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Show b$Pamsla Swift Women MB's Almost 20 percent of the undergraduate students at Stan- ford University are pursuing studies. Since 1969 the number of coeds majoring in biology, physics, and chemistry pre-me- d has increased from 15 to 30 percent. Why the increased interest in medicine? According to Dr. Donald "People want to enter useful professions, and they want to live well, too." Stil-wel- i, Marcos Daughter Are children responsible for the politics of their parents? Last month, Maria Imelda Imee Marcos, daughter of Ferdinand Marcos, President and dictator of the Philippines, was one of 2063 admitees to the Princeton Class of 1977. Immediately the announcement became public, a campus row ensued. Five students and a professor complained to the Daily Prince-tonia- n that Imee, as a member of the incoming class, "constituted a threat to the academic life of the university. They pointed out that because her father was a most controversial politician his daughter would require extraordinary campus security. Other students protested on the grounds that Imees father was a dictator who had declared mar-- , tial law and that the presence of his daughter on campus will g threaten the of Third MARY JO CREED: SHE SINGS WITH THE 12TH AIR FORCE BAND. Mary, w the First girls. Have you ever to sing with a band? You yenned can do it if you join the Air Force. A few months ago, Mary Jo Creed, an attractive brunette who used to work as a model, quit college to become the first female vocalist in the U.S. Air Force. Listen, Reverse Discrimination? IIow the tides of discrimination have turned! Especially in academic circles. In many of the nations universities these days its best to be a minority female if you want a staff or faculty position. Samuel Solomon, a special assistant ' in the Office of Civil Rights, an ombudsman of sorts for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, recently reported on 12 cases of reverse discrimination. Ive been out on the campus trail in recent weeks, Solomon confided to The Los Angeles Times, and Im getting the impression that most institutions are engaged in some form of discrimination against white males. Solomon pointed out that in one university he visited minority faadty members were paid more than whites who had the same 22 Mary Jo, 19, enlisted for six years under a new specialty code which permits women to serve as band vocalists. As of this writing Mary is serving with the 12th Air Force Band at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix, Ariz. I Originally , Mary says, wanted to be a flutist in the band. But now I prefer my job as a vocalist. experience and qualifications. In another, he discovered that the university had instituted a hiring practice of signing up one woman or minority applicant for every three white men. In all 12 of his completed investigations he found evidence of reverse discrimination. According to the Office of Education, however, in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, women working full time on the faculties of the nations universities earn on the average $3500 less than their male counterparts. At universities, women faculty members average $12,325 a year, and men smaller $15,829; at the two-ijewomen $11,862 average colleges, compared to $12,889 for men. There is no doubt that women are getting the short end of the payroll stick. Minority women, however, are getting more academic job opportunities than ever before. well-bein- World ar MARIA IMELDA MARCOS: ON TO PRINCETON students." Uncowed by youthful intolerance, Dean Neii Rudenstine explained: The university does not and will not apply political tests of any kind in its consideration of cases. Princeton accepts applicants on the basis of personal qualifications, not on the political beliefs or behavior of their parents. Imee" Marcos attended high school at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, Calif., where Sister Aaron, vice president of the Dominican private boarding school, refused to comment on the case. Neither would the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., say anything about Imees entrance to Princeton. The Philippine Ambassador to the United States happens to be Imees" uncle, Eduardo Romualdez. Are the sins of the fathers to be visited upon their daughters? PARADE UNE 3, 1973 |
