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<div style=" font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=" line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One afternoon last month, I paid a visit to two young Republicans named <b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Bret Jacobson</span></b> and Ian Spencer, who work in a small office in Arlington, Va., situated above an antique store and adjacent to a Japanese auto shop. <b>Their five-man company, Red Edge, is a digital-advocacy group for conservative causes,</b> and their days are typically spent <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">designing software applications for groups like the Heritage Foundation, the Republican Governors Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Lately, however, Jacobson and Spencer have taken up evangelizing — and the sermon, delivered day after day to fellow conservatives in the form of a 61-point presentation, </span>is a pitiless we-told-you-so elucidation of the ways in which Democrats have overwhelmed Republicans with their technological superiority.</font></span></div>

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<div style=" font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=" line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">They walked me through a series of slides showing the wide discrepancies between the two campaigns. “And just to make them feel really bad,” Jacobson said as he punched another image onto the overhead screen. “We say, ‘Just wait — this is the most important slide.’ And this is what kills them, because conservatives always look at young voters like the hot girl they could never date.” He read aloud from the text: “1.25 million more young people supported Obama in 2012 over 2008.”</font></span></div>

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<div style=" font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=" line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In the light of his Apple monitor, Jacobson’s grin took on a Luciferian glow. He is 33, wiry and well dressed and has the twitchy manner of a highly caffeinated techie. “And then we continue with the cavalcade of pain,”</span> he said. The next chart showed that while the Romney campaign raised slightly more money from its online ads than it spent on them, Obama’s team more than doubled the return on its online-ad investment.</font></span></div>

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<div style=" font-size: small;"><span style=" line-height: 24px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Spencer chimed in: “That’s when one of our clients moaned, ‘It’s even worse than I thought.’ ” Spencer, who is 29, possesses the insectlike eyes of a committed programmer.</span><b><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> He and Jacobson are alumni of the University of Oregon, where they both worked on the </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Commentator, </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a conservative alternative paper whose slogan was, </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze.”</span></b></font></span></div>

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<div style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">Charles H. Deister ‘92, R.S.D. Wederquist ‘92</div>

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<div style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">Tim Dreier ‘04, Olly Ruff ‘05, Tyler Graf ’05</div>

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<div style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;">Richard Burr, Dane Claussen, Thomas Mann, Scott Camp, Owen Brennan</div>

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<div style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;"><b>The Oregon Commentator</b> is an independent journal of opinion. All signed essays and commentaries herein represent the opinions of the writers and not necessarily the opinions of the magazine or its staff. The Commentator is an independent publication and the Oregon Commentator Publishing Co., Inc. is an independent corporation; neither are affiliated with the University of Oregon nor its School of Journalism. And, contrary to popular, paranoid opinion, we are in no way affiliated with either the CIA or the FBI, or the Council on Foreign Relations.</div>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The <i><b>Oregon Commentator</b></i> is a student publication at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Oregon</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" title="Eugene, Oregon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Eugene</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oregon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States</a>. Founded on September 27, 1983, and first published on October 24, 1983, it is a self-described "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative" title="Conservative" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">conservative</a> journal of opinion," modeled after such publications as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Lampoon" title="Harvard Lampoon" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Harvard Lampoon</a>,</i> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion" title="The Onion" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Onion</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Magazine" title="Reason Magazine" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Reason Magazine</a></i>. The magazine's official ideological stance is conservative, although many of the ideas and values it promotes might be better described as <b>libertarian</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> The journal is an independent journal of opinion for the campus community. Founded by a group of student journalists on September 27, 1983, the <i>Commentator</i> provides students with an alternative to the views of other student publications, professors and student groups.</font>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#History_and_current_operations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History and current operations</span></font></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#Controversies" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Controversies</span></font></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#By_the_Barrel:_25_Years_of_the_Oregon_Commentator" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext"><i>By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator</i></span></font></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#External_links" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></font></a></li>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The program was founded in fall 1983, primarily by</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Dane S. Claussen,</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> later editor and/or publisher of various US newspapers and magazines and now Visiting Professor, School of International Journalism, Shanghai International Studies University, and Richard E. Burr, now with </span><i style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Detroit News'</i><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> editorial pages. Other co-founders included Robert Davis and Michael Rust, in addition to faculty adviser Paul S. Holbo.</span></font></p>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The </span><i style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Commentator</i><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is the second-oldest publication on campus, after the </span><i style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Daily_Emerald" title="Oregon Daily Emerald" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oregon Daily Emerald</a></i><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. It is a member of the </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Network" title="Collegiate Network" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Collegiate Network</a>, a group of conservative and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">libertarian</a> college publications,</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> although its operating budget is funded by student fees. The publication is operated as a program of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) and is staffed by volunteer editors and writers. It's funded through student incidental fees, advertising revenue and private donations.</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The <i>Commentator'</i>s aim is to serve as a contrarian outlet for students resistant to the prevailing trends on campus, including opposition to the mandatory nature of the non-academic "incidental fee."</span></font></p>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In addition to its print magazine, the <i>Commentator</i> publishes its content on its website, where it also maintains a group-run <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" title="Blog" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">blog</a> frequently linked to by national news outlets. In 2008, the <i>Commentator</i> blog took second place in the America's Future Foundation's inaugural College Blogger Contest.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></p>

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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Since its inception, there have been attempts to shut down its operations. In 2004, the program lost its funding after </span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">satirizing a prominent transgender student</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. The magazine's funding was restored soon after the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Individual_Rights_in_Education" title="Foundation for Individual Rights in Education" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Foundation for Individual Rights in Education</a><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> became involved.</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: embed; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2006, Tyler Graf and Jethro Higgins, two members of the <i>Commentator'</i>s staff, appeared on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O%27Reilly_Factor" title="The O'Reilly Factor" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The O'Reilly Factor</a> to defend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">First Amendment</a> rights of its rival publication, the <i>Student Insurgent</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Commentator#cite_note-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup> The <i>Insurgent </i>had received national attention after publishing controversial illustrations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ" title="Jesus Christ" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jesus Christ</a>.</font></p>

In early November 2009 the </span><i style=" color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Oregon Commentator</i><span style=" color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> published </span><i style=" color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator</i><span style=" color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. The book was edited by Timothy Dane Carbaugh and produced by Guy Simmons. It served as a culmination and celebration of the publication's 25th year at the University of Oregon. The book contains three sections: </span><i>By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator</i></span><span class="mw-editsection" style=" -webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Commentator&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></font></h2>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An overview of the publication's history.</font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Retrospectives on <b>nine key moments involving de-fundings, vandalism and cries of racism.</b></font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ten essays written by <i>Commentator</i> alumni, including a foreword in honor of the 25th Anniversary.</font></li>

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The Programs Finance Committee rejected the Oregon Commentator’s mission statement again Tuesday night in a fierce budget hearing that ended with PFC member Mason Quiroz announcing his resignation.

“I just want to publicly state that I don’t support this part of the branch of student government anymore,” Quiroz said in the final moments of the hearing. “I think it’s obvious that our money is going to hateful speech … I don’t care, I don’t care. Kick me out. I resign from my position right now. You guys are sleeping with the devil.”

About 110 people crowded into the EMU Gumwood Room to attend the controversial and dramatic meeting, which was marred by complications. The hearing’s venue had to be changed twice because the original Rogue Room was too small to hold all the people who showed up. Unlike any other PFC meeting, public safety officials were on hand to mitigate potential problems.

In a battle that pitted the First Amendment against whether it was appropriate to publish materials some consider offensive, PFC members could not agree on whether they had the power or right to sanction groups that some members feel are not culturally advantageous to students.

The sparks of contention were first ignited last December when Quiroz asked the committee to reject the conservative opinion journal’s mission statement. Quiroz said he made his decision after ASUO senator Toby Hill-Meyer approached him to complain that statements published in the Commentator made Hill-Meyer feel unsafe. Hill-Meyer, who later filed a formal grievance against the publication, said Hill-Meyer was targeted because of transgender identity.

Although PFC members said before the meeting they would recall that decision, giving the impression that the mission statement might be passed, no approval came at Tuesday’s meeting. Instead the PFC engaged in more than an hour of deadlocked discussion on everything from PFC’s role to the legal implications of choosing to de-fund the Commentator.

PFC Chair Persis Pohowalla stressed that PFC members needed to stay viewpoint-neutral, and their main goal was to review the Commentator’s budget, not its content. “Even though we fund groups, that does not mean we support them,” Pohowalla said. “We just fund them.” But Quiroz did not agree, saying that the PFC is responsible for looking at how student fee-funded groups affect other students on campus. Quoting from the ASUO’s Green Tape Notebook, Quiroz said, “each program … must submit a goal statement which allows each Finance Committee to determine for itself whether the program or activity meets the statutory standard of ORS 351.070(3)(d), which authorizes the (Oregon State Board of Higher Education) to collect fees to fund programs for the cultural and physical development of students.”

“That’s what the rules say, we do have the power, you cannot deny this,” Quiroz said. In Quiroz’s view, the Commentator is not promoting that development.

“I’m in no way trying to silence the voice of the Oregon Commentator,” Quiroz said. “We have a duty to protect those who are threatened by groups that are funded by incidental fees. What message are we sending to those who turn to us when all others have turned against them?”

Hill-Meyer said during the hearing that after consultation with administration on campus, coming to the PFC seemed like the only viable solution.

“Some might argue on an ideological level that to remove funding of a publication on the basis of its content is a form of censorship,” Hill-Meyer said, reading from a statement. “But you must also remember that to provide funds to a publication is a form of sponsorship, and to provide funds to a publication that prints hate and justifies violence is a sponsorship of hate and violence.”

But Commentator Editor in Chief Tyler Graf reiterated that comments made about Hill-Meyer were supposed to be satirical.

Tempers flared, and there was booing and cheering as attendees traded remarks. Pohowalla was hard-pressed to keep order, forcefully banging her gavel several times and limiting each speaker’s time to about two minutes.

PFC member Jael Anker-Lagos, who also called for viewpoint neutrality, tried twice to get a motion to approve the budget on the table with no support from the other members.

“I really do think that PFC should remember why you were elected,” Pohowalla said. “I’m trying to do the best job that I can do.”

ASUO President Adam Petkun reminded the PFC that the Commentator had not been found guilty of breaking any rules, citing the Southworth Supreme court decision that states that universities must conduct a viewpoint-neutral allocation process.

“This isn’t a court of law,” Petkun said. “I don’t think we can say that (the Commentator’s) mission isn’t important to the mission of the University.”

But a motion to approve the mission statement failed 2-4-0, with only Pohowalla and Anker-Lagos voting in support of it.

Graf said the PFC had overstepped its boundaries and that the Commentator had done nothing wrong.

“I think it’s going to set a very negative precedent,” Graf said. “The PFC is making a subjective statement about our content.”

Others called into question Hill-Meyer’s decision to use the PFC as a means to address the Commentator’s content.

“Toby what you’ve done tonight, it’s blatantly illegal,” Adrian Gilmore, last year’s PFC chair and Commentator contributor said. “There’s a reason why free speech is the First Amendment.”

Commentator publisher Dan Atkinson agreed.

“If we have violated a rule, take it up with judicial affairs,” Atkinson said.

But some PFC members were adamant.

“If I’m disobeying an unjust law, then I feel justified in doing so, and the executive can fire me for doing it,” PFC Member Dan Kieffer said, adding later that he wanted to make decision “he could live and die with.”

<span style=" background-color: transparent;">“So you’re saying the First Amendment is an unjust law,” Graf countered. “Are you insane?” </span>

<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Graf said it was not the job of a “bunch of undergraduates” to determine what constituted hate speech, and that the Commentator did not habitually have content that intentionally put people in danger.</span>

“Whose job is it to define hate? Is it your job?” he asked. “The precedent is against you. State law is against you.”

Students on both sides of the debate also joined in the fray.

“As a student who pays incidental fees, I refuse to allow my fees to promote hate and incite violence,” senior Stacy Borke said, eliciting a round of applause.

But there was still no agreement.

“You have forsaken free speech by closing down a publication,” junior Matt Haulk said, and his share of cheering followed. “You have betrayed your position of power.”

With one minute to spare and no progress in the decision-making, Quiroz quit and Pohowalla was forced to adjourn the meeting till a later date.

After the meeting, Graf said the Commentator is planning to take legal action.

“I think tonight has been one of the worst nights in student government history,” Graf said.

He added that he did not think Quiroz was qualified for his position on the budget committee.

“He obviously had a bone to pick with us,” Graf said. “I’m glad he’s gone.” Atkinson echoed these sentiments.

“We have one less incompetent government official to worry about,” Atkinson said.

After resigning Quiroz declined to comment.

Pohowalla had no comments about Quiroz’s resignation.

Petkun said he was “surprised and a little disappointed.”</p>

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<div>WRITTEN BY ELISABETH MEYER | FEBRUARY 11, 2005</div>

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<div><b>Free speech At what price?</b></div>

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<div>Freedom of expression is one of the most cherished ideals of academic institutions. But at the University of Oregon,<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> an attempt by a small committee of students to de-fund a student-run conservative magazine has drawn into question whether they are violating First Amendment principles by attempting to shield the populace from hate speech.</span></div>

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<div>In this year’s funding process is the Oregon Commentator, UO’s conservative student publication that self-identifies as a counterpoint to what it calls the “liberal orthodoxy” of the campus. In its mission to lampoon political correctness, the journal sparked a divisive argument by publishing an article ridiculing a gender-queer student in a way some say creates an unsafe environment for transsexual students.</div>

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<div>Through a series of missteps, discussion of the article was thrust into the student group budget review process, where content is legally prohibited from affecting board members’ decision to fund a group.</div>

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<div>Students in every part of the process say they are frustrated, and their complaints may signal serious changes in student control of the incidental fee as well as the grievance process at UO.</div>

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<div>In late spring 2004, student and new senator Toby Hill-Meyer presented an autobiographical monologue as part of UO’s annual production “My Own Story.” Hill-Meyer’s reflection described not fitting either a male or female designation and <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">requested the use of nongendered pronouns during an interview with the Daily Emerald.</span></div>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“We thought that was more than a little silly,” Commentator Editor in Chief Tyler Graf said. “We didn’t make fun of his orientation but rather the politicizing of gender identity.”</span></div>

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<div>However, that point played out as a series of mock quotes in the Commentator’s September issue. In the column, statements attributed to Hill-Meyer announced that Hill-Meyer spent the summer being oppressed by Hill-Meyer’s penis; a female former ASUO president (labeled “man of the year” in the same issue) says she cut Hill-Meyer’s penis off, and Robocob, a recurring character in the column, brags about shooting a penis off.</div>

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<div>What was not addressed throughout the Oregon Commentator’s funding process is a larger discussion about the issue of privilege and how it relates to publishing responsible news content. As one of the students most frequently “targeted” by the publication during the previous school year, I feel inclined to write this.</div>

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<div>Unlike ASUO Senator Toby Hill-Meyer, I did not feel my physical safety threatened as the result of what the Commentator published about me. That’s because for most folks, I fall within the following categories: white, male, and heterosexual. My social identity is represented, reinforced and legitimized by most media sources and can be loosely defined as the “norm” of this society. Because mine is an identity situated within this norm, I rarely feel insecure with this inherited privilege. Further, anything that potentially threatens my privilege would take recognizing that it comes at the expense of others, and “othering” what doesn’t reflect the norm — say, if you identify as homosexual, transgendered, colored, etc. This realization might also lead me to sympathize, or even identify with that Other, perhaps, altering my perspective or behaviors, instead of hiding behind terms such as “satire.”</div>

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<div>There can be little doubt that the media — advertisement, films, television, music — is one of the most powerful socializing tools that exists within this society. From my own experiences with both the staff and content of the Oregon Commentator, it rarely deviates from this white, </div>

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<div>In David Jagernauth’s Feb. 4 Emerald column, he writes, “Until we have mastered the technology whereby printed words are able to leap off the page and slap you in the face, no story has ‘directly hurt’ anybody. And even so, is ‘hurt’ now the standard for acceptable and unacceptable speech?” Yet, words do have an effect, whether “indirect” or “direct.” The power of the printed word disseminated across a large viewing audience does shape attitudes, and a campus publication does influence the campus it reaches.</div>

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<div>So it is not unexpected that Commentator staff members would turn to the First Amendment instead of taking responsibility for their privilege. And as the microcosmic vanguard for white, patriarchal America on campus, the law fully supports the publication’s position. Of course, “feelings” aren’t considered within a system of law that prides itself on supposed </div>

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<div>After all, if we were to consider feelings in our decision-making process, how it feels to have your privacy invaded might count. For example, how I felt when staff members of the Commentator carried on a debate about my physical appearance, or my choice of notebook paper in class on their Web site’s blog. Or, when responding to one of my articles about Valentine’s Day, one staff member referred to me as a “rock fucker.” We might also consider that one of the first times my writing was republished in the Commentator (volume 20, issues 7 and 8), they were juxtaposed with pictures of bound and gagged women. <span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">We might also question why a publication claiming not to promote hate speech entitles their quintessential, year-end issue “The Hate Issue.”</span></div>

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<div>I hope for a continued presence of conservative and liberal journalism on campus. But the challenge for all concerned is to look beyond this spectrum, and even the rules themselves, to take responsibility for creating a safer campus and a more tolerant community.</div>

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<div>Aaron Shakra is a former Pulse Editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald</div>

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<p>Racism is having the Best Week Ever! Imus is going down for his “nappy-headed ho’s” comment, ASUO Exec candidate Ty Schwoeffermann called white rappers “appropriation” and “minstrelry” before kicking off a white-boy rap showdown in the amphitheater between his VP Paul Kammerzelt and ASUO Exec hopefull Ari Lesser, and to top it all off, Tobi Hill-Meyer <a href="http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2007/04/12/Commentary/Racism.Is.Too.Prevalent.In.Asuo.Student.Senate-2837847.shtml" target="_blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;">came back like deja-vu</a> to declare “There is an epidemic of racism in the student senate.” It’s like, the more I hear about it, the less this cracker-ass honky understands racism.

I wrote a <a href="http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2007/04/13/Commentary/Unsupported.Accusations.Hurt.Campus.Dialogue-2840543-page2.shtml" target="_blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;">guest commentary for the Emerald</a>, in response to Hill-Meyers piece. It was a bit rushed, and I don’t feel particularly comfortable writing on this topic, but I felt like someone needed to respond. My problem with what is going on is that accusations are being made and not explained. Students have to deal with these accusation of racism hanging over their heads, without so much of a shred of evidence to support them.

This smear tactic raises real questions about the motivations of those making the accusations. How are senators supposed to correct their racist ways if they aren’t informed/educated about how they are, in fact racist. If racism is so entrenched a problem as Hill-Meyer claims, why is it only brought up during elections? Is racism, or lack thereof, tied to dollars and cents of Incidental Fee funding? The entire situation has the reek of McCarthyism to it, where the suggestion is made, guilt is presumed, and it is up to the accused to defend themselves from undocumented and nebulous charges. Then, as now, it is incumbent upon the accuser, not the accused, to substantiate such serious charges. Furthermore, if racism is truly a problem on Senate, then there must be a solution other than character assasination. The health and harmony of our political system depends on it.

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