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Hazy grievance procedures require intense advocacy By Frale de Guzman Emerald Reporter While speaking before the Student Senate Thursday, Lucy Kaplan, director of the Office of Student Advocacy, claimed that currently two types of student grievance procedures exist on the University campus — those that are petitionable and those that are grievable. Pel ifcionable procedures. Kaplan said, are decisions taken by the University that students can appeal. Unlike its counter part. Kaplan added, grievable procedures require students to play a more aggressive role in rectifying an injustice commit ted against them However, for students at tempting to file grievance pro cedures, few guidelines and policies are available to them Student grievance procedures that have been recorded are "buried in a mass of other grievance procedures that have nothing to do with the students." Kaplan said. Many of these procedures deal with the grievances of faculty and staff members. According to Kaplan, record ed student grievance pro cedures are “few anti far bet ween on this campus," and Coffee hour provides worldly flavor By Jeff Morgan Emerald Reporter Every other Friday, people from around the world meet, talk and drink coffee in the EMU. For more than 20 years, the University’s Foreign Student Organization has sponsored the International Coffee Hour in the EMU's International Lounge. The coffee hours are part socialization, part information presentation. The presentations can range from a slide show on a foreign country to an informaton ses sion on the intricacies of getting a license and driving a car in the United States. This term, students from Thailand presented the food and culture of their country at the coffee hour, and ASUO Stu dent Advocate Lucy Kaplan discussed about student rights and the Student Conduct Code Tenant rights and respon sibilities will tie discussed hv a representative from the Univer sity area's largest rental agency, Income Property Management, at today's coffee hour at 4 p in The discussion will center on how to deal with landlord te nant disputes and how to avoid problems when moving into or out of an apartment or house. About 20-;t0 people usually attend the coffee hours, accor ding to FSO Assistant Director Rosana Villarreal. Villarreal, a public relations major from Bogata, Columbia, said that about 80 percent of the people at the coffee hours are foreigners. But she stressed that everyone is welcome, adding that the FSO would like to see more Americans attending. ‘‘We want to welcome more Americans," Villarreal said "It’s a wonderful opportunity to practice languages, and you find people from everywhere in the world; you find people from every continent." The coffee is free; Valentine’s Travel has sponsored the coffee hours for the past two years kale Heber, manager of the EMU branch of Valentine's, said they started sponsoring the events when the then-president of FSO booked some airline tickets at Valentine's. The presi dent got into a conversation with Valentine's manager Kathy Kyals. the conversation turned to the FSO and the coffee hours Ryals then offered to sponsor the events. The coffee hours am at 4 p.m. in the International Lounge After today, the next one scheduled is a Christmas party Dec. 11. complete with Christmas carols from around the world. 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Kaplan said Hut difficulties often arise when filing grievance com plaints Not only tlo students need to create new forms, but many of these students are fil ing complaints with little or no guidance. According to Kaplan, most of these students have no idea what forms to fill out or who to talk to should a grievance arise Although a dest riplion of current student grievance pro cedures can be found in Divi sion Three of the Oregon Ad ministrative K u I e. t h e s e guidelines do not describe the nature of the de< ision-making process. In addition, many regulations directly focusing on student concerns are not in existence yet or are flouting around in dividual University depart ments Until these procedures are committed to writing, nothing tangible can tie shown to aid students through the grievance procedure. Kaplan said The few procedures that have been committed to writing are inconsistently organized and difficult to understand. As a result, she said, "we've been in venting a lot of procedures to fill the gups in existing grievance guidelines that exist in current regulation." The i m p r o v e in mil and unification of a student grievanc e p o 1 i c y that categorizes various student grievances and procedures is a goal Kaplan is determined to complete by early summer ^ Special Holiday Season Hours STUDENTS! SAVE TIME, HASSLE & MONEY! EUGENE MAIL CENTER, INC. 1430 Willamette Street • Phone 484-5889 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK H AM to b PM (Nov 30 to Dec 24) to ship your packages via UPS also PUROLATOR and FEDERAL EXPRESS ASK AHOUT OUR SPI CIAl MAIL BOX SERVICES TOO r DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY NEUROBIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY GRADUATE PROGRAMS The program offers training in cellular and molecular approaches to the study of cell structure and function, mechanisms of embryonic differentiation, and the development and structure of the nervous system. 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