1978_02 The Daily Collegian February 1978

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Women's Forum II Ir.rlf r,H
Laws more favprab/e to women, says lawyer
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Women are brutal scrulinlsers of rape, according to Fresno attorney Annette LaRue, who with four other women kicked off Women's Forum H, (Photo by Yvonne Obanlan)
to   make It public," (he said.
La Rue was the keynote speaker In the nrst of a series of
Women's Forum programs last
week tn the College Union. Rape -
was 'one of many problems she
discussed.
But laws are now somewhat
more favorable to women, said
La Rue, No longer can a woman's
prior sexual activity be brought
into the court by the defendant.
La Rue said' battered women
are "notorious" for not prosecuting. She also pointed out
that police reaction to family disturbances Is often negative, since
one fourth of all policemen killed
on duty are responding to family
fights.
La Rue told of one woman who
who was acquitted after killing
her husband, who had beaten her
for years. This brought applause''
from one member of the audience. La Rue responded with,
"They would have loved you on
the Jury."
Unequal child support laws are
being changed. Non-custodial
mothers with the ability to pay
may be paying child support. According to La Rue, many women
are paying now.
La Rut also spoke on abortion,
women In sports, and the Equal
Rights Amendment. She atressci
the fact that women are not
equal yet. "We are still victims
of tokenism," said La Rue.
Following the lecture, a panel
consisting of Nadlna Cole, executive director of the Fresno
City and County Commission on
the status of Women; Lenore
Schrelber, newly-appointed municipal court Judge-, and Liz Nelson, Women's Studies Instructor
at CSUF, d
Schrelber pointed out that
every woman must decide what
she wants to do with her life.
i ask herself, "Howdoes
to live her life?"
She went on to say women
should walk out If they're being beaten or unhappy. One audience member questioned this,
saying, "Thirty per cent of older
women (over 35) are unemployed," she said,    "How will we
Next week's speaker Is Dr.
Nlara Sudarkasa, anthropology
professor at the University of
Michigan. She will speak on
"Where Women Work— The
African Experience."
Campus assaults spur UPC 'anti-rape' fund
armed by Increasing Incidents of
s and violent assaults upon women
>r near state' university campuses,
(ornla's largest professor's union
available to campus groups
11,000   '
The United Professors of California
AFL-CIO) created the emergency "anti-
ape" fund in response to a rash of
apes and assaults on woman, partlcu-
»rly at tie San Jose State University
umpus, but on other campuses th rough-
wt the state and the nation.
Recently, two coeds were murdered
lei two others brutau^ assaulted In an
taljv s
CSUF's plant librarian:
attack at a Florida state university
sorority house.
Or. Warren Kessler, United Professors of California (UPC) president said
"rapes and violent assaults upon women
are either becoming more common on
our campuses, or we are Anally beginning to obtain proper reporting of the
magnitude of the problem/
"In any case," Kessler said, "what
we have witnessed at San Jose State
and at other campuses throughout our
nation alarms us as educators, not merely because these attacks are occurring
on or near our campuses, but because
It drives home to us tha violence which
Is  perpetrated upon Women throughout
is to support rape
Weiler stocks the herbarium
A social collection of preserved plants
housed in CSUF's Biology Department is providing a variety of Central
California agencies with a ready resource for identifying unknown species.
Botany professor Join Weiler said
toe University's herbarium, is one of
f» largest In California, with S4.000
Wu' specimens.
Founded In 1925 by Dr. Charles Qui-
•O. professor emeritus of botany, tbe
Wlectlon specialises in plants found In
central California from the coastal areas
b the Mojave Desert. It includes over
'.000 of the 7,000 different plants that
P°» In California'. ^^
Weiler has added some 14,000 plants
"other 10,000 from Ws own travels
«d student field trips.
Re said the facility has served as a
resource for physicians to determine
(tut identities and their toxicity in
JjBfences of poisoning. It also is used
J? forestry and agricultural personnel
«Identify unfamiliar species and determine whether they are poisonous, aller-
tenic, or edible.
"Our first priority, I;
prevention activities ■
support for rape victims. This will
include support for rape counseling
groups, self defense classes and demands
for Improved lighting and police patrols
on and near our campuses."
"Ultimately, educators throughout the
nation must confront the root causes of
sexual violence In our society," he
said. "We must begin to take seriously tha problems of sexual maladjustment,
Interpersonal maladjustment and sexism
In our society. Not only rapes, but
wife beating and domestic homicides are
widespread symptoms of the failure of
people to communicate, to understand
their feelings and their sexuality and to
find expression for their personal needs
e respecting the rights of others."
"On many campuses, even today, students and some faculty and admlnlstni-
Studles, Interpersonal communications,
human sexuality, encounter groups and
marriage and family courses.
"We are not suggesting thatextremc-
ly complex problems of sexuality and
human Interrelationships can be resolved
simply hy taking a five-week mini-
course, hut, in view of the widespread
violence our society Is experiencing in
relation to sexuality, we believe Uiat
our schools should take all of these
subjects much more seriously In the
future," Kessler said. —
The union leader acknowledged, "We
realize that $1,000 hy Itself will not
go very far when spread among our
19 campuses. But we believe that this
Is an Important symbolic and material
gesture, which we Intend tu follow up
with substantial volunteer efforts on all
Each plant file includes a pressed specimen along with a description of the
natural habitat of tbe species, and In
some cases, various stages of tbe plant's
life.
Tbe collection may reach its ultimate
size within the next five or six years
to further meet the research needs of
Consumer credit:
'long-hairs' now reliable
A m°re reo
. has been tc
.at function of the facility
■«*. oeeu to assist in tbe preparation
"environmental Impact reports, Weiler
«M- When an area is being considered
w development, affected plant life must
« identified to take into account any
wil to rare and endangered species,
wciric files can also be used by pad-
by Coral Pin*
Freelance contributor
|*J ot surprisingly, there are two divergent schools of thought on young
consumer credit: On the one hand, says
a New York banker, letting young people
buy "on the cuff" Is "like teaching
the young to use narcotics."
Meanwhile, says Irvln Penner, president of the College Credit Card Corp.
(an organization that markets a variety
of credit opportunities nationwide), young
people are tbe building blocks of the
future. College students. In particular,
are the elite of the entire youth market,
says Penner.
Partner's firm Is a "go-between."
He links college consumers with a variety of credit Interests, Including Pen-
ney's, Ward's, Sears, Mobil Oil and
many banks across the country offering
Visa (formerly BankAmericard) and
Master Charge cards, Penner*s Arm
handles phone and mall solicitations for
these clients. j
"The college market, to us, is tbe
credit card market," says Penner.
"Sure, there are skeptics in this field
*ho point to defaults- on student loans,
but that's a different kind of credit."
"We have found that tbe college market
is a right, responsible market. We
don't   have any sophisticated Harvard
Business  Review studies  to prove/1
but we know from experience."
Penner says his firm did i
some surveys of the college market a
few years ago and discovered, tn his
words, "University Juniors, seniors, and
graduate students are Indeed the real
thoroughbreds of the youth market he- - '
cause they go through the rigors of
qualifying."
"Competing in the academic world,"
he said, "enhances those qualities that
make' them winners In life's race and
concurrently make them ihe most desirable of consumers."
'This research took eight months,
but It gave us sufficient evidence to
woo upperclassmen as customers and to
take the further step of recommending
! that they c	
extending a credit card to this special
ft ne Arizona banker, who has awarded
thousands of Master Charge credit
cards to young people 18 and up for
many years, says, "A large majority
of the long-hatred, bearded, unwashed
generation of tbe Sixties have proved
quite reliable — more reliable. In fact,
than their parents."
With   mixed   feelings   among  credit
specialists, however, it's not surprising
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