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Show Monday, April 2, 1990 TIIE SIGNPOST 3 Four women honored (USAACIN) -The National Women's Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that former Rep. Barbara Jordan, tennis great Billie Jean King, Dr. Florence Seibert and photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White are its 1990 inductees. "Without exception, the thing that I see in all these women is an incredible commitment to their cause, their career," said Sally Parr, executive director of the non-profit organization. "So when times are rough, things aren't going well, they feel discriminated against, they keep going." The four women, distinguished in their fields as well as for contributions to American society, will be officially inducted into the Seneca Falls, N.Y., hall of fame Aug. 26 the 70th anniversary of women's suffrage. The hall was founded in 1968 and inducted its first honorees in 1973. The 42-name honor roll includes suffragist Susan B. Anthony, Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, pioneer feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and astronaut Sally Ride. The names of the 1990 inductees were announced at a Capitol Hill reception Wednesday. Earlier, Parr said the selections by a national committee demonstrate the heights of their achievements. Jordan, a Texas Democrat, was the first black woman from the Deep South to be elected to Congress. King's commitment to tennis gave stature to women's athletics. Seibert's medical research brought advances that save lives today. Bourke-White's talent with the camera gave the world a social vision. "It's important for them to see women who have struggled and who have achieved," Parr said. "I think it's important for both boys and girls. The girls think, 'lean do it.' The boys think, 'Oh, they can do it." "These women achieved in so many different areas," she said. "It shows you can do it, that you can do it if you have a family, or that you can choose not to have a family and be successful. That you can do it against all odds even if society says you're crazy." This year's honorees were chosen from a field of more than 1,000 nominees, who were judged in four areas: whether their achievements were nationally felt, whether the achievements will be long-lasting, the difficulty of their achievements and whether they were pioneers in their work. Parr acknowledged that the more obvious obstacles of the past would seem to make it more difficult to recognize a truly unique woman today. There are still always that incredible top few who will do something that will stand out above the rest," she said. "These women are extraordinary. And because they were extraordinary, it makes it easier for those of us who are ordinary to do our work. I think that's the virtue of what they've done. "They've broken the ground; now the rest of us can go through the door. And I don't think we should ever forget that these women did that, and are stilldoing it," she said. By Lucy Young (Gannett News Service in Washington.) Copyright 1990, USA TODAY Apple College Information Network. Dairy chemist encourages students to maintain values By Blake Anderson Staff writer of The Signpost "Today is a wonderful time to be alive and a wonderful time to be a scientist," said Dr. Rodney J. Brown, a dairy chemist from Utah State University. He encouraged students, especially science students to hold on to their moral values and ethics. Brown was on campus during open hour Thursday, March 29, to address the Association of Student Microbiologists. "There is no room in science for dishonesty or compromise of any kind," he said. "Professional values and personal values are exactly the same thing. "It is impossible to compromise in one part of life and not the other." Brown encouraged everyone to look in their field and to find out what the most important question is. Then to ask yourself if you are working on it. Time is not a factor for a true scientist. "If you're really involved in your work, you can't tell what time it is," said Brown. "Science does not work nine to five." Students deserve to be taught by scientists and not by science teachers."If teachers are not actively involved in discovery then they are doing a disservice to their students," said Brown. He told students that they not only have to be interested, but they have to want to work. "Those who are most eager to quit at 5 p.m. are those who have never really started anyway," said Brown. "The greatest challenge to science is the illusion that we already know things when in reality they are just theory," said Brown. "The first law of thermodynamics, will be the last theory to be disproven." CAMPUS UPDATE Monday, April 2 Large Choir Festival, BC-AA, 7 p.m. ASWSC primary election campaigning begins at 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 3 ASWSC primary debate, UB lobby, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 4 Student Support Services seminar on "Creating Educational Success-Adapting to Campus," UB 336, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 5 ASWSC primary elections Thursday and Friday, April 5-6. Right to Life Chapter presents "Silent Scream "at Wildcat Theatre, free, 10:30 a.m. Native American Council Meeting, UB 417, 5 p.m. Student Support Services seminar, "Creating Educational Success-Adapting to Campus," UB 336, 12:30 p.m. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Orville Redenbacher's Second Start $1000 Scholarship Program Application available in Scholarship Office to students 30 years or older, full or part-time. Deadline is September 1, 1990. Contact Jackie Cutler, 626-6029. The Signpost -Editorial Advertising Production Spring Quarter, 1990 TheSignpost is published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during fall, winter and spring quarters, and weekly during the summer quarter by the WSC Department of Communication. The Signpost is distributed free of charge and is available by subscription for $9 per quarter. Signpost offices are located in the Union Building in Room 267. Mail correspondence should be sent to: WSC Signpost, Weber State College, Ogdcn, Utah 84408-2110. Editor in Chief Brett Hart Managing Editor Paul Parkinson News Editor J.P. Nielson Asst. News Editor Sandra D. Chapman Arts After Hours Editor. ..Paul B. Johnson Asst. Arts After Hours Jana Doxey Sports Editor Jon Yorgason Asst. Sports Editor Karen Packham Signature Editor Necia Palmer Asst. Signature Editor Debbie Boman Photography Editor Alan Gamble Asst. Photo Editor Quinn Jacobson Photographers Clark Hurd Robeen GUI em Senior Reporter Tammy Gould ing Copy Editor Christopher A. Gamble Advertising Manager Leisel Wayment Production Manager .Brand! Johnson Ads Production Mgr . Rosana Rentmeister Production Staff .Angie Donehoo Advisor P. Larry Stahle 289 Editorial Advisor Dale Oberer Publisher Jr. Randolph Scott Ogden LDS Institute Devotional Val A. Christensen gwpwpwm Brother Christensen , ; Vice President of Student Services at '', I USU. i Recently designated as volunteer of the 1 I '." ' year by the governor of Utah. I Tj it- Served as President of United Way. J . x ' Has been involved in numerous I f workshops throughout the country. mU I I l 1 1 He and his wife Ruth Ann are the I j ' ' parents of five children. Tuesday, March 3, 1990 10:30 am Institute Chapel All student are jr invited to attend. |
