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GOT A STORY IDEA?
IN BRIEF
Middle East Club features
culture for charitable cause
The University’s Middle East Club
invites students to follow the sound of
the sitar to a free night of traditional
food, music, dancing and fellowship
tonight. At Riley Hall in the main
lounge at 7 p.m., the event will include
guest speaker Shaul Cohen, a Universi
ty associate professor of geography, as
well as traditional tea, hookah smok
ing and various books and displays
promoting the Middle East.
President of the Middle East Club,
freshman Natalie Tajipour, a biology
and anthropology major, said she
hopes that people from all back
grounds will attend.
“It’s all about raising cultural aware
ness,” Tajipour said. “Gathering
the community to share ideas
and tradition.”
The club hopes to raise $300
through donations at the event to
sponsor an orphan from Bam, Iran,
affected by the 2003 earthquake that
left thousands dead and destroyed 70
to 90 percent of the residential areas
of the ancient city. All donations from
the event will go to the Kahrizak
Foundation to sponsor the child.
— Brittni McClenahan
Rally: Some COE professors support efforts
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Garcia challenged all students to get
involved, regardless of whether they
had experienced discrimination.
“There are students of color... that still
go to class where their professors tell
racist jokes ... because they believe in
their future,” she said. “They believe
they can make a difference. We are ask
ing you not to let them down. ”
In a May 10 memorandum, Vice
President for Academic Affairs Lor
raine Davis and Kaufman outlined
their plan to bring in Dr. Carlos E.
Cortes, a professor from University of
California, Riverside, to conduct an
external review of the diversity issues
students have raised.
“Dr. Cortes will provide us with in
formation to evaluate how we are do
ing and the work we have remaining in
creating a more inclusive environment
at the College of Education,” according
to the letter. “His review will give us a
realistic assessment of our efforts to in
fuse diversity into our curriculum and
our efforts to recruit faculty and stu
dents of color.”
An external review of the college
was one of eight demands that a coali
tion of more than 150 students, faculty
and community members submitted
to fight discrimination in the COE.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Doug
Herman, who teaches in the COE, said
the rally raises some important issues.
“When I found out about these
issues, my reaction and the reaction
of two of my colleagues that were
here with me today was that we need
to go see about this and we need to
see if there’s issues that we can do
something about,” he said. “I had a
conversation with a colleague and we
talked about ways we can address
this in our classrooms.”
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University Day 2005
Spread bark dust, plant flowers,
and beautify campus!
• Sign up at the Collier Lawn
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
10 am ceremony with
President Frohnmayer
Get a FREE t-shirt!
Thursday, May 12
Ethics in Journalism at the UO
11:00 a.m.
Presentation of the 2005 Payne Awards
for Ethics in Journalism
Chambers Electronic Media Center
Allen Hall, 1020 University Street
4:00 p.m. Ruhf
2005 Ruhl Lecture
jay Harris, director, Center for the Study
of Journalism and Democracy, use
“Ethical Stewardship of the News ”
Ballroom, Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Avenue
Sponsored by the University of Oregon
School of journalism and Communication
Both events are FREE and open to the public. For more information, call the
School of Journalism and Communication at (541) 346-3819.
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