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Editorial GTFF blowing smoke over irrelevant issue The Graduate Teaching Fellow Federation's petition calling for an independent committee to review the Univer sity's sexual harassment policy is not only unnecessary, but shows a lack of cooperation and true concern on the part of the GTFF. The GTFF says having the Committee on the Status of Women explore the problems in the harassment policy presents a conflict of interest because it is part of the institu tion under investigation. The petition proposes an outside committee review the issue. I ms ticiKill is rmiuiiuuiii. i iic vAiiimimcrc un mu ouuua of Women has been researching the need for a new sexual harassrnunt policy and potential changes in the current system since it was formed in November HIBtt. In an open forum May 21, the committee spoke with faculty, students and community members and developed several proposals for change. They suggested hiring a greivance hearing officer to act as an advocate rather than a advisor, making the greivance officer independent from the Office of Affirmative Action, re-writing the current sexual harassment definition, and improving the filing system for complaint records. All of these suggestions reflect the strong, positive posi tion the University has taken to solving the problem of sex ual harassment. Granted, there could be a conflict of in terest, but the committee has shown it is eager to find solutions. Provisions in the GTFF petition call for protecting those who file complaints from retaliation and keeping complete records of all complaints filed. These are valid issues that were covered in the forum. The GTFF did not attend the open forum even though Chuck Hunt, GTFF president, claims they have been con cerned with the problems of sexual harassment on campus since the conviction of professor Stephen Reynolds in August IHHti. The committee has shown its dedication to solving the problem. If the GTFF is sincere about improving the pro blems with harassment, then they should be working with the committee and not against it. By complaiuing about a conflict of interest, the GTFF is creating controversy where none exists. Governor gets pat on back for signing divestiture bill When Governor Neil Goldschmidt signed Mouse Bill 2001 Friday, he made a statement against the South African government. The bill calls for Oregon to divest funds from South Africa. legislation for divestiture has been considered for the past five sessions of the Oregon legislature, but former Governor Vic Atiyeh refused to sign it when it finally passed both the House and Senate. The bill received strong support as it passed the Mouse and Senate again this April, and Goldschmidt should be commended for following through on his campaign promise to support divestment legislation. This law will not hurt the Oregon economy. It does show we are against the policies of the South African government and it should be supported. <)*tl**M -- Letters Norwegian bash Having just read John Tapogna's bunch of sour grapes (ODE. May 26). 1 feel compelled lo give a non-Norwegian. non American version of events that happened on May 17, Norway's Independence Day. Rather than "economically segregating" their celebration, the Nordic students went out of their way to make sure as many non-Norwegians could share their day of freedom. In answer to Tapogna's monetarist view, the Norwegians were asked to pay $15 each to cover the cost of the bash, 'with "foreigners" only paying half that — hardly a case of being economical I ly locked out. And what did one get for this princely sum? A mere cham pagne breakfast with all manner of Scandinavian delicacies, as much beer and barbecue as one could want in the afternoon, with more champagne if necessary, and free entrance to Guido's (which normally costs a dollar in any case). The morning parade on a cold and windy day was a lot of fun. attracting large numbers of bystanders to join in and hear uplifting bursts from the band. No. Mr. Tapogna, the Norwegians continued with their high standards of cultural diversification, and 1 think Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald la published Monday through Friday except during exam week, and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co . at the University or Oregon Eugene. Oregon. 97403 The Emerald operates independently ol the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press The Emerald Is private properly The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law General Staff Advertising Director Susan Tnelen Production Manager Michele Ross Classified Manager Alyson Simmons Assistant to the Publisher Jean Ownbey Advertising Sales: Peter LaFleur l Sales Manager Teresa Acosta, Janeile Heitmann. Catherine Lilia. Rick Mart/ Joseph Meniei. 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Shu Shing Chen Dei re! Hewitt. Tim Jones. Bobbie Lo Dan Wheeler Production: Sandra Bevans t Ad Coordinator Supervisors: Shu Shing Chen. Eliot Knight. Angela Muniz Ingrid White Technicians: Kelly Aienandie. Ronwm Nicole Ashton Virginia Baniaga. Samantha Barbitta. Sara Briscoe. Janet Emery. Judith Gat;. Lisa Haggerty. Linda Jones. Jung Lee. Donna Leslie Bobbie Lo. Kelli Mason, Mike McGiaw Rob Miles. Diana Moy. Julie Paul. Serena Williams many Eugene residents are awake and glad that they did Neil Cowie Graduate, physical education So sorry Dear Lori Parkman (ODE, |une 1): Hitler was not a socialist. Sorry. Aaron Schutz History Syntax In May 28th s Emerald. your editorial on our Supreme Court'* stronger anti-crime laws ruling contains the sentence: "With jail overcrowding becoming an increasing pro blem, confining people who haven't been convicted of a crime is presumptuous." Is that so! I'm probably wrong, but I'm under the impression that nothing factual in that sentence's second clause is NECESSARILY contingent, nor worthy of contingency, upon its first clause. Yet. since the first is a depen dent clause and the second is an independent clause, it appears as if this syntactical contingen cy is a logical or factual one as well. Which isn't true. In effect, your sentence borders on implying. "The only time we care about due process is when jail overcrowding becomes a problem for those not in jail." In other words, you are so familiar with the position of constricting (if not outright eliminating) the rights of alleg ed criminals or. for instance. Letters Policy The Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing fair comment on topics of interest to the University community Letter* to the editor must be limited to 250 words, typed, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is turned in The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style Let ters to the editor should be turn ed into the Emerald office. Suite 300. EMU the rights of the surely criminal male Saferide driver applicants, that when trying to write your ONLY pro-due process column of the year, all hell breaks loose, syntactically, logically, everything. Editor: please retrace your steps buck to the position that looks better on your resume. . if not for your own economic prosperity, then do it for the sake of the language. Tim (aques Student Helping hand The University campus seems to be getting more than its share of the anti-gay hate mentalities There is a wide range in this. Some of it is merely a sort of perverted Christianity, whose adherents profess that they love everyone, including gays, and that they just want to “help" gays overcome their “sin." Much more vicious are in dividuals like Lane County Republican chair Floyd Beam and the recent visitor Paul Cameron. These individuals devote themselves to spreading false and misleading statements about AIDS, which is for them just a convenient excuse to push their real agenda — including putting gays in concentration camps, making homosexuality a capital crime, and so on. There is conclusive evidence from psychiatric and psychological research that in dividuals who carry around and feel compelled to act out such extreme anti-homosexual emo tions are really themselves la tent homosexual^ with violent conflicts caused by their inabili ty or refusal to admit and deal with their own gayness. Probably then. Floyd Beam, Paul Cameron, and others like them are really gays deep down inside. We should try to help these unhappy people by help ing them to fact? their own homosexuality, to admit it to themselves, and thus to have a happier and more satisfying life. Richard Sharvy PhD.
