OCR Text |
Show DAILY UTAH ii 11 JUNEfl986 MONDAY, RGMCLE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH fi VOL-- 95 NO. 154 Protest shanties don't hurt U. fund raising And some think they were made for sitting "HI Once by Amy Page Staff writer id shanties made their campus Since the last debut February, University of Utah life has continued as usual with a few controversial exceptions. anti-aparthe- summer-lik- e pop-bott- le weather finally descended upon the University of Utah last week, some students didn't quite know how to act. Some students simply congregated on the lawn $5 a do outside the Student Union rather than t ;Mj door footbag matches. But the more creative approach to summer campus. He speculated that the one alumnus who adamantly disapproved was probably not going to donate anyway. Sometimes people grab issues to use as reasons for doing something they were already planning on doing, he said. Of the shanties' presence on campus, Mattsson said, "I've heard of people not approving," but "to my knowledge," the issue hasn't really had an affect on the donating process. The U. is such a complex organization, bike riding and skateboarding becoming public safety officials advise r. r students to adhere to bike w and pedestrian safety obviously not everything will receive unanimous rules. In addition, they advise endorsement, he said. cycle owners to take necessary precautions to assure their bikes are not stolen. Bicycle thefts, they say, are far more .,J;1 "iimO - - And to those who wonder why the shanties have been allowed on campus, Mattsson says "academic freedom" is the explanation. Expression of opinions is allowed as long as it is not harmful, he said, and as long as it doesn't go beyond symbolism to become an instrument against common this time of year. jltiMlr development, said his office periodically contacts alumni and friends of the U. in an effort to solicit donations. And while Mattsson said 1985-8- 6 has been a better year than ever and support is definitely up, two alumni activity on expressed opinions about campus. Alattsson said in response to 80,000 mailings, his office received one letter condemning the shanties and their presence on campus. The letter was not accompanied by a donation. Another letter, with monetary support attached, praised the U.'s position for allowing such freedom on outdoor sports is demonstrated by this U. student. With activities such as . J. Michael Mattsson, executive director of anti-aparthe- id indoors. Others enjoyed the sunshine during out- Sri; However, amid all the campus activity shanty bomb and total raisings, rallies and speakers, a shanty destruction the apartheid issue has received off campus attention as well, from U. alumni. academic freedom. Personally, Mattsson said, "I do not agree with the people who put the shanties up." He said he is in favor of the Institutional Council's position and he endorses the validity of the Sullivan Principles. But, as far as fund raising is concerned, apartheid and the shanties are a "non-issue- ." jwfcMi. Chronicle photo by Bill Bnnuard continued on page four Courses examine male stereotypes for adaption author. Men really don't have very much power and by Dee L. Naquin making more money is a way of being superior. "It may be true that the rulers are all men, but all men are not rulers." Staff writer Since the 1960s, much analysis has been given to women's changing societal roles and with little analysis given to men. But how have men been affected? A rule in physics says, if a particle changes itself, anything in its field is also self-perceptio- ns, v" ' Astrachen participated in Vogue " Jim communication. Men's studies focus on what it means to be a man, says James A. Doyle, psychology professor and author of The Male Experience. Because traditional sex roles are changing, many men are suffering an identity crisis. "There is something fundamentally wrong if we have to be told of these new ways of relating, as opposed to feeling something from within," said Don Herrin, assistant professor in the University of Utah's family and consumer studies department. More men should take women's studies classes. "Women have a unique world view that has been left out of regular studies. I don't hear men's studies saying that that it is a categorical point of view that has been left out of our history," he said. Herrin has been involved in teaching women's studies classes since 1977. "Why does there need to be that hyperbole, of what is legitimate for men to do," said Herrin. For example, ' UJ eleventh "American Woman" symposium, and with five men discussed changed by it. One sign of how some men are trying to adapt to change is the new academic discipline of men's studies. Increasingly, colleges around the country offer such classes as "Love," "War," "Death," "Age" and "Men," reports Newsweek. These courses examine male stereotypes, male traumas and male difficulty with open ys c . r , I'lt .f' Chronicle photo by Bill Brussaard Something is fundamentally wrong if men have to be taught new ways of relating, says U. Professor Don Herrin. classes that teach men it's "okay not to be so macho" don't take into account the many men who never relate to that image. This is one reason why some men feel they need to make more money than their wives, says Anthony Astrachen, changes in men over the last twenty years. Men of all ages have learned to recognize "not that the law is the law, but that a fact is a fact, and that women both have the capability and are filling high-lev- el jobs," said business of Forbes Malcolm Forbes, publisher magazine. Others on the panel said changes are minimal. "In terms of how we (men) live our lives and what we regard as goals of success and fame important," outward-directe- d and work are still foremost with men, said Martin F. Guggenheim, professor of law at New York University School of Law. Child rearing is still seen as an inferior or unimportant task relegated to women. "We don't recognize it for what it is a very important service performed in our society," he said. There is a backlash toward women, said Robert E. Gould, professor at New York Medical College. "If you look at movies, the Rockys and the Rambos, got macho men with a vengeance." This is partly because technology has decreased differences between men and women in their capabilities, he said. But Forbes says it is seldom acknowledged that much of a man's ambition springs from the fact that he wants to impress and attract women, partly by considering his capabilities superior. This makes it difficult for women to get equality in the continued on page four Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |