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Oregon
merald
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An Independent Newspaper
Vol 78, No. 20
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Wednesday, October 13, 1976
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Photo by T»n Patrick
Backed by his wife Jeanette at the checkstand, Hilyard Street Market owner Don Brooke reflects on what
draws customers: shelves and shelves of quick-to-get goodies. See story on page 17.
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frustrated Poet
Next Wednesday the Emerald will inau
gurate coverage of reader-submitted liter
ary works. In the meantime, Prof. Amit
Qoswani is scheming to put in his two cents
worth of poetry. See page 11.
Rocki) mountain
What, has John Denver been inducted to
the Salem National Guard? To the contrary,
the folk-rock star put on a benefit perfor
mance to further the Nuclear Safeguards
ballot measure efforts. Details on page 15.
Opinion Please
Today, the first installment of a three part
series on political polls appears on page 18.
Quotes, anecdotes, straw votes and
Quaker Oats are explored.
Ruggers
Rugby enthusiasts scorn the “hate, hate,
hate" mentality of football, settling in favor
of the independent nature of their game.
Page 21 sports the saga of the Eugene
Rugby Club.
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Groups charged
with violations
By BRENDA TABOR
Of the Emerald
Four University student organi
zations face possible loss of Uni
versity recognition due to alleged
violation of federal Title IX regula
tions. Title IX prohibits discrimina
tion in any organization receiving
federal funding, in this case, the
University.
The membership restrictions of
Campus Crusade for Christ, the
University Libertarians, Druids (a
junior men’s honorary), and Phi
Chi Theta, a women’s business
group, were found “in violation of
federal Title IX regulations as of
July 21, I976,” by the University
Office of Affirmative Action.
A memorandum issued by
Michael Neekj, chairer of the Stu
dent Administrative Board (SAB),
set Monday as the deadline for
the organizations to revise their
rules to eliminate discrimination
and present that evidence to the
SAB
The SAB memo gives Campus
Crusade the option of “claiming
exemption due to religious tenets”
by presenting justification to the
SAB by the deadline.
But the director of one organiza
tion hadn’t even seen the memo or
been notified of the charges until
the Emerald contacted him for
comment. John Ockert, director of
Campus Crusade for Christ, cal
led the memo “the wildest thing
(he) had ever heard of.
“I wonder where they came up
with this,” he said, referring to the
memorandum's statement that
Campus Crusade’s "leadership
positions cannot be limited to
male members."
“We have women in leadership
positions," he said. "Campus
Crusade’s staff includes myself,
three women and a soon-to-arrive
married couple.”
“We also have more women
than men in student leadership
positions,” he added, “because
that's the way it happened this
year.”
Nleeld says Campus Crusade's
by-laws “limit leadership positions
to males.” But Ockert says he
doesn't know of the existence of
any by-laws.
"Since our leadership isn’t re
stricted, I don’t see what I should
do. "said Ockert, adding that he
plans to contact the University af
firmative action office to find out
about the matter.
Karen Alvarado, assistant for
Equal Opportunity in education
with the affirmative action office,
says the burden of proof is on
Campus Crusade.
The director “will have to prove
that Campus Crusade for Christ
does not discriminate by showing
us their by-laws or proving that it is
not an unwritten policy,” she said.
The University Libertarians also
must revise their membership
rules “to eliminate sexual and age
discrimination as well as discrimi
nation by national origin,” or face
withdrawal of recognition by the
SAB, according to the memo.
Both Druids and Phi Chi Theta
were advised in the memo to
change their rules “to eliminate
sexual discrimination” by the
deadline.
Failure to revise rules and com
ply with the regulations by the
deadline will result in loss of rec
ognized status. This means loss
of all rights to use any campus
facilities, sponsor fundraising ac
tivities or schedule rooms on
campus. Any group that loses re
cognized status “ceases its affilia
tion with the University,” accord
ing to Neeld.
“We have no choice. A group
can’t be sanctioned by the Univer
sity if it is in violation of Title IX,” he
says.
Faculty meets
A State of the University
address by University Pres.
William Boyd will highlight
today's meeting of the gen
eral faculty.
The Lamon (D grade)
proposal will not be discus
sed.
The meeting is scheduled
for this afternoon at 3:30 in
150 Geology.
Aid officer says $$ near
for unmet money awards
Students at the University may
have experienced some anxiety if
they are on financial aid. Many
have not yet received their money
or their award letters.
E. Vignoul, the new director at
the Financial Aid Office, wants to
reassure them that their sufferings
will soon be ended, if they haven’t
been already.
He blames the problem primar
ily on the office’s conversion from
a manual to an automated sys
tem.
Vignoul said that problems
have been aggravated by the
reorganization and restructuring
of the entire office.
All financial aid funds have
been committed for the 1976-77
year. The office is now in the pro
cess of requesting funds for
1977-78.
Vignoul estimated that 30 to 40
per cent of the University student
body presently receives some
form of financial aid; however, he
said he believes the University is
failing to aid all the students who
dearly need it.