U.S. ATTORNEY JOINS UO
SEXUAL VIOLENCE TASK
FORCE
After allegations of a sexual assault by three Duck
basketball players surfaced in May, UO President Mi-
chael Gottfredson announced he would appoint an in-
dependent review panel “to examine our practices for
preventing and responding to sexual violence.” UO psy-
chology professor Jennifer Freyd then emailed Gottfred-
son and suggested he appoint Oregon’s U.S. Attorney
Amanda Marshall to the panel. He did not. That panel,
which Gottfredson selected together with Vice President
for Student Affairs Robin Holmes and Athletics Direc-
tor Rob Mullens, was appointed in June and had its first
meetings July 30 and 31.
The UO Faculty Senate formed its own separate task
force on the issue, and Marshall, a UO grad with an ex-
tensive background dealing with issues of sexual and do-
mestic violence, has now been appointed to the faculty’s
Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor
Support. The 18-member task force includes students as
well as others known for their work on sexual violence is-
sues, including Freyd, Associate Dean of Students Sheryl
Eyster, professor Cheyney Ryan and Carol Stabile, who
is the director of the UO’s Center for the Study of Women
in Society. The task force had its first meeting July 24.
Ryan, who has long criticized the UO’s handling of
sexual assault cases, says of the task force and Marshall’s
appointment, “I am excited that these issues are finally
being addressed in a systematic way.”
Freyd, who was
invited by the Obama
administration twice to
Washington, D.C., as
a result of her research
on institutional betrayal
and sexual violence,
says that the Senate
— AMANDA MARSHALL,
task force “has been
O R E G O N U . S . AT TO R N E Y
charged to review the
university’s response
to recent incidents of
sexual violence, and based on that review, make recom-
mendations for changes that will reduce sexual violence
on campus and support survivors.”
She says task force meetings will be open and materi-
als will be open to the public. Freyd adds that she and
her grad student collaborators are working “diligently to
launch a comprehensive campus sexual violence survey
so that we will be informed by solid social science data.”
Freyd’s offer to conduct a campus climate survey was
rejected by the UO in June. Climate surveys of the type
Freyd will be launching, without the UO’s help, are rec-
ommended by the White House Task Force to Protect
Students from Sexual Assault in order to gain a more real-
istic number of how many students are victims of sexual
assault.
Marshall says her background on sexual violence
dates back to her own years as a student at the UO when
she worked in the women’s resource and referral center.
Later, as a deputy district attorney, she created the Coos
County Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit and helped
develop a community response to domestic violence fo-
cusing on enhancing victim safety and offender account-
ability.
Marshall says that in her roll as U.S. attorney, “part of
my job is to carry out the mission of the Obama admin-
istration” and one of the White House’s current goals is
taking a hard look at sexual assault on campus. She says
this task force is working on recommendations made by
the White House such as conducting surveys and getting
a “true picture” of how information is collected and how
campuses respond.
“As a Duck and UO alum I care deeply about the
university and want to bring any expertise I have,” she
says. “My work has always been about ensuring victims
are served and victims are safe,” and she says she will
“ensure anything implemented is based on evidence.”
— Camilla Mortensen
‘ My work has always
been about ensuring
victims are served
and victims are safe.’
ACTIVIST
LERT
• Two neighborhood annual picnics are
Thursday, July 31. Jefferson Westside Neighbors
gather at 5 pm at Monroe Park and Fairmount
Neighbors gather at 6 pm at Hendricks Park.
SLANT
• A memorial for longtime marijuana activist
Jim Greig will be at 11 am Saturday, Aug. 2, at the
Church of the Resurrection, 3925 Hilyard St.
Following the service will be a gathering at Maurie
Jacobs Park for a potluck and sharing of stories at
the Jim Greig Inspirational Stage by the soccer
field. For more information contact his sister Judi
Greig at judigreig@gmail.com or call 543-6527.
• Medicare’s 49th birthday is being celebrated
locally. The Grannies will sing at a gathering for
Health Care for All Oregon at 6 pm Tuesday, Aug. 5,
in front of the Lane County Health Department at
7th and Charnelton. HCAO will hold its monthly
meeting following the rally at 7 pm at First United
Methodist Church, 13th and Charnelton. Call Ruth
Duemler at 484-6145 for more information.
• A free Corvallis talk and discussion on “Gaza
— The Latest Tragedy” with retired Col. Ann Wright
will be at 7 pm Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Westminster
House, 101 NW 23rd St. Sponsored by the
Corvallis Branch of the Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom. Call 740-4207 for
more information.
• The annual Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Commemoration will begin with a potluck at 6:30
pm Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Alton Baker Park. The
program will begin at 7:30 and the luminaria float
on the pond will be at 8:45. Performances are
planned by Eugene Taiko, JAA Obon Dancers and
the Yujin Gakuen Children’s Peace Choir. For more
information, call 485-1755.
• Tickets are now available at Tsunami Books
for “Viet Nam: An Inner View” live multimedia
performance and book release at 7 pm Friday,
Aug. 8, at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette. The
event marks the 50th anniversary of the signing
of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964,
authorizing U.S. military involvement in the
Vietnam War. Sens. Wayne Morse and Ernest
Gruening were the only “no” votes in the Senate
against the war. A reception for advance ticket
holders ($10) will begin at 5:30 pm. Tickets day of
the program are $11. Sponsored by the Returning
Veterans Project, CALC and the Wayne Morse
Center for Law and Politics. Contact Lea Jones at
554-7182 or leajones99@gmail.com.
LANE COUNTY AREA
SPRAY SCHEDULE
• A majority of five of the Eugene City Council, backed by strong
support from Mayor Kitty Piercy, showed that rare quality of
leadership this week in passing both the sick leave law and a
tighter climate recovery ordinance. Six councilors favored climate
action. The Register-Guard, conservative councilors, the idiotic and
out-of-touch Lane County Commission and, of course, the Eugene
Area Chamber of Commerce all asked for either delays or no such
action as sick leave for workers in this city. Laurie Trieger, who
passionately led the sick leave campaign, will need to carry on with
all her troops to counter the attacks sure to come.
• Economic vitality, unchecked gentrification and drunken
shenanigans in the Whiteaker district were just a few of the issues
tackled during the July 25 City Club of Eugene forum. Blairally
co-owner and Whiteaker Community Council President Sam Hahn,
Ninkasi CEO Nikos Ridge and neighborhood muralist Kari Johnson
addressed the question “What’s Up With The Whit?” Hats off to City
Club for fostering a rich, diverse dialogue about Eugene’s hippest
and most embattled neighborhood, and giving air to residents’
concerns that this artsy, blue-collar and piratical part of town is
now, thanks in large part to the rise of Ninkasi and other breweries,
becoming the destination spot for well-to-do yahoos seeking fun
and stomping on the indigenous culture. Hahn, who stole the show,
believes a balance can be achieved between commercial growth
and maintaining the funky cool that defines the Whit. “What I think
is special about it is art,” he said. “And the art speaks to a lot of
different aspects of what the Whiteaker has been, what it is now
and, hopefully, what it can continue to be.” Stream the whole
conversation at klcc.org/post/whats-whit.
WTF?
We are addicted to bargain hunting at local thrift
stores, a great way to recycle and re-use, but
sometimes the pricing is a head-scratcher. This
dirty old plastic garden trowel that originally sold
for 97 cents was on the Goodwill shelf last week for
$1.99. Maybe it’s an antique?
• Oregon Department of Forestry, 935-2283,
plans to hire Nick’s Timber Services Inc., 503-910-
1120, to spray herbicides including Rodeo,
Accord XRT II, Polaris SP, Element 4, MSM 60,
Sulfomet XP with additives including LI700, MSO
and red or blue dye for site prep and release on a
total of 356 acres near Liebre, Gall, Nelson and
Wildcat creeks and tributaries. See ODF
notification 2014-781-00727, call ODF at 935-
2283 with questions.
• M Three Timber Company LLC, 767-3785,
plans to spray herbicides including Induce and
Polaris AC on 80 acres near Muslin Creek
tributaries. See ODF notification 2014-781-
00764, call Brian Peterson at 935-2283 with
questions.
• Transition Management, Inc., 521-5897,
plans to spray 124 acres near Preacher Creek
and tributaries with herbicides including
clopyralid, hexazinone, sulfometuron methyl,
imazapyr and triclopyr ester. See ODF notifications
2014-781-00758 and 2014-781-00765, call
Brian Peterson at 935-2283 with questions.
Compiled by Jan Wroncy and Gary Hale, Forestland Dwell-
ers: 342-8332, forestlanddwellers.org.
• Our “Stirring the Pot” panel discussion on legalizing marijuana
at Cozmic July 22 drew a crowd of about 100 people and was
information-dense (see our story this week). The measure that will
be on the November ballot appears to avoid many of the problems
associated with previous pot initiatives and measures, and takes
some valuable lessons from mistakes in Washington and Colorado.
The measure is carefully designed to reduce the black market for
pot and the criminal culture that surrounds it, and it protects the
existing Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. The proposed
regulations prohibit pot smoking in public view, which makes
sense, but that creates another opportunity for cops to harass and
fine homeless folks, as has happened in Washington state. Can we
avoid that in Eugene?
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