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Tr Da y Tar Heel Starnes: a new breed of woman Friday, February 9. 1973 Continued from page 1 l4-and-!5-year-oId girls asking for contraceptives and not getting them, and later returning in bad condition after illegal abortions. "We were attacked at first on the grounds that supplying information of sex and birth control would lead to promiscuity," Lana recalled. "But our purpose was to promote not promiscuity, but the awareness of sexuality and a better understanding of attitudes, behaviors and the needs of others. Understanding and caring are a curb to promiscuity. "We started the column with the belief that human sexuality education will make better marriages and homes, so that tomorrow's young people will learn from knowledgeable parents-not snickering friends, paperback books and X-rated movies. "At first we selected simple questions because we had to take the middle of the road," Lana said. "Yet we couldn't sell the students short. The questions had to be realistic. The questions are legitimate. In fact, I still have every letter we've ever gotten, even the joke ones and those we couldn't answer in the column. "After awhile we began to get the feel of writing the column," she said. "We realized the students wanted really snappy, fun replies, not just cut and dried answers." More than fifty original columns have been written for the Daily Tar Heel. Each has marked an advancement in Lana's education. "At first Takey and I would do the column together-I would read off a question and he would answer it. Often I would have no idea what the question was about but would go ahead and ask it, hoping he wouldn't notice my ignorance. v. sb-.. m -II . X i .... K - J ) "Indians," opening Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Graham Memorial Lounge Theatre, and playing through Sunday, is part circus, part vaudeville. The play, written by Arthur ?Kopit, ("Oh Dad, Poor Dad. .") is a tragedy from Broadway, circa 1969. The play is fdone as a Wild West show, co'mpletewith Indians, Will Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill. According to the Carolina Playmakers director, Jon Mezz, "Indians" is'one of the best written plays to come out of the American 60's." (Staff photo by Scott Stewart) DTH ADS WORK Id THE TRAIL SHOP Boots Sleeping Bogs Camping Equipment 405 W. Franklin St. CHAPEL HILL NOW 1:05-3-4:58 6:32-8:48 WINNER 1978 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE AWARD y Universal Picture TECHNICOLOR Give that love object a special valentine a book of mush poetry (from just a buck on up ) goes on giving, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse! From the classics of the Peter Pauper Press to the crispness of Judith Viorst, you '11 find a multitude of love for sale at The Intimate Bookshop Chapel Hill Open evenings 'til 10 Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle 1 Toil 6 Gowns 11 Goddess of the moon 12 Worships 14 South African Dutch 15 Boy attendants 17 Symbol for cerium 18 Girl's nickname 19 Musical instruments 20 Owing 21 French article 22 Ceremonies 23 Fat of swine 24 Kind of fur (pi.) 26 Rabbits 27 Employed 28 Temporary shelter 29 Showy flower 31 Dairy product (pi.) 34 Frosts 35 Buckets 36 Symbol for xenon 37 Parent (colloq.) 38 Bazaars 39 Greek letter 40 Printer's measure 41 Profits 42 Apothecary's weight 43 Stress 45 Brambly 47 Shouts 4S Bread ingredient DOWN 1 Thinner 2 3 Wolfhound One of Babylonians' : chief gods 4 Preposition 5 Esteemed 6 Rants 7 Poems 8 Genus of cattle 9 Teutonic deity 10 Obtain 11 Vapid. 13 Sows 16 The sweetsop 19 Sea-going vessel 20 Arrows 22 Ascends 23 Paths 25 Muffled 26 Part of foot (pi.) 28 Parched 29 Assistants HjAlS PT AjP A RiHER JRP. kL B L E ERE POT AIT OT T AL ASA "'"' "! C ATM E UE VE R PL EASANT 1m E RENTS it E A LJN A N ONE EERIE STjN A T XpL e SC PASTE ZZZLI-L, 5 1R 1 P PEP CKA R E S S t R El, , R I A " I F USE RENE ADD k J L JL "IT R L N BEE T E AiSLJP AITIE 30 Insufficient 31 Son of Adam 32 In existence 33 In poor condition 35 Aches 38 Fall short 39 Is mistaken 41 Female (colloq.) 42 Tibetan, gazelle 44 Note of scale 46 Pronoun HP 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 3sT2 13 U 15 16 117 24 25 26 H27" 1 29 30 31 32pr H!!J H!! 40 - 41 42 47 3 h.sv I'll Rv3 111 I LJ Distr. by United Featur Syndicate. Ir.c I would always give myself away. It would really embarrass me, but it was a lot of fun too." This year Lana answered the questions herself using her library of pamphlets, booklets and medical texts. The column must maintain a doctor's sanction and is copywrited in both their names, so Crist checks each column for accuracy. A column concerned with abortion was the first change from the regular question-and-answer format. It was 1971. An abortion bill was pending before the N.C. General Assembly. When venereal disease cases were cropping up at the infirmary in epidemic numbers, "Elephants and Butterflies" spread information about cases and treatment. One column "just for fun" dealt with archaic North Carolina sex laws which were still on the books. "1 had more fun going through the law books," said Lana. "We never could figure out the laws that said that stone mules couldn't run around free in the streets." At the outset Lana and Dr. Crist contacted a newspaper syndicate about distributing the column. They really like the idea," Lana said, "but they felt the average American community was not ready for it." Never mind. "Elephants and Butterflies" has developed a syndication on its own. "Dr. Crist was doing a great deal of lecturing at other campuses and found that many of them are now at the point where Carolina was in 1970 when the column started. So we sent out letters to universities in North Carolina and half a dozen other states to see if they wanted to print the column." Poetry contest accepting entries Entries are now being received in the Annual Poetry Contest sponsored by the North Carolina Poetry Society. The contest features seven categories, four of which are open only to residents of North Carolina, and three others open to all- poets everywhere. The contest deadline is midnight, March 1, 1973. A copy of the contest rules and other can be obtained by sending a long self-addressed stamped envelope to: Henry Reeves, NCPS Contest Chairman, Box 153, Ellenboro, N.C. 28040. Many North Carolina schools responded yes: Guilford, Western Carolina, Pfciffer, Davidson, Salem, ECU, UNC-G, UNC-Wilmington and UNC-Asheville. An out-of-state column is also distributed to the University of Texas in Austin. In addition to her work with the "Elephants and Butterflies" column, Lana helped to begin the human sexuality course at UNC in the spring of 1971. She read and selected the books for the course. Lana and Dr. Crist have written several articles for medical journals about sex on college campuses. "I'm still very conservative," says Lana. "When the column began I started getting phone calls at all hours of the night from people needing help. It took a while to get used to. "1 never could discuss questions about sex," said Lana. "It took me a long time to be able to mention a word like 'gonorrhea. "People at the Tar Heel used to kid me about it Ts this where the sex goddess lives?' 1 love it now." How do her parents react? "When I went home to explain to my parents about the column my mother didn't say much," admitted Lana. "I guess she was embarrassed and wondered why. Gradually Mom became more receptive and 1 could talk to her about it and kid her 'Did you read the column, Mom? Did you learn something from it?' Now they are proud of it. Mom takes it to work and my father shows it to his friends." Lana now has aspirations to enter law school. Last summer she served an internship with the N.C. Department of Social Services. "My junior year was my year of self-realization," said Lana. "I gained a new understanding of my own sexuality through the column, a new understanding of my future through my courses, and a new identity as a woman through Women in Communications, Inc., the Women's Political Caucus, and other political activities." Lana Starnes has the "nice girl" appearance but she is a new breed of Southern woman. She is soft-spoken but her words carry purpose and direction. And she is knowledgeable and informed about the facts of life. 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