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Lewis & Clark College honors Portland scholars
Lewis & Clark C ollege honored Tara Bedi o f Portland,
Ore., at an O ct. 26 banquet for M ary Stuart Rogers
Scholars. Bedi is a senior m ajoring in econom ics and
resides in ZIP code 97212.
Lewis & Clark aw ards M ary Stuart Rogers scholarships
annually to juniors and seniors in the C ollege o f Arts and
Sciences and to teacher education students in the G raduate
School o f Professional Studies. R ecipients dem onstrate
outstanding academ ic achievem ents com plem ented by
qualities ofleadership, dedication, integrity, com passion,
sensitivity and self-discipline.
Bedi has represented international students in student
governm ent at Lewis & C lark for the past two years. She
has also held an internship w ith the Y oung W om ens’
Christian A ssociation E ncorePlus, prom oting aw areness
and prevention o f cervical and breast cancer. Bedi recently
used a Student Academ ic A ffairs B oard grant to research
the effects o f loan organizations on fertility levels and
women ’ s em pow erm ent in her hom eland o f India. She has
received the Troy R idenour A w ard, an honor given to
students dem onstrating the qualities o f friendliness,
leadership and acceptance o f others.
The Rogers scholarship fund w as created at the C ollege
in 1995 by the M ary Stuart Rogers Foundation. The
foundation contributes to hum an service program s,
medical research and education from the elem entary
through university levels, reflecting the concerns o f its
founder, M ary Stuart Rogers.
The foundation also supports endow ed professorships
in music and education and funds a faculty-student
sum m er science research program at the College.
Tara Bedi
Study reports older women smokers
more at risk than male counterparts
A ssociated P ress
O lder women who smoke are more
than twice as likely to get lung cancer
as older men who light up, according
to a new study.
N ew Y ork City researchers screened
1,000 people who were 60 and older -
459 w om en and 541 men. O f 29 who
had lung cancer, 19 were w om en and
10 were men. Overall, the risk oflung
cancer was 2.3 times higher for women.
O ne o f the researchers, Dr. Natasha
Buckshee o fN ew York Presbyterian
Hospital, said the study is compelling
evidence that w om en have a greater
Michelle Muang Saeteurn
Lewis & C lark College Honors N ortheast Portland Scholar
Lewis & Clark College honored M ichelle M uang Saeteurn
ofN ortheast Portland, OR., at an Oct. 26 banquet for M ary
Stuart Rogers Scholars. Saeteurn is a senior m ajoring in
com m unication and business-econom ics. She resides in
ZIP code 97230.
Lew is & Clark awards M ary Stuart Rogers scholarships
annually to juniors and seniors in the C ollege o f A rts and
Sciences and to teacher education students in the graduate
School o f Professional Studies. R ecipients dem onstrate
outstanding academic achievem ents com plem ented by
qualities ofleadership, dedication, integrity, com passion,
sensitivity and self-discipline.
Saeteurn recently received a Student A cadem ic A ffairs
Board grant to begin her senior research project in
com m unication, a docum entary o f the M ien people native
to her hom eland o f Laos. Saeteurn has w orked as a public
relations intern at Portland G eneral Electric for three
summ ers. She is the past recipient o fa D ean ’s Scholarship
and a LaCrosse C om pany Scholarship.
The Rogers scholarship fund was created at the College
in 1995 by the M ary Stuart Rogers Foundation.
Lewis & C lark College, founded in 1867, is a highly
selective college o f liberal arts and sciences that draws
students from throughout the nation and throughout the
world. The largest independent college in Oregon, Lewis
& Clark College is ranked among the top 10 undergraduate
colleges in the nation for its inti, education program.
susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens
than men.
B u t o th e r re se a rc h e rs sa id the
explanation could be that women
smoke harder or are less likely than
men to be checked for lung cancer by
their doctors.
The findings were to be presented
today in Chicago at a conference o f
the A m erican C ollege o f C hest
Physicians.
The lead researcher, Dr. C laudia
Henschke ofC om ell University, said
a few recent studies also suggested
w omen smokers run a higher risk o f
lung cancer than men. But she said
more work is needed to determ ine the
reasons. "It may tu rn o u t that w om en
somehow smoke m ore o f the cigarette
than m en do," she said.
Dr. L ew is Sm ith, a p ro fesso r at
N o rth w e s te rn U n iv e r s ity an d
specialist in pulm onary and critical
care m edicine, said it could be that
w om en are smoking more. He also
said there is a question o f w hether
w om en receive the sam e quality
m edical care as men.
"Doctors thought men were more
likely to get cancer in the past. They
m ig h t b e sc re en in g th em m o re
frequently than w om en," he said.
Nov. 18 is a great time to kick the smoking habit
( W O M E N 'S
HEALTH
FOCUS
J e n n ife r H a y s, P h.D .
B aylor C o lle g e o f M ed icin e
H o u sto n , Texas
Fifteen years ago I gave up ciga­
rettes d u rin g the G reat A m erican
Smokeout— an annual American Can­
cer Society event to encourage sm ok­
ers to becom e ex-smokers.
It w asn ’t an easy thing to do. I had
sm oked my w ay through college and
graduate school and kept saying I
would quit “one o f these days.”
My target dates for quitting kept
getting postponed. “I ’ll quit when I
get pregnant" or “ I’ll quit when I move
into a new house” were reasons tied
to events that seem ed com fortably far
away. But at age 30, without children
and still living in an apartment, I heard
about the G reat Am erican Smokeout
and asked myself, “W hy am 1 w ait­
ing?"
First, I told all my friends about my
decision to stop smoking. This en­
abled them to offer moral support and
distractions. To satisfy the craving
for that com forting feel o f a cigarette
in my mouth, 1 chomped on carrot and
celery sticks and sucked on sugar-
free candies.
Fearing the w eight gain that many
form er sm okers com plain about, I
started to exercise m ore. The w eight
gain is not ju st due to eating more;
the elim in atio n o f n ic o tin e slow s
down the body’s m etabolic rate. Stay­
ing active is the best way to com pen­
sate. I also drank lots o f water to flush
out the toxins that had accum ulated
from so many years o f smoking.
D esp ite all th e se h elp fu l te c h ­
niques, the first few months were hard.
It would have been so easy to give in
to tem ptation, but I rem ained deter­
m ined and took it one hour at a time.
That turned in to one day at a time,
and all o f a sudden, I had been an ex­
sm oker for m ore than a decade.
T h is y e a r ’s G re a t A m e ric a n
Sm okeout is Nov. 18. I urge you to
take advantage o f a great opportunity
to m ake your life a lot healthier.
Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause o f
cancer death in women. Smoking also
increases your risk o f heart disease,
osteoporosis and skin dam age. For
pregnant wom en, it raises the risk o f
h a v in g a m is c a rr ia g e o r a lo w -
birthw eight child.
Q uitting has other benefits as well:
clothes that d o n ’t smell like sm oke,
whiter teeth, fewer wrinkles, no early-
m orning sm o k e r’s cough, no h u d ­
dling outside in the sm oker’s section,
and cigarette money that can be spent
on rew arding yourself. You’ll also be
setting an exam ple for your children,
who develop behaviors by w atching,
not listening, to you.
I know w hat it’s like to be in your
shoes, and on Nov. 18, my thoughts
and good w ishes w ill be there for
those o f you w ho have com m itted to
changing your life for the better.
Meningococcal disease and students in Oregon
CONTRIBUTED STORY
for T he
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P ortland O bserver
The national A dvisory Com m ittee on Im m unization
Practices (A C IP) has m odified its guidelines for use o f a
vaccine to prevent bacterial m eningitis, and public health
official at the state D epartm ent o f H um an Services are
inform ing O regonians about the change.
Tw o 1998 studies, conducted by the federal Center for
D isease C ontrol and Prevention, found that college
freshm an living in dorm itories had a m odestly increased
risk o f m eningoccal disease relative to other person their
age.
Although the risk o f m eningococcal disease rem ains low
in these student, they these students, they may w ant to
reduce their risk even further by receiving the vaccine.
The ACIP did not recom m end that vaccination be required
for college students, according to Jennifer Kelly, adult
im m unization coordinator at the O regon H ealth Division.
“M eningococcal vaccine is safe and the vaccine costs
about $75. Based in the A C IP ’s m odification, we are
advising those who provide m edical care to freshman
college student to discuss m eningococcal disease and the
benefits and availability o f the vaccine w ith them and with
their parent,” Kelly said.
The m eningococcal vaccine provides 50 to 75 percent
protection against serogroup B disease, w hich accounts
for tw o-thirds o f cases in Oregon. In the four-year period
from 1995 to 1998, 11 cases o f m eningococcal disease
occurred am ong Oregon C ollege students. Eight o f these
cases w ere laboratory-confirmed, and three ofthese might
have been prevented by the vaccines, according to Kelly.
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A series o f nine public forum s for the
O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t o f H um an
Services to explore needs o f seniors
and people w ith disabilities began on
Nov. 8 in M edford and will also to be
held in Eugene, La Grande, Milwaukie,
P o rtla n d , N e w p o r t, R e d m o n d ,
Roseburg, and Salem.
“M any people consider O regon the
national leader in providing services
that help seniors, and people with
disabilities to live as independently
as possible,” said R oger A uerbach,
adm inistrator o f the DHS Senior and
Disabled Services Division. “We want
to know what m ore needs to be done.”
Auerbach said. Ideas from the forums
w o u ld b e c o n s id e r e d as th e
departm ent prepares its proposals
for the 2001 O regon Legislature.
This is the schedule o f meetings:
• Portland: Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 9
a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in the N ortheast
Police Precinct office at 449 N.E.
Emerson near M artin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard.
• La Grande: F riday,N ov. 19, from 9
a.m. to 11:30 a.m ., at IslandC ity Hall,
10605 Island Ave.
• Redmond: M onday, Nov. 22, from
12:30p.m . to 3 p.m. at the Senior and
D isabled Services D ivision office,
1135 S.W. Highland.
• Salem: Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 9 a. m.
to 11:30 p.m ., in the second-floor
conference room o f M id-W illam ette
V alley Senior Services, 3410 Cherry
Ave., N.E.
• Milwaukie: Tuesday, Nov. 30, from
1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m ., in the M ilwaukie
Center, 5440 S .E . Kellogg Creek Dr.
• Newport: W ednesday,D ec. l,fro m
1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m ., at the N ew port
Performing Arts Center, TTT'W. Olive.
• All sites are accessible to people
with disabilities.
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