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emerald
Wednesday, November 17,1982
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 84, Number 54
Tokenism
Law professor confronts discrimination;
vows to fight back using Kellogg award
By Diane Winocur
Ot Emerald
Tokenism isn't just a word to Linda Greene, a
University assistant law professor
Not only is employment discrimination her specialty
in law, Greene says that factor may have weighed
heavily in the decision to award her a $40,000 grant to
study the phenomenon
Greene says her selection for the 1982 Kellogg
Foundation Fellowship was a form of tokenism,
although it recognized her exceptional background
She was one of 49 teachers and professionals — and
the only Oregonian — to receive one of the fellowships
Greene sees a strong correlation between the
discrimination she studies and problems she has con
fronted in her own advancement "I know what I had to
go through to get the fellowship," she says
Greene says the Kellogg Foundation "understands
what their recogition does for the options of (minori
ties), but they're not giving anything away
The fellowship program provides future community
leaders a chance to expand their scope of knowledge in
their own and other fields
Greene already holds an impressive record
In addition to her position as one of 20 black
women law professors in the country, her accomplish
ments include work as an assistant professor of law at
Temple University, a deputy city attorney for Los
Angeles, a staff attorney for the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People legal defense fund
and an appointment by Pres Carter to a national civil
rights post
Through the educational opportunity her fellow
ship is providing, Greene plans to speak out strongly
about her field
She'll use her grant to examine the forces that
determine the allocation of work in society
Greene plans to meet with labor scholars, public
policy experts and representatives of different occupa
tions. both in the United States and abroad, to deter
mine the trends behind the jobs people take
Studying aspects of work allocation ranging from
economics and demographics to history and religion
may help her better understand discrimination, better
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Linda Greene
Phone threats made by police impersonator
By David Brown
Oi the Emerald
A University woman says she
received a phone call at her
campus-area apartment about
10:30 a m Saturday from a man.
claiming to be a Eugene police
officer, who told her that
someone was stalking her
The caller told the woman,
who requested anonymity, that
the stalker had made sexual and
physical threats against her. she
says He then offered intimate
details about her and instructed
her to breathe heavily, she says
After about 35 minutes, the
caller told her get out. get out
now," she says
At that point she called the
Eugene Police Department
There were about five such
incidents Saturday, says EPD
Lieutenant Victor Mann It's
not isolated."
Either several people or one
very active individual" have
made similar calls during the
past two months in the Eugene
Springfield area, he says
"It would be extremely un
usual" for any officer to contact
someone in such a manner for
any official reason, he says In
most cases, the police depart
ment, upon receiving informa
tion that somebody was being
stalked, would send a uni
formed officer in a marked
patrol car to make the initial
contact with the person in
danger, he says
In no case would an officer
officially request that the person
undress before a window as one
incident reported, he says
Mann says a person receiving
a suspicious phone call from
someone claiming to be an of
ficer should ask for a phone
number to verify the officer's
name and intent.
It will not bother a legitimate
law enforcement officer to call
back after such verification, he
says. Such procedures are
considered standard, he says.
The EPD’s detective division
is investigating the calls, he
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says. But such crimes present
investigative problems unless
the call can be traced in repeat
ed incidents, he says.
Copycat crimes could occur
following publication of the in
cidents, says Sgt. Rick Allison,
of campus security.
Others should be aware of,
and prepared for the calls, says
the woman who received the
Saturday morning call. “I've
taken public speaking, and (the
caller) was very convincing,”
she says.
In a separate incident,
Springfield police officers
arrested Jose Daniel Montes De
Oca, a Costa Rican alien
living in a dormitory with friends
who attend the University, says
Allison.
Montes De Oca, who is being
held at the Lane County Jail,
was arraigned in district court
Tuesday on felony forgery
charges. Charges of burglary
and bad check negotiation also
are pending.
In another dormitory incident,
a male University student who
admitted to walking naked into a
number of women’s shower
rooms in dormitories was
apprehended Monday, says
Allison. Campus security
apprehended the man for
criminal trespass, public in
decency and indecent expo
sure, he says.
The student is receiving
voluntary psychological help on
his own recognizance, Allison
says.
The student will face punitive
measures under the University ’s
student conduct program in
accord with state codes of con
duct on campus
Information has been sent to
the Benton County District
Attorney. Allison says that office
probably will prosecute the
student for similar violations in
Oregon State University dormi
tory showers.