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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.”
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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.
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