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EDITORIAL Officer’s promotion sends bad message Criticism* of Oti* Scarborough, an officer at the Uni versity Office of Public Safety, are nothing new in the Emerald. People routinely write letters to the editor that deride Scarborough’s job performance — accusing him of over-zealously ticketing student* for minor infractions, such as riding bikes on small stretches of sidewalks. However, opinions of job performance are largely sub jective. Violations of University policy are not. Scarbor ough was disciplined last September for breaking the Uni versity’s sexual harassment policy — a claim that was detailed extensively in _ the Jan. 25 Emerald. Now, several months later, OPS is shockingly training Scarborough for a promotion to lead supervisor. The job is not his automatically — 90 days after his May appointment, the posi tion will likely be opened for a statewide search. Howover. by the end of the 90-day train ing session, Scarborough may well be the most qualified candidate, meaning he will proba bly be hired. Promotlont should be given to outstanding employees who exhibit a good work ethic and who represent their office with (Bgntty which Is certainly questionable In Scarborough% case. judging by this latest development, Scarborough’s original discipline given by the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee was clear ly not severe enough to make a dent in his personnel file. A letter of reprimand on an issue as serious as soxual harassment should be grounds for dismissal, not promo tion. OPS Director Carey Drayton should have tried harder to find an alternative to Scarborough. His only action was to appoint an internal committee of two supervisors and one officer to make the decision, people who have worked with Scarborough in the past and are more likely to over look any indiscretions. In addition. Drayton had a choice of three candidates for the position, yet he gave Scar borough the job anyway. Drayton and his office should have taken sexual harass ment, or any violation for that matter, more seriously. Promotions should be given to outstanding employees who exhibit a good work ethic and who represent thoir office with dignity, which is certainly questionable in Scarborough's case. This isn't to say that Scarborough should be punished for the rest of his life. If it had been several years since Scarborough's violation, and he had kept his record clean since that time, a promotion would be more realistic. However, it has boon only eight months, and that's not long enough. The fact that Scarborough is already being considered for a promotion sends the message to students that their efforts to report sexual discrimination are in vain and won't be taken seriously. Conversely, it tells staff and fac ulty they can do whatever they want — discriminate or sexually harass women or men. It probably won't mat ter in a few months when they're up for a promotion or tenure. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Oariy F">»« 4 puNMhed derly Monday through Endey Amng the Know year and Tueaday and T hui»day during me iu«w» By me O'agon Daily Emerald PuBkafvng Co me el the Ikwerarty ol Oregon. Eugene. Oregon The Emerald operatae independently o< the LKwervty with oflreae at Suae 300 ol the ErB Memorial Ur»on and « a memeer ol the Aaaooatad Preaa The Emerald m private progeny The untawtui removal or um ol papera » proeecutade By law Editor: Pat Maiach Nawa Editor Editorial Editor QrapMca Editor EntertoMmont Editor J4*« Bros Martin Firm JOfl PiMy F'Ofi Horn Fraalancs tcHlof Mandy Baucum Editorial Editor Fbvwt Jansaan Sports Editor Oava CrMVtxmnaau Supptamants Editor CaSay Andarton Night Editor Pat Maiach Associate Editors: Tamm* Baiay Sfudsnr Govammanr Act»wfaj Da*aiyn Traope Communty Coaaan Pohhg. Mghar f<jUcjaoaAt»n<m*lr»hon Nssrs Start: Owa A»an, Mat! Banda*. Jushn Brown. 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I was suddenly transported into an early 60s "B" movie. Several friends and I attended an "open" parly at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity One of those friends happens to be bald. Being bald (and gorgeous), she gets a lot of attention from guys (grwk or not) But suddenly the movie start ed IX) you remember the movies where the outsider always gets picked on by the "popular" peo ple, then proves to the world they are as good as anyone else? Well, that's exactly what hap pened A Beta approached my friend and told her to leave I asked him why. and he had the nerve to tell me she didn't fit in at "his" party. I thought he must lie joking but soon discovered he wasn't He yelled, cursed and degraded my friend in front of dozens of peo ple Although he was quickly making a fool of himself (his brothers in agreement with us), he kept on berating her I just couldn't believe that was actual ly happening We say our school is liberal, but with the attitude (being fos tered in the grwek system). 1 lean toward disagreement. If we allow this discrimination to go on. feel ing will get hurt and ideas will be oppressed. The Beta's pre cious greek system is already in jeopardy, they shouldn't com pletely blow it by allowing their members to get away with such behavior. Christina Vincent Psychology All the girls? Today I had a frustrating expe rience with the University's fine registration system. I admit the new changes seem positive, yet how will we ever find out if the system continues to malfunction7 I was scheduled to register Wednesday. May 26. after 3:30 p in . and it just so happened that when I called at 3:25 p.m.. the system was down I continued to tall until 6 p.m. Apparently the system reopened at about 5 p.m. At that time, twice as many stu dents were trying to get through to Duck Call. I'm fed up! I pay too much money to he run around. The least I expect is to be able to reg ister for the classes 1 need. I would expect this from a Cali fornia registration system, but not from the ever-so-personalized Duck f jill. Don't you think these little computer quirks should have been worked out before registra tion began? Ail the girls from VVillcox Mall think so Meysha Price Landscape Architecture Hands off ISA During the lfh)3 International Night Celebration, organized by the International Students Asso ciation. the organizers of the event seized every opportunity to show their gratitude toward the office of International Edu cation and Exchange for all its "financial" and other "contribu tions." First off. it is noteworthy to indicate that the ISA does not receive any funding by or through the OIEE. Hence, it would be misleading to indicate that the ISA could not have orga nized the international night without the financial assistance of the OIEE. For the record, it should be noted that the ISA is an inde pendent organization that is sole ly funded by the Incidental Fee Committee. Again, it would be misleading to indicate that the funding for an ISA event is pro cured through the OIEE How ever. it would have been correct to indicate that ISA contributes financially to the OIEE. Unfor tunately, certain members of the ISA who have direct financial ties to the OIEE conveniently left out the aforementioned fact dur ing International Night. It is not incorrect to praise the OIEE. However, the gratification made toward the OIEE must not he done on ISA's time. It must not he forgotten that the ones praising the OIEE were the very few who receive personal fund ing for their own financial gains. lastly, in order to preserve the full integrity and independence of the ISA. OIEE and OlEE's financial recipients must stop meddling in the affairs of the ISA A. Pourlard T. Fooladi Iranian Student Association Go Bob! Bob Pierce from the Universi ty rugby team has been selected to the Western Conference All Star Team, the Grizzlies. He is the only person from the Pacif ic Northwest to be selected He is a senior this year, so it is a great end to his college rugby career The tournament will be June 14 in Colorado The other three conferences (East coast. Central and South) will be playing against the Grizzlies to determine the collegiate conference win ners. After the tournament, the best players from all four conferences will be selected to play on a U.S. rugby all-star collegiate team lat er in the month The team will play the Canadian national team. Any people interested in play ing rugby at the University should contact Sean Morris. 687 9797. or the club sports office. We welcome all newcomers to the game. Sean Morris President, Club Sports Rugby LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 250 words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is submitted. The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style.