Show MIC S OT President j L Weathers Storm Adam Walden Editor in Chief Recent events have put Salt Lake Community College in poor light with much of the media in inthe inthe inthe the Salt Lake Valley The most recent of these is a felony charge against four employees The four named suspects suspects suspects sus sus- sus- sus Allen Anderson Barry Bartlet Von Rowley and Marsha Hayes all employees of Small Business Development Center obtained information information information mation through the interception of a wire and as a court document document docu docu- document ment stated intentionally or knowingly sought to disclose that information 1 In response w. w to the the felony e o y charges interim presIdent president president dent Judd Morgan said I l 1 hate to see any bad news about the col col- col- col lege The good things arent aren't given that much attention The four college employees have be been n put on administrative leave The school has not taken any action against them This is a state situation now they've broken the law said President Morgan Morgan went on to stress the importance of privacy issues The college is not sure howlong howlong how howlong long these types of activities have been going on However President Morgan assures all that once they found out such things were taking place and laws being broken they took immediate action The second of such allegations brought against the school concerns concerns con con- concerns cerns the issue discrimination Again it seems as though four is lucky or rather unlucky number when it comes conies to legal issues f. f r yO Four employees have filed complaints with state and federal authorities about the way they were ere treated while working at the college Religious ethnic racial and sexual discrimination are all at atthe atthe atthe the heart of this issue As reported in The Salt Lake Tribune Elias Silva McGraw says that when he worked as a police officer at Salt Lake Community College he was passed over for special assignments assignments assign assign- ments and overlooked for promo promo- tion The naturalized US U.S. citizen also says he was called names at work Don Rivera a telephone technician technician technician cian contends that his supervisor made disparaging remarks about his faith Employment specialist Jenny Archuleta says she was harassed with unfounded reprimands and remarks about her body after she complained ed to college officials ls f i i cc w an says he was subjected subjected subjected sub sub- t to racial slurs and offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive comments including drunken Indians The suit claims college officials officials officials facilitated encouraged condoned or permitted the existence existence existence exis exis- tence of a hostile work environment environ environ- ment In an interview President Morgan said said said-he he is not aware of these charges or of any lawsuit As of last Tuesday the college had not been presented with any 1 formal charges Major changes are also underway underway under under- underway way as far as college structure is concerned A new emphasis s is being put on centralization Instead of each campus being run in semi-independent semi basis where there was no central reporting structure and differing policies the college is now reverting back to a previously held system of dep departmental schools H r l There are no real ts we I g G rp veyer no eyer Gl re 1171 cIll Morgan said people are aie asking questions and that is what he likes Were hoping people will talk to us about this Morgan said C O |