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Tuesday, August 14,2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 15
Jessie Swimeley Emerald
Jim Stockton, the superintendent of the beer and wine department at the Lane County Fair, pours a beer to be judged Sunday morning. Fifty-one amateur home brews were
entered into 11 different categories ranging from pale ales to dark lagers and wheat beers to fruit beers.
Lane County Fair brings exhibits, rides, music
Fair-goers can
see livestock,
hear musical
actsWynonna
Judd and Pat
Benatarandtry
out the ‘Sling
Shot’ ride today
through Sunday
By Clayton Cone
for the Emerald
Perennial Lane County Fair blue rib
bon-winner Margaret Coffey has spent
the last few days preparing her new ex
hibit on beekeeping, entitled, "Good
Management Brings Sweet Profit," for
this year’s fair. The exhibit is an intro
ductory experience to beekeeping in
which 12 figurines guide a fair visitor
through eight miniature floral displays
representing the four seasons and what
rookie beekeepers can do in each sea
son to get into the business.
Coffey’s beekeeping tour is just one of
the hundreds of exhibits featured at the
Lane County Fair, which will also in
elude carnival rides, dozens of food
booths and stages hosting live music for
six nights in a row. The fair starts Tues
day, Aug. 14, and runs through Sunday,
Aug. 19, at the Lane County Fairgrounds.
In her 27 years of bringing her bee
keeping exhibit to the fair, Coffey said
she has won a first-place award in the
apiary class of the land products exhi
bition in Wheeler Pavilion for 26 of
those years.
The only year she got second place
was because the weather was so hot it
melted the honey in her observation
hive and made a mess of the exhibit.
But Coffey won't have honey or bees
with her this year — just the figurines,
the plants and flowers, and her knowl
edge. Still, she's hopeful that she’ll re
ceive another top award.
Marquee performers at this year’s fair
include Jaci Velasquez, Oak Ridge
Boys, Pat Benatar and Wynonna Judd.
Exhibits range from photography to
beer and wine making. The livestock
shows include everything from bulls
and heifers to pigeons, pigs and goats.
Carnival rides planned for this year’s
fair range from the mildly frightening
to the extreme, such as one called
“Sling Shot” that catapults two riders
in an open-air sphere, suspended only
by bungee cords, 200 feet into the air.
Turn to County Fair, page 4
Health center joins federal birth control program
■ Students who qualify can receive
free contraceptives, but to get them
participants must first see a doctor
By Amy Fryburg
for the Emerald
Getting free birth control at the Uni
versity now comes with a price — your
time — and only if you qualify.
The University Health Center will no
longer provide free condoms in baskets
at various places in doctors’ offices. In
stead, the health center fully enacted a
new program July 1 known as the Fami
ly Planning Expansion Project.
FPEP is a federally funded program
under Medicaid that provides free birth
control services to men and women in
Oregon who qualify.
Under FPEP, students at the University
will be required to have a “contraception
consultation” with a medical professional
at the health center before receiving free
condoms and other birth control, Phar
macy Manager Julie Dewshup said.
Health Center Medical Director Ger
ald Fleischli said the condoms disap
peared during spring term amid a num
ber of budget cutbacks. He said the
health center actually stopped purchas
ing condoms last fall, and it took until
spring for the supply to run out.
“The school used to have to purchase
them,” Fleischli said. “Now FPEP pays
the school to purchase them. ”
The University is contracted with
Planned Parenthood, the organization that
received the FPEP grant from the govern
ment and is also involved in the program.
Joanne Alba, the education and train
ing specialist at Planned Parenthood,
said Planned Parenthood's clientele has
tripled since FPEP went into effect. There
are guidelines for receiving services un
der the FPEP program. According to the
health center’s Web site, applicants must
be U.S. citizens and Oregon residents
younger than 56 years old and make less
than 85 percent of the Federal Poverty
Guidelines to qualify for these services.
A single person must make less than
$1,288 a month to qualify and a family of
four less than $2,629.
“We are trying to send a message to
students to be responsible and use pro
tection to prevent STDs and pregnan
cies,” Fleischli said. “I think the avail
ability of FPEP is a very positive thing
for the students. We’re pleased to be a
part of the program.”
For international students and others
who do not qualify for free birth control
services under FPEP, there are other re
sources in the Eugene community.
Alba said free condoms are available
at Planned Parenthood’s Eugene and
Springfield clinics without a medical
consultation.
Although Alba said free condoms are
key for students’ sexual health, she added
that she wishes students did not have to
go through the consultation procedure.
“It’s not a good public health prac
Tum to FPEP, page 4
Condoms are
no longer
available in
baskets on
counters at the
University
Health Center.
Students must
receive a
“contraception
consultation”
at the health
center before
receiving free
contraceptives.
Free condoms
are available at
Planned
Parenthood in
Eugene and
Springfield.
Source: University
Health Center and
Planned Parenthood
Executive
sets goals,
priorities
■ Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair have
spent their summer tackling
projects ranging from
communication to fee usage
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Newly elected ASUO Executive
Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair have
only been on the job since June, but
according to one seasoned member of
the ASUO, the pair are already off to
a stronger start on accomplishing
their goals for the year than previous
student government leaders.
Jennifer Creighton, the ASUO
accounting coordinator, has worked
in student gov
ernment for the
past five years.
She said
Brooklyn and
i\air nave strengtns tnat otner leaders
have lacked at times, such as the abil
ity to work well together and with
their staff.
And in the first few months of
their term, the two women have
been setting goals and working to
achieve them, she said.
“They’re making pretty good
progress, really, compared to other
executives,” Creighton said.
Brooklyn said she and Nair are
developing specific priorities to
accomplish the goals they set during
their campaign.
One of these is what Brooklyn calls
“ASUO outreach” — connecting stu
dent government more directly with
students on campus and members of
the community, a communication
gap that many past executives
pledged to bridge but then plagued
them when they made it into office.
While the term “outreach” may
seem vague, she said, she and Nair
are trying to put it into action by
organizing events that will make
students more aware of the ASUO’s
presence on campus.
For example, she said, staff mem
bers are planning a fall movie series
and are working to increase publicity
about student government.
“We’re looking for some ways to
let the campus know we’re here,”
she said.
The office now has a new
brochure, and the old Web site is
under construction to reflect the
new leaders, Nair said. When the
site is finished, students will be
able to post any criticisms they have
about student government, which
Nair and Brooklyn have pledged
they will respond to.
Another way they hope to increase
student awareness, she said, is by
posting course descriptions and eval
uations on Duck Web. They also hope
to post the Zero Awards, a list of
Turn to ASUO, page 3