Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

Page 27 text:

(Left and above) Arnold Ramos, a member of the Solidarity Party in El Salvador, predicted another Vietman if U.S. aid to the ruling junta continued. (Below) Anti-war buttons were sold at the forum. female roles which is yet another barrier to achieving intimacy. Whenever anyone is forced into a role, the person is not be- ing who that individual wants to be. Men lose touch with their sensitivity because they are taught to stifle their feelings. Women are not supposed to be strong. With these obstacles how can two peo- ple be truly intimate? Getting close to another person is an ongoing process, Murphy said. In marriage, open disagree- ment is absolutely essential. Couples should learn how to resolve their dif- ferences by confronting their problems, even if the confrontation leads to argu- ments. The speaker received her M.A. in social work from Columbia University. She has been in the field for 12 years, spending 10 of those years at Rutgers Counselling Cen- ter. She also has a private practice in Princeton. 0 Fcmm 1 Cl Salvador The teach-in on El Salvador on March 2, 1981, drew an unexpectedly large crowd of more than 1,000, emphasizing the deep concern of the American people over U.S. involvement in this tiny Latin American country. The presentation not only dealt with the selling of arms, but also painted a thorough picture of the horrid conditions and inhumane treatment of the peasants of this nation caught up in revolution. Sr. Patricia Haggerty, a Maryknoll nun who served in El Salvador, revealed that not only had the death rate in El Salvador increased considerably in 1980, but also that the amount of military arms given by the U.S. had increased at a comparable rate in that year. These arms were delivered to the military, the National Guard and the police, who used them to defend the position of the 14 families who 23

Page 26 text:

thank you ' Proust said. The audience was surprised Proust did not know until after the release of Star Wars that the voice of Alec Guiness was used instead of his own. He found out by reading reviews in Time and Newsweek. I guess they couldn ' t take Darth Vader with a British accent ' he quipped. The next Star Wars epic Return of the Jet i is scheduled to be released in August, 1981. According to Proust, Hans Solo will return. Darth Vader will even- tually be killed off, he said. 0 •‘Intimacy Intimacy is the potential to know and be known by each other in a continuing relationship, said Pat Murphy of the Rutgers, New Brunswick, Counselling Center, December 4, 1980. The renowned researcher in intimacy and social sexual relationships addressed more than 100 people, during a lecture sponsored by the Women ' s Action Alliance and the Student Development . Center. Murphy kept the audience ' s undivided attention as she explained how intimacy is the greatest American taboo. She said that everyone has an urgent need to be in- timate with another person and a primary relationship is the ideal setting for intimacy. All people need several intimate relationships at the same time to fulfill all their needs, she said. Trust must be es- tablished before true intimacy can be achieved. Intimate relationships are undermined in American society by several myths, Murphy said. One such fallacy is the ex- pectations of love and marriage which in- volves romantic love, an ideal which is impossible to achieve forever. Another in- correct idea is that in marriage two people should become one. The licensed marriage counsellor says everyone must keep his or her own identity. Some feel people are selfish if they want privacy, she said, because everyone needs solitude oc- casionally. In American society, people are socialized into assuming definite male or (Left) A speaker at the El Salvador forum makes his pc (Above) Pat Murphy talks to a crowd of more than 100 at intimacy.

Page 28 text:

hold the aristocratic power in El Salvador. The documentary film shown exposed the conditions under which the per- secuted peasants lived o n a daily basis. Ac- cording to the films ' makers, nonviolent peace rallies, demonstrations and protests far better working conditions and wages almost always end in violence, shooting and death. Fearful of being overthrown, the 14 families prevent the unification and social growth of the people they con- trol. The Junta, the governing body of El Salvador, helps this suppression with American guns. The peasant who must daily ride the bus to and from work does so knowing that every ride could be the last. A busload of peasants was stopped in the streets and all the passengers were killed; a 10-year-old girl witnessed the brutal shooting and stabbing of her mother and her aunt. The evidence given in the presentation supported the concluding statement of Dr. William Wipfler, director of the Human Rights Office of the National Council of Churchers; It is a crime in El Salvador to be a student, an educator, or a religious figure; it is a crime to walk the streets. The American people should not accept the events in El Salvador. 0 Mcmeri Against Pcrncgraptiy Walking down 42nd Street and the rest of the Time Square area, everyone notices that this is the pornography pit of New York City. Many people may remark, un- der their breath, how disgusting it is but they take no action. Other concerned in- dividuals ban together to do something about it, such as Marilyn Hayes and Karen Rose. They are members of Women Against Pornography who lectured in the Galleon Cafeteria on February 28, 1981. The event was sponsored by Every Woman ' s Center. The content of pornography is anti- woman propaganda. It supports the ideology that men have total access to women ' s bodies, Hayes said. To stress this point they showed slides depicting hard as well as soft core pornography. Some members of the audience questioned why they show the very material the organization is against. Through its presentation, they demon- strated the similarities between hard core pornography and advertising. Degrading images appear on billboards and album covers as well as Screw and Hustler. The pictures also showed the tragedies of child pornography. In many instances, children, as well as women in bondage, made it appear they derived pleasure from such treatment. These pictures are believed to encourage cases of child abuse and battered women. 0 Wcmerfs Image In ti c Media The natives sit hypnotized by the voice and images transmitted by their god. They follow the commands with no hesitation. The deity has total control over their lives. Expressions they hear become part of their children ' s daily vocabulary. The followers dress and act in the same man- ner as many of the transmitted images. The people can not tear themselves away even to eat meals. Many have small altars in various rooms in their homes. It also becomes a babysitter. Children spend an average of thirty-five hours a week in front of the altar. The god is television and the natives are Americans. The media have a great con- trol over every aspect of the citizens ' lives. In today ' s day and age of women striving for equality, the media, still stereotype women as fumbling, idiotic females. Television portrays women as moronic housewives, obsessed with cleanliness. Women are surrounded with the male ideal of female beauty, flawless with no wrinkles or lines. This is an impossible ideal to achieve. The progress for women ' s equality is very slow. To advance, the people in con- trol of the media must share the same ideals as those striving for women ' s equality, said Pam Sheldrick, a speaker for Sexploitation : Women in the Media, a program held in the Galleon Cafeteria. The event, sponsored by the Woman ' s Ac- tion Alliance, had approximately 125 peo- ple in attendance. When a woman is a gorgeous sex sym- bol, she gets every positive coverage. As soon as her flaws are discovered, she is scorned, Sheldrick said. Besides being exploited, women are not given the same amount of coverage as men. They do not