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education seminars will relay
the importance of substance
abuse prevention
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
University and community ex
perts will focus on a variety of is
sues from stress management to ju
venile delinquency during
seminars this winter, to help stu
dents understand the causes and ef
fects of substance abuse.
In a series of nine weekend work
shops, the Substance Abuse Pre
vention Program will examine ad
dictive behaviors that lead to
substance abuse, intervention
methods and ways to avoid the
thinking and behavior patterns that
can lead to substance dependency.
“It’s important that students are
prepared for these kinds of issues
when they leave the University be
cause they aren’t always taught in
the classroom,” said Miki Mace,
SAPP administrator.
Mace, who will speak at several
of the seminars, said drug abuse is
present throughout today’s socie
ty, so the seminar topics cover a
wide range of issues in which sub
stance abuse may exist. In addi
WISTEC
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The expansion includes adding
12,100 new seats, which requires ad
ditional parking to be built in accor
dance with Eugene building codes.
As an alternative to adding more park
ing space, the University will add a
transit center to allow more fans to be
bused to games, rather than drive.
Eugene City Councilor David Kel
ly said his goal during Monday
night’s meeting was to find a way to
move the Autzen Stadium develop
ment forward, while still keeping
WISTEC open.
“We wanted to find a way that the
University could provide compen
sation for the loss of WISTEC’s rev
enue,” Kelly said.
Kelly also said that the amount
tion to teaching about drug addic
tions and relapses, there will also
be topics on homelessness and
stress management, she said.
“Both homelessness and stress
can be precursors to using [drugs],”
she said, adding this is often be
cause of feelings of hopelessness or
depression.
Each presenter will examine his
or her issue first at the national lev
el and then narrow down to the
problem at the local level by using
a variety of speakers, lectures and
videos, Mace said.
“We’re really trying to make stu
dents aware of and understand the
seriousness of drug abuse,” she said.
Janai Lowenstein, international
trainer in self-help programs, will
teach the Success with Stress work
shop to help participants cope with
stress in healthy ways instead of
turning to drugs.
“People who abuse are looking
for something outside themselves
to change what they’re experienc
ing internally,” Lowenstein said.
She said to prevent unhealthy
behaviors, she will teach quick and
natural ways to increase personal
energy so people will not be as like
ly to need drugs.
Lowenstein said she will focus
on how to change feelings of nega
tive self-worth, tips for conflict
resolution, personal stress inven
tory, communication skills and
ways to discover key stress signals
that help prevent stress-related
behaviors, such as drug abuse.
“If a person’s attention toward
what they’re doing is positive,
they’ll want to do it again and
again,” she said.
Ann Kokkeler, program coordina
tor for SAPP, said students need to
know about substance abuse for their
own sake, and for the sake of others.
“Prevention is part of educa
tion,” she said.
Kokkeler said students must
complete a take-home essay exam
of five pages due 10 days after the
seminar. The essay entails compar
ing readings from SAPP’s Web site
to lecture notes from the seminar,
she said.
Kokkeler said even though the
seminars are at the 400 level, the con
tent can be managed by all students.
“I think the level scares off a lot
of freshman and sophomores, but
this is not a workload they can’t
handle,” she said. “Information on
substance abuse is valuable for
everyone, and the earlier they get it,
the more valuable it is.”
Students can earn one elective
credit for one-day workshops,
the University suggested could have
been increased, had Councilor Bon
ny Bettman’s defeated amendment
been passed by the council. The
amendment also proposed provid
ing other city lots as sources of rev
enue for WISTEC.
wanted to find a
way that the University
could provide
compensation for the loss
of WISTECs revenue.
David Kelly
Eugene City Councilor
“If Councilor Bettman’s amend
ment had been passed, we wouldn’t
need to close our doors,” Trendler
said.
Three other locations for the
transit station had been consid
ered, but Kelly said the University
and the City Council decided the
lot next to Autzen was the most
practical.
Williams argues that the lot is
leased to the University, which let
WISTEC use the lot in the first place.
“WISTEC has known since last
fall that we wanted the lot back, and
it’s not accurate or fair for them to
make the University seem responsi
ble [for the museum closing],”
Williams said.
Regardless of where blame might
lie, Trendler said it was the council’s
decision to allow the University to
go ahead with its plan to build the
transit station.
WISTEC will decide Monday on
a plan for closing the museum.
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Substance abuse
workshops include:
Saturday, Jan. 27: “Attachment Dis
orders,” discussing the symptoms
and strategies for working with chil
dren who fail to bond with their
families.
Saturday, Feb. 10: “Preventing Juve
nile Delinquency. ”
Saturday, Feb. 24: "Success with
Stress,” how to use one’s own re
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ing with life’s challenges.
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17-18:
“Meth Use and Consequences.” *
A complete schedule is available on
SAPP'S web site:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/--sap
To register for a seminar, call the Of
fice of the Registrar at 346-3243.
which cost $40, and two credits
for two-day seminars, which cost
$80. The seminars and workshops
are listed under Education
407/507, and students can register
through the Office of the Registrar
through the Friday before the
weekend session. The workshops
run from 8 a.m. to 5:20 p.m., with
breaks throughout the day.
Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 24
Discussion: A panel featuring
Suzanne Chanti, Susan Stoner,
Serena Cruz, Aruna Masih and
Michael Dale will discuss
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Rights Law,” sponsored by the
Wayne Morse Center for Law and
Politics and the University Women’s
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Australian Student Experience.” 4-5
p.m., International Lounge. Free.
Meeting: KWVA Board of Directors.
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Winter Career Fair: Employers share
information about their
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a.m.-4 p.m., Ballroom, EMU. Free.
Human Resources Workshop: “What
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Preregister. 1-4 p.m., Alsea/Coquille
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Russian Film Series: “Eugene
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