Bowen questions funding of EMU officials’ conference
By Edward Klopfenstefn
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Every year. EMU Director Charles
Miller mid other selected EMU offic ink
travel to some part of the country for the
Assoc lation of College Unions Interna
tional conference.
This year, the conforem e is in Hawaii
and the ASUO president is questioning
why student fees should help support
travel to such a lush vacation spot
"It's terribly ironic and just too perfoc t
that they are going hi Howmi on some
conferenc e," ASUO President Eric Bowen
said, adding that many student groups
can't afford Hawaii-based conferences
Imh ause of the cost
Miller and at least one other oflli ial are
bringing their families on the trip, extend
ing their stay by up to a week
A mix of KMU ami incidental Fee
funds are paying for each official to
attend the conference, with the officials
paying for the expense of their families
out of pocket
Other offii ials attending the conference
include Frank Oeltner, assix late diris tor
of the KMU; Susan Kacette, assistant
director and business manager for the
QjU{ Debby Martin, program assistant
lor the (Cultural Forum; and Sue Peder
sen. (linn tor for the Ke< real ion Center
(ieltner is officially taking vacation
time in Hawaii with his family after the
conference, according to the EMU
accounting offic »
Mary l.uii Mansfield. administrative
s>i retarv for Miller said she didn't know
if Miller was taking vacation time for his
stay in Hawaii after the end of the c onfer
ence, but added tfiat it's customary for
Miller to inform her of his vacation time
after he takes his vacation.
Miller kept news of the conference
quiet, said Margaret Chatfield. KMU
Board chairwoman Although the Hawaii
lo< ation surprised many on the board,
she said Miller generally doesn't go
before the board to discuss conferences
he's attending
'If it was in a hell hole, rio one would
have thought about it." Chatfield said
"But since it's in Hawaii, it s a stink "
She found little problem with the con
ference sin< e th«* F.MU budge! allocates
funds for staff development
The price tag for the four day confer
ence is just under $5,000. according to
information front Miller's office
Round-trip plane fare was about $410
per person
No figures were available on most of
the hotel costs, hut according to a memo
to Miller Miller was splitting the cost of
a condominium with another student
union director from a different school.
The cost of the condominium is about
$40 a dav and is being charged to the
KMU for the dates of the conference,
according to the memo
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begun, ami Professor George kolas' "Original Mark and
Image Making" (.lass ventured to tin* Willamette Kiser,
where most of the ( lass sessions wore to take place
kokis, a professor of i (•ramie s, laid out the ground rules
for a creative exercise after the student intrndui lion at
the lieginmug of class
lie said we were to journos to the past, to the begin
ning of human evolution and wo were to get in touch
with our primal feeling from behaving like opes." Gray
said I he purpose of the exercise, she said, was to dis
cover the motives of their primitive am estors when they
first (routed art
('•ray said kok is told members of the class that they
i ould act communally or go off on their own to defend
their territory The exorcise took place on the Aut/on
Stadium side of the Willamette River near a stream, a
( luster of thin, hire li like trees and a cluster of old
growth trees
Cray, a returning student, was skeptu al of the exer
case "He wanted ns to climb trees I didn't like it, espe
cially when the students were doing it limbs were
snapping." (inn said.
(Irav ' hose to go off on her own and keep to herself hv
the honk of a little stream The afternoon sun < ante out.
then went away It started to rain
(•ray then moved even farther from the group, to the
shelter of a grove of old growth Also seeking shelter
from thr rain, the other students moved closer to where
(■rav wa*. Leaning against the tree, she dot ided to take
the exert ise seriously and fell into a meditative state
f rom a distance that Crav desi rihes ns :t() feet, she
Watched tlu> others acting out the si enorio "They were
fun to watt h." she said
All id a sudden, a man jumped out of a nearby bush
She did not heat him creep up on her. "In another split
second hi' was on me. in my fat e." (.rav said
i he man, who yyas acting the part ol a "lion" in kokis
creative exert ise. pounced on Gray, pushing her against
the tree Chest to t best and fact* to face with Gray, the
"lion" tightly gripped her shoulders and growled
The man. who Kokis later icit*ntifti>d only a-- "Kric."
wore a lion costume Gray. who had never seen him
before, said. "It doesn’t look like Dorothy's lion.”
Cray de« rihed the costume as a dirty yellow-hooded
sweatshirt with strings of yellow' yarn hanging from the
hood The word "LION" was painted across the chest
What tlie "lion" and Kokis did not know is that Gray
had suffered abuse in the past and had not healed com
pletely She viewed the lion's playfully intended attack
as an attempted sexual assault — an attempted rape.
When Gray pushed the man off her and screamed,
"fur k you' Krux k it off'" he asked her if sfie wasn’t in
the "Origins of Mark and image Making" class Then he
< ontinued to play-at t as a lion and chase the other stu
dents up trees. Gray said
Gray said that when Kokis returned to the group
tow aril the end ill the class period, he hopped around
excitedly, asking the question, "Any wounds' Any
wounds'"
So began the misunderstanding that eventually led to
Gray s termination of her n< ademu studies at the Uni
versity and a triple lawsuit
"He looked so small, like a little troll." (.ray said of the
man w ho until this point was her mentor My respect
for him had diminished so greatly Infuriated, she
yelled a! Kokis, who was her ai ademu adviser. "Yeah.
I'm really angry "
Gray screamed at the student who played the lion.
"You had no right to touch me "
Gray si reamed again at Kokis, "You never said there
was going to la- a lion Gray said Kokis had deliberate
ly planned the oxen is»* that w ay
But (.ray did not act opt that explanation
Gray said. "1 told hint, there has got to he boundaries
You ( an t have a strange man attacking women We are
afraid all the time, in our bathtubs, in the grocery store
parking lot s< hool is supposed tube a safe haven from
all that crap "
Kokis declined comment for the story at the ady h e of
l Iniversitv offu ials, yxho also de« lined to comment on
specific s of Devon (.ray s case Both Kokis and the offi
cials said that < onfidentiality issues prolix ting Gray do
not permit them to speak to reporters about specifii s
I hi' lion Mos a student in the class, hut was not pre
sent (or the student introduction before Kokis led the
group to tlie river It was not the first day of i lass, but
Gray had missed the first day and had never met him or
seen him The course guide for the fine arts department
includes this description of the class under the heading
"Instructor's comments" "This class takes place out
doors — by the Willamette River— very active, physical
— much play-ac ting
Gray M'as unaware that play-acting included events
that she viewed as sexual assault. She said her right —
under a University affirmative action law requiring a safe
learning environment — had been violated, and that the
University had in essence said that educators can have
m i ess to her body.
After she had yelled .it Kokis and the student playing
the lion, one of the other students, (irav said, asked if she
would have had the same reaction if the lion had been
a woman
Gray said she told the student that she would have not
had the same reaction had the lion been a female, that
being attacked by another woman w as not the same i
attar k by a male.
The class i ontinued to discuss the incident, and Gray
claimed she felt her mind floating away in a process she
desi rilied as disussot union, a pro« ess used hy abuse sur
vivors in order to handle trauma. She had used it before.
"It .ill got into that monotone intellectual stuff." she
said of the class' disc ussion of her attack
Gray did not view the incident in intellectual terms
She later began tiysee everything connected to that day
as ,i serpent with a lion's head The serpent seemed to
grow and grow with each new frustration that came
along with prtx easing her grievam e with the University.
I he skv was darkening as the class headed Ink k across
the river toward the i eramit s studio, which is lo< ated
near the art building (the Millrace Studio). Gray said
none of the others, Kokis included, walked near her
"I wanted to tie a professor, too, someday, and if 1 had
ever hurt a student in that way, I would have heen bond
ing over backward and saving. I'm so som" Gray said.
I! he had reai ted that way, I probably would have
healed a lot faster."
Uftiversi ty of Oregon
Center for Asian and
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1994 Asia-Pacific
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Best of the HaioaVi
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April 14-16, 1994
All showings free and open
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Bt st New Films from Asia and thf Pacific
(all feature films to lx- .shown .it the Bijou Theatre, 4^2 E, 13th)
i iiuimuv, zipni n, i:3U pm
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Friday, April 15,1:50 pm
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Nancy Lutz, Anthropology
Alan Wolfe, Hast Asian
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Mavthakul Kiatgrajai, Kasetsart
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