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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
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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
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nd not-so-subtle ^ USC professor has annoi
inhibit women candidacy for the June 12 elet
t report by two tfoe Richland District Om
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re segregated by Augustus Rodgers, associ
ife Myra Sadker lessor in the College of Soci
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is studies of sex people at USC will benefit tl
J post-secondary board if he is elected.
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gation in colleges sensitize me to the many prot
their own where issues that we face relativ<
dker said, many system of education," Rodj
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teachcr responses organizer at USC.
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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
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he and $200 to the contents of the room,
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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
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system," Augustus Rodgers, a professor in the Col
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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