The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1983 Page: 3 of 20
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BEYOND THE HEDGES/by Michele Gillespie
ACE claims freshmen
are boring and greedy
The American Council on
Education just released its annual
profile of college freshmen
characteristics and attitudes across
the country. After surveying
188,692 of thecountry's 1.7 million
freshmen, the Council discovered
that this year's freshmen offer no
surprises.
Addicted to pizza and jogging
shoes, most freshmen stated that
they expected a college degree to
help them make money. The most
popular fields of study included
engineering, business, and
computers, and any other career
that promised a healthy income.
Seven out of ten freshmen
included being well-off financially,
raising a family, and becoming an
authority in one's field as their
most important life goals. Three-
fifths of the students identified
themselves as politically middle-
of-the-road. 21 percent liberal or
far left, and 19 percent
conservative.
For the first time, pollsters
asked participants whether they
supported increased spending for
national defense. About four out
of ten said yes. Percentages
agreeing with the following
statements are listed below:
•Government isn't protecting
the consumer, 69 percent.
•Government isn't controlling
pollution, 79 percent.
• Government should dis-
courage the use of energy, 77
percent.
•Criminals have too many
rights, 70 percent.
•The death penalty should be
abolished, 28 percent.
Group says advertising
heavily pornographic
In protest of Playboy's planned
"Girls of the Atlantic Coast
Conference" pictorial, the
Association of Women Students at
the University of North Carolina
recently met to discuss the
portrayal of women in the media.
Their discussion was highlighted
by media expert Jean Kilbourne's
film, Killing Us Softly.
According to AWS member
Sarah Lee, advertisers use the
same methods as the Playboy
editors to depict women.
"Advertisers have taken over what
pornography has done for years,
using women's bodies and their
sexuality to sell everything from
car batteries to shoe polish," Lee
said.
In her film Kilbourne asserts
that advertisers have portrayed
women as either sex objects or
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obsessed with clean houses."
Kilbourne believes that advertising
presents an unattainable ideal of
absolute flawlessness that women
strive for. Many women feel
ashamed because they cannot meet
these ideals, Kilbourne holds.
Women are highly manipulated
through advertising, Kilbourne
reiterated. Ads dismember
women's bodies, using only parts
for certain photographs, which
then makes women believe that
"every single part of the body must
be examined and improved." And
women are almost always depicted
as submissiveto dominant-looking
males in these ads.
The AWS members believe that
Playboy degrades women in much
the same way as national
advertisers do. Said AWS member
Rebecca Tillet, "What Playboy
does is pretend they're interested in
women's personalities while
showing their bodies."
AWS is also protesting a
Playboy ad that appeared twice in
the Daily Tar Heel recruiting UNC
women to try out for the "Girls of
the ACC" pictorial. Playboy
requested that interested women
submit a face photograph, a full-
figure shot in a two-piece bathing
' suit and biographical information.
The Daily Tar Heei editor was
subsequently presented with a
petition of 40 students who
objected to the printing of the ad.
"If newspapers let them
(advertisers) know we find this
type of advertisement offensive,
they will have to change." Lee said.
Playwright Albee takes
respite at Southwestern
What is Edward Albee doing in
Georgetown, Texas? The famous
playwright is working with
students in the drama department
of Southwestern University.
Southwestern drama professor
Richard Hossalla still seems
surprised that Albee is in
Georgetown. Last year, the
university gave him $20,000 with
which to find a noted theatrical
personality to come to
Southwestern for a month. On a
whim, Hossalla wrote his favorite
playwright, Edward Albee.
Hossalla was shocked when Albee
accepted.
Author of The Zoo Story, A
Delicate Balance, and Who's
A fraid of Virginia WoolJ?, Albee
now enjoys working with young
actors.
"They haven't closed their minds
down. They're open," Albee
explained. "They can be corrupted
toward a participatory sense of
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Looking fit and trim and much
younger than his 54 years, Albee
said that when he is not working
with students he spends his time in
the gym. "For once you've walked
around the square twice, you've
done it," he quipped when
questioned about Georgetown's
amusements.
Old courthouse reveals
socialist underpinnings
When the Stonewall County
Courthouse was demolished last
BLOOM COUNTY
month, the construction crew
unearthed a "time capsule." A
galvanized tin box containing
socialist newspapers and books
was apparently placed in the
cornerstone of the Aspermont
Courthouse in 1911.
Rebecca Herring, assistant
archivist of the Southwest
Collection at Texas Tech
University, said that socialism was
an acceptable political movement
among West Texas farmers in the
early 1900s. Her research has
indicated that a Stonewall County
postmaster was responsible for
placing the "time capsule" in the
cornerstone.
The documents included in the
box were issues of The Chicago
Daily Socialist, Bibles, The
Aspermont Star, and a Masonic
manual and register.
Further research has been
discontinued until the documents
are cleaned. Seepage into the box
caused mold and mildew to infest
the books and papers. After
Herring has finished cleaning the
documents and protecting them
from further damage, the time
capsule articles will be put on
display in the new Stonewall
County Courthouse.
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Cooper, Jeanne. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1983, newspaper, March 18, 1983; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245526/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.