Page two/Carolina Journal/January 22, 1979
UNCC women speak out in support of Bella Abzug
By Luann Whitley
A plan was formed at
the . International
Women’s Year Con
ference in 1977 for a
committee of women to
meet regularly with
President Carter to
discuss and improve the
status of women in the
U.S. The National Ad
visory Committee for
Women was formed
after the 1977 con
ference by the hands of
Midge Costanza, former
victim of White House
firing.
Bella Abzug acted as
co-chairwoman of the
committee until she was
fired from the position
by Carter’s chief aide,
Hamilton Jordan, at
Carter’s demand. Ab-
zug’s position was an
Varsity in competition
at regional College Bowl
By Gary Nelson
On Thursday, Jan. 18,
the campus College
Bowl teams met for
tournament competition
to decide the team which
.will represent UNCC at
the regional competition
in Knoxville on Feb.
8-10.
At the end of five
games, the varsity team
emerged as the cham
pion defeating Sig Ep
and Student Govern
ment, who placed second
unpaid job, and her
release has caused anger
to stir among other
female committee
members. Eleanor
Smeal, president of the
National Organization
for Women resigned
from the Advisory Com
mittee followed by 21 of
the remaining 40
members.
The rapport between
Carter and the Advisory
Committee had been off-
centered since their first
meeting together last
November. At that
meeting, Carter allotted
the women 15 minutes
to discuss issues.
Before the meeting
last Friday, Jan. 12, the
committee of women
had supposedly written
a press release attacking
in the tournament.
The members of the
Varsity team are: Mur
ray Richmond, Greg
Current, Vaughan Win-
borne and Darrell Cook.
In addition to the Var
sity team, four All-Stars
were selected as alter
nates for the team. In
the event one of the
regular team members
would be unable to par
ticipate, they will act as
substitutes. The UNCC
College Bowl All-Stars
1 at Kyle of UNCC. s political science department
feels I resident Carter is giving up ideals for voters.
are: Phil Wright, Media
Board; Phil Sellers,
Scott Hall; Clay Fit
zgerald, Sig Ep; Clayton
DeCamillis, Student
Government. The
Regional Tournament to
be held at the University
of Tennessee at Knox
ville will include 14
teams from North
Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee.
To prepare for
regional competition,
practice sessions will be
held on Thursday, Jan.
25 and Feb. 1, in the
lounge area directly
behind the Awareness
Resource Center. Drop
by and watch the action.
If you would like addi
tional information about
College Bowl, and may
be interested in par
ticipating next year,
please contact Gary
Nelson at 597-2522.
Carter’s budget,
specifically its call for an
increasing unemploy
ment, cutback of social
programs, postpone
ment of national health
insurance and aid to
cities as he supported
“military extra
vagance.”
During the meeting
the women confronted
Carter with these issues
in a manner he found to
be “unladylike.” Carter
expressed his feelings
about the “unladylike”
attitude and Abzug
came back insisting
“not enough people are
asking what our opinion
is.” Shortly after the
meeting Abzug was
dismissed as co
chairwoman of the Na
tional Advisory Com-
jittee for Women.
Pat Kyle of the
political science depart
ment at UNCC, said,
“Most people feel
This may be the year of the tough resolution. I’d
stopped making them about two years ago. but have
found it necessary to return to the old tradition of
making New Year's resolutions again. I am hereby
resolving to shave my legs once a week, because
when it comes to unshaven legs I am the queen.
I realize it’s nothing to brag about and many peo
ple may cringe at the thought. But just look at some
legs around you; I'm not the only one in need of a
shave. I tried to convince myself I needed hairy legs
in the winter to keep my legs warm. Plus people think
you can keep a good tan year round.
Also, I always wondered why I should shave. I
could wear knee socks and long pants and nobody’d
ever know. But then slowly I began to notice other
people noticing. Nobody in my P.E. class will hold my
legs anymore when I do sit-ups and one of the guys in
my class offered me the use of a pair of his knee-
length athletic socks.
Then, in another class the other day, someone ask
ed me where I got my “mohair tights.” I hadn't
noticed the hairs sticking out of my hose before. The
clencher was when my boyfriend gave me pajamas
with feet in them for Christmas.
So now I’ve resolved to shave my legs once a week.
I tried to start early and go ahead and shave them
before New Year’s Day, and I'm glad I did. I had to
stop before I completed one leg because I ran out of
blades. I tried Nair but couldn't 1 1 a case. (1
think I need a lawn mower.) My b._, cramped on
me, too, as I tried to prop one leg on the shower wall
for two hours.
Anyway, my legs are nice and bald. There are a
few missed sprigs on top of my knee and a couple of
band-aids hiding the scars, but all-in-all it’s a nice
improvement. I’m not scared my date's going to get
splinters when I make advances under the table
anymore. I don't have any problems with static clean
either. There’s only one thing, though. My socks
won’t stay up anymore. (Now I guess I've got to stop
biting my toenails.)
are abrasive. To be
heard, women must
speak loudly and stick to
issues. When women do
speak out, they are
damned, and when they
don't, they’re damned.”
As for the president’s
support of the female
population in the future,
“Carter is giving up his
ideals for votes. The na
tion is moving away
from the issue of the
Equal Rights Amend
ment; it is not a popular
issue any longer. Carter
is now working for the
bulk of people who have
forgotten the ERA,”
Kyle stated.
Kyle also pointed out
many women locally are
winning political elec
tions but are put into
jobs which are close to
home—“house cleaning”
tasks for the city.
Women are not being ac
cepted in the “power”
positions in politics,
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I ( delegation of the North Carolina State Legislature hosted the monthly Interim Council over
the weekend. Icy roads and bad driving conditions didn't keep the almost 100 students from all over
North Carolina from attending. The meeting teas held in Rowe.