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School
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of MUSIC
THIS WEEK
at BEALL HALL:
961 E 18th Ave
r, CHAMBER NUGGETS
tL ■ acvt) Art Series
y l awrence Waves. vioim
Leslie Siraka. viola, Robert
Hladky, cello. Barbara
Gonzalez Palmer, p.ano
Mon , Nov. 18 8 p.m.
$5 General Admission
S3 Students Seniors
(j BAND CONCERT
/L Oregon Wmd Ensemble &
" ■ Eugene Symphonic Band
* Tues., Nov. 19 8 p.m.
$6 Family Ticket
S3 General Admission
$ i Students Seniors
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UO SYMPHONY
Muse by Beethoven, with
featured artist Victor
Steinhardt. piano
Wed., Nov. 20 8 p.m.
S4 General Admission
$2 Students Seniors
AMES PIANO QUARTET
Chamber Mjsic Senes
Music by Mozarl, Richard
Strauss, Gunther Schuller
Thur., Nov. 21 8 00p.m
Reserved Seats
S15 50.S12 50.S6 50
Students $? S-1 at the door
F or more information, call
346-3761 (Music School)
Feminism central to women’s studies
Oy Lisa M Megan
I f w.'i-:! llo'Y/ity
In one t iiisv •! wiim.in dis
( ism 'I an abtif t uin she had ill
Hi In another, the lr,« krt In
vited students to evaluate feint
ninr hvgiom- prudui K
\\ e It >ni i 111 | In-yy mii nil ■
studies department where i lass
infill s arc personal. discussion
is intense, .ind emotions run
Li Hi)
"Ifs nos about grades. it's
aboil! foaming aUnit yourself
and that's mom diffu nil than
anything, really. s.n-i Mara
V'cj.iM n. a i mii*r history ni-t|or
•who has taken two i lasse-s in
(Iin department
In tin? Introduction to Worn
i n’s Studios class alone, sin
dents talk alwmt suhjei su< h
as eating disorder-, media ini
ages id i.s omen pornography
lestiiainsm and rejir. niio ! ive
rights
It s (mi; of those classes that,
to me is one of the npesos of
,11 .lifl'iniC'.. e ! .t S ( I) v a id
"(I fie i lassj really changes
y i a if life iiet atl-.e you cm never
i! lie- yvi .1 id Ii the sllljt*
ysay again
Sira e its lie i f1111j!J in 1*1 ’-i
the University firugratn and
women's studio-, jiri-.tr a rns
around the nation have boon
about politii al transformation
their mission is to replai e
sen lety -. si-yi-.i strut turn ys ith a
more egalitarian one
(Womi-n’s Studies ftto
gram-.) are considered tin- m a
item i • a rin of tIn- y\ omen
movement, said ltariiala Pope
i urn-nt Honors ( ulli-ge direi tor
and first head of the l riive'sity
program W111 - - it hegan that
•s i ■ \y fiat ys e ill undetstiaid
In an early department leaf
let. yvomen ■■ studurs fatuity
Wf.li , We try !i understaml
the i ondibnn* (hal have hold
wutr.rii !i.. k tha! vvr i an
change those condition* if nt-<
i ssarv and give women the
Mltii' kind of -.vocational, pro
frssinrtal and familial rhoice*
ili.it in* i ' it- ! granted
The first women* studies
■ ,<■. m-s in thi• ii.i.iion vyere
taught in the late l'a.Os At
< ..rd ni; in h-minlst lhr<>r\ \
( rtiufiir n! !jv Vinner;
() k oh it ne, M ii he I In /
Kos.ildo and Harfwra ( (uilpi
nu'ii than 150 program* were
!i . ■;if i'd hot ween 10 70 and
: ■ dav < 1 i program* < *
isi nationwide
liov.ru r getting a women s
siudii-. program at the t Anver
• y w no! aii easy insk Main
male prolessor* rebelled at the.
r : ion tin study I n omen
'iii'i led a separate ,e adenoi
disi iphne
iiiversilv sociology I’rofes
■..or in.in Acker said sfie was ai
c osl.’d by Ivso irate male proles
ser. at the I urgent Saturday
Market shortly after discussion
of a women s studies program
at the ! imersity began
One ol them shoiiteii al me
airnss lie street finally, after a
close-up, acrimonious era mm
Ur Wei! if we're going to fiave
women's studiirs we mighl as
w*dl have dog studies. " she
said Hr realty losl control
there
Although women's studies
programs win- initiated by stu
denls at other universities, the
toots of the University program
were in a group of women pro
lessor* who la gan to question
the University * mall' i entered
true lute an Hind 1 u 7U
It a 1 OH S lot ally produt.ed
y ideo ahnui the University
women's studies program hlslr,
r v, Ai her taIked about the di*
satIsfat tum some ysatimn (acul
n had at the time
("here: was fa problem) at a
:!• . . lev• tii.it had tn <i<1 w ith
... r;r- rssiiy (if.working wtlhin
w hull- frame ol referent <■ and
interpretation of tin world that
essentially ■•■avn’> women out.
she said
In 1117(1, A< ktT and two other
professors conducted a study of
Si', status of women at tin- t 'ni
They found there wen
low Homen fatuity members
and tIn-y were paid loss than
Ihi'ir main (ountorparis
‘It’s one of those
classes that, to
me, is one of the
apexes of
academics (The
class) really
changes your life
because you can
never look at the
world in the same
way again.’
Mara Volauro
hvftitunllv■. professors pro
posed a 1 ( redit certifit ate
program, in which students
would lake a variety ol ( lasses
in different disi ip lines
The! program had to he ap
proved li\ tile curriculum com
mittee. l-acuity Senate, Univer
sity Assembly and finally the
State Hoard ol Higher Kriuce
turn before it could lie imple
mented
A women's studies program
was finally ratified by the I'm
sersitv in !‘i?7 and approved
by the board in 1M7-1 A minor
was wddci fin] *IH5
Pope was hired to design the
[its! Introduction to. U . :•;■ ri s
Studios course ;il .1 time whim
many students were worried
aiwuit how tiir 1 I,is-, would hr
taught
In response to tins .i'n\a-u
Pope saui she immediate I v mot
v\dh a group of par! iruTirlv
concerned sludonts u. disc us
the class' format
She and the sludonts uvontu
ally agreed on 11'discussion lor
niat. still used today, with
small group discussion-section!
lod In undergraduate and grad
uato fill dilators
Pope also helped design thi
women's studies currit idum
She studied other universities
programs and sent her coursi
svll.thi to the feminist press
Know hit . which published
outlines d| women's studies
i lasses
' Part ol tIre ethics of the
feminist movement was that
vou should share what vim
have,” she said "The only wan
(women's studies) Was going to
survive is if w r helped e.u I:
other "
Other women's studies 1 lass
es 01 the University include
History ol \\ omen in the 1 nil
i’d States. Self Uefense
Uomen in Health ( are and
Women Writers
Today. both the women\
studies minor and certificate
programs require .hi credits ol
course work The certificate
program course requirements
are specific whereas the re
quirements lor .1 minor are
more flexible
No women's studies major is
offered at the University or am
other college in Oregon Hut
other institutions around the
1 ounlry w he h have worm ids
Tom ki WOMEN. P.ige
|book signing
J.A. Junee is the author ot nine
novels featuring J /’ Hcaumont
Hour of the Hunter dra w s < hi i/k
live years she sf\-nt as a librarian on
an Indian reservation in An/ona She
non lues in Seattle
J.A. JANCE
WILL BE SIGNING HER NEW BOOK
HOUR of the HUNTER
AT THE
UO BOOKSTORE
IN THE GENERAL BOOK DEPT.
SATURDAY, NOV.23
2:30-3:30p.m.
J A J arise s no* novel. Hour ot the Hunter, marks a departure tor this highly
suesesslul mystery writer, eieator of tin- Seattle based J I’ Beaumont senes This
ness work, lakes place in Arizona, and c aptures tin* feel land many of the soc lal
dilemmas) ol the Southwest
Hie novel involves Diana 1 add, a writer wIkiso husband Garrison had
committed suicide six years ago He had been accused ot tire murder of a young
Indian girl, and both Diana and her son Davy have suffered for Garrison's
involvement in the killing ever since Now Andrew Carlisle, who had been
imprisoned tor his role in the murder, is free with a twisted sense of retribution,
and a psyche going steadily out of control, ho has begun stalking the l.adds. and
killing along the w ay
Soon Police Detective Brandon Walker (who had once loved Diana) is
involved, as is Davy's nana Dahd, Rita Antonc, an Indian whose ancient
knowledge and mysterious powers come Ui the Ladd's aid The story climaxes in a
final confrontation with Carlisile, who's determined to let nothing deter his
frenzied revenge
Janie's new thriller also examines the vasttand sometimes tragic) differences
between Arneric an and Nativ e American cultures Reviewed by Ru hiird Chandler
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