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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
Elizabeth Dole talks at first leadership lecture series
DARBY VANHOUTAN
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n front of a crowd of nearly 120 people, former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole spoke Sunday afternoon about what it's like to be a leader and a woman, and how the two go hand-
"I'm used to that," Dole said on being the only woman in the room. "Just doing my own thing and following my star. I advise the young women today to find what you're passionate about. Women are moving forward in massive ways today. I was there on the cut-
the first woman to clinch a Republican presidential nomination.
"I'm planning to take her words to heart and am excited to see how I can use them in my own life and how I can follow in some of the trails that she blazed." Snitsar said after the event.
SEX ON THE HILL
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as well as the act of living together before marriage. Many were even kicked out of college if they were living together without being married first. Until the 1970s, college dorms weren't coed, but when they were finally allowed, this was a big shift in the gender and sexual dynamic at universities.
In the beginning, visiting periods between men and women shifted to 24 hours. This was widely disapproved of by the older generation. This was viewed as a possibly dangerous move, according to a Time Magazine article written on the shift from gender separated dorms to co-ed ones.
students, and not adult authorities. It found that in 1964, only two percent of University freshmen and senior women thought it was 'morally and ethically right' to have sex with someone when you weren't engaged to be married. But, Bailey said it was highly doubtful that 98 percent of women at the University were actually virgins. Even though
LGBTQ acceptance in Lawrence
Not only were women impacted by society's pressures, but so were those in the LGBTQ community. Being LGBTQ was not openly spoken about. Speaking of these relationships, or any sexual relations was practically unheard on the
straight men and women. Beach was in the Chi Omega sorority and lived in Corbin Hall, an all-women dorm.
"Despite concerns voiced by the older generation about [the dating app] Tinder, young people today have much more freedom, both in action and from the voices of criticism and disapproval," Bailey said.
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"I don't remember talking about sex within my closer circle of friends," Beach said. "I remember many more discussions with people about drinking. Sex isn't really a topic that was openly discussed. Same sex relationships seemed pretty
"Parents worried about their daughters' reputations and behavior, but peer culture also enforced those boundaries," Bailey said.
Men were much more likely to come to the attention of authorities than women. But for heterosexual misconduct, it was the other way around, Bailey said.
'help.'
In her research, Bailey also found a student-run survey done on the University's co-ed dorms in the '60s. The survey was anonymous and intended to be taken by the female
The University Dean of Men noted in 1959 that Lawrence had become a 'congregation point for homosexuals,' but Bailey said
Illustration by Roxy Townsend
Before the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s, women were widely condemned for conceiveing a child out of wedlock. Having sexual relations, even within a serious relationship, had the potential to ruin reputations. But with new forms of contraception becoming available and easier access to abortions, women were more easily able to decide whether or not to become pregnant.
this was anonymous and a student-run survey, Bailey said that the taboo was powerful, but it didn't mean it wasn't happening behind closed doors.
In a 2015 poll, the numbers of students abstaining from sex today have dropped drastically, with only 39 percent of students identifying as virgins. This is in comparison to the 98 percent found during the 1964 survey at the University. The change doesn't necessarily mean students are having more sex, but that they are more open about their lifestyles.
college campus. Not until the late '90s did Lawrence begin to take action against sexual orientation discrimination. In 1995, Lawrence actually became the first city in Kansas to enact an ordinance specifically to protect against this kind of discriminatory conduct.
"At KU, as at most universities before World War II, 'homosexual behavior' might well be grounds for expulsion, as was 'discovered' heterosexual intercourse or pregnancy," Bailey said. "By the 1950s, students charged with homosexuality were more likely to be required to seek psychiatric
Alumna Lisa Beach attended the University from 1984 to 1987 and doesn't recall hearing about relationships between same-sex partners — or even the private interactions between
that Lawrence didn't have a gay culture at that point.
The Gay Liberation Front was a student group founded in 1970 at the University. It struggled for recognition by the University administration, which was more concerned with off-campus reactions, Bailey said. But the group did get support from the Women's Center and the Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
much taboo or definiety only behind closed doors, at that point."
Notable actress and alumna Mary Linda Rapelye, went to the University in the '60s, during the Sexual Revolution. Even though women were steadily gaining more freedoms in regard to their sexual lives, the topic of sex was still very much a taboo, and in very few circles were people who identified other than straight were able to confidently speak about their sexual lives or activities.
Because of Rapelye's involvement in theatre, she said that gay men talked
more openly in the Department of Theatre about their relationships. Anywhere else, it was unspoken. Rapelye also said that those who identified as lesbian were much more secretive — practically nonexistent to her knowledge.
"Talking openly about anything was not done," Rapelye said. "It turned out that at least one of my best friends from high school was gay, but I didn't know it at the time. But, there were gay men in the theatre, and they were pretty open about it, but the theatre has always been a little freer in that sense."
Throughout the history of sex on the college campus, the most critical changes involved students feeling that liberated. Whether it was women's growing economic independence, women's greater control over when or whether to become pregnant or bear a child, or people's willingness to publicly claim what many had been doing secretly for decades in Lawrence and beyond, it has all worked up to where we are today.
Looking back, what seems normal to the college student in Lawrence today has been brought about through a century of behavioral changes.
- Edited by Mara Kubicki
University, starting this summer.
According to DeAngela Burns-Wallace, vice provost for Undergraduate Studies, the program is a partnership between Adidas and the University. Its mission is to support first-generation college students, in addition
game in the summer, the students will be involved in a series of programs and workshops, according to the website. With the immersion into the program, students will be able to apply these skills they learn through Adidas Leadership Scholars during their time at the University and after graduation.
According to the Adidas Leadership Scholars page, students who participate in the program must complete 30 credit hours per year and maintain at least a 2.50 GPA.
and help them find their major sooner.
The program will im-
staff are encouraged to view all of the presentations and evaluate the candidates before 4:30 on Wednesday. Here's a look at the candidates:
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unings, but in most programs we sort of make students decide whether they want to work with individual families or groups or whether they want to work with the more larger systems - communities, organizations, legislation, that sort of thing - and I think it's a false dichoto-
Carney has been the di-
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Church is the director of the School of Social Work at Louisiana State University and said he wanted to go into social work after spending time as a correctional officer in
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