OSU Exclusion
20250507-1139: Exclusion Notice from Oregon State University
20250515-1139: Appeal
Email to Chief James Yon of the Oregon State Department of Public Safety
Good morning,
My partner (cc'd) dropped off a hard copy of the appeal to Exclusion 2025-082137 to Dispatcher Jason at OSU DPS this morning at 0943. Dispatcher Jason told my partner that appeals are normally emailed. Officer Beeton told my partner on 5/12/2025 that appeals must be turned in hard copy. Attached (⬇️) is the copy of the appeal (and notice) by email as instructed by Dispatcher Jason.
This email confirms on my end that both a hard copy and an electronic copy were submitted to OSU DPS on 5/15/2025.
Please confirm this was received to the correct person.
Logan M. Isaac
Dear Chief Yon,
I was recently notified of an Exclusion Order 2025-082137 placed against me at Oregon State University. I am writing to ask, respectfully, for an appeal to the decision. Without more information, submitting a specific appeal is quite challenging. I would greatly appreciate any details on what it was specifically regarding. My partner requested the report via the OSU DPS website, but has not received anything. The exclusion order was communicated to me by a phone call from Officer Beeton. It was then communicated on May 12, 2025 on a pink piece of paper to my partner, Laura Isaac, while she visited DPS during our kids’ gymnastics classes. It was handed to her by Officers Beeton and Brandon (he did not share his last name) at DPS. Given the five day window to submit an appeal, my partner has dropped off a paper copy of this letter and I am sending it by email so that I may retain a copy for the record.
The University Standard I am accused of having violated is University Standard: 07-300 Proscribed Conduct. No further information has been provided to me. Without evidence, or further explanation, I am hindered in my ability to submit an appeal, much less within five (business?) days.
What I do know is that I was called by Officer Beeton the day after I made one of several weekly visits to OSU. During my visit, I went to DPS to talk about a parking ticket, went to the library, and went to follow up on some business I had at the vet center with Willie Elferling. During my visit with Willie, he invited me into his office and asked me to shut the door, which I did. We had a fairly brief (less than 10 minute) conversation, after which I walked out of the vet center without incident. I went to my car and finished running errands. I was not made aware that OSU Public Safety was called, or if they were, they did not come in the time I was there. The next day I was told on the phone by Officer Beeton I was not allowed back to OSU.
In addition to not receiving any evidence or written explanation of which part of the University Standard Proscribed Conduct was allegedly violated, I'm also seeking an appeal because I regularly do other business on OSU's campus and other OSU owned property. The order specifies I am excluded indefinitely from "Oregon State University and any OSU State owned or controlled property." In other words, this exclusion order includes 23,000 acres of land statewide in Corvallis, Bend, Newport, research forests, and experiment stations with no end date.
I have two young [children] currently enrolled in gymnastics classes through KidSpirit and who attend KidSpirit Summer Camp on campus throughout the summer break. I also regularly attend events put on by OSU Extension Small Farms Program for veterans. As a fully disabled combat veteran, I am the primary caregiver who takes my kids to and from practice and camp while my partner works full-time. We also participate in the district's free summer lunch distribution during the summers on OSU's campus and I frequent the library for ongoing research I am doing. I currently have books checked out that I am unable to return because of this exclusion order. Further, we have visited the Urgent Care on campus a handful of times for our children in need of medical care outside normal business hours. Finally, our kids love to go to the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.
My interactions with staff at KidSpirit, OSU extension program, the Urgent Care, the library, and various other places have been positive and fruitful points of connection. I'm hoping we can come to an agreement about my interactions with OSU, so I can continue to take my kids to their extracurricular activities, frequent the Urgent Care as needed, continue to frequent the library, and continue to participate in OSU's extension small farms program, at the very least.
This exclusion notice places a significant burden on our family.
I am more than happy to provide character references to you from OSU’s veteran extension staff, OSU’s KidSpirit leaders, my pastors at the church where I attend and volunteer, my kids’ elementary school teachers where I am a (vetted) regular volunteer, my colleagues through the Episcopal veterans lay order where I serve, or even my city’s mayor and fellow veteran, who occasionally collaborates with me about veteran issues in the city of Albany.
Let me know if this would help and I can share any of their contact info.
20250516-0734: Adendum
Email to Captain Michael Harmon of the Oregon State Department of Public Safety, CCing Bill Hankel of the OSU office of Equal Access and Opportunity. This followed an autoreply from Chief James Yon stating he was out of the office.
CPT Harmon,
I forgot to mention in my appeal that I drive for Lyft on the weekends, and OSU students are frequent customers of mine. I cannot refuse them rides to, from, or through campus without violating the contractual obligations I have with Lyft.
The exclusion notice therefore undermines my ability to earn a wage. I know you will give this appeal serious consideration and dismiss it as discriminatory harassment if it is without merit.
Thank you,
20250520-1240: Reply from Chief Yon
Reply from Chief James Yon of the Oregon State University Department of Public Safety
I have your appeal, and I am currently reviewing it. I will have a response to in the next couple of days.
20250521-1032: Reply to Chief Yon
Reply to Chief James Yon of the Oregon State University Department of Public Safety
Thank you, Chief Yon. If there is an apology needed on my end, please say the word and I’m more than willing. As a Life Professed Member of the Hospitallers of St Martin, I aspire to embody Reconciliation (among other commitments).
20250603-1342: Email to Chief Yon
Email to Chief James Yon of the Oregon State University Department of Public Safety
Good afternoon Chief Yon,
I'm writing as a means of follow up. Our family is eagerly awaiting your reply before we decide to register our daughters for summer camp at OSU because I will need to access campus to drive them back and forth each day. I also have books I need to return to the library, and I would like to resume driving for Lyft as soon as possible.
According to OSU's policy, I was required to submit my appeal to OSU's DPS within 5 days after the exclusion notice was communicated. My partner received the notice on my behalf on Monday, May 12th. She submitted my hard copy appeal within the 5-day window on Thursday, May 15th. The policy also states that DPS "must issue a decision within seven days of the receipt of the appeal."*
Respectfully, do you know when you will have made a decision? Is there more information that you need from me?
I'm wondering if you mailed it, but there was an issue with the mailing address?
If so, please let me know how I can help.
*The self-imposed OSU deadline for a decision was May 22, 2025.
20250603-1459 Reply from Chief Yon
Reply from Chief James Yon of the Oregon State University Department of Public Safety
It is in the mail.
