UNIVERSITY
Donors to eat in ‘exclusive’ club
By Colleen Poniiq
Emc^a-d R<*pfv?ef'
At tlic s.line time the University administration
Inis been promoting diversity mi i ainpus, !hr Uni
versity Foundation yy ill Innf its annual luni boon
ior key donors at. .in exi lusive Portland i lull -.vith
a reputation for denying memlter'ships to women
and African Amem ans
The foundation a fund raising body separate
from tin- University. chose tin- \\ .\«*rl«-> ( outitrv
(dub to host tin- annual honorary luncheon on
May o for about 100 of tin- President's Assoc)
atcs. or people who i ontributr considerable
amounts of morn v to tin- si hool
Wr have been assured that f I lit - club) doesn't
disi riininate said I iiiversitv spokesman L td
Blanchard ih>-\ oiti-mi to have lull members
that are African-Aineric ans and females
President Myles Brand said he will not attend
the event because lie will be traveling but said if
he were organizing the lum lu-on he wouldn't
have planned to have it a! the VVuvertev
"II I were organizing the event, 1 would not
plan it a! a place that excludes minorities, as a
matter of principle. Brand said
M'ilLmirtlr Mrrk reported the reputation of the
iduh as being "Portland's most'exclusive bastion
of rich white manhood
The general manager id the i lull ll.ivtd Chisiii,
denied this claim
Until Si-ptcmher 1000, the club had a policy
barring women from Incoming full memlx-rs, ami
as recently as last fall, the ( lull still had no hlai k
members, according to M'ilkimrllr Heei
C.liism denies Ibis las! statement as well .is the
entire M ilhimrllr l\ri’k arlii le. saying the story
is totally false
Chism said the < luh has always allowed worn
en. hut not as proprietary members until re
eetilly Proprietary memlxrrs have voting rights
and full membership
Chism also said there .ire some women and \l
rii an Amerii ans on the -waiting lists hut as of yet
no (email's vs< re granted membership and Chism
refused to loriimt-n! on whether any Afrli.m
7 can't say (whether we have
African-American members)
because we don't ask about
their nationality. ’
David Chism.
genem- ’u ■
Aiiutii oils svere ( urrently menibcis
I i .m! say .ssliethei svr h;i>c V': m Am,
(.,(n members! because sve don't asb about thro
nationalIty tdnsm said Ur v;r vrr dm. nmi
n.i!ril .11;,<in•* 1 blu, Is or .inv other nmi i its
The I 'mviTMli f uiiMiliilion is :,i ii in [.)11 tit i
gilin/.ation I lull helps !,, i use funds .lor ’! ■ ‘
\lthough i! is autonomous H !o! b -ss • •
b.isu | id In ms ill mm 111 st fun mill mu
I'licii' vv.ix; .ibsoluli’lv nu inlriil to represent
| 111’ IS 1.1 ill)s 1 -111, ill I; |!,’ said 1 ' |,l: I 1
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Uhl’ 1 bib's): I urri’b! jiiilic it’s .Iff net I’M ..is si
ll.irb.ir.i bliss. (Mis ass, 1.1 t.i • VI,, j' r rs i, lent (., :
public .iil.iifs. said the I'niviTsils si,..aid In' sup
purl inn the club
Supporting tin inslilulion tb.il i b,upp'd those
pul'ii' it's (of discrimination) is is. ils ss bat sve
should be doing. Kd wards said II : 11 1H m. ul1,-.
or two \ i'.ii s. liter,' ,ire slill no ssoinen oi \irlcan
Americans, then the University needs In rerun
snlcr ils business ssith lb,'in
(.ildlgtin said one , ! tile reasons lot has mg lb'
luncheon at the VVnseiles Is be, aie.e on, I lb,
donors, who is a member ol the , tub alien ,I
use bis memU-rslup to base the lulu beun 'h, -
As for future business with the , lull, ilium hard
said the University ssill tab, an ml,’rest m !i..
club in terms ol svbeliier tfies stub to their rela
lively ness pn.u \ of granting mm a ties im-:: let
ship
If sse don't detect any change then lli.it ssiii
give us reason to loob elsewhere in the tuture
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SUNDAY
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B » \ * R ► B * \ ► R - A
K INGSOLVER
AUTHOR OF
ANIMAL DREAMS & ANOTHER AMERICA
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April 23rd • 4:30
Fir Room at the EMU
Renowned author
Barbara Kingsotver
will sign copies of her books
following a talk as part of the Ben Under Forum
Her books, The Bean Trees, and Animal Dreams,
which was dedicated to Ben Under, and her most
recent book of poetry in Spanish and English
UNIVERSITY
O F O K fc C O N
written with Rebecca Cartes,
Another America, are available
at the UO Bookstore,
Sponsored by EMU Cultural b run;
UO Incidental Fee Committee. Orm j •
Sister University f • •*- t ASICC A'
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