University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, October 25. 1977
Women's commission supports alternative lifestyles
Bv DAVID PARRIS
Staff Wrter
Although the board of the Commission on the Status of Women changes every year, its officers say the Commission's primary role is to promote non-traditional lifestyles, remains intact.
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"It supports women to make their own choices and educates women as to the choices available to them," Mary Shaw, president of the commission, said recently.
At the Student Senate supplementary budget hearen Wednesday, commission members were questioned about whether the commission was duplicating services offered by the Women's Coalition, which is funded by the College and also is supported with student funds.
"The only area that I see duplication is one of supporting women," Bonnie Bowell, president of the commission, said. "As far back as we can remember, there are no overlap between the two organizations."
SHAW SAID, "Women's Coalition has more room to take definite stands on political issues, whereas the commission takes positions only on choice."
Bowell she said she thought it was important that both arrows were mengtained.
"There are different needs that each meets for the University community," she said. "Without one, certain needs wouldn't be met by the other."
"The fact that the coalition has an office in the Union is very important. I think it's necessary that one of us have an office in the Union so our mission doesn't suffer by not having an office."
However, the commission is subsidized with student funds and operates through the Department of Education.
assistant dean of women, is the group's sponsor.
BOSWELL SAID the commission's main problem was in making itself known.
"Because we change boards each year, it's hard to publicize how the commission works and how it's different each year. It is very pretty much handled that this year, though."
The commission's efforts are focused on choice. However, Shaw said that little, if any, effort was made to promote traditional women's roles.
"There is quite a bit of support for the traditional women from society, books and advertising," she said. "But until recently, we had no support for the non-traditional women."
Shaw said their membership included people from every type of living group.
SHE ESTIMATED that between 25 to 40 people had attended past meetings.
The commission is a member of the Intercollegiate Association for women in golf, Goldberg, Senior, is president. The commission never has been affiliated with the national organization of the Commission on the Women, as has the commission in Wichita.
GOTTBERG SAID that it was possible that the KU commission's title was suggested by Emily Taylor, former dean of law once worked with the national organization.
Because the commission is student-
toured, its focus is solely on the University
Of Pennsylvania.
Shaw said they did try to inform people about things, such as the formation of a
Commission to select sites for new city hall, center
Final site selections for a city hall and a new East Lawrence Community Center are the top items on tonight's Lawrence City Commission agenda. The meeting is at 7 am, on the fourth floor of the First National Bank Tower, 900 Massachusetts Street.
At a meeting last Tuesday, the city commission narrowed down seven proposed layouts for the city hall and indicated the Bowersock Mills site, where Close-out was planned. However, the commission decided to wait until tonight to make its official decision.
The major differences in the sites were in parking areas.
THE LAYOUTS considered by the commission were all near Sixth and Massachusetts streets, with the Bowersock site and the northeast section of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street as the only building locations suggested.
The city hall building is expected to cost roughly $2 million, depending on the items the commission will want to incorporate into its design. It will replace the current offices
on the third and fourth floors of the First National Bank Tower.
At a meeting yesterday afternoon between the commission and architects designing the new East Lawrence Center, a meeting and recreational building for the Edgeworth Street, a building site near Edgewood Park was recommended to commissioners.
THE EDGEWOOD site, several hundred feet east of Haskell Avenue and adjacent to 15th Street, was strongly recommended by the architects over two other locations that the commission had asked the architects to evaluate.
The other locations were at the East Lawrence Center, 10th and Delaware streets, and New York Elementary School, 10th and New York streets.
Argeringsaid she expected some controversy over the new center at tonight's meeting, mostly because of animosity between two neighborhood groups in East Lawrence and West Lawrence Implementation Association. East Lawrence Improvement Association. West Lawrence Improvement Association.
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The actual goals of the commission are set by its committees. The committees are student health, alternative lifestyle, internships, and legal education. Human sexuality, minority affairs and publicity.
Because of its controversial nature, lesbianism has overshadowed other alternative lifestyles considered by the committee.
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