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. ET ALS Ml 1 T'lNC.S |«**bi«n (»*y and Ui*«*ftu«l Alliance will inoiti tonig|tl *i 6 in KMl Suite 1»*» For n*>f /■ >n term co-dirmior at 5 pm iu t>»«• APASl1 offii For more information. tall Mb 11315 A ruth an Imltan N« irmr ami I ' ngmerrmi; Sourly « ■ : "->K: * •*' b f Ml ( .4M.if KiMiiti B morn infomaUun. cell f»#7 7*27 {rwith Sludrnl I mun wii; muul lo in in I Ml ’ Suite ** I of imii'v ! fiiftnu lion i all Mb 4 166 I ninan. ( 4694 Ml.st 1 1 1 ANUJt N International ) duration and fulunijr Mill )>rin«lil a follow up toft muiUim « work fttmo fur international ft In deni* ami l at oil v tt«Ug*;! ffusb 7 to *J ill lilt! I Ml Walnut Kimmo f or more information, tall I4I> litM* NETWORK Continued from Page 1 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 (