( linst
Didn't know
i he Navigators believe c
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ticajtlm hy Mt sith.i j
church "
Russ also lives in (he House
of His Presence at 1057 I’ntter
son Si The House is a co oper
utsi' house he 10 collage stu
dents who attend the Kaith
Center She salt) the house
tmunhers interact more than
what muv !*■ usual
"It's different than a regular
co-op," Ross salt! "It's more
like a family
Ross addressed the stereo
type of Christians as your iwsic
lullow-lhe-crowd kind of peo
pin Iiv saving there isn't that
much of n crowd to follow
Although the Faith Center
college age group has a fairly
large mumfiership aUlUt 90
members the: number is higli
compared to Chi Alpha and
The Navigators Tim two latter
groups vac h have ubout 20 reg
ular members.
"Some people who are invit
ed in think of the church us a
crutch," Koss said "But living
a Christian lifestyle is very in
dividualistic"
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