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November 2,2000
Volume 102, Issue 47
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County to expand programs for heroin addicts
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grant will
provide
fundingfor
three years
to help local
heroin addicts
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Oregon Daily Emerald
Lane County received a $1.5 million federal
grant Wednesday to combat the area’s growing
heroin problem and to help addicts kick the habit.
The Lane County Board of Commissioners
accepted the grant, which the county applied
for in April while facing increased heroin use
and swamped treatment programs.
Oregon ranks third in the country in opiate
related overdose deaths, and Lane County has
the second highest overdose death rate in the
state. Last year, 34 Lane County residents died
of heroin-related causes.
“This grant makes a significant difference in
our ability to successfully move people away
from heroin and on to a better life,” said Karen
Gaffney, assistant director of Lane County
Health and Human Services.
The grant, awarded to the county from a $28.8
million pool of federal drug treatment funds, will
be used to extend the area’s methadone and out
patient treatment programs to more people.
“We have waiting lists for programs, and that
doesn’t help when you have someone in police
custody who wants treatment,” Gaffney said.
“Now, any day of the year, we’ll be able to serve
100 more people than we did last year.”
During the next three years, funds will be dis
tributed to county heroin treatment programs
and several non-profit organizations, including
the Association for Children for Enforcement of
Support, Centro Latino-Americano, Looking
Glass Youth and Family Services, the White
Bird Clinic and Willamette Family Treatment
Services.
Gaffney said the expanded services will help
those who are often hard to reach, including at
least 1,000 adolescents, 2,000 adults, 1,000 rural
adolescents and adults and 1,000 Latino adults.
Police and social service workers have said
that an increased availability of cheap heroin
has caused the recent boom in heroin use.
“It’s gotten a lot cheaper, and there’s a lot of it
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■ Dan Brundl Emerald
Dr. Gerald Fleischli examines Micheal Murdock in the Student Health Center on Wednesday. Doctors suggest that elderly people and students
susceptible to illness receive a flu vaccination.
Students prepare for germ warfare
■The University Health Center
battens down the hatches as the
cold season cometh again
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
University students are sick —
they’re coughing, aching and tired —
but despite how bad it may seem for
those suffering from colds, the Univer
sity Health Center reports this cold sea
son is no worse than others.
Monica Hernandez, a sophomore
math and computer science major, is one
student who is suffering from a cold.
“I’ve been sick the whole term, and I
don’t feel like I’m getting any better,”
she said, adding that she has missed
three days of school and work.
Hernandez is not alone. Pat Mc
Cormick, supervisor of medical records
at the University Health Center, said 20
percent of the center’s recent patients
had upper respiratory problems such
as colds. Although these are minor ill
nesses, they are enough to make life un
comfortable, she said.
Julie Dewsnup, the health center
pharmacy manager, also said many
people are sick right now, but the phar
macy has not been particularly busy.
There is no cure for colds, she said,
so most people are probably handling
their sicknesses on their own.
There are several reasons why so
many illnesses are going around, said
Dr. Gerald Fleischli, director of the
health center. One is that students go
all over the world during vacation
breaks and pick up several different
types of germs, he said.
“The University setting is not like
working in a 50-person office,” he
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Republicans feel
disdain from UO
■College Republicans have
been unable to bring speakers
to campus because of uncivil
crowd reactions in the past
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The College Democrats have
brought prominent Democrats, such
as former presidential candidate Bill
Bradley and the Rev. Jesse Jackson,
to the University in the past week.
All the speakers have encouraged
students to vote Nov. 7, but they also
told the campus community to vote
for Vice President Al Gore.
But so far, prominent Republicans
haven’t been making high-profile
stops on campus to stump for Texas
Gov. George W. Bush.
The College Republicans have
been hard at work this fall and con
tinue to be as Election Day nears, but
they say their efforts are not as no
ticed on campus because they are
forced to hold their activities off
campus.
Scott Austin, who is a member of
the College Republicans, said when
Gordon Smith, who ran for the U.S.
Senate in 1996, came to the Univer
sity he received a rude greeting from
a liberal crowd. People spit on Smith
and threw food at him.
Stan Pulliam from the College Re
publicans said those sentiments still
exist on campus today. He and other
local Republicans think the group
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difference
between the
College
Democrats
and the
College
Republicans
is that we
are more
consistent.
Scott
Austin
member
College
Republicans
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Biking during winter weather poses new problems
Avoid
discomfort and
injury on your
trusty bicycle
with the right
gear and a little
extra attention
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene is renowned for being one of
the most biker-friendly cities in the na
tion, offering a plethora of bike trails and
beautiful scenery to provide a diversion
from daily life and a source of exercise.
For students, bicycles supply a con
venient and inexpensive source of trans
portation during the commute to and
from campus, work and home. Howev
er, the dreary weather of Oregon’s winter
months offers challenges to even the
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hardiest bikers; without proper gear and
safety knowledge, winter biking can be
miserable and even hazardous.
Wet weather gear
As wet weather becomes the norm,
riders are rushing into bicycle shops to
purchase wet weather gear and apparel,
said Dan Wallis, a Collins Cycle Shop
employee. From rain apparel and fend
ers to lights and waterproof gloves and
bags, students are gearing up for the win
ter months ahead.
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However, in order for rain gear to be
effective, students need to understand
the differences between types of gear,
said Suzanne Hanlon, Outdoor Program
assistant coordinator. Hanlon — former
director of tours at Adventure Cycling in
Montana — said cyclists have two op
tions when selecting waterproof gear:
breathable or non-breathable. For Eugene
residents, the best choice is breathable,
Hanlon said.
“Waterproof rain gear that’s not
breathable is good for short trips and
during downpours when your priority
is keeping rain off you,” Hanlon said.
“For long trips, you need breathable gear
or you’ll sweat so much from the inside
you’ll be just as soaked as if you were
[exposed to the rain].”
Even if the sky offers the occasional re
prieve from rain, riders need to be aware
of the harm to clothing that wet pavement
or grass can deliver.
“The problem for students is you get
soaked from the ground up,” Hanlon
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