Oregon Daily THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1991 Student fights Saferide policy Discrimination charged By l isa Mitlegan Emerald Reporter A student h,i' Hied .1 i ompi.lint in ASUO Cutisfitu lion (iourt charging that Saferide. .1 l’■hiyefsity night time shuttli' service lor women, unlairly iIim tiinm.itrv against men At><• Hepner. .1 sophomore journalism maiur. said. Sateride s policy o! offering rides only to inmirn v lutes the ASUO Constitution Hepner specifii ally cites a violation ot Section I a the constitution, which reads At less to iciivities supported in whole or in part through mandator', stu dent incidental lees shall not hi' denied tor reasons o! sex. rate, religion, age. sexual orientation, marital st.it us, handicap, political view, national origin .a any other extraneous i onsiderations The complaint marks the second time in three years that the program has met with formal (barges ol dis crimination. In inttH, a student unsuta esslully tried to gel the no men policy changed through the (Mine ol Affirmative Ac tion, hut the office decided that such differential treatment was not unreasonable If officers are available, the Office o! I’ublli Saletv yvtll give rides to ImiIIi men and women wbo 1 .ill to ask for them, although OKS does take into account the 111 gent v of each situation Anybody who feels it’s unsafe should he able to (use Saferide)," Hepner said By saying that all men can’t ride, they’re saving that all men are rapists It's totally stereotyping all men " Hepner salt! the all-women policy assumes that all women are harmless yy Inle all men are .1 threat "tinder Saforide’s current operating procedures. Lvnctte Squeaky’ I romme could ride safety to a cull killing while Martin Luther King |r would have to lind his own way across campus to a civil-rights march. Hepner saiti in his complaint Judgment bv genitalia has no plat e in this society . espet tally on this progres sive’ campus He furtiier argued that rapes would not likely hi 1 ur d men anti women rode in the Saferide vans together Hepner said he filed the complaint hi 1 ause the Saferide co-directors were unrts eptiv e to questions he Turn to SAFERIDE Page ’ *‘.*4 -If Allison Davis, academic adviser lor the Office of Multicultural Allairs, speaks to minority high school students Wednesday as part of the University s Gateway to the huture program Minority students get look at college By Colleen Pohltg f, rrwatci Mopoftof The i’diversify welcomed <i 1 most -tCM) minority high school students from across the state Wednesday in the tilth annual vis Hatton dav tor students of color The "Gateway to the Future program was created to encourage students of color to consider high er (situation, said ivdwtna Welc h admissions counselor and at a demit adviser Hie day's events were sponsored by the Office ol Multicultural Aflairs and the 1)1 fire of Adm tsstons I wasn't planning on going to college Indore litis and now I'm thinking about tt more, said I tins Until an. a junior at Madison High St hool In Portland Spill into two groups. the slu dents .111 r l itl i'll sessions where ihi'V learned about admissions, (i imm tal aid and i ampns support servo es A SI)-minute lei lure helped give 1 heni an idea ol what college class es are really likes U eh h said Dr ( larertee Sptgner. a proles snr in the Si hool id (.omrnunily Health, spoke about the myths id ( ol lege He tried to counter stu dent assumptions about skipping classes and study habits ('ollege is very serious, he said "The only games being played are the ones out in the field on a Saturday The high school participants also met with University minority students in .1 panel lorutn There's Ion many of us gang hangui killing eac h olhet ami doing wrong " one panelist said We need some education to pro gress If you don't vs ant to end up in |ail. you need to get an edut a lion ' I’art of l he whole da vs sin 1 ess relates direttlv to the University students id 1 oloi who partit ipated 111 the panel disiussion, said Marshal I Sameda. DMA acting di rei tor " I hey are a kev to this pro gram s success and we appreciate them I ret|uenl student i|uestions touched on admissions, the low numher of minority students on I urn to STUDENTS f’.irjo 4 Brand’s job extends past Johnson Hall Editor's note: This I hr first in .1 two part series about thr dav-tn-dus duties nf University President Myles Brand Part 1 focuses on Brand's work l>ehind the s< enes to raise funds and promote the l niversity's intake Part 2. vsho h runs Tuesday, will take a more person al look at Brand's life away from tarn pus. By Chris Bouneff E maced Nows Editor When Myles Brand is iri an offit ial setting, he is composed At Ills desk talking to a reporter from a tot al ratiio station, the story is different Sitting in his Johnson Hull offire with one foot propped up on the desk and the other resting on the floor, he nods and Impatiently grunts out "un-huh" a> the question is laid out Quickly, he [lulls the phone closer to his mouth, his right hand moves for em phasis and he starts to talk financing is at the top of his list Affirmative action is important The University athlete de partment needs state funding I he l di versity 1 an survive with Measure 5 The questions are the same, and the answers are the same But the delivery is different He becomes more animate, with his fr JL._ -J *‘^-0*0 t*f i'M Jtf President Myles Brand meets with University officials to discuss strategy before meeting with potential donors at an Oregon football game right hand gesturing taster as the inter view continues His right foot, still rest ing on the floor, begins to methodic ally tap. almost rhythmically , as he empha si/es every point His liastern ac< ent more evident The message ;s not rhetoric The interview with radio station Ki’NW is .imonn the hrst items on ; m vorsltv President Myles Brand's calen li.ir lor dns Friday in ()< toiler Aln-adv. he has attended an B a in breakfast and met \s: 1 !i two odicr people on confided tul matters T to BRAND Page 5 INDEX Talking pair_ A will bigness to consult niternative sunn es for informal ion ami a critic at altitude toward mainstream ap proac lies help make senior debate partners l ed I’rosise and 1 rood |a cohsen a highly ranked pair in the world ol I of lege debate See story. Pago 4 The choice_ Washington voters have apparently passed a powerful abortion rights mi tiativn with a margin of about one quarter of 1 percent, forcing a o count See story. Pago 8 History_ former Oregon football coach and athletic iiire< tor ben Casanova shares Ins favorite and nolso-favorite mem ories of the ( avil War game See story. Page 9