2/Thursday, March 7,1985/THE BLUE BANNER
Woman seeks partnership
Since four of our six editors and all but one of
our 10 other staffers are women, we at The Blue Ban
ner have a lively interest in the status of women.
We definitely believe there is a place for Woman; and
we believe that place is in the office, in the home,
in the classroom, in the factory, in the field, in
the air, in the Iwardroom or wherever else she wants
to be. In addition, we believe that as long as she
is doing the job she deserves the same recognition
and the same pay an equally good man would get in the
same position.
Unfortunately, Woman still has some struggling
to do to get on equal footing with Man. She lost
ground when the industrial revolution confined her to
the home and made her Man's dependent. On the farm
she was an equal partner. Each depended on the other
for survival as they worked side by side to produce
food, clothing, the necessities. In the city, where
neither produced the necessities, and where M^ alone
earned the money to buy them. Woman lost status and
respect.
The average Modem Man and Woman still don't
produce their own necessities. However, Modem Woman
is rebelling against depending on Modem Man to buy
them for her. She wants once again to be an equal
partner. Whether working in or out of the home, she
wants her work to be recognized for what it is —
vital. And she wants appropriate compensation.
If all the w(xnen in the world went on strike
there would be total chaos. Of course, if all the men
in the world went on strike there would also be total
chaos. So there really is ^ partnership between the
sexes, one that neither can s^ely disregard.
College Press Service
Correction
The quotes attributed to Charles Carreno,
director of UNCA's department of security and
services, in last week's article, "Firebug
strikes**, were actually those of Victor Pulp, UNCA
security guard.
We apologize for any inconvenience or embar-
assment this ndjcnxp may have caused either party.
Editor Anna Paulette Witt
News Editor Penny Kramp
Sports Editor Dale McElrath
Features Editor David Proffitt
Arts/Entertainment Editor Chris Streppa
Photography Editor Sylvia Hawkins
Circulation Manager Donna Jarrett
Advisor ; Cathy Mitchell
STAFF
Phil Alexander
Jennifer Heglar
Cathy James
Leslie McCullough
Donna Obrecht
Betsy Phillips
Joan Sterk
Anna Wilson
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Privacy sought in SGA voting
By Margaret A. Johnson
Question: Why does the voting
procec^re go as follows?
1. You step up to the voting ta
ble; sign your name on some sort of
roster; then the number on your ballot
is written beside your name...
WATT A MINUTE.
I thought all votes were taken on
a secret ballot. To me, and to some
others, writing down the number of ny
ballot next to nay signature is any-
thing but private. Furthermore, it's
anything but democratic.
I happen to disagree with this
procedure, and it may be one reason
why people do not exercise their
rights as students to vote. Face it,
this is sloppy, not confidential, plus
it brings an unprofessional aura to
student government elections.
Understandably, there must be some
way for those running the elections to
prevent people from voting more than
once, or to prevent anyone from voting
who is not eligible.
For instance, why would it not be
possible to have a student roster run
off from a coaqniter, which people ran
either sign or be marked out before
receiving a ballot?
I noticed that identification
cards were not checked either. This
is a asall canqnis, but granted, one
person cannot' recognize every other
student. Check ID cards; give the
students some responsibility. We can
handle it. In fact, we need it.
Personally, I believe there is a
solution which is siii^le to this pro
blem. We all demand our'rights to
privacy in many situations. Surely
something can be dooe in correcting
voting procedures here on canq)us. For
myself, I would have more respect for
the Student Government Association,
and campus procedures in general, if
they were operated with a little more
finesse and professionality.
Club supports hunger relief bills
Due to limited space, letter and opinion writers should restrict their submissions
to 500 words in length.
Dear Editor:
Our club wants to commend the many
people on campus who are beccndLng in
volved in efforts to solve the problem
of hunger around the world.
Much attention has recently, of
course, been devoted to the famine in
Ethiopia.
There are two bills currently in
Congress - HR 3611/12 and S2420 - that
would establish an effective food
assistance policy for the tJnited
States and would help ease the suffer
ing in Ethiopia.
We encourage everyone to write his
or her Congressional representatives
to help get the bills passed.
Representative...
House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Senator...
Senate Offlee Building
Washington, DC 20510
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, DC 20501
For further information, contact
Mrs. Stevens in the Rhoades Science
Building. She is cpordinating aware
ness efforts.
The College Democrats of UNCA