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WirslMJ Long Dletanee Colling Card Internet AT&T personal network Authorized 657 W Centennial Springfield, OR 736-DUCK JiM HVAlH irele//> Unlimited Guaranteed Lowest Prices on Phones LTD conducting rider study ■ The transit district will determine where student bus ridership is heaviest By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald It may take a little longer for students to get on the bus this term, but a little extra time now may mean shorter lines at bus stops next year. Lane Transit District began a study Monday to determine when University students, faculty and staff ride the LTD buses in an ef fort to improve bus service to the University community. Until the study ends March 31, students along certain routes will be asked to swipe their student identification cards in a scanner as they get on the bus. The scanner’s counts will be downloaded each night by LTD and sent to the University, where the results will be put into a data base and analyzed to determine ridership patterns. While some students might be worried about privacy issues, Michelle Geschke, a marketing representative for LTD, said the scanners are merely counting de vices and no personal student in formation will be collected. The point of the study is to de termine how many University students are utilizing their bus passes, and when and where the high-demand routes are, she said. “This will allow us to track a little better which routes students are riding,” said Rand Stamm, the University parking and trans portation manager. “Then we can look at that transportation infor mation and look at how to im prove services.” “We just want to make sure that it’s worthwhile [for students] and that they’re getting the service they need,” Geschke said. The study might be a minor in convenience for some students, but in the end, they’ll benefit, said ASUO Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani. The results of the study will give the ASUO a better idea of how many students are us ing their bus passes, which will give them more leverage when bargaining with LTD for future bus service contracts. While LTD has been doing rid ership studies for years, the scan ners and student identification cards are new technology that LTD officials hope will help speed up the process and improve its accuracy. “We finally have the technolo gy to track who’s using the service and on what routes,” Geschke said. “So far, it seems to be work ing out very well.” Health center fills empty positions ■ A doctor and a nurse practitioner join the staff of the health center By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald The University Health Center has found replacements for two practitioners who left in fall of 1999. Dr. Ben Douglas, a Family Prac tice Board certified family practi tioner and Marjorie McDaniel, a family nurse practitioner, will fill the health center staff openings, said Dr. Gerald Fleischli, health center director. Douglas is replacing Dr. William Disher, who retired from the health center last September after 12 years of service. Disher, who was a women’s health spe cialist, will continue to work one day a week to follow up on his pa tients, Fleischli said. Douglas earned his medical de gree from the University of Mis sissippi in 1985. He went on to a University of California, Davis program to finish his residency training in 1988. Douglas worked in private practice and the 12-bed Seneca Hospital in Chester, Calif., before moving to Eugene four years ago. He has worked in the emergency room and assisted in surgery in addition to his general medical re sponsibilities. “We are fortunate to have peo ple who have had this kind of ex perience,” Fleischli said. McDaniel, who began at the health center Jan. 4, is replacing Katheryn Brown, who left for the Peace Corps last October. After spending 15 years as a registered nurse, McDaniel returned to Uni versity of Texas, Austin to earn a master’s degree and become a family nurse practitioner. The major difference between a registered nurse and a nurse prac titioner is the ability to write pre scriptions for medication A nurse practitioner can diagnose and treat a variety of acute and chron ic problems. Advanced training allows nurse practitioners “to do 80 percent of what a physician does,” McDaniel said. ---rr How ”Q Save A Life American Red Cross training in First Aid and Adult CPR $18 Fee Includes 4 Hour Class • Instruction Booklet • Certificate of Instruction • Health Center Cafeteria • $18.00 • Current CPR card needed for American Red Cross First Aid Class Adult CPR Tuesday, January 25 (6:00-10:00) Tuesday February 1 (6:00-10:00) Monday February 7 (5:00-9:00) Wednesday February 16 (6:00-10:00) First Aid Tuesday, February 22 (6:00-10:00) Tuesday, March 7 (6:00-10:00)
