Sunday, February 8, 197+6 Ht Ml(: HIUAN UAIL PROFI LE, Page Five THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS 5Itqtore bu o1bat bA Soldier's TKle) '$ by IGOR STRAVINSKY .0 ." DeCrow: Feminist of contrasts By ELAINE FLETCHER sidential candidates are seek- comments. "But now for the ent plan of action for gays, THE BATTLE cry was "out ing a feminist endorsement, and first time I personally am free blacks, housewives, the working of the mainstream and into the ERA has some hope of passing. to do what I want without be- class, and even men: "T h e revolution," when Karen De- Despite DeCrow's activist pol- ing under anyone's thumb." myth that NOW is at war with Crow first ran for the presi- itics, the bread and butter of At 38, she is a twice-married housewives is not a correct dency of the National Organi- her "feminist philosophy" is old and divorcer lawyer and author. myth . . . what we are trying zation for Women in 1974. And hat. The world she envisions is DeCrow joined NOW in 1967 out to do is to get improved bene- seated comfortably at the helm one in which "people don't of frustration with the poor pay fits for them so that they are of NOW, after her October re- think about whether somebody and status she was receiving in not so economically tied to their election, DeCrow seems to be is male or female, and men and her former profession - jurn- husbands . . . we do not want achieving that goal. women will no longer be adver- alism. Eight years later she to engage in a scratching, bit- Her critics, Betty Friedan saries." wound up as NOW's president. ing match with minority men among them, have threatened DeCrow has earned a reputa- "When we all first began in for the few jobs that the white to return to the old days of sit- tion from some, as a "firebrand this, we thought the world was male establishment might throw ins, bra-burnings and demon- orator." But in her recent ap- ust great, men fad every- at us . . . but we do want you strations. Yet DeCrow has pro-: pearance on campus she dis- thing, and all we wanted was men to join NOW, you h a v e bably done more than any other played neither the talent nor a piece of the action - half of everything to gain from becom- NOW president to turn the temperament, for such a per-' all the wonderful jobs men were ing a feminist." grout into a respectable civil formance. She's a mild manner-dong," remembers DeCrow of A Musical Drama Performed in English February 6-7-8:30 P.M. February 8-3:00 P.M. Trueblood Auditorium GENERAL ADMISSION $2.00 Tickets available at UAC Ticket Central lo- cated in the Hill Auditorium Box Office. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Scholarship Fund. e- p - re- --- eclipse presents i 3 t i 1 3 1 1 3 Z { r t t J 1 rights organization with a good ed and amiable "radical" with{ deal of political clout. Using dark skin and freckles. Onstage "establishment" tactics such as DeCrow becomes almost to cas- lobbying and endorsement of ual as she ad libs her way political candidates, she h a s through most of her presenta- stumped for gay rights, affirm- tion. ative action, the Equal Rights: Amendment, abortion, and full "I AM sometimes shocked employment measures. For the over how angry I usedI first time in history, U.S. pre- to be - at men especially," she Gymnasts: Striving perfection in an exac Gymnasts are trying to copy education, he forces his charg-1 the Japanese (considered the es to "realize themselves" so' finest gymnasts in the world) they can develop their own style and that's wrong. Every- training schedules and routines. one has a different style which But, the self-imposed program they should discover and de- doesn't mean Loken is never velop." around. He is an omnipresent, NEXT WEEK Pierre travels influence, working as a PR man to Toronto to audition for in his office one moment, spot- the 1976 Summer Olympics in ting one of his athletes on the Montreal. International compe- rings the next, and then ver- tition, Pierre muses, means bally motivating a high bar more than winning, it's a great champion to greater artistic cultural exchange and learn- heights. ing experience for all partici- During a recent practice, Bob pants. His lone criticism con- Darden gracefully leaped to the cerns the political undercurrents high bar and grasped it firmly w h i c h sometimes drown the with his hands. Then, propelling beauty of athletic competition. himself with his legs, he whip- "There is more emphasis on ped himself around and around winning on the international the bar like a windmill blade, level, but the best always win. caught in a vigorous gust. Later Last summer in a competition, he paused after practicing his} the judges tried to give the routine and explained his at-! Russians higher scores but the titude toward gymnastics. Japanese still won. It's ridic- The defending Big Ten high ulous to try that when they bar, victor, he is a devout Chris-j know that they can't win - the tian and his religious beliefs arej better gymnasts always win." inextricably wound with his! Coach Loken, like LeClerc, love of gymnastics. believes that the best gymnasts "If I raise my sights and always win. In his 28th year of perform to God's standards, molding college athletes into with his direction and motiva- gymnastic champions, Loken tion, it will ease the competi- has brought untrammeled suc- tive aspect," said the slim, cess to the Wolverines. In the auburn - haired gymnast. "It past 15 seasons, Loken and his helps me raise myself above "sons" have captured 12 Big the level of going out there to Ten championships and two beat the other individual, to NCAA titles. He also attained the level of performing to my an unprecedented plateau of 200 full potential."{ dual meet victories last year- ANDY SAKAMOTO is also earning him a congratulatory attempting to push himself telegram from President Ford. to the end of his athletic tether IN CONTRAST to the rigid by learning and incorporating a program at Indiana State, full triple twist into his floor Loken has devised a more cas- routine. Right now, he can ro- ual approach to coaching gym- tate his body in midair two and those former yr u w eCROW concludes her mes- got older and wiser and really sage with an appeal aim- examined the institutions that ed at working class women. "If men were running, we decided we are going to upgrade the that half the (economic) pie was jobs of women who work as not what we wanted at all." mirses, clericals and secre- As a result, DeCrow's com- taries then we have to stop cliches, as long as DeCrow's de- view of women has become mitnent to feminism evolved making the mistake that many finition of women can stretch cramped, associated only with from better pay demands to have made, and that is to think yy r aditsocts. f-1vt wen en ave radtio'- nlyto the point where they areI NOW and its projects. what she feels is now a coher- tadt when men have traditionl indistinguishable from men. Yet within the political frame- ally done is work of more im- ''"Although sex differences Yewthnheplta rm- ,ortance - most women in this Athog exifeen work of NOW, DeCrow has "* country are not going to be:I exist at a certain level, and done well. Her activist record o r r is ic brain surgeons." people will certainly discover can leave no doubt that she is o ri ti them, we should just forget, trying to transform this scat- The Future Worlds audierice about males and females," as- tered network of feminists, into waits for her to finish with her I serts DeCrow. "I don't believe a vital civil rights organization. smorgasbord of statements. It, in sex-segregated institution~siS ' speoiatywie tdns oe' tde n oe' Her book Sexist Justice demon- :ting sp rs pr~f em inanl ht;udet o' tudiesand" women's~~' ''n"d"-o and young professionals. There record companies - I think of strates that she has more than are some men present, fewer them as a transitional phase." loeiale turns, at the finish of his rou- blacks and at three in the af- Yet why a just transitional tine. He asserts that gymnas-:ternoon -- no working class, phase? ET DeCrow has spread her- tics is truly an artform - "a Perhaps she will delve into just Although such instituti>ns self and her message too series of visual images," - one issue a little more deeply, may or may not persist, De- thin. If she continues to ad-1 created by the gymnast, but re- say something comoltely frcsh. Crow allows no room for the dress a whole host of causes, spects the competitive element. But the NOW president, instead permanent establishment of she needs to add depth to herE "It's not like dance or the switches topics again - to talk some female identity, apart perceptions. Or else as a jack performing arts; dance is ap- about the sex role differences. from men. "Some women a r e of all the feminist trades - poli- praised where gymnastics is "We seem to have eliminated too frightened, too bludgeoned tics, psychology, sociology and scored," he reflected. "When the requirement that every fe- to really speak out when there's consciousness raising - she'll you face the reality of the sit- male get married her jumior a man in the room, so I sup- master none. uation people take note of whe- year or be considered a fail- pose it is really necessary for -- ther you win or not. I like to ure . . . but we really haven't women to get themselves to- Elaine Flelchcr is a Daily combine good gymnastics with changed the sex roles . . . Ifgether, but if we lived in a night editor and s/aff writer. winning." we're going to liberate all wo- world where gender didn't make - It's getting late. Another men into thinking that you don'tI any difference - such institu- gymnastics meet is rapidly ap- have to sit by the telephone ev- tions wouldn't exist," concludes proaching. Jerry Poynton fin- erv Saurday night waiting for DeCrow. ally walks into the gym, tra- the phone call but we haven't Yet by suggesting that any verses the huge floor mat, and liberated the men on this, aspect is born out of fear and makes his way to the pommel there's going to be a lot of distaste for men, DeCrow has horse. Once again he rubs his trou-ble.'' eliminated numerou~s other di- hands with chalk and grasps mensions of feminism. the wooden pommels, propelling EXACTLY what sort of revolu- TN HER current push to ex- his slim physique in circular tion is DeCrow thinkine pand the women's move-'; fashion above t'he padded appa- re? "A behavioral revolution," ment, DeCrow has really only ratus. This time his move- she answers. Yet it is a revolt,, succeeded in broadening t h e ments are perfectly coordi- tion that has become tired and scope of NOW to include poli- PN nated, his transitions to and dim, if measured only in terms tical issues long considered fem- from the scissors smooth, and of how women relate to men. It inist matters by other women. his dismount graceful. 'is a revolution easily gagged by At the same time her personal! includes unlimited - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KEITH JARRETT CHARLIE*HADEN, PAUL*MOTIAN with DEWEY*REDMAN, MILL AUDITORIUM ,rICKETS: $4.00, 4.50. 5.04. Available at Discount Records S& Michigan Union Box Office-763-1107 )AY & MONDAY You Ca~n Eat" 'REED CHICKREN trips to cjr famous salad bar, choice of potato loaves of hot home baked bread. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14-8:00 P.M. The February Music of Te l( or vegetable and k TOMORROW NIGHT! 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Ann Arbor Civic Theatre PRESENTS The Night Thoreau Si]ent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and BURTON TOWER, Ann Arbor Weekdays 9-4:30, Sat. 9-12 Phone 665-3717 Power Center box office open at 6:30 on Monday UAC;ARS COMEDIA Presents THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE* 7/6OF A PLAY A NOT the Play by William Saroyan but A Lively Collection of 4 One-act Plays from Neil Simon's "PLAZA SUITE" Robert Anderson's YOU KNOW I CAN'T } t HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S * HANS GEISSENDORFER'S JONATHAN The first Anti-Fascist vampire movie, JONATHAN features ) bckets of gore, cckling cadaver, rich visua beauty an politics too. Unquestionably a well-made rmovie and prob- ( $ ably one of the most terrifying sinister films you'll ever see. TUES.: Harold Lloyd Films (at 7) Hawks' RED RIVER (at 9:05) CINEMAGUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD. CI EM G7L :00 & 9:05 Admission $1 25 MA RCEL OPH ULS 1972 The Sorrow and the Pity This French documentary concerning the German occupation of France during W.W. II transcends all national, ethnic and/or cultural differ-) ences in the important historical and ethical issues it ressurects and inspects. One of it's particular issues is the genocidal attempt on Euro- pean Jewry during W~W. II and the conditions (i.e. attitudes, actions o non-action of people) which directly and indirectly allowed an enormous armount of power to fall into the Fascist grip of a dangerously RUNNING" and Robert E. Lee Rene "LOVERS Taylor's & OTHER 1! J &ILL M MMAUIN4INKYNA 1 -'1 c-rn A Nlr-"c nC"