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Continued from Page 1 tonight under the sponsorship of the Council For Human Rights in Latin America and the ASIJQ. The speech will he at the Latin American Cultural ('enter at 1236 Kincaid St The ASUO and the Commit tee in Solidarity with the Cen tral American People will spon sor speaker Margaret Kendall on Sunday at H p m. at a location to be announced. Coalition members were angry about the inclusion of Norma Cordell, director gt the Kugene Center for the Healing Arts, as a symposium speaker. Ceo. Ann Baker, who spoke with the backing of NASH, said Cordell was a non-Indian who was misusing Native American ritual and religious beliefs. The coalition also claimed that suggestions by minority women had been ignored by the task force and th.it none ot the student unions representing minorities had been contacted for input into the planning of the symposium. 'I gave suggestions to com mittee members as to women of color that they (the Women's Task Fore e) could contact when 1 heard that much of their plan ning was revolving around the white woman's experience," Sharon Flise. a graduate teaching fellow in the sociologv department, said Tuesday at .1 press conference called bv the coalition. Flise said she was ig nored and treated disrespectful ly bv members of the task force "Fach and everv one of these contacts (involving task force members) with women of color left us feeling offended, humiliated and crossed," she said. Hut Hi'.itht'r MacTaggart, the coordinator of the Women's Task Force, said she was unaware that there was anv pro blem with the symposium plan ning until the boycott was an nounced two days ago "We were given no options." she said. The only recourse was to cancel the symposium, she said The task force recommended to tin* ASl'O that the sym posium he canceled because it would not be balanced without the participation of the speakers scheduled to speak about racism, Mac Taggart said. She also had put up posters encouraging everyone to be in volved in planning the sun posium and had had d iff it ultv in finding women of am ra< e who wanted to be involved, she said "If 1 had to do it again, 1 would definitely go personalis to contai t the different groups .ind see it 1 could get involve ment . she said "We did < on tac t classes Hut I would suggest tor next year a mm h stronger effort." She also said she believes the issue of racism on campus is a valid one to be raised and that she would recommend that future task force members at tend a class on anti-racism. A list of grievaiu es ( irculated b\ the coalition in< hided the charge that task ton e members had used racist language in speaking to coalition members As an example, said Maker, a task force member seemed to believe that Indian women should appear wearing feathers and beadwork Maker i ailed this Continued from Page 1 1985 Oregon Legislature, lie said. “1 feel bet raved. to put it mildly •” Oregon allotted $287,000 to the program lor a two-year period that began this school vear. Three hundred students currently benefit from the pro gram, Lee said. ‘ ‘ W h v p u n i s h student s because people are not living up to .in agreement?" asked Kduca tion Committee Vice Chairman Rep. Led Calouri. K-Beaverton A more compelling argument in favor of the measure should be whether it would help Oregon schools, he said. More than 50,000 Oregon students apply for financial aid, of which 14,000 receive awards. Lee said. And while Lee in dicated he is not opposed to the idea of supporting Oregon students at schools outside of ()regon that could provide a bet ter education, he is upset with DIM SUM Evmry Sunda 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Special Malaysian Hot Dish Laksa $350 Sen ini: tor lunch CHINA BLUE Kfst.iur.ml I H79 E. Kith. 34:i-2H:i2 Vw hi the l (> HiH>k\(ore up\Utr\ Washington for not following through with its agreement I,re said hr would encourage student grant reciprocations and in state tuition agreements w ith other states granted tfiev provide aid for their students who attend ()regon si holds. Mut for the present time, the need grants should he used for Oregon students in Oregon, he said "It Washington wants to get its act together and approve the reciprocity, we would oertainlv support it," l,ee said c 0 p 1 E s 3* All Day Every Day Mon. Fri. 8:30-8:00pm Sat. 10 6pm Print America 519 E. 13th 485-1940 --- Recycle This Paper i___ SPA Continued from Page 1 stereotyping and .1 "racist slur. ” Hut Mat Taggart responded, saving that unfounded rumors had been t irculated. and t om ments had been taken out t)f t ontext and misinterpreted. Coalition member Koderica Hell saitl she hail volunteeretl with the t.isk force until last week and 1 harat terized the task for ce as e x t r e m e 1 v disorganized MacTaggart said the task force got a late start on the pro ject and that she hatl been work ing l.i hours a dav for weeks on organizing the symposium. "It's been rough because we haven’t hatl much help.” she saitl "We're just a ver\ small group of women who are not used to doing this We're new at the idea of putting on a symposium." "I hope that next year, whatever mistakes were made this time can be < hanged and a process can be developed to w ork it out. " she added "Most of the speakers are verv disappointed," MacTag gart said "We hatl a tremen dous symposium planned The ASl'O already has paid for 1 shirts, posters and airplane fares for speakers, who included poet |ml\ (’.rahn from the Hav Area in (ialifnrnia "Women of color have ton sistentlv had problems with the Women's Symposium" in previous years. Klise said 1 his is part ot <1 systematic rat 1 s m operat ing on this t ampus (oalition members plan to organize their own symposium on Ma\ 17. although the details have not yet been worked out "It would have been nice (to have won control of the Kv ecutive). but we t an do a whole lot without being in the Kv ecutive, he said. He sees the presidential loss last week .is strengthening the party overall, he added. "The past elei tion has more than anything handed in dividual members together." said Jodie Mooney, the current 1K(! chairwoman and recent SPA vice-presidential can didate Moonev. I.iehowit/. and Wettern all stressed SPA's ac tivity over the next year as being vital in next year’s election "We have mailr the commit ment to stay together next year." I.iebowitz said. "And next year, people will hear about SPA as a group rather than SPA as the Kxe< utive." Mooney gave one reason why SPA lost the Kxecutiye this year: the athletii vote. "The athletes voted them (hase\ brooks and Karen ('.afl uey) into office.” she said. "1 believe the 1,400 students who voted for Sarah and I were the mature, concerned students on this campus. Turn to SPA, Page (> University Neighborhood Dentist Gentle care for students for 14 years. Student Discount Available J. Scott Baxter, n./vu>..i\c. 622 t 22nd \vv Building f (corner of Patterson & 22nd) 344-637 1 Student's 10% Labor Discount On All Repairs! CENTER EOR THE HUMANITIES University of Oregon yYX*^ > ' *m ’ UNIT! i) *. f A! I '. < ONMiluiK )N ’ m The University of Oregon’s Center on Humanities and Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution proudly join Oregon State University in sponsoring a talk by WALTER F. LAFEBER Noll Professor of History, C ornell University FOREIGN POLICY AND THE CONSTITUTION Power versus Liberty from Washington to Reagan Wednesday April 29, I9S7 7:30 PM (ierlinger Alumni Lounge .•1 reception for Professor Ixif eber will follow. Professor luiFeber is an expert on U.S. Foreign Policy and has written extensively on our country’s policy toward f ar hast Asia and Central America I he talk is tree and open to the public
