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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1996)
Attend noon rally today, fight against hate IIIs mv hop* that the I 'imwttv tan develop • solid and prompt w*y of dealing with hate «ww on campus In principle, I mk nw President Fmhnraay • •r * Cnmmwiiarv {(HiK April »} concerning the fnmtnf number i>f n»,ni incident* on campus »nd wound th* country, but I would like to quo* lion Mnml point* in bit response While he recognized th* "joke" mailed to *tu d«nt leaders of cater on April Fool * •• hat* mail, he fatted In mention the series of racist and anti Semitic flyer* distributed throughout campus during the middle of winter term and the strong student reaction that fnllowed (tell* made to him from various campus group* asking for a response fell on deaf aart The Uni vanity's Race Task Force and the Racial issue* Advisory Council, groups that Fruhnmayer claims will gather to "discus* the cm ent inci dents and find ways to best ensure a campus cli mate that will discourage their recurrence." have yel to take any meaningful action It Is now eight weeks later, and Fruhnmayer can only aay that action will coma "soon." Maybe those responsible saw the lac k of action as a green light for further opportunities to disturb students Why did Fruhnmayer (ail to include this episode tn his letter? I contest Fruhnmayer s remarks that the Office of Public Safety and University Housing are the two groups that will "taka action to make certain that racial incident* are dealt with swiftly and surely." It is important to recognize the uneasy feelings of the student who first reported the racist flyer* two months ago First, the OPS officer filing the report seemed to be culturally ignorant and insensitive to the student's concerns The student, badly shaken by the incident, reported to the officer that she Relieved the flyer had targeted her specifically She had been awav from her car for lesa than an hour, it was the only flyer left on any car in the vicinity and the only item inside on her dashboard was a kippah fthe head c overing Jews often wear) A few days later, in the police blotter in the COMMt NtARr EmwntM the report tni puhhthmi in full — right down to the details of the student's tn. the lime *nd piece the incident aoctinud and that tha *tu« •tent thought the "skullcap * on the dashboard may have tipped off the pamphleteer this was a nate < rime not a citation for a minor tn possession of alcohol! hs it it frightening lo report incident* like thme (especially tf you think you are target), aha believed her report waa given tn confidence What If the memory of a Neo Marl wa» tparked by this report? A tew day* after thia. the student received a call front a Aegistar (.uard reporter who wanted to ask her won# question.* about the incident Hem did the reporter get her number ’ Accord tng to the OPS officer contacted immediately afterward, no information of that kind was released Thia teems unlikely. Somehow, the interata *l°n came out Could a Neo-Maxi have also t ailed, under the guise of a reporter and received her name and phone number7 Frohnmaywr boldly stated that * we do not to! erate racism at the University." but flimsy sum plea are all that follow in support I believe that the "first step onto a slippery eth ical slope" has been taken Since Pmhnmayec's commentary, further incidents have occurred. Positive steps are required immediately Along with the need for courageous and con strut live steps taken by the administration, stu •tents need to demonstrate their support ter those individuals and communities targeted by the authors of hate I encourage everyone to attend a rally urge nixed by Students Against Hate and Discrimina tion today at noon in front of Johnson Hall Together, we can establish a "sate and accepting place for all of our students, faculty and tuff “ Aevin Aaron is a co-coordinator at thr Survival Cantor and an undergraduate at the 1 /n/venUty L F T T f RS Dirty dancing I have to •duiii, I must have looked pretty funny There I was, * tend mg next to my locker in Esslmger. half dressed. danc ing around a cockroach the size of a rat. hollering. "Oh my God?" ThU cockroach could have carried off a email child I It had just dashed out from under my locker aa 1 rattled around. After disposing of the beast before it could steal my back* pack. 1 thought back to the ignored comment sheet 1 sub milted to the Easlinger powers that he in early February about the unt lean conditions in Ihe locker luunu My request wet simple Mop the locker room floors and shower stall* on a regular bast* with disinfectant I made this request after noticing an Increas ing amount of removable grime on the flours and in Ihe showers If Esslinger was a private health club. It would have been shut down because of its filthy locker rooms’ I realise Esslinger isn't a pri vata dub and I don't aspect it to come dose to a private dub’s standards What I do expect i* the minimal satisfac tory sanitary condition* to bo mot. I con point to *ltm» on the locket room floor* that ha* been there *ince lanuarv There t» no dhum lot thi*! A* you may know, Kuiinger recently applied a pesticide to route out the torn he* yet the locker room floor* are cull filthy Rather then (living money to e chemtcel company to poison roechmi end potion tlw> reat of at who u»* Kullnger* facilities, how about cleaning the piece once in awhile instead* Jene Stack beck tew School Censer CounuNor Vote today in the 1996 ASUO General Visit the Elections Web site! http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/-asuoelec +*+***»***• riSw«uw S« **ucMMwrr vtoco £2“ 683-6464 *n* WCO |«*ui »ui» P .. sr^r-s #¥y¥¥¥¥V¥yyy ADVERTISE IN OREGON DA I LV EMERALD CLASSIFIEDS! 346 4343 Md Bailrts/NY S4iw<t*y, April 11,8 pra Nrc die ftra hsRenr 'UdOrnirtH o(dir bnarM a*nrmpnrjr\ fulki .--j cnmfwv <wi rurth Md v tna<st^T«h rum* Mki «n <n hrsKi vilwr hni <-noiuim **J msmrm \ fm»l mt dir aanfiam drsenhed * jirrfec««m ibrif Spalding Gray *lt\4 Slippery Slope' ffidey, Apnl 19 'Of4yOflGi4y" S4tuf<Uy. 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