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Show mm VOLUME 50. ISSUE 90 FRIDAY. MAY 30. 1990 THE IGNPOS1 I Equity Center rebuts charge of inequities By Sandra D. Chapman Assistant news editor of The Signpost Campus Equity Speacialist Gloria Perez-Jensen of the WSC based Mountain West Center responded to allegations of 'discrimination and inequity charged by an LA. school district - which refused to attend a .summer equity conference scheduled in Park City. Refusal of the Los Angeles Unified School District to attend the annual conference of the -National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education in Utah, prompted Co-chair Gloria Perez-Jensen to A- respond recently on KSL radio. The federally funded Mountain West Center is co-hosting the NCSEE conference " along with the State Office of .Education's education equity unit. She and Kathleen Spencer, equity specialist for the state, are co-chairs of the Park City -conference. They appeared on the show together. "I don't think it is going to hurt us," said Perez-Jensen. "This is not an indictment of WSC or -NCSEE, but of Utah. Unfortunately, there has been no 'response from the higher echelons of government, as there should be. However, there is no -rstate that has no problems. All states do, and we are working on "ours." f5, ' When contacted by phone during the talk show, the LA. school district chose to remain mum regarding the vague allegations of racism and discrimination they levied at the state a few weeks ago, when they announced they would not be attending the conference in Park City. At that time, they gave no specifics for the boycott and still have not. They have boycotted other conferences prior to this, according to Perez-Jensen. Even though the LA. Unified School District isn't coming, others from LA. will be coming and presenting, as well. Not all of LA. is boycotting, said Perez-Jensen. "When we went after the bid to get the conference here, we knew some would have queaziness about coming to Utah. There are others who are curious though," she said. This is the first time the conference hasn't been held in the East. The Utah group feels honored to have won the bid. So far, the LA. group, California's largest school district, is the only one that has announced they won't attend. The conference will be held July 10-16. 'I don't think it is going to hurt us. This is not an indictment of WSC or NCSEE, but of Utah. Unfortunately, there has been no response from the higher echelons of government, as there should be.' Gloria Perez-Jensen, Equity Specialist for Mountain West Educational Equity Center WEBER STATE COLLEGE THE GRANDMA -GRANDDAUGHTER Education across generations: Grandmother-granddaughter attend By Carrie Jardine Staff writer of The Signpost . Would you like to get out of finals next week? Would you like to take as many classes as you want for only $10 a quarter? Well, the qualifications are easy be willing to audit your classes for no credit and be over 62 years old. Erma Andersen of South Ogden meets both qualifications. This spry, 72 team of Erma Andersen (left) and year oldlady is taking American history 170 with her granddaughter, Lori Chamberlain. Chamberlain, a sophomore at WSC, lives with her grandmother. On the third day of class, Anderson accompanied her granddaughter to class, "because I thought it sounded interesting," she said. Andersen found it so interesting, she took advantage of the senior citizen's program of auditing as many classes as she wanted for $10 a quarter. OUINN JACOBSON THE SIGNPOST Lorl Chamberlain (right) attend WSC WSC at same time Andersen enjoys history because she remembers many of the events. She recalls the Great Depression and the conditions of the country then. Discussing a lecture about the Depression : later when both were home, Andersen expounded on events and facta for her granddaughter. "Everyone was so poor," she said. "We even had to ration gas and food." Rationing time for all her interests seems to be (See GENERATIONS page 11) |