University student appears on ‘Primetime’
MEDFORD (Al’J — An Ore
gon woman who served in the
Air Force near (he end of the
Vietnam War is among a dozen
women appearing on u nation
al television show to say they
were sexually harassed and
oven raped on duty.
The woman. Identified only
as "'Janet.'' was the only female
crew chief among 300 men on
the flight line at Holloman Air
Force Base In New Mexico.
She said she had to leave the
military after she was denied
promotions, harassed and
raped by officers
"I didn't have the emotional
stamina to fight this by my
self," said ihe woman. "They
made me believe I was the
problem and I had to leave"
Janet Is among th<i female
veterans Interviewed for a
Thursday night edition of
PrlmoTIme Live, hosted by
Sam Donaldson and Diane
Sawyer. The women were ap
proached for the interviews af
ter attending sexual assault
workshops held last spring at
women veterans’ conferences.
"I'm on the forefront of a
whole flood of women that
will coma forward,” Janet said
"We're survivors. We’re not
asking for pity, hut for equal
treatment of women veterans "
The University student
joined the military in 147:1 and
graduated with honors from
technical school before iming
assigned to Holloman Crow
chiefs wore responsible for
preparing fighter pianos and
starting tho engines before the
mission.
"I would rate her one of tho
best 1 have seen male or fe
male. She knew her proce
dures cold and dearly knows
the aircraft in general." wrote a
fighter pilot in March 1975.
He was one of seven pilots
who recommended Janet be
recognized as crew chief of tho
month, an honor that wont to a
man who received only three
recommendation letters, she
said
When she submitted a 13
page report detailing sexual
harassment and rapes by high
er-ranking men, an othcer
tossed il in the waste basket,
strongly advised her not to
press charges and offered her
an honorable discharge, which
she accepted.
"The hardest thing for me to
understand was why these
men never gave me any sup
port." she said. "If I had a
problem. I was nil alone in it
and the easiest thing to do was
drop it "
Janet plans to join some of
the more than H.400 women
veterans in Oregon to file a
collective lawsuit against the
Department of Veterans Affairs
to improve the agency's han
dling of women’s health is
sues
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und stiu asked Clinton if vacant government
barracks could lie used to house the homo
lews.
About 1 fid poop In assembled ill l'egasus
i’l/./a Thursday evening. although It Is un
cloar how many attended for ttio uvont or
just for dinnor.
Voluntoors approached viewers with
forms and uskoii thorn if they urn already
registered to vote.
Tiffany Verge, a recent graduate from the
University, said she attended to learn how
Koss I’orot's re-entry into the presidential
rate wilt impact the Clinton/Core cam
paign.
"I'd just like to hear what (Clinton's) go
ing to do or if he's got h strategy, or if he's
just scared,'' Verge said
hlisuheth Doonln. a mathematics graduate
teaching fellow, said she wanted to find out
about the environmental programs Clinton
and Cam' Intend to implement.
"I'd like to sco a balance between envi
ronmental and economic concerns,” Iloonin
said "Short-term concerns have been the
only concerns under Bush."
Henry I’oldman. a nine-year-old hdison
Momentary School student, attended the
gathering to hear Clinton and Gore's views
on disadvantaged children.
"I was thinking of what they're going to
do for the poor children of the country - If
they're going to give any more government
money for the school*," Poidman said
Mlml I’oldman, Henry's mother, said they
learned of the event through friends
"Hu really wanted to know what Clinton
and Core will do (Attending) was basic ally
his idea," she said.
Michele Fox. a University senior in thea
ter arts, said site was satisfied with most of
what sire heard from faith candidates on the
program.
"! like everything they're saying about the
women's issues and AIDS and what they
said about subsidizing business in other
countries — it takes jobs away from Ameri
cans," box sail)
The University was the only Oregon col
lege? or university to televise the event.
Rich Bernstein, vice-president of the Uni
versity College Democrats, said the organi
zation notified students of the event on
short notice
"Basically, we coordinated it in the last
4H hours,” Bernstein said. "People from the
i’ortlund office contacted us."
The candidates' appearance on the pro
gram is consistent with the appeals to
young people they have made throughout
the campaign Both stressed the? importance
of registering to vote
John Pollock of the College Democrats
said he and his colleagues will encourage
students to register and vote in the weeks
before the election
"(Clinton and Core) have acknowledged
that we're important in this campaign," Pol
lock said
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a court order yesterday to evict
the campers. Stevo Purchase,
tho assistant director of the
Innds division, said the county
sheriff will bo doing tho evict-'
ing as soon as thoy receive tho
court order.
"In the meantime, a cleanup
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Purchase said.
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support for tho homeless camp
ers. Community members and
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in response to Rust’s ques
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now that the site is closed,
most said thoy didn’t know
Some said they wore staying to
defend their home no matter
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dren have already fhal, fearing
they’d be arrested if thoy
stayed, they said.
Several campers pointed out
that all of the federally owned
campgrounds are either closed
for the winter or too far away to
get back into town. Most said
they were likely going to be
forced to stay in their cars —
until fined — or hit the streets
of Eugene.
Responding to their comment
that most are likely going to
stay and fight for their home.
Rust told them us long as thoy
remained non-violent, ho didn’t
have a problem with civil dis
obedience.
"Do what you need to do,"
ho said. “You have a right to
shelter, and if the state or gov
ernment doesn't make available
a place for you, I respect you
for fighting for it."
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