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 ’
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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
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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