Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2a 1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 86
Friends help international students feel at home
Foundation: Local residents
open homes to students
By Tasha Elchenseher
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When Maurioio Marcal first arrived in
Eugene Iasi fall from Brazil, he had to
find housing, deal with si hool and adjust
to u new country and ( ulture at the same
time
I ortunateK for Man.at. Wayne Kings
bur\ and his vv ife sacrificed some of their
time to become his host friends and help
make his initial settling in less stressful
Wayne Kingsbury is iust one of a i.on
sidorahle number of people in the
Hugene-Springfield community who have
an interest in the welfare of international
students
Margo Kaitisig. a foreign student advis
er at the University. said she has the
names of <*80 such people on the Friend
ship Foundation's mailing list I'he
Friendship Foundation is a local non
profit organization loosely affiliated with
the University, which matches interna
tional students with host friends
"Anybody who's interested in other
cultures and sharing a little bit of their
time with a student can be an interna
tional friend," said Kamsig, the diret tor
of the Friendship Foundation
Volunteers arrange to pit ^ up their stu
dents at the airport when they first arrive
in Eugene The foreign students nun have
the option of staving with their host
friends for a couple of days
"This helps them get their foot here on
the ground Indore they hit the campus,"
Ramsig said
Some students find that their host
friends Ihs otne |ust like famdy. hut other
students have minimal contact with
theirs Keunho Kim, .1 senior from Korea
majoring in history, has had the same
host friends for three ami-.i half years
1 hey are .111 older couple whom he calls
I urn to FRIENDSHIP f \> )• '
UNIVERSITY
Sexual harassment
cases not unusual
Grievances: 11 filed
by students last year
By Julie Swensen
Oregon Dafy
Former University graduate
student Sandra Newman dis
covered the hard wav that con
sulting with .i professor could
result in a traumatizing experi
ence.
Instead of being treated in a
professional manner, Newman
c laims she was leered at, sub
jetted to unwanted sexual
advances, and was taken less seri
ously bet ause of her gender
She .ilso felt that she suffered
academic retribution by her pro
fessor She ret eived high grades,
and was expected to receive a
good letter of recommendation.
She did not get one, and found
that she didn't get in to several
colleges to which she applied.
"Once a professor has been
unsuccessful sexually, it leaves
you in the lurch," Newman said
u a telephone interview from Illi
nois, where she is now attending
college. "You're no longer wel
t ome in the department. You're
a problem "
Her experience led her to file
n grievance of sexual harassment
against the professor
Newman's experience is not an
isolated incident Last year, 11
students filed grievances regard
ing sexual harassment against
t Iniversity employees acc ording
to the Office of Affirmative
Action and Equal Opportunity
But while the figures may shed
light on the problem, it likely
isn't representative of the num
ber of incidents of sexual harass
Many options
are available
for victims
By Julie Swensen
Students may be relui taut
to file a sexual harassment
complaint because they're
( unearned about taking it to
the University administration,
or they don't understand the
proi ess But there are many
people outside the
administration that students
can unoffii ialiy approach,
either to |ust talk about their
experiences or to explore the
options available to them, said
Ken Lehrman. director of the
Office of Affirmative Action
and Equal Opportunity.
One recourse is the Sexual
Harassment Resource Net
work, a list of people to call
who are trained to deal with
sexual harassment issues.
Turn to OPTIONS, Page 4
rnent on campus. Kun Lehrman,
director of the affirmative action
office, said the representation is
fuir, but not an accurate one "
"We re never going to get 11M)
percent." Lehrman said. "There's
always going to l>e people who,
lor very legitimate personal reu
sons, will not come forward.
Some people try to resolve the
mutter in their own very person
Turn to GRIEVANCE. Page 4
GOOD MORNING
P VENETA (AP) — Bryan
Drake leapt from trod when he
smelled smoke just in time to
save himself and his two broth
ers after fire broke out in an
electrical outlet in their room.
"I couldn't breathe,” the six
vear-old bov said Wednesday "I
got one of mv stuffed animals
and put it over my face and ran
to mv mom in the back bed
room,"
And that's the reason Bryan
and his two younger brothers
are alive. Fern Ridge Fire Chief
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Dale Kiimrath said.
'He's a hero," Kamrath said
"Bryan, whether he knows it or
not. saved three young hoys last
night, including himself In
another five minutes, they prob
ably wouldn't have been able to
wake up ”
Body and soul
NORMAN MCSMANffor 1f*
Tan Davage (right) and Beverly Etfinger practice tal chi In front of the Museum of Art