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‘The SaUmite
October 31,1991
Laura X continued from page 1
was off to Orlando for the International
Conference on Campus Sexual Assault.
She was packing in a panic. I sat on a
sofa as she went back and forth from the
bedroom bringing out different colored
A-framed dresses to put in her garmet
bag. She kept speaking as she wentback
into the dresing room to get more socks,
underwear,and other pairs of sandals.
She never slowed down or stopp>ed
talking, just raised her voice a little to
make sure 1 could hear her from the
bedroom.
"It's a tragedy," Laura said about
Vassar going coed. "The first year men
wereo n campus the president of stu
dent body was a man. They changed
the school colors too." Rose and gray
was not masculine enough for the men's
soccer team."
Inspired by Malcolm X in the late 60's
Laura legally changed her name. She
read that Malcolm X was emphasizing
black people's anonymous history as it
had been stolen, and he was protesting
the adoptionof slave owner's last names.
Laura felt these concerns were also true
of women. Women did not have a
history and were forced to take their
husband's last name, therefore they were
"legally owned by their husband."
The changing of her last name also
inspired her to establish the Women's
History research Center in 1968.
Through this Center and also the
national clearing house on Date and
Marital Rape, established in 1978.
The first major change and step
forward took place in 1971 when women
were legally recognized as persons. This
went on to inspire the passing of the
Equal Credit Act under president Ford,
allowing women to have credit in their
own name.
Laura X has since focused on making
marital rap>e illegal and laws adgainst
date rape more stringent. Laws have
been passed outlawing marital rape in
all states except North Carolina and
Oklahoma. She views a date as a
"miniature marriage' where the man
feels he has provided and the women
owes him. Date or acquaintance rape is
the most common type of violence
against a women in the United States.
Laura warns about the myths of date
rape. " it doesn't only happento young
college freshmen virgins in the first two
weeks of school. The rapists aren't
always college frat boy with
uncontrollable hormones. Working
middle-aged men can rape too. It's an
issue that will follow you off this campus
and into the working world."
If you are interested in these issues
there are many ways to get involved.
On campus Greta Cassady is organiz-
ingC.R.E.A.P.-TheCommittee for Rape
Eduacation, Awareness and Prvention.
Also Family Services has a volunteer
program called Rape Response.
Volunteers meet victims at the Emer
gency room, councel them on the phone,
and encourage counseling at the Family
Services Center. Greta Cassasy is cur-
rentlyintemingat Family Srvices. Other
Salem women invloved in this program
are P.J. Smith and Elizabeth Barrett. Lisa
Allred is the director of the Rape Re-
sp>onse program at Family Services.
ClydeEdgerton:
entertainment
southern style
by Deana Bass
While doing workstudy in the
Admissions office, I heard many
students ask about the "free Clyde
Edgerton tickets." I had never heard of
Clyde Edgerton, but free has always
been one of my favorite words. So, 1
asked about the tickets too. This was a
smart move. For an hour Clyde Edger
ton, author of Walking Across Egypt,
Rainey, and other books about life in the
south, entertained a crowded Hanes
Auditorium.
Edgerton a North Carolinian, is noted
for his southern characters who are so
real they could easily be i our nextdoor
neighbor. Sunday afternoon in the
Hanes Auditorium, Edgerton read
passages from his books, and became a
SctCemite
Co-Editors
Hanan Abdul-Rahim and Elizabeth Sheehy
Layout Editors
English Hopkins, Deana Bass
Business Manager
Saswati Datta
Entertainment Editor
Elizabeth Barrett
Sports Editor
Deana Bass
Feature Editor
Kate Hargett
Copy Editors
Lisa Findlay, Rachel Brooks
Photography Editor
Meredith Snellings
Contributing Writers
Angie Shotts, Lisa Findlay, Alii Rohe,Tara Newton,
Meredith Snellings, Anne Tucker,
Eco Club is getting
necessary Changes
by Kristen Miller
"Garbage is not something you throw
away. There is no such place as away.
Disposal is a myth..."
Knowing Home
Salem Eco (Environmental Aware
ness Organization) is looking forward
to an exciting year. Thank you to all
who attended our first meeting. Those
who did, learned that ECO is already
quite acHve. Several of our members
living and breathing representation of
what his readers love most about his
books.
He not only kept the audience enter
tained with passages of prose from his
books, but he also sang songs written
by his characters.
Sarah Woody ( a North Carolinian)
reads Edgerton books because she can
relate to the stories of family and
friendship, and she loves the humorous
way Edgerton presents southern life.
After the reading, I borrowed Walk
ing Across Egypt from Sarah, and now I
understand why all the fuss. I hate to
sound like the dust jacket of a book, but
- Clyde Edgerton is funny, and witty,
and he captures southern life perfectly!
attended the North Carolina Big Sweep
and cleaned up almost 75 bags of trasti
from around Salem Lake.
In addition, Jane Fisher, ECO's co
president, and I are working on getting
a recycling program together for the
campus. We are working with Debbie
Cates, the Maintenance Department,and
the city of Winston-Salem to get t
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