In response to this year’s Clery Report, which annually summarizes UCSD’s crime statistics, the A.S. Council recently passed a resolution reaffirming the student council’s position on hate crimes at UCSD.

The Resolution on Hate Crime Reporting calls for a more inclusive definition of hate crimes and urges Chancellor Robert C. Dynes to “”not only address but also take action”” to reduce the number of these crimes on campus.

Drafted over a year ago, the original Resolution on Hate Crimes Reporting was passed as a response to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. This year’s resolution was altered and passed in response to revelations about a discrepancy in the reporting of hate crimes between the annual UCSD Clery Report and the office of California’s Attorney General.

The resolution demands that “”UCSD and [the UC Office of the President] each employ a full-time staff person to address hate crimes,”” as agreed to in a conference held between the UCOP and the UC Student Association.

Under Clery Report parameters, only one hate-motivated crime would be reported for 2001. The UCSD Police Department, however, uses more inclusive definitions for hate crimes and hate incidents that would indicate that six hate-related crimes or incidents occurred at UCSD last year.

According to Eleanor Roosevelt College junior Tom Chapman, who proposed the resolution in his last week as senator, “”UC tends to underreport hate crimes and sexual assaults.””

Chapman does not expect the A.S. Council to lobby political leaders as much this year. When the resolution was passed in 2001, the council sent letters to federal and state legislators, as well as President George W. Bush, concerning hate crimes on college campuses.

With a shrinking budget and an increased student population, it may not be easy for UCSD to create a separate office for addressing hate crimes on campus.

According to A.S. Council sources, the UCSD administration has attempted to address this issue through the Student Office of Human Relations since passage of the 2001 resolution. UCSD officials did not respond to phone messages by press time.

“”Being a hate-free zone requires a lot of things,”” Chapman said. “”People’s biases have to be kept to themselves.””

Though this resolution was one of his last acts as ERC freshman senator, Chapman maintains that he will not rest until the numbers provide him reason to affirm that UCSD is a hate-free zone.

“”If [hate] crimes were zero, that would be a large, large step to becoming a hate-free zone and a welcoming environment,”” Chapman said.