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FIND THING) IN ODE CLASSIFIED) (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) Dieringer continued from page 1 fluid surrounding a person’s brain and spinal cord. Common symptoms of meningo coccal disease include high fevers, headaches and stiff necks. Addition al symptoms could range from nau sea and vomiting to confusion and sleepiness, according to the Center for Disease Control’s Web site. “You just don’t expect someone who is young and vibrant to go from having a sore throat one day to dy ing,” said Mike Eyster, University Housing director. “It’s a terrible shock. We’re still not sure where she got it.” At a press conference Saturday in the University Housing office, Dieringer’s sorority sisters in Kappa Delta, members of University Hous ing and one of her professors de scribed her as a future leader in the Greek System, intelligent, giving and “a constant smile. ” “We were really excited to see what she could do in the future,” said Kelsey Mitchell, Kappa Delta president. Dieringer, an only child from the Portland area, volunteered at a number of places in the Eugene community, including Sacred Heart and Edison Elementary School. Mitchell added that Dieringer had discussed a general interest in studying medicine, and Kappa Delta members heavily recruited Dieringer to pledge the sorority be cause of her personality and leader ship skills. Taka Takeuchi, an assistant com plex director for Hamilton Com plex, which includes Cloran Hall, said Dieringer was one of the first students in the complex to volun teer to be a hall president. News of Dieringer’s death moved rapidly through the residence halls, and Takeuchi said University coun selors held a special meeting for stu dents Friday night in Cloran Hall. Meetings were also held at Kappa Delta. “I was surprised when I went to Candidates continued from page 1 run about three weeks ago, when Nair agreed to join her ticket. Brooklyn said she and Nair have been talking to people who work with the ASUO, finding out what they like and the changes they want to see in the Executive office. Presidential candidate Eric Bailey, the current vice president of the Stu dent Senate, has also been consider ing the race for a long time. Bailey said he spoke with fellow senators during winter break, including Sen. C.J. Gabbe, who ran for Executive last year, and decided to run shortly before winter term began. “But I first had to decide what my platform would be,” he said. Bailey, a sophomore, has enlisted the help of junior Jeff Oliver, ASUO housing advocate, as his running mate. They are both in the early stages of their campaign, planning events and talking to student groups. As usual, a number of candidates from outside student politics have thrown in their hats. Bret Jacobson, a former Oregon Daily Emerald columnist, said he spent the past months learning more about how student government works and gradually decided to run. “I found I had the desire and the drive to try to make a positive dif ference,” Jacobson said. Jacobson, and his running mate, Matt Cook, are both juniors. There will also be a handful of candidates running for the office on humorous platforms, and, as in pre vious years, some are staff members at the Oregon Commentator. my class and students already knew,” Takeuchi said. “In my hall, there was sadness and fear about this disease.” A person can catch the bacteria that cause meningitis through pro longed or close contact with an in fected person. Eyster said such con tact can include kissing, sharing the same eating utensils or being coughed upon, but the bacteria can not survive for more than a few min utes outside of the human body. Skellcerf added that another risk factor is living in the residence halls, where the small, crowded spaces can create a greater risk of contraction. She said most of the time when people are exposed to meningococ cal disease, their immune systems can handle it without difficulty. But occasionally, an “invasive disease” occurs, and the person can die within 48 hours. Skellcerf said the invasive disease is so rare that probably less than 1 percent of peo ple who are exposed will develop symptoms. But while quelling concerns of other cases of meningitis, Dieringer’s friends and sorority sis ters are also trying to begin the process of healing and grieving her sudden death. As five of her sorority members held hands, hugged each other and fought back tears on Sat urday, they said everyone in the house is dealing with the grief dif ferently. “It goes in waves, goes in ups and downs, but we’re all there for each other,” Kappa Delta member Amalia Groebe said. Mitchell said the sorority is dis cussing turning Dieringer’s tragedy into a philanthropy and raising money for awareness of the disease and how it is spread. But Kappa Delta member Jackie Reed said those decisions will be made when the pain of their loss goes away, if it ever will completely stop. “I talked to a friend and she told me ... the pain never goes away. You have to get used to it,” she said. “I don’t know why, [but] that’s a comfort to me.” Candidates for 2001ASUO Executive (in alphabetical order): • Eric Bailey and Jeff Oliver • Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair •Sho Ikeda • Bret Jacobson and Matthew Cook • Eric Qualheim and Brian Boone Source: ASUO Elections Board Eric Qualheim will run with Bri an Boone, a staff writer for the Commentator. Qualheim said they decided to run after watching last year’s contest. “We couldn’t possibly do worse than the people last year, so we decided to try this year,” he said. Qualheim jokingly wrote in his candidate statement that he ran for third grade president on a platform of abolitionism and that Boone was raised by pirates off the coast of Ireland. But as the pair prepare to bom bard the campus with publicity about who they are and what they would do if elected, Qualheim said he and Boone aren’t sure how serious their campaign will be come. “One thing we’re sure of is that we would do a good job,” Qual heim said. Commentator photographer Sho Ikeda will also run, but without a vice presidential candidate. He could not be reached for comment before press time. Junior Brad Schatzel, who filed only minutes before the election deadline on Friday, also could not be reached for comment before press time.
