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they provide a creative way to
reach people on a deeper, more
personal level.
“(The banners’) message con
nects to their lives,” she said.
The banner display will rotate
to different campus areas such as
the Student Recreation Center
and law school and throughout
the community until mid-Novem
ber, Brown said. Several groups
were involved in the banner proj
ect including the Women’s Cen
ter, Student Life, Residence Life
and the Counseling Center.
T-shirts made by victims of vio
lence will also be displayed along
with the banners in the gallery.
The T-shirts are part of the local
and international Clothesline Pro
ject, which js designed to create a
memorial to survivors of violence.
Following the reception, Ab
solute Improv will perform “Envi
sioning a World Without Violence”
in the EMU Ballroom.
Brown added that many stu
dents don’t think domestic vio
lence information pertains to
them. The highest rate of domes
tic violence, however, happens
to women ages 19-29. This
means students on campus are
definitely affected, she said,
adding that college students are
especially vulnerable.
“Students are often on their
own for the first time and pulled
away from their support at
home,” she said.
It is important for students to be
aware of their own relationships
and to be able to support a friend
who has experienced domestic vi
olence, she added.
Student Judicial Affairs Director
Chris Loschiavo, who is a member
of the Alliance for Sexual Assault
Prevention, said it is sometimes as
sumed that domestic violence only
affects people who are married.
“Violence occurs between
boyfriends and girlfriends, be
tween gays and lesbians,” he
said. “It’s important for students
to know where resources are
available.”
Diane Huber is a student activities reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at dianehuber@dailyemeraid.com.
Siegel
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his hopes up for a professional career.
“If I had the opportunity to play
at the next level, it would be a
dream come true,” Siegel said.
He said at the same time, placekick
ers are rarely put into the NFL, so he’s
not counting on it. Instead, Siegel said
he wants to make the most of his time
at the University, “education-wise.”
His track to graduate in less than four
years comes from a desire to bring
prestige to a University he has quickly
grown to love.
“I want to graduate and go on to
do something productive with my
life,” Siegel said. “I want to just be a
generally good person that brings a
good name to the school with my
success. Nothing too miraculous. ”
He’s not certain what area of busi
ness he wants to go into, but said
he’s figuring that out.
Siegel started playing football
because soccer just wasn’t physical
enough, he said. Siegel said he re
membered getting the red and yel
low cards in soccer for contact that
was too rough.
“Football has a whole different
mentality (from soccer),” Siegel
said. “In football the fans cheer, and
the coach gives you a thumbs up
when you really hit someone. ”
Before playing football, Siegel
was involved in his high school
rugby team. He said the team he
played with his junior year could
be considered the “best team in
North America.” That year his
team upset the No. 3 team in the
world after winning the national
championships.
Siegel has seen his share of athlet
ic success. He said he was offered
spots on college football teams
throughout the country.
“Kicking is a unique position,”
Siegel said, “and the demand isn’t
high.” He said universities only of
fer scholarships to kickers every
three to four years.
Siegel liked that the Ducks are in
the Pacific-10 Conference. Oregon’s
“really good facilities” for athletes
were also inviting, he said.
Also, the camaraderie among the
teammates impressed Siegel.
“Everyone was a big group of
friends,” Siegel said, remembering
his first time seeing the Ducks.
Siegel also said he’d never seen a
city rally around a team like Eugene
does for the Ducks.
“I couldn’t believe it. When I
drove into town, I saw billboards of
the players and I thought, ‘Wow, are
you kidding me?”’
Siegel begins yet another busy
weekend today with the team’s trip
to Berkeley.
“(The Ducks) are heading in the
right direction,” Siegel said. “I’d like
to be a participant on some teams that
are remembered years from now.”
Marcus Hathcock is a features reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at
marcushathcock@dailyemerald.com.
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Student fees
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tion in a nutshell,” he said. “They
make the decision, and their idea
of student participation is they let
(students) comment on it later.”
ASUO Accounting Coordinator
Jennifer Creighton, like Dieven
dorf, works with both students and
administrators.
While administrators like to
point to Dievendorf’s termination
as being the source of troubled ad
ministrative-student relationships,
the issue goes beyond Dievendorf’s
situation, Creighton said.
Many students are reluctant to
go to administrators for advice be
cause they do not perceive that the
administration is supportive of
students, she said.
“The administration could defi
nitely communicate better with
students about policies and
changes,” Creighton said, “and of
fer them more support.”
ASUO executives Nilda Brook
lyn and Joy Nair have criticized
the administration for not allow
ing students more control over
student fees. This summer, the
Oregon University System ap
proved several new fees, includ
ing an energy surcharge fee esti
mated at $30 per term.
Brooklyn and Nair, upset that the
administration added the fee with
out student input, began a campaign
in September to eliminate it.
Nair said they are working with
the administration to get rid of the
fee. A committee has been formed
to generate ideas on how to con
serve energy, she said. Provost
John Moseley is a member of that
committee, she said.
But Nair is skeptical about how
valuable administrators will be in
the process.
“If we leave it in the hands of the
administration, nothing will get
done,” she said.
Brooklyn said she believes ad
ministrators have “the best inter
ests of the University” in mind, but
they sometimes misinterpret stu
dents’ actions, she said.
“Students get frustrated, and x
students protest because they care
about this University,” she said.
“And I think sometimes adminis- *
trators miss that.”
Associate Vice President of Stu
dent Affairs Anne Leavitt said the
joint effort between students and
administrators to lobby the state
legislature for higher education
funding last year shows they can
work together successfully.
She said she is optimistic stu
dents and administrators will
work together to resolve incidental
fee issues as well.
“Sometimes I think student per
ceive this as an issue of power,”
she said. “I like to think of it as an
issue of opportunity.”
Kara Cogswell is a student activities reporter
for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be
reached at karacogswell@dailyemerald.com.
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