4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 21, 1986 BUSINESS Women haven't made economic gains WASHINGTON (UPI) - Despite gains in the labor market and anti- discrimination legislation, women in 1983 were no better off economically than they were in 1959 - mainly because they hold prime respon- sibility for children, a study released Thursday said. The study, by Stanford University economics professor Victor Fuchs, said women's income doubled over the quarter century, but their average hourly pay was still 50 percent less than men's. FUCHS, reporting in the weekly journal Science, said women also lost ground in other areas: They had less leisure, while men had more; because of the increase in the divorce rate, women were more dependent on their own income; and women's share of financial responsibility for children rose. "The data examined here suggest that the massive structural, legal, and behavioral changes of the last quarter century did not improve the economic well-being of women in comparison with men," wrote Fuchs, who is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit organization in Stanford. "As long as parents are responsible for children and this responsibility is borne disproportionately by women, sex differences in the labor market are likely to persist," he wrote. THE STUDY, based on census data and population surveys, said women comprised 54 percent of the labor for- ce in 1982, compared with 34 percent in 1959. Women's wages showed a striking increase, from $4,139 in 1959 to $9,026 in 1983, because of an increase in hours worked and in actual pay. Both figures were given in 1983 dollars. The ratio of their earnings compared to men's also doubled. However, the study found "the average man still earns almost 50 percent more per hour than does the average woman of the same race, age and education." "ALTHOUGH federal and state laws require employers to have the same pay scale for men and women in the same job, the large wage differen- tial persists. Many contribute to E. Quad's graffiti debate (Continued from Page 1) Some have called East Quad's ef- forts to stop the graffiti an attempt at creating a "police state." Others see such efforts as badly needed in a place where they ahve to live. The East Quad graffiti wars reflect a year-long trend on campus toward more vandalism. Although much of the campus graffiti has been racist-including attacks on frater- nity and sorority houses-the East Quad incidents appear to have more political motivations. MANY RESIDENTS feel the East Quad debate began with a letter from professors Carl Cohen, Libby Douvan, and other members of the Residential College Executive Committee to residents that called any graffiti damaging, defacing, and an act of vandalism. "There are the rooms and halls in which we live, and we must not permit them to be damaged, even destroyed in part. Please help us stamp out this ugly and infantile practice," the letter said. It urged residents to "do what you can" to stop whoever is defacing the building. "I THINK Carl Cohen's letter is largely responsible for the wave of reaction about the graffiti," Schuur said. "The students' letters in turn provided a force behind the recent in- crease in attacks that are reflected upon our walls." East Quad's Building Director Deba Patnaik thinks a distinction must be made between graffiti and vandalism. "When it turns racist, sexist, vulgar or into individual attacks with in- decent comments, then it's not graffiti any more," he said. "It then becomes an act of vandalism." He feels there has been an increase of graffiti that can be considered van- dalism. He listed examples such as a classroom where "You're all right Carl Cohen" is printed, a defaced television screen in the Madrigal Lounge, and other messages on the main entrance to the Quad- and his office door. "I FIND it very narrow and selfish when a small group of people deface a space such as East Quad that is used by such a diverse group of people," said Patnaik. East Quad not only houses students, but is also the home of the Residential College. The dorm regularly provides programs for the community. One wall on Cooley Hall's first floor has been a traditional spot for Quad graffiti, and Patnaik doesn't object ot having a graffiti wall. "Graffiti is an ephemoral art that is a reaction against permanent bourgeoisis art forms," he said. "It's an art form, a way of expressing views to be con- sidered." "Extra time and staff have been used to clean up, but we can't keep up with the latest pace," Patnaik added. Regents order review of (ContinuedfromPagee A begin at 10 a.m. in the Rackham Am- revolutionary group, the African phiteatre, to avoid conflicting with the National Congress, would accept the University's 1 p.m. ceremony in award.MihgnSaum The alternative ceremony would Michigan Stadium. .... ... ...... ... - .. ... --- --. - -- - - - - _ I m I COKES~f NIGHT OWLS TAKE A STUDY BREAKI ' J Buy 2 or more of Mrs. Peabody's cookies r or brownies after 9:00 p.m. and get ' a FREE beverage!j Opentill11 pm. dllyCOUPON MUST BE ' Opentl p.m.day PRESENTED WITH PURCHASE 715 N. University OFFER VALID THROUGH ' S7614CHIPMAY 21986 ... honorary de ALTHOUGH the protesters do not plan any further actions similar to Thursday night, they said in a statement: "We intend to come back again in the fall more resolute than ever to pressure the University into granting an honorary degree to Nelson Mandela." The regents' review will examine all aspects of honorary degrees, in- cluding whether the University should continue bestowing them. A Univer- sity review committee will also evaluate the regents' bylaw that prohibits giving degrees to those who cannot accept them in person. The bylaw was a main reason the University's honorary degrees com- mittee did not recommend to the Apile puts the fuback into student demonsmtons. gree policy regents that Mandela receive the honor. In January, the regents rejected the committee's recommendation to give University alumnus Raoul Wallenberg, the degree for the same reason. W ALLENBERG, who saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews in Nazi Germany, was arrested by the Soviet Union shortly after the war and is believed to be dead. Mandela, the recognized symbol. of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, has been serving a life senten- ce in jail since 1962 for leading the African National Congress. One regent who supports changing the bylaw is James Waters (D- Detroit). Waters, who proposed the review, also said he felt the majority of regents would support the bylaw change. "I DON'T see a reason for ex- cluding people who can't come because they're in prison, they're ill, or they're not allowed to leave the country," Waters said. It's unknown whether the commit- tee will recommend that the bylaw be changed, or, if it is recommended, whether the regents will approve giving Mandela the degree at the University's commencement in December. "Obviously a change in the bylaw is a step in the right direction, but it's not what we've been working for," said Barbara Ransby, another leader of the protest. A bylaw change would also improve Mandela's chances of being nominated by the honorary degrees committee, said a member of the committee. TAKE THIS HOME TO YOUR PARENTS! We have a brief Brochure outlining * * the many advantages (saving money * & taxes, capital gains, real-life work * experience, better living, better studying, security . . .) of having your parents buy a condo or house * for your residence in Ann Arbor. It * beats living in a dorm forever! Call Today for your free brochure. * (We'll send a copy to your parents, too.) (313) 662-8600 BobHefner * Residence 623958* * The Michigan Group, REALTORSĀ® * * ANN ARBOR * SOffices also in Oakland, * * Livingston, and Wayne counties * *********** **** **** How to start your law career before you start law school. Start with the Kaplan LSAT prep course. After taking Kaplan, thousands of LSAT students score between 40 and IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Libya finds wreckage of U.S. F-111 warplane, sources say ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates' state-run newspaper Al-Ittihad reported yesterday that Libya pulled the wreckage of a U.S. F-111 warplane from the Mediterranean. It attributed the report to unidentified Libyan sources. Al-Ittihad said the wreckage of an F-111 and the bodies of the two crewmen were recovered from the sea off Libya by Libyan military per- sonnel with Soviet assistance. Arab and Western diplomatic sources, who insisted on anonymity, dismissed the account as unverifiable. In Tripoli U.S. warplanes last week heavily damaged a naval in- stallation, which U.S. officials said was a commando training base, during the American raid last week on reputed terrorist targets. Inside the base, reporters saw the remains of at least four buildings which had been flattened by direct hits Tuesday. Soviets willing to hold sunmit POTSDAM, East Germany - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said yesterday he is willing to meet President Reagan this year if the United States changes policies he charged were poisoning relations between the superpowers. Speaking to reporters at Potsdam, site of the 1945 Allied conference on Germany, Gorbachev said "the meeting (with Reagan) can take place if the United States realizes that it is necessary to take this path." "But if it (America) goes on acting as it is today, trying to poison the atmosphere, this will throw a shadow over any future meeting," the Soviet Communist Party chief said. "If it (the summit) is to happen, a better atmosphere is necessary." Gorbachev did not elaborate, but he appeared to be referring to last week's U.S. bombing raids on Libya and recent U.S. underground tests of nuclear weapons. On Friday, Gorbachev told the East German Com- munist Party congress those actions and the "increased (U.S.) threats" against Nicaragua demonstrated that the United States was following a "militarist and aggressive" policy that could damage U.S.-Soviet relations. Murdered American's body returned from Lebanon WASHINGTON - The corpse of Peter Kilburn, the American kidnap victim reportedly killed last week in retaliation for the U.S. air raid on Libya, was flown to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington yesterday and taken for forensic tests, a State Department spokesman said. Kilburn's body was discovered Tuesday with those of two Britons in Lebanon's central mountains, along with a note saying they had been "executed" by the Arab Revolutionary Cells to avenge the U.S. attack against Libya the night before. State Department spokesman Bruce Ammerman said Kilburn's body "has arrived and is being sent for a forensic exam, but I don't know where. When and if a forensic ID is made, a statement will be issued." Kilburn, of San Francisco, was librarian at the American University of Beirut for 20 years until he disappeared on Dec. 3, 1984. He had not been seen in public since, although Tim Kilburn, his nephew, .said the family had heard from unidentified sources that he was still alive until the last week. Five other American kidnap victims are still missing in Lebanon. Experts study Titan explosion VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif - Investigators will check O-rings in the solid fuel boosters of a Titan rocket that exploded just after liftoff last week. "We will be looking at everything...(the solid fuel) boosters, rings, propellants and electronics," said Maj. Gen. Jack Watkins, commander of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division at Vandenberg. Sabotage is also "one of those things we must always take into con- sideration," he said, adding that "things like terrorist activities and sabotage would probably not be discussed in public." The $65 million Titan 34D blew up five seconds into launch Friday mor- ning with its classified payload, believed to be a spy satellite. The failure, coupled with the shuttle disaster, interrupts the launch programs of the United State's two principal satellite launch vehicles. "We had been watching this one anxiously," Watkins told reporters Saturday. "Coming hard on the heels of the Challenger loss, there was more apprehension...It's a setback." It was the second failed Titan 34D launch in a row. A rocket carrying a KH-11 spy satellite exploded just after liftoff Aug. 28. Killer tornado strikes Texas SWEETWATER, Texas - Standing among debris that once was a housing project for the elderly, Gov. Mark White yesterday promised state loans and a plea for federal disaster aid for the estimated 1,500 residents of this West Texas town left homeless by a killer tornado. "I don't see how anybody could have lived through this," White said. "It's as bad as I've seen." Two twisters converged just before touching down about 7 a.m. Satur- day, cutting a path two miles long and a half-mile wide through the southeastern section of the West Texas town of 12,000. No warning was issued of the twister, which the National Weather Service said did not show up on radar. An 87-year-old man was killed and 92 people were injured, three critically. The five people who were reported missing Saturday had all beenacconted for yesterday. s acnty as 1,500 people were homeless and property damage was estimated at $15 million to $20 million, Mayor Rick Rhodes said yester- day. 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