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attorney’s office to resolve the legali
ty of the interviews.
“We are not conducting these in
terviews as requested,” Alejandre
said, pointing out that the EPD is not
ignoring the investigation altogether.
“If assistance is needed, we’ve always
made every effort to cooperate. ”
Alejandre said the department is
worried about the criteria used to
create the list of interviewees.
“Each person on the list is essen
tially from a Middle Eastern country,”
she said, which raised red flags at EPD
about possible forms of racial profil
ing, which could be deemed illegal
under Oregon statutes. Since receiv
ing the fist, EPD has tried to learn the
criteria behind the names, she said.
“We have the responsibility to en
sure that all of our activities fall
within the guidelines of Oregon
State law,” she said.
Alejandre said EPD is also worried
about the context of some of the sam
ple questions to ask the interviewees.
“If some of the questions are not
worded correctly, they could pro
vide the assumption of guilt,” Ale
jandre said. Neither Alejandre nor
members of the U.S. attorney’s office
would provide the fist of questions.
On Nov. 9, U.S. Attorney General
John Ashcroft directed all United
States attorneys to coordinate anti
terrorism efforts with state and lo
cal law enforcement agencies. U.S.
Attorney Michael Mosman asked
EPD, as well as other local depart
ments, to help interview people on
their knowledge of terrorist ele
ments in the United States. After the
request, the Portland city attorney’s
office warned the Portland Police
Department not to participate in the
interviews because some questions
used by investigators could be con
sidered unconstitutional in Oregon.
Members of the U.S. attorney’s of
fice in Portland defended the prac
tice set up by Ashcroft and the Jus
tice Department, noting that the
interviews will be conducted with
or without help from local police.
“We have to get them done re
gardless,” said U.S. First Assistant
Attorney Barry Steldahl.
Civil liberties groups are con
cerned that the secrecy surrounding
the investigations will strike fear in
those interviewees, especially be
cause they are resident aliens.
“These will be perceived as
threatening visits, [they won’t] be
received as a request for help,” said
David Fidanque, executive director
for ACLU of Oregon. He pointed out
that while the interviews are volun
tary, people who refuse the inter
view could find themselves under
^greater scrutiny than before.
“If people refuse to ask questions
or limit their answers, they may find
themselves under investigation be
cause of their refusal,” Fidanque said.
Emerald highereducation editor John Liebhardt
can be reached at
johnliebhardt@dailyemerald.com.
Tobacco
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rector John Costello said. He said any
profits earned from tobacco go into the
total food service budget , which funds
all of the food vendors in the EMU.
At the board meeting, members ex
pressed concern that without tobacco
profits, part of the student incidental
fee would be pulled from student
groups to make up for the losses.
The bookstore, however,
would not experience as signifi
cant a financial loss if it discon
tinued tobacco sales, bookstore
manager Jim Williams said. Of
the bookstore’s $20 million in an
nual sales, cigarettes bring in ap
proximately $20,000 in gross
profit, he said.
“For the bookstore, the decision
is not a financial decision,” he said.
“It is an ethical decision. ”
Shelley Dutton, LCC’s bookstore
manager, said LCC’s loss would be
around $1,400. By the end of the
term, LCC will decide whether to
continue offering tobacco products,
she said. LCC students and faculty
surveyed had mixed opinions on
the issue, Dutton said.
PSU’s tobacco profit is also signif
icantly lower than the University’s.
According to Smith Memorial Cen
ter accountant Kari Albright, last
year’s in-store profits were approxi
mately $12,000.
Julianne Ballard, a registered
nurse at PSU, attributes the low
sales to the campus’s location,
which gives students close access to
many other tobacco vendors.
She saidPSU is justbeginningto look
at the tobacco policies at other universi
ties, with a particular focus on OSU.
“We are interested in ending to
bacco sales as well, but we want to
do what the students want,” she said.
Nationwide, the University of
Rhode Island and the University of
Arkansas have passed policies in
the last year that included tobacco
sale prohibition, said Julia Martin of
Tobacco Free Lane County, a group
that educates the public about to
bacco’s health risks.
At OSU, there has been little stu
dent protest to the ban, said Susan
Poole, an OSU student health rela
tions representative.
“We look at it as enhancing the
health (of the community) by being
tobacco-free,” she said.
Emerald student activities reporter Diane
Huber can be reached
at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com.
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