. _ , The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 10, 1981-Page 19-B Gay community active By JOHN ADAM Among the various groups throughout the University and city, the local gay community is one of the most ambitious. Struggling to increase their numbers and improve relations with the general population, gays in Ann Ar- bor are currently determined to assert themselves. According to spokespersons for various local organizations, Ann Arbor is a relatively comfortable city for such an effort. "IT'S SURE BETTER than most places I know, said Jim Toy, direc tor of the Gay Advocate Office in the Michigan Union. Toy estimates that about five to ten percent of the city's population is gay, but he says it's hard to guess. "I don't know how people define themselves," he said. Many homosexuals still have problems of anxiety, low self-esteem, and confusions of sexual identity, Toy said, adding that students often call and say, "I, don't know if I should tell my parents." THE GAY Advocate Office operates a "gayhotline" and provides four major services-peer counseling referal, education, advocacy for the rights of gays, and outreach and community ac- tion. The office works closely with the Lesbian and Gay Male Community ser- vices, a group which sponsored a "Gay Pride Week" last summer in which about 1300 people participated in ac- tivities such as a march, dances, con- certs, and movies. Various groups planning for increase in participation meetings. But he said the group is in its infancy and still needs to register with the Michigan Student Assembly as an official group. Begin your day with 764-0558 Annette Wilson, LGCS's chairperson, said the liberal atmosphere of Ann Ar- bor provides a rather good environment for gays and added that the city is one of the few places in the nation that has a human rights law for gays. But, she said, the situation can still be im- proved. Wilson says she wants to start a "Gay Youth Group" to go along with the many other gay groups in town - health professionals, business professionals, law students, a volleyball group, to name arfew. CURRENTLY, THERE are only two night clubs in town where gay people can feel comfortableraccording to Wilson. She said they are the Rubiyat and The Flame. But occasionally gays congregate at the Star Bar on Reggae night, she said. Two students are now trying to organize a general group for gay University students. Jeff Schunk, one of the organizers, said he wants the group to serve as an alternative for gay studen- ts to the bars. "It's hard to come out when your gay, to learn to accept yourself," said Schunk. He added that he thinks many students at the University are afraid of admitting they're gay. Schunk said he wants the general student group to reach out to the students and to possible have bi-weekly Manikas Restaurant SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER OPEN DA IL Y 7:00 am to 9:00pm SUNDAY 10:00 am to 8:00pm BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR 307 S. MAIN ST. 6ANN ARBOR, MI48104 -Photo by Emily Koo The quest Respected faculty draws students (Continued from Page 2) lt in the artment of Political i 1,,4. 4,flitiwnt ~too nn, l ti ist,.a Tom, +te Uniersitv Since then he has Ivy league schools as Harvard, Radclif- fe," Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, and Stanford. 'University statistics show that 2,465 full=tine instructional staff members were employed as of Fall Term 1979, teaching on three major cam- puses-Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint. The 1979 mean salary was $22,100 per-year-this mean ranks only 21st in e nation. nd how do students benefit from the umented quality of the University's instructors? Statistically, it ranks fifth (behind Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia) in the number of graduates listed in who' Who. The list is fairly impressive. Among the more n~oteworthy University graduates are: -Former U.S. president Gerald Ford, a Wolverine football captain tur- Adjunct Professor who now ap- ars regularly on campus to deliver r presso 4 4R ~ .41 W. W.ot o lecturesi n we I epar LJj1UaLL i ru*tq.a Science. -Harry Edwards, a former Law School Professor, was named to the U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. -Playwright Arthur Miller received a B.A. from the College of Literature in 1938, and an honorary degree from the Law College in 1956. -Mike Wallace, CBS news correspondent of "Sixty-Minutes" fame received a B.A. from the College in 1939. -James Earl Jones, black actor and star of a movie production "The Great White Hope," received a B.A. from the College of Literature in 1955, and an honorary degree from the Rackham School of Graduate studies.,. -l~U Spo LCal acLVL v Vl Hayden was a staff editor of the Michigan Daily and founded Students for a Democratic Society while attending th ilu b y. OI% {i-1, 1% A" stayed involved in politics, and ran for Senate. Hayden graduated with a b.a. from the College of Literature in 1961. Get into the Know . . 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