Free clinics
will provide
immunizing
Parents who have not yet
immunized their children may do
so Friday at free clinics to he
offered in Eugene and Spring
field
Children who are 1« months or
older should be immunized for
polio, meningitis, measles,
mumps, rubella, hepatitis B,
diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis,
said leannette Bobst, l-ane Coun
ty Public Health Service manag
er.
Bobst said that about 50 per
cent of c hildren five years old and
younger in Lane County are not
immunized.
" There are a large number of
young parents who think it's
unimportant and many others
who put it off until another day."
Bobst said.
Most children in school or
licensed day-care centers are
immunized, she suid
"If we can keep 95 percent
immunized, then that leaves less
than 5 percent at risk and reduces
the chance that people suffering
from immuno-suppressed dis
eases such as AIDS or those going
through cancer therapy will be
affected," Bohst said.
The Lane County Immuniza
tion Consortium is sponsoring the
clinics, which will run from 1 to
4 p.m. Friday at the Whiteaker
Center in Eugene and at Saint
Alice's School. 1510 F. St., in
Springfield.
Parents should bring along any
records they have from prior
immunizations.
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i hannel that allows one way, 11v*• video
transmission and iwo-wnv audio interac
lion.
In other words, people watching at a
Network I rot option site ran interact with
the broadcast by calling the transmit site
by telephone Gov. Barbara Roberts con
ducted her 1991-02 "Conversations with
Oregonians" on this system.
In addition to Network I's transmission
sites, state El) NET t oordinators eventual
ly plan to install 500 reception sites
around the state at public si hools, state
agency field offices, libraries, hospitals
and community learning centers
Like Network I, Network II is also trans
mitted by satellite, but this t liannel allows
two-wav video interaction in addition to
two-way audio action In other words,
people can see each other as well as talk to
each other on Network II
In Eugene, the University's El) NL I sys
tem is housed in the Instructional Media
Center at the Knight Library Technicians
completed work on the si bool s Network I
transmission site in February, said Jim
Mahoney, 1MC director
Network I transmissions originating
from the University are beamed by
microwave from the roof of tin* library to a
reception tower owned by Eugene Fox
affiliate KLSK-TV. Mahoney said From
kl.SK s tower, the signal is transmitted to
an adjacent Oregon Public Broadcasting
tower, then sent by microwave up the
Willamette Valiev to relay stations in Cor
vallis. Salem and, finally, Portland
Once iii Portland, the signal is up-linked
to a communications satellite orbiting
22,300 miles above the equator and is shot
bar k down to reception sites throughout
Oregon.
The University's Network I transmission
site saw its first a< lion March 5 during the
Public Interest Environmental Law (ion
fereni e, where representatives from timber
and environmental groups took part in a
live, televised "Northwest Timber Sum
mit ” During the broadcast, panelists took
calls from IT reception sites around the
state
In addition to Network I, the Universi
ty \ Network II transmission site has oper
ated miu e last summer, Mahoney said
Unlike Network I, Network II doe? not
require a microwave relay system Instead,
it transmits directly from the roof of the
Knight Library to an orbiting satellite
Now that both sy stems are up and run
ning. University educators and adminis
trators are looking for ways to utilize this
interactive, high-tech telecommunications
sy stem.
Educational applications
' We re still try ing to figure out what the
benefits art).' said Qirl Hostit ka, Univer
sity professor, state representative and
member of the LI) NET steering commit
tee I lie theory is that it allows you to
deliver your educational programs to a
wider audience It literally allows you to
lie in more than one place at one time."
The ability to have fat nils' in mom than
one place at one lime appeals to Curt Lind,
director «jf the University continuing edu
cation program
"We could use it in the plu< e of sending
faculty to off-campus sites. Lind said
"We currently have sites around the state
(e g Portland. Coos lias. Hand and Rose
burg), where sve send fat nits routinels
and the notion is that the LI) NKT resource
sviH allow us to keep faculty here in
Eugene and simply transmit those li« turns
to off campus sites
While Lind and his colleagues mvesti
gate LI) NLTs possibilities, some depart
ments on campus are alreads teaching
courses on the system.
Lor example, the University's i oinpuler
sciem e department is teai htng a t nurse in
conjunction svith Oregon State t niversi
tv's computer science department this
quarter on Network 11. Root said
Professors teach one half of the i nurse
from l)n*gon State's Netsvork II studio and
lent li the other half of the course from the
University's studio
Other University departments plan to
teach courses on 111) NLI m the near
future The College of Ldm alion plans to
offer a sequence of i nurses in spei ml edu
cation on system tieginning the fall term of
109 i
We re delighted to have tile i ll NLI
technology,'' said Dianne Ferguson, an
assoi mte professor of spin nil edm alum
who is coordinating the projt* t
Ferguson said LI) NET hrondi asts will
allow teachers in rural communities sm h
as Horns. I n Cramle. Ontario and Medford
to take required sper nil edur alion courses
without having to commute to Eugene
In addition to the departments of i orn
pufer science, continuing education and
the College of Edur alion. Uostir ka said he
Iselieves the Universitv's business college
c ould use ED NET to reach students in
Southern ()regon
One of tie- things sve're talking alxiut is
consolidating some of the business pro
grams in the state." he said One of the
places that mas lose some Iim.iI business
programs would be at Southern Oregon
State College There still might fie students
who uued business education there, so LI)
NET could help deal svith th.ii problem
Obstacles remain
Before they Imgin widely using I D NKT.
educators must dear a low obxtai lus I'he
biggest hurdle they fan* is cost Km It at <»
duntit: department must pay for its own
programming.
At cording to the IMC.'s Mahoiun . null
ing satellite limn on Network I costs $H>0
an hour Satellite turn* on Network II < osts
$30 an hour
Mahoney said Network II is less expon
sive to run bet ause it uses a compressed
video signal, vvhii.h lakes loss hand w idth
space on a satellite ohanntd than a Net
work I signal, (iorisetjuently, Network II
broadcasts do trot transmit on-screen
motion as well as Network I dot's
In addition to renting satellite time, etlu
cators must also pav a i row of people to
product? their broadcasts
"Any time vou sue any television pro
gram and you Um>W. at the i red its whim it is
over you've sot a half-dozen to a dozen
people that supported that program."
Mahonev said. "You have graphic support,
audio support, engineering support,
directing support. Vou have i uner.i oper
ators and floor managers "
Will program tests prevent educators
from using Id) Mi l ' So far. the answer is
"no."
f ederal and stale grants are available to
fund programming
for example, a $.100,000 lederul grant
i tirrentlv funds a bni i alaureale degree
program in nursing that is hromli nst from
Oregon Health Si rent es Universitv in
Portland to five sites in the Willamette
Valiev i n.istal region. Root said 1 he grant
also funds degree programs in littoral stud
ies and agribusiness from Oregon State
In fuge ne. the Uni v ersit v s ( o I lege of
I dm ation has applied for federal grants
and state matt lung funds to help pnv for
its it pi outing spin ml edit! ation i ourse on
I D Ni l . Professor fergnson said
In addition to federal and state money.
I 1) Ni l adniinistmtors hope that high si it
dent demand vv ill help keep programming
( lists down
If you’re sending out to a dozen sites
with one person eat h there, it could he
quite expensive," lloxtii.kn said "It you
send it to tow with till people eat h, then
It I oil Id het ome an elfii lent way to do it.
from a monetary point ol view
Programming i osts aside, Mahoney said
edm ators must overcome two constraints
before they fulls utilize Id) NKT first,
edut ators must get used to lei luring in
front of two or three television cameras
"I've seen mstrui tors i nine in (or their
presentation anti freeze, he said. "They II
.11 to.illv get vv lute kilui kies holding oil In
the podium
To prev ent lliis form of stage fright,
Mahoney •..ml he eiu mirages instrnr tors lo
c ortm hi mill prai in i* let tiling in front of
the cameras
Hie soi onil i onstraint edut .itors must
oven ome is in redesigning their te.u lung
methodology to suit the medium of hroad
(<isl. Mahoney said
I'he methodology is totally different
from that vs Ini h is used in the i Inssroom."
lie said So vve em mirage instrm.lors to
come over <is early as a semester hefore
nnd work with us."
Mahoney s<iid instructors can supple
ment their hroadi ast lei tores with com
puter graphics and videotape inserts
However, teaching aids such as these
require a lot of preparation and planning
In short, Id) NET offers educators the
opportunity to reat h a wider range ol stu
dents in more parts ol the stale lint before
professors i .in widely use the sy stem, they
must obtain funding for their programs
and devise new teaching methods
" There's a lot of different questions that
we ll have to work out in practice,''
1 lostii ka said
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