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Court ruling jeopardizes women's rights
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With the U.S: Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday
concerning the interpretation of Title IX, the civil rights law
barring sex discrimination by college and schools receiving
federal aid, comes the justifiable concern by women's groups'
and organizations nationwide that one more hard-earned gain
in civil rights has been severely struck down.
In the Grove City vs. Bell decision,- the Supreme Court,
ruled 6—2 to back the Reagan administration's position on
the Grove City College issue. The private Pennsylvania college'
had originally been taken to court by the Carter
administration for refusing to sign a federal form which would
assure the Department of Education that the college was
complying with Title XI of the 1972 Educational
Amendments. The college defended its position by stating that
because its students indirectly receive federal BEOG grants,
the private college as a whole should not fall under federal
jurisdiction concerning sex discrimination.
As it now stands, the Supreme Court in effect has given the
college the opportunity to bypass Title IX in all campus
educational programs excepting those pr6grams directly
funded by the federal government, i.e. financial aid programs.
Women's studies courses as well as women's athletics would
therefore fall under that area, and in that regard, the Grove
City ruling has set a very dangerous precedent.
The latest ruling is just one of many incidents in which the
Reagan administration, since its inception, has attempted to
chipaway the civil rights of its own citizens—one step at a
time. The ruling allows other private colleges throughout the
country to follow the latest precedent set by the nation's high
court without a battle. It also raises the question of other civil .
rights laws that are applicable to recepients of federal financial
aid programs: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
bars race discrimination by institutions receiving federal
money, falls under that very category.
Fortunately, a reversal of the Grove decision is in the
planning stages and can technically be overturned should
Congress decide to pursue the matter with new legislation.
This case is a perfect example of what can happen when rights
• are taken for granted by the citizens that'own them. The
•Reagan administration and the Supreme Court have both
"tnade it clear where their priorities lie, and its about time that
"Americans realize what theirs are: fighting to keep the rights   .
they now have from being taken away.
Alquist amendment opposed by Hedgley
Staff writer
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Associated Students President Andrea
Hednley has voiced strong opposition to
California Seaate Bill SCA 46—which
would grant constitutional autonomy to
universities in the CSU system —- while,
the bill continues to work its way thibugh .*'*** tro.ee* want some autonomy, they
the state legislative process. .        wanl lodo tneir owa thin8- ItJeems that's
The Alquist amendment, it approved    ,beir own thing. It seems that their own
affairs, her interest in disbanding the car-
rent form of health centers, and the initiation of a "little tiny tuition" in funding
programs necessary for graduation with'
IRA funds and proposing a computer
access fee.   ■
"We Yoseeing it as an overall'strategy,"
Hedgley Mid. "The chancellor .office and
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by both houses of the legislature and by
tbe electorate, would provide to the CSU
system power of organization and government similar to those of the UC system.
Named after Sen. Alfred Alquiust, who
introduced the bill in the'state Senate in
January, the proposal has already been
approved by Senate Education committees.
Hedgley attended the CSSA (California State Students Association) confer
ring, as of late, has been st ick i ng it to the
students. '
"I don .see how anything can be responsive to its citizenry if it's not being responsive to its students. That- why we Ye
opposed to it (the Alquist amendment),"
the added.
Hedgley cited the University of California's autonomous system as an example of what might happen to the CSU
system under the new amendmant be
en.e in San Francisco two weeks ago, and . «"is* "it »the only model we have right'
Wednesday she recounted the consensus    now."
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of the student group. Neither the trustees,
the chancellor, nor the CSU system should
have constitutional powers, she said, because they wilt not be responsive to the'
students.
Constitutional power would give the
system more budgetary freedom, allowing
it to shift expenditures, and more academic freedom. Alquist characterized the
amendment as providing the CSU system
"with a new foundation for excellence." .
But Hedgley disagrees with Alquist's
assumption.
"Based on a track record of insensitivity
and a trend towards almost callousness,
we believe that a legislative body is more
responsive to the citizenry in an educational system than appointed trustees."
she said.
The "track record" Hedgley refers to
includes CSU Chancellor W. Ann Rey-
nolds'dissolution of the division of student
"The University of California has an incredibly poor record for affirmative action because there'll no legislative control
on them. The University of California has
a poor, poor record in term* of listening to
their students," she said. -
At one time, she said, UC trustees were
appointed for 16-year terms. With the new
amendment in affect, the CSU system's
trustees would serve 8-terms, but Hedgley
said once the system has autonomy, there
would be nothing to prevent another
amendment lengthening those terms.
"I think that Chancellor Reynolds and
some of the people that work with her in
the Chancellor's office desire to ape the
UC system," Hedgley said,
"That's good in some. ways. The problem is she doesn't realize that there are
certain parts of the'UC system that
shouldn't be aped," she said.
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from the East Coast and, since she is the
key administrator of this'l 9-campus system, she wants to ga.tvn.ore prestige for
the CSU schools even "at the cost of tbe
citizenry of the stale.
"And furthermore," Hedgley continued
-I'm not so convinced tbe University of
California is that much better than tbe
CSU system."
The master plan for higher education
in the state of California delineated three
seperate functions for higher education,
she said. The primary function of the UC
system is research, the community colleges is training.
"What happens if the CSU starts looking like the UC?" Hedgley asked; "It
messes up the whole master plan."
"I think it's not Reynolds' responsibility to make the CSU like a UC, but to
prove that different is not worse. That
should be her primary task if she wants to
upgrade the system." she said.
Nevertheless, Hedgley said she believes
the amendment has a good chance of making it through the legislative process and
becoming part of California's constitution.
She said.Gov. George Deukmcjian.
basic ideological perspective on education
does not indicate opposition to the amendment. "Plus, I think Chancellor Reynolds
is a very savvy woman and I don't think
she would be backing this bill at this point
if she didn't think it had a solid chance of
passing," she said.
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Hedgley fear's loss
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Associated Students President Andrea Hedgley said she fears Chancellor
W. Ann Reynolds would like to disband the current form of health centers
on the CSU campuses.
"Everybody knows^he wants to get
rid of them as they now exist." Hedgley
said.
Funding for the Health Center will
change, most likely decrease. If efforts
to consolidate the state university fees
and the student service fees are successful, according to Hedgley.'
Currently students pay a state university fee and a supportive services fee.
Prior to the implementation of the university fee. all fees went directly into
supportive services.
■. "We knew it (the money) was going
to the Health Center." Hedgley said.
"We knew it was going to financial aid
administration. We knew it was going
to pay part of tbe salary to the division
of student affairs. We knew where that
money was going, it was going to pay.
for supportive services. It wasn't paying for education."
When the budget got tight, according to Hedgley. the state university fee
was implemented and since then, every
fee increase has been in this new category. The state university fees can be
used to fund almost anything in the
university budget.
The Health Center funds come from
trie students services fees— about 35*
percent of the total collected in this
category. "That's a $22million budget.".
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