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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, Novembers, I960
Professor examines family structure
Bv Lerri Otam —■
By Lerri Otsen
Should a live-in relationship between
two homosexuals be considered a 'fam¬
ily' situation?
Should an unmarried man and wonun
with children be considered a legal
family?
Those would be pretty hard questions
to Rive definite ves-no answers to, bul
Professor Franklin Ng of the CSUF
Anthropology Department was recently
on a committee that tackled lust such
questions
Ng worked on a regional planning
committee that raised questions about
today's families The questions they
raised were dealt with at this summer's
White House Conference on the Family.
The government may redefine
the meaning of the family
But what seems to be a fairly simple,
subject on the surface has become 'very
controversial" in the past few years, Ng
said
There were no easy answers, not even
to tin- definition of a family
'CrouDS such as Mormons and Cath¬
olics have very strong feelings as to how
the familv should be defined.' Ng said
The traditional picture of the family,
as it appears in the minds of most Amen-
TOMORROW
cans, is one of a father, a mother, and
maybe one or two children, Ngsaid.
But many families in America are
quite different from that stereotype, he
said.
.There are single-parent households
arid extended families that include
grandparents, aunts and uncles, along
with other "variations," he said.
The government is taking another look
at different families to decide what types
of situations should be supported in gov¬
ernment no) icy.
This will give a chance for groups,
such as Asian families with 10 or 12
members a chance to voice their special
needs, like finding adeauate houslna
Ng participated in a Family Service
Association committee made up of peo¬
ple from many different backgrounds,
who were asked to give their views on
the future of families.
Their results were recently published
by I amilv Services Association.
On Ns's committee were a professor
of religion, a historian and an English
professor he said.
Other similar committees were formed
throughout the country, he said.
With such diverse representatives, it
was (".'ficult to come to an agreement on
answers to family issues.
'Our group came
to no conclusion.'
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Ng said 'Our group came to no firm
conclusion. The answers varied from the
different oarticipants.'
One thing they suggested, though,
was 'hat families have historically last¬
ed, despite the social strains put on them
by such things as the industrial 'revolu¬
tion.
Ng said that would mean the 'dooms¬
day" predictors, who claim the' family
system is crumbling, are wrong.
"The family may have become more
resilient and may be able to weather all
these crises everyone's talking about,"
Ng said.
But for now, that's only speculation,
he added
The final findings of the White House
conference won't be published for a few
months, and Ng said, "I 'm not sure how
(our findings) will work into the final
product.'
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Heidi' auditions slated
CXI FRIDAY FIIM
Fresno Community Theatre Child-
rens' Plavhouse announces auditions for
their first Droduction, a musical version
of Johanna Spyri's Heidi being presen¬
ted in observation of the 100th anniver¬
sary of the publication of Heidi and the
Fresno Community Theatre's 25th
Anniversary Season.
Auditions are scheduled for Tuesday,
Nov. 11 from 1-4 p.m. in the Fresno
Memorial Auditorium Theatre at Fresno
and N Streets. Call backs and addi¬
tional auditions will be held in the multi¬
purpose room of Fort Milter Middle
School on Wednesday, Nov. 12 and
Thursday. Nov. 13 from7-9p.m.
Children's Playhouse is looking for a
very special young actress to fill the
title role of Heidi. Our Heidi may be
between the ages of seven and 10 years
or slightly older Is the actress is small in
stature. Singing as well as acting abil¬
ity will nualify candidates for consider¬
ation.
The remainder of the cist calls for 15
roles which are open to adults, teen¬
agers and young people 10 years and
older. In addition, an enthusiastic
chorus of singers and dancers of all
ages will be needed.
Performance dates for Heidi will be
Jan. 17.18.24.25.31 and Feb. 1.
Forfurther information, please call the
theatre office Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to S p.m. or call 233-6213.
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