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The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 VoL LXXXIX No. 20 The University of Connecticut Thursday, Oct 3, 1985 Steinem still seeks equality for women By Dave Clark Daily Campus Staff Feminist Gloria Steinem told a crowd of more than 1,400 here Wednesday that despite major strides forward the women's movement still has a long way to go toward achiev- ing full equality for women Steinem, publisher of Ms. magazine said that public opi- nion polls show the majority of Americans support the idea of equality, but that institutional change has not been achieved, "For instance" she said, "we have the idea of equal pay, but we all know we don't have equal pay. Wherever we look we see that our hopes and dreams have advanced, but the institutions of our lives have only begun to budge" Steinem spoke from a lectern facing seats normally used for home basketball games. Shari Simon, chairwoman of the Stu- dent Union Board of Governors lecture committee estimated the crowd between 1,400 and 1,500. Steinem outlined four "very broad and deep" goals of the feminist movement in her speech First is for freedom to use contraception and abortion to be SUCCESS!!—Students joined In a game of baseball Wednesday on the Grad Field granted as a basic human right—"as basic as freedom of (Mark Caswell photo). speech or freedom of assembly," Steinem said "If s our basic health issue" she said "It has everything to do with whether we survive or not and what our lives are like Male dorm wants all-female revue Even in this country, the single most important determinant of whether a woman is poor or not is whether or not she is res- By Dean A. Orser unaware that the dorm would have to seek USG ponsible for raising children If we can't control our lives from Daily Campus Staff approval in order to stage the event the skin in, it's real tough to control it from the skin out" In a meeting with the Undergraduate Student "To my knowledge I haven't heard anything Steinem said that American society sees this theory as a Government next week, the council of an all- about this," Stolfi said "As long as they follow very radical suggestion male dorm will seek approval to sponsor an "all- rules, I don't see why they'd need our approval "The long-run implications of this," she said "are that the female revue" later this semester. unless they're seeking funds from the USG" state can no longer decide how many workers and soldiers it An "all-male revue" was held Sept 12 in the Stolfi added that if Goodyear A were to seek needs, and it undermines one of the basic pillars of Student Union Ballroom The event was spon- USG funding they would have to approach USG nationalism—control over an identifiable population" sored by Sherman House as an area council—meaning representative" See page 4 Ed McGovern, vice president of Goodyear A, from all dorms in Frats said he conferred with Leslie Palmieri-Ashford David Sulkis, president of Goodyear A said he of student affairs and services on Wednesday was unclear why Ashford wants the Goodyear and she subsequently set up a meeting between dorm council to go before USG because "we're the dorm and a panel of USG members funding the event ourselves." But Jcy Stolfi USG president, said he was Seepa«e4 Rock Hudson dies from AIDS LOS ANGELES(AP)—The death of Rock Hud- Taylor said in a statement released minutes son, who made his own illness a rallying point in after his death. "Please God he has not died the battle against AIDS, brought pleas from in vain" celebrities that his courage in life not be in Hudson was desperately ill when he added his vain support to the Sept 19 benefit in Los Angeles to "As fine an actor as Rock Hudson was and as raise money for education about AIDS Miss much as he shared his craft with us, I feel his Taylor, who also appered with Hudson in his last greatest gift to the world was in his ack- movie "The Mirror Crackd" co-hosted the nowledgement of his disease and in his willing- show with actor Burt Reynolds. ness to educate people and raise their con- Carol Burnett who appeared with Hudson in sciousness," actress Linda Evans said after Hud- the musical "I Do. I Do," said "I am very sad- son died Wednesday. dened Rock was a dear friend and a wonderful "His death is a great loss to all of us, but his human being. I shall miss him very much" legacy will be our continued fight for a cure for Ester and Richard Shapiro, executive pro- AIDS" said Miss Evans, who appeared with Hud- ducers and creators of Dynasty," issued a son on ABC-TVs "Dynasty." statement that said "Rock Hudson touched the In July, Hudson revealed he had acquired lives of all of us who were privilieged to know immune deficiency syndrome an illness most him and work with him The revelation of his ill- common to homosexuals, intravenous drug ness was an extraordinary act of courage and users and hemophiliacs The disease is believed his final gift to all humanity." to be spread through sexual contact con- taminated needles or blood transfusion. "We should honor Rock Hud* »n's courage In recent weeks, Hudson established the Rock and candor by redoubling our co ninittment to Hudson Foundation to raise money for AIDS set aside fear and bigotry, and as Americans has research and donated $250,000 to an an.ti-AIDS done so many times before united to find a cure Gloria Steinem spoke at the Field House Wednesday benefit headed by Elizabeth Taylor, who starred and vaccine in meeting the AIDS challenge ht ad night before a crowd of more than 1,400 people (Mark with him in such films as "Giant" on." said Bruce Decker, chairman of the Califor- ^Caswell photo). "I love him and he's tragically gone"Miss nia AIDS Advisory Committee ■\x" Inside Today: Weather Forecast: Matt Addington joins the 100-point club. See page 11. Mostly cloudy today with highs in the 60s Chance of showers 70 1 Counselor helps drunk drivers steer clearly. See page 5. percent at night Page 2 The Daily Campus, Thursday, October 3, 1985 ALMANAC STATE NATION WORLD Attorney wants Inspections pending Kipnappers kill one, confession suppressed WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 months after at threaten others HARTFORD (AP) The lawyer for Israel Madera- least 2,000 people died from a toxic gas leak in India, Flores asked the State Supreme Court on Wednesday federal officials still have not conducted broad to suppress his client's confession that he started a inspections of U.S chemical plants, the acting head of BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Kidnappersof four Soviet fire that killed 14 people in Waterbury in 1982. the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Embassy employees killed one of them and said Wed- Also, attorney John F. Murphy Jr. asked the five jus- said Wednesday. nesday the others will die unless Syrian-backed tices to order a trial for Madera-Flores, now 32 and Patrick R Tyson made the statement at a hearing militias halt an offensive against Moslem fundamen- serving a 120 year sentence in connection with the by the House Education and Labor subcommittee on talists in the northern port of Tripoli fire at the apartment building. health and safety into the Aug. 11 gas leak from a An anonymous telephone caller claimed a second After Superior Court Judge Robert D. Glass con- Union Carbide Corp. plant at Institute W.Va captive had been killed, and another said Moslem cluded that Madera-Floresconfessionwas voluntary, Tyson, who drew criticism from several subcom- extremists planned to blow up the embassy. Ma iera-Flores pleaded no contest to 14 counts of mittee members, said his agency is planning in the The battle raged on for control of Tripoli, where arson-murder and was sentenced to two life terms- next year to conduct "wall-to-wall" inspections at 80 more than 500 people have been killed and 1,100 or 120 years-without the possibility of parole US plants, including the pesticide facility at wounded since Sept 18. The militias supplied by The state claims Madera-Flores started the fire Institute Syria Moscow's main ally in the Middle East, have the after his niece kicked him out of her apartment He said that heretofore OSHA had limited its visits fundamentalists cornered with their backs to the sea following an argument to chemical plants to complaints from workers and and Syrian artillary has joined the battle Mader-Flores, who had been drinking at the time, responses to disasters such as the leak of methyl The body of cultural attache Arkady Katkov, 32, acknowledged causing a fire with a cigarette in a isocyanate last December from a Union Carbide was found Wednesday, shot once in the head at close couch in the apartment that was put out by his niece facility in Bhopal India range It was sprawled on blood-stained rocks near But he denied setting a fire in the hall outside the Tyson said that following the Bhopal tragedy, the Cite Sportive a stadium adjacent to the Sabra apartment after his niece ordered him out OSHA reviewed methyl isocyanate production at Palestinian refugee camp, which was destroyed by Murphy said Madera-Flores had denied four times Institute but did not inspect equipment and pro- shellfire in Lebanon's decade long civil war.