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WEdNEscky, ApRil 19, 2000
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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.
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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
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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.
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