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
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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.
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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.
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