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The Texas A&M chap ter of the National Organization of Women hopes to help in the celebration by raising awareness of women’s issues. NOW will sponsor Take Back the Night tonight at 9. On Thurs day, it will hold a pro-choice march and rally beginning at the H2O Fountain in front of the Chemistry Building at 12:25 p.m. Kathryn Gunn, president of NOW and a senior political sci ence major, said the purpose of Take Back the Night is to send the message that women should be able to be out at night without being afraid. “Take Back the Night is an in ternational event, and the nation al chapter of NOW wants all its chapters to do it,” Gunn said. “The march is so that all people can get together and stand up against vio lence. It’s for women to stand up and say we shouldn’t have to be accompanied at night.” NOW members will also read personal and anonymous ac counts of violence committed against women. The pro-choice rally will in clude a march and abortion liter ature, and free condoms will be given out in front of the Academ ic Building. Kim Ngo, treasurer of NOW and a freshman bioengineering major, said in addition to keeping the streets safe, she wants to let students know there is a pro-choice movement at A&M. “I want to raise the awareness and conscious ness of all Ag gies,” Ngo said. “We want people to know there is a pro-choice faction on campus.” NOW received its charter at A&M in 1984. The essential goal behind the organization is to seek equality for all women. Gunn said the A&M chapter in corporates the national goals with its own goals. “Our main premise for exis tence is equality for all women,” Gunn said. ‘We address women’s issues on campus like date rape and safety. It’s an organization for anyone, not just women.” Another major goal of NOW is to get an equal rights amend ment passed. The ERA would make women and men equal un der the law, especially in eco nomic matters. Susan Schulz, NOW secretary and a freshman international studies major, said there are ob jectives she wants to see accom plished before she graduates. “Women have only been on campus for 24 years,” Schulz said. “The strides they have made have been a m a z - ing, but there are still things that need to b e done.” A 1 - though the issues NOW ad dresses deal mainly with women, Tuesday » Marc everyone is in vited to join. Jeff Miller, a member of NOW and a k sophomore I manage- ment ma jor, said he joined because the work NOW does affects every one, not just women. “There are a lot of things I be lieve about a bunch of issues, but NOW is tangible,” Miller said. “I think a lot of the things we do in NOW will have results that will be tangible to me personally.” Miller said he feels extremely comfortable at the meetings and encourages more males to attend. “I think folks see NOW as be ing this militant leftist and Ik bian organization,” Miller said, 1 ] was almost surprising to go to meeting and everyone waslai back. I felt really comfortal since there was no male- It’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m the man the meeting.’” Besides having the repul of being an all-women organia tion, NOW has other stigmas misconceptions attached to it, Gunn said NOW has devek a radical reputation over years, but the myth of militar needs to be dispelled. “NOW, in general, hasanin age as being very radical am anti-male,” Gunn said, “fit might have been true in it founding, but it’s not true think many traditional, conserc ative people see women’s rights as a threat to how society is run With the improvement rights for any group, you’re ing to improve society.” Schulz said she hopes eveiyom will participate in Women’s and women at A&M will r they all have a feminist sideii one way or another. “By making the decision to j to college, they are making a nist decision,” she said. “But of women have to think for a time before labeling oneself a feu inist. There is such a stigma tha goes along with it. “I want more women to ate their views and not jus look for a husband in college They need to concentrated! getting an education.” Sk®(ts Gibson, Thompson win honors at Academy Awards LOS ANGELES (AP) — Braveheart, the epic about a 13th-century Scottish patriot, won five Oscars Monday night, including best picture and best director for its star Mel Gibson. Like Gibson, Emma Thompson also won an Oscar in another area of her craft, adapting the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility for the screen. Susan Sarandon, who played a nun trying to re deem a condemned killer in Dead Man Walking, took best actress honors, and Nicolas Cage was named best actor for his role as a suicidal alco holic in Leaving Las Vegas. Gibson, a plaid vest flashing from between the lapels of his tuxedo, thanked writer Randall Wallace and producer Alan Ladd Jr. for bringing the script of the early Scottish epic to a “fiscal imbecile.” “Like most directors, what I really want to do is act,” said Gibson. He granted his own wish, casting himself as the wild-haired warrior who drove the English from Scotland. Braveheart was Gib son’s second outing as a director, the first being The Man Without a Face in 1993. He fol lows a line of actors-turned director who have won Os cars: Robert Redford, War ren Beatty, Woody Allen, Kevin Costner. Thompson, who won the best actress award for Howard’s End in 1992, collected her second Oscar. The English actress told of visiting author Austen’s grave at Winchester Cathedral “to pay my respects and tell her about the grosses,” She concluded by dedicating her award to Ang Lee, who direct Gibson ed the film but was overlooked fa an Oscar nomination though tk film was up for best picture. Kevin Spacey, the verbal man in The Usual Suspects, Mira Sorvino, who played a ho in Mighty Aphrodite, mnk Academy Awards for supporting actor and actress. Spacey thanked his mother fe driving him to acting classes wlies he was 16: “I told you it would par off, and here’s the pudding.” Sorvino thanked her fatter as the veteran actor openly soW in the audience. “When you give me this you honor my father, PaufSorvin' who taught me everything Ite about acting,” she said. Peeps !c. in Ha OPEN FORUM Discuss questions and concerns with your Vice President for Student ASSairs DR. MALON SOUTHERLAND A Topic of Discussion: The University of Texas Court Case (Hopwood) Light refreshments available. 'COME AND PM SHOW YOUR TRUE AGGIE SPIRIT!! 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