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UNIVERSITY
HEP students open doors to dreams
By Jackie Larson
f or P» Oregon Oa<>> I
Thirty-five unlikely success stories took
place Friday as migrant workers stepped
into what had once been a distant world of
impossible dreams
The determined group of youths rm eived
diplomas and second chanc es, commemo
rating the 25th succ essful year of the feder
ally funded High Sc hool Equivalency Pro
gram.
HEP is a selective and demanding 10
week course that teaches students how to
function in this society, said Director Emilio
Hernandez.
The students come mostly from families
who migrate up and down the West Coast
states doing seasonal-harvest work, such as
in agriculture or forestry
From a variety of ethnicities and ranging
in age from lli to 24 years, the students have
an inadequate base education. Hernandez
said Because they hod to c hange schools
constantly, most drop|>od out early
HEP encourages the students to take
advantage of the opportunities their families
sought originally
Trte program prepares students to take the
General Education Development test, which
is espial to a high school diploma, hut it also
teaches that self-confidence and goal-setting
are imperative if they want to succeed, Her
nandez said
At least 80 pen«nt of those who enroll go
on to work outside the agricultural stream.
About half move up to higher education
even though they had an average complet
ed education at the sixth-grade level just a
few months Indore.
And that is exactly what the Johnson
administration intended when it began the
program as part of its War On Poverty plan a
quarter century ago.
In response to publicity about migrant
workers condition and concern over the
increasing number of high school drop-outs,
the government set up one of the only two
test programs at the University.
Since then. 22 other HEP programs have
successfully been established across the
nation They serve the three streams of
migrant workers in the western, eastern and
central United States, Hernandez said
Hernandez attributes the success of
Eugene's HEP to its strategic l<x ation in the
western stream, the strict rules students
must follow and the small class sizes.
Individual attention builds students' self
esteem and validates their history — some
thing essential because they have been told
by society that they are insignificant, Her
nandez said.
In this program their voices are heard. A
small staff of teachers and counselors work
closely w’ith the students to help them rec
ognize their potential and to match their
interests with their goals.
The classes include general education,
career and life skills, and are available in
Spanish and English because 75 percent of
students are Hispanic.
Many are just beginning to seriously learn
English, but clearly communicating the self
help process now in their mother ianguage
is vital, said Joanne Kinane. a HEP volunteer
tutor.
Kinane said the students practice speak
ing English and experience a cultural
exchange by interacting with the tutors and
with University students in the dormitories.
This helps achieve another HEP goal: to
educate the campus and community about
multicultural issues.
Women’s magazine premieres
By Jackie Larson
fcv ('»• ! Vi«y.*> OiUty I mtHHM
The appearance of Eugene'*
premier issue of an underground
feminist magazine Friday signi
fies the grovvlh of an era in
which women can safely
express (heir rage and pain, its
publishers say.
A new. local chapter of the
nationwide Hint C.rrrl put the
publication together in order to
give women the voice to address
their experience with sexual or
domestic violence.
The chapter formed in
response to a self-defense class
requirement. The final project
asked for students to come up
with a creative way to promote
women's empowerment against
emotional and physic al attack
Kris Cornwell, one of five
women m a class fm dilation
group, thought of producing the
underground magazine because
she was so impressed with one
site had ordered from another
chapter
"it interested me because it
was by women lor women, ' she
said.
Most of the art. essays and
poems iri Hint Crrrl consist of
contributions by women on the
University campus.
The group notes that several
men who read the first issue
wore intrigued and impressed.
in fact, men will benefit from
reading it because all of the
issues inadvertently address and
affect everyone, Cornwell said
"It is no! a ninn-ha!ing maga
zine.” she said, "but it is anger,
and that is positive. The poems
are powerful because the
women need to express to heal.”
Another of the magazine's
organizers. Anita Chin, calls il a
tool for awareness She said that
although the first 14-page issue
takes on the theme of "Surviv
ing the Violence," the next issue
will tie an open subject.
The subscription list is grow
ing. and the next issue is expect
ed to be available at the end of
August,
The per-copy subscription
cost is $1. but anyone who
would like to inspect a copy
may do so at the Women's Ou
ter. Baba Yaga's and Mother
Kali's Bookstore.
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