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HATE Continued from Page 1 "Society, in some ways, hits become more permissive of blaming others lor (its) problems." Rikhoff s.iiii "Economic fear proluibly ties a lot to do with it There's a lot of fear out there,” he said bear on the port of the victims also plays u role in the reporting of or lailure to report hate crimes People who expe rience a hate crime sometimes already feel marginalized and may fear embar rassment and retaliation l or gays and lesbians, reporting hate crimes could moan the disclosure of their homosexuality, said Sue Dockslador, direc tor of the (lav l esbian and Bisexual Alliance "Since we don't have any protection under the law, (from employment die elimination) it's kind of frightening because you don't know who's going to get that information," she said Doc kstader said she believes there has been a rise in hate crimes targeted at gays and lesbians However, fear of re porting and the lac k of a central place to report to makes suc h c rimes difficult to true k, she said Dockstader was highly critical of the per form uni e of the Of fit e of Public Safe ty in responding to guv and lesbian stu dents, and for that reason she decided to lurn all halo crime information over to tho Eugene Human Rights Commission Reporting hato (rimes is one thing, combatting them is another. "The only way to deal with hale crimes is for everyone to work togeth cr," said ASUO Affirmative Action co ordinator Bobby Lee "One group can't do it alone everyone has to he volvcd. There's no Other wav "I think, th lies! wav t combat I ,1 crimes is through education because I think that a lot of people wl p- rpetrate these things are ver\ -ingrv, niisin binned individuals.” IKx kstader s.iid I.is,i 'Lawrence. BI.h k Student I’nuin co-director, blames "pure ignorance” for bate crimes "I would like to see the 1 'invcrsliy ! low through on its pledges (of cultural diversity) by promoting cultural aware ness and sensitivity,” she said. "If one student experiences a hate crime, we all experiem e a hate crime, and we would all take it very personal ly,” Lawrence said "One hate crime is too many." Students who experience or witness a hate crime are encouraged to report it immediately to the Office of Public Safe tv or tire Eugene Police doing through reporting and griev anon procedures that follow a hate crime can he a frustrating and discouraging ex perience, Tsuneyoshi said (in her case, Announcing their plans to combat increased crime around campus at Thursday s press conference are (L to Ft) Carey Drayton, OPS director; Bobby Lee, ASUO Affirma tive Action coordinator, JoSonja Watson. ASUO vice president; Therese DuBravac, ASUO Programs coordinator; Mona Gentry, Saferide co-director; and Gerry Moseley, vice provost for student support and academic services. .she never found out what happened to the men in lIn? car.) However, there is support out there and it should Ik? taken advantage of, she said Victims of hate crimes (and other forms of discrimination) may suffer from low self-esteem and depression, which can seriously undermine stu dents'academic and personal lives. The following organizations offer sup port services and referrals: • University Counseling Center 340-3227 • Office of Student Advocacy 348-3722 • Bobby Lee, ASIJO 34G-3724 Duck into Our Exciting a New Duck Shop For ' The Largest Selection * Of Duck Merchandise in Oregon! k In the New Cas Center, ■ Autzen Stadium DUCK Shoes DUCK Socks DUCK Shorts DUCK Pants DUCK T-Shirts DUCK Sweatshirts DUCK Hats DUCK Gloves DUCK Scarves DUCK Lips DUCK Lamps DUCK Mugs DUCK Witches DUCK Cushions DUCK Video Tapes DUCK Key Chains DUCK Pennants DUCK Flags DUCK Stationery DUCK Bookmarks DUCK Footballs DUCK Basketballs DUCK Golfballs DUCK Decals Plus Rubber ducks, Wood Ducks, and Stuffed Ducks! ■ssbbsss. °^N7 OAYS A M/Fpir r, ts!9«t Parkir PLAN Continued from Page 1 coordinator, announced the .egani/iition ol a town mooting, to take place Nov <i, and en couraged students and commu nity members to attend. "This will be a meeting . . to begin a comprehensive, pro-ac tive awareness campaign against violence," she said. Throughout the school year, DuBravac added, the ASDO will provide workshops, guest lectures and various oilier ac tivities with the same goal in mind The discussion turned to the issue ol sensitivity toward mi norities and Lisa Lawrent e. co director of the' Bhu k Student Union, said the Emerald pro vided an example of insensitiv ity Wednesday by running an editorial cartoon that some con n siderod racist. "How can we ho sure this won’t happen again?" she asked. Moseley commented that it is important to speak out and lie heard. Emerald Editor Christopher Blair said the cartoon was in cluded inadvertently. “When the cartoon came in, we did Hag it as being racist, overtly so, it was obvious,” he said. "However, a breakdown in communication occurred and it got into the paper Again. I upologize for that. "Being accused of racism is a very serious charge and very disturbing," he said. "What people have to understand is that from time to time, things happen that are had. All 1 can do is assure people that it won't happen again " S THI NAMt Oi All AH. THI COM^aSSiONAT l . THE MERCIFUL TO ALL MUSLIM STUDENTS A SPECIAL WELCOME INVITATION THE MUSI IM STUOI NT ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WAHMWELCOMl TO All NEW MUSLIM STUDENTS AT THE UNI VI HSITY OE OHI GON BY INVITING THEM. ALONG WITH CURRENT STUDENTS TO A SPECIAL GET TOGETHER GET TO KNOW YOUR NT W COMMUNITY AND SCETOOL BY SHARING IN THE EXPERI I NCI SOF STUDf N T S FROM MANY DIFFERNT MUSLIM COUN TRIES JUST COME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, IDEAS. SUGGES TIONS TI A COFFEE. COOKIES WILL BE SERVED DAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1991 TIME: 5 PM PLACE: CEDAR ROOM C/D, EMU MSA