SENDING SENIORS OFF IN STYLE
Kate Horton | Photographer
(Above); Melissa Ballard poses with the Duck for a photo in the EMU Amphitheater during the Senior Send-Off 2005 celebration
Wednesday afternoon. (Right):Leah Golden, graduating with a degree in human physiology, enjoys her free rootbeer float in the rain.
Fire: McArthur Court and Autzen Stadium require extra safety precautions
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University Occupational Safety Offi
cer Mark Maguire said this was an im
portant change Eugene and University
officials made approximately seven
years ago.
“We decided philosophically that
sprinkler systems are more effective
than alarm systems for fire protection,”
Maguire said. He said when a sprinkler
head goes off, it is immediately fighting
the fire while sending a signal to the
monitoring station at DPS. He added
alarms are only able to send a signal,
delaying fire suppression efforts by
three to five minutes.
Maguire said new technology en
ables sprinkler systems to be more ef
fective and respond only when ab
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response heads with fusible links
designed to melt and set off a
sprinkler when it reaches a certain
temperature has allowed for more
reliable fire protection. Maguire
said statistically, less than two
sprinkler heads are used per fire.
Even more advanced systems are
in place at the Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art. A fire detection
system in place at the museum can
detect the type of smoke being
emitted and analyze it to determine
the risk factor.
Maguire said not all campus
buildings are fully equipped with
sprinklers, but the University is
working to make it happen. Cur
rently, Allen Hall, the Collier
House, the Chiles Center and Mill
race Studios 1, 2 and 3 do not have
sprinkler systems, but they have
monitored alarms, Maguire said.
“We are in compliance with all
applicable codes, and if we aren’t,
we are working damn hard to get
there,” Maguire said. He later
added, “I can see the time and
financial commitments the Univer
sity has made and to be very can
did, they have been large. It’s a big
dollar commitment, but how
do you put a value on life? How
do you put a value on a lab or
research facility?”
Campbell said most universities
in the Oregon University'System do
not have fire inspectors on staff
and instead rely on overworked
and understaffed fire marshals.
He said the University began
inspecting its own buildings yearly
in 1998.
In addition to sprinkler systems,
staff in buildings where large
crowds congregate, such as the
EMU, have emergency plans in
place in the event of an alarm.
EMU Building Services Coordinator
Terry Johnson said he has partici
pated in many of the evacuations.
He said his staff is trained to go to
the exits and usher people out of
the building as quickly as possible.
He said a supervisor goes to the
alarm box at the same time to veri
fy the location of the alarm and
check to see if a fire is actually oc
curring. The alarm also sounds at a
central monitoring location at DPS
where officers are dispatched to as
sist EMU personnel. Campbell said
the EMU has good evacuation
procedures in place.
“The good thing about the EMU
is there is a significant number of
people at any time who know what
to do,” Campbell said.
Campbell said he is present at
any event with more than 3,000
people, including all sporting
events at McArthur Court and
Autzen Stadium, which on game
day becomes one of the 10 most
populous areas in the state, accord
ing to the Oregon Blue Book. He
said measures are in place to avoid
false evacuations in the event of a
prank or “burning popcorn.”
He added that the secret is in
organization and training.
“You’ve got to get people
doing what they need to do and not
what they don’t need to do,”
Campbell said.
Regardless of any emergency
system that is in place, Campbell
said individuals must do the right
thing and get themselves out of po
tentially dangerous situations.
“What we need is more people
to know what to do,” Campbell
said. “When the alarm’s on or the
word is passed, it’s time to go.”
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Stem cell: Bush argues against experimentation on embyros
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Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin
of Iowa, Dianne Feinstein of
California and Edward Kennedy
of Massachusetts.
The lawmakers say using the
cells may accelerate scientific
progress toward cures and treat
ments for chronic diseases and de
bilitating health conditions.
The most advanced research
available is needed to cure
diseases, Smith said in a May 25
press conference.
“We cannot ask science to find
cures with yesterday’s efforts,” he
said. “We need to expand the hori
zon of our research. In the spirit of
people who are pro-life, in the spir
it of medical research to cure the
most horrible diseases, we stand
united today as Republicans and
Democrats on an issue for life.”
Wyden generally favors legislation
that would provide federal funding
for stem cell research, Wyden
spokesman Andrew Blotky said.
“He’s consistently supported all
forms of research on stem cells,”
Blotky said.
Wyden cited National Institutes
of Health information about
the limitations of adult stem cells
during a July 14, 2004, Senate
committee hearing.
“I come to this issue in a nonpar
tisan way with the view that I
think, while the research shows
that using adult stem cells can help
some people, there are millions of
Americans who suffer from a host
of devastating diseases and their
valiantly supportive families who I
believe deserve more,” he said
during the hearing.
Senate opponents of the bill, in
cluding anti-abortion advocates,
raise moral objections to embryonic
stem cell research. Sen. Rick Santo
rum, R-Pa., a staunch abortion
opponent, said he was “disheart
ened” by the House’s approval but
pleased by Bush’s veto threat.
“Government should encourage
lifesaving research, but should fo
cus on science that both works and
is ethical,” he said.
A Pew Research Center poll in
August showed 52 percent of
Americans believed it was more
important to conduct stem cell re
search than to avoid the loss of the
potential life of human embryos
involved in this research.
Calling babies born as a result of
frozen embryos, “snowflakes,” Bush
has called for adoption of embryos
as an “alternative to the destruction
of life.” He also said there have been
over 600 experiments based on stem
cell lines predating his decision,
adding that there’s potential for an
other 3,000 experiments.
“There’s a lot of research going
on, on adult stem cell research,” he
said. “We’ve got an ethics panel
that has been — that is in place,
that will help us, hopefully,
develop ways to continue to figure
out how to meet the demands of
science and the need for ethics so
that we can help solve some of
these diseases.”
He added that society must
“balance ethics and science.”
“And listen, I understand the
folks that are deeply concerned for
their — a child who might have
juvenile diabetes,” he said. “I
know that the moms and dads
across the country are in agony
about the fate of their child. And
my message to them is, is that
there is research going on and
hopefully we’ll find the cure.”
The Associated Press contributed
to this report.
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