Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1993
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Students of Color Building Bridges members Daniels Dies (left), Leslie Warren and Josh
Norris were among those who said Wednesday they would consider withdrawing from
the University lilt doesn't prioritize support for minority students and faculty.
Students knock school’s
minority support efforts
j Group threatens
withdrawal if University
doesn’t meet demands
By Pal Malach
ErneraM Editor
A group of students said Wedtiesd.iv its
members will withdraw from the I'niver
sity if the administration chats not address
com erns about the cduiational environ
ment for minority students
Students of Color Building Bridges
member* read a prepared statement sav
ing they would present the administra
lion wdfi a list of demands E'riday
Although they declined to go into
specific s. the students said the demands
will center around their perc eption that
the administration has not made sun ere
•'(tori', to prioriti*zo tIn* m ruitmnnt and
retention of tin tillv and students of i ol
or, provide adequate support serve es for
students of color, or revise llii' Universi
ty s r.u n. gender mid non-European cur
rii.ulum
ASl i() A f (intuitive A• I mn Coordinator
Diana Collins said tin' withdrawals would
lie a last slap
It's definitely a very drastic stop,"
Collins s.nil Hut it's out! licit |K>opU« am
lining pushed to. As it is. mi'ii though
wo rt' not withdrawing nil masse. thorn
aru students withdrawing regardless
I-.stirs year some students don't come
beck to i ampus
Croup meinher Daniehi Ilia/ said the
! hiiversity is failing in its mission to edu
i ale all students on the issues of r.u e and
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Stereotypes prompt advances
□ Student leader
says Asian women
are targeted because
of cultural images
By Matt Bender
Erneraia Reporter
Main Asian women at the
University are the targets of
unwanted sexual advances and
are confused about who to turn
to. u Japanese student leader
said Tuesday.
Sho ShiKeok.u. of the Unwant
ed Sexual Behavior Task Force,
said Asian women students are
subjected to unwanted advances
from men her.au.se of cultural
stereotypes.
"The stereotype of Asian
women is that they are submis
sivu. passive and exotic, she
said "They ore supposed to
please their man
Stereotypes cause men to
boldly approach and harass
Asian women. Shigeoka said.
John Thornes, a student who
tutors Asian women through the
American Knglish Institute,
agrees
Some ol the Asian women
Thomas tutors have come to him
looking for advice on what to do
about men who harass them, he
said.
A Taiwanese woman Thomas
was tutoring told him a man
kept harassing her on the bus on
the way to and from school. She
said he wanted to give her rides
to and from the University He
also constantly asked for her
address so he could come visit
her at home
' .She was roallv scared and
confused." Thomas said. "The
men who approach these
women arc real forward and
direi t. They sav things that
might get them slapped bv a
native English sjienker.”
Some of the advances go
beyond just asking for addresses,
said foanie Robertson of the t 'in
varsity Dean of Students Office.
"We've heard of u number of
Asian women who have
ret cived telephone i alls where
tin; caller has said he has seen
the women in certain places ear
lier in tile day." she said "They
will even desc ribe the clothes
the women were wearing."
Slugeoka said Asian women
do not know how to handle
aggressive men because they are
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SHC offers new contraceptive
j Student Health Center offering
Depo-Provera upon request
By Sarah Clark
Emerald Reporter _
Depo-Provera, a contraceptive dm# that is inject
ed into women every three months, will be avail
able at the Student Health Center as soon as some
one requests it. said Colleen Jones, health center
nurse practitioner.
The drug, which is a synthetic form of the hor
mone progesterone, is 99.7 percent effective as a
contraceptive method, studies show. This is the
Svimif maximum ©iwcliventtss as oinn control puis.
Jones said, but unlike the pills, Depo-Provera has
little risk of user failure
The health center will charge $37 per inje< tion
Planned Parenthood, which also offers birth con
trol at lower prices than private clinii s. charges
St.n per injection.
Women vvlio use Depo-Provero like the conve
nience, Jones said Women only need one injection
to be almost perfectly protected for three months
However, the drug has side effects that are dif
ficult to predict, Jones said. And if a woman has
trouble with them, she must wait time* months for
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Take it to the bank
Psychology student Caleb Edell holds the line tor his
state representative while ASUO State Atfairs Coordi
nator Ryan Decked waits The ASUO and Student Sen
ate sponsored a phone bank Wednesday for students
to phone the Oregon Legislature
WEATHER
After morning fog breaks up.
clear to mostly cloudy skies
will prevail over the Eugene
area Highs will be in the lower
50s.
Today in History
In 1983. Pulitzer Prize-win
nine playwright Tennessee
Williams was found dead in his
New York hotel suite; he was
n.
DUCK CALL HOURS CHANGED
The University Office of the Registrar said
Wednesday that Duck Call hours have been perma
nently changed.
The new hours for the University s phone registra
tion system are now from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Kate Johnson, of the registrar s office, said the hours
were increased so students could have more hours
available to register if they have time conflicts during
the normal day.
SPOBTS
The Oregonian reported Tuesday that Jamal Lawrence, a 6
foot-2 basketball player from Los Angeles, would enroll at
Oregon for spring term.
Lawrence, the 1992 South Coast Flayer of the Year, will
transfer from Pepperdine. where he was suspended from the
school from disciplinary reasons.
Under NCAA rules, Lawrence will not be able to play for
the Ducks until the 1994 1995 season, when he would he
able to join the team as a sophomore
Oregon coach Jerry Green was unable to comment on the
player due to NCAA guidelines.