Abuse
continued from page 4
Witnesses,” life-size cutouts of
women who have been killed as a re
sult of domestic violence.
The exhibit began in Minnesota in
1990 by a group of women artists
and writers who wanted to speak out
against the escalating domestic vio
lence in their state, and has since
become a nationwide effort.
The exhibit will represent 12 of
the 20 women killed in Oregon each
year by their spouses.
Sexual Assault Support Services
community education coordinator
Michelle Edwards said domestic vio
lence is not exclusive to married
couples or women.
“Dating violence happens all the
time, and we need to identify it and
know what’s going on,” she said.
Schaefer agreed and said one out of
every five girls has been in a violent
relationship before the age of 18, and
many men are abused by partners as
well.
“The statistics for men are not re
ally that accurate,” she said. “Men
are less likely to report violence be
cause of shame, and the message for
men is to ‘be a man.”’
DVAM activities also include giv
ing friends and family a chance to
learn about domestic violence.
Schaefer said more than 80 percent
of people experiencing domestic vio
lence turn first to friends, family and
co-workers who may not know how
to help the situation.
“Friends and family are not al
ways taught the right thing to say,”
Schaefer said. “They need to learn
how to be a good support network.”
Schaefer said the key to being a
supportive friend is not to lecture and
give advice, but to show support.
“As a friend, we often come in as
the cavalry and get disappointed
when the person returns to the abus
er,” she said.
Schaefer said it’s a natural process
for a person being battered to return
to the abusive partner several times.
“People who are battered are con
flicted,” she said. “They want to be
lieve their partners when they say
they’re working to change and be
lieve that it will be the last time.
Abusive partners are not just vio
lent jerks, they are often charming
and manipulative.”
Brown said the main goal this
month is to educate as many people
as possible about how to help those
experiencing domestic violence.
Womenspace and Sacred Heart
Medical Center will host a free edu
cational session about domestic vio
lence from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 in
Sacred Heart’s auditorium at 13th
Avenue and Hilyard Street.
SASS will be displaying its clothes
line project (T-shirts made by domes
tic violence survivors) from 5 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at 62 W. Broadway.
The University Women’s Center
will be talking about domestic vio
lence on campus radio KWVA’s
“The Girl’s Room” from 10 p.m. to
midnight Oct. 17. The show will
feature local comedians and young
women activists.
Contact the reporter at
daniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com.
Autnomy
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Pilliod said she went to the meet
ing hoping to get an overall sense of
clarification and added that she
wanted to find out how much room
was left for collaboration.
“I saw (the meeting) as construc
tive, but I see it very much as a
starting point,” Pilliod said.
In June, the presidents of the
seven Oregon University System
institutions sent a letter to the
board asking for autonomy from
the system, citing the freedom as a
way “to survive in today’s environ
ment.”
At the meeting, Oregon Universi
ty System Chancellor Richard
Jarvis said he hopes an agreement
can be established and submitted
to the board by Oct. 18.
The issue of tuition was of chief
concern for many of the students at
the meeting. If the universities are
granted autonomy, the institutions
would be able to set their own tu
ition rates. With budgets being cut
all around the state, some are wor
ried that universities will raise tu
ition, forcing students to pick up
the tab.
And while university presidents
listed many reasons why students
shouldn’t worry, Burns, who had
hoped to discuss setting a range for
tuition increases over the next few
years, didn’t feel she was given ad
equate answers.
“They answered, but they just
gave me party line,” Burns said. “I
felt like I was heard, but I wasn’t
being listened to.”
University President Dave
Frohnmayer noted that tuition is
less than half the overall cost for
most students to attend college,
while others said it would be im
possible to raise tuition drastically.
“We’re all in competition,” East
ern Oregon University President
Phillip Creighton said. “If we price
ourselves out of the market, we will
lose.”
Burns, the most vocal student
leader at the meeting, said Tuesday
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step of the way.”
At this time, Pilliod said that
ASUO has no “formal opinion” on
whether it supports the University’s
attempt to seek autonomy from
Oregon University System, but she
said the issue is of importance.
“There’s definitely a reason to have
concern when talking about making
decisions that change the Oregon
University System,” Pilliod said.
And while no one is certain of
what will happen, most realize that
any decision will ultimately come
down to compromise.
“This is a work in progress,”
Frohnmayer said during the Sept.
19 meeting. “We’re all working on a
moving target here.”
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