The Carolinian [August 31, 1982]

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Women's Equality Drive To Continue
BY ALYCE JOINES
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"1 always believed that anyone
who is for equality, justice and
freedom would be for the Equal
Rights Amendment. Little did I
know," North Carolina State
Senator Rachel Gray told over 250
persons gathered August 26 for a
celebration of Women's Equality
Day.
The gathering sponsored by the
UNC-G Association of Women
Faculty and Administrative Staff
along with a number of other
community groups, was held in the
UNC-G Alumni House.
Mrs. Gray recalled that when
she was bom, "little did I know I
would be flghting for my rights for
six years," and she added, "It may
go on forever."
"I asked myself what I could say
tonight which would energize you
and me," she said, "but nothing
should energize us more than what
happened in June in the North
Carolina Senate when we were not
even allowed to discuss the Equal
Rights Amendment."
The state senator, who is
seeking her fourth term, noted
that the "gentleman's agreement"
not to debate, discuss or vote on
the amendment reflected the pat-tern
of the General Assembly.
"It is not just men," Mrs. Gray
said. "There are some great men
out there who worked hard for the
Equal Rights Amendment, but
there are people, men and women,
who do not believe in justice,
equality and freedom or in the
ability of an individual to survive in
a democracy..."
During her speech, the state
senator read statements that she
had made during the past two
years on the floor of the senate. On
February 10, 1981, she reminded
those in the legislature that if they
could not think what the Equal
Rights Amendment would mean to
their wives, they should think what
it would mean to their daughters.
She also encouraged the mem-bers
to work together for the bet-terment
of North Carolina.
"That's what we want, and we
want to be considered equals. I
plead with you to give con-sideration
to the Equal Rights
Amendment with an open mind
and an open heart," Mrs. Gray told
her fellow senators.
After the "gentleman's
agreement" not to discuss, debate
or vote on the amendment which
was reached in 1981. the state
senator recalled telling the mem-bers
of the senate that she wanted
the people of the state to know
that the agreement was made
without the involvement of
women.
"We still have freedom of
speech," Mrs. Gray said in her
statement. "I don't think you can
keep us from speaking out until
the day the Equal Rights Amen-dment
passes. Women from across
the world are looking to this nation
for leadership for equality, and we
are still fighting for it."
In her opening remarks, Dr.
Mary Abu-Saba, who serves as
president for the UNC-G
Association for Women Faculty
and Administrative Staff, com-pared
the failure to pass the Equal
Rights Amendment to the enses
which must be faced in life before
an individual can move on.
"We must suffer the grief and
feel the anger before we reach the
stage where we resolve to move
ahead. 1 have gained courage and
some vision of a new life possible.
No matter how many times the
vote is 'no,' the issue wiB not disap-pear.
We will complain louder and
make our demands more insisten-tly,"
Dr. Abu-Saba said.
"We are looking for equality of
women and men...We bring our
own agenda, our own mode of ac-tion.
We are saying, 'Move over.
Share the power. While we are
learning from you, learn from
us.'"
UNC-G Chancellor Dr. William
Moran also spoke briefly to the
group, welcoming them and noting
that attendance for the Women's
Equality Day celebration has
grown during the past three years.
He noted that the university s role
is a "very consequential one" and
added that there were a number of
woman and men on this campus
who are paying attention to the
problem.
Dr. Jacqueline Voss, new Dean
of the School of Home Economics,
was honored during the evening.
After being introduced by Dr. Gail
Hennis, Vice-Chancellor of the
UNC-G Graduate School, Dr. Voss
reflected that home economics has
also gone through the develop-mental
process.
UNC-G Gets Women's Grant
The UNC-G Women's Resource
Center hp- received a $23,800
federal grant with which to con-duct
a year-long project designed
to increase awareness among
campus administrators of the
educational needs of women
students at UNC-G.
The grant was one of 12 awar-ded
this year by the U.S. Depar-tment
of Education through fun-ds
made available by the Women's
Educational Equity Act. It will be
used to conduct a program entitled
The Southern Women's Educa-tional
Equity Prospect (SWEEP).
The project will take place in
three phases. During phase I, ad-ministrators
on campus will be
surveyed to assess their attitudes
and levels of awareness of the
needs of women students.
Phase II of the project will
provide materials and awareness
seminars for administrators.
Twenty women students will be
involved in planning and conduc-ting
the awareness seminars. The
students will represent a variety of
undergraduate and graduate
students, including racial and
ethnic minorities, handicapped
women and women who are reren-tering
the University or seeking
degrees for the first time.
During Phase III, three
academic departments or ad-ministrative
units will be selected
to run demonstration projects. The
three focus areas for the projects
will be: academic development,
career development and leader-ship
development. One of the
projects will focus on the needs of
ethnic and racial minority women
students. Two UNC-G faculty
members or professional staff
members will be designated to run
each of the three projects.
At the close of the project, the
faculty members or administrators
involved will prepare a report on
the effectiveness of the three
projects. All of the activities and
materials gathered by the SWEEP
undertaking will be compiled into a
handbook for use on other cam-puses.
In addition to providing
operating expenses for the project,
the grant will fund salaries for a
part-time secretary. Stipends will
paid to the 20 women students
who are picked to participate in
the project. Faculty members in-volved
in the report-writing next
summer also will be paid for their
time.
She noted that as Domestic
Science, the discipline sought to
translate scientific principles so
that they could be implemented in
the home to improve the life of the
family.
The study of home economics
provided training in the traditional
role of women during its historical
era, Dr. Voss said. However, she
noted anything which does not
continue to grow and develop
Automatic
Doors Fixed
Lumpkin Says
Problems Rectified
By BETH LAVENDER
SUft* Writer
Numerous complaints concer-ning
the automatic doors at the
rear entrance to the Mossman
Building are circulating
throughout the campus. The main
complaint is that the doors are
opening too slowly.
Davis Lumpkin, Director of the
University Physical Plant, said
that the doors were adjusted
during the spring, after being in-stalled
last fall.
Before adjustments were made
last spring, the doors presented
problems for many handicapped
students because the doors opened
separately. Students in
wheelchairs especially had
problems because there is little
space between the doors. Those in
wheelchairs had to trigger the
second door while trying not to he
hit by the first.
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begins to stagnate and to die.
"This has not happened to home
economics. We have a broader
perspective on how we can im-prove
the quality of life today.
Home economics is as relevant
today as it was during the 40s and
50s and earlier," she said.
Dr. Judith White, director of the
UNC-G Women's Research Cen-ter,
the creation of which was an-nounced
at last year's Women's
Equality Day celebration, announ-ced
Thursday evening that the un-iversity
has received a grant of
almost $25,000 from the Depar
tment of Education under the
Women's Educational Equity Act.
The grant will be administered by
the Center.
"It is a little ironic that what
was the Women's College of North
Carolina should receive a grant to
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StaffPhoto ff|r Jordan Montgnmrry
Automatic doors located at the rear of Mossman Ad-ministration
Building.
Town Student Elections Set
StaffPhoto By ftifAo rd Maaom
Presby 's Food And Forum
Every Thursday morning at 8:15 the Presbyterian House on cam-pus
■ponsors and hosta a breakfast for student leaders and ad-ministrators
to discuss pressing issues about campus life. The
breakfast is open to all student leaders and interested ad-ministration
personnel. ___
By DEWEY WHITAKER
AMUUHI New. Editor
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
Town Student elections will be
held in the Sharpe Lobby of the
Elliott Center. There are 36
positions open with approximately
39 students running for office.
Sybil Mann, Vice President of
Student Government, said SG was
expecting a good turnout for the
elections.
"We expect tn have a full
delegation this year. We have four
or five gixHl returning represen-tatives,
and of the people running,
we have a lot of qualified people."
The list of nominees includes
freshman through graduate level
students.
The constitution and by-laws of
the UNC-G Student Government
states that for every 150 town
students, there should be one
representative and three consuls.
Anyone who would like to be a
consul can be nominated by the
UNC-G senate, if they qualify.
Tomlinson The Key To RL Changes
By DAVID GRINDLE
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As returning students began to
filter back into the dorms this past
week, they might have noticed
several improvements that had
taken place over the summer.
Some examples of these include
the elimination of lines for room
keys, the re-upholstered and new
furniture and the bunkable beds.
The man behind Residence Life
is Dr. Bob Tomlinson. Dr. Tomlin-son
has been at UNC-G since
November, 1981. He is essentially
the motivating factor behind the
recent changes in the policies of
Residence Life.
Dr. Tomlinson is young enough
in spirit and years to remember
what it is like to be in college. He is
a unique and likeable person. From
the first conversation with Dr.
Tomlinson, one knows that he is
straightforward, honest and that
he is concerned about the
ramifications of his decisions.
Dr. Tomlinson does not im-plement
a certain policy strictly
because it is the way that is has
always been done. As Dr. Tomlin-son
says, "We have a goal for
doing anything that is rational and
reasonable," as hiring the new
male assistant counselor in Men-denhall.
Unlike many of the past status
quo administrators. Dr. Tomlinson
has progressive plans for his
department. Plans such as a pub
on campus and cable TV/radio in
all rooms, will place campus living
at UNC-G on the same level as
many private and public in-stitutions.
Unfortunately. Dr. Tomlinson's
position will always cause him to be
alienated from the students in one
form or another. He is at the top of
the Residence Life administrative
ladder. He will always be in the
position of having the final say in
most residence hall decisions.
The job that Dr. Tomlinson per-forms
is one of the most complex
on campus. He is responsible for
the well-being of approximately
4,000 students. He has to see that
the present occupants of the dor
mitories are housed, have access to
food, water and entertainment. He
has to make sure that the dor-mitories
are cleaned, heated,
lighted and safe.
Such responsibilities require the
contacts of a powerful politician,
the speaking abilities of a debator.
the mind of a philosopher, the
planning ability of a Utopian ar-chitect,
the mechanical knowledge
of an engineer and the patience of
a good father. A little prayer
would not hurt.
Of course, Dr. Tomlinson is no
such person. No one is. But he is
about as close to the ideal Residen-ce
Hall administrator as one can
find.