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MONDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1977
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Legislation makes change
42 job discrimination charges file
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PftltlSlON PlRMINli S1MIM
Judy Fondy, Vickie Matthews, George /
Ann Hoke, Jane Kroll, Kathy Grimes, ^
Judy McCann. ^
By LA DONNA YOUNG
Since the early 1970s when the
Texas A&M University System
began being affected by equal em
ployment legislation, 42 charges of
job discrimination have been filed
against the system.
“Cases wouldn’t have had any
success until 1972 because the law
wasn’t applicable,” said Edward
Kaska, an attorney with the system.
He explained that most cases are
filed under Title VII of the 1964
Civil Rights Act. Until 1972, the law
prevented discrimination only on
federal levels. In 1972, the law was
changed to include state and local
' governments.
The Fine Fine
I never knew what I was
headed for while I was growing
up. Time never stops to let
you think, it just keeps press
ing you on making you inse
cure in your decisions and
goals. There is nothing worse
than wasting a lot of time,
wishing you would have done
things in another way or had
taken another direction in your
life. Steps must be taken quick
ly to counteract this process.
Let me reveal to you my solu
tion.
As I recall my birth and child
hood was so traumatic that my
being alive was considered a
miracle. Much prayer was said
for me and I feel sure that this
prayer was a big factor in my
life for the years that followed.
As a child I learned to pray be
fore bed and at meals and was
very considerate of the Lord.
My whole family went to
church every Sunday and was
fully involved in all the extra
activities. I joined the church
when I was 12 and remember
seriously contemplating this
step. My parents had purpose
fully refrained me from infant
baptism so that I would feel
free to choose as I willed. With
this decision left up to me I
was very cautious that my de
sire was pure and not influ
enced by the mass of friends
doing the same.
My previous friends and I
parted ways as I began high
school. By chance (or the past
prayer) I got into the right
crowd and my life remained
somewhat sheltered and pre
served. These 3 years caused
me to question my relationship
with God and to test and won
der of its durability and real-
ness. I realized that I had a nat
ural repellent within me resist
ing a lot of the wordly things
and confusion that was around
me. I could not be or do things
as freely as some of my friends
but I was happy just to follow
through with my inward feel
ing and intuition. It was be
yond my understanding yet I
could not help but connect it
with God why I remained so
unshook by the environment
surrounding me.
By my senior year I began to
read small portions in the Bi
ble. Additional circumstances,
not unusual to those of that
age, also drew me to inquire
more intensely of God. Al
though my sincerity was true,
my experiences were shallow.
The only prayers I uttered
were self-centered, concerning
the gain of offices, dates, tests,
etc. Few prayers were said for
friends; my influence to them
was mainly in an objective be
havioral form. This was all 1
knew—to pattern myself after
Christ. Eventually I felt like
an actor simply playing the
role of a Christian in which 1
had mastered the part. It was
a rather frightening thought—
what profit is a good outward
behavior if the inside content is
no different from all the rest?
Some time later in an assem
bly, I heard of someone’s salva
tion experience that brought
him out of drugs and jail into
the Lord’s warm presence. I
envied his experience because
it was so clear and definite. I
could not even vaguely ponder
upon such an experience in my
life. Eventually I realized my
salvation experience was only a
fine line like a fracture instead
of an obvious traumatic break;
therefore, I began to investi
gate the inevitable existence of
the fine line in my life.
This fine line of my salvation
was brought to light during my
first year in college. I began to
see verses such as Galatians
2:20 - / am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in
me . . . and II Corinthians 3:17
- Now the Lord is that Spirit. I
had read them several times
but this time I saw them. It
was wonderful! Things began
to click and light sprang up in
my being and Christ became
more real to me than ever be
fore. I began opening my
mouth and experiencing the
Lord moving and speaking in
me in a definite and positive
way. It was indescribable. No
longer did I need the outward
pattern for I had the inward
moving and indwelling of
Christ. Christ wasn’t meant to
be applied to my outward be
havior but to my inward being
and from there He would com
mence to grow.
Today He is still growing in
me and my experience of
Christ is ever fresh and real.
Time with its pressed decisions
and unrest has lost its hold on
me—I am in Christ and Christ is
in me!
Brenda Yeager, ‘76
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Cindy Irby, Affirmative Action of
ficer at Texas A&M University, said
on the national level the Four types
of discrimination usually claimed
are race, sex, national origin and re
ligion. She added that most of the
charges against the system were for
race, sex or national origin, and
none of them involved religion.
Comparing the charges, Irby said
the number of race charges are de
creasing and the number of sexual
and national origin charges are in
creasing.
The 42 charges are for the entire
university system, and not just the
University. The system includes:
Texas A&M University, Prairie
View A&M University, Tarleton
State University, Moody College,
the extension services, the experi
ment stations and other offices.
Twelve of the charges are still act
ive. They have been filed and are
awaiting a decision. Two of the cases
were filed in 1973 and 1974, the rest
in 1976 and 1977.
One of the first complaints filed
against the University was by a
Texas A&M faculty member in
March 1973. The complaint started
as an inquiry by the faculty member
to the Equal Employment Oppor
tunity Commission (EEOC) about
what action she could take to get the
University to giant her tenure.
Instead of getting lost in pa
perwork, the inquiry was quickly
acted on by EEOC. During casual
conversations with colleagues, the
faculty member learned that EEOC
had sent notice to the University
that a complaint had been filed.
She said she probably would have
followed the complaint anyway, but
because everyone was already
under the impression she had filed a
complaint, she went ahead with
EEOC actions sooner than planned.
By December 1973 a decision in
favor of the faculty member was is
sued by the EEOC. It stated that
the faculty member “in particular,
but women in general, were dis
criminated against at A&M for ten-
After EEOC notifies the system
that a complaint has been made, in
vestigations begin. Irby explained
that until recently the system did
not take any action until the EEOC
requested it.
Once the EEOC makes a desi-
cion, the person claiming discrimi
nation may decide to take the case
to court. At this time the system’s
attorneys take over the case.
When the case goes to court, it is
a representative of the state’s Attor
ney General’s office who tries the
case. Representatives from the sys
tem’s Attorney’s office assist him in
gathering background information,
evidence and witnesses.
were problems with the person
ing the complaints) and seven*
resolved through compromise,
Irby said the cases thatwt
compromises could be seenasai
either by Texas A&M orbyriieje
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