After 200 years, woman to join Supreme Court By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS After the vote, Mrs. O'Conner ap­ to aspire and achieve in a manner never Stewart on the high court. Several other senators said they believ­ peared on the steps of the Capitol with before even dreamed about in human Only a few senators were on the floor ed Mrs. O'Connor's history as a state WASHINGTON (AP)-The Senate, Senate leaders and Vice President history." Monday during four hours of debate set legislator and state judge would make her George Bush. ending an all-male tradition nearly two M rs. O'Connor's confirmation aside for the nomination, and there was more likely to play a restraining role on centuries old, unanimously confirmed Grinning jubilantly, she said she was represents a major political victory amid effusive praise from liberals and conser the Supreme Court, which has been Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate overjoyed by the depth of Senate support growing opposition to the president's vatives of both parties. criticized by conservatives for tackling justice of the Supreme Court on Monday. for her nomination. economic, diplomatic and military pro­ Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., issues like abortion and busing for Mrs. O'Connor, a 51-year-old Arizona "My hope is that after I've been across grams. said the inability of groups like the Moral desegregation • the street and worked for awhile that state appeals judge, will be sworn in Fri­ In three days of testimony before the Majority and other anti-abortion groups A graduate of Stanford University they'll all feel glad for the wonderful vote day in time to join the court for the open­ Senate Judiciary Committee, Mrs. to block the nomination demonstrated Law School, she worked as a state pro­ they gave me today," she said. ing of its 1981-82 term on October 5. O'Connor said she finds abortion per­ that single issue politics "has no place" in secutor in Arizona before serving terms President Reagan said in a statement The vote ws 99-0, with only Sen. Max sonally offensive, but declined to give her the confirmation process for a high court in both houses of the state legislature. that the confirmation of his nominee Baucus, D-Mont., who was attending an constitutional view of whether a woman justice. A former majority leader of the "symbolizes the richness of opportunity economic conference in his home state, has a legal right to end a pregnancy. He said the confirmation for Mrs. Arizona Senate, O'Connor served as a that stil abides in America—opportunity missing from the tally. He had supported Abortion was the only issue on which O'Connor marks "a significant victory state trial court judge and was later nam­ that permits persons of any sex, age or Mrs. O'Connor in earlier committee ac­ any oppositon developed surrounding for the cause of equal rights," in part ed by Gov. Bruce Babbitt to the Arizona race, from every section and walk of life. tion. Reagan's choice to replace retiring Potter because she is a woman. Court of Appeals. cteilftfarrpus Volume 67 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, September 22, 1981 No. 18 Professors chosen as College Fellows By GILES HUDSON prepared in 1978 by a faculty committcc Stall Writer chaired by Marshall Terry, professor of English. Four professors have been selected to "The basic idea is that there is a group work as fellows for the Council on of faculty at the heart of the academic General Education of the Dedman Col­ policy-making proccss," Deschner said. lege, President L. Donald Shields an­ Reddien said he is looking forward to nounced last week. serving as a fellow. Council members will serve for three "Being a mathematician. I am par years and will oversee planning, teaching ticularly interested in the science and and evaluating the college curriculum. technology aspect of the core," Reddien Professors selected include John W. said. Deschner, professor of theology; Michael The four professors are part of a group E. McGill, professor of organizational of 10 fellows appointed for staggered behavior and administration; Annamarie terms to represent their own schools and Carr, associate professor of art history; disciplines and the whole university. and George Reddien, professor of Completing their terms are Jeremy mathematics. Adams, professor of history; Richard Shields said the four fellows appointed Gunst, professor of statistics; Michael are distinguished members of the faculty Wooten, associate professor of organiza­ and will be committed to undergraduate tion behavior; and Mary Vernon, education. assoicate professor of art history. "Each brings unique talents and sen­ The remaining members include sitivities to the council," Shields said. Charles J..Helfert, associate professor of "Together with the seven incumbent theater; Lonnie D. KJiever, professor of by photo adHor Kan Homing This Bud's for the birds Council members, the new fellows will religous studies; John Lewis, assoicate Greek Week Taste Bud Olympics. Later in contribute significantly to the advancc of professor of English; Robert O. Polly wanna beer? Obviously this Polly McAllister, assoicate professor of the week, The Daily Campus will feature a institutional and educational excellence did, and so did many of her friends who at SMU." biology; Bijan Mohraz, professor of civil flew over to Glencoe Park, Friday, for the photo essay on the Olympics. Deschner said the original idea for a engineering; and Ben Wallace, professor fellows program came from a report of anthropology. God, mother, country philosophy characterizes Schlafly By MARK MILLER conservative but rather as an individual Schlafly says that she is opposed to "1 support the right of our society to Schlafly said she does not sec the arguing for her beliefs. abortion because she believes it is make reasonable differences between Equal Rights Amendment passing. The Stall Writer "I don't even put labels on people," she murder. Human life begins at the mo­ men and women," she said. "I support principle reason it won't, she said, is By dressing in her red. white, and blue said in an interview in which she discuss­ ment conception, she said, and a con the exemption of all women from the because the feminists advocating the outfit as she did for Thursday night's ed issues which she feels are important. stitutional amendment is necessary to draft. I support the laws which exempt ERA would not compromise on the debate on abortion, Phyllis Schlafly il­ Nor does she affiliate herself with the stop future abortions. women from military combat duty. I language of the amendment and lustrates her God, mother and country Moral Majority, even though that group The only exception should be if a think there are different roles for men Americans will not accept anything that ideology better than by merely giving is working toward the same goals she is in woman's life is endanger because of the and women in the military." would remove laws protecting women's speeches. Schlafly exudes a self- areas such as outlawing abortion. fetus she is carrying. Schlafly said she "You"II find that the girls will be offer rights. confidence which helps explain the at­ In response to Sen. Barry Goldwaier's would not make an exception for an un­ red the jobs." Schlafly said. "I know She said if she could change the ERA traction her supporters feel for her. attack on the Moral Mojority's stand on married, preganant 12 year-old. many instances where the girls coming she would not prohibit certain tex- She says she believes in the American abortiom. Schlafly said."If he out of college are getting J2.000 more d incriminatory laws such as the draft. Dream and some people point to her life (Goldwater I had not abandoned his life than the boys coming out of the college " There's no way to change it now, ab­ as a case example. Schlafly worked to put time pro-abortion stand, he would not be Analysis Schlafly said that she favors the recent solutely no way. We're stuck with it on a herself through college and law school, in in the Senate today." Supreme Court decision excluding vote it up, vote it down basis," she said. which she specialized in constitutional Schlafly said in Goidwater's last elec­ "Parents, you made a terrible mistake women from draft registration. Schlafly said she didn't object to hav law. Schlafly attended a private institu tion his margin of victory was extremely in letting that child out of your Schlafly also said that she supports the ing a woman on the Supreme Court, but tion and does not feel she should have to narrow and he owed his victory to a last surveillance," Schlafly said. The girl's laws which say that a husband must sup she doesn't necessarily want Sandra pay taxes to help support someone else's minute change to supporting the pro-life going to go through a very traumatic ex­ port his wife. O'Connor. "All of those sex-discnminatory laws education. cause. perience. I don't think we help the girl's "Yes. I think it is fine to have a woman Schalfiy maintains that she is the real "He (GoMwater) can afford to kick health by having her go through a more would be wiped out by ERA." on the Supreme Court," Schlafly said " representative of American women, not around the people who elected him, traumatic experience which is an abor She said that a recent Supreme Court But personally, I care more about the the feminists. which he did." Schlafly said."And he had tion." decision excluding military pensions ideology than if it's a man or a woman.