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