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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1982)
ACLU inaugurates its Eugene office Dave Fidanque coordinates ACLU’s 10 county activities By STEVE HOOKS Ot the Emerald As camera crews fumbled with equipment and visitors munched bagels, the staff of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon opened the doors to its new southern district office in Eugene Tuesday Dave Fidanque, former aide to Rep Jim Weaver and former reporter at KEZI-TV and KZEL FM, is the new coordinator at the office He will be in charge of ACLU activities in the 10-county area surrounding Eugene Today is really the fulfillment of a very long dream I've had,” said Stevie Remington, ACLU Executive Director, at a press conference before the open house A Eugene office has been on the back burner for several years, Remington said Until this year, the ACLU hasn't been able to afford the office space or staff for another office Contributions from the ACLU’s 3 500 members statewide made the Eugene office possible, Fidan que said Claudia Burton, president of the Oregon ACLU, said volun teers make up most of Oregon’s ACLU staff These volunteers include a pool of 300 attorneys, 30 from Lane County, Fidanque said Many outside observers think the ACLU is mainly for lawyers, Burton said "That's not true " The ACLU in Eugene also will work on a variety of community education projects and lobby ing efforts, Burton said "Civil liberties live or fail at the community level,” so the emphasis will be on community McFadden reflects, urges non-bias hiring Bean McFadden, University affirmative action director, spoke to a crowd of about 20 Monday night in a "Last Lecture Senes" speech sponsored by Campus Interfaith Ministry This senes gives speakers a chance to reflect as if it were the last lecture they were to deliver McFadden. views this time in her life as a ‘‘wonderful season for assessment,'* Speaking on affirmative action. McFadden said Oregon law is sometimes more strict than federal law "Affirmative action means a widening search and more fair hiring practices. " she said Once a person is hired he or she needs support, particularly if he or she is non-traditional, she said McFadden said people should not believe all the "non sense" about affirmative action quotas “Quotas are illegal unless imposed by the courts,*’ she said Having one s work and aspirations devalued because of one s race or sex is “outrageous, presumptuous" she said She called treating people differently because of race or sex "dehumanizing: second rate human behavior ’’ T© F@ISBDEIE v ©©MMttMflW The University of Oregon will host the Community College Conference on Wednesday, March 3, 1982. Counselors from Oregon community colleges will be on campus to meet with U of O students who previously attended community colleges They would like to talk with you about your experience in transferring to the U of O. The information they get from you will enable them to better prepare other community college students to transfer. Blue Mountain Community Collage Central Oregon Community College Chemeketa Community College Clepeop Community College Unn-Benlon Community College Portland Community College Southwestern Oregon Community College Umpqua Community College Century Room C, EMU Room 110, EMU Century Room A, EMU Century Room B, EMU Room 111, EMU Century Room E, EMU Century Room F, EMU Room 108, EMU 1:30-3:00 1:30-3:00 1:30-3:00 1:30-3:00 1:30-2:30 1:30-3:30 1:30-3:30 9:30-2.-00 We invite you to stop by and visit with a representative from your previous college. Photo by Duane Schrag Daw Fidanque answers an Interviewer's question at the opening oftheACLU's Eugene office. work, she said One statewide project of ACLU is the “Bill of Rights Lobby,” a series of meetings dealing with congressional bills the ACLU believes threaten civil liberties The bills cover abortion rights, prayer in public schools, family privacy issues, increased power of the CIA and FBI, revi sion of the criminal code and curtailment of the Freedom of Information Act, Fidanque said "These bills are very danger ous tamperings with the funda mental structure of the federal government,” he said The ACLU also refers people to other sources, such as lawyers, for help with civil liber ties matters. Fidanque said The new Eugene office means the services we deliver will be closer to the people," he said. When the ACLU’s Eugene of fice takes on a potential court case, Fidanque will do the initial screening. He will pass the in formation on to an ACLU volun teer lawyer. The lawyer will consult with the Southern Dis trict Lawyers Committee, which will decide to take the case or not The ACLU most likely will take on cases that could establish legal precedents, Fidanque said. In the six weeks Fidanque has been on the job, no cases are pending, "which have gone through the entire process," he said "Oregon is pretty good on civil liberties issues," Fidanque said Steve Schneider, president of the recently revived University ACLU, said his organization will work closely with the regional office. The Incidental Fee Com mittee recently approved funds for the campus ACLU, but so far the chapter’s physical presence is limited to a mailbox. Schneider can be contacted through the ASUO. Schneider said the ACLU strongly opposes draft registra tion and the draft. The or ganization will work with non registrants if and when the government begins prosecution cases, he said. 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