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Women's works
Women's Pages 74, a twice-a-semester tabloid put
together by the Women's Resource Center (WRC), is a
refreshing example of how one group can effectively
promote its cause.
The newspaper, which contains no advertisements
except WRC and University Women's Action Group
notices, is cohesive, readable, informative and generally
more professional-looking than similar interest-group
grindouts.
The 8-page publication well serves the purpose of the
feminist movement itself, which is to stimulate greater
awareness of women in society.
Its stories and features written and drawn by men as
well as women-include "Bits and Pieces," a literary-art
catchall page; an explanation of whether a woman's
name and property are still hers after marriage (the
answer is yes); a "herstory" of the WRC and sections on
abortion in Lincoln. The abortion information stories
are balanced by an articfe'on Birthright, a problem
pregnancy, anti-abortion group that advises women to
bear a child rather than terminate a pregnancy.
Additionally, the paper is peppered with sexist
excerpts patterned after the "No comment" feature in
Ms. magazine. For example, Women's Pages 74 reports
that J.ohn Perrin, visiting assistant professor of history,
once mistakenly referred to a man as "Miss" while
handing back quizzes. "Oh, I'm sorry for the
demotion," Perrin said, chuckling. Then he said,
"What's the matter girls, can't you take a rib-or was
one enough7'v
A WRC spokeswoman said the group hopes to print
another newspaper this semester, probably in April.
About 6,000 issues of the 8,500 press run already have
been distributed "free or donation." The $150 allocated
to WRC by the ASUN Senate for printing the paper
already has been exhausted.
Everyone should pick up and read a copy. After ail,
women's liberation also liberates men.
Mary Voboril
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A most interesting thing cropped up last week.
Every year or so, it seems the University locks in
combat with the governor and the Legislature about
its budget. The University usually wants more money;
the governor wants to give it less; the Legislature
wants more control over spending; the University
wants "academic freedom" otherwise known as the
right to spend more or less as it pleases.
Last week, a suggestion was made to simplify
things a little. State Sen. Richard Marvel of Hastings,
chairman of the Legislature's Appropriations
Committee, joined with various University
representatives and the Legislative Fiscal Office to
work out a system of independent evaluation of
University departments.
There are hitches. Basically, the tystem iAvoives
surrender by the University of what it always hat
tried to claim as its ."right" the right to decide
exactly how it will spend the money it receives from
the state.
Implicit in the new evaluation system is the idea
that the Legislature could specify for which
departments it means the money to go. The new
legislative control over money implies broad control
over major policies as well. Another hitch is that the
idea comes from the Legislature alone. Since it was
announced, the governor's office has said not a word.
Marvel will quite likely be running against J. James
Exon for the governor's seat soon, and Exon might be
forgiven if he is reluctant to give Marvel public credit
for his bright idea.
But on the other hand, if it works, the evaluation
system will mean continuing examination of all
University programs.
mory connon
Maybe. Second, it will tremendously enhance the
University's relationship with the Legislature,
meaning perhaps that money will be appropriated
when and where needed. Maybe. The whole structure
depends on mutual trust, which might not
materialize.
Know thine enemy dept.
Believe it or not, the following letter to the editor
appear last week in the Ord, Neb. Quiz:
"The recent proposal by a Unicameral Legislature
senator that the University of Nebraska legalize sales
of beer and whiskey at campus dormitories deserves
the indignant opposition of all Nebraska citizens, I
beiievr... .According to a state organization in Sutton,
the National Action Christian Assoc. (or some similar
name) states that two-thirds of all abortions at
University hospitals are on never-married single girls.
This implies that students are finding it very difficult
to live a moral life. Thus, as alcohol is a recognized
tool by those living in immorality to seduce new
victims, why should the University increase the
number of unwanted pregnancies? Children
(meaning students) are supposed to be recipient", of
love and affection, from parents and from the
public... University students are not full citizens until
they support themselves. Until they do, they sie
morally obligated to live according to standards
which will enhance their health and morality and
which meet the approval of the public."
Dear editor,
I must reply to the letter in regard to Greg
Lukow's column on women in films (Daily
fMebraskan, Jan. 25).
Any list of distinguished veteran actresses is
completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, which is
the state of women in films "in the past months."
Lukow says this early and does not stray from it
during his entire article.
The bone of contention here is "...many of the
most popular actresses were sex stars, and recent
pornography rulings have tamed film sex
considerably."
This statement is misinterpreted and taken
completely out of context, and it is implied that
Lukow was referring to every screen actress from
Wary Pickford to the present day. (The key verb is
were ). Again, I repeat the scope of the article: "the
past months."
I know Greg Lukow, and he has an extremely high
regard for the movies of the 30s and '40s. He would
be the last to denigrate any of the personalities of
that pra.
And as long as we're bandying lists of screen
actresses, what happened to Greta Garbo, Jean
Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Hedy Lamar, Gloria
Swanson, Jane Russell, Dorothy Lamour, Theda Bara,
Clara Bow and others, whose popularity depended on
sex appeal as much as anything else? Fe3r not,
sophisticated people of the 70s, there was a good
deal more sexuality in the films of the early '30s
(before the movie production code and the Catholic
Legion of Decency arrived on the scene in 1934) than
you may think.
Just because sex is now up on the wide screen in
color, it is not sexier, nor is it any more maturely
presented.
And Greta Garbo could do more with an eyebrow
or a cheek muscle than Jane Fonda can do with her
entire body.
Howard H. Prouty
man whose views do not even compare favorably with
a rarsighted mole, either in rhetoric or content.
Keith Landgren's Desperate Remedies (Daily
Nebraskan, Jan. 30) was one of the most complete
Asinine mediocrity
Dear editor,
At long last the Daily Nebraskan has exhumed a
brought to my attention. Even John Vihstadt's late
columns came up with better misnomers than
"undistinguished" and "knothead right." How can
one person possibly blame another for an entire
country's problems?
It is possible, I suppose, though, that the tasty
dormitory food and bubblegum on sidewalks was
purposely provided to direct our attention away from
Watergate. I am quite sure the present fuel crisis is in
large part due to Nixon's flying in private jets, and it
is a known fact that our decreasing participation in
Vietnam has added to unemployment and inflation.
Nixon couldn't even duplicate former President
Lyndon Johnson's feat of singlehandt'dly losing
three-fourths of the nation's confidence; he had to
use a whole Plumbers' union and half a dozen
billionaires,
I am not a member of the "knothead right" or any
other species of green monkey, but if Landgren is any
indication of what the left is like, I may join.
Mark Bearr
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