Affirmative action plans change
By Peter ( ogsvvell
Emerald Reporter
The 1 hiiversity '■> new l\ ap
pointed .iftiimative a< tion ill
rei tor Diane Wong. said she
helie\ es open partii ipation
\\ ilh I 'im ersilx President
Mvles lir.tnd is a i ritical ele
ment to a sut i esslul program
I have a i ertain \ ision lor
affirmative a< lion." said Wong
"I am verv impressed bv \f\les
lirand. He is interested in im
proving diversity not through
words, but through action
Wong also said that it is im
portunt that the (lltii e of \l
lirmative \i lion not to have an
itdversarial relationship with
the I Iniversity
''.\ffirinati\ e ai lion is the
call li-all umbrella that deals
with i nequity Wong said
"I'm going to participate in
stall meetings and heal what is
going on around the school
The role of affirmative at lion is
to benefit the I bliversity
Wong looks at the Office of
Affirmative Action as being ill
videil into three pails I’he first
part is federal and stale coinpii
am e. whit h means making
sure the I 'diversity meets all of
the state and federal require
mnnts under the laws of affirm
at ive ai I ion
The second part is the pro
i ess ol investigating affirmative
ai lion t omplaints and it is in
investigations that Wong plans
on making the biggest changes
"Last veal sexual harassment
cases brought against the I ni
versity were pan idled out h\
the president." Wong said
"This year I am going to hire a
neutral tact finder whose job it
will be to investigate cases The
University itself will handle the
affirmative a< lion cases that are
brought against it
Another i hange Wong plans
on making is not allowing af
firmative at lion to fie involved
with individual advocacy
Wong feels that it is not the
place of the office of affirmative
action to decide whether a stu
dent has a case against the Uni
versify
"It is misleading to indicate
to an individual that affirma
tive action will support them in
their case and then, after at
firmative action investigates
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and tell the person that they do
no! have a ( ase." Wong said
This year, students who teid
they have a i ase against the
I'niversitv must no to the ()f
fine of Student Advoc.n v or I lie
Offic e of Multicultural affairs
II these offices feed the student
has a good case, then they will
recommend that the student
take the case to affirmative a<
tion.
The third part of the office is
external Both the University
and the state are involved in re
cruiting to meet affirmative n<
tion goals However, it is easy
to re( ruit hut hard to get people
to come to Oregon and stay.
Wong said
"Less than I percent of the
faculty at the University is
m,nil- up ul people ol editjr .mil
it is one ol the goals <'t llie llmil
p.n I ul this i it I n e to i hange
this Wong s.ml
Wong hails I rum (!le\ eland
Ohio where alter taking time
In starl a family she enrolled at
Cleveland Stale I'niversilv m
l‘)7ti at the age of to
The critical thing about go
mg hut k to school at an older
age is that you really want to be
there.'' Wong said I would
go to class with a tape recorder
and sit in the front row When I
got a It in a class it really upset
me
While attending Cleveland
State. Wong was involved in
community service work in
volving race relations and civil
rights It was during this time
that she became interested in
affirmative action
Turn to Wong, Page 11
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