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The Sexual Violence Aware ness Group is an organization that students want, said Linda Hoover, assistant dean of Student Life. “We wanted to be the tie for the other groups with broader mis sion statements,” she said. Student Life and the ASUO Women’s Center recognized the demand for this tie early fall term. No group specifically addresses sexual violence, Hoover said. The awareness group, which may change its name, will have its first public meeting on Jan. 12 at 5 p.m. in the EMU Maple Room. Greg Danielson, the Unwanted Sexual Behavior Task Force stu dent assistant, is helping to estab lish the new group. He said everyone is welcome regardless of gender. “This issue needs to be dealt with by both sexes,” Danielson said. “This will be a great way to get students aware.” Danielson, along with Hoover and Women’s Center office coor dinator Rebecca Peatow, rewrote the unofficial sexual-assault re port form. The new form, which can be found at several locations on cam pus, is purple and has an enve lope attached. Victims can simply complete the confidential form and place it in campus mail. The report form addresses is sues such as rape, gang rape, stranger rape, stalking, sexual ha rassment and public indecency. The new report form and the group’s expected activism may in crease the number of reported sexual assaults, Peatow said. “I hope that [the group] will of fer a dialogue to talk about sexual violence,” she said. Peatow and Hoover stressed that the group will be student run. “It’s important for peer educa tion to happen around any impor tant issue, especially sexual vio lence,” Peatow said. The awareness group will be working with the Unwanted Sex ual Behavior Task Force, Greeks Against Rape and ASUO Safety Advocates. Hoover said she wants the awareness group to include representatives from diverse stu dent groups. “It’s a people’s issue,” she said. “I hope the group will form cam paigns on campus, do rallies, any thing.” For now, the group is not recog nized as an. official student orga nization because it hasn’t held the three public meetings needed for recognition. Student Life is temporarily funding the group, and it paid for advertisements in 25 Lane Transit District buses that publicize the changes in the student conduct code. This new group is not a direct result of recently publicized sex ual assaults at the University, Hoover said. "Whether that gets more stu dents in attendance, I don’t know that,” Hoover said. The group will discuss recent cases, media representations, the social environment and similar is sues. The stereotype that “men can’t say ’no’” is not true for everyone, Peatow said, but most sexual as saults are committed by men. “I think that men are in a great place to end sexual violence,” she said. Senate funds environmental group The money will fund transportation costs, housing and fees for three keynote speakers at a conference By Kristina Rudinskas Student Activities Reporter The Student Senate approved $5,800 to help fund the fourth annual Environmental Justice Conference, organized by the Coalition Against Environmental Racism, scheduled for Jan. 16 and 17 at the Univer sity Law Center. Erin Emmons, 22, an environmental studies ma jor, spoke at the meeting about the effect of last year’s conference on her career plans. “The conference was one of the key things that brought me into this,” she said. “The people who spoke were compelling, and they came from the heart through real-life experiences." The coalition stressed the need to link environ mentalism and civil rights through this conference. “It is a cause that extends beyond the borders of this campus,” said Robert Collins, associate profes sor of environmental studies. The University has ex perienced growing interest in environmental stud ies, he added. “It is important because more and more students are taking up this major,” said Senator Kent Black. The money will go to help fund transportation costs, housing and fees for the three keynote speak ers. Carl Anthony, an architect from the Earth Island Institute in the Bay Area, will discuss new models of sustainable communities; Pamela Chiang, a mem ber of the Asian-American Environmental Network, will focus on issues surrounding race, class and the environment; and Tom Goldtooth, an active envi ronmentalist for 20 years, will speak on indigenous environmental networks. “Environmental issues are civil rights issues,” said Carla Villena and Melissa Rock, the coalition’s co-coordinators. “Environmental justice is all inclu sive of economic justice, race and political issues.” Track Town Pizza “Everybody’s Favorite Pie” . $095 , O Large Cheese or Pepperoni 484-2799 campus Location: 1890 Franklin w W WWW.tracktown.com W Menu, Locations, Contests, y Delivery Maps, U0 Sports Coming Soon: Online Orders 1
