Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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Today is the last day of school
before spring break and this is the
last issue of the University Press un-
til March 31.
The deadlines for the paper on
March 31 will be March 27 for ad-
vertising and March 29 for news
stories.
The U.P. staff wishes alf of our
readers a happy Easter and an en-
joyable spring break.
LAMAR
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Serving the Lamar Community for 54 years
Good Morning!
Friday, March 17,1978
Vol. 28, No. 44
FOUR-LEAF HUNT—Lauren Jahnke, freshman early-spring patch of clover on the quadrangle in
mass communication major, searches for her front of the Setzer Center.
protection from St. Patrick’s Day pinches in an Photo by Steve Yviison
Israel continues troop
invasion of Lebanon
By United Press International
Renewed fighting broke out yesterday
between invading Israeli forces and
Palestinian guerrillas in a 5-mile-wide
strip of Lebanese soil and the Palestinians
said Israeli reinforcements were pouring
into the battle zone.
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
said Wednesday his country’s 17-hour
punitive raid had ended and Israeli forces
would stay put until an agreement is
reached to prevent terrorists from retur-
ning to the border region.
But a Palestinian military communique
in Beirut today said guerrillas fought off
repeated Israeli air and ground strikes in
south Lebanon and reported fresh helicop-
ter-borne Israeli troop arrivals in the bor-
der regions.
“Since daybreak, Israeli warplanes
have raided several of our south Lebanon
positions and border villages east of the
Lebanese rightist-held town of Mar-
joyoun,” a Palestinian military com-
munique said.
“A number of enemy helicopters
brought in troop reinforcements as fresh
tanks crossed the frontier in what looks
like a new attempt to push inland.’’
Palestinian officials acknowledged
guerrillas had made some “strategic with-
drawals’’ from some positions.
An earlier communique said the
guerrillas fought nightlong battles with in-
vading Israeli troops and tanks and
checked fresh Israeli advances on the
ground.
In Tel Aviv, the armed forces radio con-
firmed that new clashes erupted today in
the central sector of a 64-mile-long front
following a quiet night, but gave no details
on the ferocity of the fighting.
More than 100 terrorists were killed ana
many were captured, according to the ar-
med forces radio, but there was the im-
mediate official casualty toll. The number
of Israeli casualties was withheld.
The right-wing Phalangist Voice of
Lebanon radio station said the Israelis
captured the south Lebanon village of
Rashaya el Fukhas early today “and blew
up two bridges in southern Lebanon.”
The Palestinian officials disputed Israeli
reports the invading force had captured all
the guerrilla targets and was now mopping
up the holdouts.
“They can say what they want, but they
certainly have not yet seen the end of this
all. It is going to get boiling hot for the
enemy,” the spokesman said.
Military sources said the Israeli troops
overran 15 terrorist bases Wednesday in
the strip of Lebanese territory used to
stage raids into Israel like the bus attack
north of Tel Aviv Saturday, which killed 34
Israeli civilians.
PLO officials also reported new Israeli
bombing attacks Wednesday. Israeli war-
planes conducted two air raids on the out-
skirts of Beirut and diplomatic sources
said there were hundreds of casualties, in-
cluding women and children.
An Israeli army spokesman announced
11 Israeli soldiers were killed and 5 injured
in the fighting. The armed forces radio
said more than 100 terrorists were killed
and many captured.
UPI correspondent Mathis Chazanov
reported from the Israeli frontier town of
Metulla that the battle zone remained
quiet throughout the night except for an oc-
casional artillery burst.
Begin said Wednesday Israeli forces will
remain in the captured territory extending
64 miles from the Mediterranean Sea to the
Mount Hermon foothills in the east until an
agreement is reached prohibiting reoc-
cupation of the region by the Palestinians.
Lamar radio station
has new program voice
Darrell Brogdon has joined the staff of
Lamar’s radio station KVLU-FM as
program director, it was announced this
week.
A native of Kerrville, Brogdon is a
graduate of North Texas State University
(NTSU) in Denton. He received a B.A.
degree in speech and drama, with a radio-
TV specialty, and during his senior year
was picked for the “Outstanding Studen'
Award” in the university’s radio-TV-film
division.
In announcing Brogdon’s appointment to
the Lamar post, KVLU station manager
George Beverley noted his wide range of
broadcasting experience, which covers
seven years in the medium.
Brogdon has worked with radio stations
in Kerrville, Denton, College Station and
Dallas, and with public television broad-
casting in College Station and Houston.
Prior to joining KVLU, he was on the
production department staff at Houston’s
KUHT-TV (Channel 8).
He has produced documentary, news
and drama programs for radio, and is a
former program director for KNTU-FM in
Denton, the station owned and operated.by
NTSU.
“We are fortunate to have someone with
Darrell Brogdon’s background working
with us at KVLU, as we move to expand
and improve our programming,” Beverley
said.
Brogdon is a member of the National
Association of Educational Broadcasters,
and a strong advocate of public broad-
casting outlets like KVLU.
“I find public broadcasting the most per-
sonally satisfying type of media work,” he
said.
LUtoget
cable TV
Cable television, after a long
delay, is being made available on
the campus of Lamar University,
according to F.P. “Pat” Weaver,
Lamar business manager.
Weaver said that he received the
confirmation from Liberty TVCable,
Inc., yesterday and that installation
would begin within two weeks.
Outlets are scheduled for in-
stallation in each of the residence
halls as well as the Health Center
and the Setzer Student Center.
There has been no decision yet
concerning installation in the on-
campus apartment complexes,
Weaver said.
There will be a $15 installation fee
for each outlet, $7.50 per month for
the first outlet and $3.00 per month
for each additional outlet, he said.
Annual jazz fest kicks off today
By TIM MEECE
of the U.P. staff
The fine arts department of Lamar,
University will present the Eighth Annual
Jazz Festival today beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The festival will culminate with the ap-
pearance of Jack Jones, RCA recording
artist, from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. in McDonald
Gym.
Also appearing will be saxophonist John
Park of Houston, an alumnus of the
Maynard Ferguson band. Park will appear
with the Lamar University “A" band,
preceeding Jones at 8:30 p.m.
The schedule of performances will also
include an invitational contest for area
high school jazz bands. The bands will be
judged on an individual, non-competitive
basis, receiving a rating of I, II, or III.
Judging criteria will center on an overall
rating of each band plus a rating for in-
dividual soloists.
Individual bands earning a 1st division
rating will receive a trophy and out-
standing soloists will receive a plaque. All
participants will receive a certificate.
Judges for the invitational meet will be
John Park, and Liberty band directors and
Lamar graduates Mike Smith and Gary
Weldon.
Jack Jones has been recording for RCA
Betty Friedan
Filing involves paper work
By TIM MEECE
of the U.P. staff
Candidates for the various elective of-
fices open in the spring 1978 elections may
find that there is a considerable amount of
paper work involved in the declaration of
their candidacy, according to Betty Jacob,
chairman of the Election Commission.
“Last year there were two candidates on
the ballot that were not elegible,” said
Jacob. “They were not blatantly trying to
break the rules, it was just a matter of
ignorance.”
To combat this, the commission has
printed copies of the rules and regulations
involved in the declaration of a candidacy
and made it an integral part of the election
procedure itself.
The procedure, as delineated by Jacob,
goes as follows: A potential candiate goes
to the office of the Student Government
Association where they verbally express
their desire to run for a particular office.
They then sign their name to the list
posted on the door of the office of vice-
president Steve Scott, where they may
view the names of other potential can-
didates and have their names viewed by
the competition.
Candidates are then shown into the of-
*ice of president Bart Simmons where they
ire handed a written representation of the
rules and regulations as outlined in the
constitution for that particular office.
They are urged to read the rules “very
carefully,” Jacob said.
Candidates are then given an
"Academic Information Release
Authority for University Eligibility Pur-
poses” form.
This, Jacob said, allows the SGA adviser
to release the candidate’s academic
record for the SGA to use in certifying his
eligibility for candidacy, office-holding
and membeship in the SGA, the Setzer
Center Governing Board, the Setzer Cen-
ter Committee or the Residence Hall
Association Council at the time of filing,
and at the time of election or appointment
to an office.
The candidate’s elegibility is then
carefully checked,” Jacob said.
If the candidate has some eligibility
problem, the problem is either rectified if
it can be, or he is disqualified.
If the candidate meets all requirements,
his name is included on the ballot, and he
may begin his campaign.
records since 1969. He has also garnered
two Grammy Awards, one for Best Per-
formance by a Male Vocalist for
“Lollipops and Roses” and another for
Record of the Year for “Wives and
Lovers.” He was voted Most Promising
Male Vocalist in 1962 and 1963 by Cashbox
Magazine.
Jones is also scheduled to appear at Le
Grand Bal, presented by the Friends of the
Fine Arts, tomorrow at 10 p.m. in the Set-
zer Student Center Ballroom.
Tickets are priced at $5 for adults and $3
for students. Advance ticket sales have
begun and are on sale in 106 Music-Speech.
Pizzeria
License delay may cause problems
SAGA food service has encountered
problems in obtaining the liquor license it
needs to operate Lamar's planned pub, ac-
cording to Larry Markley, dean of student
activities.
The pub may not open until the 1978 sum-
mer or fall semester, if at all, he said.
Before a liquor license can be issued, the
corporate officers of the business
requesting the license must be finger-
printed so a background investigation may
be carried out.
SAGA has offices in Houston and the
Houston Police Department performed the
fingerprints and were to forward them to
the Beaumont Police Department. The
Beaumont police would then carry out the
investigation.
“The Houston police lost the fingerprints
and it was three weeks before SAGA called
us up and asked us what the hold-up was. It
will be the last part of next week or the last
week of March before the fingerprints will
get back to Beaumont,” Markley said.
After the Beaumont police complete
-heir investigation, the application for the
license goes on to the city secretary to be
signed. It then goes to the cdunty clerk,
who then places it on the docket for review
by the county judge.
If there is general opposition to the licen-
se, the judge must hold an open hearing.
Depending upon the arguments presented
at the meeting, the judge can approve the
license or dismiss it.
“It is possible, barring any com-
plications, that the license might go
through by the last week in April, but I
don’t think it would be a good idea to open
while the students are preoccupied with
finals,” Markley said.
‘The nation is in a state of emergency. The ERA must be ratified
By HELEN SOHLINGER
of the U.P. staff
When the women’s movement exploded
onto the American scene in the 1960’s,
many people thought Betty Friedan had lit
the fuse with the 1963 publication of "The
Feminine Mystique.”
Betty Friedan disagrees. “The women’s
movement didn’t occur because I or any
other witch of Salem came along and
seduced women who would otherwise have
been having their orgasms waxing their
kitchen floors,” she told 75 people
gathered in the Setzer Center Ballroom
Tuesday evening for a lecture sponsored
by the SSC Forum Committee.
The women’s movement came about
partly as a reaction to the feminine
mystique of seeing the wife and mother as
the image of feminine fulfillment, Friedan
said.
She also partly credited a longer life ex-
pectancy with the development of the
women’s movement. “My life expectancy,
standing here right now, is 75 years,” she
said. "A girl child born today has a life ex-
pectancy of 82 years. When women used to
die young, child bearing and rearing could
define the woman.
“But that is no longer enough to fill up all
the days of a woman’s life. It’s now a part
BETTY FRIEDAN
of life, not all of it. This is why women had
to confront their own role in society.”
The first step in the movement, Friedan
said, was the raising of woman’s con-
sciousness.
“She was still cooking the church sup-
per,” Friedan said. “She didn’t dream of
preaching the sermon, and didn’t even
know she was being insulted by the
language of the sermon. And she was so
isolated. When she read ‘The Feminine
Mystique,’ she realized she was not alone.
She gained the consciousness to say ‘I am
a person, in addition to being my
children’s mother and my husband’s
wife.’”
The next step, Friedan said, was the
realization that woman might not be able
to move in her own right as a person in
society as it was then structured.
“There were those of us who realized
society needed to be changed, and that we
would need a movement to change it,”
Friedan said.
Friedan won the audience immediately
with her rapid-fire and often witty descrip-
tion of the growth of the movement, from
its early days to the present, when
“stewardesses no longer have to retire at
35; they can now age gracefully in the sky
along with the pilots.”
The movement had its difficulties in the
early days. “As we moved from the 60’s to
the 70’s,” Friedan said, “as the movement
became the most massive movement for
social change in a decade, a distortion
crept in—bra-burning. The media fixed on
the bra-burning, man-hating image.”
If vestiges of this image still survive,
Friedan helped dispel them with her own
warm manner. One listener looked at her
salt-and-pepper hair and rather plain face
and said, "Why, she looks like somebody’s
grandmother.”
Friedan does not agree with the man-
haters within the movement. “In the rage
women felt, it could seem plausible to
them to hate men—for a while. But if
hating men was the ideology of the
movement, it would have died out long
ago.
“I told my radical sisters in the
movement, ‘This is a two-sex society, and
most women want it that way. Let's face it,
we live with men and work with men and
love men when we can—and the ones we
can't love, we can try to change. It’s
amazing how many chauvinist pigs have
changed.”
Friedan sees the movement in terms of
men as well as women, and says she has
been amazed at the support the movement
has received from men from its very
beginning. Many men, she said, have even
bought “The Feminine Mystique” for their
wives to read.
“Some men see in women's lib their own
liberation from the iron mask of machismo
that makes them suppress their tears,
fears and feelings,” she said. “It may put
an end to the games men and women play,
where they take revenge on each other in
bed and out.”
The 57-year-old Friedan, who has fought
for women’s rights through the National
Organization for Women, of which she was
a founder in 1966, admits she is getting
tired. She told the small Lamar audience
that they too must get involved.
Many young women do not feel the need
for the women’s movement, she said.
“Being able to say ‘I’m not a feminist, I’m
a person,' is what it’s all about,” she said,
“but we’re not there yet. You women here
in college owe so much to feminists. Now
you have to pay your dues to keep the
doors open.
“The nation is in a state of emergency.
The ERA must be ratified in three more
states within the next year, or it’s all over.
Women are taking a leave from their jobs
and families to go to Illinois, the state we
hope to win over next. Many large
organizations are refusing to hold con-
ventions in states that haven’t ratified the
ERA.”
Before women can go on, Friedan said,
they must face the new enemy that has
emerged—not man as a whole sex, but
powerful right-wing groups that have
worked for two years to block ratification
of the ERA.
Friedan also attacked the women op-
posing the ERA, including Stop ERA
leader Phyllis Schlafly, whom she con-
siders a hypocrite.
“Phyllis Schlafly is going to a law school
that never would have accepted a middle-
aged woman like her had it not been for the
women's movement,” she said.
She also blames President Carter for not
pushing hard enough for the ERA. “He
committed himself to the women’s
movement, and he has to deliver,” she
said. “It’s hypocritical for Carter to
preach human rights to other nations when
his own country, and even his own state of
Georgia, hasn’t ratified the ERA.”
The enthusiastic audience plied Friedan
with many questions after her lecture, and
would probably have asked many more
had she not finally halted the question-
answer session. Her raspy voice, tired
from other speaking engagements, in-
cluding one in El Paso the night before,
was beginning to give out.
After exiting to a standing ovation,
Friedan spoke for a moment with local
feminist leaders, then returned to her
motel for a night’s rest before flying to
Chicago for yet another speaking
engagement the next day.
For such a strong leader in American
society, she had a surprising air of
fragility as she was ushered to a waiting
car.
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