VOL. IV, NO. 7
NOW at Ca
The National Organization
for Women (NOW) is the
largest women's civil rights
group in the United States.
NOW is concerned with every
area affecting women's lives
from employment to
education, from violence
against women to the media's
portrayal of women. The 'main
concern of NOW is changing
the laws which discriminate
against women and minority
groups and then seeking to
have the laws enforced.
Some of the ac
complishments NOW has
achieved nationally, regionally
and locally since its onset in
1966 have been:
In Employment -- We
compelled the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission (EEOC) to act on sex
discrimination cases; before
NOW came into existence, they
were ignoring complaints of
sex discrimination. (1966- ).
Pa. NOW aided employees of
individual companies win both
new job opportunities and back
pay as in the case of the 246
women employees of the G.C.
Murphy Company Warehouse
in McKeesport, Pa. who
received $548,000 in back pay,
the largest settlement yet
awarded in a sex
discrimination case. (1972).
In Education -- We have
raised the professional
aspirations of women
throughout the country and
encouraged the entry of
Campus
Security
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By Fred Prouser
The Committee on Student
Affairs, chaired by Iris
Prager, is currently reviewing
the role of security on campus.
Acting at the request of Dr.
McDermott, the committee
will develop a plan of action
concerning the security issue
that the Provost may adopt.
Development of a basic
security program is a priority
of the committee as well as
fostering an awareness of the
Our Cover:
Reflections
by Jim Bollinger
women into previously ex
clusionary or "quota-d" fields
such as medicine, law,. den
tistry. We are compelling their
acceptance by pressuring the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare (HEW)
to enforce compliance with
non-discriminatory standards
required to institutions that
wish to continue to receive
federal funds.
In Politics and Government -
- NOW members were in
strumental in the founding and
organization of the National
Women's Political Caucus as
well as state and local
caucuses (1971) ; Pa. NOW was
influential in helping pass the
Equal Rights Amendment to
the Pennsylvania Constitution -
May, 1971.
In Family Life -- A new in
volvement of men in family life
is becoming evident as the new
feminist movement breaks
down the sex-role stereotypes
that have inhibited their
participation in the past. NOW
specifically and the new
feminist movement generally
have created a climate of
opinion on women's right to
have or not have children;
motherhood is rapidly
disappearing as the single
barometer of "fulfillment" for
a woman, and marriage
without children is becoming
socially acceptable.
In the Law -- Of some 400
aspects of security on campus.
A basic question brought up
within the committee was the
relationship between state
laws and University policy as
they relate to security matters.
Input from security personnel
will be considered before the
final recommendation is made
to the Provost.
What is hoped for according
to Iris Prager, is, "to design
something to work five days
from now, as well as five years
from now".
The committee views its
relationship and priorities
within the University as any
non-academic concern of the
student including matters
between students and faculty
as well as the administration.
C. C. READER
I II Applications for GAPSFAS
tOl now available
equal pay cases filed by the
Department of Labor, the
women won 178 of 208 lower
court decisions to date and also
won 14 of the 30 "lost" cases on
appeal to higher courts. For
instance NOW filed amicus
briefs (friend of the court) in
Thorn vs. Richardson in which
priority for male, as opposed to
female, welfare recipients for
training under the federal
government's WIN program
was held invalid; and Dr. Ina
Braden vs. the University of
Pittsburgh, the first class
action suit ever filed against a
university for women faculty
members because of sex
discrimination.
Although we are justly proud
of our accomplishments (a few
of which are listed above),
much remains to be done.
NOW energy is being directed
toward the Ratification of the
ERA on a national level,
developmental child care
centers, paid maternity leave
& acknowledgment of
"parental leave" for both
sexes, right to control our
reproductive lives, and
revision of marriage, divorce
and family laws and equal
employment opportunities.
If you are interested in any
NOW activity to end sex
discrimination and build
support for feminism: contact
Kelly Simmons or Anne Kless
via the C.C. Reader office.
Watch for posted meeting
times.
Scholarship
Recipients
Honored
On Friday night, November
1, a dinner was held at the
Penn State-Capitol Campus
cafeteria in honor of six
students here at Capitol who
received the Bayard D. and
Ethel M. Kunkle scholarship.
Those six students are: Ellis
Alley.of Berwick, Peggy Dillon
of Trucksville, Thomas
Gajewski of Reading, Russell
Hogg of Philadelphia, Gary
Krupa of Smithville, and Gary
Mosteller of Berwick.
To qualify for a Kunkle
scholarship, a student must
show professional aptitude in
his or her field of study and
must be a•full-time graduate in
need of financial aid.
Mr. Bayard Kunkle, who was
at one time a vice-president of
General Motors, attended
Penn State University only
with the help of scholarship
aid. Before his death in 1953 he
established a scholarship fund
to "repay his debt".
Application forms for the
Graduate and Professional
School Financial Aid Service
(GAPSFAS) are now available
from the Counseling Center,
Room W-117. GAPSFAS is an
activity of the Graduate and
Professional Financial Aid
Council which includes
representatives from the
Association of American
Medical Colleges, the College
Scholarship Service Council,
the Graduate Business Ad
missions Council, the Graduate
Record Examination Board
and the Law School Ad
missions Council. Educational
Testing Service operates the
service on behalf of the
Council.
The GAPSFAS application
has been designed to yield
financial information for
Saving
Energy
Nuclear
Three Mile Island Nuclear generating plant outside of Middletown
By Phillis Schaeffer
The Capitol Campus energy
conservation program con
tinues to need everyone's help.
Almost one year ago, the
C.C. Reader printed a
memorandum from Dr. Robert
McDermott, Provost, which
listed certain energy saving
measures that were im
plemented immediately and
requested student, faculty and
staff assistance to further
conserve energy.
During a recent interview,
Mr. Russell Rorabaugh,
Supervisor of Maintenance and
Operations, related some of the
energy saving measures which
have been implemented as a
result of the suggestions in that
memorandum:
1. Corridor walls have been
repainted so that the upper
halves are lighter in color.
2. Every other light fixture in
the halls is off.
3. Bulb wattages have been
decreased wherever possible.
4. The walkway lights to the
dorms are automatically
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The Gallery lounge has taken
on a new look this year in case
you haven't noticed. Special
lighting and carpeted walls
enhance the works of art
currently being shown in the
lounge. Ronald Blouch's
sculpture and crafts show fine
attention to detail and craft
smanship. Of special are his
works in wood. Using walnut,
mahogany and cherry he
fashions bowls with graceful
curves accenting the grain of
NOVEMBER 15, 1974
financial aid assessment by
many different kinds of
graduate and professional
schools. Not all graduate and
professional schools use this
service and a prospective
graduate student is advised to
find out from schools of in
terest if this service is utilized
for financial aid assistance.
Students are advised to
submit their GAPSFAS ap
plication at the same time they
apply to graduate or
professional school, or at least
one month earlier than the
-financial aid deadline specified
by the school.
A complete list of graduate
and professional schools
utilizing the GAPSFAS Service
is available in the Counseling
Office.
turned off between 1:30 am and
6:30 am, the hours when they
are least needed.
5. A switch has been installed
in the main parking lot to
regulate the use of lighting
according to need.
6. The auditorium is not
heated or cooled unless it is in
use.
Energy conservation,
however, continues to need the
individual initiative of
students, faculty and staff. Mr.
Rorabaugh reemphasized
some of the ways we all can
help save energy:
1. Turn off all lights not in
use.
2. Don't open windows unless
the heat has been turned off
first.
3. After evening classes, turn
the heat down on some of the
radiators.
If you have any suggestions
for energy saving, please
submit them to the C.C.
Reader and we will forward
them to the appropriate per
son.
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the wood
The prints currently in the
lounge until November 22nd
are by Beatrice Berlin. Their
swirling colors compliment the
lounge, bringing a cheerful air
to the quiet subdued at
mosphere of the lounge.
So, next time you're in the
lounge, take a break from that
reading assignment and look
around- you'll find a visual
treat for the eyes.