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Hassles hound HEP student
By MARTHA BUSS
Of the Emerald
The High School Equiva
lency Program (HEP) received
word last month that the U.S.
Department of Labor will con
tinue its funding next year, but
no one knows what will happen
the year after that. Enrique Gal
legos, University HEP director,
is worried the program will
soon be cut off from federal
funds because of "a lack of
ability to recognize the need"
for it among migrant popula
tions.
HEP is a special federal
program designed to help
members of migrant families
obtain high school diplomas
through intensive training. It is
housed throughout the nation
on 16 college campuses and
has been at the University for
eight years During recent
years, the Department of Labor
has considered transferring
HEP to the U.S Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
(HEW), where it would rely on
funds appropriated for state
level migrant programs
through the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act
(CETA).
Gallegos is in favor of trans
ferring HEP to HEW. but con
siders the idea of CETA fund
ing "unrealistic." He explains
that the state-level migrant
programs' funding also has
been reduced and could not
possibly support HEP
‘‘The migrant programs aim
primarily at supplying such
things as clothing, housing and
V
day care centers. In compari
son to these services usually
rendered by migrant programs,
HEP is a luxury.” In this way,
Gallegos says, the migrant
programs could never add
HEP to its list of services.
In addition to such federal
threats of discontinuation, Gal
legos says he feels some pres
sure from the University also
The main criticism he receives
about HEP, both from Univer
sity students and staff, is:
“High school students don’t be
long at the University.”
Gallegos counters this at
tack, calling it a ‘fallacy’' and
explaining all HEP students
range from 17 to 24 years
old—no younger than other
students on campus.
Another problem HEP faces,
according to Gallegos, is the
attitude most University people
have concerning HEP stu
dents Although he admits the
HEP students are not always
"angels," he feels that most
University students “fail to
identify problems created by
HEP students as typical." He
further admits HEP students
can be rowdy at times, but says
their rowdiness is no different
from that which goes on during
rush week in fraternities and
sororities
Sgt. Larry Spencer, a Uni
versity policeman, also says
HEP students pose “no more
of a security problem than any
other closely associated
group." Unlike Gallegos, how
ever, he says he does not see
any major clashes between
HEP students and the Univer
sity student, but rather bet
ween HEP students and other
temporary visitors on campus.
As an example, he cites an
incident occurring last month
when a group of youth from the
Job Corps in Roseburg came
up to Eugene on weekend
passes. Spencer reports that
the "combination” of the two
distinct groups resulted in ex
cessive drinking, fighting and a
stabbing.
University housing director,
H.P.Barnhart, however, claims
the stabbing did not involve
HEP students, although he ag
rees that "some of them do
drink a good bit—but so do the
freshmen."
Gallegos stresses the fact
that HEP strictly enforces stu
dent conduct codes. He says
he treats each HEP student in
dividually when conduct prob
lems arise and hates to see
University students link the en
tire HEP population with bad
conduct.
“If any HEP student causes
trouble," Gallegos explains,
"he is on the bus home the next
day."
Gallegos considers the main
criterion for maintaining HEP at
the University to be its success
rate in offering members of
migrant families the education
entitled to them. Unlike the
"average Anglo,” Gallegos re
ports that the average member
of a migrant family has had
only five years of education,
principally because the family
is an unstable unit forced to fol
low the sun for its preservation.
Gallegos says 30 to 40 per
cent of the students completing
HEP go on to college.
Food workers secure contract
By WALLY BENSON
Of the Emerald
The University's student food
service workers finally have a con
tract
After negotiating since Feb
ruary, representatives of the Uni
versity and the student's union,
local 1893 of the American Feder
ation of State, County and Munici
pal Employes (AFSCME) reached
agreement on the contract, effec
tive June 10, 1976.
The lengthy negotiations in
cluded both parties filing suits
claiming unfair labor practices,
help from a mediator and a re
quest for fact-finding. The main
discrepancy in the negotiations
concerned wages AFSCME, be
hind chief negotiator Jack Cond
liffe. sought a 15.5 per cent in
crease, including a six per cent
cost of living raise on Jan. 1,1977.
The state, however, offered 4.5
per cent increase over two years.
The new contract raises base
pay from $2 22 per hour to $2.35,
an increase of slightly less than six
per cent. The union fared some
what better in pay for workers with
200 and 500 hours accumulated
time, with increases of seven per
cent for each group. Workers with
1,000 hours, received a seven
and one-half per cent pay in
crease
In earlier mediation, Condliffe
and Al McKenzie, assistant vice
chancellor of the State System of
Higher Education and chief
negotiator for the University, ag
reed to a general grievance pro
EMU charter faces slight revamp
University Pres. Boyd approved
a set of proposals last week which
clarify and modify the existing
EMU charter
The proposals were then sent
back to the EMU Board, which
plans to use them as the basis for
a new EMU Board Charter and
new by-laws. The board expects
the charter to be completed before
the beginning of next spring term,
according to University vice
president Gerald Bogen.
Bogen began a series of meet
ings in March with the ASUO,
EMU Board, EMU staff, groups of
students and outside consultants
after students voiced discontent
with the governance of the EMU.
“It turned out there were very
few disagreements (in the meet
ings)," Bogen says. “The current
charter is vague. We have mostly
clarified ambiguities and assigned
responsibilities."
Main points in the approved
proposals include: a desire for in
creased student involvement with
the governance of EMU facilities;
an additional faculty member on
the board, to be appointed by
the University president; and a
number of recommendations to
increase efficiency and coordina
tion between members of the
EMU Board by clarifying the roles
and responsibilities of its mem
bers.
cedure. a safety grievance proce
dure, training requirements and
uniform change time.
The main change in the general
grievance procedure is that emp
loyes no longer have to prove per
sonal injury before filing a grie
vance. Condliffe said at the time
that the language of the safety
clause was changed to make it
clearer to employes that they can
file a grievance over safety prob
lems. Condliffe accepted
McKenzie's proposals for the
training and uniform time change
clauses, which are much the
same as the present stipulations.
A new addition to the contract is
a "wage re-opener,' which Cond
liffe says will allow the parties to
renegotiate for wages only March
1, 1977. Condliffe says the union
will present its proposal Feb. 1,
with the negotiations to follow
March 1.
As to the contract itself, Cond
liffe says, "some of the written
language is pretty good, but the
wages are terrible. We were at a
situation where we were pushed
into the summer.”
“Everybody's happy," McKen
zie said of the contract. Explaining
how the wages were closer to the
University's offer than the union s,
he says, "We were told to come up
with our best offer, and we did.
They (the union s bargaining
team) weren't exactly pleased to
start out with, but the employes
they represent apparently felt it
was reasonable."
The contract runs through April
15. 1978.
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