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Minister helps students adjust By LAURA BRENNER Of the Emerald We all at some time in our college lives feel a little lost, a little unsure of who we are or where we’re going. Helping students find themselves has been Rev. G.G. Goldthwaite’s life for the 26 years he has spent in campus ministry, 11 of those at the University. “I’m concerned about people relating to one another,” said Goldthwaite. Through counseling and small group sessions Goldthwaite has worked at helping students understand their new life away from home. “My principal interest has been with students leaving home and coming to the campus. I have often said when the student leaves home and goes to the university it is the most traumatic experience of life,” continued the minister. “All people are frustrated, unsettled, somewhat lost. They’re looking for the meaning to life. It might not be religion. My Christian faith,” he continued, “is an an swer for me, for a lot of people, but it is not the only answer.” With the increase in interest in religion there has been a shift from trying to find the answers all by yourself to seeking external help. There is new interest in dogmatic religions which is unusual. People are perhaps looking for sure answers to the meaning of life; something stable in an unstable society. Groups like the Jesus Freaks are, in Rev. Goldthwaite’s opinion, finding their own answers. Since he began at the University the Co-operative Christian Ministry has been formed. This involves the eight Christian denominations in an organization where they can work together and share resources. Before they became organized “they had been pretty much working by themselves. Now we work together. We hold retreats and discussion groups. We set up the Koinonia House” and it works in conjunction with Newman Center and Wesley. Goldthwaite acts as the liaison between the groups. Rev. Goldthwaite has “no plans in particular” for when he retires at the end of this month. He is going to travel all over the United States with his wife for awhile. In the fall he hopes to offer his services to organizations which need him, for instance helping senior citizens or in counseling. “I’m still concerned about people. That’s why I am where I am.” ( Rev. G.G. Goldthwaite Most fellowships awarded to men “In 1972-73 about 80 per cent of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships and awards will go to men,” says a study on Women in Fellowship and Training Programs released Nov. 28 at a conference sponsored by the Association of American Colleges, with financial support from Esso Education Foundation. "Fellowships, traineeships, and in ternships play a large part in the process of educating the best American scholars, professionals and business and govern ment leaders. . . . Until women achieve a higher participation rate in these programs, many qualified women will lack one of the more important credentials necessary for career upward mobility. “In 12 of the 40 programs which provided data on the number of applicants, less than 10 per cent of the applicants were women. In all but eleven programs, women represented less than 25 per cent of the applicants,” the study found. Suggesting that women, to some degree, self-select out of these programs even before application because of the feeling that only-superwomen-need-apply and because of too rigid time and age rules, the report concludes that those women who do apply “are as a group somewhat more likely to be more highly qualified than male applicants; ” therefore “it is difficult to explain why women are much less likely to be recipients than men in almost one third of the programs studies.” Recommendations for increasing women’s participation include redesigning informational and promotional materials so they encourage rather than discourage women from applying. Changing the word “he” to “persons” cm announcements and applications and calling specific attention to the program’s interest in women will help to get women applicants. (For example, the White House Fellows program has this year developed a special outreach for women in response to criticism from Women’s Equity Action League and other women’s groups recently.) Adding more women to selection boards, establishing new networks for submitting names of women to programs, and taking a hard look at selection procedures and policies will go a long way toward getting more women into the programs, the study asserts. “Questions about what a woman will do with her young children, or how her husband will feel if she has to travel,’’ should not be asked unless they are also asked of male applicants. The study also points out that a new law—Title IX of the Education Amend ments Act of 1972—prohibits colleges and universities receiving federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. This would cover institutional nomination and selection assistance to both public and private fellowship programs. Finally, the study suggests that the participation of women in fellowship programs may beheading for an early test because many federal aid programs are being phased out and more and more people will be looking to private sources for funding. “Whether or not women achieve parity ... in a period where the demand for such aid far exceeds the supply, is dependent in large part on whether fellowship sponsors determine that funding female students and professionals is an important goal.” Women plan Mall vigil Friday to protest apartheid policies A vigil protesting the South African policy of apartheid will be held by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Friday. The vigil, which will be conducted by women wearing black sashes, will take place at noon in the central plaza of the Eugene Mall. The protest is part of a “major international focus against racism” according to Marian Barnes. Barnes said WILPF has been appointed to coordinate action proposals to further the implementation of United Nations decisions regarding racism and racial discrimination by a special committee of the UN on human rights. “Dec. 10 is the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We feel the most appropriate way to observe Human Rights Day is by drawing attention to the complete denial of human rights under the South African system of apartheid,” Barnes said. WILPF is urging the U.S. to stop selling airplanes to South Africa, to stop granting the nation a preferential sugar quota and to remove a NASA satellite tracking station from the country, Barnes said. We* wish you a Merry Christmas! ^ Oregon Daily Emerald 3* WINTER TERM CPE DANCE CLASSES revisions and corrections to the time schedule MONDAY and WEDNESDAY: WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY 5118 5128 5130 5124 5133 5134 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 .1:30 3:30 11:20 CPE 181 12:20 CPE 1*3 .1:20 CPE 1*4 2:20 CPE 18* .3:20 CPE 385 WF *lnt. Modern WF Beg. Ballet WF Ballroom WF Balkan MW# Int. Ballet Gries Clark Hearn Gries van Muyden Ger 353 Ger 354 Ger Studio Ger Gym Ger 354 5:20. CPE 384 MW -H- Adv. Ballet van Muyden Ger 354 TUESDAY and THURSDAY S13S 5129 5120 5110 5119 6400 10:30-12:20 11:30- 1:20 11:30- 1:20 12:30- 2:20 1:30-3:20 1:30.3:20 .2:30-4:20 3:30-5:20 4:30-.6:20 7:30 .9 PM CPE 197 CPE 388 CPE 194 CPE 199 CPE Its CPE 198 CPE 180 CPE 183 CPE 183 CPE 184 Greek Folk * Jan II Elem. Ballet Mexican Folk Jan l _ Intntl Folk Beg. Modern Movemt Act Movemt Act Hawaiian Folk Feshbach Reeves van Muyden Porter Reeves Gries Clark Reeves Reeves McIntyre Ger Gym Ger 353 Ger Studio Ger Gym Ger 353 Ger Gym Ger 354 Ger Studio Ger Studio Ger Gym NOTE: the starred classes have prerequisites; please chock the catalog or get the instructor's consent before or during registration Friday, December 8. THE INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION Directed by Elio Petri. Academy Award 1970-Best Foreign Film. A murder story. The chief of the homocide division murders his mistress, purposely leaving clues pointing to himself which his subor dinates refuse to recognize. A penetrating study of the nature of authority. Inspired by the work of Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse. Also, a short on the alienation inherent in modern life. 7:00and9:15 MUC 180 PLC Admission 51.00 FlllVtS Jazz Nite featuring Lane Community College Stage Bands The Starlighters Thurs. Dec. 7:30 PM So. Eugene High Auditorium $1 "one of the very few films of recent years that really matter"
