The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 24, 1991 - Page 3
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by Lynne Cohn
Dgily Staff Reporter
Ulrich's bookstore is refusing to
Aell a swimsuit calendar featuring
University women because it's not
selling, said General Manager Paul
Rosser.
But Bob Turner, the publisher of
the Blue Women calendar, said there
is another reason. Turner said he re-
ceived a phone call from an Ulrich's
employee who told Turner that the
store pulled the calendars from the
whelves as a result of complaints
from women's rights activists.
"It's one of the top - if not the
top - calendar published," Turner
said. "Every year, swimsuit calen-
dars are always top sellers."
Turner said his company,
Daydream Publishing, sold several
hundred copi
calendar at 0
"The cale
dies in 45 d
yanked themc
starting to s
But Ross
calendars we
sold no more
"At the be
you see hund
dars," he sa
didn't sell at
pect them to
wasn't very
consider a lo'
Rosser sa
voiced their
dar, but not a
Turner sa
the title is,
charges Ulri
es of the same type of shelves for people who want it.
hio State University. They're not sleazy at all.
ndar season lives and "I don't think a small minority
lays," he said. "They opinion has the right to dictate
out before they're even what's on the shelves. If he's going
ell." to sell anything, he's going to sell
er maintains that the the swimsuit calendar," he said.
re pulled because they Turner stands to lose almost
than a dozen copies. half of his expected revenues if
eginning of each year, Ulrich's does not sell the calendars.
Ireds of kinds of calen- Although Michigan Book & Supply
aid. "Basically, those and the Michigan Union Bookstore
all. I didn't really ex- will still sell them, he said
sell. The paper stock Ulrich's was one of the hottest
good. It was what I spots to sell the calendar.
w budget calendar." Employees of the two other
aid several customers stores had differing opinions about
opinions of the calen- how well the calendar has sold.
actual complaints. Maurice Hall, the assistant head
aid, "No matter what cashier at Michigan Book & Supply,
it should be on the said it has sold out of the calendars.
He said he would pull a calendar if
it offended a campus group, but he
did not know if the store manager
would.
Don DiVirgilio has only been the
general manager at the Michigan
ich's with censi
He said that if customers com-
plained about an item for sale, he
would weigh how the item sells
against the feelings of the cus-
tomers. He said he would strongly
consider pulling an item from the
'Basically, those didn't sell at all. 1 didn't,
really expect them to sell. The paper stock
wasn't very good. It was what I consider a
low budget calendar'
- Paul Rosser
Ulrich's general manager
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pulled the calendars off the shelf
because they weren't selling, that's
OK. But I think if they took them
off the shelves because of pressure
from liberal feminist groups, then
that's a form of censorship and a vi-
olation of First Amendment
rights."
School of Art senior Sandy
Smith disagreed.
"If he pulled them, because I'm a
woman and the female body has been
used as an object for so long, then
I'd be happy," she said. "I think that
it's unfortunate that at an academic
university the bodies are stressed as
much as they are and not the
intellectual."
She said the calendar is
"contradictory to the idea of an aca-
demic institution."
Union Bookstore for about a month,
but he said he has not seen a lot of
people buy the calendar.
"I would really start looking at
how they sell during November and
December," he said. "They don't re-
ally start selling until then."
shelves if customers were very up-
set about it being sold.
Students have mixed feelings
about Ulrich's decision not to sell
the calendar.
Ned Merrick, a senior in the
School of Music, said, "If they
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SAPAC panel discussion confronts
myths on rape and women of color
by Jennifer Silverberg
Daily Staff Reporter
Despite the recent flurry of attention
given to the issue of sexual harassment as
a result of Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings,
participants in a panel discussion last
night said the myth that women of color
do not get raped still exists.
The discussion, titled "Sexual Assault
and Communities of Color," was held in
the West Lounge of South Quad last night
at 7 p.m. as part of Sexual Assault
Awareness Week, sponsored by the
Sexual Assault Prevention and
Awareness Center (SAPAC).
In fact, "some studies show that
women of color may be more susceptible
to sexual assault because they are seen as
suitable targets for sexual and racial vio-
lence," stated a SAPAC promotional
flier. "This myth is rooted in the racist
belief that women of color are promiscu-
ous and less respectable than white
women."
Panelists urged students to send mes-
sages of "support, encouragement or ap-
preciation" for Anita Hill, who charged
Thomas with sexual harassment. The mes-
sages will be collected and sent at the end
of this week.
Fliers distributed at the discussion ad-
vertised a support group for women of
color who are survivors of sexual assault,
to "explore the unique healing issues for
women of color who are also survivors."
Another flier circulated sought dona-
tions for an advertisement in the New
York Times and several African-
American weekly newspapers across the
country on Sunday, Nov. 3, the day before
Thomas is seated on the court. The ad will
feature a statement by African-American
women, to "protest Thomas' official ju-
dicial swearing in and seating on the court
said it raised many important issues and
offered a unique perspective on a sensitive
issue.
"Women of color are seldom men-
tioned when discussing rape. This is the
first seminar I've heard of where this is-
sue is brought to the forefront," said
Patricia Raspberry, a Rackham graduate
student.
Elizabeth Webster, an LSA sophomore
who attended the discussion, said, "I'm in
Women's Issues 100 and we're talking
'Women of color are seldom mentioned when
discussing rape. This is the first seminar I've heard
of where this issue is brought to the forefront'
- Patricia Raspberry
Rackham student
and to pledge ourselves to make our
voices heard and listened to in the future
with regard to the interests of African-
American women."
White men rape Black women twice as
often as Black men rape white women, and
rape by Black men is five times more
likely to be reported than rape by white
men, according to SAPAC literature.
Moreover, of 455 men executed for rape
between 1930 and 1967, 405 of them were
Black.
Students who attended the program
about discrimination of women through a
minority perspective. Our TA suggested
we come. I would have come on my own,
though."
"When asked to speak, I didn't feel
like an expert, but I did think I had par-
ticular insight as a Black woman living in
a racist and sexist society," said Rackham
graduate student Tracye Matthews, a
member of the panel. "Within our com-
munity, it is difficult to talk about these
issues. There is a lot of pressure when we
try to raise these issues."
M& Ms
The Lord giveth - and kept on giving - not one, but two Caulk brothers, Mike
who spent yesterday afternoon orating sermons to passers-by on the Diag.
and Mark,
...
Dems. fail to force melfare bill debate
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A House Democrats tried to yank
Democratic attempt to force debate from the Senate Appropriations
on a bill to provide $165.2 million C
for job training and cushion the end Committee a $109 million budge
of a major welfare program was re-
jected 21-17 yesterday in the Senate. Department of Social Services.
Correction
The Daily misspelled the names of two students Tuesday ("Students
question role in search"). They are: Mortar Board President Juliette
Cherbuliez and Panhellenic Association President Katie Kendall.
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