Migrants receive education
By MELODY WARD
Of the Emerald
Hector Hinojosa spends a lot of
his time in the fields working
alongside young migrant workers,
telling them about a program that
can help them achieve a Graduate
Equivalency Degree (GED). Most
of the workers are high school
drop-outs.
Hinojosa is the associate direc
tor of the High School Equivalency
Program (HEP) which is operated
through the University.
"Public education is generally
good but does not meet the needs
of the migrant,” Hinojosa exp
lains. "They move so much that it
can’t. That’s where HEP comes
io.
The main purpose of HEP is to
give young people a chance to get
their GED and then compete for
jobs which promise a future, go on
to college or learn vocational
skills.
To qualify for the program,
which is federally funded, a per
son must be between 17 and 24
years old, meet the income eligibil
ity requirements, be an agricul
tural worker or member of a farm
working family, half of whose in
come comes from agricultural
work.
“I think the University environ
ment assures the students that
they are going to make it even
though they have failed in school
once,” Hirpjosa says. HEP stu
dents stay in the dorms with regu
lar students while participating in
the program.
The program is run by a
12-member full-time staff and has
several work study positions in
tutoring, placement or recruiting.
Placement officers assist in job
placement, vocational training
and helping students move on to
regular university study.
Hinojosa says they need people
in work study who are able to tutor
in several areas of study. Persons
who tutor can receive three hours
of credit. Those who work in re
cruiting may find themselves
traveling to reach prospective
HEP students.
“We get in touch with federal
agencies and cultural centers
which provide services to migrant
workers and then go out and find
the ones who need our program,”
Hirojosa says. “I just came back
from some California garlic
fields.”
Last year 180 students went
through the HEP program and 135
graduated. Of those, 23 per cent
were from Oregon, a figure that
Hirojosa would like to see in
crease. The remainder of the stu
dents came from California and
Idaho. "I know there are many
eligible people still to be reached
right here in this state," he says.
3-D expands cultural view
By JOCK HATFIELD
Of the Emerald
How many dimensions do kids have? Not
enough, according to the University 3-D program.
The ASUO-sponsored program offers activities
in cultural awareness, recreation and development
not found in ordinary schools, all with the intention of
building a wed-rounded child.
Each day after school children from the Eugene
Community will come together in the Amazon Com
munity Center to participate in the 3-D program. The
children, aged nine months to 15 years, will engage
in activities ranging from quitting to swimming. For
the most part they will be children from ethnic groups.
“Children don't get enough exposure to ethnic
culture in conventional education,” explains Donna
Dawson, who with Victoria Moy runs 3-D. “Our prog
ram teaches aspects of the child’s own culture and
the cultures of others.”
The program of 3-D’s various activities is plan
ned by University students. Dawson encourages
students to sign up with the program, which offers
credit in CSPA, at registration. "The program is an
asset for anyone going into education regardless of
their background," says Dawson.
This year Dawson hopes to have parent as well
as student input into the program. "We will be less
ethnically centered, and more activity centered this
year,” she says.
Eugene s ethnic children tend to be spread out
over large areas, according to Frank. The program
offers these children a chance to come together. “It
gives them a sense of community,” says Moy.
The Black Student Union founded 3-D in 1975
and soon expanded it to include all ethnic groups.
Planning for the after school curriculum originates in
a University class section, the time of which may be
found in the SEARCH class catalog.
After the planning sessions, lectures on topics
ranging from “Communication with Children” to
"Program Planning” are presented by guest speak
ers. Parents will be encouraged to attend these ses
sions. Dawson hopes that persons from the Eugene
community will volunteer to teach the children their
skills. Activities last year in the class ranged from the
“corn-rowing" of hair to the cooking and eating of
ethnic food.
Dawson says the organization is seeking funds
from the government organization CETA. “We think
this will give 3-D a permanence,” says Dawson, “so \
that it will be able to go on even after we leave.”
KWAX continues broadcasts |
The University's all-campus
radio station, KWAX, will again be
broadcasting from its office at 351
Villand Hall as it did 26 years ago
when it began service.
KWAX’s format is primarily
classical with some jazz, public af
fairs programs and news features
rolled into its 18-hour broadcast
ing day.
KWAX began broadcasting in
April, 1951, after convincing
fraternity and sorority residents to
donate their breakage fees for a
10 watt FM transmitter. In 1968,
Eugene radio station KUGN do
nated a transmitter, increasing
KWAX’s power to 400 watts. The
stronger signal gave the station a
larger audience, encompassing
the Eugene-Springfield area. A
$35,045 grant from the U.S. Office
of Education and University
matching funds of $11,682 ena
bled KWAX to increase its signal
to 20,000 watts.
KWAX, 91.1 FM, sends out a
signal that in theory can reach
from Salem to Roseburg. How
ever, in the past, KWAX has had
interference problems on its fre
quency.
Last spring, KWAX began a
fund-raising drive to help finance
moving its transmitter and tower to
higher ground for better reception.
The drive was part of a several
year plan to either attach the
equipment to another transmitter
or buy or rent land. Currently, the
tower is located on top of Villard
Hall, some 40 feet below thfe
natural terrain. The drive netted
$3,000, yet a KWAX official says
the job will take much more
money.
KWAX, one of three non
commercial radio stations in the
state, currently employs 15 to 25
students and is continually looking
for further student involvement.
To be eligible for work at KWAX
students must have at least eight
credit hours and have a third class
endorsed broadcast license.
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