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Medical Center in Eugene, said
he has only seen a couple “sus
pected” cases of the flu, but a
number of other viral illnesses.
“It’s certainly nothing that
could be considered an epidem
ic,” he said. “But people can get
pretty sick with what’s going
around.”
This year’s flu season marks
the first time flu sufferers can
buy prescription relief. In the
past, people with the flu were
told to treat their symptoms
with over-the-counter medica
tions, such as Tylenol or ibupro
fen. But four new flu drugs on
the market this year claim to re
live the symptoms flu sufferers
typically complain of, while
also lessening the illness’s inten
sity and duration. catch is,
people suffering from the flu
must take one of the drugs —
Symmetrel, Flumadine, Tamiflu
or Relenza — within 48 hours
after the flu symptoms start.
So far, doctors have had mixed
reactions to the drugs, and no
one is heralding the new drugs as
“miracle cures” for the flu.
“For one thing, [a flu drug] is
really expensive — $40 to $50,
and studies show it will maybe
cut down symptoms by one day,”
Jackson said. “But I think it’s rea
sonable for people who are in
risk groups, such as the elderly.
But healthy college students
are almost better off not using the
drugs and toughing it out, Jack
son said, to allow their bodies to
build up their immunity to the
flu bug in case it makes a reap
pearance in a few years.
The best bet for students is to
avoid catching the flu in the first
place by getting a flu shot, Jack
son said. According to the Cen
ters for Disease Control and Pre
vention, this year’s vaccine is
well-matched to the flu strains
that are circulating this year.
“There’s a good chance if they
get a flu shot now, within the
It's certainly nothing
that could be considered
an epidemic But people
can get pretty sick with
what’s going a round.
Brian Berg
emergency staff
physician at Sacred
Heart Medial Center
next week, they’ll be protected if
we do get an epidemic,” Jackson
said. “Getting a flu shot is a rea
sonable approach and very cost
effective.”
While most people get flu
shots in the fall, doctors are ad
vising students who haven’t al
ready gotten one to be vaccinated
as soon as possible. The health
center is still offering flu shots to
students who haven’t been vacci
nated. The shots are available be
tween 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, for $4.
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that could be improved, he said.
The opportunity *to take the
lead in environmentally sustain
able development “exists be
cause of student and faculty in
terest in environmental issues,”
he said.
The campus’s environmental
consciousness is reflected in bits
and pieces throughout Universi
ty documents such as the Long
Range Campus Development
Plan. The subcommittee hopes to
create a single set of guidelines in
one statement that will be easily
accessible to architects bidding
on future campus construction
jobs, Livelybrooks said.
Implementing the guidelines
now is especially important in
light of the current wave of new
construction on campus, Brown
said.
“We hope to place a specific
focus statement in the [LRCDP]
that says this is important to us,”
Livelybrooks said.
The specifics of the guidelines
are still being worked out.
“We’ve just started this as a
committee,” Livelybrooks said.
“We’re going through the process
of what we mean by environmen
tal sustainability and what that
should mean to the University of
Oregon campus.”
The subcommittee, made up of
faculty members, administrators
and students, realizes that not all
its guidelines will be enforceable
campus-wide. “Some solutions
are outside of the CPC’s jurisdic
tion,” Livelybrooks said.
The next step for the subcom
mittee will be to learn more
about environmentally sustain
able development. It is hoping to
learn more during the Architec
ture and Allied Arts Holistic Op
tions for Planet Earth Ecological
Design Arts Conference in April
of this year, he said.
A panel of people experienced
in sustainable management and
development on other college
campuses is scheduled to speak
at the HOPE conference, said
Scott Wilkinson, an AAA gradu
ate student and co-chairman o
the conference.
The subcommittee is sched
uled to meet again Feb. 3.
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