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Salem Through Different Eyes
by Katie Thomas Ginger Saunders
While the thought of marriage is a scary one for many Salem students,
eventually most of us will find mates who can tolerate our feminist
attitudes and quirky Salem ways. It makes one wonder what the husbands
of Salem women are like.
In an interview we wer given the opportunity to view the life of a Salem
Woman through different eyes.
Haywood HoldmKSS, husband of Mary Dameron Holdemess (President of
the Alumnae Association) met his wife through his sister's friend and
suitemate at Salem. He describes his wife as a woman who feels she can
accomplish nearly anything. He is convinced her attitude is different than
that of a non-Salem woman. He finds that she is generally more concerned
with feminist issues. When asked if he finds that his wife coincides with
the popular conception of a Salem woman as "super-woman" he states
abosolutely, yes." Consequently, he supports his wife's volunteer service to
Salem by being "'Mr. Mom' when die's gone."
Mr. Holdemess was asked if his wife talked about Salem all the time. He
replied "not all the time, but at least once a day." When asked if he would
encourage his daughters to attend Salem he says, "We have two sons and
both have been told to consider Salem."
James L. Riddle, Jr. is married to Lucy Lane Riddle and met two days after
he arrived at Wake Forest as a freshman at a mixer. He feels that his wife
^ more independent and more self-assured because she is a Salem woman.
He doesn't feel that his wife is necessarily more concerned with feminist
issues.
When asked if he sees his wife as a "Super-Woman" he replies, "No -
although she often has too many 'irons in the fire.' Actually, she does work
hill time in our business, does house duty, some volunteer work, tries to keep
with two almost grown children, and cooks - but she doesn't try to be a
super-woman'."
When asked how Salem has changed since his wife was a student he
replies that policies have become much more liberal, which in his opinion
*sn't necessarily good. He feels that Salem women don't have the privacy
and sanctuary they once had.
He keeps in close contact with Salem through mail and calls between his
|vife's former classmates and his daughter, who also attended Salem.
When asked if his wife talked about Salem all the time, he says, "not all
Ihe time, but enough. I don't ever feel like I went there, but I did spend some
lime up in the stack cubby holes in the library, and in the Refectory, and
'vaiting in the Clewell reception room. I have impressions of the
atmosphere and personality of Salem." He remembers a time when he used
to have to give his name to housemother on duty who would call upstairs or
®end a runner. The message would be "you have a caller."
At least from these two perspectives some things never change. We, as
Salem women will always talk of our alma mater and we will always try to
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I Am Woman...Hear Me Roar!
by Lea Daughtridge
Females are everywhere. They
are corporate executives,
construction workers, and the new
flood of females is in the music
world. They are the
singer-songwriters that you hear
late night after the party is over.
They are the ones that write songs
about exactly what is on your mind.
These female singer-songwriters
are true stars that are radically
changing the genre. Once women
only produced music about
tarnished love affairs and
psychological relationships, now
they write about deep social issues
that really hit home.
This new movement took off with
Suzanne Vega who showed the
record companies just how far a
woman could go in the '80s. The
quiet success of the debut album
reaffirmed em audience for women
artists that is more than a
danceable beat. Her second album
was even bigger, but what really
confirmed the success of Suzanne
was her single "Luka". When an
artist can arouse the nation by
singing from the perspective of a
battered child, the music industry
figures it may be good to market
some women that won't be mistaken
for Madonna or Debbie Gibson.
Suddenly, instead of a few big
names spread out over the course of
two decades of rock and pop, there
is now a whole group of women
singer-songwriters who really have
the potential to outlast their first
hit singles.
One of the most interesting and
sucessful women in the solo category
is Tracy Chapman. She is the
mini-revolution of the female
singer-songwriters. Chapman's
music is very personal and
, emotional. Her songs tend to take
on heavy subjects like poverty and
[freedom. Chapman is pure talent
which can be heard in her big
^single "Fast Car." This
singer-songwriter will be around for
a long time, obviously anyone that
can make the heart of America skip
a beat will not fade away,
j Wide-eyed Irish singer Sinead
iO'Connor is another on the list that
sings from the heart. O'Connor's
first album. The Lion and the
Cobra, comes from a psalm about
overcoming adversity; that has
been the story of her life. The
album is dedicated to her mother
who had recently been killed in a
car accident. O'Connor had a very
unique sound that we will be
hearing more of in the near future.
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