Daily Emerald ErdltOricll Reagan era of sexual discrimination ending In this era of Reagan-appointed judges and under staffed anti-discrimination agent ins. last week’s settle ment of two major sex bias cases comes as a refreshing surprise In Washington DC.. U S. District judge Cerhard Cesell awarded Ann Hopkins a partnership in the pres tigious Price Waterhouse accounting firm, after Hop kins sued the firm in 1989 for denying her partnership on the grounds that she behaved too mile h like a man. Price Waterhouse executives admitted th.it Hop kins had brought in more business to the firm than any ol the other H7 candidates for the partnership Hut Price Waterhouse does not exactly have a glowing re cord of bringing women into the higher echelons of management Only 27 of the 900 firm partners are women judge (iesell must have taken litis into considera tion in his decision to make Hopkins a partner rather than just award her the more than $400,000 in bai k pax she was granted (iesell's ruling was a first over in the history of sex ual disc rimination litigation hut (iesell wrote in his dec ision that "Partnership is the logical remedy," be cause Hopkins "was likelx to have been made a part ner it not for unlawful disc rimiuation In Portland, women also claimed a big vie tory over sexism in the workplace! when Precision (iastparts agreed to pax $4.5 million to about .1,000 female em plovers for delegating certain prodtic lion jobs to wom en. 'Flic* women who filed the complaint in 1980 said tin- company xvas keeping women in the bottom 20 pen emt of the pay scale at the same lime men were hired and promoted in other areas of produc tion, The' firm agreed to settle rather than face further litigation In addition to one of the largest financial awards ever settled through the l PS. Department of ba ilor. Precision Cast parts agreed to offer career counsel ing to the- women who have been employed in the del egated "traditional women’s jobs" and to set hiring and promotion goals for women The magnitude of the financial settlement in Port land and the precedent-setting decision in the Price Waterhouse case are hopefully indications that the Reagan administration’s dismal record on sexual dis crimination w ill not be repeated under Bush. Although it may be too optimistic to predict behav ior of the Bush administration on the merits of two cases, last week’s events send a clear message to em ployers that discrimination — of any sort — will not be tolerated in the American workplace. __ Oregon l)ail\ _ _ Emerald PI) Hex »I Emai.i .1 >s published Monday through fiM.t, «'pf during o»arn AcfK .l td vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. at the University of Oregon Eugene. Oregon The Emerald >•. aerated independently of the University with o*r*• es on the thud * r t the E rt> Memo'-a! Union and is a member of.the Av.u*- iJted Press The Emerald is private property The unlawful removal or use o» papers is pros ecutable by law Managing Editor Editorial Editor Graphic* Editor Encore Editor Associate Editors Community H. yV i * Student Government Activities athf Hawley Higher Education-Administration Om,-, B . -«•*' Features De • M Reporters - A fade IVv ;sw A • . . - . t f • •• Stephan,. 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" Martin Thm Je'i n.f#» Thomas b\j*d W- »e Kelly Wm mis Tmid Williams General Staff Advertising Director « Assistant to the Publisher a Production Manager M Advertising Coordinator ' » • ' • Classified Manager ' • r w df Accounts Receivable Circulation Newsroom 346 5511 Classified Advertising 346 4343 Display Advertising 346 3712 Production Graphic Services 346 4381 VWTHf vvmuHUr JMIi ojKiy tAw 0Waw SAM HUH?... WELL IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE >TXJR OUTFIT 7VS.RAG-U Letters Proofreading In response In (Catherine I la tv ley s story 1 ogging oppo in'iits intensify efforts' |()!)! May 1 V). we would like to i iiiii mend tin- F.mi'ntld for doing sin h a thorough proofreading and editing |ob We would like to commend the lmrrtild lor doing sui h a thorough proof reading and editing job. Ue are unduly impressed l.isa 1 s/ler Krisi Mattson |ourn alism Light of day In response to Dean Walton’s letter "Incubators" (()/)/-. May HI It is amazing to me that you equate a "perfect baby" as a bain that tests negative tor drugs (wanted, even with all of the best prenatal t are available, no one i an guarantee a perfect baby Hut why intensity the sit nation with needless abuse to the i hild ’ Are y ou y\ illing to attempt convint mg y ourself anil others that a const ions at tion that needlessly abuses t h i Id leu is yvithin a yvomans right to undertake it she so t houses' Is there something in herently yvrong vs ith protecting the interests of sot h an ex tremely unvocal minority sut h ,is children, whatever their age? In this society the unborn are not legal persons yyitli pro tei table rights under the t ur rent l’ S (amstitution Once born, however. they have all the fundamental rights that am other member of sot lety has In your letter. I sense a rather passive attitude toward the in teresls of children, nerr borns in particular Conversely you at tiyely voice your opinion in the mother’s interest These indi viduals are both legal persons noyy. yvhv not have equal inter est in the rights of the child' \\ ith the ability today to le gaily destroy the unborn, does society also have to condone the irresponsible abuse of those fortunate enough In light of dav' SIM' till' lames kordic h I’olitic ill Si ient e Environment In anyone who voted for (ieurge Hush and lielievcs the current adniinistralion is truh dedicated to environmental is sues 111 is letter is for you Sec letars of the Interior Ma nuel I.u}