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Kent Vettrus, Mark Zenk, Jeff Dixen and Tom Wadsworth In program looks toward expansion By Bob Fitch News editor A faculty committee is study-ing several options of expanding the international education op-portunites for Augustana students. Dr. Endre Gastony, advisor for the study abroad program, said that the commit-tee is particularly concerned with study options in Scan-danavia. Gastony said, "Students can study in England, France and Germany, but they have few options in Scandanavia. We want to give it equal representa-tion because so many people at Augustana are of that background." Gastony said that four op-tions of program expansion are being looked at. The first is to change the present Higher Education Consortium for Ur-ban Affairs to include both semesters and to include general Scandanavia culture rather than just urban affairs. The second choice is to develop a programn of intensive language training for students and to send them to the Univer-sity of Oslo. "Another option is Denmark's Internation Study Program'," Gastony said. "This would be characterized by a general liberal arts program with an emphasis on interna-tional business. Dr. Endre Gastony "Finally, we are looking at adopting summer study in Nor-way. This will probably go ahead with no trouble," Gastony said. Gastony is coordinating this expansion of international educational opportunities with the faculty committee and Dr. Gary Olson, Dean of Academic Services. Olson conducted a survey of students which found strong support for summer study in Norway which would be led by an Augustana instruc-tor. Gastony said many faculty members have traveled in this area and would gladly lead groups to Norway. "All is still in the planning stage. We need the proper ap-proval from the faculty and ad-ministration. We will prbably go ahead with two of the four Gastony said. Augustana Mirror Thursday Jan. 12, 1984 Volume 67 Number 12 Appeal decision to president Students question punishment By Torn Hayes Editor Complaints of unfairness and discrimination have been made by four Augustana students in connection with disciplinary ac-tion imposed upon them by Dean of Student Services A. Richard Petersen. Juniors Jeff Dixen, Kent Vet-trus, Tom Wadsworth and Mark Zenk claim that punish-ment they received in connec-tion with an incident last month was "excessive and inap-propriate." The four have appealed Petersen's decision to President Nelsen. Nelsen said yesterday that he could not comment on the issue at this time because it would be "morally and ethically inappropriate" since he is cur-rently involved in making a decision. He said that a final decision on the appeal would be made by early next week. Petersen said that he is not in the position to comment on the case or the complaints surroun-ding his decision. The incident at issue took place in early December. Accor-ding to testimony submitted at a hearing for the four men, a Pallestinian student attending the Midwest Institute had been making negative and derogatory remarks about the United States. He also expressed joy at the killing of the Marines in the Beruit bombing. "He was going around saying such things as 'screw America', only in not such nice language," said Dixen. On Dec. 5, the four had been watching television accounts of the Beruit bombing. 'We were all very upset and angered at this time," Dixen said. One of the four, Tom Wadsworth, had trained with the Marines this past summer. The four men made a series of phone calls containing "ridicule, degradations, intimidation and threats," according to testimony at the hearing. Not all of the calls were "prank" according to one member of the group. 'We tryed to ask him why he was saying the things he was saying when he was going to school in the U.S. and using our educa-tional system. We didn't feel he should be saying the kinds of things he was saying. We said he should keep his mouth shut if he plans on being in this coun-try," said Zenk. "As it turned out, we had got-ten the wrong number and so we were talking to the wrong guy." said Wadsworth. The man they called by mistake was Imad Baiyasi. That same night, the calls were traced to the rooms from which they had been made. Baiyasi filed a complaint against the four. 'We wrote a letter of apology to the man that we thought we had been calling. 'We told him that we realized we shouldn't have gone about it over the phone, we should have confronted him face to face and talked to him about it. We ask-ed if we could see him about it sometime. That was when we discovered that we had gotten a hold of the wrong person," said Zenk. The first step in the disciplinary process was a meeting with Petersen. 'We waived our rights to the student judicial process because it was finals week and we didn't have time to go though all of that," said Vettrus. After a hearing involving representitives of Midwest In-stitute and Residence Life of-ficials, Petersen pronounced his decision. In his decision Petersen plac-ed the four on Disciplinary Pro-bation with the following restrictions and requirements. First, the men were suspended from Augustana during Interim. They were also removed from the residence hall system for one year, as well as restricted from visiting Granskou for one year. The men also have been asked to plan and implement two ac-tivities to "promote better understanding and relationships between international students enrolled at Augustana and Augustana students." All four men expressed con-cern that the housing restric-tions have nothing to do with the incident. They believe that the incident was used as a_ n ex-cuse for campus officials to get them off campus. The men also assert that because the incident involved a Midwest student, it was made into a racial issue. 'We are not against the Midwest institute. We have received a lot of sup-port from friends who are Midwest students. It was just this one guy," said Zenk. In his letter, Petersen said "In weighing my decision, I have vacillate,c1 between the max-imum and minimum sanctions which I believe are available to me in this matter." Petersen went on to say that he decided to "sin on the side of grace and issue what I consider to be minimal but yet just and fair sanctions in the case." Baiyasi has finished his train-ing at the Midwest Institute. When reached at South Dakota State, he said that he could'nt comment on the severity of the punishment. Subcommittee sees disparity in affirmative action policies By Brenda Wade Entertainment editor There are problems with af-firmative action policies at Augustana, according to fin-dings by a subcommittee of the Task Force on the Status of Women. Affirmative action is an employment program designed to remedy discriminating prac-tices in hiring minority groups, correcting past discrimination, and preventing future discrimination. Janet Gullickson, associate director of financial and task force subcommittee member, said, 'We would not have recommended the actions we did, had there not been a pro-blem. There are problems, but they are problems that I think, in many cases, have been with us over the years." Gullickson said the problems are not un-common but are the types of problems present throughout history. The task force got a memo last spring from 30 faculty, ad-ministrators, and support staff asking for investigations into discrimination against women in a variety of areas, primarily hiring, promotion, firing, tenure, and salary practices. The task force, which serves the college president, was given permission to pursue the in-vestigation. A subcommittee was made up of Gullickson, Harriet Scott, and Shirley Stenseth. Gullickson said Augustana had an affirmative action policy previous to the complaint. "It's quite thorough. It details a lot of affirmative action steps that should be taken. It's really quite comprehensive," she said. 'We have a fairly good policy on the books." Janet Gullickson Salary is the most obvious area of discrimination, Gullickson says. "Overall, Augustana salaries are atrocious. They're embarassing. Women's salaries are even more embarassing," she said. Com-parisons were made between male and female salaries on the basis of degree and years of ser-vice. Because salary information at Augustana is private, Gullickson says it breeds suspi-cion and possibly inequality. The task force recommends making salary information available to employees. Gullickson said not every woman is being discriminated against, but many do receive less pay than a male in the same position. Problems in the area of salaries, tenures, and promo-tions are not always easy to determine, she said. "It's insidious. It's not an ob-vious thing," she said. The possibility may be that a woman is looked at as being less committed than a man, Gullickson said. Recommendations by the subcommittee consist of pro-posals that need immediate im-plementation, implementation within one year, and implemen-tation within three years. 'We felt we had to be very clear in pointing out what should be Augustana's direc-tion," she said. "It's terribly im-portant to take the initiative." One proposal requests the ap-pointment of a woman on a half-time basis as the affir-mative action officer to be given the responsibilities of monitor-ing the implementation of the recommendations and develop-ing programs. See page 3 ac 2 vg
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Title | Mirror - January 12, 1984 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1984-01-12 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
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Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
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Date | 1984-01-12 |
Text | Kent Vettrus, Mark Zenk, Jeff Dixen and Tom Wadsworth In program looks toward expansion By Bob Fitch News editor A faculty committee is study-ing several options of expanding the international education op-portunites for Augustana students. Dr. Endre Gastony, advisor for the study abroad program, said that the commit-tee is particularly concerned with study options in Scan-danavia. Gastony said, "Students can study in England, France and Germany, but they have few options in Scandanavia. We want to give it equal representa-tion because so many people at Augustana are of that background." Gastony said that four op-tions of program expansion are being looked at. The first is to change the present Higher Education Consortium for Ur-ban Affairs to include both semesters and to include general Scandanavia culture rather than just urban affairs. The second choice is to develop a programn of intensive language training for students and to send them to the Univer-sity of Oslo. "Another option is Denmark's Internation Study Program'," Gastony said. "This would be characterized by a general liberal arts program with an emphasis on interna-tional business. Dr. Endre Gastony "Finally, we are looking at adopting summer study in Nor-way. This will probably go ahead with no trouble," Gastony said. Gastony is coordinating this expansion of international educational opportunities with the faculty committee and Dr. Gary Olson, Dean of Academic Services. Olson conducted a survey of students which found strong support for summer study in Norway which would be led by an Augustana instruc-tor. Gastony said many faculty members have traveled in this area and would gladly lead groups to Norway. "All is still in the planning stage. We need the proper ap-proval from the faculty and ad-ministration. We will prbably go ahead with two of the four Gastony said. Augustana Mirror Thursday Jan. 12, 1984 Volume 67 Number 12 Appeal decision to president Students question punishment By Torn Hayes Editor Complaints of unfairness and discrimination have been made by four Augustana students in connection with disciplinary ac-tion imposed upon them by Dean of Student Services A. Richard Petersen. Juniors Jeff Dixen, Kent Vet-trus, Tom Wadsworth and Mark Zenk claim that punish-ment they received in connec-tion with an incident last month was "excessive and inap-propriate." The four have appealed Petersen's decision to President Nelsen. Nelsen said yesterday that he could not comment on the issue at this time because it would be "morally and ethically inappropriate" since he is cur-rently involved in making a decision. He said that a final decision on the appeal would be made by early next week. Petersen said that he is not in the position to comment on the case or the complaints surroun-ding his decision. The incident at issue took place in early December. Accor-ding to testimony submitted at a hearing for the four men, a Pallestinian student attending the Midwest Institute had been making negative and derogatory remarks about the United States. He also expressed joy at the killing of the Marines in the Beruit bombing. "He was going around saying such things as 'screw America', only in not such nice language," said Dixen. On Dec. 5, the four had been watching television accounts of the Beruit bombing. 'We were all very upset and angered at this time," Dixen said. One of the four, Tom Wadsworth, had trained with the Marines this past summer. The four men made a series of phone calls containing "ridicule, degradations, intimidation and threats," according to testimony at the hearing. Not all of the calls were "prank" according to one member of the group. 'We tryed to ask him why he was saying the things he was saying when he was going to school in the U.S. and using our educa-tional system. We didn't feel he should be saying the kinds of things he was saying. We said he should keep his mouth shut if he plans on being in this coun-try," said Zenk. "As it turned out, we had got-ten the wrong number and so we were talking to the wrong guy." said Wadsworth. The man they called by mistake was Imad Baiyasi. That same night, the calls were traced to the rooms from which they had been made. Baiyasi filed a complaint against the four. 'We wrote a letter of apology to the man that we thought we had been calling. 'We told him that we realized we shouldn't have gone about it over the phone, we should have confronted him face to face and talked to him about it. We ask-ed if we could see him about it sometime. That was when we discovered that we had gotten a hold of the wrong person," said Zenk. The first step in the disciplinary process was a meeting with Petersen. 'We waived our rights to the student judicial process because it was finals week and we didn't have time to go though all of that," said Vettrus. After a hearing involving representitives of Midwest In-stitute and Residence Life of-ficials, Petersen pronounced his decision. In his decision Petersen plac-ed the four on Disciplinary Pro-bation with the following restrictions and requirements. First, the men were suspended from Augustana during Interim. They were also removed from the residence hall system for one year, as well as restricted from visiting Granskou for one year. The men also have been asked to plan and implement two ac-tivities to "promote better understanding and relationships between international students enrolled at Augustana and Augustana students." All four men expressed con-cern that the housing restric-tions have nothing to do with the incident. They believe that the incident was used as a_ n ex-cuse for campus officials to get them off campus. The men also assert that because the incident involved a Midwest student, it was made into a racial issue. 'We are not against the Midwest institute. We have received a lot of sup-port from friends who are Midwest students. It was just this one guy," said Zenk. In his letter, Petersen said "In weighing my decision, I have vacillate,c1 between the max-imum and minimum sanctions which I believe are available to me in this matter." Petersen went on to say that he decided to "sin on the side of grace and issue what I consider to be minimal but yet just and fair sanctions in the case." Baiyasi has finished his train-ing at the Midwest Institute. When reached at South Dakota State, he said that he could'nt comment on the severity of the punishment. Subcommittee sees disparity in affirmative action policies By Brenda Wade Entertainment editor There are problems with af-firmative action policies at Augustana, according to fin-dings by a subcommittee of the Task Force on the Status of Women. Affirmative action is an employment program designed to remedy discriminating prac-tices in hiring minority groups, correcting past discrimination, and preventing future discrimination. Janet Gullickson, associate director of financial and task force subcommittee member, said, 'We would not have recommended the actions we did, had there not been a pro-blem. There are problems, but they are problems that I think, in many cases, have been with us over the years." Gullickson said the problems are not un-common but are the types of problems present throughout history. The task force got a memo last spring from 30 faculty, ad-ministrators, and support staff asking for investigations into discrimination against women in a variety of areas, primarily hiring, promotion, firing, tenure, and salary practices. The task force, which serves the college president, was given permission to pursue the in-vestigation. A subcommittee was made up of Gullickson, Harriet Scott, and Shirley Stenseth. Gullickson said Augustana had an affirmative action policy previous to the complaint. "It's quite thorough. It details a lot of affirmative action steps that should be taken. It's really quite comprehensive," she said. 'We have a fairly good policy on the books." Janet Gullickson Salary is the most obvious area of discrimination, Gullickson says. "Overall, Augustana salaries are atrocious. They're embarassing. Women's salaries are even more embarassing," she said. Com-parisons were made between male and female salaries on the basis of degree and years of ser-vice. Because salary information at Augustana is private, Gullickson says it breeds suspi-cion and possibly inequality. The task force recommends making salary information available to employees. Gullickson said not every woman is being discriminated against, but many do receive less pay than a male in the same position. Problems in the area of salaries, tenures, and promo-tions are not always easy to determine, she said. "It's insidious. It's not an ob-vious thing," she said. The possibility may be that a woman is looked at as being less committed than a man, Gullickson said. Recommendations by the subcommittee consist of pro-posals that need immediate im-plementation, implementation within one year, and implemen-tation within three years. 'We felt we had to be very clear in pointing out what should be Augustana's direc-tion," she said. "It's terribly im-portant to take the initiative." One proposal requests the ap-pointment of a woman on a half-time basis as the affir-mative action officer to be given the responsibilities of monitor-ing the implementation of the recommendations and develop-ing programs. See page 3 ac 2 vg |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |