University Senate may petition PATRIOT Act revision
In April the Senate will also
consider a reduction in
group-credit requirements
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
University faculty and staff ex
pressed concerns about the USA PA
TRIOT Act at a panel discussion host
ed by the Association of American
University Professors on Wednesday.
The panel, which followed a meet
ing of the University Senate, head
lined representatives from the Univer
sity, the federal government and a
prominent civil liberties organization.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Car
dani defended the PATRIOT Act.
"What the PATRIOT Act does is
modernize a lot of law-enforcement
tools that have been used for years and
years," Cardani said. "We are behind
the curve when it comes to catching
the bad guys, and Sept. 11 taught us a
lot about that."
Cardani spent much of his time
dispelling myths about the PATRIOT
Art, which he said has garnered criti
cism because of unrelated anti-ter
rorism measures, such as the deten
tion of "enemy combatants" at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Ginny Stark, director of University
International Student and Scholar
Services, expressed concerns about
the PATRIOT Act. She said its impo
sition of the Student and Exchange
Visitor Information System, a data
base that enables the government to
keep tabs on international students,
has negatively affected the Universi
ty Office of International Programs.
"Using SEVIS has changed what
we do," Stark said. "We are very of
ten called on to do the govern
ment's work and that is not a very
comfortable feeling."
Cardani said Hani Hanjour, who
is believed to have piloted the plane
that hit the Pentagon on Sept. 11,
entered the United States on a visa
to study English in California but
dropped out of sight. SEVIS was
constructed to prevent such a lapse
from recurring.
Stark said she has heard of numer
ous problems encountered by foreign
students at the University in recent
years because of post-Sept. 11 securi
ty. She said a Canadian student was
held up at the U.S.-Canadian border
because of his physical appearance.
Chinese students have experienced
considerable visa delays and compul
sory interviews with immigration of
ficials have caused "anxiety" among
foreign students, Stark said.
"There is a general perception that
the U.S. is an inhospitable place,"
Stark said.
University Librarian Deborah
Carver said the PATRIOT Act could
have a chilling effect on intellectual
freedom, although it has not yet
been used to access records at Uni
versity libraries.
Cardani, who is also an adjunct
professor at the University School of
Law, said the PATRIOT Act provides
a set of tools necessary for the pre
vention of terrorist attacks.
"There are people out there who
wish to do us great harm because
we're Americans," Cardani said. "(Ter
rorism) has come to our shores. We
have to do something about that."
American Civil Liberties Union
of Oregon Executive Director David
Fidanque decried the federal gov
ernment's "dragnet approach" in
deporting 14,000 immigrants for
what he said were mostly minor
visa violations.
'They have been engaged in an effort
to export potential terrorists with an ex
tremely broad brush," Fidanque said.
"The result has been a tremendous
amount of fear. Most disturbingly, we
are convinced that it has not made this
country any safer."
The University Senate is slated to
consider two motions at its April
meeting. One would petition Ore
gon's congressional delegation to
seek revisions to the PATRIOT Act,
and the other would reduce the
number of credits needed to fulfill
the University's group-satisfying re
quirement from 16 to 15 credits.
The Senate also approved curricu
lum changes, including the redesig
nation of several course numbers
and the elimination of the prerequi
site called "instructor's consent."
Contact the campus/
federal politics reporter
atchuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
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