Tuesday, October 22, 1974
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University Daily Kansan
Future freshman women to get push toward math, science study
BY MONA DUCKWORTH Affirmative Action Reporter
The Office of the Dean of Women is planning a program for next spring intended to increase the number of women who will enter math, and science careers.
Walter Smith, assistant dean of women and director of the program, said recently that the program would encourage women who applied to the University of Kansas for the 1975-78 school year with high ACT scores to pursue these subjects as careers.
The program is funded by a $12,740 grant and the University Foundation and $2,315 from the Universities
"Social barriers exist for women trying to enter traditional male fields," Smith said. Women aren't prepared in their education and are a form of jobs because of discrimination.
The protege system is one barrier for women, he said. In the system, a professional takes a student under his wing, gives the student extra attention and ideas for projects and introduces the student to colleagues. Smith said.
"Often a mentor doesn't take seriously the career aspirations of a woman so she wouldn't be picked as a protege," Smith said. "And it's more than just the protege system; it is a whole great big tail game. You know, for example, the hospital nursery to middle age career change women become aware of the barriers, they'll be better able to deal with them."
Awareness of social barriers to pursuing science careers will be the thrust of upcoming workshops, Smith said. The one- and two-day workshops will be in students' hometown areas during the students' senior year in high school.
Smith said the workshops for parents were especially important because parents were usually the most influential factor in guiding their daughters' career choices.
"A home and a career is possible," Smith said. "Parents fear that their daughters will have to choose one or the other. We stress that we expect our careers, a woman still can have a home."
At the conclusion of the workshops, the women will continue the program in the summer with a correspondence course of selected readings. In addition to the
"We might have put the cart before the horse," he said. "We hypothesized that probably women weren't enterring science fields not because they didn't want to or because they didn't have the talent, but because barriers existed."
He said the KU program would be permitted under the guidelines of TITLE IX because the program was considered necessary to equalize opportunities for women.
workshops and correspondence course, Smith said, women contracting for housing at KU will be encouraged to live together to pursue their support for choosing science careers.
"Our program is affirmative action and
Materials to test the career aspirations of college women and female high school seniors are being developed in conjunction with the program, Smith said. The test will be administered this fall to KU freshman women, who won't be participating in the program, whose scores will be weighed against incoming freshmen women in the fall of 1975
Title IX allows for affirmative action," Smith said.
The testing materials will be developed to continue the program at KU and to offer the tests for use at other universities and high schools, he said. The program is part of a national project to study career patterns. The plans are to expand the focus to other traditionally male careers such as law and business, Smith said.
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Severe damage from earthquakes is very unlikely in the Kansas City-Lawrence area, so one needn't fear earthquakes, according to James Peepers, professor of geology.
Earthquakes no threat in Lawrence
However, Peoples, who has done extensive research on earthquakes, said that even the best estimate of the likelihood of this area could only be an educated guess.
"in our area the occurrence of earthquakes is extremely rare." Peoples said.
"Earthquakes occur much more frequently in California, therefore it is much easier to get fairly good statistical data for such an area. One or two years in California's history would produce as good statistics as perhaps 100 years of Kangaroo history."
Scientists who predict earthquakes have always tended to guess on the safe side, Peoples said. They tend to forecast the greatest possible danger, he said.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Kansas City is in a Zone I region, where minor earthquake damage can be expected.
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Lawrence is in a Zone II region where
The first recorded earthquake in the Kansas City area occurred in 1887. Many persons in Lawrence felt the shock. The most recent quake took place on Christmas Day in 1961. The quake was centered just outside Kansas City. The tremors were felt over an extensive area, but the quake caused very little actual damage.
Earthquakes result when rocks underneath the earth are pressured beyond their strength and break. When the rocks break, there is a release of energy, which travels away from the source in the form of vibrations.
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