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OPEN LETTER FROM
THE PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON LESBIAN AND GAY CONCERNS
We wish lo at kin>w ledge the courageous t ol Greg Jtihfivtm whose honcM) serves as a Matemcnl Out sesuai orient**
turn iv no longer j reawxi lo he silent We rccogni/e a hcfcrovCMsI climate that supjx*rts ami couxiragcs h<»sitliiy to
ward Gay* ami lesbians prevails at the University ol Oregon However we hardlv cipccicil mk h an overt cvample <*f
this to he displaced h\ the School of I aw administration Many of uv have found <»ufselves in circumstances similar to
that of Greg Johnson at <*nc itriK or another the difference being thaf we arc no* usuallv subjected to the public humiha
lion imposed on Ji*hns«»n Intimidation ami silencing arc more often acv<*fnplished hchiml cloved dnorv
It is not uncommon for vleparimcnts to receive student compiflints atxxjt cUvsrnotti instructors It is. however unheard
of for a department to coerce an mviructor into an admission of wrong doing for identifvmg her or him self as a member
ol a pr«*citcd tlass If an African American instructor had chosen to discuss Civil Rights <»n Martin Luther King s buih
da> ami had discussed her invidscincnt in that movement, the University wixdd have no d«Hiht. supported these actions
And rightly so
The President s Task Force on l esbian ami Gav Concerns rcvcntlv released a report d«xumcnting the diwnmmatory
(Hastices ami attitudes encountered by Lesbian and Gay students, faculty, ami stall <( V»ptc\ of the report are available
thrtxigh the President s office |
President Miami has been very clear afxxil his commitment to diversity and tolerance on campus The Ijiw School ad
ministration displayed its disrespect for the President s agenda its disregard lor University policies ami its obvitxjs c«»n
lemjx for lesbians and Gays
The unfortunate message c«xtveycd by the actions of the I .aw VIhmI administration is that it is permissible to sdemc
certain individuals by virtue of their minority status (iay* and lesbians are being told to keep quirt ami run hack into thc
closct This is the same administration which has historically devalued African Americans. Mivpamcs and w<»mcn In
lentional or not. the law School has created a dehumanizing atmosphere that has a chilling effect on all of us ami is an
embarrassment to a pn»grc**ivc educational institution
TT»r President’s lack Torre on lesbian and Gav ( oncerns. I niversify of Oregon
November 27, 1990
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PRESENTS:
The Wilderness Idea Revisited:
The Sustainable Development Alternative
a public lecture by
J. Baird Callicott
Professor of Philosophy and Natural Resources
University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
730 p.m. Thursday, December 6,1990
Gum wood Room, EMU
Professor Callicott is the author or editor of several books including In
L'cjemc uf the Land Lthic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy (1919),
Saturn in Asiaalradihons of Thought, co edited with Roger T. Ames
(19/19), and ClBtheJ-tB-rur and Other Tales. Aw Introduction to an
Qjifcica WiirUL View (19*2)
alto:
Michael McClotkey, National Chairman, The Sierra Club
Tueiday. February 5, 1991 ♦ 7:30 p.m. Cerlinger Alumni Lounge
These lecture*, free and open to the public, art part of the 1990-91 Autzen
lecture, in the llumanitie, and the Profession, senes entitled "Ethic* and
I tee I ntcrpn*c The Social Revpon*ibiIity of ButineuDie lectures unit
be followed by a reception