Safety
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year. The assault has not increased
concern around campus much,
though, Frye said.
“I don’t think it’s any different
from things that have happened at
the University for a while now,”
she said. “This was just kind of the
straw that broke the camel’s back.”
Hicks said increased lighting
and faster responses are only a
starting point. He said a large part
of crime prevention comes from
community involvement and
awareness. The Women’s Center
and Office of Student Life in par
ticular have successfully educat
ed the University community
about crime prevention, he said,
and the surrounding neighbor
hoods have effectively used com
munity policing to decrease crime
in the area.
Despite the campus safety meas
ures, many women feel unsafe, ac
cording to Martha Ravits, an assis
tant professor and director of the
Women’s Studies Program.
Ravits said new female stu
dents in particular often feel un
safe on campus.
“I’m hearing vocal women stu
dents feel they’re unsafe,” Ravits
said. “The lighted paths are a good
thing, but perhaps more could be
done with it.”
Ravits said increased education
should be a priority.
“This is a problem that needs to
be addressed not by trying to shel
ter women or suppress them, but by
approaching it as a systematic prob
lem at the societal level that can be
helped through education and
management of men’s behavior,”
she said.
E-mail reporter Marty Toohey
at martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
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that sentiment, pointing out that
while the $48 million cut would
be hard for the OUS, earlier pro
posals threatened to cut as much
as $80 million.
Monday’s voting fell largely
along party lines. Republicans de
fended the plan, while Democrats
criticized it.
“This plan balances the state
budget without raising taxes or cre
ating new taxes, and does so in a re
sponsible manner,” House Majori
ty Leader Karen Minnis, R-Wood
Village, said in a statement.
State Sen. Tony Corcoran, D-Cot
tage Grove, called the plan a failure
and warned that the fight over the
budget could turn into a standoff
between Kitzhaber and House
Speaker Mark Simmons, R-Elgin.
“It was the biggest failure I have
seen in four sessions of the Legisla
ture,” Corcoran said. “Simmons
needs to know that the governor
doesn’t play chicken.”
Kitzhaber said Monday he
will create another budget plan,
his third since early January, in
an attempt to find a solution
with the Legislature.
E-mail community editor John Liebhardt
atjohnliebhardt@dailyemerald.com.
E-mail higher education editor Leon Tovey
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
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“duck feet” program. It says which
paths are safe to walk on. We’d re
paint those, as well as fully support
Saferide and the new program,
Night Ride.
Q: How do you define diversity?
And how do you plan on bringing
diverse voices together on campus?
Diversity is not only race is
sues or gender issues, but also
political views as well. That’s the
short definition.
All of our issues touch directly to
campus issues one way or another.
The diversity action plan is still in
the works. We need to draft it up
with the cooperation of (the Multi
cultural Center) and (the Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
Alliance) — all the student groups.
We can’t just go in and delegate it to
student groups.
One thing we’d really like to see
is to hold two town hall meetings
every month where students can
come with questions and concerns
and we can address them right
there, back and forth, one on one,
and bring those back into the office.
Q: If two student groups were at
odds with each other, how would
you resolve the conflict?
Generally the easiest things to
do is to sit down with them inde
pendently, separately, and find
out what’s going on. Then we can
come to an understanding of
what the issues are, and then
meet with them and find out
what we as an executive do to
make this better.
Q: If there was one thing you
could change about the University
instantly, what would it be?
Making sure the student voice is
heard on this campus, heard in the
city of Eugene and heard in Salem.
We want to make sure students are
not overlooked in issues regarding
budget cuts, tuition, or any issue
that concerns this campus.
Q: How would you do things
differently than the current
ASUO Executive?
We will be more accessible to
student groups and students in gen
eral, whether it would be with the
town hall meetings or just an open
door policy and getting that diver
sity in the office. I think we bring
very different leadership back
grounds, but we still know a ton
about ASUO.
E-mail reporter Diane Huber
at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com.
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