Women’s Center to
tap students’ ideas
By Lisa Millegan
Emerald Reporter
When asked In describe what
(hey want to accomplish this
year, most student loaders at
the University’s Women's Chat
ter were not able to produce .1
detailed plan It's not that they
haven't had time or that they
don’t have ideas, they just
don't want one.
What they do want is plenty
of student input.
"It's a dynamic process,"
said Andrea Coukos, co-direc
tor of the center's Women In
Transition program. "We don't
have an agenda that's cut in
stone.”
The leaders' worst fear is to
give the impression that the
center only serves a specific:
group. They want to get the
greatest number of people in
volved, including community
members And, contrary to
popular opinion, they welcome
men to help work on am pro
gram.
"If anybody came to the cen
ter with energy, we'd find some
way to use that," C.oukos said
"Part of what a women's organ
ization is about is to put wom
en in leadership positions
but that does not mean we
don't welcome all members of
society."
Coukos' group, one of four
independent organizations
housed .it the center, focuses on
serving the needs of nun-tradi
tional students. Holly Slognor,
co-director of WIT, said the or
ganiz.etion is for any student
who feels her experience is dif
ferent than that of most stu
dents on campus Users of the
program in the past have in
cluded women older than 2f>,
single parents and disabled slu
dents.
The program receives .S.t.4l)2
Irom the Incidental Fee Com
mittee. SI.blit) ol which goes to
ward the co-directors' stipends
Students shouldn't worry that
the two are overpaid, Coukos
said.
"We re doing really profes
sional-level work fur peanuts,
in addition to some of us being
full-time students,” she said
The program spends SfiOO on
special services such as child
care, speakers, films and con
ference dues, with the remain
der of the money spent on ad
ministrative costs such us tele
phone and postage
Stegner said 200 students
and community members por
term participated in support
groups offered by the program
last year. Mudo up of 4-10
women each, the groups deull
with such topics us self-esteem,
sexual identity and child cure.
She said niiinv of (he groups
will continue this year and now
ones will bo nddod depending
on student interest
Womon In Transition also
sponsors guest speakers and
workshops from time to time
on 1s s U e s p f interest to
nnntruditional students How
ever, in the recent past, more
students have been using pro
gram workers as sources of ad
vice.
"We do lots of on the spot
crisis counseling." Slegnor
said "On a slow night we get
11 bout eight calls
Workers at Women's Ri
source and Referral, another
program housed in the Worn
en's ('enter, avoid providing di
rert counseling over the phone
Instead, they trv to steer wom
en toward the organization that
can most effectively help them
"Were here so women can
come in if they’re having prob
loins," said l.isa Albrich, co-di
rector of the program "(Worn
en’s Resoun e and Referral) is
there to he of assistance to
women and help them help
themselves."
We do a lot of on
the-spot crisis
counseling. On a
slow night, we get
about eight calls/
Holly Stegner,
WIT co-director
Albrich said she encourages
non-student women to also use
the services sirue the program
works with community re
sources
Perhaps the best known ser
vo e Women's Resource and
Referral offers is its constantly
updated lending library of mag
azines, hooks and pamphlets
dealing with issues such as
birth control, abortion and sex
ual harassment
"When the program first
started, the shell was this big."
said Albrich as she motioned
with her hand at waist-level
"Now it's at least four book
shelves, about six feet high ”
Funded by the IFC, S2,ts»t> of
the program's $-1,8-15 budget
goes to stipends for co-directors
and workstudy students. Ad
ministrative costs eats up
SI,109, and SH50 is set aside
for speakers, films and confer
ences. The program hopes to
raise more money by doing sev
er a I fundraising events
throughout the year.
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