The Michigan Daily-Monday, September 21, 1987- Page 5
Miss Michigan receives Miss
America crown in
By LISA GEBAUER
Miss Michigan Kaye Lani Rae
Rafko emerged as the winner of the
1988 Miss America Pageant Saturday
night, and her victory may draw
some national attention to the state.
Rafko, a Monroe resident, won
the swimsuit competition and per-
formed a Hawaiian-Tahitian dance in
the talent competition before
continuing to the final stages of the
contest Saturday.
Miss Michigan cited AIDS as
one of the major problems facing the
country. A registered nurse, Rafko
hopes to obtain a master's degree
from the University and manage a
hospice program. As winner of the
pageant, she will receive a $30,000
cash scholarship.M
"I find it gratifying to hear of
someone committed to staying in
nursing," said Dr. Phillip Kalisch, a
professor in the University School
of Nursing. "She has a real opportu-
nity to promote a positive image of
nursing and I hope she takes advan-
tage of it."
Miss America's impact on stu-
dents, however, appears to be slight.
"I would have rather watched 'Satur-
day Night Live,"' Denis Dolgachev,
an LSA junior, said. "Beauty con-
tests are harmless entertainment, but
the traits and talent which they
praise are pretty useless."
Not everyone feels the entertain-
ment is harmless. Lynn Sanders, a
ageant
graduate student who has taught
classes in Feminist and Political
Theory, feels such contests are po-
tentially harmful in supporting
traditional concepts of women.
"Teaching, singing, and nursing are
valuable careers, but they are careers
which are not only for women."
But Sanders said the fact that
most people seem to view the con-
test as a source of laughable enter-
tainment is perhaps a healthy sign.
Engineering first year student
Matt Supina found the evening en-
tertaining, "It was fun to see Miss
Michigan win... although I did think
it was odd that she won by perform-
ing a Hawaiian dance."
Rafko
...gets crowned
Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER
Ann Arbor resident Bob Corrie helps out Thursday with a bucket drive
to benefit the Women's Crisis Center.
Bucket drive raises over
$2,000 for crisis center
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The money will be used to increase
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Andrea Walsh, a coordinator of
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men," said Catherine Fischer, a cen-
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volunteers, including many students,
participate in the bucket drive each
year, and work one or two hour
shifts from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"There's quite a lot of support
(for the bucket drive). Some people
who give money are familiar with
the center and want to help, but there
a lot of people who just want to
make sexist jokes," Fischer said.
"There's something about women
helping women. We've left it up to
men and nothing happened, so we're
doing it ourselves," said Kim Kratz,
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