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<span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Dear Senators,</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);" class="ContentPasted0">I want to welcome our new Senators and thank you all for the service you will provide next year. As you know, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of
dismantling affirmative action nationwide. Ensuring the UO has students from diverse backgrounds is an academic issue - not to mention the ethical commitment to keeping public education accessible for everyone. Therefore, I want to commit to you that a key
focus of mine next year will be on ameliorating the detrimental effects that ending affirmative action will have on recruiting and retaining diverse faculty, students, and staff.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);" class="ContentPasted0">I am under no illusion that ending affirmative action </span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 14pt;">will not</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 14pt;"> harm
UO’s ability to maintain or improve our number of underrepresented faculty, students, and staff. This is not my first rodeo dealing with this vital issue. 1995 I was a freshman at UC Davis when the UC Board of Regents decided to end affirmative action. I was
intimately involved in student lead activism at the time, culminating in camping at the student union and in front of the administrative building for a couple of weeks. Fast forward 28 years, and you can see the detrimental effects those decisions had - particularly
on the elite UCs.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);" class="ContentPasted0">At any rate, I am confident that UO administrators are working to maintain our commitment to underrepresented students, faculty, and staff. My commitment to the Senate is to work
in good faith with administrators and be a resource for them as they maneuver these new challenges and maintain a commitment to our values. The Senate could play a critical role this year in these issues, and I welcome any feedback from you. Please send me
an e-mail or a request to meet in person if you would like to be specifically involved in these Senate efforts.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);" class="ContentPasted0">Cordially,</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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Francisco Sandoval,</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">PhD</span><span style="margin: 0px; display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">President, </span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://senate.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://senate.uoregon.edu/" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px">University
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<span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">Professor, </span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px">School
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px"><b class="ContentPasted1">NOTE: </b></span><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">If
your e-mail pertains to the State of Oregon government (</span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/Commission/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/Commission/Pages/index.aspx" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px">Land
Conservation and Development Commission</span><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px"> </span></a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">and</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"> </span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/hsc/pages/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/hsc/pages/index.aspx" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px">Housing
Stability Council</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">), please e-mail me at</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px"><b class="ContentPasted1">gerard.sandoval@state.or.us.</b></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Cambria, Georgia, serif;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1"> I
do not use my University of Oregon e-mail account to conduct State of Oregon public service. Thank you.</span></span></span></div>
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