SARA FOX
Gay and Lesbian Faculty discuss challenges they face at work and
in society at large at a panel held last night in Taylor Hall.
By Dan Ray
A delegation from Japan’s Min-
istry of Education will be visiting
Haverford this Sunday as one stop
in a series of American college
visits.
The group will be received by
Haverford President Thomas
Kessinger and several members of
Haverford’s Japanese department
for a tour of the campus and lan-
guage facilities.
The visit is part of the effort of
the United States Embassy in Ja-
pan to improve the Japanese
government’s understanding of
higher education in the U.S. and to
expand exchange programs for
American and Japanese under-
graduate students.
Katsuhide Kusahara, Deputy
Director-General of Japan’s Min-
istry of Education, heads the Higher
Education Bureau and will lead
the delegation. Accompanying him
will be representatives from
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Haverford, U.S. colleges
Japan’s Science and International
Affairs Bureau, Teacher Training
University Office, and the Private
Education Institution Department.
In addition, representatives
from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the U.S. Embassy in To-
kyo, and the Japan-U.S. Educa-
tional Commission will be present,
along with an escort and inter-
preter from the Japanese Embassy
in Washington.
The group will arrive early
Sunday afternoon, and President
Kessinger will give a personal tour
_of the campus, explaining not only
the facilities, but the philosophy
and essence of Haverford College.
After the tour, the delegation will —
eat dinner at the President’s house
_with Japanese professors Matthew
Mizenko and Yoko Koike and four
Haverford students chosen by
them.
Particular sites to be visited at
Haverford are the Japanese Zen
garden behind the Dining Center,
the Quaker Collection at Magill
Library, which houses manuscripts
on important Japanese citizens who
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BMC LESBIAN,
- By Ellen Chrismer
‘Se Contributing Editor
Bisexuals, gay and lesbians
' face special challenges in their pro-
_ fessional life when they openly
declare their sexual orientation.
Last night, in a discussion spon-
" sored by C.H.A.N.G.E. (Challeng-
ing Homophobia through Action
‘n’ Greater Education) and the
Office of Institutional Diversity,
eight “out” bisexual, gay and les-
bian Bryn Mawr faculty and staff
members spoke about the chal-
lenges they face in academia as
well as in their day-to-day lives.
Beginning the forum each fac-
ulty and staff member offered a
personal account of their experi-
ence of being “out” at Bryn Mawr,
a college that prides itself on its
commitment to diversity and open-
ness. ae)
“Fortunately for us the atmo-
sphere at Bryn Mawr is extremely
tolerant....[Being gay] is an issue
that doesn’t come up,” said Profes-
sor of Biology Anthony Kaney.
Sharon Ullman, Assistant Pro-
fessor of History, and Alex Juhasz,
Mellon Post-doctoral Fellow and
Lecturer in History of Art, dis-
agreed, expressing their belief that
is it much harder to be out as a
lesbian at a women’s college.
“Y’ve found this to be a very
closeted place for women faculty,
especially coming from
Swarthmore,” said Juhasz. “I was
very surprised to find out how few
‘out? women on campus there
were,” she said, explaining why
she publicly came out at Bryn
Mawr.
Ullman mentioned the pres-
sures that lesbian professors face
from alumnae who are concerned
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