STD control
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ease, the number of people actu
ally diagnosed with STDs re
mains low.
The results of the 1999 survey
are not yet available, but by
studying previous years’ results,
health center officials are able to
note trends and target prevention
efforts.
For example, most students are
aware of the HIV epidemic, but
not many know about more com
mon, treatable STDs, such as
chlamydia and the human papil
lomavirus (HPV), said Gerald
Fleischli, health center director.
The peer health educators have
focused some of their prevention
efforts on making the campus
community more aware of risk
behaviors and STD symptoms.
“A lot of the bacterial infec
tions are asymptomatic, so they
get spread around because peo
ple just don’t know they have it,”
Clifton said. “And it’s not some
thing people really talk about -
you don’t really hear about it,
even from your friends.”
The health center offers test
ing for the most common STDs,
which include syphilis, chlamy
dia, gonorrhea and herpes. But
because students don’t always
get tested before engaging in un
protected sex, the health center
has tried to prevent the spread
of STDs by including some STD
testing when women come in
for annual gynecological check
ups.
“Casual sex is a risky behav
ior, and people who are doing
risky behaviors aren’t generally
likely to come in for tests,” Fli
eschli said. “The [STD] screen
ing has definitely made an im
pact. By screening, we’re
identifying people who are in
fected, so they don’t spread it to
other people.”
The prevention efforts may be
paying off: results from the
health center’s survey show that
most University students had
two or less partners last year.
This contributes to the Universi
ty’s decreasing STD rates.
In addition, the health center
will be switching to a new, more
effective chlamydia test in the
near future. Health officials hope
the new test will help lower the
number of occurrences of that
STD.
The health center will switch
to the new testing method be
cause the company that manufac
tured the current test has can
celed its production.
The new test, Genprobe, is
more effective in detecting
chlamydia, one of the most com
mon STDs at the University. The
downside is that the new test is
more expensive than the current
test method, and the increased
cost will likely be passed on to
the patient.
“It’s forcing us to move to bet
ter technology,” Fleischli said.
“But it is more costly.”
Despite advances in testing,
the best prevention method is to
know your partner’s sexual histo
ry, and know that no one is im
mune to STDs, Clifton said.
The STDs “are all out there,”
Clifton said. “They’re all in this
community, and they’re all in
Lane County.”
Career Expo
Events Calendar
Come to the Expo! A whole week of career
education to help with career decisions,
resumes, salaries, and finding a job._
Internship Options Panel
Tuesday, January 18
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Alsea Room/EMU
Facilitator: Beth Pfieffer,
Career Center Assistant Director
Checklist for a Successful
Job Search
Wednesday, January 19
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Rogue Room/EMU
Kassia Dellabough,
Career Center Counselor
Net an International Job:
Use the Web
Thursday, January 20
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Rogue Room/EMU
Tina Haynes,
Career Center Librarian
Negotiating Salaries & Benefits
Friday, January 21
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Roque Room/EMU
Facilitator: Clarice Wilsey,
Career Center Assistant Director
Career Expo Keynote Speaker:
Toni L. Smith,
Entertainment Industry Executive
Monday, January 24
Noon
Cerlinger Hall Lounge
“Getting to the Top of the Charts
A Personal Story of Making Your
Dreams a Reality.”
Resume Clinic
Monday, January 24
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Alsea Room/EMU
Clarice Wilsey
How to Succeed at a Job Fair
Monday, January 24
4:)5-5:15 p.m.
Rogue Room/EMU
Virginia Garrison,
Career Center Marketing and
Public Relations
Peace Corps: Path to a Career
Tuesday. January 25
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Rogue Room/EMU
Facilitator: Fred Jarman,
DO Peace Corps Representative
Interview Clinic
Tuesday, January 25
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Ben Linder Room/EMU
Beth Pfeiffer
Leading up to the Winter
Career Fair, January 26! Panels,
speakers, and career experts.
It's your ticket to success!
Winter Career Fair
Wednesday, January 26
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
EMU Ballroom
For more information contact the Career Center at 346-3235
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guides had on the downtown core
as run by Downtown Eugene, Inc.
since 1991. Crime rates dropped
and a noticeable improvement
was made in the cleanliness and
safety of the area, according to Ex
ecutive Director Russ Brink.
“They’re a visible presence,
someone that can be approached if
there’s a problem,” he said. “Since
things are much, much better than
they were four years ago, now the
job is mostly maintenance.”
Members of the University
Small Business Association con
tribute a per-occupancy assess
ment to pay for the guide services.
If needed, business owners page
the guides calling them to arrive
on the scene within a minute or
two at most. The red men’s down
town counterparts are contracted
through the city to patrol parking
lots and Lane Transit District at its
new station among others.
Though the West University
guides carry only a radio and cell
MLKJr. Day
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organize a celebration for Martin
Luther King Jr. today.
“I just see him as a man who
paved the way for our race and
every other culture,” said Tonya
Thorsteinsson, internal director of
the Black Student Union.
Thorsteinsson hopes the can
dlelight vigil will encourage ap
preciation for the achievements
King brought to African-Ameri
cans and for what he did for the
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phone, they are in continual com
munication with the Eugene Po
lice Department personnel at the
University sub-station. Brink be
lieves this collaboration is the best
example of the sort of community
policing Eugene residents want.
‘•‘It is the result of a real concerted
effort to have an authority presence
in the area,” Brink said. “I think it’s
mutually beneficial, too. The guides
help the police and the police can
call on them and get back-up. ’ ’
Officer Tsui of the EPD agreed,
calling the guides “a tremendous
help” to the work objectives of the
West University station.
As owner of West Moon Trading
Co., Peggy Bosworth, who joking
ly referred to the guides’ services
as occasions when the “red coats
are coming!” said their presence
has been a welcomed addition to
the business district she inhabits.
“It’s nice to have the protection,
the support,” she said. “I definite
ly think it’s improved, and the best
thing is how much cleaner it is
around here. They’ve been a real
asset on the block.”
“It’s an opportunity to have us
reassess our values as far as how
close we are reaching the dream
that King set forth,” said Troy
Franklin, assistant director of stu
dent life, “on bringing all races of
people together, setting aside our
biases or personal feelings about
different groups, and learning to
see our similarities.”
Franklin said the meaning of
the commemoration is for differ
ent groups to build bridges and
coalitions.
For Jamila Flowers, a senior in
sports marketing, the day is sim
ply for remembrance.
“I think about it a lot because
my grandparents grew up in this
time with Martin Luther King,”
Flowers said. “And I have them
as reminders.”
She said the day is important to
her as a remembrance of all the
endurances that her grandparents
went through, such as being seg
regated and not having a chance
to receive higher education.
In addition to the celebration
today, Gov. John Kitzhaber will be
the guest keynote speaker at the
University Convocation ceremo
ny on Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. at
the EMU Ballroom.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was
first introduced to the legislation
for a national holiday by Rep.
John Conyers, D-Michigan, on
April 8,1968, four days after King
was assassinated. Members of
Congress, however, took no ac
tion on moving the holiday legis
lation forward until President
Carter called on Congress to pass
the legislation in 1979.
On Nov. 3,1983, President Rea
gan signed the bill to establish the
third Monday of every January as
the Martin Luther King Jr. nation
al holiday. The first national Mar
tin Luther King Jr. Day was ob
served on Jan. 20,1986.