Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 85
Asian-American racism prevalent at University
Intolerance: Campus incidents
mirror nationwide discrimination
By Edward Klopfenstefn
i Vegoo O.iV f
Before coming to the University last fall, Bran
don Sugivnma's California friends told him Oregon
is a racist state.
Two weeks into the term. Sugivama was a beliov •
er.
While he and n friend wore waiting on a red light
by the University Inn. n car pulled up next to the
i.ar he was in
It was filled with what seemed like the porfot t
nuclear family of four with the daughter poking her
head out the hack window and chatting about his
yellow skin
"What?" he said
As the light changed and the two cars sped up.
she told Sugivama, “Go back to wherever the fuc«.
you aim# from." he said
For him, home is (California. He's American
I.iko miniy Asian-Amoricans nationwide. Asian
Aimim.iiiis at the University **x{>*»rn»m e a kind of
discrimination that attar ks deep down to their sense
of citizenship
"Many Asian-Americans on this i.nmpus suffer
from the model minority myth." said Hands ('.hoy.
program coordinator for the OfTice of Multicultur
al Affairs "The Asian American myth is that tiles
are not aggressive and don't act People net sur
prised when Asian Americans speak out "
Myths like these help ignite hatred against the
Asian community here.
On Jan. 10. the bulletin board outside of the APA
St l office was set on fire after the perpetrator cars ed
u swastika into it
Another swastika was carved into the same board
last May
Turn to RACISM, Pago 6
Students view letter
as ignorant, biased
Controversy: Brand
calls Asian-Americans
international students'
By Edward Kloplensteln
OroQOP Cku\ (irrwitkl
When members of the
Asian/Paciflc American Stu
dent Union think of igno
rance. they point to a letter
from University President
Myles Brand where he refers
to Asian-Amerkiiits as "inter
national students,"
In the Dei.. 23 letter, he
politely declined an invita
tion to APASU’s student and
faculty reception, then added
that. "International students
bring significant cultural
diversity to our campus."
Turn to LETTER, Page 6
UNIVERSITY
Most 3-credit
classes will
increase to
four credits
Change: Beginning fall 1994
students can take one fewer class
each academic term
By Heatherle Himes
Oregon Daily Em&akt
Curriculum changes at the University
will prepare for a future of scarce teaching
resources and what the administrators hope
will be a larger student population
Hut budget constraints prevent the hiring
of more teachers
With that in mind, the University Asscm
hlv approved earlier (his term a change in
the number of ( redds awarded for most
undergraduate classes Starting tall
students will earn four credits for classes
currently offered for three credits
The change means that full-time students
will take one less class per term and still
earn a bachelor's degree in four years It
also means that courses now taught in 3
term sequences, such as introductory Eng
lish courses, will ho condensed into two
terms.
Because most students will take only
four classes each, tear hers will not be over
burdened
But faculty and administrators snv that
teaching more students with fewer teachers
is not the entire motivation for the credit
conversion
Most quarter system universities teach 4
i redd courses University President Myles
Brand said Students study four courses
each term
Students at si hools on the semester sy s
tern take five 3-credit classes each term to
graduate in four years At the University,
students have typically been taking five
courses per quarter
"Students have been trying to shove a
semester's worth of work into a quarter."
Brand said "Students were complaining
We re overloaded,’ and they ysere right '
Charles Wright, a math professor
involved in redesigning the curriculum,
agrees that the workload of students has
Turn to CREDITS. Page 6
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Sam Noett, a sophomore at South Eugene High School, shows oft his air move In front of his friend, Oscar Basham.
GOOD MORNING
p> SALEM (AIJ) — Developers have turned over more than
2.000 artifacts unearthed from ancient village sites near the
Columbia River to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand
Rondo Community.
The items were found at sites up to 1,000 years old near the
boundary between Portland and Gresham Safeco Properties
and VVinmar Co., owners of the sites, presented them to the
Grand Rondo during a ceremony at the Capitol on Tuesday
"1 can't describe the feeling of knowing that my ancestors
used this." said Kathryn Harrison, tribal vice chairwoman and
a tribal elder, as she turned a flat, ovul stone in her hand.
David Ellis of Archaeological Investigations Northwest said
the sites where the items were found existed about 950 A D.
Ellis' firm conducted the archaeological studies for the Seattle
development companies.
^ OAKLAND. Calif. (AP) — A group of students who were
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kicked out of a showing of
the film "Schindler's List"
have invited director Steven
Spielberg to participate in a
program designed to teach
the youths about such issues
as genocide and racism
Spielberg hopes to attend if his schedule allows it, his
spokesman said Tuesday.
School officials invited Spielberg to take part in the program
a week after 60 Castlemont High School students were ejected
from n showing of his film. Patrons had complained that some
students laughed at depictions of Nazi atrocities.
Student representatives later apologized for the incident But
they also said the whole group had l>een unfairly blamed for the
actions of a few and denied that anti-Semitism was behind the
behavior.