Grievance
continued from page 1
Voice articles and said they don’t dis
cuss the process of how the Commen
tator comes up with ideas for stories.
In the grievance, Sims contended
the Commentator invaded her right
to electronic privacy, which is pro
tected under “various federal
statutes, including the Electronic
Communication Privacy Act,” ac
cording to the Computing Center Ac
ceptable Use Policy. The University
policy states that “accessing clearly
confidential files that may be inadver
tendy publicly readable” is prohibit
ed behavior. Sims said the allegedly
stolen files were located on her per
sonal Web site and had never been
shared with the public through the
Voice or advertised in any other way.
“The only way you’d know it’s my
site is if you did a personal investi
gation about me,” Sims said.
Hunt and Jacobson said the Com
mentator didn’t do anything wrong,
and the claims Sims made in her
grievance were insubstantial. The
content published on page six and
seven of the new online edition of the
Commentator was intended to be an
inside joke between the Commenta
tor and the Voice, Jacobson said, and
the Voice’s grievance was an attempt
to attract publicity for the paper.
“The Voice is just mad that we
can do in two pages what they can’t
do in 24, which is entertain read
ers,” Jacobson said.
However, Sims said the Com
mentator’s alleged tampering with
Voice articles was a vicious attack
against her and her staff, as well as
the minority populations she
claims the Commentator ridicules
in its pages. After the new edition
of the Commentator was published
online, one of the Voice’s Jewish
staff members called Sims in tears
because the Commentator had
completely warped the Voice’s
piece on Purim into an article of
“verbal harassment” against Jews,
Sims claimed.
“It was really heartbreaking to see
all the hard work my staff has done
turned into crap like that,” Sims said.
Contact the senior news reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
Bike
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Nathaniel N-T, one of the student
organizers of the event, said the pur
pose of Bikes not Bombs is to raise
awareness about U.S. oil consump
tion and the effects of large-scale nat
ural resource use on foreign policy.
He said the event is not an excuse to
go out and cause problems with traf
fic or with the police.
“This is not Critical Mass,” he
said. “Our purpose is not to block
traffic. This is an attempt to make a
statement about alternative trans
portation and the need for renew
able resources.”
The United States consumes about
20 million barrels of oil a day, accord
ing to a 2001 report by the U.S Office
of Transportation Technologies.
That’s 840 million gallons daily, half
of which comes from the Organiza
tion of Petroleum Exporting Coun
tries. Another quarter comes from
the Persian Gulf region, according to
the World Resources Institute.
Organizers of Bikes not Bombs
said they believe this extreme de
pendence on oil and other petroleum
products “has led to countless envi
ronmental, economic and political
problems in the U.S. and abroad.”
However, riders were not formally
protesting a possible war in Iraq.
“The ride is about oil and oil con
sumption; it is not necessarily about
the war,” Melissa Arndt, a junior
psychology major said. “Oil con
sumption is a problem whether
we’re in a war or not.”
The ride began at the EMU Am
phitheater, traveled down East 13th
Avenue to Agate Street, headed for
the river bike paths, then circled
around to the federal building where
riders stopped to make some noise
and let their presence be known,
and finally returned to campus.
“It was great,” said Lucius Wheel
er, a sophomore in anthropology.
“Traffic was kind to us, and we
gained some people along the way.”
Campus buzz
Saturday
"Everyone's a Dancer" (Children's Concert
Series, choreographed by Amy Impellizzeri),
10:30-1130 a. m., Beal! Hall, $3 adults, $2 chil
dren and students, $5 families, 346-5678.
Music Technology Concert, (Michael Al
corn, director of the Sonic Arts, Research
Centre (SARC) of Queen's University in
Belfast, presents new experimental elec
troacoustic works), 8 p.m., Music Building
Room 198, $5 general, $3 students and sen
ior citizens, 346-5678.
Sunday
The Campus Band, directed by GTFs Paul
Cummings and Ann Mason, and the
Campus Orchestra, directed by CTF
Franklin Alvarez, (University Ensembles
Concert), 6 p.m., Beall Hall, free, 346-5678.
Formal ballroom dance, (sponsored by
united states Amateur Ballroom uancers
Association), lesson at 6 p.m., dance at 7
p.m., Vet's Club, 1626 Willamette St., $4
members, $6 non-members.
Monday
"The Significance and the Role of Air Power
During the Postwar Years," (Brig. Gen. James
Hunter, Canadian Air Force, lecture), 2-3:20
p.m., EMU Walnut Room, free, 484-4032.
"A World of Her Own: Balanchine,
Josephine Baker and American Racism,"
(Trotter Professorship Presentation with
Beth Genne), 7:30 p.m., Knight Library
Browsing Room, free, 346-5678.
"Chamber Musicale," (undergraduate
and graduate student chamber ensem
bles directed by Gregory Mason), 8 p.m.,
Beall Hall, $5 general, $3 students and
senior citizens, 346-5678.
"Oil consumption
is a problem whether
we're at war or not"
Melissa Arndt
junior
Bikes not Bombs will be holding
community rides on the first Thurs
day of every month. It encourages
everyone who cares about people,
the environment and animals to
come out and join in the event.
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