Hot weather means
allergy relief needed
By Sarah Clark
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The beautiful spring weather
in Eugene Inst week brought
smiles to many faces.
And made some people
sneeze.
Warm, dry weather signals
plants to release pollen in the
air — pollen that will eventual
ly land on other plants and fer
tilize them.
But when pollen lands in peo
ple's bodies, disaster can occur.
About one-fifth of the popula
tion carries the gene that causes
hay fever, said Dr. Robert (ones,
a Eugene allergist.
The gene makes their systems
produce antibodies that react
with the pollen. When the reac
tion occurs, their bodies release
inflammatory chemicals such as
histamine.
The chemicals cause the
sneezing, itchy eyes and exhaus
tion hay fever is famous for.
Right now, trees such as cot
tonwoods and elders are creat
ing most of the pollen, Jones
said.
Allergists say the real problem
is just beginning — grass has
just started to bloom.
According to the Oregon Seed
Council, about 400.000 acres of
grass seed ore planted in the
Willamette Valley each year
As the seeds bloom, they
release pollen into the air. The
wind blows the pollen south,
right into Eugene, where it's
trapped by foothills to the south
and mountains to the east and
west.
This makes Eugene a particu
larly miserable area for hay fever
sufferers. Pollen counts of 75
particles per cubic meter are
considered high; last year
counts in Eugene rose above
1,000. Jones said.
Last week, pollen counts were
low — about 25 particles per
cubic meter. Jones said.
As pollen counts rise, more
people w ill start showing symp
toms. And those who have
already been sneezing will
become even more sensitive to
pollen, said Dr Richard Buck,
an allergist who works at the
Student Health Center.
Whether this hay fever season
will be worse than last year
depends on the weather, aller
gists say.
Allergists say the best way to
minimize misery is to stay
indoors with the windows shut
QUESTION:
Will you transfer to the University of
Wisconsin If Myles Brand gets a job there?
“I’m grad
uating
this year,
but hypo
thetically,
let’s just
say
where Myles goes, I
go."
PAUL HEINTZ
sank*, political science
“Probably
not. Wis
consin is
too cold
even with
Myles’
warm
heart."
PETER WONACOTT
graduate, asian studies
i don't
think so.
The win
ters are
too cold,
and
Myles
and I have a deep, car
ing relationship that
can stand long dis
tances."
GAYLE FORMAN
sophomore, journalism
“No way.
There are
so many
wonderful
people in
Oregon.
Myles is
one wonderful person."
ROM8UELEE
senior, interdtcp. studies
"I think
he is a
pretty
good
adminis
trator, but
it would
take a lot more than
Myles to make me
change my life situa
tion.”
8HARYLVN TENORI
senior, japanese
"No. I
really
don't care
about
Wis
consin,
and I'm
sick of cheese.
STEVE CATHERWOOD
freshman, undecided
Women still face battle for equal rights, professor says
By Nann A Neman
For the Oregon Daily Emerald
Equal opportunity for women in the
workplace requires facing up to the prob
lem of sexual harassment, a Notre Dame
professor of philosophy and peace stud
ies said Friday.
The problem is rooted in the unequal
distribution of economic power, said
Jamas F. Sterba. a xuest speaker for a
Humanities Center symposium titled
"Justice: Race. Class and Gender."
Sterba said as many as 50 percent of
the women in the labor force have suf
fered from some form of sexual harass
ment.
"Many find themselves in a double
bind. If they fixht, they could lose their
jobs If they don't fixht." he said, "they
could lose Ilnur
Employers also lose out if they ignore
harassment problems, he said.
Sterb.i said businesses pay the price
because productivity levels of harassment
victims tend to drop significantly.
Puying for stressed employees who
take medical leave is also costly, as is
replacing them if they quit, he said.
('.hanges in the distribution ofeconom
h. power could help to rectify the prob
lem of sexual harassment in the work
place, Sterba said,
Sterha said women need to have equal
access to jobs with equal pay.
On the global scale, a United Nations
report revealed that women are respon
sible for fifi percent of all of the work pro
tluced, paid and unpaid, yet they receive
only 10 percent of the salaries, he said.
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