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>n/Page 12 i 1, 1982 national Battalion/Page 13 March 1,1982 High Court to hear book-banning issue People of the sun staff photo by Peter Rocha Mike Dow, a sophomore electrical engineering major from Seabrook, takes a study break near Keathley on Sunday afternoon with Shirley Marquardt, a sophomore chemical engineering major from Copperas Cove. ombat status, expanded roles ought by female Navy pilot United Press International feniales piloted inter- lanetary spaceships in combat tlie science fiction world of V’s “Battlestar Gallactica.” In real life down here on bills anet Earth, a trail-blazing male Navy pilot intends to do she can — within the system > by Karen Kilo - to get combat status for her ein and other women fliers in he|military. loo forestry Rosemary Bryant Mariner, a leutenant commander, has leen pushing since 1975.for the "^ombat training now denied the emale pilots. ffShe said as a result of her ampaign she can take at least )artia! credit for the role model >f [women flying fighters in Battlestar Galactica.” ■ “When television depicts d votnen warriors to -a whole generation of girls and boys, hen you know yon have had au impact on society,” she said. International Mariner caught flying fever — A new sttlo| a rly, It’salso in her blood — her gs indicates Hather, Capt. Cecil Bryant, was need by milliofan Air Force pilot. When he was merican supt'killed in a crash, Rosemary was 3. mal savings Mariner said she has no recei ve already bet lection Q f | ier father, but she has jpermarketst wanted to fly as long as she can ssor-based s] remember. She also is married I refrigeratkr to a Navy flyer, Lt. George Tho- litioning, ligt mas Mariner Jr., who flies corn- sen equipmet bat craft. d. The petite pilot (5-foot-4 in- spokesman ft ches, 112 pounds) said: “It’s a ergy Manajf long-term goal of mine to seek lid $52 of ft 1 expanded roles for all military )ill for a famii' women.” rtbeast goesf<* To help advance the cause, I bills. ^ : she is forming an organization with other female aviators to represent military women in aviation. Mariner said she has no fears about combat, but she does not like to be cast in the role of female warrior. “Flying the sophisticated equipment is more a matter of brains than brawn,” she said. She noted that no one knows how well he or she will do in combat until put to the test. She denies that performing well in such a role is a sex-linked trait. Mariner has achieved many firsts in her naval aviation career. She was one of the first eight women to go through Navy pilot training in 1973 — four years before the Air Force accepted women among its pilot candidates. Mariner says the people most likely to move up from her point in a career — perhaps someday to the rank of admiral —have combat status. So denying women combat status now, as she sees it, fences them out of the top level of leadership as they move along in their careers. Mariner was in New York in connection with being named one of Glamour magazine’s Ten Outstanding Young Working Women for 1982. The winners were selected by the magazine for their achievements in their chosen professions and other in terests contributing to a well- rounded person. Mariner said that with the flight pay, she earns around $32,000 a year. In 10 years, she h will be able to retire if she wishes. She met her husband when working at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif. They were together at the same post for two years — they are far apart right now, but they have telephone contact and try to spend a weekend a month under the same roof. One of Mariner’s long-range goals is to be an astronaut. She applied when the “help wanted” sign was-put up for women to jom the nation’s space program. But she was turned down. “To get in, I need test pilot training plus a master’s degree in engineering and science,” she said. “Those options are open.” There are about 60 female pilots in the Navy. Mariner said most are married to other flyers. And several have children — combining Navy- flying with marriage and motherhood. The Navy accepts 15 women for flight training each year now — five from the Naval Academy, five from ROTC and five from civilian life. Is Mariner’s campaign to get women into fighter jets just an extension of the ages-old battle of the sexes? Not at all. “When you go into a profes sion, you want to reach the top,” she said. “You take the risks along with the rewards. My own personal opinion is that I do not buy the Department of Defense argument keeping women from qualifying for combat. “The reason given for the rules is ‘to protect women’. “I do not want to be’ pro tected. A child is protected. As long as women are ‘protected’ we will not be regarded as adult citizens.” Te T>VrE o F^TICAI^ Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. 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It contests a ruling that ordered a trial in a dispute over the board’s action in banning nine books from school courses and libraries. Three of the books were “Slaughterhouse Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Soul and Ice,” by Eldridge Cleaver, and “Best Short Stories by Negro Writers,” edited by Langston Hughes. The decision to ban the books prompted several parents to file a civil rights class-action suit in 1977 on behalf of pupils. This case led to the current Supreme Court case. Also Tuesday, the University of Maryland and 44 states will challenge a lower court decision that struck down state university policies of charging higher tui- civil rights case out of Mississip pi, focusing on whether blacks who staged a costly boycott against a group of white, small town merchants can be forced to reimburse the businessmen for their losses. The dispute, described by the NAACP as a major test of “American political freedom,” began as a civil rights protest by blacks, after white officials in Port Gibson, Miss., failed to solve racial inequities in the town. Later Wednesday, thejustices will hear oral arguments in a case important to the construc tion industry. It concerns the constitutionality of labor con tracts that forbid employers to subcontract work at ajob site to a non-union company. Such sub contracting means union and non-union employees must work together. Today, the high court will consider arguments in a com plex search-and-seizure con troversy involving the power of police officers to search items they find in automobiles. ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★j*- * * ♦ * * * * * ♦ ★ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Run, Walk or Crawl with the Y FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS! 10 km. 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What about the argument that women are more emotional than men and likely to go to pieces in a crisis? “The emotional argument is a cultural myth,” Mariner said, “If you judge individuals, you will find that some women are less emotional than some men.” Athlete's Foot Champs The Footlocker J Loading Zone * * * MSC Arts, Basement, Camera & Outdoor Recreation present “I SAW THE WIND” I SAW THE WIND is an exciting concert combining Mark Thompson’s live musical performance and Bob Jamieson’s spectracular photographs taken from ten years of climbing in the Yukon, Alaska, South America, and North American Rockies. 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