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women's support group is
open to .ill AAA women
This group organizes
polluoks. workshops and
let lures
A women's weekend adven
ture group is lor women
who enjnv getting awnv
from the .a ademii world,
roommates or kids for .1
weekend in the woods
Hikes are organized onre a
month
• A lesbian support group
open to all leslnan women,
(overs lopir s ranging from
changing inlutionships and
families to sell ac i eptanr e
• Peer counseling on an in
c11v idci.d basis is also avall
able either In appointment
or in i uses ol emergenc ies
The Keltic ational (fpportu
nities Program also offers
students a variety id support
serve es often helpful to
women returning to the t'm
versify Administered
through the Academic
Learning Services in the
knight Library I t )P is a led
erallv-funded intensive sup
port servic e for cjualilv mg
students
Students who meet lh«'
federal eltgihiliU r<M ji j i r* •
merits tan participate in
I ()P programs If .1 ru‘>‘(l fia
COP smiles is presented
low ini ome students sin
dents whose parents did not
graduate from a four -year
t ollege. and mentally or
physically disabled students
i ,iri ret eive Id )!’ support
The following sendees are
as ailable
• Personal (ounseling d< d
tag svitii .ill kinds of person
al issues is .nailable Incest,
abuse eating disorders and
sell esteem are some of the
< oneorns th.it ran be ad
dressed In this servk e
• \d vim a« v in i ast>s o! ion
flu t oi trouble is offered In
the past. KOI’ has dealt with
finaneial aid housing and
puhlii assislani e among oth
er areas through this pro
giam
• Tutoring m math si .inn e
and foreign languages is
available
• Writing, math and critical
thinking (nurses lor credit
are otfered
• Non-credit workshops on
test taking and preparing lor
tesls are organized
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kids and sometimes |i*l>s
Tiles'- women who have il
t<iuv;11 an In-1 oming men ami
more i omttion at tin- t 'niversi
t\ ami tile obstai les tiles tai i>
in getting an miniat ion air
looming larger
Families Imam es ami light
ing nil discouragement are the
main problems of the so-called
mm Iraiiitional student the
term usualls applied to these
women
This pool of returning sin
dents lias been increasing
sleadils siin «* tlie women s
movement ot tin- late liitiOs ami
early ~ik aciording to Worn
ell's ( enter i ootdillator I iasani
k ndura
I m\ seif v\ as a mature re
turning Student in lotifl. she
said I saw ,i lot ot returning
women students then and pro!)
.tills more now
Women are < ommg bac i t"
si hool at a steads rate and I
think it will continue said
Ruth Songer lensen. t o-direi tor
ol \\omen In Transition
wn isa suppoit network
through tile Women's Celltel
that provides serve es lor re
turning ami new l\ elitei mg le
male students, im hiding older
omen anil single parents
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I amih matters
Nllhough these oldn women
.Hr attending the same < lasses
.1 s tlii'ii vou utter i uunletparts
thev have til drill w 11 h pres
Mirrs that liiiinv tvpii at voung
n students would not under
Stand
I'liere's a w hole mess ol
stuff that (an happen just with
hi th' fatlllh Songer lensen
said
She noted that while younger
students often have families
v\ ho e\pei I them to go on to
cause ol school ai (ivitics.'
Sumner said
Basically I pul rav kids
iirsl. hul I have In decide
whether nr not what they're
asking Inr is a valid request
she said
In addition, daily family ob
ligations i.m interfere with a
woman s sludv time. Songet
Jensen said
" 1'reqtiently women who
sldl have younger children al
home say . a ill year-old who
has liitle kids have to wait
‘Whan you're a returning student,
there's almost this added pressure of
w anting to improve your situation, to get
off welfare or have more job security.'
— Hasani Kudura
cullogc women over so mav
have In struggle u ith re.strur
Hiring their entire laimlv life so
tlir\ i .m go lim k to m lino!
It you’re married and have
kids and you go hai k to
si hool where you used to have
a da\ to spend in the k ill hen to
li\ really nutritious meals
mavbe now vou'll he getting
more packaged foods she
said And the family ma\ not
he used to that
Sumner said when she re
turned to si hool three years ago
as a single parent pursuing a
journalism degree she had liv e
i hildren at home and "it was
an adjustment tor the entire
family
I went from being at home
most of the time to being
gone she said. Tliev were
Used to me being home when
they got home from school, so
tliev didn't like the new ai
rangement
I also w,isn't doing all the
things lot them like making
all the meals that they want
ed me to do. so vve struggled
w ith that Sunmei said And
vve I e lea 11v still struggling
with I hat
\lthough main people he
lieve oldei i hildren handle a
mot It eis ,1 hse me easier.
Ktidura said even teen agers
rail resent their mom going
b.n k to si hi ml
1 thought it would he prettv
easv fot me her ause I onlv had
a teen-ager, hut It seemed like a
i i isis would ih cur just at finals
time or when I had a papei
due kudura said
1 inallv I said I lee! like
v on ie living to pii k a fight
w It'll me and - lie said 'I think
1 am
After vve realized what was
going on and talked it out. it
was easier she said
( nttimunii ation
It a woman ts married ..r has
a partner, it's important to keep
tin lines ot i iiniiminii ation
open with that person as well
Hunger lensen said
It A really helpful that a
woman if she’s married shares
her education with her Inis
hand talks about it with him
and includes him in th.it wav
Songef (ensen said
No mallei how supportive
your partner may lie ot your go
ing hat k to si hool. it still takes
some getting used to she
said
Sometimes tamilv ai Hvities
contlii t with school obligations
and the woman has to choose
between the two Suranei said
"There have been times
when I've had to miss mv kids
si hool ai Iiv itles because of
i lasses, or miss mv classes he
until (In' children are in bed at
ni^lil and asleep before tbe\
i an really ha\e stud\ time
she said,
"1 hat means they 're going to
tie up even later and the next
day they'll be tired." Songer
(ensen said
After awhile, that's going to
stiow and it makes everything
more stressful. ’ slie said
It 's a juggling act.'' Sumner
said. "You juggle your st lied
ule u ith the t hildren's sched
ule with the demands of the
tear tiers yy itli your ai tivities on
campus and lr\ to sa\e a little
time for yourself
Time out
\nd it's important for these
women to reserve time to)
themselves so they don't burn
out Songer Jensen said
It a woman t an set aside an
hour or so a week just to do
nothing, that's impiirtant '' she
said
Suiiinei s.ntl she tries to get
away lot a weekend by herself
to refill us It I don't do that
by the time finals come around
I'm really s|ressed she said
Moreover, tor many return
mg women students money
worries are anotluu pressure
said to John I’oyy ell i oordina
tor ol the Kdur ational (Ipporlu
nities Program
KOI’ provides tutoring, sup
port and advocaty services to
Mil students l i t ol whom are
returning women students who
are over ill
financial aid is definitely
inadequate to handle the needs
ol older women, especially
those yy ith kids, t’mvelI said
And Sumner noted that
scholarships often require a
! till CPA
"I teel pretty luc ky going to
school full time occasionally
working and raising a family
and pulling a 2 8, she said. "I
think that's good, lint I'm not
eligible tor anything because
no .me takes into consideration
yy hat else y ou re doing
In addition to coping yy itli
iamily time and money stiess
es older yyomen returning stu
dents often teel tike they don't
belong at a university duminat
ed f>y young people.
"for one tiling overall the
activities on campus are de
signed and oriented tor the
young population." Songer
lensen said
"Certainly I'm not saying
those things should he elimi
nated hut u hat yye need is
some things for the older stu
dents she said
Discouragement
Sometimes professors and
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