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tee meets today at 10 a.m. in the
EMU Owyhee Room.
At Wednesday’s meeting,
Frohnmayer asked if students were
ready to meet in committees with
senior administrators to work to
ward resolving the demands. He
also said he has begun reviewing
how die Student Conduct Code ad
dresses threatening language.
Administrators from several
campus departments and student
volunteers formed a committee to
review policies protecting hate
crime victims. The next commit
tee meeting will be Friday at 10
a.m. at a location yet to be decided.
The committee met Wednesday
and suggested a discrimination re
sponse team. The team would no
tify authorities, provide victim
support and ensure due process
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“I was impressed with both the
level of commitment from the stu
dents and the staff,” said Wes Mo
rill, dean of student life.
Protesters also wanted Frohn
mayer to submit a statement for
zero tolerance of hate crimes to
The Oregonian and other media,
which he agreed to.
“ We wanted more of a solid and
accountable commitment from”
Frohnmayer, said Missy Rock, a
student with the Multicultural
Center. “A lot of people don’t know
that hate crimes go on every day.”
Tom Hager, director of the Office
of Communications, will work
with a group of student volunteers
to draft a statement supporting zero
tolerance of hate crimes.
“We hate this stuff happening
on campus,” Frohnmayer said.
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“We ought to have a way to re
spond to it other than isolated let
ters to the editor.”
Students set a goal to determine
a specific dollar amount to be al
located to campus safety and di
versity.
“When we see the same promis
es and don’t see results, it pro
duces a lack of trust,” Student
Senator Teresa Tobin said. Frohn
mayer “needs to prove that he is
sincere and committed to these is
sues,” she said.
Dave Hubin, executive assistant
president, will work with student
volunteers to draft a pledge of respect
for the University community.
Hubin will also work with vol
unteers to develop plans to train
staff to better understand the eth
nicity, culture, religion and sexual
orientation of their students.
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Frohnmayer was reluctant to in
stitute mandatory sensitivity
training because he said forced
training is not as effective as vol
untary training.
ASUO President-elect Wylie
Chen said faculty sensitivity train
ing could only improve instruc
tion and that it should go along
with leadership and organization
training.
“Just like any other skill, as a
professor, it is necessary,” he said.
Students also requested that
trespass charges against protesters
involved in the sit-in be dropped.
“When we talk about things that
oppress us, we are punished for
it,” said Sarita Amaya, a member
of the Multicultural Center.
Protesters said they believed
they were showing their dedica
tion to the issue and should not be
punished for it. But Frohnmayer
was unwilling to grant the request.
“Part of civil disobedience is
being willing to accept the conse
quences,” Frohnmayer said.
Troy Franklin, assistant dean of
student life and one of those ar
rested, said the student movement
is leading in a positive direction
where peaceful negotiations are
likely.
Wednesday’s meeting was
scheduled after 75 protesters sat in
the lobby of Johnson Hall for more
than two hours Tuesday after
noon. They were protesting a se
ries of comments and e-mails that
some students called racist or sex
ually violent.
An extended e-mail conversa
tion ended with a series of threat
ening e-mails to at least three
women in the class.
Robert Melnick, dean of the
school of Architecture and Allied
Arts, said an Office of Public Safe
ty officer would be present in the
PPPM class where the first inci
dent occurred.
Melnick also said the three
women who were threatened in the
e-mail would have an OPS escort
to and from school and self-defense
classes would be provided.
Frohnmayer would not promise
to expel John Convy, the student
who reportedly made the threats
over e-mail. The Eugene police said
they could not charge Convy with a
crime because it did not have
enough evidence. Convy could not
be reached for comment.
“You can’t have an execution
and then a trial,” he said, stressing
that due process was needed in
this case.
But Sandra Spoor, one of the
three threatened women, said she
does not feel safe.
“I am still wondering if this guy
is going to be allowed in class to
morrow,” she said. “I don’t know
what else to do but keep moving,
keep visible. I’m not going into
hiding.”
Protest demands
are addressed
m Robert Meinick, dean of the School of
Architecture and Allied Aits, will work
with the Office of Public Safety and the
students in the Planning, Public PoBcy
and Management class who received
threatening e-mail letters. Their goal is
to ensure the safety of students.
m Tom Hager, director of the Office of
Communications, will work with a
group of student volunteers to draft a
statement supporting zero tolerance
of hate crimes. Their goal is to craft a
statement that can be embraced by
the University community and shared
widely with the larger community.
■ University President Dave Frohn
mayer will work with a group of stu
dent volunteers to craft a letter of opin
ion to submit to The Oregonian and
other media outlets.
m Dan Williams, vice president for
administration; Wes Morrill, dean of
student life; other members of the
student services staff; and a group of
student volunteers will review poli
cies protecting victims of hate
crimes and sanctioning offenders.
The group will draft language that
could strengthen the policies.
m Duncan McDonald, vibe president for
public affairs, wi work with a group of
student volunteers to identify fund-ras
ing goals and opportunities that could
help finance programs to improve stu
dent, faculty and staff diversity.
U Dave Hubin, executive assistant
president, will work with a group of
student volunteers to draft a Pledge
of Respect that the University com
munity will embrace.
m A group of self-identified student
volunteers will meet at 11 a.m. Mon
day, May 24, in the Johnson Hall Con
ference Room with the Faculty Advi
sory Council to present concerns and
enlist faculty support, particularly on
long-term goals.
S Another group of self-identified stu
dent volunteers will meet at 2 p.m.
Monday, May 24, in the Johnson Hall
Conference Room with the University
Senate Executive Committee to pre
sent concerns and enlist faculty sup
port, particularly on long-term goals.
m On May 27, all interested students
are invited to a meeting of the Presi
dent’s Council on Race. The two-hour
meeting wilt begin at 3 p.m. in a place
yet to be determined.
I am deeply concerned about an is
sue that I have heard about just
Wednesday.
I understand that e-mails passed
between students in one of our class
es contained material that some stu
dents believe Is racist and contains
threats of sexual violence.'
In response, a full investigation has
already been launched by our Office of
Public Safely. Materials have been sent
to the Eugene prosecutors’ office for
review. The Office of Student Life is in
vestigating. I have asked these offices
to keep me informed of their progress
and to move as quickly as possible to
find outthe facts that deal appropriate
ly with any infractions of state law or
our own Student Conduct Code.
In addition, processes are underway
to review and possible tighten, consis
tent with our responsibilities underthe
Constitution, our campus codes deal
ing with threats. I plan as well toaskfor
a review of our current policies regard
ing appropriate use of e-mail.
Every student has a righttofeel
safe on our campus. Every student
has a responsibility to make sure that
bonds of trust are not broken.
This is a big task, and one I cannot
do alone. Our faculty and staff cannot
doit alone. We must act together, as a
caring, tolerant and scholarly com
munity, to ensure free speech while
respecting individual rights to safety.
We all must take responsibility. If
you hear hate speech, report it. if you
see an infraction of our Student Con
duct Code, report it. If you experience
an incident that makes you fee unsafe,
bring it to the attention of our Office of
Public Safety. If you have a complaint
under our conduct code, bring it to the
Office of Student Life.
I will do everything I can to help.
President Dave Frohnmayer
May 18