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Oregon DAILY EMERALD I ucstilt\. Fchruan l1). IWI lugenc. Oregon Volume 1*. l\Mie KM Student groups concerned over derogatory acts Recent hate mail, posters directed at GALA, MEChA By Daralyn Trappe Emerald Reporter A recent frenzy of hate mail and derogatory posters aimed at women, lesbians, and stu dents of color has raised con cern among several student groups, the ASUO and the Of fice of Public Safety. Earlier this month, a poster of a woman with a target drawn around her face was put under t he door of the C.av and Lesbian Alliance office The words "Hi. cutie" were written on it Around the same time, a member of MKChA. the Ghic.a no I-atino student union, found a similar poster On it was a picture of a person of Hispanii decent with a target drawn around him A racist message was written on that poster, in what appeared to be similar handwriting In addition to those two ini i dents, flyers have been found around campus advertising a "blow up doll punching bag." on which any woman's photo graph can be put. and then sent to a serviceman in the Middle East. A similar advertisement has been found in whi< h a con nection is made between vibra tors and Patriot missiles On the latter two. the College Republicans office is given as the location to order such items. Jason Wilson. College Republicans secretary, said the group is not responsible for tin posters. "We were shocked to learn that someone put our name on this." he said. "We didn't have anything to do with it Obvi ously someone stooped to very low levels to discredit our or ganization We’re disappointed that someone would do that "It was a cowardly thing to do," Wilson added "Those posters are sickening Members of CAI.A. MKGhA and the ASUO all had different ideas about why tin* University is seeing an increase in sui h in ( idents. "We've come to accept it as a way of life around here." said Kddie Beanes. MIX ill A director, who added that he was not par ti< ularlv surprised hv it "On campus, we deal with it with professors, and it's getting worse with (Ballot) Measure 5," he said "We're told our members it's to be expected The best thing we can do is try to educ ate everyone about our culture and heritage. " Sue Dookstader. director of GALA, said she believes that several situations at the Univer sity have helped create a hos tile climate. She points to a recent ruling by University President Myles Photo bv ***»n Po«lon MECbA director Eddie Beanes said he isn 7 surprised by the recent occurrence of hate crimes on campus. Brand. in which no action was taken against a professor who was alleged to have made a sex isl comment to a student. Brand's executive assistant. Alison Baker, subsequently commented that he was oxer ( ising his right to free speech Karlier this year. law school professor dreg Johnson was asked by his supervisors to apologize publicly after he <lis cussed lus homosexuality in class "Brand's administration is dllnwiiitt it tn happen with the Turn to HATE. Page 8 Proposed bill would prohibit conflicts of interest HB2484 targets higher ed employees By Joe Kidd Emerald Politics Editor SALKM — The State and Federal Af fairs Committee in the Oregon House considered a bill Monday that would ex plicitly prohibit conflicts of interest for higher education employees I I ( \pitojl ri Por i The bill, introduced in the legislature last month by state Rep. Hill Dwyer. D Springfield. got its third hearing Mon day before the committee The panel of legislators discussed the fine tuning of the measure after hearing testimony from a University employee on an al leged conflict of interest that occurred nine years ago. In its current form. House Bill 24H4 would prohibit a higher education em ployee from engaging in a conflict of in terest. specifying a handful of potential violations ranging from the classroom use of textbooks written by faculty members that haven't received the se quired peer review and recommenda tion. to instances of preferred housing referrals of students or faculty members to realtors In what would la- tht1 most r«*«:**nt in a series of changes to the rules governing this issue. Dwyer designed the bill to close "unforeseen loopholes" in the current laws, said Dwyer's legislative aide Scott Bartlett While state ethics laws require gov ernment employees to declare and ab stain from conflicts of interest, the Leg islature passed a bill in that estab lished areas for higher education em ployees to receive compensation for ac - tivities outside of their official capacity Bartlett said that legislation was in tended "to afford faculty members to in teract with the private sector, transfer technology and benefit society as a whole, and use it for ways that are legit imate." Whihf Dwyer s bill is "not intended to encroach on that legitimate activity as a whole." Bartlett said HB24H4 would set tighter standards and "give some teeth" to the present laws "We are trying to he reasonable and to respond to some things that upset us. insofar as being told the whole system is a very closed system, almost impenetra ble to public view, and that is character ized by some abuses." Bartlett said Hut a representative of the State Hoard of Higher Education told the House committee that he is not convinced that new legislation is needed "It is not clear to us that additional legislation is needed." said l.arry Large, higher education vice-chancellor for public relations. Turn to BILL. Page 8 Quit War HAMBURG. Germany (AP) — A Soviet peace plan offered Monday would re quire Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, but would bar puni tive action against Saddam Hussein and bis govern ment. a report said. The plan was distributed to allied leaders, but details were not immediately re leased . The Bild newspaper, say ing it obtained details of the four-point Soviet proposal from "informed sources" in Moscow, reported it also urges negotiations on the Palestinian issue, and de clares that Iraq's government and borders would not in' tampered with. See story. Page 4 Inside Check out the In Touch With Career Planning and Placement See insert Sports The Oregon women's ten nis team continued its domi nance of Portland State last Friday, winning 9-0 despite leaving four of its top play its behind. The Ducks always have an easy time against the Vi kings. so Coach Tom C.reider used the match to get some of his other players match experience. "We still win, and it's a strategy session where we can practice the things that will make us a better team. such as not staying bai k and coming to the net more. Greider said See story. Page 5 Jackie DeFord