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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.