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Tuesday, March 5,2002
Since 1 900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 109
Leaning left
Photos by Emerald
Liberals, radicals or just ACTIVISTS ?
■ A survey finds liberal views among
college students, but some believe ‘liberal’
and ‘conservative’ are outdated categories
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students at the University have long
been aware of the school’s “liberal”
reputation.
Now, a national survey shows college
freshmen hold more politically liberal
views than they have at any time since the
Vietnam War.
For many University residents who have
witnessed the protests and student activism
during the past 30 years, the news is unsur
prising. But some think the survey and its la
bels sell short the political beliefs of students
at the University and schools nationwide.
UCLA’s Higher Education Research Insti
tute, the Washington, D.C.-based American
Council on Education and the University of
California conducted “The American Fresh
man Survey,” which asked 281,064 students
at 421 four-year colleges and universities
about their political beliefs.
In part thanks to
protests such as
those against
ROTC on campus
in 1970 (above)
and supporting
the Worker Rights
Consortium 30
years later (left),
some people say
University
students hold
liberal views.
A new survey
maintains that the
same is true of
students
nationwide.
The survey found that 57.9 percent of
freshman think gay couples should have the
legal right to marry, which is the highest
number in two decades. Also, 32.2 percent
said the death penalty should be abolished,
and more than one-third surveyed said mari
juana should be legalized, the highest num
ber of proponents since 1980.
Nearly 30 percent of those surveyed in Janu
ary identified their political affiliation as liberal
or “far left,” while about 20 percent of respon
dents considered themselves conservative or
“far right.” The majority of students surveyed
said they were neither conservative or liberal
Turn to Survey, page 4
Group holds second rally against sexual assault
■ Female students, including the radical
cheerleaders,’ are organizing today’s march
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
A group of female University students who
organized the “No More Curfews On Cam
pus” rally three weeks ago will hold a second
rally and march against sexual assault today.
Graduate student Monica Matthews said the ral
ly and march are being held in response to a num
ber of sexual assault incidents, both reported and
unreported, that have occurred on campus recently.
The rally begins at noon in the EMU amphithe
ater and will be lollowed by a march at 12:30
p.m. to the Walton residence hall complex, where
two female students reported a man masturbat
ing outside their windows about a week ago.
Police are still searching for the suspect,
who is believed to be the same man seen mas
turbating in front of another female student’s
residence hall window January 31. Police ar
rested two men Feb. 23 in Spiller Hall after
one entered a female student’s room and made
unwelcome sexual advances.
Matthews said rally organizers have heard of
other, unreported incidents of sexual assault on
campus recently that they are trying to verify.
Junior Lezlie Frye will speak at the rally,
and a group of women known as the “radical
cheerleaders” will perform.
The goal of the rally is to raise awareness
about sexual violence on campus and to urge
administrators to take steps toward improving
campus safety, she said.
“The more people that show up ... the more
the administration will pay attention to this
and do more to increase the safety of women
on campus,” she said.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
at robinweber@dailyemerald.com.
Governor’s
veto plan
will avoid
higher ed
■ Governor Kitzhaber says he will
line-item veto some of the cuts
in the state’s latest budget proposal
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Mon
day that he will line-item veto sections of
the Oregon Legis
lature’s latest
budget proposal
and present a re
vised solution that
will go into effect
March 12, elimi
nating the need to
call the Legislature
back for a third
special session.
For now, at least.
Despite having
serious reserva
tions with the legislation, the governor
will only make changes to $87.6 mil
lion of the budget. He plans to eliminate
the need for $67.5 million in national
tobacco settlement funds and restore
funding to 911 response budgets and
dental care for Oregonians, but he has
not yet given specifics as to where he’ll
find the money to balance the budget.
Turn to Veto, page 4
Doctor says
self-love can
salvage love
■ Dr. Sol Gordon helps spell out
the relationship basics for students
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Only in Hollywood can Prince
Charming enter stage right, meet the girl,
get the girl, and live happily ever after
— all within two hours. In real-life rela
tionships, it’s much more complex, ac
cording to sex educator Dr. Sol Gordon.
Gordon addressed a full house in the
EMU Ben Linder Room on Monday
about the earmarks of both good and bad
relationships, based on his book, “How
Can You Tell If You’re Really in Love?”
“Love is the greatest thing there is,”
he said. True love, however, can be hard
to pinpoint, he said.
He said it often seems people are con
vinced they have found their one and
only — for that week. Then reality sets in.
“Most people marry the wrong
Turn to Advice, page 4
KITZHABER