—The Daily Collegian Monday, April li, 1987
Vera King Farris, president of Stockton State College in New Jersey, delivers the keynote address at the Second
Annßal Women Working Conference held over the weekend.
Standards of success differ
between sexes, speaker says
By KIRSTEN LEE SWARTZ
Collegian Staff Writer
Men and women face different
standards of success, but women
can overcome those obstacles if
they appreciate the steps that
make a person successful, the na
ton's only black woman college
president said Friday.
Vera King Farris, president of
Stockton State College in New Jer
sey and keynote speaker for the
Women's Alliance second annual
Women Working Conference, said
the socialization process plays a
role how success is viewed for men
and women.
Farris said successful men are
attractive to other members of
society. "Most parents want their
daughters to marry successful
men. . . . 'What is it you intend to
do, young man?' they ask."
Yet successful women are still
intimidating to men, Farris said,
noting that parents do not usually
approve of a career-orientated
daughter-in-law because they wart
'her to have a family instead.
She said women in the workplace
are not only discriminated against
in terms of salary, but also in
terms of "perks" privileges,
gains or profits.
A man can receive tips at confer
ences, dinners, ball games or rac
quetball outings. But if a woman
starts playing racquetball with her•
male co-workers on a regular ba
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don't like it, Farris said.
She also said successful men and
women must live up to different
perceived roles. Women are judged
on their achievments as wives and
mothers and how well they balance
these roles with their jobs, whereas
a successful man ,is not seen as
unsuccesful if he is not a good
father or husband.
Farris added that it would hurt
her more if someone said she failed
as a mother rather than as a col
lege president.
She noted that successful attire
for women is more costly and goes
out of style more quickly than
fashions for men. A man needs only
one or two suits, including a dark
navy jacket, grey or tan pants,
some shirts, ties and shoes, she
said. These items are worn for both
formal and informal occasions.
"But for a woman, there is a
great deal of tincertainty about
what is acceptable," she said. "A
woman can't wear her dark (busi
ness) suit to a formal dinner or a
cocktail party."
At the audience's request, Farris
also elaborated on power play,
"the art of running over the opposi
tion."
Men, who are brought up to com
pete, "have to prove themselves
constantly," she said. "Women
take agressive acts personally."
Farris said the key to overcom
ing such obstacles is to "appreciate
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values and beliefs
act as your driving
force is liberating
because you are
responsible to the
one person who
knows you best.'
Vera Farris,
president of Stockton
State College in New
Jersey
the steps involved in the process of
success."
"Success seems not to be so
much an event as much as a proc
ess," Farris said.
"The process involves both ups
and downs and you have to survive
them both," she said. "Having
your values and beliefs act as your
driving force is liberating because
you are responsible to the one per
son who knows you best."
She added, "Try to think of suc
cess as a constant process of learn
ing and doing."
The conference , . held Friday and
Saturday, attracted women from
around the state as well as Univer
sity students, faculty and staff
members.
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Local Peace Corps reunion
sparks project possibilities
By ELLEN STERN
Collegian Staff Writer
Students who arrive at State
College and experience culture
shock have not really experienced
true culture shock. They should try
to picture themselves in a remote
village, thousands of miles away
from home, living among a group
of people whose culture, language,
and lifestyle are wholly unfamiliar.
For thousands of Americans over
the past 25 years, this scenario was
a way of life for the two years they
spent serving in the Peace Corps.
Last week, about 30 former
volunteers met at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship of Centre
County, 758 Glenn Road, to discuss
the possibilty of forming a group of
Return Peace Corps Volunteers.
Katy Hansen, president of the
National Council of Return Peace
Corps Volunteers, discussed
possible projects the group might
attempt, such as raising funds for
Peace Corps projects, speaking to
local groups and schools, and
publishing literature.
Hansen said the purpose of
forming the group is to accomplish
one of the goals of the Peace Corps:
To promote understanding of the
Third World. "Many volunteers
return and find that no one wants to
listen to what you have to say," she
said.
President John F. Kennedy
formed the Peace Corps in 1961 to
fulfill one of his campaign
promises. One of the agency's
initial staff members was
Lawrence Dennis, a University
faculty member. During the 19605,
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Sandra Houtz, another former
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been clear from the start. The policy
states that students will be evaluated
for entrance into their majors after
either three or four semesters.
"In my mind there's never been
any misunderstanding of what the
policy said," said Robert Dunham,
vice president for academic services.
Cartwright agreed that the policy
of third- or fourth-semester evalua
tion is evident in the letter Miller and
Hricko quoted.
However, the students believe ad
ministrators should have more clear
ly spelled out the policy
interpretation.
"We're not saying this is a terrible
policy, but bringing it in now is terri
ble," Miller said. "It's a cop-out if
(administrators) say there's mis
communication. . . . That's bad."
Hricko added: "They've got their
loopholes covered. They're going to
say, 'There's been a problem in inter
pretation.' "
However, Cartwright said students
should have known how the policy
would be implemented because ad
ministrators have been interpreting
the enrollment management policy
since it was developed in 1985.
Hricko said he would have been
satisfied knowing that his grades did
not earn him a place in an engi
neering major. But he said he cannot
accept that a "policy mix-up" did not
allow him sufficient time to compete
with other engineers for entrance into
a major.
Miller and Hricko also believe it is
unfair that the sophomore engineers
now being admitted to a major could
get low grades this semester and still
be guaranteed a spot in the major for
the fall.
Wolgemuth confirmed that once
students are accepted into enrollment
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`We're not saying this
is a terrible policy,
but bringing it in now
is terrible. It's a cop
out if (administrators)
say there's
miscommunication.
... That's bad.'
Mike A. Miller, Penn
State University
engineering student
controlled engineering majors, their
spots are guaranteed provided
they maintain a 2.4 grade-point aver
age.
All engineering majors except
agricultural engineering and chemi
cal engineering are under enroll
ment controls.
Addressing the number of spots
that might open up under reconsider
ation, Wolgemuth said, "my guess is
only slightly better than yours," and
added that College of Engineering
officials hope to evaluate the list by
June 1.
Additional space may arise if stu
dents who were already accepted do
not meet their course requirements
after the fourth semester, decide to
switch to another engineering major,
or choose to leave the College of
Engineering altogether.
Miller and Hricko said they expect
a long list and fierce competition
among those on the list by the end of
the semester.
Miller added that the entire accep
tance process for engineers is "a
convenience to some people and it's
like the death penalty to other peo
ple."
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