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Volume 102, Issue 152
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Gamma Phi Beta sorority members Andrea Hart, Karen Elliott and Megan Higgens light candles together at the Take Back
the Night rally before the march. Hundreds of people showed their support for victims of sexual assault Thursday night,
including many from the Greek community as part of the coinciding Greek Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
Eugene takes back the night
■ Students and community members
rallied against sexual assault and
oppression for the 23rd year
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
A dominant glow lit up Eugene’s downtown
streets Thursday night — from the candles held
by more than 500 people who marched in the
23rd annual Take Back the Night.
Signs that read “No More Violence” could be
seen and loud chants could be heard from the
event’s participants, stopping traffic and bring
ing people outside their homes.
In a protest against sexual assault and all
forms of oppression, students and community
members walked through the streets chanting
messages such as “Women Unite,” and “Sexist.
Racist. Anti-Gay. Don’t You Take Our Streets
Away.”
“The march provides an opportunity for us to
call attention to violence against women in our
society — and demand an end to it,” said Katie
Antos, community education coordinator for
Sexual Assault Support Services, which hosted
the event with the ASUO Women’s Center.
An international tradition since 1976, Take
Back the Night began in Belgium as women
walked through the night to “reclaim the streets,
which have been sources of fear and violence.”
In the United States, the first march began in
San Francisco in 1978 when more than 5,000
women participated. The tradition started in
Eugene the same year and is now the largest so
cial action movement on campus.
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Folk Festival to rock campus
■ Eugene’s local music scene hits the
Willamette Valley Folk Festival stage today
By J.J. Burkart
for the Emerald
It’s time to gear up for the 31st annual
Willamette Valley Folk Festival. With three stages
and more than 50 musical acts, music lovers can
sample an assortment of musical styles including
jazz, bluegrass, funk, and folk. Sponsored by the
University Cultural Forum, the festival runs from
12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday on the
east lawn of campus, and it is free to the public.
In the middle of this weekend’s vast sea of tal
ent stands a fixture in Eugene’s local music scene.
The Sugar Beets, who offer a mixture of folk, blue
grass, Celtic, rock ’n’ roll and rhythm ’n’ blues,
will be performing Saturday at 7 p.m. on the main
stage on the east lawn of the EMU. Lead guitarist
Marty Chilla and John Shenon formed Sugar
Beets in 1989 when they were students at the
University. Since then the band has grown, per
forming throughout the Northwest.
“We now have nine members, five songwriters
and six different lead singers,” Chilla said.
Dave Burham, a violinist for the Sugar Beets,
hopes for a big turnout.
“It’s probably our most fun performance of the
year. It’s outside, people are dancing, and the
sound system is great,” Burham said.
“Eugene just loves these guys,” said festival or
ganizer Kurt Catlin, adding, “when they come out
on stage it’s like a dancing hurricane.”
Fans can catch a live preview of tunes from
their upcoming album, “Sweet Ride Home.”
Friday’s headliner, Ian Moore, who will per
form at 8:30 p.m., has toured with ZZ Top, Bob
Dylan and The Rolling Stones. Following the Sug
ar Beets Saturday night will be Nigerian superstar
Toby Foyeh and his Orchestra Africa at 8:30 p.m.
They blend a pop sound with traditional African
music and costumes. The festival concludes Sun
day with the jazz groove of the Tony Furtado
Band at 8:30 p.m. Those unable to attend can lis
ten to the festival broadcast live on KLCC
throughout the weekend.
The festival also features food stands, music
and dance workshops, as well as fire dancing.
The University’s Cultural Forum is giving away
free T-shirts to volunteers who lend their servic
es. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact
John Bartlang at 346-0633. For more details about
the Willamette Valley Folk Festival, call the Cul
tural Forum at 346-4373,
Diverse enrollment
of GTFs still needed
■ Some on campus say the
University must make a greater
effort to recruit a diverse group
of graduate teaching fellows
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
For years, the University has prid
ed itself on working toward being a
diverse campus, and through pro
grams and scholarships, efforts have
been made to try and ensure students
and faculty from all walks of life are
represented.
Graduate teaching fellows at the
University are no exception.
As of the fourth week of the fall
2000 term, 1,169 GTFs worked at the
University. Of those, 782 are white,
which amounts to 67 percent of the
GTF population. International GTFs
account for 18 percent, or 210 people.
Forty-two GTFs identified them
selves as Asian, while 28 are Hispanic
and 14 are Native American. Nine
identified themselves as multi-ethnic
and five as black. Seventy-nine GTFs
declined to declare a background.
The GTF population is almost even
ly split between the sexes. Women ac
count for 585 of the GTFs on campus,
while there are 584 men.
Despite the predominance of white
GTFs at the University, many on cam
pus who are close to the issue say it
only mirrors the University as a
whole. But they say more work can be
done to further diversify the campus.
“We are not there yet, and are seem
ingly moving away from the idea that
we truly do need to talk candidly and
openly about the continuing impact of
race and ethnicity on campus and in
the world,” said Carla Gary, director of
the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Gary said the OMA works closely
with the graduate school to encourage
undergraduate students of color to ap
ply to the University.
“We need to look at bringing in a
cadre of students of color to the gradu
ate school if we are going to make a
difference,” she said.
Gary said that bringing in a larger
amount of students of color to the GTF
ranks is important because it has a di
rect effect on other students.
“Our GTFs impact a substantial por
tion of the undergrad population, and
that is yet another way in which this
population can be major players in
presenting diverse perspectives to un
dergrads, and to their fellow graduate
students,” she said.
Mark Tracy, assistant dean of stu
dent life, also said the University is
doing well in promoting diversity
among GTFs, but it could be doing
more.
He said he would like to see the
University recruit more graduate
students from outside Oregon by
having faculty use their connections
from out of state. But, he said, the
University needs to concentrate
more on retention of students, and
not just recruitment.
“We need to have a more concen
trated and concerted effort around
these things,” he said.
Tracy said the University can pro
mote the amount of opportunities and
resources that are available to gradu
ate students who are of color as one
way to attract a more diverse group of
potential GTFs.
Richard Linton, dean of the gradu
ate school, said he believes GTFs on
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