1993_09 The Daily Collegian September 1993

              Welmesfoap, September 8, 1993
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ACROSS
1 where one night
study Andy Harhol's
works (3 wds.)
12 Enrollment Into
college
14 "Calculus Hade Sim¬
ple," e.g. (2 wds.)
16 Evaluate
17 Extremely small
18 Follows a recipe
direction
19 Belonging to Mr.
Pad no
22 Of land measure
23 Meets a poker bet
24   Gay <WH II
plane)
26 Capri, e.g.
27 Belonging to Mayor
Koch
28 Irritate or
embitter
30 Train for a boxing
match
31   and the
Belmonts
32 Processions
35 Diet supplement
(abdr.J
38 Scottish historian
and philosopher
39 College In Green¬
ville, Pa.
40 The Venerable 	
©Edward Julius
41 "...not with 	
but a whimper,0
43 Return on Invest¬
ment (abbr.)
44 Pondered
45 Belonging to Mr.
Starr
47 Part of the classi¬
fieds (2 wds.)
48 Possible place to
study abroad (2 wds)
52 Small school 1n Can¬
ton, Ohio (2 wds.)
53 Orson Welles film
classic (2 wds.)
DOWN
1 Those who are duped
2 "Do unto  ,.,"
3 Fourth estate
4 Goals
5 Hell-known record
label
6 Uell-known king
7 151 to Caesar
8 Prefix meaning milk
9 Confused (2 wds.)
10   husky
LI Most Immediate
12 tike a sailboat
13 Cash register key
(2 wds.)
14 Ea——• (as a whole)
15 Auto racing son of
Richard Petty
19 Political disorder
20   cit. {footnote
abbreviation)
21 Traveled on a
Flexible Flyer
24 Glorify
25 Prospero's servant
in "The Tempest"
28 Well-known govern¬
ment agency
29 American league
team (abbr.)
30 Fictional hypnotist
32 Style exemplified
by Picasso
33 "She's  ..."
(from "Flashdance")
34 Be unwell
35 Visible trace
36 Think
37 Woman's under¬
garment
38 Commit kiri
40 —— burner
42  "...for  1f  I  	
away..."
44 Actress Globs
46 African antelope
47 Well-known TV band¬
leader
49 Pi nee	
{eyeglass type)
50 1968 film, "	
Station Zebra"
51 1965 film, "	
Ryan's Express"
Family and Medical Leave:
A Good Start, But is it Enough
It may be the dawning of a new era for families
in America. The Family and Medical Leave Act
goes into effect, providing, for the first time in our
naUon's lilstory, a statutory right for parents to
spend time with their babies without fear of
losing their jobs. President Clinton signed it into
law as one of his first official acts. George Bush
had vetoed it twice.
Although this law moves in the right direction, it
is only a first step on a long road to parity with all
other industrialized nations' comprehensive
family policies. The law provides parents with
time to love and leam about their new sons and
daughters- 12 weeks of job-protected leave. But it
does not provide them with the means, since the
guaranteed leave is unpaid.
Nor do all parents qualify. Only employers with
50 or more workers are required to grant parental
leave, exempting 43 percent of American employ¬
ees and 95 percent of employers.
As welcome as it is, the law falls far short of
other countries' policies. Most European nations
offer employees more time off- and with pay. In
France, mothers can spend 16 weeks with their
newborns, at 90 percent of their normal wages.
Canada provides mothers with the option to take
up to 41 weeks of leave, the first 15 weeks at 60
percent of normal pay.
Clearly, our foreign friends and competitors view
parental leave as a right, while we consider it a
benefit, available only to select parents with the
money to take advantage of it- In the United
States, parents are left to choose between unpaid
leave or no leave at all.
Further, there is next to no assistance for fami¬
lies when a parent returns to the job. Child care
policy in this nation also lags behind that of
Europe. There they have no difficulty recognizing
that every child needs love and nurturing in the
early years to succeed in the school and in life.
In France, for example. 96 percent of children
ages three to five attend high quality, publicly
supported preschool programs, which are open
year round, five days a week. The out-of pocket
expense for French parents is about $210 a year.
In the U.S. parents must spend an average of
$3,300 a year for child care. Yet quality care-
insuring a safe, stimulating environment where
children can develop good relationships with
caring adults who are adequately paid- actually
costs upward of $8,000 per child.
Editor in Chief
Lisa Driver
Managing Editor
George
Constantinopoulos
News Editor
David Mirhadi
Photo Editor
Matthew Soby
Sports Editor
David Donnelly
Advertising Manager
Stephen Kellogg
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