Speakers discuss Arab losses
Speakers at the Tuesday night
workshop focused on Arab
American and Muslim
American loss of civil rights
Chelsea Hogue
Freelance Reporter
While many American liberties
have taken a backseat since the ter
rorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the
rights of Muslim Americans and Arab
immigrants have been especially
hard hit, according to Ibrahim
Hamide and other presenters at a
Tuesday evening workshop.
The three hour long workshop
sought to inform the community
what Arab Americans have lost and
how the loss of civil rights could af
fect the country as a whole. Speakers
included students, professors and
community members who said they
have seen their communities at
tacked by national legislation such as
the Homeland Security Act and the
USA PATRIOT Act. Presenters said
the legislation has given the govern
ment the right to bypass critical safe
guards in the Bill of Rights that pro
tect individuals from injustices.
“Innocence until proven guilty has
been given lip service by this adminis
tration,” said David Fidanque, execu
tive director of the Oregon chapter of
the AGLU. “We should not be so con
cerned with possible threats that we
should give up the freedoms that
make our country great.”
He added that one such attack was
the imprisonment of suspected terror
ists and the subsequent denial of the
5th Amendment, which guarantees
due process under the law to citizens.
Law Professor Keith Aoki said there
were similarities between the treat
ment of Japanese Americans during
World War II and the present treat
ment ofMuslim Americans. More than
120,000Japanese Americans were in
terned during the war, even after J.
Edgar Hoover stated that Japanese
Americans proved no threat to nation
al security. Similarly, most of the po
tential terrorists who have been held
at Guantanamo Bay have not been in
dicted with any charges but are sub
jected to secret hearings, Aoki said.
Guadalupe Quinn, a regional coor
dinator for immigrants rights with
the group CAUSA, said the entire im
migrant community has been nega
tively impacted because of the after
math of Sept. 11. She said there has
been a move by the government to
make the local police work together
with federal immigration agents on
cases involving potential terrorists.
Quinn said Oregon has resisted those
efforts and added that there are still
laws in place to prevent this type of
collaboration.
While workshop attendees said the
status of Muslim Americans seemed
grim on a national level, students
speakers were quick to point out the
support they have received in Eugene.
“Eugene is definitely a much more
tolerant place,” international studies
student Hargobind Khalsa said. “Sikh
were originally expelled in the 1800s,
Thursday
Eugene Gogol (guest speaker, sponsored
by Latin American Studies), 3:30-5 p.m.,
301 Condon.
Barbara Baldwin, Jane Glazer, Donna
Henderson, Ingrid Wendt and Janice
Gould (authors reading "A Fierce Bright
ness: Twenty-Five Years of Women's Poet
ry"), 7 p.m., University Bookstore, free,
346-4331, Ext. 228.
"Impassable Canyon" (Outdoor Program
Campus buzz
film), 7 p.m., 100 Willamette, free, 346-4365.
BSU Poetry Night (sponsored by Black
Student Union), 7-9 p.m., EMU Fir Room.
Dance 2003 Concert (guest dancer Re
becca LeDuc joins with student dancers
to bring to life nine works by University
dance faculty and by West Coast modern
dance pioneer Bella Lewitzky; ticket sales
begin at 7 p.m. and doors open at 7:30
p.m.), 8 p.m., Dougherty Dance Theater,
Gerlinger Annex, $10 general, $5 students
and senior citizens, 346-3386.
"Shakespeare and Opera" (University
ensemble concert directed by Mark
Kaczmarczyk; students will perform
scenes and arias from "The Fairy Queen"
by Henry Purcell, "Romeo and Juliet" by
Charles Gounod, "A Little Night Music"
by Stephen Sondheim and other operas
with connections to plays by William
Shakespeare), 8:15 p.m., Beall Hall, $5
general public, $3 students and senior
citizens, 346-5678.
ports, three reports of can rum
maging, two trespassed subject
reports, two skateboard stunt
ing reports and one dispute re
port. DPS also received two
reckless burning reports in
front of H.P. Barnhart Hall and
one report of a smoking trash
can fire outside Fenton Hall.
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a.m.: DPS received a report of a
male subject urinating at the in
tersection of East 13 Avenue
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DPS received three reports of
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ly with lawmakers in Salem to push
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tion, he was still met with a few
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vidual use, but B100 is currently
only available in bulk. SeQuential is
partners with Tyree Oil, an Oregon
oil supplier.
The three men also have a busi
ness relationship with the University.
Facility Services purchaser Paul
Blancher said the University pur
chases B100 for grounds equip
ment, as well as B20 fuel for diesel
pumps that supply other diesel ve
hicles. Blancher says it’s a bit more
expensive but worth the cost.
“We’re always looking for ways to
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but there has been a Sikh communi
ty here in Eugene for over 30 years.
“The problem with this is there is a
precedence. It sets a standard on how
you can treat those who look differ
ently, or practice a different religion.”
Chelsea Hogue is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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