University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 24,1973
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Sexual Freedom .
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Sears has given informal talks at various living groups concerning birth control methods at which she passed around birth control devices by number a number of contraceptive devices.
"It's surprising how many people hadn't seen or didn't know about some of these."
FILMS AND a small library containing information ranging from birth control to sex on campuses are available to students in the dean of women's offices.
But many students and counselors con-
dered the influence of the media and arts to
their students.
Not only movies but television have dealt frankly with abortion, non-marital sex and homosexuality.
Much of the credit for the heightened sexual activity and discussion on campuses and elsewhere has been attributed to the increasingly uninhibited news media and
"I think there is more sex on campus and more sex depicted in the media," said Sears. "But I don't believe there is a causal relationship."
"THE SEXUAL relationship that students are having are not related to the
kind of things you see from Alice Cooper or in 'Clockwork Orange.' she said. "This kind of sex is using other people or trying to arouse a response. I find the relationships of students to be more responsible and caring."
Many students indicated that much of the publicity concerning sex had been exploitive. Many, however, considered the lax censorship in movies, television and magazines to be useful in frankly depicting the beauties of the human body.
Many said that sex could be a vehicle for great art, as evidenced by the film, "Last Tango in Paris,"
"PEOPLE HAVE sex because of natural desire, not because of something they see."
Nevertheless, the great attention given sex by various sources has placed a new burden on young people who have avoided sex.
"Now the pressure is one who say, 'I don't wish to have sex at this time,'" said Sears. "I have talked to several women who have been affected very closely some in the women's rights movement."
"You just have to support them and encourage them to do what they want to do."
"In this dorm (Ellsworth Hall) nobody thinks any less of those having sex and nobody thinks any less of those who do not," said Lee.
CONTENDING WITH THIS phenomenon has made life difficult for some parents who are less accustomed to such uninhabited attitudes. Several coeds reported that they had received letters full of warnings and concern about what their parents considered to be a lax environmental on campus.
"My parents really made a hassle when they thought that I was living in a commune which they considered to be just this side of the town. You know, if you go on course, anyone who knows anything about communes, knows that there is probably going to be going on than in a middle-class house."
Some of the letters from parents included newspaper clippings citing the rampaging venereal disease rate. Some contained references to the evils of fornication.
FOR MANY YEARS the university was placed in the role of surrogate parent. Coed residence halls and 24-hour visitation privileges are recent developments.
Many residence halls still allow visitation by members of the opposite sex only on weekends or during certain hours of the day. Residents are also required to resistance to restrictions in residence halls.
If visiting hours end at 10 p.m., then everybody will just have to have sex before they leave.
"They are just giving us a place to live, which doesn't give them the right to dictate our personal lives," said Bill Walter, Des Moines, Iowa, freshman.
E I LOVE YOU, BUT I JUST WISH YOUR
NAME WASN'T VIRGINIA DION!*
Edelman said that the process of labeling implied that blame for the problem lay with the individual and not with society. In the case of welfare clients, it implies laziness instead of faulty employment practices, he said.
Helping Professions Topic of Poli Sci Talk
The diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of social problems by the helping professions is very complex. If there was in social work there was a "constrained emphasis on the importance of rehabilitation of the poor rather than giving money or in addition to giving them money."
Edelman discussed three ways in which the helping professions act politically:By repression of people they are supposed to be suppressed, by the use of punishment and by formation of public opinion.
Helping professionals repress clients by labeling them and the clients apply the labels. In the last study, a study on which elementary teachers were given false achievement scores for their pupils. The pupils in the study received the false scores indicated they would
Campus Bulletin
The formal objectives of helping professions are to help the poor and deviant, but in practice the effects are largely to control and to regulate and to repress, the University of Wisconsin said at a political science lecture Monday night.
**DIONY**
French Table: 11:30 a.m.
Meadowlark, Cafeteria,
Kansas Union
In social work practice, according to
Eedelman holds the George Herbert Meade chair in political science at the University of Wisconsin. He has written two books on symbolic uses of politics.
Edelman said that helping professionals—teachers, social workers, policeman, mental health workers—consider themselves apolitical experts. In reality, Edelman said, they make political decisions.
A political symbol, Edelman said, is something that affects a person's state of mind rather than material condition. Political symbols operate in situations in which the facts are unclear and in which there is public anxiety.
French Table: 11:30 a.m. Meadowlark Cafeteria,
Kawaii Law School: 11:30 p.m. Cottage Cafeteria.
Law School: 11:30 p.m. Cottage Cafeteria.
Legal Research Students: 1:30 p.m.
Regional College: 2:00 p.m. Woodford Auditorium.
Ortiz Academy: 2:00 p.m. Room Room.
Pi Sigma Alpha Institute: 2:00 p.m. Room Room.
Pi Sigma Alpha Institute: 6:30 p.m. Kaiman Room.
Student Senate: 6:30 p.m. Jalapene Room.
Christian Science: 6:30 p.m. Grond Room.
Science Films Club: 7:30 p.m. Ballroom.
The Way: p.m. Council Room. North Cafeteria.
P.I. Pavilion: 7:30 p.m. Meadowlark Cafeteria.
P.I. Pavilion: 7:30 p.m. Meadowlark Cafeteria.
Senior Communication Committee: 7:30 p.M. Parlor A.
Senior Communication Committee: 7:30 p.M. Parlor A.
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: 5:30 p.m. Plum Room.
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: 5:30 p.m. Plum Room.
"in that the helping professions coerce in into normal behavior they are persecuted."
ACCORDING TO SEARS, Lawrence has had its share of problem pregnancies. Three to five girls with problem pregnancies come from the population in which a majority of these women had not been using birth control devices. Most get abortions, but the majority did not the advises the ones who got married.
The more depressing side of the sexual revolution concerns unwanted pregnancies and the spread of venereal disease. In Lawrence, according to health officials, the pregnancies are a problem while venereal disease is not.
Three alternatives are open to pregnant women, Sears said, whether they get married or not. They can have the baby and give birth at home, but a child the child can be adopted or get an abortion.
Edelman, requests for aid are often denied or terminated because of the client's sloppy housekeeping, sexual promiscuity or lack of hygiene. A standard course of action was based on middle class standards.
"It's always an emotional experience for any woman, but they can make stronger
decisions if they are not racked-up with guilt. "Sears said."
"THIS DECISION is a crisis in any couple's relationship," she said. "But more often it strengthens the relationship or at least improves the perception of the two to an even more easily determine what they want and whether they want the same thing."
"What's the striking is the contemp for clients in all these professions," Edelman said.
He said that in labeling deviants, the helping pressions set benchmarks for the response.
"The helping professions have a much wider impact on social norms than on those who are formally labeled their clientele," said Edelman.
Edelman agreed that social control of some kind was necessary. But he said the helping professions' form of control was undesirable to the extent that it was not empirically based and that it was based on class.
Most students interviewed did not know that Watkins Hospital now distributes birth control pills. They are given at the discretion of each doctor in the hospital.
Edelman's lecture was the last in a series of four sponsored by the department of physical science.
Director of Health Services Raymond Schwegler said that medical considerations were the only stipulations governing nurses' salaries, but that there was no hospital palpation.
Some students interviewed complained that certain doctors in the health center refused to prescribe the pills to certain students or religious or marital considerations.
distributes birth control pills. But, because it no longer has an attending physician, the distribution must be prescribed by Sch- tat, acting head, or by a private physician.
THE DOUGLAS County Health Department,
701 New Hampshire St., also
The Lawrence version of the movement was established in August 1968 with the purpose of promoting sexuality. The purpose of this group, according to its leaders, was not to convert straight people to homosexuality but to encourage openness among gay persons and to provide social support.
The national epidemic of venereal disease has not struck Lawrence, according to Sch
Nationally, venereal disease is second only to the common cold in frequency among young people. But the rate of venereal disease in Lawrence is negligible. Schweigel estimated that 45 cases a month came to his attention.
"I can't believe that it is because of a lack of sexual exposure. The masses and attitudes of students demonstrate no reaccent. But if the initial source, the disease will not be spread."
THE LAWRENCE Gay Liberation Front is the political arm of the movement. Its purpose is to battle sodomy laws, housing and discrimination and to encourage gay political candidates.
"We haven't been affected by the epidemic here because we are not a population in a large ghetto environment where the infection rate is high." Schwegler声
"It IS INDICATED to that students use each other instead of a house of prostitution," he said. "So the general rule is that students don't have a high rate of the disease."
Another manifestation of the recent sexual awareness involves the sweep and candler of the gay liberation movement, in which women are using numbers of people across the country.
A notice of dismissal of an appeal in the State of Kansas vs. the Gaslight Tavern case was filed in the Douglas County District Court last week. The state had appealed a June 27, 1972 decision that rued the tavern could continue operation.
Appeal Dismissed; Tavern Continues Business Operation
Judge Floyd Coffman, Ottawa ruled in the 1972 case that the state failed to prove that the tavern was a misuse as charged and that it could continue operation.
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- Sweet and Sour Pork
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- Mou Hsu Pork (Served with 2 Chinese pancakes)
ALL SPECIALS served with fried rice, egg rolls, egg drop soup, Chinese Tea, and fortune cookies.
Barry Albin, general counsel for the group, said that they have been very successful in radicalizing the straight student movement and understanding of the needs for gay liberation.
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He estimated that 20 per cent of the students openly approved of the movement, and that 15 per cent of the students disapproved.
Albin said that the students' liberal-minded attitudes on sex and other issues had "given us some fertile ground to work with."
"Of course, you have to cultivate it, but it definitely gives us some fertile ground to plant."
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skeptical or harrassing.
The University of Kansas Theatre and The School of Fine Arts
presents
THE TENDER LAND An Opera by AARON COPLAND
Formal Dress—Optional Opening Night Only Ticket Reservations: 864-3982 University Theatre—Murphy Hall
April 28 May 4 & 51973 at 8:00 p.m. April 29—Matinee at 2:30 p.m.
KU students receive free reserve seat ticket with Certificate of Registration
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Sporty things for sporty people
april 26—thursday
Allen Concert=in front of allen fieldhouse—3:00 p.m.
thanks to board of class officers
april 27—friday
Movie—hoch auditorium—My fair Lady & 3 stooges—7 & 9:30 p.m.
april 27—friday
april 29—sunday
april 28----saturday
Track+Games--morial stadium-starts 10:00 a.m.
Beach Boys Concert allen field house-8:30 p.m.
Bike Criterium -jayhawk blvd.-9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grymkhana —lewis parking lot—1:00 p.m.
Spring Sing woodruff-1:00 p.m. to 6 p.m.
april 25—Wednesday
Bike tour through Lawrence to Lakeview
4:00 p.m.—strong
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