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Oregon Daily THURSDAY, APRH.14,1994 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 95. ISSUE 131 Tf»s is the second of a miws atxsut a woman who is suing the University, a professor and a student for stripping her of her rights under Titie IX of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 The woman, Devon Gray, claims she was sem harassed, and that the University has implied she is unreasonable because of a decision allegedly made by the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee The decision was that no discrimination had taken place Title IX can be grounds lor a lawsuit and was enacted to assure criminated against in education WEDNESDAY: Det v i Gray TODAY: t "Mack" by a student preten<£ng to be a lion during a ctass exercise to ‘The Ongms of Mark and Image Mas vj' • ■ ' ’ 1- •• A - the University. This ne»! installment chronicles the obstacles Gray faced while trying to process n sexual harass men! grievance at the University FRIDAY: Dtv.il! -1 with mediation, Gray contacted the Office : f Student Advocacy and 'earned about the process she shook) have 'earned about much earlier T og complaints ' with the Office of Affirmative Action She learned that she was !2 days past the 180-day deadline tor hiing complaints Her .rase went to the A" rma! .A t ' Advisory Committee, and it ruled that harassment had not taken place Gray decided to take her case to court Student goes through ‘slow, painful, process’ after attack Lawsuit: didn't explain grievance process By Lia Satciccia For Dbvoii Gray, (hi* period from April Fool's Day to now has Iretm .1 "slow painful proouss It s f»‘»>n 111 most a v«*ar. but the ninmorv of thi; surprise .rtt.u k Gray r«< tdvttd in Ckiorg** kokts Origins of Mark and Imago Making 1.lass is still vivid Gray rmnurntsirs how group monihi rs worn told to m t like monkt's s that day down by thn VVillnnu-ttii Kiver. and how she didn't fool like plav u>K hho remembers a num with wild hair pouncing on her, pushing her against the true and shaking her shoulders after a soundless npproni h She reiueinliers feel ing like he would have raped her had the other i lass memtiers not been nearby And she remembers the t lass bewilderment at tier angry outbursts dims ted a! kokis and the student, who was playing the part of a lion I nsure of where to turn first. (irttv celled tie- i imversity Ottkeof Affirmative Action Turn to GRAY, P.cj- . UNIVERSITY Few attend first debate among top candidates ASUO: 1994 President, vice president candidates raise issues of funding, apathy By Edward Klopfensteln Oregon Daily Bmerakl Candidates for student body president and vice presi dent squared off Wednesday night in the first of three debates for the upcoming primary election next week, with only a handful of voting students attending $ 1 Uiv w| See Related Story. Page 3 Flections ant scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednes day If no candidate wins by at least 50 percent of the vote, the two pairs with the high est votes will move on to the general elis turns, which will lie April 26 and 27 Starting off the debates Yohanna kinberg, vie e-pres ident nil running mate with brine Woodland, asked who was m the atidimu e and not active in student government In the nearly cavernous noom I3U i.oiumniii. utiout live siikihihs raised tneir (Hinds among about 30 people seated Kinberg sail! she fidt uncomfortable with the millions Turn to DEBATE, Page 3 UK'. HAH HiH(H f M.1 ■".«< i.) ASUO presidential candidate Todd Barnhart speaks to a sparse crowd during the tlrst presidential debate Wednesday night. Barnhart discussed the effects 1990's Ballot Measure 5 Is having on the future of education In Oregon. ASUO elections take place April 26 and 27. GOOD MORNING ► University of Oregon f’resi dent Myles Brand is being con sidered for the president's post at Indiana University, accord ing to sp»* illative stories print ed in several Indiana newspapers today The selection of a new IU president is taking place behind closed doors, and Indiana reporters are scrambling to back up off-the-record interviews that have mentioned Brand as a pos sible candidate The new president will be announced tonight by lU's Board of Trustees, a group similar to the Oregon State System of Higher Education. University administrators and others interviewed by a reporter HIGH 65° l O w 40° lor the Indiana University student newspaper neither confirmed nor denied the rumors. OSSHE Board Member Her bert Aschkenasy told the Indiana Daily Student that he would not rule out the possibility of Brand's leaving, but could not speculate as to whether Brand was being considered for a post at IU. ASUO President Eric Bowen is quoted in the same article as saying that if Brand was offered a "greener pasture" he would most likely take it. The 96.000 student Indiana University Sys tem is not facing budget problems as extensive as the Measure 5 induced cuts to Ore gon colleges and universities. Staffers at Brand’s office told the Indiana Daily Student that Brand was unavailable for com ment because he was leaving for a trip this morning and would not return until Tuesday. Last spring Brand was being considered for the president's post at the University of Wiscon sin, but withdrew his name Brand has been president at Oregon since 1969 and has been a actively restructuring the University to cope with Measure 5. OSSHE outlines its goals with corporation proposal Changes: Bill would reduce bureaucracy By Jim Davis Owgcn DtUfy ( rrmtakt Reduce bureaucracy. Ac count for di* lining stuto-pro vided resources Increase stu dent access to Oregon universities. Change the way the Oregon State System of Higher Education does busi ness These are the goals of a pro posal to make OSSHK u pub lic corporation that was announced Wednesday by OSSHK President (anice J Wil See Related Story, Page 3 son and Chancellor Thomas A Itartlett. "It's the first time we’ve come out on the offensive with something creative to fill in for the goal of Measure 5," said Vice Chancellor Weldon Ihrig. one of the drafters of the bill, at a University Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon. The proposal would redefine OSSHK's current relationship with the state of Oregon by exempting the public corpora Turn to PUBLIC, Page 3
