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Speaker analyzes effect of Proposition 187 on cultural diversity ■ IMMIGRANTS: Human rights advocate colors bleak future with equality By Doug Irving SfMCtanf fitfMiriQt Dolores Huerta spoke about post-Proposillon 1H7 America mid its implications for nation al diversity Friday California's Proposition 1H7, a measure to restrict illegal immi grants from receiving state and federal servic es such ns health care and education, passed in i<m "I don't like the word illegal.” she said, “Every human being is legal." As the vice president of the United Farmworkers of America. Huerta has organized strikes throughout the c ountrv. She said she is frustrated by the lack of i oncem for workers ' Why are farmworkers treated like this'" she asked. She then answered the ques tion by quoting Osar Chavez, a famous labor loader "The growers are too rich, they're too powerful, and they're too rac ist." Chavez wrote Huerta said Proposition 1H7 does not increase opportunities for the people of the United States Instead, it discriminates against people who were here long before America was a coun try. “When they tel) you to go hoi k where you came from, tell them l am where 1 came from.'*' she said. "We didn't cross the bor ders: the borders crossed us Huerta also discussed the fail ures of affirmative action. She said affirmative action was a legitimate attempt at righting society's wrongs, but it has not Ix-en effective “At the rate that we're going, it will only toko 300 years to get gender balance and racial equal ity." she said And without equality. Huerta described a the future os bleak “I think we're like a step away from fascism," she said "13ns is what they did in Nazi Germanv " However. Huerta said she was i onfidont this type of future could lw» avoided “We an? the majority," she said “We know that we can do it." Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers of America with Uesar Chavez in 1962 She is a well-known advocate for women's rights, minority righis. and labor rights. Her efforts have been rut HEP program dedicated despite funding crisis By Doug Irving .'WlxJwV Aclwlwi H*£*xtt* Human rights advocate Dolores Huerta dedi cated the High School Equivalency Program, which is in jeopardy of not receiving funds next year, to the memory of the famous labor lender Cesar Chavez on Friday The HEP program provides students with a high school education outside of a traditional high school setting Many of the students are Chicanes who faced rac ism and ignoranc e at their high sc hools, said HEP director Emilio Hernandez Huerta, vie e president of the United Farm workers of America, tiegnn the c eremony hy cutting a ribbon ac ross the door of the pro gram's building, located near Agate Hall "I think it's symbolic because what we're doing here is opening doors." she said "I feel particularly honored to tie the one chosen to do this " But the HEP program is in danger of losing government funding because of general budget cut back*. Hernando* said. "It's Ixsen authorized through this year.” ho wiid "What * in jeopardy is 1906 and 1W7." Tho Oregon HEP program servos about 140 students a voar Of these, almost H7 percent continue their education at universities and community colleges "It s been a successful program." Hernandez said. Huerta pleaded with students to stay in school and earn their diploma W ith a diploma, she said, people < an return to their communi ties and help those less fortunate "We've got to just stay in there, hang in there, until we get that diploma." she said. "It‘s going to take work and it's going to take sacrifice." Most of the people who attended were HEP students and community members. The ceremony ended in remembrance of Osar Chavez. "Cesar is here." Huerta said. “He is here in everyone who is here." ognized *evt*ral times She was the recipient of I he Eugene V Dehbs Foundation Outstanding American Award in l*w.) Huerta viid she has undergone beatings. jail sentences, and harassment in her struggle for equality for women, minorities, and workers She said she was severely beat en by the police in 198fl while handing out news releases in San Francisco. She underwent emer gency surgery to remove a rup tured spleen and to set throe bro ken ribs. "This is the price that we have had to pay." she said. Two new child care facilities give University parents more options ■ PARENTING: Two new child care facilities allow more parental control By Ashley Bach SftAJ&nt Actrvutms Rftpurtm . Parents In the University com munity will soon have more free dom to control the environment of their children's um» according to tlieir personal needs After years of lotrbyiug. the Agate Cot tage Baby Room and V'ivian Olum Child Development Center will both open near campus nest year. The Baby Room will inhabit a cottage located at 1655 Agate St . formerly used bv the University for storage Beginning in lanuary, II you have interest and talent, pursue fiction writing with Professor R. Lyons. Creative Writing 325 CRN# 22020 Creative Writing 407 CRN# 22028 Creative Writing 431 CRN# 25418 'or more information, call '110-0514 the one-room cottage will hold up to four infants at a time. "It’s the sweetest little house," said Karen Logvin. administrator of child and family services for the University “It's in groat shape and its got a groat yard.” The cottage will give parents the option to either have fellow parents watch their child or hire on outside care facilitator. Deb Casey, associate director of the education opportunity program for Academu Learning Services, and 1-ogvin have been working for 10 years to create such an outlet for University parents. “(Parents) will have the free dom to do whatever they think is best for them and their kids," she said. A lottery will he held today to decide which parents will have the first spots in the facility. Organizers said up to si \ parents will be chosen. They will then meet to compare schedules and create their individual arrange ments The group of parents will not only be able to work together to suit each other's needs, hut can support each other as they go through the same struggles “It's (going to bel a nice mix of fat ul ty and students." t.ogvin said. "We'll have people in various stages of their lives with the same < are needs." The Olum Center, tentatively scheduled to open next sumnter. will cater to a much larger pop ulation In its first stage of con struction. the 5,400 square foot building will hold 40 children from infants to kindergarten age By summer of 1997. the Center will serve approximately 100 chil dren in a 7,(HX) square foot space. The $1 25 million project was set in motion a year ago when then-University President Paul Olum gave a donation in memo ry of his late wife. Vivian, an ear ly advocate for child care on cam pus Since then, funds from other Olum family members and the University have enabled con struction to begin this week. The center will Imi ii one-level, state-of-the-art facility located near the Cottage at West 11th and Columbia St Fret! Tepfer, plan ning assoc iate in University plan ning, said the Center will feature separate indoor and outdoor play areas for different ages, as well as heat and air conditioning. Both the Baby Room and the Olum Center are products of a NEW CHILD CARE Two new child care facilities opening soon in Eugene: ■ Agate Cottage Baby Room Opening January 1996. | Holds 4-6 infants.with a . lottery tor spaces on Monday, Nov 20. 1995. ; Parents maintain and prepare facility. ■ Olum Center Opening Summer 1996. Holds 40 (infant through ] kindergarten) children, i with room for 100 kids after July 1997. Of NN(‘, BOi 1 t hole that many people see at meeting child care needs at the University. "[The tenter and Cottage) offer the opportunity to integrate par ents’ work and study with par enting roles rather than the two be isolated." Logvin said "Peo ple are very excited." Freshman Seminars Winter Term 1996 B! 199 ENG 1W INTI 199 CPSY 199 LIB 199 PPPM 199 (.MX. 199 MUS 199 Cl'SY 199 St K 199 EDPM 199 PSY 199 PHIL 199 J 199 MATH 199 six: 199 Plagues The Past, Present, and Future of Infectious Diseases Science faction A New Mythology* Australia Through Autobiography Sexual Diversity in the dOs Aspects of the Book Budding Community Reason vs Justification in Tthno -Terntonal Disputes Humor in Music Understanding Attachment. Separation, and Personal Relationships Aging as a Social Issue m the Twenty-First Century The University of Oregon as a Workplace L ife History Understanding and Studying People Over the Life Span Applied Ft hies A Multicultural Approach Behind the Front Page News Making Mathematics and Recreation Hiroshima Fifty Years Alter For more information, see page 85 of the winter Schedule of Classes. Office of Student Academic Progress -372 Oregon Hall 048-11 30 CI-JM’ff* wmU cunr» and tunc* (Uptrr» 12/2/95) Campus * SUBSHOP Mon.-Fri. lOam-llpin Sal. 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