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ffiLAWRENTIANVOL. XCIX-NO. 8 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY. APR Le To LIBi sA o n V iN 5* 911 FRIDAY. APRIL 13. 1984 JUN 3 o 19B4 Warch says tuition inibrease i $ minimal by Glen Johnson in context through com Stewart, agreed with Warch, sive fee. Their determination mining how these costs will This past February, Presi parison with the preceeding noting that next year’s 7.5% is generally based on three be paid. While the tuition fee dent Warch announced to year’s fees. When compared increase, while equal to a factors: the University ad will rise 7.52% next year, both students and parents to the current year’s com 7.5% increase facing the stu ministration’s assessment of this cost to students, the comprehensive fee for prehensive fee, the ’84-’85 dent body at the beginning the school’s needs, the na whether or not they receive the 1984-85 academic year. figure represents an overall of this academic year, was tion’s inflation index, and financial aid, will pay only At their January meeting, rise of 7.03% (from $9390 to significantly lower than the the relative price increases 61% of the actual cost of in the Board of Trustees set $10,050); tuition has risen 14.2% jum p the Lawrence at other ACM colleges. struction at Lawrence. next year’s fee at $10,050, 7.52% (from $7,176 tocommunity faced when Stewart noted that the President Warch noted that separated into $7,176 for $7,776), room cost has risenbeginning the 1982-83 University’s needs, in “the actual cost for tuition, $984 for room, and 5.47% (from $933 to $984),academic year. Mr. Stewart cluding energy costs, salary educating one student is ac $1,350 for board. A short and board fee has increased considered that “big jum p” payments, and the like, are tually 35% to 40% higher analysis of how these costs 5.4% (from $1,281 to as partly reflective of the the primary factor in deter than what our tuition are determined should help $1,350). In an article appear double-digit inflation facing mining the school’s overall generates.” The University both students and parents ing in the April 2nd edition our nation at that time. fee, yet he admitted that supplements the difference alike understand the factors of the Post-Crescent, Presi In order to understand the relative costs do serve as a between the comprehensive influencing the costs they dent Warch commented that increased fees, Mr. Stewart check against continued in fee and overall costs through pay, as well as anticipate next year’s increase is “ the explained the cost deter creases. “We like to keep our a combination of endowment what the price of a Lawrence lowest it has been in the last mination process. The Ex relative position,” Stewart income, gifts, and grants. education shall be in the several years.” In a separate ecutive Committee of the said, noting that Lawrence “We have consciously future. interview with The Lawren- Board of Trustees is the is, and has been for the past sought to reduce our rate to To begin with, this coming tian, Vice-President for body ultimately charged several years, fifth in the rise with strong emphasis on year’s fee should be placed Business Affairs, Michael O. with setting the comprehen- ACM in terms of University creating a larger endowment comprehensive fee (follow and promoting a greater an Feminist speaker ing Carleton, Lake Forest, nual giving program,” Presi Beloit, and Colorado Col dent Warch told the Post- Criticizing mainstream movement lege, respectively). Crescent. “Our alumni par W ith the fees set, both the ticipation program was by Sara McDonnell backgrounds. As a result, they felt that equal rights University and families under 25% but in the last Pat Rosezelle, a black Rosezelle concluded that the for black women and men alike are faced with deter- feminist currently teaching mainstream feminist move were essential to the aboli continued on page 3 for the ACM Urban Studies ment is racist and does not tion of racism in general. Program in Chicago, function to alleviate the op The white feminist move delivered a speech on April 2 pression of black women. ment was gathering momen concerning the role of black In reaction to her disillu tum at the same time, also L.U. hosts caucus feminism in the U.S. and its sionment, Rosezelle initially having grown out of the by Bill Burlington relation to the general d ru g refused to call herself a abolitionist movement. National Convention and Last Saturday, Lawrence gie for women’s liberation. feminist as that term, for Rosezelle claimed that the the division of the state’s University played host to From the time she was in her, had become leaders of the new feminist delegate strength among the the Outagamie County high school, Rosezelle has synonymous with racism. movement—who were all candidates. Democratic Party Caucus. dedicated herself to the She also decided, however, white—betrayed black In 1976 and 1980 the na women and rejected their Wisconsin Democrats tional party exempted cause. Famous feminist shifted to a caucus system of leaders like Susan B. An delegate selection for the thony felt that the race ques first time this year. The tion was irrelevant to change was forced upon the women’s struggle for libera state party by the tion. Initially, black women Democratic National Com were even expelled from mittee, which was determin feminist organizations. ed to exclude from the Issues which concerned delegate selection process black women have con any person who was unwill sistently been ignored. ing publicly to declare his Feminism, therefore, has support of the party. This historically been racist. As a meant the demise of the result, Rosezelle contends traditional open primary, a Wisconsin from the exclu that black feminism has system which orginated in sionary rule. But for 1984, developed from a betrayal Wisconsin, and which was the Democratic National by mainstream white used by voters for the past Committee invoked the feminists. She believes that 76 years. authority granted to it by black women have been Under the open primary the US Supreme Court deci “ bought-off” by their poten system, any citizen of sion and asserted its control tial allies - black men and Wisconsin could vote for a over the delegate selection Pat Rosezelle white women feminists. presidential candidate of process in Wisconsin. cause of black liberation, to research the history of Black men are sexist but any party. Republicans The state has two options: claiming that “I am unwill feminism and the roots of white feminists are racist. could vote for Democrats, modify the primary so as ing to settle for anything black feminism in an at Without the support of thus indirectly influencing to satisfy the national com less than a world where tempt to explain her feelings these groups, black women the strength of each can mittee or choose delegates in every individual can achieve of disillusionment. have been forced to develop didate at the Democratic continued on page 3 their fullest potential.” She Black feminism, Rosezelle an independent struggle of was ‘active in the civil rights liberation. CAUCUS SCORECARD Rosezelle therefore has movements, the anti-war “Black women have Statewide results (33,000 voters) movement and finally adopted an independent definition of feminism and PERCENT OF VOTE DELEGATES became involved in women’s been *bought-off Mondale 58 0% 1,082 liberation. direction of struggle. A Hart 30 0 532 Rosezelle’s initial ex explained, grew out of the feminist, according to Jackson 10 0 144 Rosezelle, is “a person who Uncommitted 2.0 31 perience with the feminist abolitionist movement and TOTALS 100% 1,789 movement, however, left her the controversy which arose has undertaken an advocacy very disillusioned. She learn when black men but not role for women’s rights.” 8th Congressional District results ed that feminism in this black women were allowed Her definition is not gender PERCENT Of VOTE 0ELESATES Mondale 55 0% 94 country was synonymous the right to vote. Black specific and, more impor tantly, she feels it is incom Hart 41 0 70 with the interests of white feminists, such as Sou- Jackson 4 0 7 middle and upper class joumer Truth, emerged to patible with any form of op TOTALS 100% 171 pression. Rosezelle identifies women. Feminist leaders ig protest the adoption of the Outagamie County Caucus results (628 voters) nored issues such as abor 14th Amendment which her sisters in the struggle as “ Third World Women” or PERCENT Of VOTE DELEGATES tion, welfare rights, and would ratify this policy. Mondale 43 5% 19 other working class issues They claimed that the effect all women of color. Thus she Hart 40 5 « ~f which concerned black of the Amendment would be conceives of women’s libera Jackson 16 0 7 TOTALS 100% 43 women who were generally to leave black women slave tion on an international of poor and working class to black men. 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