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Kerry: Speech stressed country collaboration Tim Bobosky | Photographer Joel Bauer, a Thurston High School junior, wears his Bush/Cheney ‘04 sign as a skirt on the comer of 10th Avenue and Willamette Street. Teresa Heinz Kerry was speaking across the street at the McDonald Theatere. Continued from page 1A addressing the current administration’s failures in the areas of health care, edu cation and women’s issues while ex plaining her husband’s plan for com bating them. About 1,100 people attended the event, putting McDonald Theatre at full capacity and forcing event coor dinators to turn away an estimated 300 more people. Heinz Kerry emphasized the need for the country to work with other countries “with a generosity that is not condescending, with strength that is not threatening and with a heart full of pride that is not arrogant.” Several prominent Eugene politi cians spoke before Heinz Kerry, prais ing the Kerrys for their commitment to health care, education and women’s rights. “The Bush administration’s war on women has been unrelenting,” May or-elect Kitty Piercy said. “They have put science at the mercy of this ad ministration’s moral bias.” University graduate student Nathan Corwin said hearing Heinz Kerry discuss education and the need for responsible scientific research has aided in his transformation from anti Bush to pro-Kerry. “Every time 1 hear her or Kerry speak 1 like them more and more,” Corwin said. Warren said much of what Heinz Kerry and her husband say about the Bush administration “are outright lies,” and he felt it was necessary to show the community and the media that Republicans do exist and not everyone believes the rhetoric that is repeated by the Kerry campaign. meghanncuniff@ daily emerald, com Senior news reporter Parker Howell contributed to this story Vaccine: Simply washing hands can stop spread Continued from page 1A before running out of the vaccine, which protects against the virus for about three months. In response to the lack of flu shots this ent states and about 85 different countries — when they attend classes. Stress, late nights with friends and poor eating habits make students more susceptible to illness, Harbert said. T ifo io 1/inH nf year, the health center has shifted attention away from flu vaccines to promoting healthy behavior, Harbert said. “This gives us an oppor tunity to real ly promote healthy be havior,” Har bert said. “Be sides getting flu shots, there are PRIORITY GROUPS FOR INFLUENZA VACCINATION • Children 6 to 23 months old • Adults 65 years and older • People 2 to 64 years old with underlying chronic medical conditions • Women who will be pregnant during the in fluenza season (usually December through March, peaking in February) • Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities • Children 6 months to 18 years on chronic a: pirin therapy • Healthcare workers involved in direct patienl care • Out-of-home caregivers and household con tacts of children under 6 months old. jj/hir'h are h “Life is kind of like a three-legged stool,” she said. “It’s hard to do, but it’s really important for students to keep their lives in balance. Getting enough rest, wash ing your hands and eating a good diet is very important.” Although the Uni - versity will not offer flu shots this year, students who are part of the CDC’s recommended priority groups, acorl nn rortain moHical some things students can do to stay which are based on certain medical healthy that are very important.” conditions and ages, should go Students should wash their t0 ^ane County Health — Deoartment to be vaccinated, said Hands otten, tolJow “respiratory etiquette” by covering their mouths and noses when they cough, dis pose of used tissues in the trash and wear surgical masks if sick when visiting the health center, Harbert said. She added that students, whether WHERE PRIORITY GROUPS CAN GET FLU SHOTS • Personal physicians • Lane County Health De partment starting Oct. 11. Call the county's flu line at 6824181 for locations, or call 6824013 with ques tions. ivy uv vuvviuaivu, oaivi University Director and Associate Dean of Student Life Laura Blake Jones. “Having the flu is harmful for anybody,” Blake Jones said. “But for high-risk students in certain priority groups, . where getting the flu can exacerbate other prob lems for them, those are the students we’re con living in residence halls or off cam- cerned about. ” pus, plunge into an entirely differ- - ent germ pool — from many differ- karahansen@dailyemerald.com fcsiede#tt& Oscar-winning filmmaker of “Fahrenheit .-9/11” and #1 best-selling author On sale to general public Wednesday, Oct. 13 at Q m aL Zj cl.111. through U of 0 Ticket Office Charge by phone at (541) 346-4363 or at window in the EMU Lane Event Center at the Fairgrounds
