The Lumberjack, April 22, 1976.

              Title IX could b~_!l~ge Greek system
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NAJJ is presently in violation of Title
IX, the federal regulation which
prohibits sex discrimination in federally
assisted institutions of higher education,
according to a high ranking official in the
Washington D.C. Office for Civil Rights.
Dr. VIrgil Gillenwater and Dr. Robert
Dickeson agree however, that building
new campus housing within the time
limit stipulated by Title IX would be im­possible
and that other alternatives may
have to be sought.
Roy McKinney, national director of
the Higher Education branch of the Of­fice
for Civil Rights, said NAU is
currently in violation of Title IX on two
counts.
McKinney said the first violation in­volves
discrimination against NAU
fraternities since they are not offered
housing which is comparable to what the
NAU sororities presently have. The se­cond
violation involves discrimination
against all men students attending NAU
Since the deadline for compliance with
Title IX is July 21, 1977, and since most
university sources indicate it would take
longer than that to construct new
housing which would enable the universi­ty
to be in compliance with Title IX,
NAU sororities could- be kicked out of
Raymond Hall and be forced to find off
campus housing.
This action. as well as a chan~re back to
married housing for South Quad could
result in an effort to keep NAU from
losing its federal aid.
McKinney said July 21, 1977 was the
outside deadline for being in compliance
with Title IX.
"If it is possible for a university to
come into compliance sooner than the
three year deadline, our office can
stipulate a date by which the university
must be in compliance on a particular
issue," he said.
Not final
McKinney also said, "This is not a
final, official ruling on my part; I can't
give those over the phone. But, I would
expect that if the institutioa provides
housing for one social organization, and
not for another of a different se1, that
would constitute a violation of Title IX."
He also added his opinion regarding
women students at NA U baving access to
~partment-style housing (South Quad)
while men do not have tbat access saying
that situation is a probable violation of
the federal regulation.
McKinney explained, "Now if this
situation was to be checked into com­pletely,
a complaint would have to be
filed by someone at the university. A
federal investigator from the San Fran­cisco
regional office (for civil rights)
would visit the campus, make a formal
report, and then a final ruling would be
made."
File a complaint
Martin Bolas, MIHC president, said he
is going to consider the possibility of
filing such a complaint when he meets
with his council later this month. He said
if a complaint were filed, it would be on
behalf of all men students who cannot
presently gain access to apartment-style
housing.
Ro~r~ Holt~pple, equal opportunity
spec1ahst w1th the San Francisco
regional office for Civil Rights, said
anyone on campus who felt they were
discriminated against by the university
could file a formal complaint.
"The one major stipulation we bave in
filing a complaint is tbat there can be no
anonymous complaints. The university
would be entitled to know who filed the
complaint," Holtzapple said.
Holtzapple said his office would begin
processing a complaint as soon as it was
received , but he had no idea how long an
investigation into the complaint might
take.
None filed
" Each case is separate, so the time in·
volved depends on each situation .
Besides, we haven't had many com­plaints
filed with us yet," Holtzapple
said.
Title IX states, "No person in the
United States shall on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or b <il!bjected to dis-
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The Lumberiack
April 22, 1976
L~jack gets professional editor
For the first time in its
history, The Lumberjack will be
edited by a professional editor,
Robert Cooley, chairman of the
journalism department an­nounced.
C a m paign Trail
Terry Schick , former
publisher of the Arizona Daily
Sun, has been named faculty
editor, beginning next semester.
The move is the first in a
series of changes planned for the
ournalism rtment, to
Jack Carter, tke •on of
Democratic pre•identiol hopeful
Jimmy Carter, brought ki•
father'• camp4ign to Fklg•lllf/
Fedne1day morning. Corter met
acida local neac1 medio and •up­porter•
grade the program in the next
several years.
"We hope to develop The
Lumberjack into a truly
professional newspaper," Schick
said.
"The intensive training
program will hopefully be an •
asset to students seeking full
time employment."
Some members of the NAU
chapter of The Society of
Professional Journalists said
they view the policy change as a
possible threat to sfudent jour­nalists
' First Amendment
rights. and plan to investigate
the change.
In other personnel changes,
Larry Crittenden and Chris
Woodka were selected as stu­dent
co-editors for the fall, 1976
semester by the Publications,
Publicity and Public Relations
Committee. Also , Cynthia
Fincher was picked as adver­tising
director for fall, 1976.
Crittenden and Fincher current­ly
hold Lumberjack staff
positions and Woodka is an in­tern
at the Daily Sun.
In other board action, Bill
Shedd was selected station
manager for KNAU-AM, and
Steve Sapp was selected
program director for the station.
Beerdrinker 's
Dream
Flagstaff, Ariz.
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hu11dred1 of gallon• of br~, but
it doe• hare a •teerinr aclaeel, a
topt deck, promotional material.
and a drit:er, Ken Hamblet. The
". uptr Can";, built on a golf cart
chaui• and trat·eu ocrou til.!
country promotinr it. •poruor.