Conference The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 3, 1985 - Page 3 participants call for relief for women By SUSAN GRANT Women's rights leaders and an audience of 150 women yesterday overwhelmingly endorsed a series of resolutions calling for improvement of the quality of life for women around the world. At the closing of the second day of the World Feminization of Poverty Conference, many of the 40-plus speakers stepped down into the crowd gathered at Rackham Auditorium and raised their hands in support of the mandates. The resolutions demand that: " The disparity between men's and women's wages be reduced; " Basic health care coverage for low income women and children be provided; " The "payment level" of state welfare programs be raised at least to the poverty level; " Women be provided with affordable housing; and * State and federal governments - along with the Univer- sity - make child care services available for low income working women. There are eight bills in the U.S. Senate addressing some of these issues, said Nancy Amidei, a lecturer in the "Univer- sity's School of Social Work. She urged the women present to push for -.passage of the bills. "If you're feeling that you can't do anything, that it won't make a difference, you're wrong," Amidei said. "Every one of those proposed bills offers possibilities to women, if we can work together and get them through the legislature." "We need to work together because whatever happens to one of us, happens to us all," Joan Growe, Minnesota's secretary of state, told the crowd earlier in the day. In Minnesota, Growe said, women have formed a consor- tium that meets on a weekly basis to discuss pending legislation that affects women. In a session on family planning earlier yesterday, panelist Myra Buvinic of the International Center for Research on Women said "workfare" programs for women in the Third World are failing. She said those programs, which have their roots in post-World War II relief agencies, lack the technical knowledge needed to train women with marketable skills. Doily Photo by DAN HABIB Oliver Oliver Wiitala is bundled up for a ride with his father, Jeff Wiitala, in Ann Arbor Monday, but neither seems to mind the cold. After all, "There could be a foot of snow on the ground," said the elder Wiitala. Sills to speak on arts in America mummmm By THOMAS HRACH In a turn around from previous speakers, LSA Dean Peter Steiner has invited Beverly Sills, director of the New York City Opera, to speak about the state of the arts in America tonight at Rackham Auditorium. Her lecture is being sponsored, in part, by the War- ner-Lambert Research Foundation. Perhaps the most memorable lecture under the auspices of the Warner-Lam- bert fund was Alexander Haig's tumuluous visit in October of 1983 when hecklers and catcalls interrupted the former Secretary of State's assesment of American foreign policy. THIS IS the fourth time that the War- ner-Lambert Foundation has sponsored a lecture at the University which has also featured retired admiral Hyman Rickover and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Yet this year's lecture promises to be far less political when Sills, 55, ad- dresses the condition of the humanities and arts. Steiner's choice of Sills did not come as part of a trend away from gover- nment officials, his assistant said, but rather as an attempt to bring someone to the University who has a wide appeal and would not come under other cir- cumstances. "THE DEAN believes that there is value in an exchange of ideas," said Nancy Sudia, staff assistant in Steiner's office. "The lecture fund is for people who would offer something intellec- tually to the community." Though now retired from performing Sill has taken a special interest in promoting opera in the country through HAPPENINGS- i Highlight Campus Meet the Press will host candidates for the presidency of the Michigan Student Assembly today at 4 p.m. in the Union's Kuenzel Room. The event is sponsored by the Daily and Canterbury House. Films IATA- The Great Adventure Solar Promise, 7 p.m., Hale Auditorium. AAFC- Lucy, 7 & 8:30 p.m., Aud. B, Angell. MED-Body Heat, 7 & 9p.m., MLB 3. Michigan Theater- Secret Policeman's Other Ball, 7 & 9 p.m. Hill Street- Going in Style, 8.p.m., 1429 Hill St. Performances Ark-Suzanne Vega, 8p.m., 637 S. Main. Major Events-The Chinese Magic Revue of Taiwan, 8 p.m., Power Cen- ter. Michigan Union-Violinist Amy Wright, Beethovan & Prokofiev, 12:15 p.m., Pendleton Room, Union. Eclipse-Jazz Videos with speaker John Sinclari, 7:30 p.m., Crofoot Room, Union. Speakers Biology department-Hans Kende, "Physiological Adaptations In Rice", 4 p.m., lecture room 2, MLB.r Chemistry department-Huai Gu Chen, "Intramolecular Cycloaddition of Azides," 4 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Bldg.; Konan Peck, "Far Infrared Laser Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry Bldg. College of Engineering-Paul Zipkin, "Recent Progress in Model Batch Manufacturing Systems", 4 p.m., 241 IOE Bldg. Linda Sharpiro, "Relational Matching-Problems, techniques, and Applications", 9 a.m., 2076 E. Engineering Bldg. Neatherland-America University League-William Z. Shetter, "Is There a - Future for 'Verzuiling', or Pluralism", 8 p.m., International Center. CAAS-Anthony Appiah, "Sonika and the Space of the Self", 7:30 p.m., E. Conference Room, Rackham. Center for Russian & E. European . Studies-William Zimmer- man-"Political Mobilization and the Nature of Soviet Dictatorship", noon, Commons Room, Lane Hall Meetings, LSA Student Govt.-5:45 p.m., MSA Chambers, Union. Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organization Committee-5:30 p.m., 4318 Union. Science Fiction Club-8:15 p.m., Michigan League. Dissertation SunDort Group-8:30 a.m., 3100 UCS. ACS Student Affiliates-5 p.m., 3005 Chemistry Bldg. Black Student Union-7 p.m., Trotter House. Miscellaneous Muslim Students Association-Lecture, noon, room D, Michigan League. English department-Reading, Jay Parini, 4 p.m., W. Conference Room, Rackham. School of Social Work-Symposia, "Health Care of Minorities Across the Lifespan", 1 p.m., E. Conference Room, Rackham. N. East & N. African Studies-Brown Bag Video, Part I of the PBS Series on the Oil Kingdoms, video Viewing Room, MLB. Tau Beta Pi-Tutoring, lower-level math, science, & engineering, 7-11 p.m., 307 UGLI, 8 p.m., 2332 Bursley, 7 p.m., Alice Lloyd. Ann Arbor Libertarian League-Patrick Heller, "Free Market w/Black Markets and Government Intervention", 7 p.m., Room D, Michigan League. Environment Law Society-Symposium, "Great Lakes Water: Sym- posium on Great Lakes Diversion", 7:30 p.m., 100 Hutchins. Student Wood & Craft Shop-Power Tool safety class, 6p.m., 537 SAB. PIRGIM-Letter Writing Day, "Right to Know Toxic Waste", 9 a.m., her directorship of the New York City Opera which - places emphasis on American opera singers, said Doris Humphrey of the School of Music. When Sills began her career the only way to gain prominence was to go to Europe and study, said Humphrey, but Sills was the one who broke this trend by staying in the U.S. "When she came up opera singers had to go to Europe," said Humprey, "but she truly resisted becoming'a transatlantic star." Sills began her operatic career at age 18 and financed her voice lessons singing radio commercials. Sills has sung the leading roles with numerous American Opera companies before retiring from the stage. Sills has also served as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts. 'U' looks at black admissions (Continued from Page 1) test scores as predictors of college academic success, said high school grades are a better indication of whether a student will pass college courses. But he added that test scores help even out the discrepencies bet- ween high schools. Lance Erickson, associate director of admissions, said personal factors such as family problems, money, and the social atmosphere all play a part, in whether a black student will succeed, he said. "How do you know what will happen unless you try?" he said. MSA seeks halt on dean (Continued from Page 1) evaluations by students suffice for in- put on such points. Brown also cites a lack of experience and knowledge of the issues the com- mittee deals with for excluding studen- ts. Page, however, says he has yet to hear a good excuse for prohibiting student membership on the committee, adding that students may have to be filled on the background but they are ''not stupid.'' There are students currently serving on the executive committees of the School of Natural Resources and the School of Public Health. Vice President of LSA student gover- nment, Mike Brown, said he was not sure what the LSA student body would do. At the MSA meeting he said, MSA's support on the issue "would add clout to ours." Earlier Brown said, "It may be a case where we can voice our concern again and be denied again. I hope that's not the case." Daily reporter Amy Mindellfiled a report for this story. UGLi looted Campus security is investigating the theft of $60 in cash from a locked closet in the Undergraduate Library taken early yesterday morning after the building had closed. According to Leo Heatley of campus security the forced entry and cash taken was similar to an incident last Thursday morning at the UGLi. - Thomas Hrach ( The Warner-Lambert Lecture Series present "The State of the Arts" Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 p.m. Rackham Lecture Hall This free public lecture is sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 5 THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL announces that applications are being accepted for the George Martin Class beginning September 3, 1985 The George Martin Class will be a morning division program, with classes scheduled before 12:00 noon each week day during the law school's standard year- round academic calendar. Students may also elect to enroll in a traditional two semester program with a 4 month summer break. Candidates for admission should hold an undergra- duate degree from an accredited college or university, must have taken the LSAT, and must comply with the law school's admissions policies. The Thomas M. 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