Oregon daily emerald., June 22, 1978, Page 3, Image 3

ASUO Prez reveals summer plans
Herrera to assault student apathy
By JOCK HATFIELD
Of the Emerald
Student government won’t be
comatose this summer if new
ASUO pres. Ramon Herrera has
his way.
Students tend to categorize
ASUO politics as farcical, ridicul
ous, a tempest in a tea pot — you
name it. Yet its programs control
$1 million in funds. Herrera sees
this summer as a time to fortify his
resources for an assault on stu
dent apathy.
“Students aren’t very interested
in ASUO during the year,’’ says
Herrera, “But during the summer
it’s even worse.” Herrera accuses
his predecessor, Gary Feldman,
of being pessimistic in his attitude
toward the ASUO Executive and
the student body. “I’m going to try
to correct this,” Herrera says.
He’ll do this by holding staff
meetings every two weeks, meet
ing with University officials and
getting to know students. Herrera
says he’s already gone out, lo
cated some students, and taken
notes.
“Summer is the time to organize
for the academic year,” says
Herrera. “I’m new to this job, and it
will give me a chance to get famil
iar with the University.”
ASUO controls a variety of
programs, ranging from minority
Ramon Herrera
Emerald photo
student unions to the Office of
Student Advocacy, which pro
vides free minor legal services for
students. Herrera wants to get to
know these programs, and stay
informed on their activities.
Herrera also hopes to keep up
with University politics. “We want
to keep up with the issues over the
summer,” he says. “It’s too easy
to let them slide until the fall.”
Herrera has several areas of
Peters suing State Board
on discrimination charge
By BERNARD SCHWARTZ
Of the Emerald
A $400,000 suit is being
brought against Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen and the State Board of
Higher Education by an affirma
tive action expert who claims his
civil rights were violated.
Lewis Peters, who is the affir
mative action officer for the state
Adult and Family Services Divi
sion, filed the suit in the U.S. Dis
trict Court in Portland.
Peters, who is black, said he
was discriminated against when
he wasn’t hired for a newly formed
compliance officer job in the
chancellor’s office. The position of
compliance officer was created to
ensure that state education prog
rams comply with anti
discrimination laws.
Melinda Grier, a white woman,
was hired as compliance officer in
January, 1977.
William Canessa, a Portland at
torney representing the defen
dants, denied there was any racial
discrimination involved in the hir
ing decision.
Peters, however, said discrimi
nation did occur “simply because
they did not hire the best qualified
person for the job."
Peters said he is qualified for
the position of compliance officer
because he is familiar with anti
discrimination laws and their im
plementation. He has taught af
firmative action classes for the
school of Community Service and
Public Affairs, and has conducted
affirmative action workshops for
such corporations as Boise
Cascade and Georgia-Pacific.
When he was not hired for the
compliance officer's job, Peters
filed complaints with the federal
government’s Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission,
(EEOC), and with the state labor
bureau's Civil Rights Division.
At that time, Peters said in a
telephone interview, his only
course of action was to file his
complaint with the two indepen
dent agencies. In July, 1977,
however, a law was passed mak
ing it possible for an individual to
go directly to federal court in such
discrimination cases, Peters said.
Peters took advantage of the
new law 18 months after he filed
his complaints with the state’s
Civil Rights Division and with the
EEOC because neither had made
a decision about the case.
Rather than go “through the
maze” or working through the two
independent agencies, Peters
filed suit.
Elevating the entire matter to
the courts is also preferable be
cause people take note and re
spond,” to court rulings, Peters
said.
Peters expects the trial will
occur within a year.
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particular interest. The divestment
of stocks, with interests in racist
South African countries remains
an issue for Herrera, though di
vestment was ruled illegal by At
torney General Jim Redden.
Herrera will go ahead with an
appeal of the ruling. "I’m a strong
proponent of divestment,” says
Herrera, "I’m committed to con
tinuing the appeals process.”
Herrera considers the recent
contract negotiations between the
University and Graduate teaching
fellows important, and will be
meeting with Boyd to discuss the
issue later this month.
The athletic department is cur
rently considering the construction
of a basketball pavillion to replace
Mac Court. “I want to keep up on
the Mac Court issue,” Herrera ex
plains. “The athletic department
will be having an advisor commit
tee consider the issue, and the
students should have input.”
Herrera hopes to institute a
computer registration system. “I
want a pre-registration program,”
he says. “I want to have more than
comment on this issue; I want
input.”
Herrera also hopes to use the
summer to become familiar with
legislative issues for the coming
year. He wants to have a “working
relationship” with the Oregon
Student lobby.
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