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Oregon Daily Emerald 346-3712
LGBTA holds dating lessons
■‘Flirting 10V and ‘Speed
Dating’ taught participants
how to make dating a safe,
positive experience
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Everyone has unique criteria for
choosing a person to date, whether
seeking a certain physical type or
similar interests. But for nearly
everyone, one thing seems to hold
true — finding just the right person
is rarely easy.
And as if dating wasn’t hard
enough, members of the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transsexual communi
ties face one more challenge to meet
ing their significant others.
“It’s very hard to meet people be
cause there’s just this assumption
that everyone is heterosexual,” said
Hanna Persson, events coordinator
for the University Lesbian, Gay, Bi
sexual, Transsexual Alliance.
Thursday night, the University
LGBTA, the Lane Community Col
lege LGBTA and the HIV Alliance
sponsored “Flirting 101” and “Speed
Dating” to help make dating a posi
tive experience for lesbian, gay, bi
sexual and transsexual individuals.
“Flirting 101” was a workshop
presented by Curtis Borloglou
Boyd. Borloglou-Boyd, who is the
men’s community outreach direc
tor for the HIV Alliance, outlined
in his presentation practical tips
for flirting effectively.
Flirting, he said, is not just about
giving compliments or trying to get
the person into bed. It should also be
about getting to know the other per
son — and finding out whether there
is any potential for a relationship.
Borloglou-Boyd also brought up
issues related directly to lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transsexual dating,
such as how people can subtly men
tion sexual orientation without put
ting themselves at risk for being the
target of violence or discrimination.
Safety is often an issue that les
bian, gay, bisexual and transsexual
people have to consider in dating,
Persson said.“For queer people, it’s
not the same [as for heterosexuals],”
she said. “It’s very difficult to meet
people if you’re not in a safe space.”
Following “Flirting 101,” many
among the approximately 40 audi
ence members participated in
“Speed Dating.” During “Speed Dat
ing,” participants, wearing tags with
their names and a number, sat in two
rows of chairs facing each other.
Each person talked with the person
sitting across from him or her for two
minutes, then moved over one chair.
At the end of each two-minute
segment, participants rated the per
son they had talked to on a scale
from one to ten, based on the conver
sation they’d had. After the game,
players wrote the names of those
they were most interested in on a
“wish list.” Those lists were turned
in, and if two people listed each oth
er, names and contact information
were exchanged.
Senior Nikki Fancher said one
positive aspect of events such as
“Flirting 101” and “Speed Dating” is
that they help people make connec
tions with one another.
“It’s not just about dating,” she
said. “It’s about meeting new
friends — finding people with com
mon interests.”
Crisis
continued from page 1
include relationship breakups, family support or coming
out issues, academic failure and depression. But the cen
ter also accepts a large number of calls dealing with sui
cide. “With suicide issues, we always .
fers callers support, reassurance and resources where they
can get further assistance. Dillon, who began working on
the staff winter term, works the line once or twice a week
“People are always in need of help, even if they don’t
admit it,” Dillon said. “Every person deals with their cri
sis on a completely different level.”
Dillon said that even after she
■ : .....| had gone through the training and
rocus on sarety and support, Lusk
said.
Callers who may be suicidal are
the most challenging for the staff, but
the calls are not necessarily uncom
mon. Last year, the crisis line chart
ed 45 suicide calls.
Each night, the center receives an
average of four calls, not including
hang-ups’, that (teal with all types of
issues. Lusk said more calls come in
during winter term because of rainy
weather, fewer distractions and fewer
activities for people to participate in.
Haley Dillon is a junior sociology
major and a staff member in the Cri
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Monday through Friday
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Nighttime: 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.
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role-playing, she still faced chal
lenging calls. She frequently helps
freshmen and international stu
dents who have problems socializ
ing and adjusting to college. Co
worker Shabd Simran
Khalsa-Baldwin, a freshman pre
nursing major, said she also listens
to students who experience hard
times, atQund.,holidays...,.because
they are not with their families. r
“Nothing is like your first call —
that is when you really understand,
and you can start helping,” Dillon
said. “I just think it is so awesome,
because if I needed that outlet, I
would be thankful to talk to any of
sis center, vvnen sne is working, un
ion said she handles “regular callers” who are fairly de
pendent on the line for support and advice, and she
wants to help the callers deal with their problems. But
she also often suggests they receive additional counsel
ing from the University’s Counseling Center, the ASUO
Women’s Center, Sexual Assault Support Services,
Whitebird Clinic’s 24-hour drop-in service, Womenspace
and other campus and community resources. “We try to
emphasize that no problem is too small,” Dillon said.
Dillon added that her job is rewarding because she of
our workers.”
Khalsa-Baldwin, who has been on the staff since
fall term, said counselors use weekly staff meetings
to “debrief” calls that came in during their 15-hour
all-night shifts and talk about how they were han
dled. She added that her job is not about the money.
With plans to enter midwifery and health care, she
said her work offers her great experience dealing
with people.
“It is human contact,” Khalsa-Baldwin said. “It’s
dealing with real situations.”
Donation
continued from page 1
Buch said, students may be able to
stay in school and not be forced to
take on extra jobs to make ends meet.
“It means they’ll be able to devote
more time and energy to their stud
ies,” he said. “[The scholarship]
means, in essence, that those students
have full support for education.” He
said the donated money will also help
students who do not actually receive
the Staton scholarships by freeing up
existing money, which would allow
even more students to receive some
form of federal funding.
“Federal money can be moved
on to other students who may not
have gotten it,” he said.
Gene Evans, a spokesman for the
State of Oregon Scholarship Com
mission, said the donation will al
low approximately 250 more stu
dents to receive funds for the
upcoming school year. More avail
able scholarship money will mean
students may not have to take out
as many loans, he said.
Evans said the University is sole
ly in charge of the money. But de
spite this, he said, the commission
will be involved because it will be
able to dole out money to students
who may not normally receive it.
University President Dave Frohn
mayer called the donation heart
warming and said it will have a defi
nite impact on the future of Oregon’s
students, allowing the University to
provide a more financially stable ed
ucation to its students in the future.
“It will allow us to recruit students of
more talent and diverse back
grounds,” he said.
Elizabeth Bickford, director of
student financial aid, said approxi
mately 40 out of the 100 students
offered one of the new scholarships
have accepted. She said five stu
dents at each grade level have been
selected to receive $10,000 scholar
ships, called the Staton Opportuni
ty Scholarship. The rest of the re
cipients will receive the $4,000
State Tuition Scholarship.
“It’s not every day someone
wants to give you $10 million,”
said Kathryn Owen, referring to the
phone call made by Staton’s daugh
ter, Anne Staton Voilleque, that pre
ceded the donation.
The scholarship fund, initiated by
Bernice Ingalls Staton, a former Uni
versity student and Eugene resident,
is for students who claim Oregon res
idency, graduated from an Oregon
high school and will be full-time stu
dents at the University the next year.
Financial need is also a criterion.
Students declaring a major in the
School of Music, the College of Edu
cation and the School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts will be given
preference for the scholarships, Bick
ford said, but it is not a requirement.
Jean-Paul Voilleque, Staton’s
grandson, said the preference was
made because students in the liber
al arts may not always have a guar
anteed salary after graduation. “I
think that the intent is, there are
certain degrees with a return on
their investment,” he said. “A lot of
the liberal arts majors have a little
less of a guarantee.”
Bickford said she hopes the
scholarships will allow more stu
dents to attend the University.
“I would hope that students who
might not see themselves as a Uni
versity of Oregon student might
think the scholarship is for them,”
she said. “[The scholarship] is ad
vertising to students who might not
consider the University.”
Buch said the donation shows
Staton’s devotion to helping finan
cially needy students in Oregon.
“Because of the size of the dona
tion, and the generosity it repre
sents, it’s breathtaking,” he said.