ASUO to evaluate Women’s Center
By S.A. Clemens
VegeefWy f
Thu ASHO Executive has
dec ided to re-evaluate the
Women's (.enter due to com
plaints that the center does not
serve the needs of a majority of
women at the University
ASUO President Erie: Bowen
said he decided a committee
should lie < rented to root-out the
problems w ithin the confer ns
well as to redefine its mission.
Bowen said problems in the
past have been dealt with in a
reactionary way. and because of
this, the outcomes have satisfied
few people.
"We need to start doing some
positive things rather than just
minimizing the damage. ' he
said.
“The center took on a white
lesbian-feminist position early
on (ns .1 foe us)." siiu) Bowen,
and the women who have cow
plained want to broaden this
focus.
With such a narrow focus,
many women say they find
unwelcomed at a c enter that has
nothing to do with them.
"It's been a constant struggle
for women of color and non-tra
ditional to lie accepted." said
Chrissy Friedman, summer
direc tor for Women in Transi
tion. "This should he a place
where all women are welcome."
However, the c ore problems
are not easy to find bee ause they
involve structural problems as
well ns individual personalities,
according to some
"There is n problem with the
process." said Friedman, "it
needs to lie more inclusive "
But ac cording to Angharad
|onns, next year’s Coordinator
for Saferide. the problem is not
systematic
"Thu problems tome from the
people, not the programs." she
said, adding that. "As part of
next year's staff. I think things
will he I witter (with new peo
ple) "
Women's Center Coordinator
Hasani Kudura said she believes
the problems are Inith systemat
ic and individual in port. Vet.
she said she believes the main
problem is that people are
unwilling to sit down and talk
about the problems of ideology
and purpose
■‘In the four years I've been
here, never formally have the
groups sat dow n and said this is
our view of feminism." said
Kudura "Some people have just
been unwilling to talk about
what the problem is "
WRITER
Continued from Page 1
In lilt' meantime, he had cultivated a desire and
ability to write. While at the (>H Olympics. Moore
wrote 12 stories for the Register-Guard and was
dubbed the "peripatetic running correspondent."
He admitted that "d I was just a runner, it was hit
stifling, writing helped me take mv mind off the
pressu re."
Joe Henderson. West Coast editor of Runner's
World, proudly claims that the magazine, of which
to writing for Sports Illustrated When his writ
ing began appearing in the magazine in 1971. he
said, the writing vsas very good and unpredictable
"Kvery individual has a style," he said "And a
good editor will encourage that Rogin did (Mark)
Mulvoy does not.”
Mulvov is the Sports Illustrated managing edi
tor at present. And although Moore agrees that
"every era (of a publication) is influent ed by the
tiersonal tastes and likes of the edi
tit* was editor, was trie nrsi nation
nl publication to run an article hy
Moore,
Kven though Honcierson, .r)(). is a
contemporary, his regard for Moore
is sizable "To put it in a simple sen
tent e, I have tile utmost respect and
admiration for him. lie is the
writer's writer among running writ
ers
"He goes hevond writing, even
beyond reporting; his style is very
literary I have almost a hero-wor
ship of Kennv." he said
lbs literary style paid oft In 1071
Moore was encouraged bv another
writer. Fat Putnam, to submit a sto
ry to Sports Illttslrutrtl Me did. and
has contributed to the magazine
To put it in a
simple sentence, I
have the utmost
respect and
admiration for
(Kenny Moore). He
is the writer’s
writer among
running writers.’
Joe Henderson,
West Coast editor ot
Runner's World
lor, and I m Irving to aci ommodate
for Ins (Mulvov 's) tastes. il is obvi
ous that iln'ir ideas of what the
magazine represents differ
For example, Moorn said Spoils
Illustrated pals itself on the track
for its contribution to environ
mental studies, 'htil it's damn hard
to gel one in
Moore was referring to a story he
wrote alxm! a whale sighting off the
coast of Maui Iasi year that was a
rare event The story was not pub
lished
Moore is also somewhat disillu
sioned w ith the high-profile sports
ever sim e and is now a senior
writer
The managing editor in tus early (lavs at the mag
azine was (hlherl Kogin. who htx nine Moore s w ril
ing mentor,
Kogin also dnhbled in short storv writing and
poetry. and perhaps it was their similar Imt kgrounds
(Moore re< eived his master's degree in creative writ
ing and drama in toTii) that made Kogin notice and
ultimately < tiltivate the fledgling w riter
Moore's continual suggestions to the i lass to "go
across the street to tin- English department and take
some i lasses are indicative of Ins firm ullegiam e
to the literary tradition.
Although he now i overs everything frutil sumo
wrestling to the National Haskethall Association.
Moore's heart is still with trai k and field
'I'd like to make a real case lor track and held as
»i grass roots sport. he said "It makes you far e vour
limitations mid expand them.
At present, that is what Moore is looking to do —
expand his limitations, particularly as they relate
.■"""" I iiuvt uir ur^rin uu » m
tin> top, in tmskelball. (Mist'liuli and
footlwll," he said 'it you low sight of the uiuse and
f lift I (of sports), you lost- purity
His frustration with ius editor. and th« loss of
purity in much of tin- sporting world, have* turned
Moore’s interests elsewhere He is working on tile
preliminaries of a movie, a Buddhist revenge action
film. (Moore iias at ted in two Hollywood films. I’rr
sonal Rest and Tequila Sunrise )
He is also working on a book about Bill Bower
man. who < reated the prototype of tin* Nike shoe
around Moore sbroken-at-lhe-time fiKit Phil Kmglit.
president of Nike, and whom Moore fondly calls
"Buck" for reasons unknown, iias agreed to sub
sidize Moore s researt h lor the book
Unable to run because of bad knees. Moore is
focusing Ins unlimited energy and i ompetitive spir
it on ins writing, 'file intensity is still there, the dis
cipline is still there, even the sweat, it s )ust a
different race.
MACE
Continued trom Page 1
wnn Shiloh could defend herself in t ase she was attacked
again They dm ideal on a *ipr«t\. and Dahrla Reinking gav e her
daughter a canister of militar\ tear gas Shiloh finished the
school year at Danebo although her family moved to Spring
field si Kill after the attar k
She kept the spray that her mother had bought (or lit'r in her
hag and never took it out at si hool.
Then in the fall of t‘1’12. Shiloh started at Thurston Ele
mentary a new school with new rules When in May of
100 t. a fourth grade girl looked into Shiloh’s bag and saw the
spray, she went straight to the prim ipal and told him The
spray was t onfisi ated
"He told me I was i nrrv mg a murder weapon." Shiloh said
Shiloh's mother went in to talk to l.ommen Dahrla Keink
mg told the prim ipal the reason Shiloh yvns i arry mg sut h a
harmful substance yvns Iks uuse she had already Ih>oii a vit tint,
and she didn’t want it happening again Dahrla Reinking
reminded l.ommen that Shiloh had already been carry mg the
sprav for some time with no problems
Dahrla Kntnking offered to buy a less harmful selfdefense
spray When it seemed like l.ommen pist wouldn't budge.
Dahrla Keinktng asked l.ommen pist how her daughter was
supposed to prolet t herself
"He told me that he was sorry about what happened, but
that she 'shouldn't walk through fields by herself. " Dahrla
said.
Dahrla calls l.ommen’s liehavior "blaming the vit tim" and
said she believes the si bool has it m for her daughter Dahrla
and Shiloh retail an entire school year of problems
The problems started after Shiloh was in a life threatening
m ■ idenl involving her 2 year-old brother As he started logo
down a ■ liff ill a parked car that had lost its emergent y brake.
Shiloh jumped into the driver's seat and steered the i ar
around a i urve Indore losing control of the y elm le and piling
mg down an embankment
Shiloh threw her body in front of her brother’s and saved
iMith of their lives as they hit a tree Shiloh said the si IiihiI tend
ed to blame her for things she wasn't responsible for Shiloh
said the si hih11 uses her as a si apego.it "Ikm ause I'm a woman,
and I don't take any crap from anybody
And Shiloh say s that when Thurston Idementary Si hool Prill
i ipal Dallas l.ommen called Shiloh into Ins office to tell her
Shiloh and her mother were "living in a fantasy world " lor
thinking they i mild disobey distru t rules, she felt again like
she was to blame
l.ommen. who will retire this year, dei lined an interview
her ause "the issue ol mat e or any other weapon is si hold
distru t pole v
l.ommen did say he considers mat e a weapon, hut he refused
further comment I tahrla Kemking said l.ommen has refused a
i ompromise suggested by Norma I'nulis of the State Hoard of
Higher id in alion that would allow Shiloh to carry pop|K>r spray
to the tins stop and turn it ill when she got on the bus and again
when she reached school
Assistant Superintendent of Springfield Schools Don Shall
said it's up to the principal to determine in ear h individual
i ase whether an item is a potential threat
"Illegal items sin h as firearms, weapons, ell nr other pos
sessions reasonably determined by si hool authorities to be a
threat to the safety of sis tirily of Others may Ik- seized." he said
And til tins i ase, the prim ipal considered Shilo's self-defense
spray a threat
Her former prim ipal at Danebo. lames Winger, emphasized
the important e of sitting (low n with all concerned parties to
work out a solution that is best lor the individual incident He
said the administration at Danebo was willing to do "what
ever vvu i ould do to help her phy su ally and psyc liologn ally.
although I don't remember tile mace issue at tiiallv coining
up "
So where does Shilo go from here'
Hie si IiihiI and the distru t have suggested that she not walk
alone to the Inis stop Sexual Assault Support Sorvic ex stall
member ( hrlstma ’Trevino said the primary responsibility of
making n i hi Id feel safe falls upon the .nil l Its ill her lile I tahrla
Reinking is still i ailing every organization she i an think of
to get legal adv u e
Shiloh is now in Karate Hut the 11 year-old says she doesn't
know what she vs ■ 11 do to feel safer
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