Eight women’s studies courses offered
The Women s Studies Program
at the University has been grow
ing Approximately eight new
courses have been added for
spring term, and for the first time,
two introductory courses in
women's studies will be offered
Yet even as the Women's
Studies Program grows, its root is
still small, said Barbara Corrado
Pope
Pope, an instructor in the
Women’s Studies Program, came
to the University last summer after
teaching history at four different
schools. She is currently a
member of the Women’s Studies
Council, the decision-making
body for the Women's Studies
Program
Pope also works in the
Women's Studies office, located
in Rooms 17 and 18 PLC. The
office coordinafes courses offered
in other departments and provides
up-to-date information on new
classes The office is staffed by
Pope, graduate teaching fellows
and work study students. But at no
time is one person consistently in
the office, said Pope
“The women's studies depart
ment depends on the exploitation
of those who run it," she said
"This is true with a lot of depart
ments across the country. We are
in demand from students, from
other faculty, and we could be in
demand from the community if we
had the time.''
Pope said, despite limited re
sources and personnel, the office
tries to answer as many questions
as possible from the community
and maintain a liaison.
The Women's Studies Prog
ram, she said, was not rational
because of its three-way administ
ration The program is currently
being administered by Marilyn
Farwell, chairer of the Women s
By VERA BOYOVICH
Of the Emerald
Studies Council; Velma Mullaley,
administrative assistant of politi
cal science, and Pope. Farwell
conducts her duties from her of
fice in 415 PLC, and Mullaley may
be reached in 940 PLC. Pope is
the only one in the Women's
Studies office, and most ques
tions come to her.
“The program needs a coor
dinator and at least a half-time
staff person, but we re not about to
get it," said Pope.
The budget of the women’s
studies department is low. This
year the department received
about $16,000, she said. This in
cluded money for non
matriculating courses (those
added every semester) and the
new introductory 101 courses for
spring. The budget, however, is
minute compared to those of other
departments.
The Women’s Studies Council
is currently looking into reorgani
zation of the Women’s Studies
Program. Three options are open
for this proposal, said Pope.
First, the program could go into
a department. But this means the
Women’s Studies Program would
lose its autonomy and interdiscip
linary ranking, she said.
Another option is the Women s
Studies Program could be placed
under an “interdisciplinary um
brella." There has been talk of
this, said Pope, but nothing has
been done yet.
The final option would be for the
Women's Studies Program to be
come a department itself, but she
said this seems impossible. Pope
said there has been a freeze by
the University in the creation of
new departments and degrees
due to lack of money. If the prog
ram was to become a department,
it would have more money for
classes and office staff and would
provide tenure-line positions for
faculty.
In August, 1974, the Women s
Studies Program at the University
was authorized by the State Board
of Higher Education to offer a cer
tificate in Women's Studies. To
obtain it, a student must take 21
hours of classes approved for the
program by the Women’s Studies
Council.
Pope said she has tried to pro
vide space for men in her introduc
tory class this spring so they
would not feel isolated. “We tried
hard to get men s group discus
sion leaders experienced in lead
ing men s groups. We want to give
men space to talk on a personal
level.”
Recently Pope has been suc
cessful in “recruiting" a man to
lead discussion groups in the 9:30
introductory class she will be
teaching this spring. He is James
DeLong, a Eugene resident ex
perienced in facilitating men s
groups.
Women’s union promotes ‘self-criticism’
By VERA BOYOVICH
Ot the Emerald
To become a member of the
Women's Studies Student Union
(WSSU), one must believe in two
concepts: rotating facilitators and
"criticism/self-criticism."
The WSSU is a non-hierarchical
collective of approximately 25
University women WSSU has no
president or chairer, rather, two
women volunteer to become
facilitators at each meeting, shar
ing the responsibilities of organiz
ing and running the meeting
For example, one facilitator
may take primary responsibility for
time limitations at meetings, while
the other takes responsibility (but
not total) for the discussion pro
cess The WSSU maintains their
non-hierarchical organization by
having the facilitators rotate at
each meeting
They have tried to develop an
atmosphere where women can
openly express their feelings by
using a method called "cri'icism,
self-criticism.'' Denise Manon, a
member of WSSU says this con
cept helps bring out underlying
tensions within the group “It
makes the group healthy," says
Mamon "You notice more and
more what's going on within the
group "
The WSSU was formed in
March, 1976, as a resource and
support group for University
women in all academic depart
ments It also was created as a
forum for student input into the
University curriculum, especially
the Women's Studies Program
Before the WSSU was formed,
there was no way for women to get
together and get things done, said
Manion. "The women's studies
department is an interdisciplinary
program,” she said. "Women
would meet in classes, but there
were no other connections as stu
dents.
"There was also no other
mechanism for input into the
Women's Studies Council, which
is the decision-making body," said
Manion.
The Women's Studies Council
consists of nine faculty members
and three students and is respon
sible for hiring faculty members in
the women's studies department
The WSSU was instrumental in
having two students on the council
when Barbara Corrado Pope, an
instructor in Women's Studies,
was hired last summer.
Recently, a task force was set
up to work with the Women’s
Studies Council, mailing out ques
tionnaires to schools and univer
sities throughout the United
States. The questionnaires were
designed to find out the extent of
other schools' involvements in
women's programs. The results of
the survey will be used by the
WSSU and the Women s Studies
Council in developing the
women's studies curriculum at the
University A file of the results will
be set up in Room 605 PLC (the
Center for the Sociological Study
of Women).
The WSSU also dedicates
much of its time to passing out
leaflets and putting up posters for
the women’s studies department
They are currently in charge of
on-campus publicity for Interna
tional Women s Day.
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