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Thursday, May 29,2003
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 163
Loving away discrimination
Seniors Kerstin
Meyers (left) and
Kelly Hoff share
a hug during the
Love-In at the
EMU
Amphitheater
on Wednesday
(right).
Love-In
participants
come together
for a group hug
(bottom right).
Photos
Jessica Waters
Emerald
Fighting bate with love
The LGBTTQA organized the Love-In Against Hate
on Wednesday to allow members of the LGBT
community to speak out against discrimination
Ayisha Yahya
Freelance Editor
They hugged and kissed. They held hands and shared sto
ries. They took a stand against hate, with love.
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
community and their supporters gathered for the Love-In
Against Hate on Wednesday to show their solidarity and
speak out against discrimination. Kristina Armenakis, co-di
rector of the LGBTQA, which helped organize the event, said
the Love-In is a statement that the LGBT community is not
going away.
“I hope this community will be a lot stronger,”
Armenakis said.
Many students expressed concern about the campus climate
for the LGBT community. In recent weeks, these concerns have
come to the forefront after the Emerald printed a guest com
mentary by University student Vincent Martorano, which in
cluded comments that many people felt were anti-gay.
“I think there are strong pockets of bigotry on campus that
promote hate speech for a lot of minority demographics,”
junior James Tilford said. He said he has heard words like
“faggot,” “dyke” and “nigger” being used on campus.
A survey on the University’s climate on diversity released
in January 2002 reflects the campus environment in which
LGBT students work and live. About 161 faculty, 227 staff,
257 graduate students and 595 undergraduates responded
to the survey, conducted by Dr. Susan Rankin, a senior di
versity planning analyst at Pennsylvania State University.
Less than 40 percent of the respondents indicated that the
campus climate was accepting of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people.
In a related study to assess campus climate specifically for
the LGBT community, Rankin surveyed 60 students, faculty,
staff and administrators, 94 percent of whom identified as
lesbian, gay or bisexual. Fifty-nine percent of these respon
dents said they concealed their sexual orientation or gender
identity to avoid intimidation on campus. Sixty-seven per
cent believed the overall campus climate was homophobic
and 44 percent felt the University did not have visible
Turn to Love-In, page 7
Tenants find
fewer options
for recycling
Some tenants are frustrated by a reduction in recycling
services; however, ASUO is working to create a housing
code that could improve landlord-tenant communication
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
For many students living in Eugene, recycling is just anoth
er way of life. However, some students living in off-campus
housing have had their recycling privileges taken away or
haven’t been given the option of recycling at all.
University student Tamera, who prefers to be referred to by
her first name only, lives in an apartment owned by von Klein
Property Management, and said von Klein recently changed
garbage services to a company that does not offer recycling.
Although Tamera has other complaints about her apartment,
she said the lack of recycling really frustrated her because it
was once offered.
“Now, we don’t have that option,” she said. She added that
while she could go to the management and complain, she did
n’t want to because she was afraid of getting a reputation as a
“bad renter.”
Owner Carmen von Klein said the reason recycling options
were removed was because tenants would use the recycling
bins for garbage, resulting in an extra charge from the garbage
company. She said the only reason for the change in garbage
companies was to.give better service to tenants and to be
more cost effective, and that no complaints had been filed
from tenants about the change in garbage services.
Bell Real Estate also does not offer recycling to its tenants.
Instead, it expects the tenants to find their own means of re
cycling, such as transporting it to the Lane County Waste Dis
posal site in Glenwood.
“It’s usually the responsibility of the tenant,” Bell Real Es
tate’s Tommy Shrewsbury said. “By and large, that is the rule.”
One reason why residents living in Eugene may not have
the option of recycling is because of the lack of a housing
code. Eugene used to have a housing code, but it was disband
ed in 1983 because of a lack of funding. In other parts of Ore
gon — such as the Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas
Tri-County area — a housing code exists that mandates recy
cling be available to all residents.
According to the Eugene city manager’s office, recycling
services must be provided on request to all commercial cus
tomers and all multi-family housing customers. However, in a
multi-family housing complex like an apartment building, the
request for recycling must be made by the owners of the com
plex, not the apartment dwellers.
Nancy Young, who works for the city, said if recycling is re
quested, the garbage company is required to offer it.
“If a property manager requests the service, they should get
it,” she said.
Many property managers around Eugene do offer recycling,
however, including Talray Holdings, Keystone Management,
Ducks Village and Chase Village.
Turn to Recycling, page 3
Dumpster divers refuse to let recyclables go to waste
Rummagers face many challenges
when collecting cans and bottles,
including locked Dumpsters
Caron Alarab
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
Whether it’s for food, drugs, beer or
cigarettes, career and part-time can rum
magers and Dumpster divers collect cans
and bottles for the redemption value as
well as the activity itself.
But what most University community
members don’t know about the craft is how
much effort and energy is put into daily
routes, how many obstacles dedicated col
lectors have increasingly encountered and
how few people show them respect.
And although some individuals rum
mage messily and some dive without per
mission, local police and business owners
say they aren’t a huge problem as unyield
ing rummagers and divers continue to
make their rounds.
“I still do it all day long ’cause of the
money,” 46-year old rummager Tommy,
who prefers to be called by one name, said.
Tommy — as his friends call him — has
been can rummaging in Eugene for about a
decade. He said the local Dumpster diving
life has been getting harder because of locks,
cops and increasing competition.
In spite of varying daily profits, Tommy
said he once earned $70 from a day’s worth
of collected cans and bottles. And although
he has never been stopped by property own
ers or police officers for diving, Tommy said
locked Dumpsters are always a sad sight.
“That’s where all the good stuff is,” he said,
still wearing the paratrooper hat and cam
ouflage shirt from his service days.
Despite increasing obstacles, Tommy
said the activity can yield some unex
pectedly rewarding benefits, including a
$150 shotgun and a $1,600 diamond ring
he once found in an apartment building
Dumpster. All of these treasures earned
pawn shop money toward what Tommy
says is his main purpose for rummaging
— to buy 211 Steel Reserve and Jim
Beam.
Turn to Rummaging, page 4
Adam Amato Emerald
Rummagers search for recydables in bins and Dumpsters.
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