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UO set to protect
all of its students
■ Campus groups working with
international students will
address security concerns
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
While government officials
continue to blame Islamic ex
tremists for the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, accounts of backlash in
cidents against Arab Americans
and Muslims have risen through
out the country.
At the University, officials say
they are concerned that the
school’s large international stu
dent population — between 1,300
and 1,400 students — may tar
gets of discrimination.
“I am very concerned about
backlash, ’ said Mark Tracy, assis
tant dean of diversity programs.
“The lack of knowledge of who
perpetrated the attacks may cause
some people unnecessary harass
ment or discomfort.”
Tracy acknowledged that at
least one “incident of a hate
crime” has been reported at the
University since the attacks.
The complaint was made to the
Bias Response Team, a campus
organization formed in 1999 to
track information regarding acts
of intolerance and respond to
those incidents.
Tracy, who is the coordinator of
BRT, also acknowledged that he
has heard “numerous” rumors of
other complaints.
Tracy pointed out that all inci
dents reported to BRT are confi
dential, and individuals can file
informational or action complaints
through the team’s Web site. To file
a complaint, individuals provide
information regarding the inci
dent. For action complaints, BRT
will connect those individuals to
resources that may facilitate a res
olution.
In related incidents, the Eugene
Police Department confirmed two
backlash incidents at the Universi
ty, according to EPD spokeswoman
Pam Alejandre. As reported in
Monday’s Emerald, one incident
involved graffiti on a map in Ore
gon Hall, and the second involved
verbal abuse to an international
student near campus.
Department of Public Safety Di
rector Tom Fitzpatrick described
the days immediately following
the attacks as “quiet,” and said that
in the community at large, people
have been reserved.”
“There have been no real up
turns in problems, yet,” he added.
Fitzpatrick said the terrorist at
tacks will not force DPS to make
any real changes to security policy
or procedures.
“We are always focused on safe
ty — this (issue) does not present a
unique set of concerns,” he said.
During his two-year tenure at
the University, Fitzpatrick said
his 14 patrol officers’ greatest
concerns were theft, alcohol and
drug use, and “occasionally a vi
olent incident.”
That may change for at least the
short term, he said, as DPS will
become more aware of “increased
bomb threats, which typically
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