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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
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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.