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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28. 19B1
Seven freshmen senators elected
Run-off for officers Tuesday
As a result of Tuesday’s fresh
men class elections, run-offs will
i necessary for the Class of ‘85
louncil. But seven students have
i elected to freshmen-at-large
ositions.
The number of votes tallied was
,730.
Run-offs will be held next Tues-
ay for the election of officers for
: Class of ‘85.
Richard Schultze and Warren
Sumner are in the run-off for class
president.
Jim Allen and Diane Baumbach
are vying for vice president.
Run-off candidates for secret
ary/treasurer are Sherrie Couch
and Susan C. Stubblefield.
Mary Ann Heaton and Patti
Poe are in the run-off election for
social secretary.
As a result of Tuesday’s elec
tion, seven freshmen-at-large
were elected by plurality, mean
ing the top seven vote-getters
were winners.
Kifsten Murphy, Grant Swart-
zwelder, Linda Thomas, Melissa
Williams, Jay Holland, Mark
Holubec and Tracy Turner were
elected to fill these seven posi
tions.
lasses reflect women’s roles
By NANCY WEATHERLEY
Battalion Staff
The women’s movement has
ompted an interest in women’s
lies and experiences, and this in-
irest is reflected in several Texas
&M ourses.
Elizabeth Maret, associate pro-
ssor of sociology, said most tradi-
Diialcourses focus on the study of
|en.
T think one of the interesting
ipects of courses in the area of
lomen’s studies is the fact that
men comprise 50 percent of the
orld s population, she said.
T think it’s unfortunate that
lecial courses devoted to the
udy ofone-half the world’s popu-
ipn are necessary. Ideally, we
uld have the information we
eed in conventional courses.
Harriette Andreadis, assistant
lessor of English, said: “It
*ms to me that the women’s
lovement has made universities
id the public aware that our edu-
ition is incomplete.”
Andreadis teaches “Women
|riters,” which is designed to ex-
ine how women writers articu-
te the unique perspectives and
lemmas of women in dealing
such themes as work identi-
t). sexuality and marriage.
“Women have been, by and
large, excluded from literary
texts,” she said. This has changed
only recently, Andreadis said.
Another University course
focusing on women is “Women
and Work in Coht^mporary Socie
ty,” offered by the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology.
Maret said the course concerns
the division of labor based on sex.
“In the United States today,
women on the average can expect
to work outside the home for
approximately 27 years,” Maret
said.
Women with jobs tend to be
clustered in certain positions, she
said. “We talk about the various
implications and causes of the di
vision of labor,” she said.
"Women can expect to work
outside the home for a rather sub
stantive time of their lives. It is
increasingly necessary for women
to prepare for their employment. ”
“I think that the division of
labor based on sex is a wide con
cern of both men and women,”
she said. “The division of labor
limits the opportunities of man
also, but not necessarily in the
same way.”
Maret said she has had several
male students in past classes.
Charlene Muehlenhard, assis
tant psychology professor, teaches
“Psychology of Women.”
She said: “The course covers
five main topics: research
methods psychologists use to
study and interpret their data;
physiological differences between
the sexes; social influence placed
on women; sexual differences be
tween men and women, and adult
options available to women.”
How parents treat daughters,
compared to the way they treat
sons, can affect the way a woman
views herself, she said.
Stereotypes — such as television
commercials showing housewives
concerned only with a clean floor
— also have a big influence, she
said.
For students interested in a
more comprehensive study of
women in general, Sara Alpem,
assistant professor of history,
teaches “History of Women.”
She said: “The course surveys
relevant religious, legal, political
and cultural factors which helped
shape the role and character of
women in American society from
colonial times to the present.
“Basically, what I find is that
women want to be regarded as hu
man beings first instead of females
first,” she said. “In other words,
the quest is for automony.”
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Today’s almanac
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 28,
he 301st day of 1981 with 64 to
l>llow.
The moon is new.
The morning stars are Mer-
hat tii ary, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Venus.
Those born on this date are
inder the sign of Scorpio. Jonas
airy) alk, American discoverer of the
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On this date in history:
In 1636, Harvard College —
now Harvard University — was
formed in Massachusetts.
In 1886, the Statue of Liberty
was dedicated on Bedloe’s Island
in New York Harbor.
In 1980, Saudi Arabia severed
diplomatic relations with Libya for
siding with non-Arabic Iran in the
Iran-Iraqi war.
A thought for the day:
German poet John Heinrich
said: “Who does not love wine,
women and song remains a fool his
whole life long.”
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Votes for freshmen class offic
ers may be cast Tuesday from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. at the same polling
places used for Tuesday’s elec
tions: the Guard Room, the
Memorial Student Center, the
Commons, in front of Sterling C.
Evans Library and at Sbisa Dining
Hall. Freshmen will need their
IDs to be eligible to vote.
Graduate Student Council
sponsoring bid for brains
By JENNIFER WAYMAN
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M University
Graduate Student Council will
auction graduate students as
tutors Thursday to raise money
for the annual bonfire.
Fred Seales, president of the
Graduate Student Council, said
participating graduate students
will be auctioned off to the high
est bidder from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. at Rudder Fountain. The
student who bids the highest is
entitled to two hours of tutoring
to be arranged sometime during
November.
The council is asking a mini
mum bid of $5 for the tutors,
which Seales said is a “real bar
gain” because the going rate for
tutors is $8 to $10 an hour.
The auction, Seales said, is
an effort to get graduate stu
dents, many of whom graduated
from other colleges and univer
sities, involved in the building
of bonfire.
“We feel like it will be a good
way, not only to help build bon
fire, but to help undergraduates
with scholastic difficulties,”
Seales said. “If it is received
well, we hope to do it every
semester.”
He said the council has not
decided what proceeds from a
spring auction would be used
for.
Only 15 graduate students
have signed up to tutor, he said,
but those wishing to tutor may
still sign up or just show up at
the auction.
All 15 are from the College of
Business, but Seales said he
hopes tutors from all colleges
will participate.
Aside from the auction, the
10-member Graduate Student
Council is involved in a number
of things such as trying to get
the deadline pushed back for
graduate students to Q-drop.
Most graduate students have
not had a test before the present
Q-drop date, so they don’t have
a clear picture of how they are
doing in their classes, he said.
The council also sponsors an
orientation for new graduate
students each fall.
Anyone with questions about
the auction or the Graduate
Student Council may call Seales
at 845-7501 or 845-2183.
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