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UO rules forbid group from siding on Measure 36 Although Measure 36 is a key issue for LGBTQA members, the group can't hold an official position on it BY JARED PABEN NEWS EDITOR Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi sexual, Ttansgender, Queer Alliance can wear ‘No on 36’ buttons in theii EMU basement-level office, but they can’t tape flyers to the wall. The group can hand out materials about the measure, but the materials have to be strictly informational and can’t take a position. Members can persuade people to vote against the measure banning same-sex marriage, but not as LGBTQA representatives and only on their own time. As the Nov. 2 election day nears, groups across campus and the nation have ratcheted up the intensity oi Resale Clothing est. 1976 New Line of Evening Dresses (70% off new store prices) Perfect for Homecoming We Buy/Consign | Call for appt. 344-7039 360 E. 11th between Mill & High their efforts to define how Oregon’s constitution, and those of other states, are going to define marriage. But LGBTQA, a University student group whose members could have a lot to lose by the passage of Measure 36, has to walk a tightrope. LGBTQA is student-fee funded and, according to state law, can’t use the money to advo cate for specific measures. If it does, it could lose its office and its funding. For LGBTQA Co-director Crystal Cathcart, this is frustrating. Measure 36 will drastically affect members of her group, but their hands are tied, she said. “It’s stuff we’re passionate about, and if politics are messing with our lives ... and if it conflicts with our Need Cash? extra money for back-to-school expenses? sJ^ Earn $ 180/month donate plasma 683-9430 IBR Plasma Center I block east of Garfield on 8th I90I W 8th Ave. New donors: bring in this ad for an extra $5 on first visit Oregon Daily Emerald. A campus tradition-over 100 years of publication. 020236' meetuo.com Welcome to UO's online dorms mission statement, then I think we should have some degree or power to be for or against something,” Cath cart said. “1 came in the first day of school thinking we could be against it, and it was really disheartening.” Cathcart said many members of the LGBTQA have volunteered for the No on 36 Campaign in their personal time, allowing them to weigh in on the contentious issue without endan gering the group’s funding. “A lot of people in here are volun teering for the No on 36 Campaign, every day (they are) talking to peo ple, standing by the Yes on 36 table talking to people” and clarifying what ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes actually mean, she said. LGBTQA Co-director John Correa said the group met on Oct. 4 with Outlaws, the lesbian and gay law stu dent association, and representatives of the Oregon Student Association and the ASUO to clarify the guide lines about what the group could do. “It’s amazing how much we can do,” Correa said. OSA representative Courtney Hight, who met with LGBTQA to discuss the rules, said the group is able to provide materials that clarify what ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes mean, but can’t push people either way. Members can also wear buttons or stickers on their bodies, but can’t post materials in the office advocating a certain position. Hight said LGBTQA has asked lots of questions and has been care ful not to violate rules and jeopard ize the group. The rules apply to all groups that receive student incidental money, which is considered state money. The College Democrats and the College Republicans do not receive student fees, which allows them to lobby on behalf of their candidates, Hight said. ASUO Student Senator Toby Hill Meyer, who is also a member of the LGBT community, said the rules have burdened a greater number of student groups in past years, and the LGBTQA is clearly the most affected this year. The University administration has also made the rules clear to faculty and staff, who are bound by the laws governing the use of state funds. In an e-mail to University deans and di rectors, General Counsel to the Uni versity Melinda Grier specifies that employees can’t spend work time ad vocating for or against a measure or candidate, use state resources to sup port a campaign, post political flyers in the workplace or require an em ployee to take a position or partici pate in political activities. Grier wrote that employees can use their personal time, including lunch breaks, for political work and discussing political positions and are free to wear political buttons. The rules surrounding the use of student incidental fees in advocating during elections were originally clari fied by a June 1985 decision by then Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer, who is now president of the University. Cathcart said the rules have been especially difficult lately because group members have received more verbal harassment than usual as the election approaches. “We are having negative repercus sions on campus. People are disre specting queer people,” Cathcart said, adding that the group has re cently received a slew of hate mail on the office computer. “When we start feeling this on campus, we should be able to do something.” But, even Cathcart admits it’s not that simple. She and Correa h^ve no way of determining whether every body in their community is actually against Measure 36, she said. In fact, there have been rumors of religious differences in the office and differ ences of opinion about the measure, and the last thing her group wants to do is alienate its members, she said. “We don’t even know if people are going to vote ‘no,’” she said. “(At) our general meetings here, we’re not going to ask people to raise their hands.” jaredpaben@ daily emerald, com Coming Out Week celebrates campus diversity, sexuality Today's rally is the first of several LGBTQA events this week in honor of National Coming out Day BYCANELAWOOD NEWS REPORTER “Come Out Come Out, Wherever You Are” is this year’s theme for Na tional Coming Out Week sponsored by the University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi sexual, TVanssexual, Queer Alliance. The week of events, beginning to day, honors National Coming Out Day. According to the Human Rights Cam paign Foundation’s Web site, this year’s theme is “Come Out. Speak Out. Vote.” The organization encourages gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans to talk to their families and friends about their lives. “This day is about coming together in large numbers, recognizing our strength and validating our own and each other's life experience,” LGBTQA Co-Directors Crystal M. Cathcart and John Correa said in an e-mail interview. The week’s events begin today with a coming out rally from 1 to 3 p.m. in the EMU Amphitheater. At the rally, speakers from LGBTQA will share their own coming out stories. The rally will also host or ganizations such as the HIV Al liance, The Women’s Center, and LGBTQA sub-groups: Bi and Be yond, a group for those attracted to more than one gender, and Fusion, a group for gay people of color. “National Coming Out Day is a day of empowerment, a day to be proud of every part of oneself, specifically one's sexuality,” Cath cart and Correa said in the e-mail. “It is a day to celebrate diversity. 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