SAFERIDE
Continued from Page 1
had about thoir policy
"They don'l have answers he< ause (hev haven’t
been pressured before," he said "They know that
their old-girl's club is breaking a lot of rules
Mona Gentry, co-director of Saferide. said she
was not opposed to answering'questions alxnit
the program but she said she believes Hepner's
approai h was loo menacing and i onfrontatumal
for reasonable dialogue
"It would have fx'on so simple if (he) would
have just asked and had listened, said Barbara
Rodgers, the program's other co-director
Gentry argued that the equul-ecaess clause to
I he ASl’O Gonstitution would tie violated i!
Saferide did allow men to ride in the vans Such
an action w ould potentially block-.access to the
vans tor women who were too intimidated to ride
w ith men, she said
Rodgers said the all women pole \ is ne< essarv
in order to ensure the safety of female drivers and
passengers
In a I'liia paper she wrote defending the poln v
Rodgers i ted instances at other i ampuses witfi
o ed shuttle services m which assaults w ere re
ported against women She noted an incident at
tlu . i 'Diversity 1 Wisconsin in !'*R' where a
w man w is alia: ked by i man in a Saferide type
van.
Most of the men involved in this service pos
sessed xtntere regard for vvmmm and their free
tiom. but ,i small port i*nt held no qualms atioul
expressing violence toward females.'' Rodgers
said
(lentry said an all women service is particular
Is needed bin a use of disparities in women and
men's safety at night
According to slatistii s compiled this year by
the dean's office, men constitute H) pen out ol all
rape victims while tine in four women will fie
sexually assaulted
It's very obvious that thill's a lot of rape that
incurs in a college community. said Dana (lor
man, who works with Saferide Something
needs to he done to protect women because
they 're not safe
However. Rodgers said she does not want to
downplay men's i out crns tor their ms n safety
' If that s a valid tear at the University of Ore
gon, there needs lo Is- something available,'' she
saitl ' If (Ifepncr! wants lo slarl a Saferide lor
men, that vs <add be great "
Saferide has until Nos fit to h!> a response
brief to Hepner s i omplaint ss itli the t onslitutlon
(anirt \!ter tfie group fifes a brief the I our!
should hear !11>■ < ase within seven days Steven
ftriggs, the ( our IA i htef pi sin e. said a final ruling
should he made on the i ase in early Her emtu-r
BRAND
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i i.tih enjoy intelligent pitoplw.
ami I'm always interested to
discuss their virus with them '
Tin? shyness i bviriv disap
pears as hr comfortably moves
through tiie ( rowd He stops for
various lengths of lime, dr
pending on vs ho and vs hat he is
la; king at «ml
Alter til!' tnoil line dvs indies.
Hi.oid gels up and goes into his
speech routine Me introduces a
panel of four rarekillv chosen
s!u dents vs no vs : i I held ques
tions about ! mversitv life from
the mayors
Men
nonius up, and the students, un
derstamlahlv nervous, rumble
on slightly They don ! answer
the question to Brand s liking
On the follow up question
lie doesn t take any i hances on
the wrong messagi' ri'ai lung ()t
agon's cities and bat k roads
towns by interim ting
take that one
Then, he proceeds with an
impromptu soliloquy on the
t'mversilv's strung points and
how ,i ilnistU decrease in funds
has affected other programs and
students .11 c i’ss to ,m educu
turn
Its an absolute c rlticul part
oi thr nil u! tilting president to
help the public understand
what the l adversity of Oregon
is about, and 1 enjoy doing
tb.it Brand s.nd
The fourth quarter
In the presidential sk\ suite
in : t: of the same goes on
Br.md is ahle to sfieci his jai kel,
' ,i! he's in it able to rest
He moves troin person to per
. .ii talking football. Binding
.1 n if n a lie 111 I! s During the
third j li.l r ter, he \ I s I Is the
ii-.ise.i suites with nameplates
r i .i d j ng \ ike Dorp {Phil
Knight). Peter laiobsen and
( urolvn Chandlers all goner
tils donors to the i hdversitv
Near the end of the fourth
quarter. he dons Ins green ja< k
! again and heads for the field
AI t fie game's com lusion.
Brand enters tin- Oregon lot krr
room .Hi.I then hi' ventures !<) ,1
post•(jiiniii buffet in the ( .in
Jiim .1 Athletii ( enter whin1
• . ij more boosters wait lor I )r
i gnn fu.ii h Rich Brook- In
■>[>o ik .llioul the game
Brand is different now Two
ii.iVs in I.u 1. .1 Week
'hi- i;<> Ioi\ i- token their loll
Mis shoulders hunch incut
tti.in usu.iL .nil his t.iii1 shows
fatigue Brand si .ms the ri*im
'mis no 'no new In talk with
.tmS 11 ■ s iilcs lii go home Await
mg him is iiiofi- work and .i
badly needed mgiit ol rust
Indeed, the different e he
tween working and ruinwork
ing disappears in such a si tied
ult! tie said Sometimes it's
physic ally exhausting, and I go
home and get a good night s
sleep
Sunday morning, lie drives to
st.lilies near Mount I’isguh
■w here he boards ins Tennessee
walking horse. Star tie rides in
the morning and works in the
afternoon
Monday, tile cycle of meet
mgs and dinners begins again
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