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ERA essenti< By LORRAINE CALMSON Gamecock Staff Writer Passage of the ERA is essential for full equa said Ellie Smeal, president of the National Org; Women said, at a speech on "What Has Feminisr You Laterly?" Friday night in the Kussell Hous? "Women are expected to live the same lifestyl grandmother had, while men prepare for the 21s > said Smeal. Smeal's talk was sponsored by the of Women Students and the Ideas and Issues 1 Referring to the last ten years, Smeal said, " V a productive period." She said NOW started in outgrowth of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 ( on the Status of Women. "When the Commissior Smeal, "they expected to find that all was women. Instead, they found widespread ai discrimination." "The women's liberation movement is now c< equal economic and educational opporti everyone," said Smeal. She warned young p< have false security about the new opportunities Ml * I III P I H| I III ifll'1 il* I I III' 1^ WM|||I| I wSB^SBBK >^*"U v >; . ..??. 4 Graduate em nrnaram eyn r- r H\ TKltKSA McCLAIN ( ainecock Staff Writer The past year s decline in graduate student enrollment is nationwide and a result of a crowded job market, according to Keith Davis, chief academic officer. The graduate student program lost about :MH) people this year, mostly in education and the humanities. George Reeves, clean of the graduate school, said enrollment peaked two years ago and is now leveling off. Reeves said plans are being made to upgrade and ex9 pand graduate departments. si for equalit' "They could disappear as fast as "Unless the ERA is passed, we ? ground." lity for all, New accomplishments have be mization of sports, Smeal said. "Within two ye n Done For at the World Series, Little League u Ballroom. now thousands participate in it," : le that their should have the exact same oppor it century," sports, she said. "When this happ Association be as competent as the men are Committee. "Another accomplishment we ai /e have had "is our work for homemakers. ( iy/0 US ail wu uiu uui ci^ctuxoi Commission housewives to have the same r i met," said security as the worker outside right with housework and volunteer work sh id massive on a job application, and housewiv credit ratings, social security an jmmitted to Regarding religion, Smeal ! unities for separation of church and state, eople not to challenge churches who are aga for women. opponents say that we are agair .fcj ; . .. WIS! Mf#*i' jUraB - "^^Sjgq ' 7|g^ i^^Hfc *Vw ^BS3SSSS3S?3RSS29&3@llSi^^f^l MufegMff \ri-. ML G* . 'y . jt.' ? ^r. ***rollment declir nncinn nlnnnpi Certificate PROPOSALS for any change must be presented to the Commission on Higher Education wun proof 01 joos, siuaenis ana demand, Reeves said. Graduate certificates in special education and environmental studies are being considered. The certificates would involve 15 to 18 hours of graduate study. A special education program under consideration would provide more teachers for working with the visually, medically and orthopedicaiiy handicapped ana me I emotionally disturbed in the public schools. While courses are now being taught in these areas, more are desired, Davis said. /, speaker si they came," she said. apple pie, when all ire on very shaky legal legal and availabl* She said the maj en made in the area of right-to-life moven ars of our demonstration Americans and 72 ] was opened to girls and of birth control." >he said. Girls and boys "We have made j tunities to participate in saidSmeal. "Som ens, women will prove to needed, but it is n< now." incredibly well-org ~e proud of," said Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, I Contrary to what our op- talk, you would thi housewives. We want fact, she has bee: espect and employment millionaire." the home." She said Smeal said the I lould be allowed to count must realize that ' es should have individual every way, she s? d pension plans. potential. Until v said NOW believes in guilty at not livin but does not hesitate to getting off with a inst birth control. "Our being refused the s ist God, motherhood and for years." r^^i^mmmmmmmmmmiSm ies; d s, new degrees under c ANOTIIEK IOEA being discussed is a Ph.D. in social science and public service. This would involve the schools of sociology. anthropology, geography, social work, public administration and criminal justice. Davis said this service would combine the theoretical knowledge of the sciences with mi? pracucai skiiis iu eiimniai jiimkt aim public administration Developing the social sciences and environmental studies urograms would benefit students and satisfy a growing demand in the job market. Keeves said. If these programs are added to the curriculum a ays we want is family planning that is safe, e," Smeal said. ority of Americans do not believe in the lent. "Statistics show that 76 percent of percent of Catholics practice some form ?ains, but we still have a long way to go," e people think that the ERA is no longer jeded desperately, and we are facing an [anized and wealthy opposition. To hear the leader of the anti-ERA movement, ink she just came out of the kitchen. In n in politics for thirty years and is a SRA is the wave of the future. America women are just as competent as men in aid. "Our goal is to maximize human ^e do, we will still have women feeling g up 10 impossiDie roie moaeis, rapisis slap of the hand and qualified women ;ame opportunities our brothers have had Tin* Kr.iith fiimlinu Student Government Association, of which L'SC recently became a member, met over the weekend in Columbia. The students, from colleges and universities through the state, elected new officers. Curtis I.oftis from I SC was nominated for th^ post of President l'ro-Tempore. A short speech was made at the meeting by Douglas Carlisle I (above) advisor to the SCSGA. New officers were nominated and short speeches were made by the departing officers. I onsideration real locution of resources ami tacult\ would he necessary. The doctorate degree in social science and public service would require more staff. II.WI.""* \ I I ? ,1 [HU^l.tlll III I IHI.-MI \ <11 lull .iichaeology i.as been approved "l"?.i* program involved Ironi ( ungrrss umlnhition uf am u.iiior construi'lion uii:i. !lie construction site is examined lor .m tifacts. The preservation i>( liistorieal and i ultural artifacts is .1 hoom jol> area, l>a\is said. "We have the opportunity here lor an excellent program and national recognition." he said