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2002 It’s here Now! UO Summer Session Registration. Book Your Summer in Oregon Summer session starts June 24. Pick up your free summer catalog today in the Summer Session office, 333 Oregon Hall, or at the UO Bookstore. You can speed your way toward graduation by taking required courses during summer. University of Oregon Summer Session http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/ > Housing continued from page 1 In 1999, the University consid ered creating a separate hall for gay students, but the proposal was vetoed out of fear the hall would segregate residents. The housing department developed a “neigh borhood” option instead, allowing gay students to request rooms next to each other within a hall, but Housing Director Mike Eyster said few students have expressed in terest in the program. Although the idea of a separate residence hall hasn’t been dis cussed lately, LGBT Director Chico ra Martin said the LGBT and Uni versity Housing already educates resident assistants about gay issues, and they have talked about having workshops to inform residents about homosexuality. Martin said they also hope to cre ate a safe zone for gay students to go to for support, possibly with stick ers or magnets students could place on their doors indicating their rooms are gay-friendly. Residents who are having prob lems with their roommates can sub mit an application to move to an other room, but Hasche said he doesn’t want to move because it would send the message that he is trying to hide his sexuality. “My roommate is the one with the problem, and he should be the one to move out,” he said. Hasche said he believes one way to make the residence halls friend lier would be to add a question to the housing contract asking whether a student would feel com fortable living with a gay student. Freshman Austin Shaw-Phillips said she already knew her room mate from high school and has a comfortable roommate situation. She said living in the residence halls can be a scary, hostile envi ronment; she believes adding a question about how comfortable students feel about homosexuality to the housing contract could po tentially help gay students living in the halls. “I know when lam in my room that it is a safe place, and that is a start.” Austin Shaw-Phillips freshman “I know when I am in my room that it is a safe place, and that is a start,” she said. Matt Strickland, also a fresh man, said he believes the housing department tries to create a friendly environment, but the res idents ultimately make the living situation positive or negative. However, he said he does not think adding a question related to sexual orientation would solve the problem. “The question would not prevent a person from getting a gay student if his or her roommate had not come out,” he said. “I think we should focus on creating aware ness, and how to get along with people who have different ideas.” Martin said LGBT and the hous ing department have no plans of adding a question about sexual ori entation to the housing contract, and she does not believe such a question would create a friendlier living environment. “We need to educate the whole community, and checking a box is not going to make things better,” she said. E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie atdaniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com. PUTTING OFF CAR PAYMENTS. AN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON. DOWN INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR MITSUBISHI’S EDUCATION EDGE PROGRAM.* "z senior or a graduate student, or have Mitsubishi Education Edge Program”* You can call it Heaven* Mon? » including the Lancer, with 0 down, 0 interest and 0 payments for an i within the last two years, you may be able to drive off with a new 2002 Mitsubishi and a $600 rebate. We call it the x college grad program, rt gives you the chance for easy qualifying and great rates. Drive off in snv nsw 2002 Mitsubishi * H“"V <* to Mitsubishi Retailer today. ft’s not like need to stop by ' Mitsubishi, - “ Jvg " s s Js s', , ‘f■ MMUIJIIIl.dJiJiL 1 B88-MITSU2002 for details. OZ Rally Edition shown. MSRP $15,597, plus $545 destination/hanrilinn (SR7n ai=oi,,\ c 7 I °m. . e s*0,ck and contract must be signed by program end date of 5/31/02. See particioatina retailer nr rail December 01 issue of Kiplmger's Personal Finance, €2001 The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. 9 * ' Excludes ,ax',l,le and hcense- Ac,ual Pnc®s set by retailers. Vehicle availability may vary. tReprinted byPpermission from the Emerald Mitsubishi Eugene, OR 541/342-6600
