. Wellesley news . built in the■basement of Schneider Student■Center with money left over from■the symposiurrl. The womens■newsletter. Muse, started then;■but because of lack of con-tributions, only one letter has cir-Iculated this year.! Thus far this year, the WomensCommittee has organized a[number of workshops and ac-tivities: the Feminist Forum[Weekend, a brkt repaWworkshop.[a speaker on Women in the media,a film series, and speakers fromthe Rape Crisis Center in Cam-bridge during Winter Term. Alask force recently submitted aIWomens Study program whichjwould allow for a major inIWomens Stu


. Wellesley news . built in the■basement of Schneider Student■Center with money left over from■the symposiurrl. The womens■newsletter. Muse, started then;■but because of lack of con-tributions, only one letter has cir-Iculated this year.! Thus far this year, the WomensCommittee has organized a[number of workshops and ac-tivities: the Feminist Forum[Weekend, a brkt repaWworkshop.[a speaker on Women in the media,a film series, and speakers fromthe Rape Crisis Center in Cam-bridge during Winter Term. Alask force recently submitted aIWomens Study program whichjwould allow for a major inIWomens Studies. Currently the committee is in-vestigating the Black Studies andI Counseling Service committee is also trying tohuild a lending library in the[Womens Center. Mary said, Many students feelhat having a Womens CenterKtt at Wcllesley is like bringingwnd to the beach; but the beach«fc is sandless. She believes that academically, IWcllesley is a patriarchal educational system following a. WELLESLEY NEWS Irene Murphy expresses herCommitment to womens rights by Diane Planer 78 Senior Mary Stuart White feels that Wellesley Is an awe-inspiringplace, even for seniors. photo by Sasha Norkin 75 traditional male model — it is aSeven Sisters Harvard environ-ment. The white male power struc-ture has certain values which arebeing perpetuated here — we readwhite male books and study whitemale history. Marys perception of the en-vironment here at Wellesley isthat many women here dont trusteach other. She says that studentsarc so competitive academically,that they are afraid to share in-tellectually at the risk of beingwrong or looking stupid. Many women here complainthat they dont have any reallyclose friends. Im not sure if this isbecause of the Wellesley environ-ment, or a characteristic ofwomen in general. HoweverWcllesleys intensely academic en-vironment prevents trust betweenstudents. Also the societal attitudethat led to the socialization ofwomen hinders


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