Union seeks 'sisterhood concepts' practice
Curriculum input key
to new women's group
Women interested in forming an organi
zation to act as a support group for Univer
sity women and to influence the University's
Women's Sludies program met Tuesday to
organize a Women s Studies student union.
We learn the concepts of sisterhood and
sharing, but the hierarchical structure of an
academic environment make them hard to
practice, says Denise Manion, one of the
women who is helping organize the group.
She says she feels a student union would
give women a chance to come together and
share common problems and concerns.
Shauna Heckert, another supporter of
the Women's Studies union, says she sees
the union s function as being more than a
curriculum evaluation body.
"Since Women s Studies is an interdisci
plinary study, it’s hard to keep informed
about the program, she says. "Unless
you re enrolled in a class, you really don t
know what s going on." She says she
hopes the union will help improve com
munication among women in the Univer
sity.
Manion says the organization would be
open to women from all areas of the Univer
ine union is still oeing
planned and its directions
will depend on what de
velops in our next few meet
ings,' says Manion. A sec
ond organizational meeting
is planned for today at 6
p.m. in the EMU. room to be
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would like to see it acting as
a link between the commun
ity and the University,” she
says.
Since the Women's
Studies program began in
spring 1974, some 1,000
students have been enrol
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Manion says she sees the union as pro
viding students with a way to channel cur
riculum suggestions to the Women's
Studies council, the body charged with ad
ministering the Women's Studies program.
“It s another way for students to have
more of a voice in course offerings and the
direction the program takes,' she says.
led in women's courses offered in
economics, political science, sociology and
other departments.
Manion says she hopes the union will
help provide information about career op
portunities and graduate programs as well
as serve as a support base for Women s
Studies discussion leaders.
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