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Friday, March 14, 1980
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VoL XLI, No. 8
ERA-guns unlinked
by Lisa Harris
Two representatives sup
porting ERA and draft reg
istration for women met for
a press conference at the
Greensboro YWCA Feb. 15.
Beth McAllister, president
of the North Carolinians
United for ERA, explained
exactly what the ERA means,
and also clarified the recent
misunderstanding that the
ERA and draft registration
for women are directly
connected.
The Equal Rights Amend
ment is an amendment to the
U. S. Constitution that simply
states, “equality of rights un
der the law shall not be denied
by the United States govern
ment or by anv state on the
account of sex.”
McAllister went on to say
that it is unfortunate that the
issues of the ERA and the
draft come to us at the same
time: “It seems as though
many people are making a
direct connection between the
two.”
Does the ERA have any
thing to do with draft regis
tration of women? Actually
Congress was given the power
200 years ago to draft men
and women into the military
service; so, in essence, the
ERA has nothing to do with
the drafting of women. This
was strictly a Congressional
decision.
It seems that many people
are afraid of equal rights.
Many women have been mis
led and feel as if something
is going to be taken away
from them. Mrs. McAllister
stated that “many women
have built their lives around
the idea of being taken care
of; being someone else’s re
sponsibility.” It is a fact that
women, because of our present
situation do find it harder
to manage financially and
economically.
Women are concentrated in
the lowest-paying jobs and
their contributions as home
makers are not recognized for
their economic value. Female
headed families make up the
majority of the poor people
in this country.
The link between poverty
and sexual discrimination is
devastating. At this point in
time 85% of all women cur
rently married will be single
again in their lifetimes either
by death or by divorce. The
idea that a woman can get
married and be taken care of
forever is total mythology and
bears no basis of fact. It is
fear based on this mythology
that has organized the minds
of many women in opposing
the ERA. Many opponents of
the ERA claim that the idea
of the nation drafting women
is entirely the fault of wom
en’s liberation movement—
and if the ERA had been rati
fied as of now Congress would
have no choice but to draft
women.
Jean Campbell, a supporter
of the draft for women, feels
that women should be re
quired to participate in the
draft, because there is already
a law in the Constitution sav
ing that everyone is eligible
to fight for our country.
There is no reason why wom
en shouldn’t go to war. Tests
show that women are equally
competent as men in the mili
tary and that units dominated
by women have no decrease
in competency. Many women
want to go. Women in the low
Bennett scholars
analyze dreams
by Myra George
The Bennett College Schol
ars recently held two of the
five sessions of a colloquium
titled “Approaches To
Dreams” in the Pfeiffer
Science Building.
Mrs. Anne Gillespie, co
ordinator of the Scholars’ pro
gram, says that the Scholars
choose their own topics. “They
try to remove it from academ
ics,” she said, “and deal with
some subject they wouldn’t
otherwise have exposure to.”
The first session featured
lecturer Mrs. Julia Anderson,
coordinator of the counseling
center at Bennett. The main
discussion centered around
analyzing dreams through the
Gestalt theory. This theory
says that each character in a
dream is actually an aspect of
the dreamer’s personality.
Dr. Richard Sweigenhaft,
professor of psychology at
Guilford College, was lecturer
at the second session. Swei
genhaft dealt with the analy
sis of dreams through the
Freudian method and through
a method examined by Calvin
Hall in his book. The Individ-
ual And His Dreams.
Sweigenhaft also re a d
dream analyses from Freud
in The Interpretation of
Dreams. Freud believed that
each component of a dream
must be analyzed separately.
Hall believed that a number
of dreams must be analyzed
together on the basis of fre
quency patterns.
Approximately 25 people
attended each session.
Three more sessions are
planned. These sessions last
two hours each Tuesday night
at 6:30. On March 11, two
topics on the agenda were
“Dreams from a Biblical Per
spective” and “Dream Symbol
at a Literary Device.” The
lecturers were Rev. Walter
McKelvey of St. Matthews
United Methodist Church and
Mrs. Carrie Kelley, retired
English professor and author.
The fourth session discusses
the psychology of dreams. The
lecturer is Dr. Dorinda Trad
er, psychology professor at
Bennett. The final session will
be hosted by Mrs. Gillespie,
featuring a film, “To Sleep,
Perchance to Dream” and stu
dent presentations.
The purpose of the sessions,
said Mrs. Gillespie, is “to give
the students a chance to inter
act with the professors, or
higher minds, as well as with
their peers.”
Although all students are
invited to attend, the Scholars
are the only ones to receive
credit. The colloquium regis
ters one credit hour.
income bracket especially
want to enlist so that they
have the chance to use the
military just as men have for
the benefits for education,
health and financial reasons.
The entrance requirements
for women are higher than
those of men. With the ERA
ratified, these requirements
would be equalized.
Most women fear going into
combat. As of right now men
are only required to serve in
combat roles, but there is no
reason women should not be
considered for fighting be
cause they are as able as men.
Less than 5% of the men in
the military actually serve in
combat. Choices for combat
are based on physical fitness,
size, intelligence and mental
aptitude for the task. Not
every man who is eligible for
draft will be drafted, and not
every man who is drafted will
serve in a combat role.
The Equal Rights Amend
ment belongs in the Constitu-
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Kathy Crosby, Miss Bennett 1979-80, participates in tlie coronation activities
at the National Alumnae Council and National Pre-Alumnae Council 34th Annual
Conference, Feb. 7-10, in Detroit, Mich. BC Pre-Alums also attended the
conference and workshops and exchanged with other Pre-Alums ideas for
fund-raising, improving councils and improving UNCF schools.
Photo by Myra Davis
Second ‘bomb’ hoax
by Debbie Hodges
A bomb threat was phoned
in to the campus security sta
tion Feb. 27 around 11:15
a.m. A subsequent search of
two buildings revealed no
bomb.
During this academic year,
the call was the second stat
ing that a bomb had been
hidden on campus.
The first call was made to
Player Hall Nov. 17.
According to Mr. Isaac
Walker, assistant superinten
dent of buildings and grounds,
Mrs. Peggy Garrett, station
secretary, received a call an
nouncing the bomb. Thinking
the information was a prank,
she handed the phone to Walk
er. A male, approximately 18-
25 years old, said a bomb was
placed in one of the classroom
buildings and was set to ex
plode at 1:30 p.m. Walker
called the city police who sent
three officers to the campus.
Only Black Hall and Pfeif
fer Science Building were
searched by campus security
and police because, according
to Walker, these are the “basic
classroom buildings.”
Instructors and office work
ers who are usually in the
building every day were asked
to notice if anything looked
different or had been added
to their areas. Walker said
the searchers did not seem ex
cited because, “You don’t
want to get everybody
alarmed or you’ll have chaos
on your hands.”
Although nothing suspicious
was found. Black and Pfeiffer
were evacuated as the time of
the threatened detonation
neared. Rosa Henryhand,
campus security, said some
students didn’t want to leave
the buildings because they had
tests to take and typing to do.
The police stayed on campus
until about 2 p.m. when class
es resumed in the buildings.
Walker said no major pre
cautions will be added to nor
mal security except making
sure “people keep doors locked
like they should” and looking
out for “suspicious type
people.”
He said he didn’t know if
the second call was related to
the first. “You never know”
if such calls are pranks, he
said, so “you can’t take a
chance.” He said in such in
stances there’s “not much you
can do unless you accidentally
stumble on it (the bomb)....
You do what you can at the
moment and hope for the
best.”
BC, A&T down draft
by Shelly Coston
Most Bennett Belles and
A&T Aggies disapprove of
women being drafted, accord
ing to a recent survey.
Some here at Bennett feel
that a woman should be able
to choose if she wants to serve
in the military or not. Others
argue that if women want
equality there shouldn’t be a
limit as to the degree of equal
ity. While yet another portion
feels women don’t belong in
the military and shouldn’t be
drafted.
Those that feel women
shouldn’t be involved fear a
SGA wins quiz
by Felicia Gatson
The Pi Gamma Mu National
Social Science Honor Society
in cooperation with the Wom
an’s Studies Committee spon
sored the First Annual Black
History Quiz on February 26.
The hope of these two
groups is that the quiz be
comes an annual event.
The two in the quiz were
the Student Government As
sociation (SGA) and the Al
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Inc. (AKA). Although atten
dance was extremely low, the
quiz proved to be quite excit
ing and enriching. Shawn
Echols, junior from Greens
boro on the SGA team
stated, “There should have
been more student and faculty
participation.”
The questions were taken
from the Quiz Book on Black
America, by Donald F. Mar
tin, Ph.D. and Clarence N.
Blake, Ed.D.
The SGA won the quiz by
the score of 240 to the AKA’s
score of 200. The AKA’s
seemed to have had the most
difficulty on the Literature
questions.
The SGA was presented
with a trophy and a copy of
The Negro in the Making of
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change in the economy and
population, or that women are
unable to cope with military
life.
Those for drafting feel it
is a person’s duty to serve her
country.
If drafted, women will have
the opportunity to prove that
they aren’t an inferior sex,
claim those pro-drafting ad
vocates. “If women don’t be
come involved, the country
may never overcome the
‘women are inferior’ stereo
type,” explains sophomore
Karen Dixon of Baltimore.
Others feel that there will
be an increase of draft-related
pregnancies. “One problem
with drafting women,” com
ments sophomore Lynn Peo
ples of Detroit, “is that as a
method of evasion women
may start having babies
which will result in a baby-
boom.”
Those opposed to drafting
of women feel that women are
too weak for military combat.
Says one A&T Aggie, “Wom
en are naturally too passive
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