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Sex bias still in clas WASHINGTON ? Even at the colleg levels, classrooms are marred by subtle a forms of sex discrimination that may students' learning, aeeording to a reeen American University researchers. "One out of every three classrooms a sex," said David Sadker, who with his w heads the Mid-Atlantic Center for Sex Et The Sadkers have conducted numeroi bins in education at both secondary ant institutions. Although much of the sexism and scgrej is "an artifact of the students deciding on (hey will sit or how they interact," Sa teachers serve as co-conspirators in gendt "We found a sizable difference in how i were distributed," he said. "Teachers, ma responses more to males than to females, less significant at the college level than a College instructors also disproportion students in choosing teaching assistants, r and making other student appointmei found. Many of the classroom difference: perpetuated by the students themselves, ! Indeed, another study released rece students at five Maryland colleges volui themselves by race and color when choo: class. Sadker was unaware of the Maryland was reminiscent of the unconeious ' become uncomfortable for women. "Female students," he said "are nun start a classroom response with a self pu \ Hair dryer cs By Marisa Porto A hair dryer was the cause of a fire on I second f loor of Bates Mouse yesterday moi ing, a USC official said. "The student went to class and he left hair drvcr on. It set other plastics on fi They estimate the damage to be a maximi of $500," said Director of Environmer Services Lawrence Beau ford. According to Columbia l ire Chief Ban Anderson, the tire, which began at 10 r~ ~ ( Cs /i Lion j%c For your far Redu< fc Commence $40.0 ct/i ^ r%t <p*?v.\j\ Res< The Cc 937 Ass Columbia, 7< ^ (Please ask for sp( ;srooms USC profe e and university By john Q0iner nd not-so-subtle ^ USC professor has annoi inhibit women candidacy for the June 12 elet t report by two tfoe Richland District Om hoard. re segregated by Augustus Rodgers, associ ife Myra Sadker lessor in the College of Soci ,Ult^ c sa'^ '1c t^1'n'cs experiences is studies of sex people at USC will benefit tl J post-secondary board if he is elected. "My experience (at USC) h gation in colleges sensitize me to the many prot their own where issues that we face relativ< dker said, many system of education," Rodj .i ui.^ci iiiimuiiiMi. adding that he has also becorr teachcr responses organizer at USC. le or temale, give although this was educator and p t elementary and three), 1 feel obligated and qi do what I can to help bring ; ately favor male provements in the education esearch assistants }1C jwo Gf hjs children < uv the Sadkers . _ t cu m L,l;)iru;i Unc sliiuuiu. The candidate was educal - ,Joweve.r' arc Richland County public sd Sadker said. graduated from Benedict Cc ntly found that ^ postgraduate work itarily segregated York University and reo sing their seats in ph.D. from USC. . Rodgers said he is runnin study, but said it he obligated to give to tl ways classrooms # spmhlanrp of ^prvire t help to improve our system :h more likely 10 |jon and communjty... I-down. Some of the problems iuses second-fli - ? _i ? ? ?t? u..:u: ? a.m., causeu jjuu uamagc iu uic uuiiuinj. he and $200 to the contents of the room, i n- "The floor was evacuated when we arrivec and the room was empty. When the alarn his went off, most of the students came out ol re. the building but not all of them. All the iim students were off the second floor though,' ital Anderson said . No one was hurt in the fire but the roon ney did receive a lot of smoke damage, according i-m tr? Ariv? tvl-A 11 nopr Rnh MnlHemmi rolina Inn ituLatLoms. of 1 9 84 nily arid friends " nrl T? n for .CU JLVaiLO 3r the ment Weekend '0 Single D Double srvatioris iroliria Inn embly Street South Carolina >9-8200 ?cial commencement rates.) issor to seek scho jnced his lalified to about im- School board candidate system," Augustus Rodgers, a professor in the Col ire enroll- |ege 0f Social Work, plans to run for a sea ... on the school board in Richland District One :ed in the c onh IVUIJ C411VI )llege. He hopes to combat if elected are limite at New school funding from the governmen eived his teacher salaries that fall belo Southeastern averages and the pre g because blems associated with the suspensio ie citizens and expulsion of students. hat might of educa ONE OF the biggest problems i schools today, Rodgers said, is the lac Rodgers of parental involvement. Dor fire in Bate ; "The fire caused a lot of smoke. The major problem was the desk and the book shelf. I They were black. We sent a custodial worker 1 but there will not be any painting needed, f The only thing which has to be replaced is the i desk and maybe some of the books. There was very little damage done for the amount of panic it caused," Holdeman said. 1 According to Holdeman, this is the second I fire at Bates House in a month. 44We have been lucky that no more i /? LADIES Wednesda"j 4 [ 8 _ r IU V Feat i 50' Wir All Drin ? - Come join AT I J V ___ _ 1 I I X ioi Doara seat ,4I think parents should be involved at a greater level in the education of their children in the schools," he said. U norc coi^l tliP nni\/prcit\/ IXUU^VIO .)UIU I IIV UIIIWI JIIJ VII" I courages faculty participation in local elections and perceives the involvement as a "public service." "I'm running to provide a service to the citizens of Richland County, and particularly to those who have children in District One," he said. RODGKRS IS a former board member of the Columbia Urban League and past vice basileus for rmn Phi flmcon Pci fratrrnitv W 1 11 v- v/ii a III , ? ' . He served on the advisery board tor the St. Luke Community Center and is currently on the planning committee for the United Way of the Midlands, j He is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of Black Social d Workers, Phi Delta Kappa and the t, Optimists. w Rodgers also worked in the field of )- mental health. n He worked for six years as a psychiatric social worker with the South Carolina Department of Mental in Health and served as a probation of:k ficer with the Bronx Criminal Court in New York. s House damage has been done. In both cases, the students had been irresponsible. If students would be more careful, this would not happen. "Most students have never been associated with a tire. The fire is not the real trouble. It is the smoke. Once they see what a fire can do, they realize that fires can be dangerous, especially in a dorm with so many people in it," Holdeman said. \ 1 NIGHT rrr Ttr\ A kvvil H yd in 11 i :lose iring: le & Beer 11 rn -Cid 1Kb ? 1UI -L | The Fun -