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October 19,2000
Volume 102, Issue 37
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University President Dave Frohnmayer greets newly appointed professor of religious studies Mark Ty Unno. University Senate met to hear Frohn
mayer give his annual State of the University address as well as introduce new faculty and staff.
Frohnmayer: diversity vital to UO
In his State of
the University
address, the
president said
progress has
been made,
but much work
must still be
done
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
University President Dave
Frohnmayer focused on com
munity and diversity Wednes
day afternoon in his State of
the University address, saying
that the need for a diverse
campus ultimately goes back
to the need to prepare students
for a diverse world.
In his speech before a crowd
of approximately 100 faculty
members and others, Frohn
mayer not only addressed the
importance of achieving a
more diverse campus, but the
progress that has been made in
the past several years.
Frohnmayer said that during
his bi-ennium addresses, he
likes to highlight one or two
main topics. This year in par
ticular, he said, diversity is a
vital issue, and at least one fac
ulty member in attendance
agreed.
“It is good information to
know; you can’t just pick up a
book and find this out,” said
Anand Prahlad, a new faculty
member in the English depart
ment.
Frohnmayer gave a few ex
amples of why he believes that
the University is on a good
path in regard to diversity. En
rollment at the University has
increased, and the make up of
the incoming freshmen class is
more diverse than ever before.
“About one student in seven
at the University of Oregon is a
student of color, and one in 14
is an international student,”
Frohnmayer said.
Achieving diversity at the
University is not easy, Frohn
mayer said, “especially in a
state like Oregon, which has
Turn to State speech, page 6A
DPS departures
raise questions
■ Employees of the Department of Public Safety are
in the midst of controversies and grievances
By Andrew Adams and Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Department of Public Safety Lieu
tenant Marte Martinez, who has been
on administrative leave for more than
a week, is now using her saved vaca
tion time to take personal leave and
deal with issues that may keep her
from ever returning to DPS.
Former employees have recently ac
cused her of harassment and of being
illegally promoted to her current posi
tion.
Martinez said she’s on personal
leave indefinitely and doesn’t believe
DPS is investigating her, though she
has hired a lawyer.
“For me the issue is not over,” she
said.
Martinez said she was not at liberty
to discuss the personnel issue or ac
knowledge whether she is a defendant
or plaintiff. Her lawyer also refused to
comment on any possible court pro
ceedings.
“I do wish to return to the depart
ment, but I am currently seeking other
employment,” Martinez said.
DPS Director Tom Fitzpatrick, who
first put Martinez on administrative
leave, said “a personnel issue is still
pending,” which would keep Martinez
from returning even if she were not on
personal leave. But he would not dis
cuss the specifics of her case or any
other personnel issue in the depart
ment.
University Vice President Dan
Williams said he is aware of the Mar
tinez situation but also declined to
comment.
“Her liberty to talk about it doesn’t
give me the liberty to talk about it,” he
said.
DPS has come under fire recently by
former employees who claim depart
ment supervisors created a hostile
workplace that included age discrimi
nation, charges that Fitzpatrick
Turn to DPS, page 5A
a i do
wish to
return to
the
depart
ment,
but I am
currently
seeking
other
employ
ment
Marte
Martinez
Department
of Public
Safety ^ ^
Anti-globalization speaker denounces power of corporations
Dr. Michael
Parenti riled
up the EMU
Ballroom
audience
Wednesday
with a
forceful
oration
By Eric Martin
for the Emerald
In an impassioned speech that drew cheers and
hoots from a crowd of more than 250 people in
the EMU Ballroom Wednesday evening, guest
speaker Michael Parenti challenged his listeners
to organize against the “globalization” of the
world economy.
He said this globalization is driven by the cut
throat, capital-driven interests of transnational
corporations that often impoverish third-world
countries by extracting resources and undercut
ting worker salaries. He said poverty levels in
many of these third-world countries are higher
than they’ve ever been at a time when the United
States sends more in foreign aid than it ever has.
The reason, Parenti said, is that often this for
eign aid is squandered on improving infrastruc
ture that increases production of a country’s re
sources for corporate gains. Often, this money
never reaches the hungry and impoverished, he
said.
Organizations like NATO often attack govern
mental systems like communism that don’t ad
here to capitalistic ideals, he said. By replacing
these governments with leaders more submissive
to Western economic interests, he said trade
agreements are more easily reached.
“Leaders are not it,” Parenti said. “The peo
ple... we are the hope.”
He also spoke of his recent trip to Serbia and
other countries that composed the former Yu
goslavia, where he said he discovered that tales of
“mass genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” were
greatly exaggerated by the U.S. media. He has
Turn to Yugoslavia, page 5A
Dan Brunei! Emerald
Dr. Michael Parenti speaks to more than 200 people on Wednesday.
He warned of increasing corporate imperialism in the United States.