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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1973)
Prisoners1 Coalition meets, discusses symposium, bills “We are perfectly legal,” stated Scott Moser, director of the Oregon Prisoner’s Coalition (OPC) following the remarks, by several OPC members that they had been subjected to en forcement agency surveillance in recent weeks. During a meeting Monday afternoon in the EMU, OPC members discussed a summer symposium and state senate bills dealing with prison reforms, and analyzed the efforts of local, state, and federal agencies in restricting prisoners to the role of a second class citizen. The discussion included a review of a symposium to be presented during the summer titled “Prisons and New Con cepts.” The three-day event will concentrate on the various problems encountered by prisoners during confinement. In addition, panel groups headed by informed persons both favorable and unfavorable toward prison reform will examine problems facing the convict when he is released. The program is scheduled to begin August 1. Also discussed during Mon day’s meeting were several bills in the State Legislature con cerning Oregon’s corrections system. OPC members noted that three senate bills in particular are an essential means of making the system more responsive and more “rehabilitating.” In essence, SB 376 would reinstate Corrections Division under the provisions of the Ad ministrative Procedures Act (APA). This action would subject sending a person to solitary confinement for more than 15 days, to the rules of the APA. A second bill, SB 377, would retroactively revise all sentences imposed prior to the adoption of the revised criminal code, compliant with the new code. SB 385 makes provisions for an inmate’s right to counsel, wit ness, and testimony to insure due process by placing the State Board of Parole and Probation under the auspices of the APA. Further information on these bills or any other legislation pertaining to reforms in the corrections system of Oregon can be obtained by contacting the OPC office, room 312 EMU. Following the meeting, Moser and Marvin Ryan, coordinator of the law project, answered a number of questions concerning the philosophy, activities, and goals of OPC. Moser noted that in striving for reforms, the OPC has attempted to work within the system and follow the principles of the democratic process. However, this is not easily accomplished as there are many individuals in all social categories who are ob structing the activities of the OPC and other pro-prisoner, pro reform groups for a number of reasons. Ryan, accusing the FBI of harassing and following him in recent weeks, said, “OPC is involved in exposing the other side of the coin. We are at tempting to demonstrate to the public what sort of problems prisoners face and that in formation presently given the public is highly questionable.” In addition, Ryan expressed his opinion that reprisals made by state agencies against prisoners and prison-reform movements were politically inspired and are indicative of a “political attitude represented by the Watergate incident.” Both men agreed that the OPC has been effective as a means of communication between disenfranchised convicts and the average citizen. OPC is con stantly exploring new ideas and new methods in achieving their goal of returning prisoners to their rightful place in society. By FSO members Elections challenged Testimony on two complaints questioning the legality of the recent Foreign Student Organization (FSO) constitution ratification and elections meeting was presented to the ASUO Elections Board Monday afternoon. The two complaints were filed last Wednesday, six days after the FSO meeting, by Towanse Emudianughe and Uyoata Ekandem. Emudianughe and Ekandem as well as other FSO members presented testimony to the Election Board’s only member, Fred Loveys. Ekandem charged that there was “some confusion” when the FSO, by hand vote, defeated an amendment that would have restricted FSO membership to foreign students who did not have immigrant visas. He claimed Funds for language classes recommended by committee The Educational Opportunity Committee met Monday and recommended that University funds be allocated for the continuance of two classes for Spanish-speaking American students. Myra Willard from Affirmative Action and Perry Powers, head of the romance language department, addressed the five-member committee. Willard spoke on the problems faced by minority students, and need for restructuring the University curriculum. According Willard, “When a minority student comes to class he finds out how other half, whites, live. European culture is considered the center of knowledge and values. And it just isn’t. As long as people are taught that, they are always going to be prejudiced and ignorant. The University is losing a lot that way.” Powers appealed to the committee for a recommendation that the University fund two special minority classes, which were going to be cut due to lack of funds. that immediately after the vote, which was 34-36, he asked the meeting’s chairer, Ranjan Ray, to have another vote to clarify the results but said he was ignored. “It should have been repeated,” Ekandem said, to make the election “proper.” Emudianughe also said the vote was improper but for a • different reason. He said that t anybody, including non-foreign . students, could have voted on the constitutional amendment. “They decided to do it (vote on the other constitution amend ments) by ballot, so they should have done this by ballot.” Steve Kwan, president of the Chinese Student Association and a member of the FSO elections board that conducted the elec tions, claimed he was “95 per cent sure” that no Americans had attended the meeting. The vote on the immigrants amendment came after FSO members had voted by ballot on two amendments concerning the composition of the FSO Executive Council. Ray said he was asked a few moments later by Andries Mellema whether the amendment could be introduced. He said he told Mellema the amendment could be introduced, but indicated that many students had already cast their ballots by then. FSO executive secretary Arshad Pirani said there was “confusion” at that time. 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