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P age A4 S eptember 7, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver OGI Hires New Provost, Department Head, Faculty Members Dr. Martin Becker The Oregon G raduate Institute ofScience& Technology announces the hiring o fa vice president, depart ment head and two faculty members. D r. M a rtin B e c k e r is th e university 's new vice president for academic affairs and provost. He most recently was dean o f the Col lege o f Engineering and Voctor P. Clarke Professor o f Engineering at the University o f Miami. Prior to that, Becker served for 24 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He joined RP1 as an associ ate professor and was associate dean for research when he took the posi tion at University o f Miami in 1990. He began his career with G en eral Electric’s Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y. Becker earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering science form New York University and his m aster’s and coatoral degrees in engineering Dr. Andrew P. Black Dr. John Launchbury from the Massachusetts Institute o f Technology. Dr. Jam es H untzicker, who served as O G I’s provost prior to Becker’s hiring, remains as senior vice president. Dr. Andrew P Black has taken the position o f professor and head o f the Department o f Com puter Sci ence and Engineering. Black comes from D igital E quipm ent C o rp .’s Cam bridge Research Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., where he was a m em ber o f the research staff. He joined Digital in December 1986. Whi le at Digital, Black taught at Harvard University. Other academic experience includes five years with the Department o f com puter Science at the University o f W ashington. Black earned his bachelor’s de gree from the University o f East Anglia in Norwich, England, and his doctorate from the U niversity o f Oxford. His interests includenotonly com puter technology but also its social impact. Specifically, he is in terested in the use o f com puters by people with disabilities and the power o f the Internet as an em bryonic in formation highway. As d e p a rtm e n t head . B lack succeeds D r. R ic h a rd B K ie b u r tz , w h o s te p p e d d o w n from th e p o sitio n a fte r m o re than 12 y e a rs, to d e v o te m o re tim e to te a c h in g and to d ire c t O G I’s P a c ific S o ftw a re R esearch C e n te r. Jo in in g th e C SE d e p a rtm e n t as a fa c u lty m e m b e r is Dr. John L a u n c h b u ry . L a u n c h b u ry la st w as w ith S c o tla n d ’s G la sg o w U n iv e rsity , w h e re he le c tu re d in the D e p a rtm e n t o f C o m p u tin g S c ie n c e fo r th re e y e a rs. H e e a rn e d h is b a c h e l o r ’s (w ith f ir s t c la s s h o n o r s ) a n d m a s te r ’s d e g re e s from th e U ni- than for any other age group. Five Oregon counties reported about one in three deaths to be tobacco related: G illia m C o u n ty , 36 p e rc e n t; Tillam ook County, 32 percent; Coos County, 31 percent; Lincoln County, 31 percent; and Lake County, 31 percent. Follow ing are some highlights from the 1992 report: * For the first time since 1987 the state’s death rate increased - by 3 percent to 863.2 per 100,000. * On average, an Oregonian died every 20 minutes. * A record 492 Oregonians com mitted suicide; the rate (16.6 per 100,000 population) w as just 2 per cent below the record high 1986 rate. * In one year, homicide deaths rose 24 percent to 168. AIDS deaths were up 11 percent to a record high 249. * For the third consecutive year v e rsity o f O x fo rd , and h is d o c to ra te in c o m p u tin g sc ie n c e from the U n iv e rsity o f G la sg o w . He jo in s th e C S E d e p a rtm e n t as an a ssista n t p ro fe sso r. The Departm ent o f Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics has a new faculty member. Dr. Robert Jaffe, who will work as an academic coordinator and instructor. Jaffe came to OGI from San Diego State University, where he taught in the D epartm ent o f Electri cal and C om puter Engineering. He also has held faculty positions in philosophy at Lewis & Clark Col lege and the University o f W iscon sin-M adison. Jaffe earned a doctorate in elec trical and com puter engineering from Portland State University. He has a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis U niversity and a m a ste r’s from Harvard University. “Red Wagon Brigade” To Welcome Kindergartners A “Red Wagon Brigade” hits the streets W ednesday, Aug. 31, 1994, from 10a m. to noon w elcom ing some 80 new kindergartners to Kelly Elementary School (9030 S.E. Cooper). Teachers travel in pairs with a wagon full o f crayons and books, knocking on the doors o f neighbor hood homes where new students live. ners. P eople u n der 25 a c c o u n t for an e stim a te d 8 m illio n new cases o f ST D s each y ear, o r tw o -th ird s o f all new STD in fe c tio n s. It is e stim a te d th a t by age 21, one in fiv e p e o p le have been tre a te d for an STD . “ T e e n a g e rs and y o ung ad ults are m ore su sc e p tib le to ST D in fe c tio n than o ld e r p e o p le ,” said C la rk e . “ T his is p a rtly b e c a u se o f a n a to m y . In th is age gro u p , e sp e c ia lly young fe m a le s, such fa c to rs as an im m ature im m une sy stem in c re a se the lik e lih o o d th a t th e y w ill get an ST D from u n p ro te c te d se x .” “ Also, sexually active young people are more likely to have sex with more than one partner, and they are more likely to choose a birth control method that offers no protec tion against STDs." Clarke explained that, accord ing to surveys, sexually active young people are tw ice as likely to use oral ENROLL NOW contraceptives as condoms, the only birth control method that provides any protection against STDs. “There is com pelling evidence that latex condom s are 98 to 99 percent effec tive when used correctly and consis tently,” she said. In addition to HI V/AIDS, which is usually fatal, there are three other viral, lifelong infections: genital h e rp e s; h um an p a p illo m a v iru s (HPV), the cause o f genital warts; and hepatitis B. Common bacterial STDs include chlamydia and gonor rhea, which can be cured if they are detected and treated but often ex hibit no symptoms. Free, confidential information about STDs is available through the N ational STD Hotline, operated by ASHA, 800/227-8922. People can also write for a new, free brochure, “ Stopping G onorrhea," to: ASHA, Dept. PR39, P.O. 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You may find yourself in the posi tion o f having to provide help som e day. Everyone should know what to do in an emergency. You should know who to call and what care to provide. Providing care involves giving first aid until professional m edical help arrives. E veryone should know first aid. By recognizing an em ergency and taking action to help, you give injured or ill persons the best chance for survival. Know your local em er gency telephone number. The rapid arrival o f professional help increases the victim ’s chances o f surviving a life-threatening emergency. The American Red Cross rec ommends that everyone take a first aid or C.P R. course For more in form ation, contact the O ffice o f Public Affairs, 284-0011, ext. 296. JKhüerttse ¿Un (Lbr (OhscxTicr the infant death rate fell. The 1992 infant death rate was a record low (7.1 per 1,000 live births). * The death rate for newborn less than 28 days old also fell to a record low (3.8 per 1,000 live births). This is due, in part, to the use o f a new m edical treatment that eases breathing for newborns with under developed respiratory systems. * The infant death rate was three times high for African Americans than non-Hispanic whites. * Most teens attempting to kill themselves (72 percent) used drugs as a suicide method. However, guns caused most (70 percent) o f the teen suicide deaths. * The most common reasons teens cited for suicide attempts were: family discord, 59 percent; an argu ment with a boy/girlfriend, 35 per cent; and school problems, 25 per cent. Increase In Gonorrhea May Have Special Impact On Teens, ASHA Warns A recent report that gonorrhea cases are on the upswing has special significance for teenagers, who have high rates o f infection with this sexu ally transmitted disease. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the num ber o f gonorrhea cases re ported nationwide during the second quarter o f 1994 rose by 13.6 percent over the first quarter. In recent years, girls ages 15-19 have had the highest gonorrhea rates among women, wh ile boys in this age group have had the second highest rates among men. “ It appears that g o n o rrh ea m ay be spreading at a faster rate, and this will have an even greater impact on teenagers than on older people,” said Peggy Clarke, president o f the Ameri can Social Health Association. As high school and college stu dents return to school this fall, ASH A urges them to be aware o f the dan gers o f gonorrhea and other STDs and to make responsible choices about their sexual practices and part- Given the num ber o f injuries and sudden illnesses that occur in the United States each year, you might well have to deal with an emergency situation someday. C on sid e r the follow ing: • A bouttw om illionpeoplearehos- pitalized each year because o f injuries, and injuries result in nearly 142,500 deaths each year. • Infectious diseases used to cause the greatest concern about the health ofchildren, but now, unin tentional injuries cause m ost childhood deaths. Injuries also cause millions o f heart-stopping moments each year. In fact, inju ries are the leading cause o f death and disability in children and young adults. • More than six million people in the United States have cardiovas cular disease. Cardiovascular dis ease causes about one million deaths in the United States each year. That’s nearly half o f the deaths from all causes. • More than 500,000 Americans have stro k es each year, and Dr. Robert Jaffe Oregon’s Tobacco Deaths Continue Almost 30 years after the Sur geon General warned o f the perils o f smoking, one in four deaths o f O r egonians was linked to tobacco. In 1992, 6,353 Oregonians died o f to bacco-related causes, according to the newly released V olum e II o f the 1992 Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report. The statistical report, pro duced by the Oregon Health Divi sion, focuses on the 25,714 Orego nians who died during 1992. “Tobacco use is the m ost impor tant cause o f premature death in the state," said State E pidem iologist David Fleming. O ther topics cov ered in the report include infant death and adolescent suicide. Doctors linked to tobacco some 30 percent o f O regon’s male deaths and 19 percent o f the female deaths. Forty-one percent o f the deaths among 55- to 64-year-olds were re lated to tobacco, a higher proportion First Aid Training May Save A Life A iiie iim 's miglilxuliooil bunk
