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their clients if they’re an attorney,”
she said. “And we want them to re
alize that they leave the institution
not as students but they leave it as
citizens of a greater population and
that population includes people
that they may not see every day.”
Students will leave campus even
tually, and Tracy questioned
whether the University is producing
“marketable students,” ones capable
of succeeding in a more diverse
world than the University offers.
“It’s about having an education
that gives you the opportunity to
engage in conversation and to be
somewhat educated about another
person’s basic cultural background,
ideas and concepts,” he said. “In
ternational boundaries are dissipat
ing quickly ... and we as an institu
tion need to embrace that.”
While making students feel more
comfortable in international set
tings can be seen as a long-term
goal, making minority students feel
safe on the University campus is
one that needs to be dealt with right
away, Martin said. She pointed to
the November ballot measure writ
ten by the Oregon Citizens Alliance
— Measure 9, which would elimi
nate discussion about homosexual
ity in schools that receive public
funding — as one example of a
“hostile environment.”
“There’s always groups that we’re
going to be in conflict with,” she
said.'“But what a student sees is ‘I’m
not welcome here. There are groups
of people that don’t value my expe
rience or my existence or my issues
and topics being talked about.’
Martin and Fuller each talked
about how their two program of
fices, located in the EMU basement,
can be seen as “safe places” for mi
nority students. Still, the pair plan
on doing a good amount of reaching
out to the majority groups on cam
pus to educate and inform.
“I think that’s part of what we do
and we’re doing some of that out
reach because we’re in a position
where we can stand up for those
people who aren’t strong enough to
do that for themselves,” Martin
said.
Whether it’s a first-year minority
student needing reinforcement that
they have value as individuals or a
fourth-year student who wants that
extra insight into a different culture
before leaving campus, Tracy rec
ommended that students take ad
vantage of whatever possibilities
are available.
“College is such a great opportu
nity ... to step out of your box and
step out of your environment, and
experience something new,” he
said, listing events such as Gay
Pride Day or , but adding that atten
dance at more than one event
throughout the year is needed to get
a more complete picture.
And that complete picture is
what Tracy, Martin and Fuller plan
on beginning to paint at the Univer
sity this year. But, they are keeping
their obligations in perspective.
“We are not here to do the ad
ministration’s job,” Fuller said.
“I’m here to help the administra
tion do what they are already sup
posed to be doing, but I’m not going
to do it for them.
“We are here to help the admin
istration serve the students and it is
the administration’s job to make the
University diverse.”
However, that challenge is one
that Frohnmayer said will be met
through collaborative endeavors.
Diversity will be improved with
“a combination of student and fac
ulty efforts,” he said. “It doesn’t just
rest on administration — everyone
has to see it as a separate part of
their experience.”
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