1972-09-11; Central Michigan Life

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by Rick Fitzgerald
LIFE Staff Writer
Because of an overflow of calls from
women students wanting birth control
• appointments at University Health
Services (UHS), UHS officials and the
Women's Health Project (under the
auspices of Associated Women Students)
have joined hands in an attempt to
alleviate the problem.
The joint effort being made involves
informal, educational discussions on birth
control, according to Dr. John A.
Vandrick, UHS director.
"We know from last year and so far
this fall that there is a tremendous need
on this campus for education in the areas
of sexuality and birth control. Now we
have decided to work together with the
Women's Health Project to fill those
needs," Vandrick explains. .
Demands for birth control services
last year were far greater than UHS could
handle with its limited staff, Vandrick
continues", and already this fall
appointments must be made many weeks
in advance.
The program being formulated by the
two groups involves informal discussion
each Wednesday at 7;30 p.m. in the UHS
lobby. Dr. Russell Ragan of the health
service staff will present information
concerning the physiology of the
menstrual cycle, actions of the birth
control pill, advantages and disadvantages
of the pill as well as alternative methods of
conception control. "*'     -7
"This is by no means a lecture," Miss
Grosvenor notes.- "Following Dr. Ragan's
basic explanation will be a general
question and answer period. After general
questions are taken care of, women will
have the opportunity to talk with any of
the 26 birth control counselors from
Women's Health Project on a one-to-one
basis in private," she adds. The first
meeting will be Thursday evening.
Vandrick explained that a birth
control appointment now takes ,
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Physicians not only conduct a physical
"examination, but explain the concept of
birth control to the patient.
Women   wishing   to   attend   the
discussion sessions should call 774-3762.
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Volume 53, Number 6
Mt. Pleasant Michigan 48858
September 11. 1972
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strong rapids. The river level is finally subsiding after being swollen from summer rains.
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wish  thPv"60638?!11?   more   vocational,
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t^rpe]d0vl.^Cati0n^  •**»tion   aa   "an
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vocational I've had experience with*".
said Boyd. "Its primary .purpose was teaching and that
was the primary reason students came here.
"However, this is no longer true-we are now
suffering the strain of a period of transition."
. Boyd explained that American university degrees
had always been regarded as a marketable commodity
for finding a jol). With the tightened job market,
students began to realize a college degree did not
bring a guaranteed -job.
"We've got to think of why students come here,"
reasoned Boyd. "They come here to plan a career, and
if the University doesn't-help them do this, they've
been cheated.
"We have to ask ourselves what vocation besides
teaching we can Offer a valuable education for," he
said. "We have to know what student needs are."
Boyd said the University will have to re-examine
programs to make sure they are adequately preparing
students with a more libera! background education.
"I do not believe there is the necessary conflict
between vocational and liberal education," stressed
Boyd.
"Most vocations people come here to prepare for
are professions, and mostprofessions require a liberal
education," he explained.
"That means large components of our vocational
programs will be liberal or general in nature."
Boyd said there is tension between the demands
of liberal and professional education. "This tension is
, healthy, there has to be balance between the two," he
said.
When asked to explain the University's role in
preparing students for business jobs that have special
intern trainings Boyd said; "We have to give the
student a background of general knowledge in
addition to his special area of study.
"Businesses want people who learn fast. They
don't want to have to train students in their specific
field," he said.
Boyd cited an accountant as an example.
"After a  person  has  followed  an  accounting
curriculum, he has general knowledge of his area. The
intern program of a business would be to accustom the
graduate to how that business used accounting," he
..said..
"It is dangerous to conclude that big business will
train you no matter what type of education you've
had," IJ0yd>warned.'
He said the University is interested in what
students do and make With their lives. "When the
quality of education goes up, thequality of literacy will
be Uniformaly high* We must help free people to be
then? best selves," BoydI concluded.
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