lune is, 2003_______________________________________ (T lie ^nrtlanb (Dbseruer Page A3 Racial Profiling Banned Directive allows exceptions photo bv R on W ashington /T he P ortland O bserv er The Villa St. Rose School and campus in north Portland was recently renovated into Rosemont Court, providing apartments and housing for seniors. Rose Sisters Homecoming d e n ts, h a n d le b e h a v io r p ro b le m s a n d k e ep th e ir m in d s on th e ir “ T hey really w e re n 't bad girls. stu d ies. S h e e v e n sle p t in a ro o m T hey w ere high energy, a lot o f a tta c h e d to th e d o rm ito ry . them , ju st speaking out about w hat “ I w as w ith them all the tim e,” w as w rong in their ho m es,” said she said. S ister Frances L ouise, directress o f A lthough C atholic nuns ran the the school. school, they did not allow the girls S iste r L o u ise w orked at the to practice C atholicism until after school tor 11 years betw een 1941 they graduated, so they could m ake and 1952. up their ow n m inds. H er jo b w as to o v e rse e the s tu S ister L ouise said she w ill be co n tin u e d f r o m F ront excited to see the form er students at the reunion, to find out their feelings tow ard the school and how it helped them . T o L ouise, her fondest m om ents w ere w atching the stu d e n ts com e in "p o u ty "a n d "see their little faces change and see them settle dow n and w ork.” A m ong form er student G race R u b le-B e ll’s m em ories, are the hours o f sitting in hard w ooden chairs as punishm ent for her “d e to g e th e r, sle p t to g e th e r, a te to fensive m outh.” g e th e r, fo u g h t to g e th e r a n d m ad e B ut th e siste rs had a m a rv e l up to g eth e r. W e w e re m o re lik e o u s se n se o f h u m o r, R u b le-B e ll s is te r s ." said. M ore than 50 form ers students A sm all group o f form er stu and sta ff from throughout the c o u n dents calling them selves the "R ose try are attending the reunion, flying S isters" stay in touch w ith the sis in from as far as South C aro lin a and ters viae-m ail. A laska. “ T h ey took in th e lost sh e e p For m ore inform ation a bout the and h e rd e d us u p ," B ell said. reunion, call S isters o f the G ood “ T h is w a s o u r h o m e. W e lived Shepherd at 5 03-283-4931. (A P )— R outine racial and eth nic p rofiling w ill b e banned at all 70 federal agencies w ith law e n forcem ent pow ers u n d e ra Justice D epartm ent directive, but critics say e xceptions to the new policy could still perm it profiling. G uidelines issued Tuesday di rectly affect about I20.000U .S. law enforcem ent o fficers including those at the FBI, the D rug E nforce m ent A gency, H om eland Security D epartm ent, Bureau o f A lcohol, T obacco, Firearm s and Explosives and the C oast G uard. "R elig io u s o r ethnic o r racial stereotyping is sim ply not good p o lic in g ," said A ssistant A tto r ney G eneral forC ivil R ights Ralph Boyd. "W e w ant to m ake sure it d o e sn ’t happen, even o n c e.” T h e p o lic y m a k e s a c le a r d is tin c tio n b e tw ee n rq u tin e law e n fo rce m en t w o rk and th a t in v o lv ing n a tio n a l se c u rity o r b o rd e r se c u rity . A lth o u g h re lia n c e on ra cial a n d e th n ic ste re o ty p e s is b ro a d ly fo rb id d e n , th e g u id e lin e s sa y th at a u th o ritie s can su b je c t c e rta in e th n ic o r ra c ia l g ro u p s to g re a te r s c ru tin y i f th ere is sp ecific in fo rm a tio n that su c h p e o p le a re p re p a rin g to m o u n t a te rro rist a tta c k . For example. Middle Eastern men m ight draw greater attention at air ports if the governm ent discov ered a plot by al-Qaida to bom b U.S. airliners. In addition, the policy al lows consideration o f race if there were “trustworthy” information that p e o p le o fa c e rta in ra c e o r ethnicity engaged in a specific crim e o r are part o f a crim inal organization. To critics, these are loopholes that essen tially allow the g o v e rn m ent to eng ag e in racial p rofiling w hen it is deem ed necessary. "It looks to me that it is more interested in carving out exceptions to racial proti ling than it is in enforcing a ban,” said attorney M iriamCiohara. N EW S E A S O N S J M A R K E T BEFORE IT M E L T S T h ir d A n n u a l I c e C r e a m T a s t in g S a tu rd a y & S u n d a y • 1 1 a m - 5 p m Tfo frienMztfstore, in tmoti. E A S Y & F u N C O N C O R D IA N E 3 3 r d & K illin g s w o r t h P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 1 1 5 0 3 .2 8 8 .3 8 3 8 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m T O S H O P ORENCO • S T A T IO N N E 6 1 s t & C o r n e ll R d . H i ll s b o r o O R 9 7 1 2 4 5 0 3 .6 4 8 6 9 6 8 O p e n 8 a m -1 O p m L O C A L L Y O W N E D R A L E IG H H IL L S 7 3 0 0 S W B e a v e r t o n - H ills d a le H w y P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 2 5 5 0 3 .2 9 2 .6 8 3 8 O p e n 8 a m -9 p m & O P E R A T E D SELLW OOD 1214 SE T a co m a P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 0 2 503 230 4949 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m