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Letters 2________ Opinion WEdNEscky, ApRil 19, 2000 All signed letters to the editor should be 500 words or less and will be considered for publication if submitted by 1 pm the Friday prior to publication. Letters to the Editor are subject to editing. We reserve the right to not publish any letter. Women roar to life in fight for job equality f sex discrimination is sugar- coated with pretty compli ments, is it acceptable? I am woman, hear me roar! GRRRRRR! I am capable of anything! But these affirmations mean nothing in a man’s world. I never had any problems with sexist atti tudes until recently, while I was looking for something more in an employment position. I had been in customer service and clerical work for over nine years and was getting bored with those day-to-day deal ings. I began my search and discov ered a sawmill had just what I was looking for. Yes, this female wanted to do hard labor. The sawmill of fered good benefits, hard work and good pay. Now all I had to do was fill out the application and go in for an inter view. When I called one of the local mills to see if they were hiring, the first thing the secre tary said was, “They ’t typically hire women.” But she said I was wel come to come fill out an application. When I got off the phone, I thought,.‘this doesn’t look very promising. ’ One thing that sets me apart from others is my drive and i determination. I knew if I wanted a position in a sawmill I had to work for it—one because it was hard work; and two because I ment. Oh, by the way you’11 be hear ing from the Equal Opportunity La- ifrJtoaLd as well as a lawyer;” then on my heel to the in Make a statement, be heard... "This cartoon reflects the attitude of the interviewer towards me. This is not how I perceive myself. " -Salena De La Cruz smile plastered and thank him for his time. I hate to disap SalenaDeLaCruz point you, but I chose Opinion Editor option two because I de cided that wasn’t a place was a female. I wanted to work at if they had that I went out to the mill and signed kind of attitude. Plus, I still had an in to wait for my interview, which other mill to look into. I went to a everyone gets upon returning his temporary-employment agency to or her application. apply for the opening at the other They called my name, I went into mill— Floragon Forest Products. I an office and sat down. The inter was ready to go off if they said any viewer looked at me, then at my ap thing about my being a woman. plication and said, “How’s school?” A couple weeks later, I was placed “Fine,” I said. As I plastered a smile in the mill as a Lug Loader and have on my face, he said, “I don’t have been there almost two weeks now. anything open in the office for eve I’ve got to say I have never met a nings.” I looked at him and said, “I more welcoming group of men. don’t want to work in the office. 1 From the first day, I felt a certain ca want to work in the mill.” He looked maraderie among the people there. at me again, and my smile never wa Not only have they helped to restore vered. “I don’t have any evening my faith in the male sex in the world, positions available that I could give but they have also helped me realize you,” he said. “To be honest,” he that not everyone believes women added, “ I think if I put you in an are inferior. evening position you would be' If you’re a female and “can’t” isn’t open to a lot of harassment.” in your vocabulary, or if you’ve “Oh,” I said. I kept smiling, tak been discriminated against because ing it all in. He then continued, “I of your sex but it’s been sugar- don’t want the situation to look coated with pretty compliments— bleak, but you’re a pretty young then I urge you to ROAR when put woman and I don’t want to put you in this situation. An equal right is in a position without supervision.” not equal if it is shuffled aside with Well, I thought, first I have to compliments. weigh my options and I need to de Floragon Forest Products, I ap termine if this job is worth it. Here plaud you! In your world, men are were my two possibilities:! could men and women are their equals. stand up and say, “Well, thank you Special thanks to Willy, Marvin, for the compliment in thinking I’m Troy, Eric, Marty, “T”, Jeff, John, pretty enough to warrant harass Chris and the rest of swing shift. Letters to the Editor... Needs of disabled students not being met I am writing this letter to inform you how I feel that my needs are not being met I feel that the college needs to put more money into helping the disabled students. I have informed the college about the special equipment that I need for two tarns now. And still have not received any assistance in getting the stuff I requested. If, by the end of this term, I do notreceive assistance in get ting my needs met I will be switching colleges to get my educational needs. I am a disabled person who is trying to get through college like any other normal student., butlhere seems to be more roadblocks in the way than should be for a person with my disabili ties. Colleges are meant to serve not only the masses, but also more impor tantly, individuals. And if the need is present to have services for disabled individuals, then why are those issues not ad dressed, those needs satisfied or those services available not imple mented in resolving or working to wards resolving said issues? Or to put it simply, Why am I prevented from gaining an education like any other person going to college to better him or herself. And pay their way through life with gainful em ployment similar to all so-called free Americans? Forgive me for being blunt but I am frustrated with toe system. And I hope that, in writing this letter to toe paper, someone will be motivated to act. And make toe needed changes to happen. LisaGanoung Student Berne accredited and St. Kitts standards after Darris' degree Thank you for the coverage of Dean Darris' case and the sta tus of Berne University in the Clackamas Print. It is impor tant that the campus community understand that not all college degrees are legal for use in Or egon. I'd appreciate it if you could find space for this letter in a future issue to help clarify a couple issues. The question of bad degree use is not limited to Clackamas or to Mr. Darris. My investiga tion found several other people with degrees that do not meet Oregon standards. ODA's (Of fice of Degree Authorization) ju risdiction over degree use is in deed limited to the user, but since Mr. Darris cannot legally Editor-in-Chief: use his degree, Clackamas has nothing to recognize. Mr. Darris was teaching at Clackamas long before he acquired a Berne de gree, and his Berne degree is not, to my knowledge, necessary for him to keep teaching there. ODA has made no evaluation or judgement about the quality of his teaching or his employment status. We are concerned only with his use of one of his three degrees. Mr. Darris acquired a Berne degree in July of 1998. Berne University achieved provisional Title IV authorization in March of 1999. Thus the institution's Title IV status is not relevant to his case—he was gone before Berne had that status. Business Manager: John Thorbum (x2447) Karl Katzke (x2578) Managing Editor: Cartoonist: Megan Oldenstadt Joel Gunderson Design Editor: Chris Lundgren Timothy A. Bell Staff: Feature Editor: Mike Pollock Shelbi Wescott Erin Bernard Angie Daschel Steve Nielsen Toni McMichael A & E Editor: ' Tam Oliver Copy Editor: Sandy Lupo Jason Lingel Associate News* Editor: Maggie Jirasek Diana Scrivner Matt Shempert Sports Editor: 19600 S.M o I a U a A ve . O reqon CiTy, O reqon 9704$ (505) 657'6958 ext 2509 C C C p R i N T @ C IA C k A M A S . C C . O R . U S Secretary: Mandy Good Opinion Editor: ; JoAnne Gale Advisor: Salena De La Cruz Linda Vogt (x2310) Is Berne accredited by the World Association of Universi ties and Colleges Accrediting Commission International? Does the Accrediting Commis sion International accredit Berne? It doesn't matter. These entities, whatever they are, are unrecognized by the U.S. De partment of Education—one glance at a list of U.S. recog nized accreditors on the web or in appropriate publications shows that. As for St. Kitts, its accrediting 'standards'—also ap plied to Berne after Mr. Darris left—fill half of a page. They are standards in name only. Alan Contreras ODA Administrator The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its fac ulty, or The Clackamas Print advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print are not neccesarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The advertising rate is $4.75 per col umn inch. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication and is distributed every Wednes day except during Finals week. The Clacka mas Print Copyright 2000.
