EDITORIAL
Lesbian pair needs
Brand’s help now
Another chance tor I niver-sity President Vfvles
Brand to pul his money when- i ■ iquai-rights mouth
has been is slipping right on bv Hom-f ii\ he'll catch
i! in time
A University lesbian couple hied a lawsuit -i.x
months ago against the Sta'c Hoard of Higher Uduca
lion beta:, so they were denied across to family hous
tng
The suit r ame alter a claim they hit d with the 1 ad
versity's ()ffi» e of Afflriii.it i ve At turn and-. I it pi a I Oppor
tunity was downed in )uly IttOO
Brand has long preacher!- equality for ail: here's a
golden opportunity lor him to bar k it up
('here are no excuses as to why Pamela flarbei; trier
and Ann Piazza < ant get into University housing: even
when there was space they weren't allowed to move n
No excuses just outright disc rimination
I Diversity housing rules require that couples be
married A recent change allows an aduIt t>> live w 11n a
single parent the closest a gay or lesbian couple i an
come to 1 *ving together
the couple was joined together or married, in a
( eremonv of holy union by a lane tinuntv minister in a
l-ingono Unitarian Churr h. IJnfortunateiy this isn't ro<
ognized bv family housing or the state as legal mar
riage
A denial of housing based on an offir tails unrecog
nir.od marriage bond could be understandable But not
when housing rules also allow engager! couples to live
together
It the marriage only rules can be bent for engaged
couples, as well as single parents who have an adult
move in with them, why < an t the rules be bent for gay
and lesbian couples?
Again, it boils doss il to disr rimination. No doubt
(.avs and lesbians have their work i ut out for them
when it comes to educating those who buy into the be
iu*f th.it allows these situations
The lawsuit adds valuable momentum to this
group's long fight tor equal rights Now. if Brand would
just lend Ins support at this crucial tune, perhaps some
real progress could be made
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Hepner’s case made no difference
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THE FINE
PRINT
JEZZKZnXZD
In 11n' i imirt of m v high
m hooi pin sits classroom,
there was ,hi unofTit iat rule
-i m hth r svrttli't) on .1 dusts
pirn f o! pnsferboard l or
something !o he a dilferenie il
must nuke a different:'
; he mr,vagi- Don't ss asit*
V'nif timi- mi a bunch of sense
lew if,-tails when trying to fig
: i -.if a ;>r < >blem tt ■ irrv about
w bat s onportunl, whut s i i u
i ml to sour i in umst.tm is
lust as that applies to ai cider
a lion, inertia ami protons, its,
relevant to certain cases hefon
tin \st () Constitution Court,
narnelv the one that involved
S a I er id e a nd s t ti d e n t A be
Hepner
Hepner lib ii a suit t limning
Saleride Violated the \St'()
Constitution hv offering a pro
gr,i m that discriminates
against jiten .Mthough men can
« , * I k I' till S a ! I - r 1111 • ',!!;* i
dispatchers and administrators
thes cannot rub- or drive the
vans that transport women
home at night
Hepner alleges that berause
Saleride Uses lees from stu
dents o! both genders about
$15,000 a year men should
In able te ride in ami drive the
Saferide vans
A n s was s .. lo >k at it. A he s
i ase made so little difference It
was laughable The A SCO
court svhich tc|ei ted Hepner s
argument Sutnias appurentls
agte.-d
Part I of the question at
ha n d Did the fact t h a t
Safertde s money comes from
tioih main and female students
niakf a difference ‘
No Unless 90 t flits per stu
ill’ll! per yeur makes a dtlfer
ence !u VOU It it does, then
you're taking this starving slu
dent" thing way too seriously
Sofia Arhull. a member of
Suleride s support staff, told me
she once offered to buy Abe a
muffin to offset his per-year
i ontrdiution to her program
The tost of a muffin offset
tie a student s tees Some dll
teri’tli e there
So let's put this all
together A
program that costs
90 cents a year
gives women
peace of mind in a
truly discriminatory
climate, the
streets.
Now Part 2. tin distrimina
’ u , aspi t tie rule keeping
men oil the vans Sure, men are
:: to lend lor themselves
when it's time to go home but
here's the difference, and
Vou ye heard It before Men i an
walk home with really no fear
Of ix'ing altac ked by a rapist or
even fiaving to look over their
shoulders at the sound ol foot
steps
Many women fear they can
not More than 1 *10(1 women
rode the vans between ()it 2.1
and Nov 22 of tills year What
.ire tfie odds that if men rode or
drove Suleride vans any of
those 1,900 would have been
attacked? I’ruhahh small Hot
the fact is thiit 1.900 women
made it home safe, with no
chant e of being attai ked
Saferide began about six
years ago. just as the University
was adding more nighttime
classes and activities Ol'S was
overwhelmed with about ISO
requests a night lor rides home
l dearly. there was a need for a
women s shuttle ser\ 11 e
Want to talk about discrimi
nation’ 1! women feel they can
not take a night i lass or attend
a group meeting in the l-.Ml
that's discrimination II men
feel like they need .1 van ride
home on the streets of hugene
lor them ,i pretty tame plat e
that's laziness
.So let's put this all together
\ pnigr.iiu that ists 90 i etlls i
term gi v ex women peace i
mind in a truly discriminatory
climate, tie. streets Any micro
simple differences that may ex
ist are washed away by a tide ol
farts
1 might have sided with A In
awhile bill k Hut I've noth ed a
funny thing In the past tyvu or
three yeats Alter I'm finished
nigh! editing .it one or two ill
the morning, 1 i .in walk home
or to my i .ir w it limit having to
look over my shoulder Some ol
tile other night editors here leei
they i a!inot That s dixi riilHIia
lory
What does the cost of a muf
tin bring to halt the student
body ' A safe ride home when
it s .lark out
I o ,i11 of us. that should
make a difference
Christopher Kl.iir is editor ot
the l.merald
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