Thursday May 17th EMU Amphitheater
Take Back the Night is an annual event
dedicated to ending violence against women.
6:30 PM- Rally featuring music by DJ Coral
Community speakers including Jennifer Self
8 PM- March followed by Speak Out
Performances by Womyn at Play, Young
Women's Theatre Collective and Nicole Barrett
Hosted by Sexual Assault Support Services and The ASUO Women's Center. This event is
wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted. Childcare scholarships are available by request 48
hours prior to the event. For more information contact the Women's Center at 346-4095
Women s Studies
in Summer 2001
Hot Time — Cool Courses
1-Credit Weekend Workshops
Friday 6:00-8:50 & Saturday 9:00-4:50
WST 408/508 Self-Defense for Women
June 22 23, Marcia Hall
WST 408 Anarcha-Feminism
June 29-30, Audrey Vanderford
WST 408/508 Born in the U SA:
Midwifery and the Politics of Childbirth
July 6-7, Sue Armstrong
WST 408/508 Voices across the Land:
Native American Women Writers
July 13-14, Angela Ross
WST 408/508 Women and Class
July 20-21, Tova Stabin
WST 408/508 The Global Politics of
Women and Nutrition
July27-28. Noy Rathakette
WST 408/508 Body Image and Body Casting
August 3-4. Debbe Comitius
4-Week, 4-Credit Courses
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WST 410 Techno-Sex and Cyborg Babies
June 25-July 20, Alexandra Stotts
MUWH, 10:0011:50
WST 410 Women Behaving Badly:
Unruly Women on the Cultural Stage
June 25-July 20. Roger Adkins
MUWH. 1:002:50
Summer catalog at UO Bookstore or http://uosummeruoregon.edu
Course syllabi at Women's Studies office, 315 Hendricks, 346-5529
Student Groups
Advertise your events in the Oregon Baily Emerald.
We have special university rates. Call 346-37 12.
Awareness
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vivors. Antos said the T-shirts will be
publicly displayed Thursday in the.
Alsea Room and the EMU Amphithe
ater to “air society’s dirty laundry”
and break the silence of sexual vio
lence in the community.
“The T-shirt project provides an
amazing method for survivors to tell
their story in a society that often still
blames survivors for the abuse,” An
tos said.
In a society where 85 percent of
sexual assault victims know their
perpetrator, Antos said once people
accept that statistic, change will start
to occur in society when responsibili
ty is put on the offender.
“It tells the victims that it is not
their fault,” Antos said.
Kristin Dean, the Panhellenic
Council chairperson for Greeks
Against Rape, said GAR delegates
from each chapter are promoting
events that will occur during Greek
Week, which coincides with Sexual
Assault Awareness Week.
Dean, a sophomore business major
and member of Kappa Kappa Gam
ma sorority, stressed the importance
of not tolerating sexual assault and
supporting survivors throughout the
week.
May 2001 Sexual
Assault Awareness
Week Highlights:
Monday
Ending Sexual Assault '
Ben Linder Forum,
EMU from 6 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday
Survivor Support Group
University Health Center
from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Wednesday
Queer Sexual Assault Forum
Carson Gold Room
from noon to 2p.m.
Thursday
Take Back the Night rally,
march and speak out
EMU Amphitheater at 6:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday
The Life/Art Process for Survivors
Two-day workshop
Gerlinger 219 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Pre-registration is required by today.
For a complete schedule of events
contact the Office of Student Life
at 346-1103.
Lori Brown, the office coordinator
with the University’s Women’s Cen
ter, said the events this week are in
tended to show community support
for survivors while providing an op
portunity to start creating social
change. The signature event this
week is the 23rd annual Take Back
the Night rally, march and speak-out
Thursday which begins at 6:30 p.m.
in the EMU Amphitheater.
She also said events such as
“Tough Guise,” amovie and facilitat
ed discussion sponsored by Men
Against Sexism, will raise issues
about gender roles and masculinity.
“It’s a different way of looking at
the world that I don’t think people
have access to any other month of the
year,” Brown said.
Men Against Sexism is a group
formed out of 1999’s Take Back the
Night to provide a supportive envi
ronment for men, to promote dia
logue in the community and to advo
cate for an end to all forms of
oppression.
A workshop this Friday, “Men Dis
cuss Take Back the Night,” will offer
men a chance to discuss their experi
ences at the event and provide an
open forum toward ending sexual as
sault, Brown said.
“We’ve got to start creating norms
especially among men because they
don’t exist right now,” Brown said.
Calendar
Monday, May 14
Exhibition: BFA painting by Eric Redet
zke, Nat Meade and Deb Dupont, BFA
ceramics by Beth Kemp and BFA sculp
ture by Peter Evonuk, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence
Hall. Free. For information, call 346
2057. Reception tonight, 7-9 p.m.
Wulf Professorship Lecture: J. Ke
haulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University,
discusses “Pacific Points of Entry: The
orizing Hawaiian Genealogies of Dias
pora and Citizenship." Noon. Room
330, Hendricks Hall. Free. For infer
mation, call 346-2566.
Greek Week: Activities during the
week for UO Greek chapter members
and the public include a Smoker box
ing tournament on May 15 at Mac
Court; the Anchor Splash on May 16 in
the EMU Ballroom; and an all-Greek
barbecue on May 18 on East 15th Av
enue. For information, call 346-1146.
Kidd Lecture/Reading: Grace Talusan,
Creative Writing, discusses “Structure
in the Story: Narrative Arc, Structure
and Plotting in Fiction.” She also reads
from her new novel, “Summer of the
Gypsy Moth Caterpillars.” 4-5 p.m.
Room 332, Gilbert Hall. Free. For in
formation, call 346-0541.
Knight Library Press Reading: Award
winning author Kim Stafford, director
of the Northwest Writing Institute at
Lewis and Clark College in Portland
and a UO alumnus, reads from and
signs copies of “Oregon Pilgrimage in
Green, a forest journal for my broth
er,” the Knight Library Press’ iatest
limited-edition book. 7:30 p.m.
Browsing Room, Knight Library. Free.
For information, call 346-5656.
School of Law
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placed it with a gray baseball cap be
fore beginning to speak briefly about
the challenges the group faced over
their three years of studying law, both
in getting good grades and finding
jobs. Mainly he encouraged the grad
uates to remember each other and
their time spent at the University.
He described several of his class
mates’ smiles from individual photo
graphs that were taken when the
class began its three years of law
school in 1998.
“Leave behind all the comparisons
and instead, wherever you go, find
the people who make you smile,” he
said.
Wesley Waniya, brother-in-law of
graduate Neil Fujitani, said his whole
family made the trip from Hawaii to
see Fujitani graduate.
“This is a big accomplishment to
come up for, and we’re all really
proud of him,” Waniya said. “We
look forward to him coming home
and making a difference in Hawaii.”
Robert Raschio, one of two class
representatives, presented the law
school with the class gift of $5,600 in
class donations to be used for schol
arship funds.
“I thank God I’m here with all of
you,” he said. “It’s been a very power
ful experience.”
Edward McAniff, visiting law pro
fessor, delivered the commencement
address. He stressed the important
role of lawyer as listener and remind
ed graduates that in their profession
there is always a client’s best interest
at stake.
“We are always acting for someone
else,” he said. “We always have
someone’s welfare in our hands.”
For this reason, McAniff said it is
vital that lawyers always work to the
best of their ability.
“Each of us is our most severe crit
ic, and we know when we’ve done
well and when we haven’t,” he said.
Despite the commitment McAniff
said is required of lawyers, he said
people are more important than one’s
career.
“Family and friends really count,”
he said. “Too many lawyers in the
midst of their demanding careers for
get that.”
But before the law students ever
feel pressure of a law career, they first
need to obtain a job. Merv Loya, as
sistant dean and director of career
services, said finding a law career
does not appear to pose a problem for
the class. He said the job market looks
a bit slower than last year, but he said
he is still confident that the opportu
nities are out there.
“They’ve done well here in school
and I think they will go on to do just
as well in their professions,” he said
of the graduating class.
Loya said many students already
have jobs lined up in their chosen
fields. He said several plan to work in
judicial courtships, intellectual prop
erty firms and law firms throughout
the Northwest, and one student will
work for the Supreme Court of Ver
mont.
“Things are looking pretty good for
them,” he said.
The commencement ceremony
was also a time to honor those who
have been devoted to the law school
throughout the years. This year, the
Meritorious Service Award was pre
sented to Lois and Ray Ackerman.
The award, established by law facul
ty in 1984, is awarded annually to
those who’ve made significant con
tributions to legal education and the
law.
Lois Ackerman worked at the law
school for 50 years as the registrar be
fore retiring several years ago. Her
husband, Ray Ackerman, supported
her dedication to the law school
while earning two degrees from the
University.
‘“I have a great deal of respect for
law students,” Lois Ackerman said.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know you mem
bers of this class, but I congratulate
you. Always remain loyal to this
wonderful law school.”
After the last diploma was award
ed by University President Dave
Frohnmayer, graduates, family and
friends swarmed the lobby of the
Hult Center, hugging one another and
taking photos.
It was a special Mothers’ Day for
Janice Hunter, because her daughter,
Kathleen Mercer, was one of the grad
uates.
“I’ve been excited for a long, long
time,” she said. “She’s wanted to do
this for a while now. ”
Heidi Mauriscio, Mercer’s daugh
ter, was also proud of her mother’s ac
complishment.
“I’m overwhelmed,” she said. “De
spite the time commitment this has
been for her, she’s always been there
for us. This is her dream. ”
Graduate Chellie Hammack wore
a smile when she entered the lobby
in search of her family for a day of cel
ebration.
“Relief,” she said of her feelings
that moment. “It’s been a long three
years.”