Carolina Alumni Review - July/August 2008

women, representing a variety of ethnic
and religious backgrounds. They worked
with, among many things, the Provost’s
Gender Equity Committee, the women’s
affairs committee of

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Women’s Center, and at least one had received a University Award for the Advancement of Homeby Another Way Women (formerly

As construction ebbs, Carolina is a campus altered named for Cornelia

Phillips Spencer, appreciated for more than a century as integral to revival of the University following devastation of the Civil War).

Obviously, none of the four recipients was a member of Carolina’s shrunken gender minority. In reading the article, and considering Carolina’s quests for equity and diversity, it occurred to me that perhaps the Gender Equity Committee, and

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the University at large, may wish to focus on equity for men, including admissions commensurate with their numbers in the North Carolina population, and that, given the reduced presence of men on the campus (and the overwhelming preponderance of women) there should be, if not already, a Carolina Men’s Center, men’s affairs committee of Student Government, and University Awards for the Advancement of Men — or, conversely, that the groups and awards reserved for women’s recognition

are anachronisms at the Carolina of the 21st century.

R. Michael Childs ’ 61

Charlotte

A Day When Rameses
Needed an Extra Escort

The death of Rameses XVII is a touching story. I have a story of Rameses in 1951. I was in charge of the big gate where bands enter the field. Robert Hogan brought Rameses to the game and, upon entering the gate, there were at least eight persons holding on to Rameses. I asked Mr. Hogan, “What’s going on?” He replied that Rameses was somewhat rambunctious that day and he had to be held. I laughed, but let all eight persons accompany Rameses. As soon as they got to the field they relaxed their holds and scattered. Rameses stood there as calm as a day without a breeze.