Thursday, October 8, 1981 The Pendulum 3
opinion
Equal Rights Amendment passage calls for unity
by Joy Hunilton
Did you know that women
on average make only 59
cents for every dollar that
men make? These statistics
are contained in a 1978 U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights
report. This report showed
that even when occupation,
age, education and time
worked are taken into ac
count, that:
1. Women still earn less
than 60 percent of what men
earn.
2. Minority women earn
less than half of what men
earn.
3. Women with college
degrees earn less than men
who did not complete high
school.
4. Women earn less today
(as compared to men) than
they did more than 20 years
ago.
The report emphasizes the
fact that full-time home
makers have the least eco
nomic and legal protection
of all. For example, a home
maker’s labor is not recog
nized as having economic
value. Another example is
that homemakers suffer eco
nomic discrimination during
marriage in social security,
pensions, and credit.
The report also shows that
without the Equal Rights
Amendment, despite laws
prohibiting sex discrimina
tion in education, opportuni
ties for females in educa
tional programs and institu
tions are still not what they
are for males.
If the ERA is not ratified,
a whole generation of Amer-
can girls will grow up un
equal, limited in their op-
Students should direct complamts
to SGA campus affairs committee
To the Student Body,
The Campus Affairs
Committee is a branch of
the student government that
all students should be aware
of. Student government act
ivities, administration
policies, campus services and
programs provided to the
students, and almost any
other facet of the college
conununity are areas scrutin
ized by the Campus Affairs
Committee. As vice-presi
dent of the Student Govern
ment Association, I implore
students to voice opinions
that are sometimes only
grumbled. If you have a
complaint, comment, or
criticism, please contact any
of the Campus Affairs
Committee’s members. They
are:
Keith Ebert
Box 3087
by Mui Behrend
The crowd started clogg
ing, foot-stomping and
laughing as Mike Cross
filled the warm Sunday af
ternoon air with his country
music at the Greensboro
City Stage Celebration.
While Cross bellowed out
“Carolina Girls,” one tod
dler ran wildly around in a
circle whooping and stomp
ing her feet as her parents
looked on.
Onlookers square danced
in one section of the throng;
girls atop their boyfriends’
shoulders clapped and
cheered. From another sec
tion people were shouting,
“Play Kentucky Song!”
Following the concert —
one of dozens in the two-day
celebration — the crowd
dispersed for one last look
at the work of local artists
and craftsmen displayed
along the city streets.
One woman had pur
chased so much pottery that
she had to ask police for
permission to bring in a van
to pick up her goods.
Lines for food and beer
tickets grew longer as the
afternoon sUpped by.
Everything from hot dogs
to bakiava could be bought
from food booths. I found it
surprising how many North
Carolinians have never tried
Greek delicacies.
“My waistline is shot,”
exclaimed one woman as she
bit into a chunk of the cho
colate that she had pur
chased at one of the booths.
While beer flowed the
entire afternoon, I was de
lighted to find no drunkards
running around the streets.
Five stages were set up in
an area of downtown
Greensboro. Such artists as
Terri Gibbs and Ramsey
Lewis were top attractions
Saturday.
Peaches and Herb drew
the largest crowd on Sunday
afternoon when they per
formed on the steps of the
Municipal Building.
Greensboro’s Second An
nual City Stage Celebration
drew about 100,000 people.
The festival was organized
much better this year with
food booths spread out for
several blocks of a street.
Last year’s booths were all
crammed into a small sec
tion causing much confus
ion. Also, signs hanging
from street lamps identified
what stage or events were
located in certain areas.
Never have I seen Greens
boro as such a friendly,
open atmosphere. Blacks
and whites, young and old,
in suits and in t-shirts min
gled happily throughout the
celebration. What a wonder
ful event for everyone!
Joy Adams
Rodney Beebe
Beverly Boal
Janice Cox
Jackie Gregory
Gary Parker
Terri Miller
Box 3003
Box 3767
Box 3144
Box 3344
Box 3053
Box 5085
Box 5053
Greensboro celebrates
Any student ide&s con
veyed in a reasonable and
fair manner are not only
welcomed but also needed.
Sincerely,
Panl AieUo
tions, penalized for being
born female. A recent Gal
lup Poll showed that Amer
icans approve of the ERA
by 58 to 31 percent. In
addition, a recent Harris
Poll showed a 56 to 36
percent support for ERA.
Furthermore, polls conduct
ed in states that have not
ratified ERA show that their
citizens support ERA even
though their state legisla
tures have not yet approved
it.
Without the ERA, women
wiU continue to earn less
than men. Enactment of
ERA would create families
with two full-time wage
earners, whereas working
couples earn only one-and-a
half incomes have because
of sex discrimination.
The ERA means the dif
ference between equal to
morrows for all of us or
more generations of inequal
ity. Only three more of 15
states are needed to enact
the ERA. Students are en
couraged to write their con
gressman and let them know
that ERA should become
law. Only with the limited
forces of women and men in
the 13 unratified states can
the ERA pass.
Visitation is a concern
Sigma Sigma Sigma is
proud and honored to
announce our fall pledge
class of 1981. Congratula
tions to Sharon Apple, Lisa
Brincefield, Jennifer Cook,
Martha Downey, Nancy
Fox and Lucy Genova. We
would also like to extend
our congratulations to the
Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi
Mu, and Zeta pledges.
Dear Editors,
I’ve been at this college
for a few years, and the
visitation policy has yet to
change. Each year I’ve heard
the same stuff that the
policy is loosening up. Well,
I don’t know. At the present
I’m having to do work hours
to support the school for
breaking visitation.
I’m not complaining
about the work hours be
cause I’m not the only one.
But I do think something
ought to be done about this
policy. Personally, I think
they ought to throw it away.
I hope no one else has to
work hours assigned to
them, but until they do
something about this policy,
everybody better be careful.
Signed,
A conceraed student
Loss of Mideast stability feared
cont. from p. 1
important issue, to the
United States, Zarzar says,
because he had pledged to
make some of the Egyptian
territory available for the
United States to use as a
source of defense. Sadat was
opposed to letting Russian
forces overstep their bound
aries in the Middle East.
Zarzar says, “We needed
Sadat to achieve peace. We
have lost a valuable leader
who was on our side. He
was an outstanding states
man who took a courageous
gamble making the alliance
with the Israelis possible.”
Priestley, summing up the
state of affairs recently
under the Sadat administra
tion, says, “Sadat had many
enemies throughout the
Middle East. He was consid
ered a traitor by many to
the Arab cause against Israel
as a result of the Camp
David agreements and his
lack of support for the
Palestine Lil^ration Organi
zation.
“He was considered by
many Arabs as a tool of the
United States. He was con
sidered an enemy to the
Iranian Islamic Revolution
within Egypt itself. Sadat’s
closing of mosques, the exile
of the Coptic pope to the
desert, the baiming of the
majority of political parties,
and closing of the oppostion
newspapers created some re
sentment among his own
subjects. His death will re
sult in a further decline of
stability throughout the
area. It means a reassess
ment of American policy in
the Middle East,” Priestley
says.
Newspaper
workshop set
About 130 high school
journalism students and
members of newspaper staffs
with their advisers be on
campus next Thursday, Oct.
15, for a full-day workshop.
They represent schools in
Alamance, Guilford and
Orange counties.
Sponsored by Elon Col
lege with the cooperation of
the Daily Times-News of
Burlington, the program will
cont. on p. 5