Oregon Daily
MONDAY, APRIL 27. 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 142
‘Hate fliers’ distributed
in EMU prompt anger
jOPS seeks distributors of
derogatory publications
By Kirsten Lucas'.
Emerald Rujx • vr
Ih. Office of l’uhlir Safety is imesti
gating two rat is! anti fu>tm>!.e\ual fliers
that .outraged students and roiiitnuiil.lv
members last week, said OI’S Direr tor
(atrev Drayton
About lt)() copies of the "hate fliers"
were found in and around the I Alt' by
janitorial staff ami Office of Public Safety
officers las! U edtiesday
The slogans "Special rights means less
rights for whites' No special rights lor
dykes’" and Hex lags your life
slinks."appealed on the fliers, along with
derogatory illustrations of gays and leshl
a ns.
One of the liters directly targeted Uni
versity student Krorida Adair, an Afri
can American lesbian In that filer a tie
rogatory caricature identifying herself as
"K'rornia" < rudely tells of her sexual ori
dilation
I don't know what the intent v\as,
Ait.nr said at a press ( onlererii e I > i lay
Hie onlv tiling I feel is anger There's
no progress without backlash What this
means to me is that I'm doing something
right I think they're more afraid ol me
than I am of them
Adair reported the flier to Ol'S, the f.u
gene poln e department and the Eugene
Human Rights (loinmission
Drayton said an OPS investigation is
under way to find whoever made and
distributed the fliers If found the person
or persons responsible will tie turned
over to Student ( undue t tor prosei upon
Idlers targeted at speeifii individuals
such as tile one at Adair, .ire considered
"ollensive and illegal" under the Stu lent
' to HATE • • 3
Women fight unsafe streets
jAt Friday march, women
reclaim right to walk unafraid
By Sherrene Goular!
I r era : C • f
A procession of about I41M) vocal wom
en were safe as they proudlv marched
Friday night to encourage uttier women
to gel oul of the housi-‘ and into the
streets
Women yelled. < hanted and dam ed in
the streets to ret lalln their tight to he at If
to walk unalraiii .it
ti i g li t y\ ithoiit a
Sn krtalrd Mart,
l*age 4
male escort
Th e I a k e It at k
the Night march began .it Agate Hall
where women grahlred signs lit t andles
and sang. V\ ■ are gentle, angry women
singing lor our lives
Speakers inspired She i rnwil be! re !!;•
actual march ttegan i wore m v bl.x k
leather j.ii ki*t tonight because i w anted I
have it I r .till! e'.i ‘-.mi new tv eiet ’■ 1 ,
dent senator )o Trigtliu
turnons utiloi ikers peered through Itieir
VV inflows as ! lie women pr< k eedt . 1 .!. i w:;
JHth Street bars honked and passershy
dapped m support ol the women who
chanted. ' Hey ties. Ho Ho, ttie p.itr:<ir
i tiv bus got logo' and "Black, while, guv
straight No more violence, no more
hate "
About It) women trom .1 sorority
jumped mto the prtx ession .is tbe march
ers be 1 koned to tbeiii from Abler street
I .'pi.:: re. 11 long (lie I Ml . the man bets
University women business w omen,
t lu Id ten and tvs o dogs i ombined I belt
energy to let out a loud si ream
fotr to WOMEN Page 3
Hang time
>. • t?f M f -W" •*' of
P:if Riley catches some air on h s Rollcrblados in front of me EMU
FlSt'itHMi
GO ANNETTE
Former Duck-turned
teacher Annette
Peters wins the 1,500
meter run, on her way
j to an Olympics bid.
See SPORTS, Page 7
CLAIMING THE PAST
University of Chicago Professor George
Chauncey Jr. tells how gay men were
able to create a place for themselves in
turn-of-the century New York City.
See PROFESSOR. Page 4
SHOCK ROCK
Skinny Puppy's latest
album, Last Rites, is
about as cute and
cuddly as its name.
See SKINNY, Page 6
Unofficial sexual assault forms insightful
jwith rape underreported, the Un
wanted Sexual Behavior Task Force
finds a more accurate picture
By Carrie Dennett
E rrwKaW As so. j'u t.! • '
Seauul A&s«iuit
Aw.»f»ness Month
I'ilihir\ noli This is pari onr at
<i thrvr pari srrirs on srKuul its
saull Tat! inn nl thr srrirs, fralur
inp articles ■ihoul rape arul thr Liiv,
mul tniininf; ot police ami emer
tli'iit \ mom I'rrsi auwl, hi II hr pub
lishrtl I'uesja \
Tht; official Morv of campus sex
uii! assault is unrealistically ros\
With only two sexual assaults re
ported stnt e July 1(191. it's c ould !»- rasv to believe that
women are sale on t artipus
Iri tail l'l'K). however, when tin now-defunct Rape
Crisis Network reported it had received If) c alls about
campus inc idents since tin- beginning of that term,
members of (lie University's Unwanted Sexual Itehav
lor Task bore e freaked out
This reminder o! tin underreported nature id c umpus
rape came simuitane.,usiv with USIt •. release of an uri
nific lal sexual assault reporting form
The form, available rumpus-wide, allow-, anyone
w ith knowledge of at mi idem e of sexual assail It • a ha
rassment in miorm t ampus auinuriues witnout making
,111 offlt ial ri'|)(irl
l.'Slt nit on rani's olfit lal reporting ol sexual assaults
lull ret .ogrn/es that nitiliy students are relut Imil In tin
so Wlllmul the unnlllt ial repnrl forms many crimes
won Id no tinret orded
I sn hoped a more at t urate pit lure of c ampus sexual
assault would develop, and indeed, the form has
brought to light O ' cases of sexual assault or harass
merit 1,1 i urrm>; between 1‘ltut and b binary long
The lorm asks tpreslions alxiut the date, location ami
type ol on idem, involvement ol dlugs or alcohol, rela
tionship id the assailant to the survivor, if the incident
was also reported olfit tally, anil if the survivor is a sin
dent stall or fat ally member, or a nun-student
Ini iden's reported from IOHB to I eh 1002
• Sex-u d Harassment VI
• • Ah , >e o (some < uses inr ludod sodomy or gang
rape)
• f’ufii it I'l.lfet ecu y I
• Hat, Ha;e 1
• Hale iv.l j,, St X Abase 1
• A juamlani e Rapt- 10
• At juaintance Rape Sodomy 'Sexual Harassment 2
• Sll an.-e; Rape 1
()l the to incidents tli.it occurred after fall loot). g 1
were oil a ampus .Ml were ou t ampus and eight gave no
lot at ion. said Owen Tistadt, office manager tif the tau
I ' UNOFFICIAL b a