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Thursday, June 6, 1985
Oregon daily _ _
emerald
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 169
Picketers decry animal experimentation
By Diana Elliott
Of Um EnmaM
About 15 people hoping for an eventual end to the
"torture and slaughter" of animals picketed Science III
on Wednesday. Pointing specifically to the ex
periments of two University professors, the group pro
claimed that the use of animals for research must stop.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals —
Eugene sponsored the demonstration that provoked
both stares and questions from passersby.
"Animals are being tortured for absolutely no
mason on earth." said Shoshanah Thlelle, one of the
organizers of the 3-year-old group based, in
Washington. D.C.
The Ideal PETA group is targeting the work of two
professors . in the psychology department: Barbara
Gordon-Lie key, who uses kittens for her experiments,
and Richard Marroeco, who uses monkeys.
Both professors disagree with assertions that they
torture animals. . ■.
Marroeco, who is researching vision in primates,
said that the animals are heavily anesthetized and are
hooked up to physiological monitors.
"It does no good to collect data on animals that are
experiencing pain.” he said.."So we have to make sure
.that they are under no stress.”
Marroeco also said that the point of' fhe ex
periments. on. animals is to . learn about the human
system, which eventually will alleviate a lot of pain and
discomfort to people. . .. !
But Thielle, one coordinator of PETA, insisted that
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t About 15 people picketed the Science III building Wednesday, protesting two University professors* use of
animals in scientific research. ' .
Senate’s power to
increase next year
By Joldyne Houtz
Of tl» taarilf
This University Senate will receive new decision-making
powers next year under legislation passed by. the University
.. Assembly" Wednesday. .. , ;
Assembly faculty, ifiembers-voted 33-12 to have all mo
' ■ ‘ tions and °motion discUssions.originate in the Senate by any
faculty or Student Senate member. In addition, any Assembly
member may.go to the Senate to discusses pending.motion.
Student Senate members were not allowed to vote on the •
motion because of legislation stating that on.Iy faculty'
members can vote td change or amend the two-faculty/stu
dent governing bodies, the Senate and the Assembly.
The new Senate will discuss and act on all motions ex- - •
cept when the motion passes by less than, a two-thirds majori
ty or fails with more than one-third of the vote.
In this case, the motion automatically will go to the all-'
faculty Assembly for discussion and a vote.
Also, the Senate itself or University President Paul Olum
can request referral of a motion to the Assembly, as can a
group of 15 or more faculty members.
Curricular matters automatically will go to the Assembly
after a vote in the Senate.
The Senate's new powers will eliminate the current
system, in which motions are raised in the Assembly, sent to
the Senate for discussion and a vote, and returned to the
Assembly for a final vote.
"Senate X," which will meet twice monthly instead of
once, will retain its current 54-rnember structure, with a ratio
of 36 faculty members to 18 students.
This part of the motion almost was defeated when several
faculty members proposed that only two students be allowed
on the new Senate, fearing that if student members voted in a
block, they could have too much power to sway legislation if
not enough faculty members attended the meeting.
Senate X will also have new duties in studying issues
and making recommendations and innovations.
The body will receive administrative and annual com
mittee reports, establishing a communication link with the
faculty through a newsletter or some other mechanism.
Kappy Raton, the current Senate president, said the new
Senate will deal with motions in a more direct way, although
the Assembly can address the motions in which it wants to
play a part.
problem
is child abuse, officer says
By Cynthia Whitfield
(K the Enwrald
Editor ’« Note: This is the second article in a three
part series on child abuse in Oregon.
■ Sgt. Steve Egeter of the Springfield Police ,
Department says he used to think the greatest pro
blem facing society was drug abuse. "1 was
wrong, child abuse is,” he said.: '
Egeter says he is deeply involved in his work -
. in spite of its frustrations. One.of thp biggest
obstacles to child abuse intervention is the fear or:
simple inability of young children to articulate
what is happening to them.
The.nature of sexual abuse varies as well as
the amount of trauma the; abuse causes". Sexual
abuse is a term that includes "anything from .leg
petting to forcible rape,” says Beverly Fagot,
associate psychology .professor. Police ■*. and
Children’s Services Division reports show that
babies six months and younger are. victims of
many forms of sexual abuse —.including rape."'
"Right now I’m going to the grand jury, on
the rape case of a little girl about four years old,”
Egeter says. “A friend of the,family put his hand
on the girl's crotch one day, she slapped it away,
but he did it again/’ Later, Egeter says fhe girl
told her mother she didn’t like it when the friend
"tickled” her. The mother asked the man to stop
tickling the girl, not realizing what was going on.
Eventually the man raped the girl.
Although much sexual abuse is termed "non
violent" abuse, it may still cause physical pain to
the victim. One woman said she found her grand
father’s penetration of her vagina with his Pngers
very painful, and so was surprised to learn that
the abuse she suffered was considered non
violent.
Egeter says one small child had been the vic
tim of ongoing sexual abuse that always stopped
short of intercourse. The girl was brought into the
emergency room by her mother after she
discovered her daughter’s bloody underwear in
the garbage. She inspected the child and found
that she was bleeding rectally and vaginally. It
was determined that the mother's boyfriend had
raped the child.
• Although the child suffered .painful injuries, »
she was afraid 'something even .worse.would.hap-.
pen if she told her mother,- Egeter says. r '
' - - 'The mother Was upset, thinking she should,
have figured out what was happening earlier. She ‘ '
began to remember things', .’.the little, girl had
- often told her she didn ’t like being alope.Wjth thife, •.
boyfriend, and was upset when, the mother would
leave her with the .boyfriend while, she went to
work,1'says. Egeter. ' '
y In'addition, some abusers'are “well-khown '
members of the: community '(such as) school
• teachers and babysitters.. Some.are policemen,” .
says Egeter. Also, many ch'ildrfen remain silent
because* the perpetrator has told'them tq.- Other
abusers manipulate children by teiling.them their
mothers will no longer love;them if they, tell, that
the abusef will be put in. jail, or’that the family
\vill'suffer from poverty and unhappiness, says
Faye Lindemann-Taylor, manager of sexual abuse
* programs in Salem, . ' ' * !.
. Even now, few reports of child abuse are in
itiated by abused children themselves. Instead,
suspicious teachers, relatives or neighbors are
often responsible for prompting an investigation,
In one instance, a special education teacher
noticed one of her eight-year-old students squir
ming in his seat more than usual. While changing
the boy’s diaper — he didn't have bowel control
— she noticed that his rectal muscle was enlarged
and bruised.
The teacher asked the boy about it, and he
drew a picture of himself in bed with two grown
men. Later, the boy’s uncle and his uncle’s lover
were charged with sexually abusing the boy.
Many adult survivors of child abuse say the
selfishness of the abusers is particularly distrub
ing to them in retrospect. In a recent KEZ1 series
on child sexual abuse, one former victim said the
worst part of the abuse was the sense that her
father didn't seem to care about her, even when
she told him he was hurting her. He continued to
abuse her, and she said she felt as if ‘‘she didn’t
matter.”