Affirmative action office procedures under review
By Mandy Baucum
£m« aid Reporter
A specialist from tho Office of Fedors!
Contract Compliance Program Is schod
ultui to conduct a compliance review of
tho University's Office of Affirmative
Action and Equal Opportunity today
Everett Wells, director of Affirmative
Action and Equal Opportunity, said that
us fur ns he knows, the reviow Is not he
ing conducted because of complaints.
The OFCCP's job is to look Into affairs
und evaluate the success or failure of
equal opportunity procedures through
out the nation.
It is not known how long the Unlvor
slty review will take
The OPOCP will bo examining the ex
tent of Affirmative Action's compliance
with its Moral rules by assessing the
University's hiring and treatment prac
tices on the basis of disability, gender,
race, volorun status, age and citizenship
"(The OI-'CCP specialist) is auditing
our policies and procedures to toe if we
am Inadvertently discriminating in our
policies." Wells said.
Peter Keyes of the OFGCP sold the
purpose of the review Is confidential
and tfuil the OKXP can give no further
information until after the review has
been executed.
Wells did not uppeur concerned by
the coming review ond seemed eager to
gel an outside opinion on the Universi
ty* current affirmative action program
"Wo think our hiring practices are
nouirol. but wo are Immersed in the
policies every day," Wells said, "so we
don't see things that (the specialist)
might."
Wells said ho didn't want to oversim
plify the University's current hiring
practices, but hu did address the stigma
that the University must fulfill minority
quotas set by the government.
"Wo don't have a fixed number wo
must hire by a certain dote Quotas are
illegal.'' Wells said "Wo have goals and
timetables There are no penalties for
goals and timetables, but there are pen
alties lor not trying to roach those
goals."
One of those goals is trying to increase
the amount of underrepresented appli
cants for University jobs Because the
University recruits most of Its faculty
nationwide, the applicant pool could be
greatly increased within such a large
market.
Wells said he has been trying to set up
a briefing session with ASUO president
Jennifer Bills and Bobby Leo, ASUO
president-elect, to have an open forum
for students who wish to ask questions.
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pledging process is longer than
many oilier traditional greet or
ganizations and sometimes
lasts as long as two terms
Before women can join, Ihoy
must do community service
work, have several letters of
recommendation and take tests,
among other things. Lawrence
said.
Another way the University's
predominantly hlack greet or
ganizations are different than
predominantly white fraterni
ties and sororities Is that they
don't have houses.
The black groups can't get
houses because their numbers
are too low, iiut Lawrence said
she doesn't mind.
"Our bond goes for beyond
whether we live together," she
said "This way. we make a
special effort to get together."
Senior J-]uy Lincoln, one of
two University members of Al
phu I’hl Alpha, said he would
like to see his fraternity eventu
ally get a house, but lie realizes
that may take a while.
"It would bo nice if we could
'ft's a sisterhood
for life. It’s a bond
you can’t put into
words. After I
graduate, I’ll be
part of a graduate
Alpha chapter, and
the commitment
will continue.’
Lisa Lawrence,
Alpha Kappa Alpha member
"It would bo nice if wo could
recruit enough African Ameri
cans on this campus,” he said.
Many of the black fraternities
and sororities meet weekly at
thc iiM IJ or at members'
homos Some work out of the
filack Student Union.
University black greek organ
izations' parties arts also a lot
different than those gi.un by
their predominantly white
counterparts.
For example, this black frater
nitios nnd sororities never serve
alcohol al their social func
tions. In addition, the groups
often use proceeds from parties
to fund volunteer projects.
No black greok organizations
are members of the ln
torfrutcrnlty or Panhellonic
councils.
While each group has differ
ent reasons for not joining the
councils, most say they value
their Independence.
The black fraternities and so
rorities starts! their own uni
fied organization last term,
called the Bluck Creek Coali
tion.
One apparent drawback to
joining a University black fra
ternity or sorority is that those
organizations don't have a lot
of members here.
But most black greok mem
bers say they don't mind.
"I've got sisters all around
the world,” Beatty said. "I
know they're there. I don't
need them in my face."
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