Lavender Ceremony
hails gay students
■Graduating LGBT students
will be recognized for their
accomplishments at the
seventh annual observance
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
On June 13, the University’s Les
bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen
der Educational and Support Ser
vices Program will host its seventh
annual Lavender Ceremony in hon
or of gay students graduating from
the University this spring.
The ceremony, to be held at 5
p.m. in the Knight Library Brows
ing Room, will honor about eight
students who will receive a certifi
cate and a rainbow tassel. LGBT
Educational and Support Services
Program Director Chicora Martin
said the ceremony is a celebration
that recognizes gay students for
their accomplishments at the Uni
versity and is meant to encourage
them to continue to achieve in life.
Senior Crystal Middlestadt said
she looks forward to walking in the
ceremony and has been helping to
organize the event.
“I think that it’s important to rec
ognize the accomplishments of
LGBT students in the community
and on campus,” she said.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgen
der and Queer Alliance Issues Co
ordinator Kristina Armenakis said
she thinks the ceremony is a place
where gay students can be part of
their own community and have the
freedom to celebrate.
“It’s a place where I could bring
my girlfriend, and we could kiss
and take pictures, and I would not
feel uncomfortable with who I am,”
Fairmount
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The new child care center will
combine five current facilities into
one location and also house admin
istrative offices. Child Care Coordi
nator Dennis Reynolds said the
new facility, slated to open in Janu
ary 2004, will see about 160 chil
dren per week.
“This is an improvement that
we’ve been waiting for for a long
time,” he said.
Reynolds said the new site will be
beneficial for a number of reasons.
Vehicular access to current facilities
in the EMU is difficult and moving
the facility to a location other than
the center of campus would be safer
for children, he said. With many or
ganizations vying for space in the
EMU, the move could benefit those
without child care needs, he added.
The University has already sub
mitted and had its preliminary con
ditional-use permit returned, and
hopes to propose a finalized ver
sion for city approval by the end of
the month.
The Fairmount Neighborhood
Association will use all available
she said. “At a regular graduation,
people would expect that my
boyfriend would come and that I
would be getting married after this.”
At the ceremony, the Women’s
Studies Program will announce the
winners of its Bruce M. Abrams
Award, which is given to two stu
dents, one undergraduate and one
graduate, for the best projects in Les
bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Studies. The project can take many
forms, such as music, visual art, dra
ma or creative writing, accompanied
by an essay explaining the aim of the
project. The winners will receive a
certificate and a $500 scholarship.
“This award is really important
because it contributes to the height
ening and elevating of issues
around social equality,” Women’s
Studies Professor Lynn Fujiwara
said. “The purpose of this essay is
to support the students.”
In addition, the LGBT will also
be giving plaques to faculty, staff
and students for commitment to the
community and furthering gay
rights issues.
“I think it’s always fun to get to
gether with other LGBT students,”
Armenakis said. “This is a great
way to recognize them for their
leadership on this campus.”
Martin said the ceremonies will
be a casual event and there will be
cake and hors d’oeuvres for people
to enjoy. She said anyone who
would like to participate in the cer
emony can still sign up. In addi
tion, if a gay student can’t attend
the ceremony and still wants a tas
sel and certificate, he or she can
contact Martin at 346-1134.
E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie
atdaniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com.
means, including legal action, to
stop the project, Fairmount Neigh
borhood Association spokesman
Jeff Osanka said.
“We’re not opposed to the child
care center,” he said. “We’re op
posed to the site.”
The group thinks the University
should work equally with it to find
a suitable location in the neighbor
hood, Osanka said.
University spokeswoman Jan
Oliver said the policy needs to be
“re-examined.”
“They chose to make the agree
ment,” Osanka said. “The neigh
borhood has the right to insist they
live up to that agreement.”
Osanka said many in the group
think the University should use
land designated as institutional
property before taking over already
existing housing.
“This one is a kind of lightning
rod for controversy because it’s the
first significant project,” Reynolds
said. “We’re not in the housing
business. We’re in the University
business.”
E-mail reporter Brad Schmidt
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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