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. These organizations
include the North American Free
Trade Agreement, the World Trade
Organization, and the Ejercito Zap
atista de Liberacion Nacional in
Chiapas, Mexico, an army that has
rebelled against the Mexican gov
ernment to improve human rights.
The professor will also briefly
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