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Three wealthy businessmen sit
at one end of the candle-lit table.
They drink scotch, smcl-e cigars
ar.d discuss business.
At the ether end of the table, a
womnn la a long, lace dress iits
with her hsnsb fc!3;d and her
eyes downcast. Che stares at a
bbwlcf fruit.
The caption on thi3 well-known
cigarette advertisement says,
"Virginia Slims remembers when
a man hid his piece and & woman
knew hers."
A ,1080s woman 13 superim
posed on the picture, separating
the men from the submissive
woman. Dressed in a low-cut
blazer, the modem woman glan
ce3 at the men and laughs. The
new caption tells it all: "YouVe
come a long way, baby."
But have they? Are women
really better off today? Have they
bridged the sociological and eco
nomical gaps portrayed so vividly
in the cigarette ad?
The answer economically, at
least is "no." According to the
most recent government statistics:
More than one-third of all
working women today have cleri-
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ca East Campus.
maiiing system m aicer xuna i reiuiia poiicj
Students' rights were put before
university organizations' refund
advantage last nif,ht when the
UNL Committee on Fee Allocations
passed a resolution to mail fund
A refunds to students, rather
than have students pick up their
money.
Since the NU Board of Regents
voted in 19S0 to refund the fund
A portion of student fees to stu
dents upon request, hundreds of
UNL students have lost certain
services through refunds, but
never have received their money e
cause they misunderstood the
former refund process, accord
ing to committee members.
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cal jobs pacing about $2,000 above
the poverty leveL
In 1920, the median annual
salary for a full-time clerical
worker was $10,937 for a woman
and $18,671 for a man. For sales
clerks, the median annual salary
was $9,743 for a woman and
$19,910 for a man.
Nebraska women in 1955
earned only 64 percent of the
amount paid to men; by 1630,
this figure had decreased to 60
percent.
In 1683, 75 percent of Ne
braska's women government em
ployees were massed into the 10
In the past, refund applicants
picked up their money in the
Student Activities and Financial
Services office. Now their refunds
will be mailed to them.
The process for applying for
refunds filing for one to four
fund A refunds in the SAFS office
during the first five weeks of each
semester will remain the same,
as will the lost services listed
below:
ASUN's $1.72 refund cancels
free legsl services.
The Daily Nebraskan's 92
cent refund cancels discounts on
classified ads.
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lowest paying jobs oflice and
clerical work.
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Congress passed the Equal Pay
Act of 1083 and Title VII of the
Qvil Eights Act to guarantee equal
pay and employment access to
women, but the legislation has
done little to improve women's
pay or access to jobs.
So after more than 20 years,
women's groups and labor unions
now are promoting a new system
to extend the '60s anti-discrimination
legislation. Pay equity a
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collected Wednesday &t t&e
food eervices are produced
University Program Council's
$2.58 refund cancels everything
from free university classes,
speeches, films, coffeehouses and
performing arts to student-priced
tickets for films, dances, concerts,
trips, contests and tournaments.
The State Student Associa
tion's 50-cent refund does not
result in lost services,
Students who have lost their
services are identified by the
punch in their student identifica
tion card.
The application process is ad
vertised in the Daily Nebraskan
on registration forms and class
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'system that compares two dis
similar jobs and sets salaries
based on numerical ratings could
raise the salaries of millions of
working women.
For example, pay equity com
pares the duties of a secretary
and a carpenter. The jobs are
assigned points for factors such
as effort, skill, responsibility and
working conditions. If both jobs
receive the same number of points,
a secretary and a carpenter re
ceive the same salary.
On a national level, pay equity
has been promoted by legislators
and the courts. The Federal Pay
Students ask regents
to back new bookstore
By Gene Gentrap
Daily Nebr&skaa SsEior Eeporter
Construction of a new UNL
Bookstore and better preparation
for high school students for col
lege admission requirements were
discussed at an open forum be
tween students and NU adminis
trators and regents Thursday at
Regents HalL
Representatives from the AG
Advisory Board, RHA, ASUN and
the International Student Organ
ization voiced their concerns and
needs.
ASUN represenative Clark Os
born said a new UNL bookstore is
needed and asked the regents to
support the issue. The proposed
bookstore would be built between
the Nebraska Union and the ad
ministration building. All three
buildings would be connected.
Osborn said that when the cur
rent bookstore was built, it was
designed for a student popula
tion only half the size it is now. He
said a new bookstore would in-
schedules so students understand
that part of the process. It was
only the actual refund that caused
problems, according to the com
mittee. This misunderstanding was
demonstrated this year when 244
applicants filed for refunds, but
only 214 returned for their money.
The unclaimed refunds remained
in organizations' treasuries.
According to one committee
member, the organizations benefit
from students who fail to pick up
their refunds and this organiza
tion' advantage was built into
the process purposely. Most mem
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Equity and Management Improve
ment Act of 1931, passed by the
House of Representatives in late
May, calls for a pay equity study
of the federal civil service system.
However, the Senate counterpart
to the bill on merit pay currently
does not include a pay-equity
study.
Federal court cases also have
brightened the pay-equity torch.
In County of Washington vs.
Gunther, the Supreme Court said
Title VII of the Civil Eights Act
allows vomen to protest wage
discrimination even in cases
where no man holds an equal, but
higher-paying job. Opponents of
pay equity had argued that Title
VII was restricted solely to equal
work comparisons;
A landmark Washington State
pay-equity case now is being ap
pealed to the Supreme Court and
should be decided next year.
U.S. District Judge Jack Tanner
ruled last December that Washing
ton State had "historically engaged
in employee discrimination on
theb as is of sex." Tanner ordered
wage increases and four years'
back pay for more than 15,000
workers, 90 percent of them
women.
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crease student traffic in the three
buildings and promote student
contact with campus administrators.
Osborn also said that if the cur
rent Nebraska Bookstore, 1 135 R
st., is demolished to make way for
the planned Lied Center for Per
forming Arts, students would rely
more heavily on the Union Book
store. If a new Nebraska Book
store is built, he said, it may "get a
jump" on the Union Bookstore.
A task force was formed in
1982 to study the feasibility of a
new bookstore and, Osborn said,
the report was conclusive with
ASUNs proposal He said the book
store would be constructed be
tween the Nebraska Union and
the Administration Building for a
cost of between $2 million to $3
million. The costs would be ab
sorbed by a bond reserve and the
debt could be serviced through
profits from the bookstore's "high
income," he said.
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bers did not feel this was fair and
voted to mail the refunds.
The mailing process was pro
posed by Richard Armstrong, vice
chancellor of student affairs, in a
letter to administrators. Accord
ing to the letter, it would have
cost the university about $190
extra if the 1983-84 refunds had
been mailed.
Mailing costs more, but Doug
Metzger, manager of SAFS said it
is necessary. It will save students
a trip to SAFS, ensure that stu
dents receive their refunds and
allow SAFS to use its time more
efficiently during the refund
period.
