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There is a great way to get real experience in advertising right here on campus! Writ for the ODE. We’re hiring creative, enthusiastic students to be sales representatives and ad designers starting fall 2001. Build skills, your resume and add to your portfolio. See if we’ve got the job for you... Thursday, May 3rd 10am-4pm Suite 300 EMU Call 346-5511 for more info Blood bank seeks student donors By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald The Lane Memorial Blood Bank staff says it is looking to tap 200 donors during today and Wednes day’s blood drive in the Fir Room of the EMU. The blood bank is holding the drive with the Alumni Association. People interested in donating blood can do so from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Donors must weigh more than 110 pounds, be in good health and must not have received any tattoos or body pierc ings in the last year. Those plan ning to participate should eat a meal within two hours of donating and bring picture ID. Donor recruiter Christine Stock dale said Eugene is not in dire need of blood at this time, but it could be a different story in the fu ture. “With University students, we hope that they will start a habit of donating to take with them when they leave school,” she said. Zoe Jones, the Alumni Associa tion blood drive chair, said many students often don’t have the chance to go out and donate, espe cially those who live on campus and don’t have transportation. “Students are a large population that’s pretty much untapped,” she said. “People who give blood actu ally make a huge difference, and we want to see that continue.” While most agree that donating blood is important, Linda Rein hart, a registered nurse and assis tant supervisor for the blood bank, said some people can’t get past their fears or misconceptions about donating blood, such as a fear of needles or possible side effects. She said people who hesitate to donate are welcome to visit the drive and have their questions an swered. “Some are maybe a little nerv ous about it, but many donate for the first time and come out saying it was really easy,” she said. Reinhart said blood supplies need to be replaced every 42 days to maintain freshness, so it’s vital to keep holding blood drives. Smoking continued from page 5 Brown, R-Wilsonville, would pro hibit local governments from enact ing smoking ordinances that are more restrictive than state laws. It has been referred to the Senate Business, Labor and Economic De velopment committee. Supporters of the bill include the Oregon Restaurant Association, which says the bill is necessary to avoid hurting the more than 3,000 restaurant, beverage and hospitali ty establishments. “Due to the patchwork system to day regarding smoking bans in Ore gon, it is creating confusion and un fair competition,” said Lynn Breezley, the association’s corpo rate communication director. “If you have one restaurant in one city that prohibits smoking and another five miles away that allows smok ing, [smoking] patrons will choose the one without the ban.” The ordinance would amend current laws to allow smoking in rooms or halls being used by organ izations holding bingo games. It would also allow restaurants and bowling alleys to expand or reduce the size of smoking areas for pa trons. The ordinance doesn’t affect bans passed before Jan. 1,1999, but would impact Eugene ordinances. “The state Legislature has done things in the past that overturned local rule. This is just another ex ample,” Eugene City Council presi gg~~" dent Betty Taylor said. The council has been tracking the measure since its introduction in the state House of Representa tives. Councilor Bonny Bettman traveled to Salem to present testi mony opposing the bill more than a week ago. A ban on smoking in bingo par lors, bars and taverns in Eugene be comes effective in July following the council’s wrestling with the is sue last fall. The Eugene City Coun cil also passed two other ordi nances concerning smoking. The. first requires stores selling tobacco products to be licensed and have vendor-assisted sales. The second ordinance prohibits smoking in businesses with two or more em ployees. Eugene-area Silver Dollar Club owner Lucas Mericantante dis agrees with the government pre venting smoking in private estab lishments. “The ban would hurt my busi ness by pushing customers over to Springfield. If you want to stop smoking, then outlaw tobacco,” he said. Whether this latest debate results in a smoking ban or not, some busi ness owners just want a final deci sion. “Statewide — one way or anoth er woul^l be preferable,” said Dan Geyer, manager of Rennie’s Land ing. “But if we were not required, we wouldn’t make an accommoda tion for it.” fe 6S2600 Congratulations, GTFs! The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation would like to thank the 1,200 GTFs at the University of Oregon for all their hard work and dedication to their jobs. you make tfie HO successful! Happy GTF Appreciation Day 2001. -----—_—*k
