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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, January 10, 1968
Women still chained
1968 will witness the second anniversary of an event some of us oldtimers still remember with awe—the day KU junior women got keys and senior women were granted the apartment option. After two years at the test, it appears that the system has neither disgraced its backers nor vindicated its opponents. No titillating stories of mass orgies have rocked the campus, no KU woman has had her house key mass produced for public use, and the KU woman's all-important reputation appears no worse for the experience.
Meanwhile new generations are arriving on campus and going through freshman prep at the dorms only to find they then face the same old "choice." For their sophomore and junior years they may either select the organized living patterns of the gargantuan dormitory, or, maybe, they can choose the smaller living group of the sorority house. This is not to blanket condemn either living accommodation; for many, for many reasons, would still choose them in an open field.
But in continuing to force sophomores and juniors to live with organized living, the University still demands that a large portion of the campus' female population conform to a single inflexible standard.
To many, group living is totally contradictory to their personalities. And, merely because they object to crammed quarters, or to cafeteria dining, or to group oriented rules-for-living, they
are likely to be viewed on this campus at best as "troublemakers" or at worst as "troubled."
Here it comes—the point that all opponents of the original change may have been waiting for—why must the line for successful individual living be drawn at the senior level? Obviously in the big bad world outside girls leave home after high school all of the time and strike out for themselves in apartments. Certainly some fail, but so do some in the mass living group situation.
Word has it that many freshman women have already gagged on the one to two legal choices available for their next two years' living arrangements. But remember girls—"these are your rules." Supposedly that means you can change them.
Admittedly the whole truth of this situation is somewhat doubtful. First, it's not easy to get a majority of your peers to agree to your freedom if they don't want this freedom for themselves also. And you may find your administrators somewhat hampered by negative public opinion. You may even find that your freedom is an economic liability to the dormitories. In such cases, the choice may not be all yours after all.
But if there is a desire for a greater choice, a fairer choice, it's a cinch nothing is going to be done about it until you demand it. And you never know. Way back in '66 some said it couldn't be done either.
Betsy Wright Editorial Editor
"We'd Have Kept The Price Down, But The Mean Old Government Made Us Put In This Safety Harness"
Kansan movie review
Letters to the Editor
'Local' films in '67 UCCF ministers; dress code
By Scott Nunley
There is no doubt that the past year was a great one for the popular cinema. In fact, a reviewer finds himself swamped in attempting to select the better films of 1967.
Pictures such as "Far from the Maddening Crowd," "Camelot," and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" become history before they become subjects for conversations in Lawrence. (Remember "The Sound of Music?" Care to wait for "In Cold Blood?") The local critic's view of the year, then, must unhappily limit itself to these films which reached him over a period of 12 months—until the gods of national distribution wake to the devine responsibility which they owe their humbled American audiences.
But even under this impediment, Lawrence theaters had an exciting year. There were the usual trails of Western bodies, of course, especially grusome in the "Dollar" versions from Italy. There were the traditionally vapid children's films for adults, flaggelated with particular gracelessness by "Bullwhip Griffin." And this year there were surprising numbers of stale musicales, for which being hung in the closet would have been a merciful remedy.
Across the street, however, the choices were amazingly attractive. Four better stage plays became four memorable movies in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "Alfie," "A Man for All Seasons," and "Marat-Sade." (Michael Caine had to be forgiven his subsequent attempts in "Funeral in Berlin," "Gambit," and "Hurry Sundown.)" But perhaps the grandeur of "Doctor Zhivago" and the thrills of "Grand Prix" deserved a greater cinematic vista than local screens were able to offer.
It was a year, too, for the sleeper, the unexpectedly good film. Richard Quine's "Hotel" provided Rod Taylor with his best performance ("The Time Machine" and "The Birds" rudely included). The delicate Czech film "Shop on Main Street" roused visiting critic Arthur Knight to prophesy foreign viewing-banquets ahead for Lawrence. Audrey Hebburn and Albert Finney slipped by almost unnoticed in a delightfully light comedy, "Two for the Road." George C. Scott's tremendous performance as "The Flim Flam Man" was given at least a cursory half-week showing. And "Bonnie and Clyde" stunned the critics.
To select the top of the marque became more difficult each month of 1967. Adding "The Taming of the Shrew" to her credits certainly earned Actress of 1967 for Elizabeth Taylor. Despite his sentimental "To Sir with Love," Sidney Poitier earned Actor of 1967 for his duel with Rod Steiger in "In the Heat of the Night." Best Director and Best Picture were more easily awarded: Michaelangelo Antonioni's "Blow-Up" dwarfed any other possibilities.
But, personally, a reviewer may by some quirk find that he has fallen forever in love with some one film and performance. As Julie Christie's "Darling" was carried into an earlier winter, so Anouk Aimee's "A Man and a Woman" will be carried into this.
To the Editor:
The recently announced firing of the two UCCF ministers might tend to obscure the contributions of these men during their tenure at the University of Kansas. Speaking as students with whom they have worked we feel the atmosphere and variety of program activities at UCCF has been stimulating and valuable for us. The difference in belief between these two men broadened the UCCF ministry to students, and their difference in personalities did not undermine the dynamics of the group. We, in fact, felt a sense of freedom with both men present. They were two men representing two approaches to the ministry, and we related to both of them.
The UCCF ministry under these two men has been diverse and effective. Both men counseled, shared social concern, contributed to the Sunday morning and evening programs at UCCF, and reached out to the University and community throug h dormitory encounter groups, seminars, faculty contacts, classroom teaching, panel discussions and many personal encounters. Their term of service has been fruitful, and we all feel deeply indebted to them. In their leaving, we hope that the students have become more aware of the world and the church. Certainly it was a shock to we who have been involved with these men that their employment was to be terminated. The University community is losing two valuable men, and we are losing two of our best friends.
Donna Moritz,
Tulsa junior
Don Hazen,
Hutchinson junior
Larry Van Sickle,
Topeka senior
Nick Park,
Wichita senior
Martha Moore,
Evanston, Ill., junior
Mark Sherwood,
Parkville, Mo., senior
Roy S. Belecher,
Louisville, Ky., senio
I was standing in the dinner line at McCollum Monday when an attractive and well-attired coed approached me, advising me that I would not be served, dressed as I was (plaid slacks and a black turtleneck). A delightful dialog ensured in which it was suggested that I express my thoughts concerning the regulation at a meeting to be held the next evening (I have previously expressed my belief that the question should be one of abolishing the code, not creating a new one, an idea that would minimize the contribution my opinion would lend to the meeting).
To the Editor:
After the messenger had departed to relay a warning to the reinforcements at the food counter, a remarkable degree of discussion and downward glances began, such lively interaction that held the participants' attention the entire trek to the serving area.
By this time I was on the lookout to discover who would be the special agent chosen to apprehend me. As I got closer I began to suspect that it might be the gray-haired woman in the rear, obviously informed duly of her most vital project, standing cross-armed straining through her bifocals, intent upon executing a neat and punctual capture.
Aah! She spied me. Alas, I was caught. Her orders were performed as directed (She was sorry, but . . .). Ashamedly I imposed my lowly presence and brazen appearance before the angry masses, as I made my silent exit.
Fortunately I was still carrying on my person the envelope of eggnog-flavored instant breakfast which I keep with me at all times for just such emergencies. (The dinnerfare consisted of a choice between meat loaf and liver and onions.)
Carolyn Cogswell Tepeka senior
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