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22nd Annual
Craft Center Family Album Show
art exhibit
featuring the artwork of Craft Center Staff
Opening Reception: Monday, February I 1, 5:OOpm - 7:00pm
Show Dates: February 9 - February 24
Hours: 7:00am-1 1:30pm monday-friday
10:00am-1 1:30pm saturday-sunday
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22 nd Annual
Album Show
2002
University of Oregon ' r ' " ~ _ EMU
Erb Memorial Union Adell McMillan Gallery Craft Center
13th Ave S University St. -——- 346-436 I
The Admiral David E. Jeremiah and
Mrs. Connie Jeremiah Lecture Series
Politics, Nationalism, and
Archaeological Research on the
‘Cradle of Khmer Civilization ’
Miriam Stark
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Hawaii
Monday, February 11
7:00 pm
Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall
Reception to follow
This lecture series is sponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 346'1521.
Advertise your events in the
Oregon Daily Emerald.
We have special university rates.
Call 346-3712
Education, awareness crucial
for preventing spread of STDs
■ Love, sex and dating can be
dangerous, but education is the
key to avoid transmitting STDs
By Arlene Juan
for the Emerald
As Valentine’s Day approaches,
many people are looking forward to
romantic evenings with their signif
icant others. But while planning
the perfect night, it’s important to
keep safe sex in mind.
Ray Agullana, a disease interven
tion specialist for the Lane County
Public Health Department, said the
spread of sexually transmitted dis
eases continues to increase.
“The main concern for college
students is having unprotected sex
when under the influence of alco
hol or drugs,” he said.
According to Agullana, the
most common STD throughout
the United States, including Ore
gon, is chlamydia. Like most
STDs, chlamydia is transmitted
person-to-person through oral,
rectal or genital sex. It takes about
two weeks after contracting the
disease for symptoms to appear,
Agullana said. Men infected with
the bacteria may complain of a
burning sensation upon urination,
a mucous discharge from the pe
nis and increased frequency of
urination, he said.
“Women infected with the bacte
ria are more unfortunate because
chlamydia may be present with no
noticeable symptoms,” Agullana
said. “As many as 75 percent of
women and 50 percent of men may
be symptom-free.”
According to state reports pro
vided to the Center of Disease Con
trol, teenage girls have the highest
rates of chlamydial infection. In
these states, females between ages
15 and 19 represent 46 percent of
people who have the disease and
women age 20 to 24 represent an
other 33 percent.
Treatment for chlamydia is an
oral antibiotic called
Azithromycin, which is taken for
seven to 10 days.
Gonorrhea and syphilis are the
next most common STDs. Agullana
said the rate of gonorrhea continues
‘There are a lot of
protection methods when
it comes to sex. It just
becomes a matter
of practicing safe sex.”
Ray Agullana
disease intervention specialist
to increase, while the rate of
syphilis is decreasing.
The CDC estimates that about
650,000 people will contract gonor
rhea every year, according to its
Web page on STDs, located at
www.cdc.gov/std. Gonorrhea is
caused by a bacterium that can
multiply rapidly in the body’s mu
cous membranes. CDC statistics in
dicate that approximately 75 per
cent of all reported cases of
gonorrhea are found in persons be
tween ages 15 and 29. The highest
rates of infection are usually found
in 15- to 19-year-old women and
20- to 24-year-old men.
Treatment for gonorrhea is a sin
gle-dose antibiotic called Cefixium.
Agullana said the only complica
tion with treating gonorrhea is if the
bacterium spreads to the throat. In
this case, infected persons are treat
ed by injection.
Syphilis is passed from person to
person through direct contact with
a syphilis sore. Pregnant women
with the disease can pass it on to
the baby they are carrying.
“The late stage of syphilis is life
threatening, but there are currently
no cases in Lane County,” Agullana
said.
Treatment for syphilis varies de
pending on the stage of the disease.
Health professionals such as Ag
ullana emphasize the use of protec
tion. The University Health Center,
Lane County Public Health and
other health clinics in the Eu
gene/ Springfield area offer various
types of contraceptives against
STDs, such as condoms, dental
dams and oral contraceptives. To
increase prevention of STDs, Agul
lana advises limiting the number of
sex partners or practicing absti
nence and getting a check-up every
six months if sexually active.
“There are a lot of protection
methods when it comes to sex,” Ag
ullana said. “It just becomes a mat
ter of practicing safe sex.”
Sophomore Ana Haase-Reed be
lieves she is well-informed about
STDs.
“I’m not personally aware of STD
resources on campus,” she said,
“but I have heard that the health
center offers good programs.”
Senior Joseph Nash thinks he has
learned more about STDs since sex
education in high school.
“There are plenty of opportuni
ties to learn about STDs almost
everywhere,” he said.
Arlene Juan is a freelance reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald.
Senate Ad Hoc Committee on ^
Campus Responses to Aftermath of September 11 Events
In an effort to facilitate education and informed discussion—from a variety of
perspectives—on the events of September 1111 and their aftermath, the University of
Oregon Senate Ad-Hoe Committee charged with coordinating the university's response is
sponsoring a series of panel presentations and discussions during Winter term 2002.
Symposia will meet weekly, on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:30 P.M., in 100
Willamette Hall. Each week will feature presentations and discussions that
draw on the particular perspectives, specializations and expertise of University
of Oregon schools, departments and programs, as well as individual faculty
engaged in teaching and research on topics that inform our understanding of the
September 11th crisis and subsequent developments.
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The University Senate Ad-Hoc Committee does not take positions on issues of policy, politics, or
ideology. To ensure its neutrality, the Committee will provide clear identification of the specific
sponsorship of campus activities by the groups that carry them out. In all cases, the content of
remarks and materials relating to these issues are the responsibility of their sponsors, and do not
reflect an official position of the Ad-Hoc Committee or the University of Oregon.
All meetings are free of charge and open to the public.
To contact the Senate Ad Hoc Committee, e-mail
septl 1 @darkwing.uoregon.edu or connect to the
Committee’s web page:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/-septll/