University Daily Kansan. August 27. 1980
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KU-Y leader fights social bias
Pamela Johnston says the purpose of KU-Y is to fight sexism, racism and ageism. In many ways, she has been living that purpose for the past decade.
Johnston describes herself as a feminist. She spent a year farming on a commune in Missouri and was the coordinator of Women's Transitional Care Services in Lawrence last year. Now, she is the coordinator of KU-Y, the University's YWCA affiliate organizations.
The soft-spoken 31-year-old from Richmond, Va., said she wanted the 20-hour-a-week job because "they do it right." The student offered by the 6-member KY-Student team.
ACCORDING TO Johnston, KU-Y serves as an umbrella organization for five student organizations: Rock Chalk, the KU Committee on South Africa, the Anti-Draft Organization, Latin American solidarity and Urban Plumbing Workers Association, welfare workers and others to the lives of poor people in large cities.
As coordinator of the 90-year-old organization, Johnston said she had some ideas she would like KU-Y to
consider, but would let the general
of KU-Y be decided by its mem-
bers.
"KU-Y serves a lot of functions but its primary one is to fight racism, sexism, ageism and social injustices." Johnston said. "The people who work for KU-Y are very committed. The one thing that involves a really diverse population."
Johnston said she would like to see KU-Y work more on women's issues.
"IM ESPECIALLY interested in violence against women in the media, like pornography and exploitation in advertising, women's health care and the experimental use of women in Third World countries." Johnston said.
She listed certain types of contraceptives banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, or in Third World countries, as an example.
Johnston came to Lawrence four years ago from a 62-acre communal farm in northeast Missouri. Living on the farm was an experience she said she would like to try again. She said the experience made her realize that "we
can change our lives to get rid of all our exploitation of life."
"IT'S POSSIBLE to live differently than we do now." she said.
Johnston's commitment to social change began before moving to the commune, however. She said she became involved in the anti-war and counter-culture movements while attending Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in the late '60s and early '70s.
"At some point, though, I realized that what went on in the counter-movement still represented a lot of sexism," she said. "Hanging out with her was just like hanging out with other men. There was still sexism."
It was at this point, she said, "I began to realize the commitment to people living free."
After coming to Lawrence, Johnston worked for a year in the state economic opportunity office and for a year and a half at the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights.
Johnston replaced Tracy Spellman, who graduated in Mav.
The long arm of the law is making a special effort at the beginning of the semester to discourage underage drinking and drunk driving. Police will conduct spot checks of taverns in their patrol areas and have had training in recognizing drunk drivers, Mark Brothers, Lawrence police crime prevention officer, said yesterday.
"If we don't get them in the first three weeks of the semester, it can almost get out of control," he said.
The beginning of the semester is the most difficult time, he said, partly because of Country Club membership and other new students who are not yet 18.
DURING THEIR irregularly spaced spot checks, police will look
Police combing bars to check IDs
for fake, altered or borrowed driver's licenses, Brothers said.
Barbara Baker, public information director for the Kansas Department of Revenue, said that individuals possessing fake or altered IDs could be convicted of a Class C misdemeanor and subjected to fines or a jail term, depending on the seriousness of the incident.
Bar owners also stand to lose their liquor licenses if they sell alcoholic beverages to under-age patrons, Brothers said.
"Patrons should not get upset if checked or turned away," he said, "because the bar owner can lose his license for three days or longer."
HE ADDED THAT in the past five years, quite a few bars in the area
have been closed for as long as a week by either the police or the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
Spot checking also helps reduce the amount of rowdiness and the number of fights in bars, Brothers said.
"Getting the patrons used to seeing uniformed officers coming into the bar when there is no trouble and deter fits at other times," he said.
Police will also watch for drunk drivers, Brothers said.
"Virtually all patrol officers have been trained to look for drivers operating under the influence of alcohol," he said, "and it is difficult to avoid them once they've noticed something wrong."
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