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Oregon Daily MONDAY, OCTOBER 11.1993 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 95, ISSUE 29 Non-residents need license j Out-of-staters not exempt from Oregon motor vehicle restrictions By Jennifer Cosgrove Fof the Oregon D.ry All non-resident I tniversitv students staking to drive around campus and various other parts of Eugene should be aware of several consequent os involved for not obtaining an Oregon driver's license and auto-registration if planning to drive in Ore gon. Attorneys at the city of Eugene prosecution department said a non-resident student who choos es to drive a vehicle without an Oregon license can be rated for several traffit \ relations, including false identification, which is a criminal misdemeanor under Oregon’s motor vehicle code. All persons who choose to reside in Oregon, espe cially for college education purposes, cannot expect to !«• exempt from dm mg restrictions m this state even if they do not sock formal slain residenc v, the Eugene poin t; department said At i ordiiig to the Eugene polue. college students who do not re-register their vehicle and obtain an Oregon driver's license after 30 davs of having a temporary faigene address while going to m hool and stiminder a prior driver's license will possibly be inc urring several violations Several types of traffic v lolations most commonly given to non resident student drivers include false swearing to ret oive a lic ense, failure to surrender a prior license1, holding multiple licenses, failure to notify state division of < hange of address, or non possession of an Oregon driver's lic ense after 30 days, according to the- Eugene Municipal Court I n ket fines for such violations range from 5100 to more than $300 per offense. False identification to a police officer who is Turn to LICENSE. Page 7 L. Candace Landau, a sophomore in communications, holds up the Ore gon driver s license she was required to get. Fiery Inquiry All SON CHAHO 10-year-old Aarron Thomas Liebnch explores a fire engine at the Eugene fire department's annu al open house last Saturday Volunteers build houses for needy families j Habitat for Humanity provides a home for a mother and her children By Rebecca Merritt Oregon Daily irrmaM SPRINGFIELD — Five year-old Vincent Davis couldn’t be happier. On Saturday, Vincent's mother. Teresa Davis, received the keys to their now home — the fourth house to bo built for low-income families by Springfiold/Eugene Habitat for Humanity. For Vincent, this means a chance to have his very own room, free from the disruptions of his three-year-old sister Alyssa. The Davis family pre viously lived in a one-bedroom apartment, which one Habitat for Humanity volunteer described as a "< on verted chicken coop." "I like ray room." Vincent I)<ivis said with an unmistakable j^rin. "Nobody else is coining in there because I'm going to have it locked " The Davis family thanked the more than 70 volunteers that helped plan and build their 1,070 square foot home at a house dedication Sat urday The house, located at 5087 G St., neighbors two other Habitat for Humanity homes. "The spirit of camaraderie was wonderful." Teresa Davis said. "Everyone worked together like a family ” Habitat volunteers worked on the Davis house throughout the summer on Wednesdays and Saturdays and (ivory day during the post few weeks, said Jim Brown, who supervised most of the construction. Although the house was mainly built bv ama teurs, the group received advice from construction workers, fie said. "It wus very unprofessional," Brown said. "A lot of the volunteer work comes from families who will lie getting habitat houses." Davis was selected for the new house three years ago based on financial and housing needs and her willingness to help build the house, said Grant Mortenson. a member of Habitat's board of directors. She was sponsored by Brown and his wife, Margie, who offered general support to the family. Turn to DAVIS, Page 4 Group investigates care of mentally ill j Patient’s death brings scrutiny tocounty mental health department By Rebecca Merritt Owpon O&tfy Em&akt (>n Oi l ill town ,i University graduate student was found dead in n secluded room at 1 .me (mint v Psvi hi atm Ifospilal. "She was in a looked room, strapped tai e dim n to a In'll, m full restraints." ai i ording to a report of her death "The Lane County medii al examiner listed the i mise ol death as bipolar affective disorder The three-year anniversary of the death of lung Sunk Jang, .1 M year old Korean woman who was studying for her doctorate in economies, has brought i areful st rule n\ of Lane County's mental health department. Members of Clearinghouse on Human Rights & I'sy chiatry. a 20-group human-rights coalition based in Lugene, are demanding i hanges in tfie treatment of men ially >11 patients We don't want this to happen again." said David Oaks. Clearinghouse coordinator Last year. Clearinghouse requested a report of the cir cumstances surrounding Ling's death A 10-page report was completed during the summer hy the Oregon Advu i acy Center, a Portland group achocating lor rights of individuals with disabilities Oaks presented the report to county mental health officials and said he is hoping to meet with the department soon to disi uss possible changes. According lo the report, Jung was admitted to Lana County Psychiatric Hospital in September 1990 lx>< uuse "she was dancing to God in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel." She was treated with Haldol, a psychiatric drug, and released However, she was readmitted two weeks later for wan dering the campus in her pajamas, telling friends that she had received messages from God. This time Jang was prescribed two psychiatric drugs, Haldol and Kskalith, as well as Restoril and Cogentiu for depression and tentative schizophrenia. On ()< t 9, Jang was put in a secluded room at the hospital. She demand ed to lie released and eventually escaped The next morning she was captured, put in restraints, strapped down to the bed and injected with Haldol. That afternoon, she was found dead with tier head buried in a pillow. The report says the drugs prescribed for Jang have sere ous. adverse effects and may not have been necessary. Patients should he able to determine themselves wJiat type of treatment they receive Also, seclusion and restraint should only he used "as n last resort or upon physician’s order." Oaks said ins group is mainly objecting to the fori ed drug use of mentally ill patients. Turn to JANG. Page 4