To the Editor:
A friend called to my attention the [editorial] in your [Jan. 23–29 issue] that indicated you thought that Phyllis Wise is a good example of an Asian women who would bring a woman’s perspective to Nike.
I am deeply grieved to tell you that Provost Wise is not a friend to women. …
Last spring, when the university as a whole was told to cut expenses 12 to 15 percent, Provost Wise announced that the Women’s Center would be given a 50 percent cut of its tiny state funding of $168,000.
(Pullman $360,000 support and Bellingham has even more, I understand.) …
[At the UW Regents’ hearing where speakers voiced their concerns about the Women’s Center] a young woman reporter took my picture and took a copy of my speech [speaking out against the budget cut], and it was sent around the Internet. The president and provost were inundated with protests from students and community women and after a “study,” the provost decided the center would only get the same 15 percent cut as other programs, instead of her unfair 50 percent.I have many friends in the Asian community and not one of them remembers the provost being supportive in any way.
— Alene Moris, co-founder of the UW Women’s Center