HIERARCHY
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“1 really would like to encourage both students
and faculty to go to this forum, said Derby John
ston. n coordinator at safety affairs "I think them
are a lot of questions pertaining to these issues,
especially concerning faculty and student rela
tionships It will be a safe environment to speak
freely together and he a positive stop to learning
alxmt hierarchy between men and women on cam
puses for everyone.”
Recently, the University has been witnessing a
heated debate over faculty-student sexual rela
tionships, with many persons spe< ulating how
formulating guidelines or a non-fraternization pol
i< v would affec t various rights of administrators,
faculty members, graduate instructors and stu
dents
To date, about 40 universities nationwide have
drafted university policies making staff members
aware that any romantic involvement with their
students, sucii as sexual relations, makes them
liable for anv accountable unprofessional behavior
or actions,
”1 hope that at this panel people understand
with or without having a non-fraternization policy
on campus, the policy does take a position to
empower people who arc1 in a lower position com
plaining. ensure protec tion to both University (ac -
uity and students, and that it would lx> designed to
shift the burden of proof to those who are in power
and create awareness of risks involved if they
dec ide to engage in an affair with a student.”
I'orell said "It's going to he a matter of time before
llic- university faces this issue of devising or
installing a non-fraternization policy."
The University has had only one official guide
line, published in UlHti by the Office of Affirma
tive Action, advising students and faculty
members about potential conflic ts of interest
resulting from dating relationships between
administrators, faculty memlters and students
It states that "many faculty members consider
dating relationships among professors and stu
dents in their classes to he a violation of the stu
dent-teacher relationship in the form of
unprofessional conduct if one chooses to engage in
'consensual' or 'amorous' relationships." and that
"it has been proven that some faculty and stu
dents. or supervisors and graduate students have
been able to dote without any problems, this is on
exception rather than the rule."
The guideline lists many consequences, inc hid
ing control over academic grades, question of stu
dent validity of performance by other professors
aware of a relationship, influence over professor
objectivity regarding the student, sexual harass
ment. damage of reputation and other factors
In the most recent edition of the University fac
ulty handbook, no statue under student relations
addresses relationships between University mem
bers and students
"I think that the imbalaru e of power ami hier
archy that surrounds faculty and students getting
involved needs to t>e examined, but we need also
show the issue of freedom of association, that as
long as the conflict of interest is remover! from the
student-teacher standpoint, one may be allowed to
date any one they choose to." said Marshall Sauce
da, director of multicultural affairs.
Philosophy Professor Cheyney Ryan disagrees
"I think that the position of hierarchy among
faculty and administrators needs to lie addressed
the most because they are the ones with the most
power on campus and the least amount of vulner
ability. They are expected to set the tone around
here about what is expected and ensure that stu
dents feel comfortable on campus. Faculty and
administrators have an obligation to provide an
education, and students are here to learn from
them, not to have sex or become o possible spouse
with someone,” he said
"Abuses of power and other dilemmas will
always exist in a hierarchy Having amorous rela
tionships is just one example how disasters c an
occur among administration members, fac ulty,
staff and students," said Ken Lehrman. director of
the Office of Affirmative Action “We need to train
and educate persons about these issues, particu
larly if the University dcxcs enac t a non-fratomiza
tion policy."
The discussion will be from 11 a m. to 1 to p.m.
in the F:MU Ben Under Room.
WOMEN
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Sexism in people of color
communities is more difficult
to confront when they are
struggling with racial discrim
ination as well.
“If you have men in your
community who are consis
tently oppressed by outside
forces, of course they will
employ the same power-play
techniques on someone else
within their community." said
panelist Diana Collins Puente.
ASUO vice president of ASUO
and a member of MEChA. the
national Chicano student
movement.
Confronting sexism in peo
ple of color communities is dif
ficult because feminist theory
is rooted in a white, middle
class perspective. Betty
Friodan's The Feminine Mys
tique. about an Ivy League edu
cated woman's dissatisfaction
with home-making life, is not
a shared experience for most
women of color communities.
"The feminist model is prob
lematic for Native Americans
because it is a white feminist
model for the role of women in
a white society." said Trevor
Monteith. a panelist and mem
ber of the Native American
Student Union.
Monteith points to the cul
tural roots of tribal communi
ties to explain how different
guidelines exist for women of
color,
"Powerful rights and respon
sibilities were granted to
Native American women.” he
said. "Property was passed
down from woman to daugh
ter insload of man to son in
some tribes.”
Gender and labor roles
were not as clearly defined in
the indigenous societies If a
woman wanted to be a hunter,
her mate could take on the
role of caretaker in many
Native American, Latin and
African communities. Collins
Puente said. It was not until
the European patriarchy infil
trated the indigenous commu
nities that gender roles
became more defined.
Yet. sexism within the
broader struggle against racial
discrimination is not new. In
the civil rights movement of
the 19B0s, Student Non-Vio
lent Coordinating Committee
leader Stokely Carmichael
was once asked what position
women represented in the
struggle.
"The only position for
women in the movement is
prone,” he said.
The panelists want to raise
awareness of sexism within
people of color communities
without disenfranchising
men. While white women are
dealing with one issue of gen
der equity, people of color are
systematically oppressed in
our society, Collins Puente
said.
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n Divided America, is a family memoir of interne ial relations
Bates and his wife adopted two African American children.
"We live in a country where people am defined by the color
of their skin.” Bates said
"I wrote this book because I became concerned with the
political argument against interracial adoption,” he said "To
drop the rhetoric, the argument reflects a racist trend in this
country that is turning hock the clock to segregation "
Bates is currently working on his third book
Linda Crew was upstairs in the children’s and young adult
sci tion. Ordinary Miracle* is an adult novel recently written
by Crew, who in the past has written children's books
"1 went to the University of Oregon too," she said "1 was a
journalism major, but I have never had a job in journalism
Soon after school. I began writing fiction "
Crew said the world of freelance writing can Ih* isolating
"There are only a handful of published authors for me to talk
toalKiul the world of writing," Crew said. "Sometimes it's nice
to have someone who understands a la/.v agent or an argument
with a publisher."
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to document reports of harass
ment and the university's Com
mission on Minorities asked
Smith to make the Center for
Human Rights u clearinghouse
for handling discrimination com
plaints.
During Smith’s tenure, Wash
ington State has adopted a plan
to appoint more minority facul
ty. to recruit more minority stu
dents and appoint a minority to
a cabinet-level position.
Smith wrote an open letter in
the student newspaper, 77ie Dai
ly Evergreen, on Monday reiter
ating the school's goal to make
the campus a pluce where all cul
tural backgrounds are valued.
"We must be on guard to coin
bat all incidents of racial and eth
nic intolerance, whatever their
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