Yom Kippur: Students try
to balance religion, school
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from school.
“Last year was OK because Yom
Kippur was on a Saturday,” Rcth
stein said. “This year I’m missing a
quiz and all sorts of stuff. I worked
it out with my professors, and most
of them were understanding, but in
FHS, there’s all sorts of projects. It’s
a struggle. ”
Rothstein isn’t alone in her strug
gle. University undergraduate stu
dent Sara Raposo said she was go
ing to try fasting this year for Yom
Kippur, but because of her busy
school schedule she won’t be able
to attend services.
“Before college, it wasn’t as diffi
cult to balance school and Yom
r
Kippur,” Raposo said. “It’s a lot
more difficult now, and there’s a
big difference in the workload. I
have a lot of homework this week
and a paper due on Friday.”
Ben David, President of Oregon
Hillel’s Student Leadership Board
and Judaic/Religious studies major,
said while finding balance can be dif
ficult, he struggles less than others.
“Studying religion, my faith and
academics overlap a lot,” David said.
“It gives me a good chance to ques
tion my spirituality and find a nice
balance between my Jewish commu
nity and my academic community. ”
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Senate: New conduct code on the horizon
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When the original draft was re
leased it “instantly became a source of
a lot of controversy both on campus
and off campus,” Keyes said.
The draft called for diversity train
ing workshops for faculty members
and suggested promotions be based
on “cultural competency,” causing
many professors to write to Univer
sity President Dave Frohnmayer, de
nouncing the plan as “Orwellian”
and “frightening.”
A University Senate ad hoc commit
tee reviewed the plan in May and dis
cussed possibilities for changes in the
way the plan is put together. The com
mittee will be involved in the review of
the new draft as it comes closer to
fruition, Keyes said.
Keyes emphasized the need to focus
on the principles behind the diversity
plan rather than just the details.
Another topic on the Senate’s plate
is the Student Conduct Code. The con
duct code has been in a “slow but
steady” revision process for about 10
years and is nearing completion, Keyes
said. Final revisions should be present
ed to the Senate in January.
In the past, Senators had been given
copies of revised policies at the begin
ning of a meeting, “then you’re sup
posed to look it over quickly and have
an intelligent conversation and vote on
it in 20 minutes, and it just didn’t
work,” Keyes said.
But a vote on the new conduct code
will not take place until March, Keyes
said, giving Senators plenty of time to
review it and form educated opinions.
Military research has sparked de
bate on campus and a Senate ad hoc
committee will form to examine the is
sue and seek out major concerns,
Keyes said.
University Vice President for Re
search and Graduate Studies Rich Lin
ton has already expressed his support
for such a committee, Keyes said.
Senate Vice President and finance
instructor Jeanne Wagenknecht
briefed Senators on the Oregon Uni
versity System’s new policy regarding
sexual harassment, saying “we’re
ready to sort of put this issue to bed,
for lack of a better metaphor. ” The
policy mandates that, among other
things, faculty members who are in
romantic relationships with students
they supervise must report the rela
tionship immediately; arrangements
can then be made to remove the stu
dent from their supervision.
University Senior Vice President and
w vAtut
Provost John Moseley briefed the Sen
ate and said the funding crisis that has
plagued Oregon universities is show
ing signs of letting up.
“We’ve been in a budget hole and
the state’s been digging the hole deep
er and deeper,” Moseley said. But the
state has “stopped digging” and may
be putting some dirt back into the hole,
he said.
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cusses diversity-related issues the senate will review in upcoming meetings.
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