Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 144
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Melinda Silva (left). Sue Dockatader, Diana Colima, Taraaa Naillon and OPS officer Otla Scarborough aland above a
summer session banner that was torn down by students and left on the ground in front of Johnson Hall Tuesday
Students deface
summer banner
j Protesters say the summer session
banner reflects the University's insen
sitivity to minority students
By Gernt koepping
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Turn 10 BANNER. P.igo 7
International students
face safety concerns
j Sexual assault issues can be as foreign as
the culture students find themselves in
By Kirsten Lucas
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unm V . **a got to the l .‘Mverssty aie
didn't lliink. \w a «• about leaving her dorm
room alone to jumI.i! nil into I lit* night to inert
MJiiif friends An* you efa/.y ' her friends
asked Shijrci.k.i thought liu’V were paranoid
Now Shig'OK.i tries to tom line her turner
siiy triends Imm other countries lhi.it they may
not he as safe here ,is they think they are
lor intern.ition.il students, like Shigeoka,
personal safety and sexual assault issues are
often just as foreign as the i ulture in whit h
It.i-v fimi themselves
In general. when vuu are no! f.imili.ir with the culture, von
don't know w ti.it behaviors urc .11 1 eptable. s«nd (hnny St,irk. an
advisor lor International Servo i s You don't know how people
behave in dating situations and whether it's sate to he out in ter
tain (duces at certain times
I11 some other countries, for example it is i nstomarv for women
to travel in groups. Stark said In absent e of this i ustom. some for
eign students may not know when and where it's Ok to travel
Turn to ASSAULT Page 3
Native Americans find support
j Group provides
students friendship,
informal counseling
and a sense of be
longing
By l tsa Millegan
i morale! A S'. O'. ,.i!« f dilor
If il weren't lor the Native
AiiiiTH.iin Student Union,
fresh man Quinn Herrera
probably would have left the
I University long ago
When Ins grades weren't
up to p.ir earlier this year. h<
felt discouraged and consid
ered giving up
Hut after a trip to KMIJ
Room lfi-A. his confidence
returned The people at
NASU were sympathetic and
offered to help him study
"It's kind of a home-like at
mosphere,” Herrera said "It
has saved me from dropping
out a couple of times.''
One of the student organi
zation's main functions is
serving as an informal coun
seling center. NASU has
about ifO-30 active members
Contrary to what many
Modcsta Minthorn (left) and Ceoigeann Baker, NASU co-diroc
tors, sort through Native American blankets tor the May 16-17
powwow at McArthur Court.
people believe. !hin service
,ind others olfrreij by NAM)
are available to all students at
the University, not just Na
tive Amerit ans
(!o-dircu.tor Ueorgeann
Milker recalled an Australian
graduate student who tame
to NASU to get help dealing
with homesickness.
The student union's mem
hers offered the woman sup
port and inv ited her to partlc
ipate in r activities This
group ended up inking her on
ti sledding trip where she saw
snow for the lirsl time
Many University students
also use NASU .is ,i resourr e
for finding information about
Native Americans [laker said
the students are typicully
writing papers related to in
digenous people
Turn 10 NASU. Page 3
QUILTS
Artist Kumiko Sudo's
quilts blend the best of
East and West tradi
tions.
See UNIQUE. Page 6
IFC ETIQUETTE
Associate athletic director Barbara Walker
stormed out of an IFC meeting Tuesday
after committee member Sue Dockstader
used profanity while addressing her
See AD, Page 7
ROCK ME
A hike to Larison Rock
offers a nice view of
Diamond Peak and
Oakridge.
See HIKE, Page 8