University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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demic Career Advising. HEALTH SERVICE You didn't feel well. Besides having a cough, you felt nauseous, light-headed and run down. It was time to find out just what was bugging you. According to Dr. William Mautz. one of the two Health Service physicians, it was probably just that—a bug. But it was part of the Health Service’s function to take care of students who came in with health problems they wanted remedied. The Health Service has given physical exams and since March 1975, has prescribed birth control methods to women requesting it. It also offers pregnancy and veneral disease testing. The Health Service staff consulted with other professionals on certain cases, worked with the Counseling Center and had a psychiatrist on call. Flu shots and skin tests were available to all students and faculty. Allergy shots were also given. Although a nurse was available in the Murray Hail office on nights and weekends. Mautz said students seemed to prefer to go to a hospital emergency room, which cost money. ACADEMIC CAREER ADVISING You re tn college but perhaps didn't know what you wanted to major in. You had no major and no adviser. Or. maybe you read about a course in the catalog. It sounded great, but you wanted to know more about the course. Academic and Career Advising handled these and other academic problems and questions. The office staff worked with students who had no major and acted as advisers to these undecideds.” They helped students discover their interests. 120 OFFICE OF ACADEMIC I CAREER ADVISING AMSn TO out STUttNTS WALK INI They work with handicapped students. They also organize and run the summer orientation program for freshmen and transfer students as well as hold departmental dialogs throughout the school year. Sarah Harder, adviser to older students, is responsible to UWEC students over age 23. 22

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CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT You had been in school for awhile and were working toward a degree in your field of interest. There were times, though, when you wondered just what kind of job. if any at all. your degree would get you. One of the services provided by Career Planning and Placement, Schofield 230, was to inform students of the marketability of their skills in the world of work. Career Planning and Placement provided career planning for freshmen through seniors and alumni and helped students select the right” careers for them. As part of the placement service, a credentials service for alumni holds student records. It is available for one's entire work life. A vacancy service, informing students and alumni of possible job openings, and an interview service, through which people who have jobs to offer come to the students, were also part of the placement service. Aca FOOD SERVICE You were a relatively normal student—that is, you liked to eat. The Food Service, operated by Professional Food Management, took on the job of supplying many of you with food here. Food was provided for cash customers as well as students who lived in the residence halls, and off campus students who ate in the cafeterias. The contract meal service was for students who live in the dorms and for off campus students who elected to eat on campus. There was just one meal plan, the 21-meal plan, and according to Lanny Okonek, food service director, this was the most economic plan for the student. If a student ate 60 to 65 percent of the meals, Okonek said, he was getting his money’s worth. Complete cash sale areas such bb the Blugold Room, the Pub and the Little Niagra were also managed by Food Service. Some of these snack areas located in Davies will be going through an updating process with the new addition to Davies Center. Men who have training in fast food and delicatessen methods of food preparation had been hired to begin this updating. Okonek says. All services provided by the Food Service were under contract with the University. Students had a voice in what the contract demanded of the Food Service, he said. The student food service committee worked with the food service and another student committee reviewed the menu weekly. And of course, there was the Beef Board for those who wished to remain anonymous in their comments.

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Burke promotes political activism to gain equality, power £or women Women’s role in politics was the focus of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke's speech at UWEC in March. Vice-chairperson of the 1972 Democratic Convention and the first black woman elected to Congress from California, she said that women must take a more active role in the policymaking process. She also talked about issues involving women on the political scene. Burke said her hope for 1976 was that women would not be the last to be called upon in high strategy positions. Women are not well-represented in positions involving the formulation of legislation now. and they need to gain more consultant and technician positions, not just political office positions, she said. Total representation can only be achieved by huving more women active in politics, she said. There are only 19 women in Congress and no woman Senators. If you don’t have total input.” she said, “it is not representative, and we cannot react to a crisis. The best opportunity for women to get involved in politics is at the local level. Burke said. Women are becoming more involved lately in local boards of education, city councils and lawmaking bodies. It is necessary, however, for women to be involved at all levels of government. One current problem is in the area of appointments for women. The Supreme Court is an example of this discrimination. Burke said. There is yet to be a woman on the Supreme Court. 'This is the first time I have heard of anyone talking about age when appointing a judge. she said. “A woman can be too old. but nobody worries about an old man when it comes to a Supreme Court judge. Another issue is employment discrimination. One-third of employment discrimination involves women. she said. And. though many problems are resolved, it is only because people give up. not because of action taken.” A large number of complaints are from university women. Instructors are women, but there aren’t too many women who move higher up (administration!. And if they do move higher up. they don't get paid as much as men do for the same job. Burke said women are not common in the hierarchy of large corporations. Women are only on the board of directors of a large corporation if there is a crisis or if the department is on the way out. Women are in the forefront in the peace movement, Burke said. A reason we need women in politics is shown by the fact that 51 percent of women polled in 1971 backed the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment, which would have called for a withdrawal of troops from Viet Nam, she said. In the question answer session after her speech. Burke said that attitudes about women’s roles are changing. In the 1960s. the idea in America was that women stayed at home. She said part of the changing attitude is. among other things, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) issue. Burke said she has given up on any chance of the ERA passing this year because of the recession, job competition, and the organized movement against the ERA. People are concerned about uni-sexual bathrooms and these things. Burke said, but these are not true. She added that moat objections to the ERA are unfounded. Burke said that in a recent poll, 55 percent of the people said they would vote for a woman president. Women can be elected now because people want to relieve our social ills. Election reform and means of selection reform are two thing that are necessary for women to gain in power. Burke said. 23