APRIL 2.1981 ISSUE 394 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI/ 'SAINT LOU1S Janeway gives lecture said. Barb DePalma "This could be an advantage because, in a world where people must go to work, it will not Elizabeth Janeway, author of 13 fiction and be a mystery to' children," she said. non-fiction books, spoke on "Women in Transition When machines were introduced into businesses -Dealing with Multiple Roles", March 26, as part it created a split among genders, Janeway said. of the third Annual Women's Festival. By assuming traditional roles, the polarization of " Are women who leave their traditional roles to genders was reinforced. seek careers, doing so by choice or by social "What does being a woman mean?" asked changes?" Janeway asked. Janeway. "By society's standards, to be a normal "Society can put strains on the roles of wife and woman means she has to be abnormal in society. mother and these strains make it necessary for the How can you run a race when you have a barrier husband to take part of the responsibility of to cross at the start?" ' housekeeper," Janeway said. "When this Janeway said that the relationship between men happens, the community must be ready to back up and women today makes it difficult for a man to families when stress is put on them," Janeway look at a bright woman in a job the same way he stated. would her brother. The modern definition of "Change is part of life," she said. "It can be feminism has been placed on women by men. positive or negative. Change is built into the Women' have had no part of this definition. system but it is hard to embrace change if you "By stretching men's traditional role, there can don't desire it." be two parents who can give loving care to their The need for change is under attack because children," she said, "because both parents today e people look at change in a negative way which have a sense of the outside world.;' closes their minds and allows them not to cope Although women have assumed multiple roles, with it. Things cannot be changed by trying to children are still being taught the old definition of deny them, she said. the roles of women and men. This attitude is Janeway gave a history of how traditional roles conditioned by social patterns, Janeway said. of women have changed since the 1880's. "We've come a long way, a way at least. Myths In the 1880's, women were solely responsible for change slowly," she said. "When roles conflict, the bearing and development of children. Men we scare ourselves back into dependency . We held jobs that required physical labor and children reach out for the old stereotypes." were required to perform chores that made the Janeway said that stereotypes need to be family a "work team." eliminated and the possibility of some~hing in Through the years, the mobility of communities between polarizaiton must be found. FESTIVE OCCASION: EUzabeth Janeway gave the keynote address has loosened family ties and women are forced to [See "Janeway," page 3] on the first night of the third annual Women's Festival. The event leave the home to look for jobs for pay, Janeway ran hom March 26-28 [photo by WHey Price]. Activities scheduled for disability awareness week Awareness Week, sponsored adaptive equipment ' for various' An art 'exhibit by quadriplegic scheduled for Thursday at feature an Easter Seal Society by the Disabled Students disabilities, including visual and I artist Doug Landis will be shown Woods Hall beginning at lOam. wheelchair obstacle course for Organization and Student audio aids, van lifts and artifical in the J .C. Penney Lobby from The race will feature able-bodied anyone to try. The course will be Affairs, will be held on the limbs. The demonstration will be 10am-lpm. persons negotiating a rally set up from 10am-2pm on the UMSL campus April 6-10. held on Tuesday, April 7 from . A lecture on accessibility course on the campus. patio of J.C. Penney. The week long events will 9:30am-l pm in the J.C. Penney i throughout St. Louis and parti- Marlin J ackoway, an authority At noon a panel discussion include a wheelchair basketball Lobby. cularly at UMSL, will be on dyslexia and learning concerning employment and the game, demonstrations of Beginning at 9am on presented at Ipm in 201 Benton disabilities from the Pattonville disa!>led will be held in 201 adaptive equipment, simulation Wednesday, vol unteers from by Mark Pratt and UMSL School District, will lecture on Benton. Deborah Phillips, exercises, an art exhibit, a the. facuity, staff and student student Mark Kickham. learning disabilities at 12:30pm commissioner of the Office of cross-campus wheelchair body will participate in Kickham is cqrrently compiling at the Marillac Chapel. A lecture the Disabled in the city of St. marathon, lectures, a panel simulation . exercises using an accessibility guide for St. by George Yard from UMSL Louis will lead the discussion. discussion and film. wheelchairs or crutches during Louis city and county. Behavioral Studies on special The week will conclude with a The first event will begin at their daily routine. The event education, will follow at 1:15pm. film, "A Different Approach" 11:30am on Monday, April 6 in will last until noon. A wheelchair marathon is The last day of events will in 201 Benton at Ipm. The mm the mark Twain Building. The is aimed at increasing awareness Gateway Gliders, a wheelchair of disabled persons and how basketball team, will challenge a society addresses them. university basketball team to a Campus to host health fair day The week is to gain game. non-medical volunteers. Medical services are available to persons "awareness for facuIty, staff, At 1:15pm Richard Press­ and students," according to berry, supervisor of the Cheryl Keathley personnel will include nurses 18 years of age and over. and dentists and podiatrists. Marilyn Sneed, coordinator for Southside Vocational Rehabilita­ "I think this is a real good Disabled, . Minority, and lnter­ Health Fair 1981 will be held Screening test for vision acuity tion Office, will present a lecture thing," Lee said. She said the national Students. "We'd like to on the UMSL campus Wednes­ and glaucoma will be provided on "What is Vocational success of the fair depends upon emphasize that a disabled day, April 8 from 10am-4pm in by the students and faculty from Rehabilitation?" in 201 Benton. volunteers and financial person is first a person and then the Mark Twain Building. the School of Optometry. Another lecture, given by sponsors. Project sponsors the disability comes in,' Sneed The fair, sponsored locally by The health fair at UMSL is representatives of Paragu-ad, include KSDK Channel 5, Blue said. Inc., a cross-disability organ i­ Normandy Municipal Council, part of a national project Cross, and the American Red nation which assists physically Jewish Hospital, and UMSL, will designed to develop and expand For further information on the disabled persons to live offer free tests for glaucoma and resources for health screening, [See "Fair," page 2] week's activities, call 553-5211. independently, will follow at anemia. Instruction in foot care health educationt and health 2pm. and oral hygiene will be availa­ promotion and to provide Suppliers and service agencies ble. information about local health One day symposium will demonstrate many types of UMSL students will serve as and social resources. During the week of April 6-12, various fairs will be held in held to honor Long the Metropolitan area and in - some Illinois counties. "Each A day long symposium to retir~ from his faculty position at fair is different," said Phyllis honor Norton Long, a nationally the close of the ' present Lee, coordinator of the Student recognized leader in the field of academic year. A member of Crowd pleaser Health Center. public policy and urban affairs, UMSL's faculty since 1969, Long Persons interested in partici­ on his retirement from UMSL, has served as director of the Evelyn Mitchell gave a piano recital last Th~rsday night to the ' pating in the fair at UMSL are will be held Saturday, April 4, at :Center for· Metropolitan Studies largest crowd attending a Music Department recital this year. encouraged by Lee to pre­ the Ramada lnn Airport, 9636 from 1969-76 and was appointed . .. , page 7 register beginning Thursday, Natural Bridge Road, beginning curators' professor, the highest April 2 in the Mark Twain Lobby at 9am. university faculty honor in 1970. What's up? from llam-lpm. Another time The symp~sium,' 'The Academy , Before coming to UMSL, Long will be held on Friday, April 3 in and Public Service," will explore was a member of the faculty at A wrap-up of events during the month of April. ....... page 10 the University Ct'nter Lobby how universities relate to· the Harvard, Brand'eis .. Michigan from 8am-noon. community and the university State, Queens and Mount Shining bright role in public policy. Five Holyoke Colleges, as well as a On Monday, April 6, pre­ persons will present papers and consultant to U.S. and foreign The UMSL softball team is off to a sparkling 12-2 start. The registration will take place in the Long will offer concluding governments in the area of women will have a chance to improve on that mark this weekend snack bar area from 8-lOam and comments. urban affairs. in the UMSL Classic at the Bridgeton Sports Complex. page 12 in the 'cafeteria from 11am- Long, Curators' professor in 1 :30pm.