| Page Al0, August 19, 1979-SundayNews — ellsworth - my eee FROM PAGE Al dickson. | A few days ago a'‘group of feminists picketed a local night club protesting a hair ‘styling and fashion show. The thought oc- _curred to me that these must be real hard core feminists or perhaps most women feel that way. Are women still being exploited or are the years of women’s liberation over? This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks: |“Is women’s liberation > now under pressure. The a big issue?” | Lynn Henderson North Vancouver “don rhin kK so. Women’s _“hilarious and black “Communist housewife, American Indian, an ex- convict, a Catholic. priest and a Muslim drug addict. “More than 100 other parents and teachers. spilled - out of the meeting room into the hallways. Nine people came dressed as caricatures of the crash-~ survivors of “Choose Your Crew,” sporting signs “Please pick mé, Leo” addressed to the head of the program and par aan divisiof, Dr. Marshall. arda Froese, founder of the Vancouver-based parent _. group_..PIE.. (Parents. In- terested in Educatiuon) told trustees the $500,000 course “would “Yeach racism and sexism in our schools.” One parent said when he first. read” about “Choose Your Crew” in the newspaper he thought it was silly, a sym-. ‘pathizer.a white educated © an alcoholic president - of. the United ‘Native Nations -— told stees—he—was_in—favor—of——"— very controversial,” he added. such a course’ and congratulated Marshall for including the “Choose Your Crew” section. BAD TASTE “I have three..children of mixed blood, and I want them ‘to be exposed’ to “something “like” this,” “said Wilson, adding the only thing he found objectionable was the presence of “caricatures of me” at the ' meeting. Trustee Ernie Sarsfield said he objected to the course mainly because some sections, including “Choose Your Crew,” are “similar to encounter groups.” He ‘added, that according to an article in the B.C. Medical Journal there is a 10 per cent ~ casualty rate in such groups. “Such bad taste will make public schools an- unac- ceptable educational ‘en- vironment to parents,” Sarsfield warned. liberation is not as necessary as it used to be. I think conditions for women have improved. Ruth Carr North Vancouver | I think women’s : liberation has achieved many goals, but one side j effect is that women are more man- woman relationship has changed too much — RB sometimes for the worse. = I think the family has suffered. There are still f women working for low wages, though. Shirley Boni Squamish, B.C. . Yes, the issue is dead. | . have accomplished what I wanted to. I used to run around and scream about women’s rights a lot, but thal is not the scene now. We have done much in the last ten years. ah e Sharon Cartwright North Vancouver It is not such a big issue anymore. People are more aware of womens rights nowadays. Shirley MacLeod North Vancouver 1 think women should try to be themselves without trying to prove they are not males. I think women have a way to go yet, but I think sometimes feminists waste their " energy. ood tatcananaeeeaee wu a mt et possible red herring to get — people course. = .“I would be very afraid of a course with something like that in it, and I would not want my. child to take-it,” he said. _ Several other parents back him up, but Bill Wilson — interested in the “Trusteé David Craig said he didn’t think “discussions on racial prejudice” would help . Students develop positive relationships with co-workers, as those sec- tions. are. intended to do in the course. ‘“T do find elements of it objectionable to parents and - written consent, Craig mended separating “the career development aspects of the course from what he called the personal coun- selling aspects, the latter requiring the parents’ but his amendment was defeated by a tie vote. The board did agree, though, to consider changing the title of the course to give parents a better idea of its contents. Trustees Tami Lundy and. MacDoagald Burbidge, board chairman, both emphasized the positive side of the course and the “Choose Your Crew” section. “BAFFLED” “At least ‘Choose Your Crew’ talks about racism and sexism rather than sweeping it: under the carpet,” said Ms. Lunday. Burbidge said he was “baffled” by parents’ attitude towards ~ “Choose — Your Crew.” oo “Tasa parent expect and demand the school system introduce’ children to controversy so they can learn to think for them- selves, not just parrot their parents,” he emphasized. Marshall told the meeting “Choose Your Crew” is intended to help students “analyse - the..-decision- racial prejudice i in order to reduce it. “The section can be replaced by a less con- troversial activity called Choose Your Color,” he added. He said the course would be optional, part. of: the- ~general -guidance—— program, and taught by school counsellors. After change certain aspects of the program were deadlocked in a 3-3 vote, a decision-.on.— implementing. it was deferred until September. Meanwhile, the school .administration will! be examining possible new titles for the program.” In a later interview Dr. Rod Wickstrom, North Van school superintendent, ‘told The- News he suspected the September meeting would involve “discussion of the whole thing” again, not merely a change of title. _ There appears to_ be ‘no this fall, he said. Asked whether _ the program was intended to be — compulsory, Wickstrom explained that it could be included — according to the school using it — in either social studies or health and guidance programs. North Van joyrider gets jail sentence A North Vancouver youth who was found guilty two weeks ago of taking a car without the consent of the owner, was. sentenced, Wednesday, to thirty days imprisonment. Judge John Layton sen- tenced Michael Barry _ going enw ee Peg dompes ssputtreqyeanym bag McKenzie, aged 18, of 1383 Ross Road, in North Van- couver Provincial Court after listening to a probation _Feport which Crown counsel, Fred Cashman, called ‘one of the most negative I have read,’ Moock sh Wer Some prime retail space is available for lease in the beautiful Vancouver Centre Mall. It is conveniently situated in the heart of the mall connecting The Bay and Pacific Centre/Eaton’s, locating you in the most desirable retail area in the city. Additional to your mall to mall connections is the 34 floor Scotia Tower plus two other towers that can build your business. The mall area and surrounding shops are tastefull y decorated in Italian marbie and brass. Yet you be surprised at the competitive rates. Deal directly with the owners by contacting: Vancouver Centre Development Limited Box 11503, 650 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. 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