Housing office studies controversy
Baby in dorm sparks fuss
By D. L. SONNICHSEN
Of the Emerald
and AP reports
University housing officials
were apparently unable Wednes
day to resolve the controversy
which arose last weekend when
an unmarried resident of Cas
well Hall brought her 13-month
old baby girl to the dormitory
for a visit.
Dick Romm, assistant director
of dormitories, had “no com
ment” following a Wednesday
afternoon meeting with the girl,
Vibriana Saavedra, a 20-year-old
psychology major. When ques
tioned about the possible exis
tence of any policy covering the
situation, Romm replied, “that
is what I’m investigating right
now.”
Romm said he had met during
the day with University Housing
Director H. P. Barnhart, and in
formation director Herbert Pen
ny to attempt to come to some
conclusion on the matter.
Miss Saavedra's parents care
for the baby, Angela, during the
week at their home in Lowell,
20 miles from Eugene.
The mother formerly lived
with her child in an off-campus
apartment. She said she moved
into Caswell about a week ago
because "I can't afford to live
alone with her.” She noted the
difficulty of finding a baby sit
ter to care for the child while
Office denies charges;
not supplying draft info
By JAY PERRY
Of the Emerald
Contrary to charges made by
the Draft Information Center,
tthe Registrar’s Office is not sup
plying any information to draft
boards that has not been re
quested by students, according'
to Registrar C. L. Constance.
“The only information we pro
vide,” said Constance, "is a 109
form, and that has to be re
quested by the student before we
will send it.”
The 109 form certifies that a
student is enrolled and indi
cates the credit load the stu
dent is carrying. It also lists
the student's expected date of
graduation and his class stand
ing.
According to Constance, t h e
charges that unauthorized in
formation was being supplied to
draft boards originated with er
rors made on 30 students’ 109
forms this fall.
“It came to our attention Feb.
7,” said Constance, “that a mi
nor error had been made on
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some students’ forms. On 30
forms, the words ‘full-time’ were
crossed out because these stu
dents were not meeting the Uni
versity’s requirements of a full
time load.”
Under the directives of Pres
ident Johnson, that became ef
fective this fall, no corrections
or additions are to be made on
the forms. Only information
that is asked for on the form
is to be supplied.
“On Monday, Feb. 10, I met
with Dave Gwyther and a rep
resentative from the president's
office to decide how best to cor
rect the mistakes that had been
made,” said Constance.
“We decided to send correct
ed 109's to the draft boards in
volved, that did not have ‘full
time” crossed out, but did in
dicate in the ‘remark’ section
that the student was not car
rying a full load.”
Students were notified by let
ters that the corrections were
being sent, although no writ
ten permission was obtained
prior to mailing, according to
Constance.
“We felt that because the
student had requested a form to
be sent,” continued Constance,
“it was our responsibility to cor
rect the error we made.”
So in the case of 30 students,
information was supplied to
draft boards without students’
written permission, but it was
in their best interest.
In the case that a student’s
draft board requests additional
information, Constance said they
are told to contact the student
first and have him request the
additional information be sent.
“Absolutely nothing is sent
to a draft board,” said Con -
stance, “unless a student makes
a request. And when he does, a
109 form is all that is sent.”
she attended classes and "all
the little expenses’’ made the
apartment too costly.
Some Caswell residents com
plained when they learned Miss
Saavedra — a former Upward
Bound student of Mexican-Am
erican decent—had her baby in
the dormitory over the week
end.
“I don’t think you have a
right to have a baby in a dorm,”
commented one unidentified stu
dent. It is disturbing to other
students. This is not a nursery.”
Another dormitory resident,
Cathy Haag of Salem felt "it was
okay. The baby was quiet and
I didn’t mind.”
Miss Saavedra felt that the
reaction of the Caswell girls was
generally favorable. "It was
just great except for a few peo
ple,” she commented. “Most of
the people liked her. There
were just a few who would say
something. They just saw her
as a baby and saw me as not
married. They don't really think
about the fact that l love her.”
Miss Saavedra said the girls
who complained about her ba
by "don’t realize they were in a
glietto, too.”
She feels there is not enough
interaction between girls in the
dormitory who come from mid
dle class homes and those, such
as HEP students, with lower
socio - economic backgrounds.
“We’re trying to change that,”
Miss Saavedra said.
After her meeting with Romm,
Miss Saavedra said, "lie was very
understanding. He’s basically
concerned with liability.” She
said Romm told her that, while
guests of dormitory residents
are covered under University
policy, a young child such as
Miss Saavedra’s does not fail
into this category.
Miss Saavedra said she docs
not plan to bring her baby to
the dormitory this weekend.
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