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Avoiding the winter chills ■ Even with the onset of unfriendly weather, students can stay warm, healthy, and safe this winter By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald With freezing weather already consuming us and no relief on the near horizon, life can be made much easier and safer by taking a few measures to “winterize” our vehicles, our homes and ourselves. The car Students don’t usually have the luxury of relying on a full wallet or a second vehicle when disaster strikes, so prevention is the best medicine. The first step is to warm up the car before driving it because driv ing without warming the car first uses excessive fuel and is harder on the engine. “Warm up your car until your windows are clear,’” said Steve Nohrenberg, store manager of Mi das in Eugene. “It’s better for older cars to warm them up because they run more efficiently.” Make sure the car has anti-freeze, as a shortage of anti-freeze can cause the engine block to crack. A 50/50 mix of anti-freeze and water will protect your engine down to - 35 degrees Fahrenheit, Nohrenberg said. Making sure the coolant sys tem is working properly is also im portant because it keeps the car from overheating. Checking tire pressure at least once a month during cold spells is vital because tires are more apt to lose air, which can cause traction problems in less-than-ideal driving environments. Also, make sure your car battery and charging sys tems are working properly because it takes more power to start your car when it’s cold outside, Nohrenberg said. For visibility, it is important that all lights are working so the car can be seen by other cars. Make sure windshields are clear and wiper blades work. In addition, ensure that wiper fluid helps get rid of de bris and enhances your ability to see other vehicles and the road in rainy weather, Nohrenberg said. Around the house With the cold weather outdoors, a warm house is a haven from the unfriendly weather. But before cranking up the heater to thaw out after a chilling trek from class, re member the importance of fire safe ty “Don’t place any objects close — within six inches — to room heaters,” said Sheri Donahoe, asso ciate director of residence life. Electric space heaters can be a hazard if placed too close to a com bustible material. They can also cause fires as the result of a loose connection to the wall socket. And leaving candles or incense unat tended, as well as woodstoves, can be a fire hazard, Donahoe said. Practicing fire safety by using a smoke alarm is also one of the most important safety tips for winter. Never cover your smoke alarm, Donahoe said, and don’t hang things from your sprinkler system. General health Cold hands may indicate a warm heart, but they can also indicate cold weather, which means a breeding environment for illness. Dressing appropriately is an im portant part of keeping healthy dur ing the winter months. Donning a coat will help, and the use of a scarf or hat will also keep the head and neck warm, conserving a great amount of heat which would other wise leave the body. If you do get wet or cold, a warm shower can ease the chill, said Sharon Harbert, a University Health Center nurse. Nutrition is a fundamental area to pay attention to during the win ter months. Eating more fruits and vegetables can help ward off ill ness, Harbert said. Good deals can be found on fruits such as apples and tangelos, a cross between an orange and a tangerine, which are cheap during the winter. Winter vegetables, such as squash, are also loaded with vitamins necessary to keep your immune system run ning. “Life is like a three-legged stool,” Harbert said. “You have to keep balance in three areas — rest and good nutrition, play and work — or you’ll tip over. People who are hap py and perceive themselves as healthy stay healthy.” Hunger for awareness to be satisfied ■ Student groups join together to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness By Anne Le Chevallier For the Emerald The plot may sound familiar: a minority party candidate with grassroots experience runs for of fice. He probably won’t win — he may not even earn 5 percent of the vote — but he still wants to bring at tention to his cause. No, this movie isn’t about Ralph Nader. Instead, the 75-minute “Tay lor’s Campaign” focuses on one man’s struggle to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless by run ning for the Santa Monica, Calif., City Council. The film will be featured at the Hunger and Homelessness Aware ness Event, held today from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Ben Linder Room in the EMU. The ASUO, with help from OSPIRG and Tzedek Hil lel, designed the event to increase campus and community awareness about the growing number of hun gry and homeless Oregonians. A question-and-answer session will follow the film, which is nar rated by Martin Sheen and directed by Richard Cohen. A panel of ex perts, including representatives from the Eugene Mission, St. Vin cent de Paul, Food for Lane County and the City of Eugene, will field questions. Eugene mayor Jim Torrey and a member of the Eugene City Council are also expected to attend. The event is ASUO intern Jessica Lurie’s project. “I hope to see people from the au dience ask questions about what the situation is like in Eugene,” Lurie said. “And be motivated to ulti mately act on that concern that might be fostered.” A topic that may arise during the question-and-answer session is Oregon’s demand for subsidized food and housing. Recently, a Unit ed States Department of Agriculture study ranked Oregon the highest in the nation for food insecurity. How ever, panelist Lynn Antis, the assis tant director of the Eugene Mission, doesn’t think anyone in Lane Coun ty is going hungry. “There are some really warped numbers being thrown around here,” he said. On a recent cold night, Antis said the Eugene Mission had 98 spare beds. To Antis, this demonstrates that resources exist for the needy in Lane County. He also suggested that an overabundance of food is a prob lem that leads to the recipient’s lack of accountability. Antis said he believes the Mis sion, which provides food, clothing. shelter and chapel services to the needy, as well as other local organi zations, is meeting the homeless population’s primary needs. “Mental health and drug and al cohol recovery are the two most glaring issues that are not being ad dressed adequately,” Antis said. Event panelist Jake Dudell, the emergency services director for St. Vincent de Paul, agrees with Antis that providing food and shelter just places a Band-Aid over hunger and homelessness. “It’s like solving the coughing or sneezing,” he said. “It’s just a symp tom of a more serious disease.” During the discussion, Dudell will explain that a lack of political will, education and family stability creates hunger and homelessness. “It wasn’t one incident that caused someone to be hungry or homeless — it is multiple issues snowballed over time,” he said. “You need to have those three work ing together with common core val ues to get to the root of the problem and relieve a lot of the tension. ” Lurie said she hopes that greater awareness about these issues will cause people to become concerned and take action. “The purpose is to get people more involved in these issues local ly,” she said. Speaker will address foreign policy ■ Dan Goldrich will deliver information on U.S. policies toward Latin America tonight By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald University political science profes sor Dan Goldrich is a longtime activist with the Committee in Solidarity with the Central American People (CISCAP) and has been involved with human rights protests and efforts to make changes in national policies re garding Latin America. Tonight, Goldrich will speak on U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America. His presentation will focus on U.S. policy after the Cold War and the new phenomenon of milita rized democracies in Latin Ameri ca — a form that combines elec toral democracy and control of economic policy. He will also speak about current efforts in the United States and Latin America to change economic policies. “These,changes have very high social and environmental costs,” Goldrich said. He will discuss how world eco nomic organizations relate to for eign policies. 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