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Thursday, November20,2003 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 60
Former
coach files
grievance
against UO
Sally Harmon, a former track
and field assistant coach, files a
grievance of sexual discrimination
against the athletic department
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Former Oregon assistant track and field
coach Sally Harmon filed a sexual discrim
ination grievance against the school's Ath
letic Department on Oct. 10 and has yet to
In her complaint,
filed through the
State of Oregon,
Harmon alleges she
was sexually dis
criminated against
in spring 2003 when
she was not re-hired
for her coaching po
sition after the
men's and women's
track and field pro
grams merged.
"Throughout my
tenure at the Univer
sity of Oregon 1 was
treated less favorably than my male peers
in the terms and conditions of my em
ployment," Harmon, a former All-Ameri
can at the University, states in her com
plaint. "Up through the time I was
discharged I received less pay and benefits
than equally or less qualified, experienced
and tenured male counterparts."
Harmon filed only a complaint, not a
lawsuit. The Civil Rights Division of the Bu
reau of Labor and Industries, which is in
charge of looking into the complaint, will
begin its investigation in December, Har
mon said in a phone interview Tuesday.
The next step in the process is for the
receive a response.
Sally
Harmon
Former U0 Coach
Turn to GRIEVANCE, page 3
A wintery Wednesday
(Bottom right) Senior Vincent Koncheilah tries to catch snow in his mouth Wednesday
afternoon outside McArthur Court. At 2 p.m., it was 34 degrees outside.
(Bottom left) Sophomores Ryan Jones, Amanda Faught and Ashraf Nomie enjoy a rare snow
shower by trying to catch snowflakes in their mouths. Faught is from Southern California and
said she has never seen snow before.
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Mark McCambridge Photographer
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Forum to evaluate PATRIOT Act’s effect on libraries
A public education forum
will discuss section 215
of the Act, which opens
access to library records
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
A public education forum at the
Springfield Public Library tonight will
explore the impact of the USA PATRI
OT Art on public libraries. Chris
Cardani, an assistant U.S. attorney and
University adjunct professor of law, will
present the government's side David Fi
danque executive director of the Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union of Oregon,
will speak about civil liberties concerns.
The forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. in
the library's Meeting Room.
The PATRIOT Act was introduced in
Congress on Oct. 23, 2001 and signed
into law by President George W. Bush
only three days later. Some commenta
tors have suggested that this hurried
legislative schedule occurred in an at
mosphere of immense political pres
sure to counter the Sept. 11 terrorist at
tacks with new legal powers.
Among other provisions, the Act
gives the government the ability, with a
court order, to institute "roving" wire
taps on suspects, to read a suspect's e
mail and to conduct "sneak and peek"
searches in which the subject of the
search does not have to be notified of
the search for up to six months.
Cardani defended the Act, saying its
powers have been "drastically exag
gerated in almost an atmosphere of
hysteria by groups that oppose the PA
TRIOT Act." Cardani said the Act
"modernizes tools available to law en
forcement" and was used to prosecute
the "Portland Seven," a group of al
leged Taliban supporters who the jus
tice Department says tried to enter
Afghanistan via Pakistan and China
to fight American soldiers.
The forum will include discussion of
section 215 of the Act, which allows
federal agents who have a court order
to demand library records of readers. It
also prohibits librarians from telling
patrons if federal agents have accessed
such information. Section 215 has
been highly controversial, with civil
liberties and library groups saying it
impinges upon the freedom to read.
"Our concern is that it allows the
FBI to get access to very private
records of individuals held by third
Turn to PATRIOT ACT, page 3
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