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f Place an ad in the ODE Classifieds and watch your phone ring off the hook. \^Call 3464343 or visit Suite 300, EMU. Moving Guide Moving can be emotionally stressful In the flurry of packing AND MOVING, TAKE SOME TIME TO TAKE CARE OF EMOTIONAL NEEDS lor the Emerald Dinah Steig learned once in a well ness seminar that moving is con sidered one of the biggest changes in life, ranking just below death, divorce and marriage. Steig, an operations team member at the Eugene branch of North American Van Lines, has certainly seen the stress and anxiety of moving take its toll on customers after 20 years of experience in the moving industry. The stress comes right after she hands customers a checklist of moving items: change of address forms to send, water to shut down, electricity and gas to shut off, personal records to forward and paddng arrangements to plan. Whether it’s stress, an identity crisis or depression, there are many emotions experienced during a move. Regardless if someone is graduating and uprooting to a new part of the country or just head ing home for the summer, her or she is bound to feel emotional about moving. Steig knows all about stress and how to alleviate it: planning. Before moving to Eugene three years ago from Fort Wayne, Ind., Steig took six months to plan her move. Even then she was still packing clothes at the last minute. “It was lists, lists, lists every day,” she said. “If you have that much time ahead, that’ll keep your stress level down. ” But stress isn’t the only emotional fac tor associated with moving. There are broken ties with friends, questions of identity and the loss of structure in life. Dr. Mark Evans, a psychologist at the University Counseling Center, said one of the factors in moving that many peo ple forget about is the loss of structure in life. The routines of life get lost, Mends must be left behind and many people of ten get depressed, he said. “When we move, we lose a piece of ourselves,” he said. That’s why Evans advises movers to set aside enough time to say goodbye to close Mends. Friends can help lend a hand in moving as well as ease the transition. In a pamphlet given out by North Amer ican Van Lines, clinical psychologist Dr. Victor L. Rebman suggests visiting the new place of residence before the move to ease the adjustment. He also advises movers to keep in touch with Mends with whom they can communicate their frus trations and anxieties. He reminds movers that it can take up to 18 months for some families to adjust to new surroundings be fore finally feeling “at home. ” Student Manor Reserving For Fall Low Summer Rates!! Fall: 1 Bdrm $450,2 Bdrm $575-$595 Summer: 1 Bdrm $300,2 Bdrm $350 Large, Clean, Quiet, 1 & 2 bedroom, Nicely Furnished, Laundry Room, Water/Sewage/Garbage Paid, 1 Block from campus. No Pets. 1442 E. 18th Mgr. #20 call 344-4760 please call for appointment CLAIR LU APARTMENTS Practic«j|iy on. Campus at 735 E. 17th (between Alder &. Hilyard) 1 Bedroom, Furnished Apartments On site laundry &. parking SUMMER RATE $310 FALL RATE $410 Call 343-2114 or 344-1583 Build Your Own Neighborhood in the Residence Halls Fill a wing or floor with 25 of your friends to create your own neighborhood on campus. You’ll get all the convenience and benefits of living on campus, without neighbor hassles. • Free and quick Internet access # • Free cable television # • Quick walk to classes Convenient parking Cheap laundry The University of Oregon actively promotes cultural diversity and equal opportunity. We honor the humanity that joins us, and we celebrate the differences that distinguish us. University Housing has an expectation that all residents will actively participate in creating welcoming communities that value all members without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, marital status, disability or veteran status. If you would like additional information about a housing space that will best suit your needs, please feel free to call our Interim Associate Director for Residence Life, Sheri Donahoe at (541)346-4277. Applications are available in the Office of University Housing in the Walton Complex or by calling 346-4277. Visit our website at: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~housing/ An AA/EEO/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity.
