Dear members of the
University of Oregon community,
We, the undersigned, wish to express our public distress
at the passage of Measure 36, the constitutional amendment
defining marriage as a relationship only between a man and
a woman. We are especially troubled by the fact that the
initiative garnered a narrow majority of the votes cast in
Lane County. We fear that the passage of this initiative
sends a message of exclusion and animus toward the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.
The LGBTQ community is a vital, crucial, and valued
part of the broader university and of our society as a whole.
Many ol our students, staff, faculty, and administrators are
members of the LGBTQ community, and many more people
at the University of Oregon believe fervently, have worked
for, and will continue to work for equal rights for all.
We are one community of equals. It is our collective duty
to make sure that the University of Oregon remains a
welcome environment for all of our students and friends and
to continue the light for equal rights for the LGBTQ
community.
EOT
Julie Novkov, Director. Women's and Gender Studies Program • Li/ Bohls, Associate Professor,
Lnglish Department • Lizzie Reis, Assistant Prolessor, Women's and Gender Studies • Marcus
Widenor. Associate Professor, LERC • Kathleen Karlyn. Associate Professor, English/Film Studies
• Marie Vitulli, Professor. Mathematics • Frank Stahl.'American Cancer Society Professor, Biology
• Julianne Newton. Associate Professor, School ot Journalism & Communication • Gordon Later,
Associate Professor, LERC • Dick Stein, Professor, English • Deborah Baumgold, Associate
Professor, Political Science • Erin O’Brien, Director, Women’s Center • Anne Dhu McLucas,
Professor, School of Music • Martha A. Ravits, College Consultant. Youth Enriehmenl/TAG
Program • Leslie Sleeves, Professor and Graduate Director, School of Journalism &
f ommunication • Michael J. Stern, Assistant Professor, Germanic Languages & Literature • Tom
Lininger, Assistant Professor, School of Law • Steven Deutsch, Professor Emeritus, Sociology •
Suzanne Clark. Associate Professor, English • Shari Huhndorf, Associate Professor, English •
Matthew Dennis, Professor, History • Dorn Vetri, Professor, School of Law • Margaret Hailock,
Director, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics • Julia Lesage, Professor Emerita, English •
Becky Dusseau, Outreach Coordinator, ALS • Joan Acker, Professor Emerita, Sociology • Bill
Rossi, Associate Professor, English • Sandi Morgen. Director, CSWS and Professor, Anthropology
• Dorianne Laux, Associate • Professor, Creative Writing Program • Nathan Tublilz. Professor,
Biology • Maram Epstein, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literature • Jane Gordon.
Associate Dean, School of Law • John Shuford. Director, CoDaC • Joe Lowndes, Assistant
Professor, Political Science • Bo Adan, teacher and writer • Bryna Goodman, Associate Professor,
History • Robin Holmes, Director, Testing and Counseling Center • Lise Nelson. Assistant
Professor, Geography • Holly LeMasurier, Regional Coordinator, IE3 Global Internships • Jane
Cramer, Assistant Professor, Political Science • Sarah Craig. International Student & Scholar
Specialist, International Programs • Jette Foss, Research Associate (ertsy). Molecular Biology •
Esther Jacobson, Kerns Professor, Art History • John Lysaker. Associate Professor, Philosophy •
Bonnie Mann, Assistant Professor, Philosophy • Gerry Berk. Associate Professor and Department
Head, Political Science • Donald Van Houten, Professor Emeritus, Sociology • Sarah Douglas,
Prolessor C omputer & Information Science • Nadia Telsey, Instructor, Women's and Gender
Studies • Robert Hill Long, Creative Writing Program • Caroline Forell. Professor, School of Law
• Sharon Schuman, Director. Residential Academy • Jocelyn Hollander, Associate Professor,
Sociology • Daniel Pope, Associate Professor, History • Henry Alley, Professor, Honors College •
I eggy Pascoe, Associate Professor, History • Roger Adkins. Overseas Program Coordinator, Office
ot International Programs • Yuliya Tkachyshyn, Undergraduate, Economics • Shoshana Kerewsky,
Assistant Prolessor, Counseling Psychology and Human Services • Linda Forrest, Associate Dean,
College of Education • Nancy Taylor Kemp, Adjunct Professor, Counseling Psychology and
Human Services • Shelly Kerr, Assistant Director. Counseling and Testing Center • JeffTodahl,
Couples and Family Therapy, College of Education • Sue Orchard. Staff Therapist. Counseling &
Testing Center • Brooks Morse, Staff Psychologist, Counseling & Testing Center • JQ Johnson.
Academic Education Coordinator. UO Libraries • Barbara Corrado Pope, Professor Emerita,
Women s and Gender Studies • Gwen Jansen, Counseling & Testing Center • Ron Miyaguchi,Staff
Psychologist, Counseling & Testing Center • Andy Smith, Psychology Intern, Counseling and
Testing Center • Shaul C ohen. Associate Protessor, Geography • Sandy Schoonover, Director of
Residence Life, University Housing • Deborah Olson, Assistant Professor, School of Education •
Clay Bean, Psychology Intern, Counseling & Testing Center • John Davidson, Adjunct Professor,
Political Science • Edel Davenport, Associate Director, Counseling & Testing Center • Lynn
Stephen, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology • Genie Baker, Assistant Professor, Political
Science • Emilee Thompson, Adjunct Instructor. Women’s & Gender Studies • Lauren Kessler.
Director, Literary Nonfiction • Fiona Ngo, Ethnic Studies Program • Deborah Green, Assistant
Professor, Religious Studies • Laura Creel, Predoctoral Intern, Counseling & Testing Center • Ted
loadvine. Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Environmental Studies • Tze-Lan Sang, Associate
Professor, East Asian Languages • Judith Raiskin, Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender
Studies Program • Tarni Hill, Instructor, Women’s and Gender Studies Program • Priscilla Yamin,
Research Associate, CSWS • Peter Warnek, Assistant Professor, Philosophy • Analisa Taylor,
Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages • Audrey Desjarlais, Grants and Contracts
Tech, College of Education • Cara Arndorfer, graduate student. Counseling Psychology • Martin
Summers, Director, Ethnic Studies Program • Karen McPherson, Associate Professor, Romance
Languages • Mare Vanseheeuwijck. Associate Professor, School of Music • Krista M. Chronister.
Counseling Psychology Program • Mark Levy. Instructor of Ethnomusicology, School of Music •
Lynn Fujiwara, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies Program • Steve Morozumi,
Multicultural Center • Richard York, Assistant Professor, Sociology • Gina Psaki, Professor,
Romance Languages • Joel Bloom, Research Associate, Oregon Survey Research Laboratory •
Beata Stawarska, Assistant Professor, Philosophy • Chaone Mallory. Instructor, Women's and
Gender Studies Program • Judith Baskin. Director, Judaic Studies Program • Stephanie Wood,
Associate Director, Wired Humanities Project • Lisa Yount. PhD Candidate, Philosophy • Mary
Fechner, Director of Faculty Development • Louise Bishop, Assistant Professor, Honors College •
Barbara Dale May, Associate Professor, Romance Languages • Monique R. Balbuena, Assistant
Professor, Honors College • Deanna Linville, Assistant Professor, Research Associate. Marriage
and Family Therapy Program • Susan Anderson. Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures •
Ellen Scott, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology • Barbara Altmann, Associate
Professor, Romance languages • Elizabeth Wheeler, Associate Professor, English • Cheyney
Ryan, Professor. Philosophy • Amanda Powell, Senior Instructor of Spanish.Romance Languages •
Jolene Siemsen, Nurse Practitioner University Health Center • Hilary Lord, Study Abroad Advisor.
International Programs • Susan N. Gary, Associate Professor, School of Law • Tim McMahon,
Faculty Consultant/TeachingEffectiveness Program • Amy Story, graduate student. Philosophy •
Debra Merskin. Associate Professor, School of Journalism & Communication • Michael Dreiling,
Associate Professor, Sociology • Anne Laskaya, Associate Professor, English • Carolyn
Culbertson, GTF, Philosophy • Madonna Moss, Professor, Anthropology • Brian Klopotek,
Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies • Sabena Stark, Office Manager, Womens & Gender Studies •
Donella-Elizabeth Alston, Office Coordinator, Ethnic Studies Program • Carol Jones, Business
Manager, Lundquist College of Business • Mayr Makenna, Office Manager, Office of Student Life
• Ann Ciasullo, Instructor, English and Women s and Gender Studies • Donna Schitnmer,
Executive Support Specialist,Undergraduate Studies • Lori Brown, ASUO Women's Center • TK
McDonald, Office Manager. Department of Philosophy • Genevieve Roesler, Office Specialist,
Humanities Consortium • Petra Hagen. Graduate Program. School of Journalism &
Communication • Myrrh Sagrada, Administrative Assistant, TACS/WRRC • Sarah Wells, ASUO
Women’s Center Education and Outreach Coordinator, Assault Prevention Shuttle Education
Coordinator • Dennis Galvan, Director, International Studies Program • Patti Barkin, Senior
Research Assistant. College of Education • Alexandra Stotts, Adjunct Assistant Professor,Women’s
& Gender Studies Program • Dana Berthold, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Women's and Gender
Studies Program • Jiannbin Lee Shiao, Assistant Professor, Sociology • John Burridge,
Information Tech Consultant.Political Science & English • The membership of the Graduate
Teaching Fellows Federation
Vie views expressed here are those of the individual signers and do not reflect any official position or
stance of the University of Oregon.
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Former Duck praises UO's
'green design' programs
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focus on sustainability drew her to the Univeisity
BY AMANDA BOLSINGER
NEWS REPORTER
Elizabeth Weiss doesn’t know why
she wanted to become an architect.
Her justifications were primarily aes
thetic; she was sick of looking at dark,
gloomy, ugly buildings. The drive to
a lot more attractive than just plopping
a building down anywhere. ”
Weiss knew from the beginning of
college that she wanted to get into ar
chitecture. Her sister, Kristen Weiss,
said architecture is a “great match”
for Elizabeth.
itrceives uei license, weiss wains lO
teach in an architecture school and
open her own firm that focuses on sus
tainable housing.
While at the University, Weiss
spent most of her time in the archi
tecture studio.
“I was in there all the time,” she
said. “It was great to take a design
from a piece of trace paper to a com
plete idea that I could present to my
Duiiu sustainame Duiiaings came later.
“I just wanted to help make the
world better and create a better social
environment,” Weiss said.
That’s one of the reasons Weiss, a
2002 University graduate, recently
joined Steele Associates Architects in
Bend. Weiss earned her master’s of ar
chitecture at the University of Oregon
after completing her undergraduate
studies at the University of Maryland.
She chose Oregon for graduate work
because of the program’s emphasis on
sustainable architecture, as opposed to
the single elective class other universi
ties often offer.
“Sustainability is green design with
a holistic approach,” Weiss said. “It’s
less degrading to the environment and
Elizabeth is really
creative and colorful, re
ally design oriented. She
is an artist inside and re
ally smart. She is good at
math and puzzles and
cares about the environ
ment. Sustainable archi
tecture is a good union of
the three parts,” she said.
ELIZABETH WEISS
Graduated: Earned a master's of
architecture in 2002
Activities involved in: None
Issues at the time: Too busy with
school to notice
The most im
portant advice
she offers to cur
rent students is
to “just relax
and enjoy it. En
joy each mo
ment as much
as you can>i
oteeie Associates Architects is the
second job Weiss has held since com
pleting graduate school. Licensed ar
chitects, almost universally, are re
quired to complete internship hours
before becoming licensed, Weiss said.
It takes between three to five years
to complete the necessary hours, and
Weiss is about halfway there. After she
a rnena trom college, Brian l homp
son, said Weiss has followed her own
advice while pursuing her dreams.
“She was a really hard-working
student, but she was a lot of fun. She
was almost always smiling,” Thomp
son said.
amandabolsinger@ daily emerald, com
Salary: Pay freeze effect date in question
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all of our departmental increases
were approved during the 2001-2003
biennium ... and were absolutely
consistent with the 2001-2003 law
and existing policies at the time they
were approved.”
Allegations that the University was
granting pay raises first arose in Feb
ruary when an anonymous caller
tipped off the secretary of state’s of
fice. According to an Oregon Univer
sity System press release, the allega
tions were not justified, but the
secretary of state’s office decided to
undertake the audit anyway.
The audit, published Nov. 10, identi
fied $810,000 in pay increases granted
by both universities; about $660,000 of
the pay increases were granted at the
University and about $150,000 were
granted at Oregon State University.
Most of the increases at the University
were granted to faculty in the College
of Arts and Sciences, Davis said.
The audit comes in the midst of at
tempts to repair damaged relations be
tween the Oregon University System
and the legislature.
“One of the problems ... is the legis
lature doesn’t trust us,” said professor
Peter Gilkey, president of the Interinsti
tutional Faculty Senate.
The crux of the dispute is largely
over when the statewide salary freeze
I
dLiucuiy iuuk eueci. in January zuiu,
Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed a pay
freeze for state employees. On May 27,
a legislative subcommittee expressed
intent to institute a pay freeze. The bi
ennium for which the budget applies
did not officially begin until July 1, and
the governor did not sign the budget
until Aug. 29.
However, secretary of state spokes
woman Anne Martens said the salary
freeze should have been considered ef
fective after May 27.
“It’s not the law, but it’s pretty clear
legislative direction,” she said. “I don’t
think you could get any clearer. ”
. The Oregon University System
countered that the effective date of the
salary freeze is July 1, the beginning of
the biennium.
“All OUS salary/pay increases were
effective, committed or obligated prior
to July 1,” a statement released by the
Oregon University System said.
Gilkey further argued that the leg
islative intent shouldn’t be consid
ered binding.
“You can’t base your actions today
based on what might be legislated to
morrow,” he said.
Gilkey added that because many of
the pay increases were contractually
binding, not granting them could put
the University at risk of lawsuits.
“That would be a violation of
contract, he said. It s my belief...
that the University would get ham
mered on that.”
However, Martens said a salary
freeze applies to all state employees,
regardless of their circumstances.
“What a statewide pay freeze
means is that no one that works for
the state gets a pay raise for any rea
son,” she said. “That’s why it’s called
a pay freeze.”
Acting Oregon University System
Chancellor George Pemsteiner said to
his knowledge, all of the increases
were approved before July 1, and
added if he finds they were approved
after this date, “we’re going to take a
look at those more carefully. ”
Davis said she didn’t believe there
would be any legal consequences as a
result of the audit findings; Martens
said she wasn’t sure if there would be
any repercussions for either university.
“That’s up to the governor and the
state board,” Martens said.
Kulongoski said in an e-mail to The
Oregonian that he would closely scru
tinize the audit’s findings.
“I intend to examine this matter
further to ensure that the university
system is complying with both the
letter and the spirit of my instruc
tions,” he said.
moriahbalingit@dailyemerald.com
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