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VOLUME XLVIli NUMBER 4
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RELEASE
POSTPONED
(CPS)—The Depart-
®ent of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare (HEW)
snd the Office of Ci
vil Rights (OCR) have
been under fire re
cently for mishandling
cf sex discrimination
tegulationa and affir
mative action com
plaints .
Release of the long
overdue implementation
guidelines for Title
lx of the 1972 Educa
tion Amendments has
been repeatedly post
poned by HEW Secretary
•Caspar Weinberger.
After more than a
year's delay, publica
tion of the regula
tions for public com-
®'6nt has been tenta
tively set for the end
May.
The passage of Ti
tle IX in June 1972
Extended federal con
trol over sex discrim
ination into areas of
the educational system
Such as admissions,
tousing and program,
Recess which previous
had not touched.
However, enforce-
‘^snt of the new law
,ns been severely lim
ited by the Civil
^9hts Office's fail-
to release offi-
'^lul implementation
Sidelines.
A disgruntled HEW
Staff
person has re-
^'^rted the regulations
being held up be-
®^Use Weinberger is
issatisfied with sev-
®tui provisions espe-
those affecting
bterscholastic, reve-
■ 7®-producing athle-
l®s at high schools
^3 colleges.
The problem of eli-
^ating sex discrimi
nation from athletic
m^rams has been a
■ntral issue in the
^^Veiopment of Title
guidelines. Wein-
^®tger has repeatedly
®nt the proposed reg-
j^tions beck to OCR
clarification of
^ "impact on
Vts."
. Ihe National Colle-
. ^te Athletic Associ-
. 3-on has claimed the
^ ture of college ath-
®tics would be endan-
^ed by strict regu-
Piotva>ed above are the 1974-75 Cheevleading Squad. Front (1 to r)
Janet Lee and Gwen Graham. Second Row (I to r) Fish Hutchinson,
Sid Crews, Dean Martin, "Koffee" Buckson, and Jimmy Hicks (captain),
Third Row (1 to r) Terri Smith, Debbie Miller (captain), Susan
Stafford, Judy Echols, and Trisha Newlan. Not Pictured: Sam Swaim.
lation under Title IX.
In the absense of
definite regulations a
backlog of sex discri
mination complaints
has built up and those
cases that have been
handled are the sub
jects of controversy.
As a result the Gener
al Accounting Office
(GAO) at the request
of Congress is cur
rently investigating
the OCR's administra
tion of affirmative
action laws.
The GAO reported it
is reviewing not only
the policies but also
the "procedures and
practices of the De
partment of Health,
Education and Wel
fare's Office of Civil
Rights with respect to
enforcement of the
equal employment re
sponsibility assigned
to the department."
Particular emphasis
has reportedly been
placed on the agency's
handling of controver
sial negotiations on
affirmative action at
the University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley,
where a class action
on behalf of women
students and employees
has been filed in fed
eral court. The suit
charges that the uni
versity has "consist
ently practiced dis
crimination against
women."
CO-ED LIVING
not all negative
(CPS)—A psychia
trist who conducted a
study of the attitudes
of women at Radcliffe
College from 1969-71
has concluded that
college women who live
in coed housing are
more mature than women
living in single sex
dorms.
"In co-residential
living, women have
more chance to learn
about different men,
which helps the women
to be less self-con
scious with men, which
helps the women to
learn more quickly a-
bout themselves," Dr.
Elizabeth Reid told a
recent forum at Har
vard University.
Reid also said that
the women in coed
dorms were less likely
to focus on striving
for a "feminine" ca
reer.
"All of the women
expect sometime to get
married. More women
in single-sex dorms
wanted marriage as a
career, while women in
coed dorms thought a
career more essential
than marriage," Reid
observed. "Women liv
ing in coed dorms feel
more secure about
their lives and less
threatened by men for
their careers," she
added.
Open Door Chapel
Provides Sanctuary
“Please be with me tonight.
I have many things on my mind
and I am very confused. You are
the only One 1 can turn to. Help
me sort out the things people tell
about what is right and what is
wrong. Let me gain knowledge
from the right but let the wrong
advice pass over. It’s been so
long since I’ve turned to You for
help. I have sinned many times
but I am now pleading with You
to hear my prayer and help me
be strong. I know that I can ac
complish what needs to be
done through You. Thank You
for understanding my weakness.
Thank You for helping me.
Amen.”
That prayer, along with many
others, can be found in a loose-
leaf notebook which is kept in
the new chapel on campus. For
merly the student post office, the
chapel is a significant addition to
the campus. During the 1972-73
school year, when preparations
for the new Wren College Union
were being completed, the
Christian Student Movement
placed a request with the adminis
tration for the old post office space.
The completion of the chapel has
been the CSM’s priority project
for the present academic year.
Traditionally, there has always
been a prayer room on campus
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MHC
Student
Honored
At
NCSU
by Emmett Sams
Mrs. Linda Hensley,
MHC student teacher at
Cane River High
School, was selected
as one of two seniors
in the School of Edu
cation to receive the
Outstanding Senior A-
ward at N. C. State
University at gradua
tion on Friday, May
11, 1974. The award
was based on scholar
ship , leadership, and
character.
Mrs. Hensley's hus
band, Johnny Hensley,
graduated in December,
1973, and was appoint
ed assistant county a-
gent in Yancey County.
Mrs. Hensley asked
permission to do her
methods course and
block program at some
school in Western
North Carolina. Her
adviser and Dean of
the School of Educa
tion gave her permis
sion to enter M^rs
Hill College for the
minimester 1974 and
the Spring semester to
complete the block
program and do her
student teaching. Her
major is mathematics.
She began her methods
course during her mi
nimester work and com
pleted it while taking
her block courses.
She was as^gned to
Cane River High School
to work under Mr. Art
Hawkins, a former MHC
graduate and an out
standing mathematics
teacher.
A phone call from
the Registrar's Office
on N. C. State campus
to notify Linda of her
honor caught her com
pletely by surprise
and in the middle of a
geometry class. The
students and teachers
at Cane River and
those who worked with
her here on campus re
alize why she was se
lected for this Out
standing Senior Award.
Congratulations Linda!