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shocked to see how much freedom
students had while taking part in
anti-war protests near Johnson Hall.
“The first time I saw students walk
ing on the street and saying, ‘I want
peace,’ (and) saw a police car beside
them, I told my friends that they will
be arrested,” she said. “They said,
‘No, police will protect them.’”
Jia is most surprised by the student
protests, but she said the University
differs from colleges in China in other
ways as well. She said while many in
ternational students take classes at
the University, Chinese universities
have few international students —
most are exchange students rather
than full-time students.
According to the Office of Interna
tional Programs, 1,400 University
students, or 7 percent of the student
body, are international. Of those, 70
percent, or 978, are Asian. Only 7
percent, or nearly 100, of all inter
national students are exchange.
The ratio of Asian students to white
students might be responsible for the
lack of activities for Jia and others
Chinese students to participate in.
“I only like the University,” she
said. “I hate the weather. I don’t
know how I can spend my time —
just study. That’s boring.”
University sophomore and CSA
member Jimmy Foo agreed, adding
that leisure time for Asian students
usually involves just chatting.
.“People aren’t used to the kind of
activities here — the environment is
too different,” Foo said. “There are no
routine activities — that’s why we
have the Chinese Student Associa
tion. We try (to) get students to feel
more at home.” Foo said while some
student organizations offer fun events,
other school-sponsored functions are
not entertaining or educational.
Chinese Student Association Vice
President Marco Lee said this experi
ence is fairly common among the 93
Chinese students on campus.
“For most Chinese students,” Lee
said, “they are from major cities in
their home countries.”
In contrast, Lee said, in Eugene
they may go for coffee or a movie,
but there is not much else to do.
Jia knows this. Since the start of
fall term, she has left campus only a
few times.
Remaining on campus has given
her more time to pursue her studies
by attending her instructors’ office
hours. She said her favorite aspect of
the University is the professors, who
have helped her overcome many
language barriers.
“I would like the professors to teach
only me,” she said. “Sometimes I skip
my classes and just go to office hours.”
She said this is a good way for her to
get to know her professors better.
Jia also receives help on her as
signments from friends who speak
Chinese, something Foo said is com
mon among Asian students.
Despite difficulties with the English
language and a lack of interesting activ
ities in Eugene, Jia said she is satisfied
with her education at the University.
“I am quite sure that if I studied in
China during University, my future
would be different,” she said.
“Studying abroad ... can make you
grow up more quickly.”
Contact the reporter
at romangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
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another noncommercial company.
“Several companies have called
with offers to buy the station,” Bel
lamy said. “We could still maintain
the station’s public stance.”
Bellamy said the downfall in sell
ing is the possibility of losing the
ability to allow high school students
to work at the station. This is one of
KRVM’s most valued aspects, Sund
berg said.
KRVM’s program “Keeping it
Real: Variety in Music,” which airs
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday, is managed by students in
terested in learning broadcasting
and the ins and outs of running a
radio station.
In addition to providing educa
tional opportu- _
nities for high
school stu
dents, KRVM,
established in
1947, is also
one of Ameri
ca’s oldest FM
stations. At a
time when FM
radio was not as
widely heard as it is today, the sta
tion was used to broadcast lessons
of school intercoms. Today, KRVM
offers music programs for almost
any taste, from “Blues for Break
fast” to “9 to 2 Rocks.”
KWVA, the University’s station, is
also dependent on school funds to
keep it going. Charlotte Nisser,
KWVA’s general manager, said the
campus station’s budget consists of
funds allocated by the ASUO as
well as money collected from
underwriting.
Nisser said running a radio sta
tion on a small budget is very dif
ficult. The $10,000 the station is
issued for equipment and repairs
is hardly enough to keep their
computers going, and oftentimes
they must resort to using broken
equipment, she said. And the
pressure to move to digital radio
also has Nisser wondering how
such a small station will survive
on a tight budget.
“If we don’t move to digital with
in the next couple of years, we will
not make it,” she said.
Darren Aboulafia, an environ
mental studies major at the Uni
versity, has worked at KRVM for
the past three years. Aboulafia
"If we don't move
to digital within the next
couple of years, we will
not make it"
Charlotte Nisser
KWVA general manager
nosts ms own
show, “Live
Archive,” in
which he fea
tures rare live
recordings
from various
artists.
Aboulafia was
troubled by the
possible cuts to
KRVM.
“When schools make cuts, there
is often the idea that when funding
becomes available again, the
schools can reinstate the program,”
Aboulafia said. “If you sell a radio
station, it’s nearly impossible to buy
the station back and make it a pub
lic station again.”
Contact the reporter
at lindsaysauve@dailyemerald.com.
Hate mail
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language is not new to him or to
the Jewish community.
“There are thousands of hate
groups that disseminate information
through mail and the Web,” he said.
“Regardless, we feel very comfort
able and in no way threatened by
our campus community.”
The only page of the packet with
contact information said it was dis
tributed by the Institute for Histori
cal Review and discussed the role of
the American government in caus
ing the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,
2001. Applebaum said the organiza
tion has been described as the “sin
gle most important outlet for Holo
caust denial propaganda.”
Ghicora Martin, director of the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Educational and Support Services,
said the Bias Response Team has
not received a report from the
ASUO. She was not surprised to
hear of the incident, however, and
called the reoccurrence of such hate
crimes “a constant barrage.”
“Every spring, we get something
like this directed against one group
or another,” she said. “And I am fa
miliar with the language used.”
Martin said students are always
encouraged to report hate crimes to
the BRT — even anonymously —
and said the biggest challenge is
making sure people get correct in
formation instead of taking the
derogatory claim;- is truth.
Despite the content of the hate
mail, Pilliod said she is glad to be a
part of a campus community where
all religions, ethnicities and sexual
orientations are openly accepted.
“I’m proud of the diversity of
opinions on our campus,” she said,
“and stopping this kind of hate is
something we continue to do on a
day-to-day basis.”
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.