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OFFICE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WEBSITE UPDATE IN PROGRESS on who is the victim, not who is the After displaying outdated perpetrator,� Harbaugh said. information for months, the University The changes to the reporting policy of Oregon’s Office of Affirmative Action stating that cases of sexual harassment and Equal Opportunity has finally involving students should be directed addressed problems with the accuracy to the Title IX Coordinator or Crisis of its website. Intervention Center were ratified in For the students and faculty at 2014; however, the revisions concerning the University of Oregon, answering prohibited discrimination weren’t made questions about sensitive topics effective until February 18, 2016. such as reporting sexual assault and Concerns about the timeliness harassment had been made difficult by and effectiveness of the misleading information AAEO office isn’t new. from the AAEO. A 2014 report from the The debate about ombuds office, which mandatory reporting offers impartial conflict reached its peak on the resolution, found that, UO campus in May when “Classified staff report the Faculty Senate voted high levels of distrust down a set of proposals The most glaring [...] in the fairness, to the current policy in a series of highly inaccuracy concerned competence and responsiveness of the publicized meetings. information about University’s AAEO In May, current Senate function.� President and outspoken where students and The ombuds office blogger Bill Harbaugh faculty should report did not investigate the began drawing attention itself and only to some of the holes instances of prohibited AAEO makes notes of patterns on the AAEO website, of perception, according namely links that led discrimination. to the report. Former to PDFs with outdated ombudsman Bruce contact information McAllister did note that, and booklets that “Perception does not communicated expired necessarily equate to fact, but patterns policies. Though some information had are important to the acceptance been updated, swathes of information and long-term efficacy of any were still unclear or incorrect until site particular program.� construction began last week. Until site reconstruction last week, The most glaring inaccuracy there was no mention at all of the concerned information about where ombuds office, an integral piece in the students and faculty should report murky mandatory reporting debate on instances of prohibited discrimination. college campuses. The ombuds office is A new emergency policy took effect one of the few truly confidential outlets in February when UO President for survivors of sexual assault, which Michael Schill saw a need to address is a key part of the debate surrounding the informal “responsible employee� mandatory reporting. policy, laid out by his predecessor, The Office of Intervention and Michael Gottfredson, that effectively Sexual Support Services is another makes all university employees resource available to students, unless mandatory reporters, without any a “responsible employee� reports an formal policy changes. instance to them. As soon as a faculty In the past, all cases of discrimination member files a report, the OCISSS were dealt with by the AAEO. Under is required by the policy to take that the new emergency policy, instances report to the administration. of sexual harassment are dealt with by the Title IX office or Crisis Intervention Center, not the AAEO. “[The AAEO] is still responsible for B Y M A X T H O R N B E R R Y, @ M A X _ T H O R N B E R R Y investigating situations [depending]
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Monday, July 18 — Eugene Emeralds vs Hillsboro Hops at PK Park at 7:05 p.m. Tickets start at $8 online.
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The Hillsboro Hops play the Emeralds during the first of three games on home turf this Monday, which is Good Karma Monday at PK Park. Fans who come to the Emeralds Box Office can name their price for their tickets. Fifty percent of what you pay will be donated directly to the Special Olympics, the charity partner for Monday’s game.
The Haitian music collective culls inspiration from Haiti’s African, French, Caribbean and American cues. Lakou Mizik’s groovy sound is the result of Haiti being the epicenter of multicultural influences. The nine-person ensemble, aged from their early twenties to late sixties, all hail from Haiti’s diverse musical backdrop. The band’s sound ranges from the buoyant drawl from an accordion, playful guitar noodling, vodou drumming, and a healthy dose of Afro pop and Motown thrown in for good measure. The group is touring the U.S. in support of its debut album Wa Di Yo.
TUESDAY, JULY 19TH Tuesday, July 19 — Musical Petting Zoo at the Eugene Public Library (100 West 10th Ave.) at 1 and 3 p.m. — Free.
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Musicians from the Eugene Symphony will play string, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Afterwards, children can touch and try out the musical contraptions. The Musical Petting Zoo will also visit the Bethel Branch (1990 Echo Hollow Rd.) at 11 a.m., and then the Sheldon Branch (1566 Coburg Rd.) at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
The B-52s at the Lane County Fair (796 West 13th Ave.) at 7:30 p.m. — Tickets are $40 for standard and $50 for premium. In spring 1980, John Lennon was in a post-Beatles slump and his music career had been on pause for nearly five years. He was evidently spurred to record again after hearing the B-52s’ “Rock Lobster.� So if you see the new wave band when they stop at the Lane County Fair this Friday, you can thank them for Double Fantasy.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20TH Artist’s Talk: Latin@ Art and Identity Across Generations at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on campus (1430 Johnson Ln.) at 5:30 p.m. — Free. In the ÂżIdentity? exhibit, currently at the JSMA until Sept. 18, artists Victoria Suescum and Lee Michael Peterson approach the question of Latino/a identity and its place within American culture. Suescum’s paintings are inspired by hand-painted storefront signs. Peterson often uses technology as a catalyst for his drawings by “googling the names of his friends and creating portraits of other people with the same name,â€? according to the JSMA website.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — Friday, July 22 at 9 p.m. — Maurie Jacobs Park (Fir Lane) — 2 hrs, 9 mins — Unrated.
Delta Ponds is a 150-acre waterway site consisting of numerous ponds, channels, wetlands, wand associated riparian areas.. (photo courtesy of Rick Obst)
THURSDAY, JULY 21ST Kansas at the Lane County Fair (796 West 13th Ave.) at 7:30 p.m. — Tickets are $35 for standard and $45 for premium. You may know Kansas because some classic-rock stations have a predilection for playing “Carry On Wayward Son� and “Dust In the Wind� on an infinite loop. Kansas is touring without founding member Steve Walsh, who retired from the band in 2014. The band is playing in support of its newest album, The Prelude Implicit, which comes out this September.
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Gender-fluid model Lex Porter poses to represent the nonbinary issues at the University of Oregon. Photograph by Christopher Trotchie.
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“You see all the little ways where society is telling you that they didn’t expect you and they don’t want you.” -RHYS HAWES
If you leave the “gender” box blank on federal student loan paperwork, the system will send it back with an error. It’s impossible to get around this, according to Jennifer Bell, University of Oregon associate director for advising. You have to be either a male or a female. There’s only one person in the U.S. who is legally neither. On June 17, Portlander Jamie Shupe became the first American to be legally designated as neither male nor female but “nonbinary.” Shupe asked the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles to be listed as ‘nonbinary’ on Shupe’s driver’s license, and when the DMV refused, Shupe took it to a Multnomah County judge. The judge ruled that Shupe has the right to legally identify as neither sex. Shupe’s attorney told the New York Times last month that he and Shupe are now asking the DMV to change its form to include a nonbinary option. “If I had a white mother and a black father, I wouldn’t be forced to identify as either black or white,” Shupe told the Emerald. “This decision is basically saying that gender works the same way. I want my ID to reflect both sides of who I am.” At University of Oregon, which is consistently rated among the nation’s most LGBTQ-friendly schools, a handful of students who have identified as nonbinary are forced to choose male or female -RHYS HAWES on most forms. So far, official paperwork is unaffected by the Shupe decision. For many nonbinary students, it’s easier to legally state that they are male or female. One of those people is Rhys Hawes. Hawes wasn’t expecting name tags to be the most impactful thing about their first visit to UO. But when Hawes saw that all volunteers’ name tags had a space for preferred pronouns, their mind was blown. Hawes has preferred the pronouns “they/them/theirs” since the age of 15. Most people and schools assume they are female and don’t ask about this; University of Oregon was the first. Now finished with freshman year, Hawes has lived in the gender-inclusive floor of Carson Hall, started an LGBTQ theater group called Shakesqueer in the Park, and, with the guidance of UO’s Trans Health Team, started hormone replacement therapy. Hawes started taking testosterone two months ago, but not in an effort to transition to male — they simply wants to feel more comfortable and look more androgynous. Hawes hopes the hormones will make people think twice before assuming they identify as female. There are 15 to 20 other nonbinary students on Hawes’ gender-inclusive floor in Carson Hall, estimates Lexi Bergeron, community assistant on Hawes’ gender-inclusive floor. After working with these students for a while, Bergeron has stopped assuming gender for anyone she meets. “I pretty much always say ‘they,’” Bergeron said. As inclusive as the university might be, the bureaucratic
system in America isn’t designed for more than two genders. If someone marks female or male on a form, this paperwork can then follow them for the rest of their lives. This poses problems for gathering any data on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer students, according to Maure Smith-Benanti, director of the LGBT education and support services program at University of Oregon. “We don’t even know how many LGBTQ students are or were on campus,” Smith-Benanti said. “We have to rely on selfreporting. For LGBTQ individuals, the choice to publicly out themselves on any form of documentation is always a deeply personal decision. We have to weigh the benefits of coming out for ourselves and our community with the risks and safety concerns that come with it.” State and federal governments require people to report things such as sex, race and religion as a way of providing analytics. When people attempt to change this information retroactively, it becomes a red flag for things like fraud and identity theft. “Transgender people have to appeal, in front of a judge, to change their names and their sex,” said SmithBenanti. “I am interested to see if more individuals will choose this nonbinary selection, and, if so, if they will have to appear before a judge to prove that they aren’t engaging in fraud.” Oregon attempted to alleviate some of this bureaucratic ambiguity for colleges last year by passing Senate Bill 473, which requires public universities to allow students to use their preferred first name on any forms that request information about their gender, race or ethnicity. This allows students to suggest that they have a different gender identity but still doesn’t require universities to offer a third gender option. The Shupe decision could be used in other court hearings in other counties across the state, potentially creating a fast-track for trans or nonbinary people to change their identification, according to Andrea Zekis of Basic Rights Oregon, a group that has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights. But many, like Hawes, will continue to check male or female on forms. Hawes says that sometimes a piece of ID that helps them seem female is helpful. “If I keep my mouth shut and smile and nod, I can pass as a cis person (gender-conforming) in the world,” Hawes said. “If I had [nonbinary] on a piece of legal ID, I’m not sure it would protect me. I’m not sure it’s something I would pursue in a world that is so nonbinary-phobic.” Outside of UO, reactions are varied: Hawes has been asked to show ID with gender identification — it still says “female” — or asked about their genitalia. When Hawes gets a haircut, hairdressers often ask which gender they are because women’s haircuts cost more than men’s. “There’s these little things every day that kind of ‘other’ you,” Hawes said. “You see all the little ways where society is telling you that they didn’t expect you and they don’t want you.”
‘If I keep my mouth shut and smile and nod, I can pass as a cis person in the world.’
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LEXI PETERSEN INKS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH A WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IN GREECE
Former Oregon guard Lexi Petersen overcame two ACL injuries during her high school and collegiate years. Throughout her final recovery, she worried about whether she would ever have the chance to play again, let alone professionally — something she had always dreamed about. That moment came for Petersen last week when she signed a seven-month contract with Panionios GSS Athens, a professional women’s basketball team based in Athens, Greece. Her agent, Jeanne McNulty-King, texted her a week ago asking if Petersen would be interested. She said yes, received the contract, looked it over with her family and signed it on Tuesday. She will leave the United States for Greece sometime between Sept. 15-24. “I think I’m as ready as I can be. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience at Oregon,” Petersen said. “I learned it’s OK to take risks and chances and go for it. I think that’s helped my mindset in going across the world to a foreign country.” As a member of Panionios, Petersen will compete in the A1 Ethniki women’s basketball league, which is comprised of 10 teams. All of the teams are based in Greece. Panionios last won the league championship in 2007. The Tukwila, Washington native departs Eugene with 1,226 career points, which translates to a career average of 9.6 points a game. She also started 63 of 64 games during her junior and senior years. She accredits
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both coaching staffs during her five years at Oregon in helping her get to this point. “They helped out so much,” Petersen said. “They gave me confidence, pushed me and told me that I can do it, that if I continue to work hard, I can play at the next level. That was a huge part of it. With the second staff, I developed so much as a player. Just with my skill set and basketball IQ.” Petersen finished the 2015-2016 on a tear for the Ducks, averaging 16.3 points a game over six games, and playing all 40 minutes in four of those games. Petersen’s efforts helped the Ducks advance to the WNIT semifinals without their top scorer in Jillian Alleyne. “I think [the confidence] will be huge for me going into the next level,” Petersen said of her final six games at Oregon. “I really didn’t want to lose or to stop playing with my teammates so I really gave it my all. It took it to a level I didn’t know existed in me. I think that’ll help me so much.” Petersen has only visited Europe once — when the Ducks traveled to Spain for their foreign tour in 2012. But she feels ready. She will share an apartment with another American, a player from St. Bonaventure. “I love the Pacific Northwest, but I’m excited to immerse myself in another culture and learn a lot of new things,” Petersen said. “I’m excited to go on adventures, be a tourist and explore.”
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