European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of atonal sex equity learning materials kit for children n kindergarten through the fifth Grade. Nihlen and Bailey found that a game would work much better with  than a slide show or a speech presentation. A tha women As assistant professors at the diversity s educational foundations department i their research in 1982 with 120 students from Longfellow. The children were put through Parent approved programs including a stick figure test where they ire asked to match a Man or woman to a stick figure or forming a Job. We found that occupational stereotypes were alive i Well even in kindergarten says Bailey who is now t Eastern Montana College in Billings. The next step was to introduce the children to kers from non traditional jobs including a woman judge to see if the kids would change their attitudes. What we found was kids would change their attitudes about work choices for other kids but did t a change views for themselves or their futures Bailey Days. In 1983, adults were brought into the schools to Tell a the children Why they pursued non traditional jobs. The ,1 researchers chose 14 women including a Carpenter and a geologist and three men a Secretary a nurse and a homemaker. In november 1984, a prototype for the game was i using the photographs of the non traditional ers. In 1985, mock boards and game cards were 3 and Pilot testing of the game began. Only 200 of the Board games Are being printed and l says 150 of them will be distributed free to 3 organizations statewide. Both inventors Hope b game eventually will be sold in toy stores. Nyhlen says the game was demonstrated in june at j National women s studies association conference n Seattle  effect what they be discovered shows that what 9 doing now is ineffective says Lynn Gan Gorie Ator of project voice a new York state funded 1 aimed at teaching teachers How to treat boys f Girts equally especially in choosing careers. The Bottom line to getting to these kids when y re Young because by the time they re exposed to to. Choices in High school it s too late.". To Ida mow a regional Counselor of the a Cal Fola polytechnic University in Pomona calif., so often what happens is teachers Don t 4xnsctousry know they re reinforcing sex stereotypes of fit this is another Way they can know what s going on i the Heads of their students " monopoly is a game based on american values and a taught american  says Kathryn Brooks. Rusf Rector of the women s Center at the University of " a few Mexico. This game can t help but have an effects children because they remember things like let Vav saturday february 8, 1988 stars and stripes Page 17 Erma Bombeck i Here s a theory being advanced by Tele vision that when marriage begins ratings fall. There is no Fife after bed so hold Oft the physical stuff for As Long As. You can to keep i the principals interested. So. We have scarecrow Locking eyes with mrs. King Pristine exchanging looks with Peter on hotel. And  on to s the Olno Remington sleeve and Diane and same fave bal innuendos on the list goes on.,. Stare we saying Here that marriage can t pull a As that no one wants to watch legalized sex to there that nag Long fear that a marriage series n t last 13 weeks without being cancelled 1 i saw a Story the other Day that said Spenser Isa Ensen for hire and Susan Nave no plans  spin a Legal Union As it might Dampen the ardor.1 have you any idea How that makes married people Board game path to the Board room by Diane Zielinski United press International monopoly move Over. Buying and Selling houses railroads and hotels is fun but today s Money is in franchising and corporate takeovers. Why invest play Money in Plain old Boardwalk and Park place when you can be a movie Mogul at colossal features or the tycoon of Titan automotive inc entrepreneur Gary Togni has invested his life savings to design and promote a Board game he Calls appropriately enough entrepreneur in which the goal is to become chairman of the Board through buying Selling and franchising businesses and bankrupting competitors. If running no frills airlines and tall spin flight school becomes As routine As waiting for Luggage at the baggage claim Well a player can always take Over agony airways and dominate air travel with a Mere Roll of the Dice. Togel said his game is More than just a toy it represents a dramatic change in business philosophy. The country has been run on old smokestack industries but this is no longer True for Young workers in the marketplace said Togni 44. We re seeing a lot of Young people with their Mas who come out of school and say i want to Start my own companies students Are starting businesses in their own  entrepreneur was invented on a dining room table where Togel and his family spent six months playing with a paper game Board. After the game was perfected Togel approached two of the nation s major game makers Parker Bros and Selchow & Righter who both turned it Down. Bui that did not discourage Togel a professional Home and Energy show promoter. Like a True entrepreneur he gambled he could make the game a Success on his own. Togel and his wife Rosemary invested their life savings in entrepreneur hired local firms to create the Board and pieces and found a lawyer to get the patents and trademarks. The rejections spurred us on he said. We feel it s worked out better because we have More  and the initial returns seem to justify his Gamble. The first run of 1,000 of the full color games which Sells for Gary Togel developed entrepreneur. $21.95, has been sold out to stores and he has ordered another 5,000 games. Togel also has visited Many shopping malls to pitch the game to store managers and customers. . Penney s stores in new York and Pennsylvania Stock the game and officials said the item May be sold nationally. We re trying to Combine what a True entrepreneur would do Togni said. You invest Money you take risks sometimes you reap the benefits and sometimes you  players Start with $2,000 Cash and can invest in automotive medical electronics shipping airline movie restaurant and real estate industries All with Tongue in Cheek names such As Short circuit electronics co. And or. Novocaine s dentistry school. Empire carefully built can easily be destroyed through a hostile takeover. Players who land on the takeover Square can with a Roll of the Dice buy any business on the Board even if the owner does not want to sell. This teaches you business strategy he said. Togel first got the idea for entrepreneur one Day while looking at his collection of business cards and joking about creating humorous cards. Those imaginary cards like ones for the . Fat health club and the Quick Sand development co., ended up in the game. I m not really a big game player  he said but i always wanted to Start my own business and thought Why not invent a game for people who had always wanted their own businesses too and now that the first edition is out Togel already is looking to the future. What s next what else entrepreneur ii. Feel i la Tell you How it makes us feel. Like the fire works Are Over and we re hanging around sorting socks until the social Security checks come. Are All the married people in the world stupid do you honestly think they d Exchange the love boat for animal kingdom you know what the problem is love is hard to show. Because it was never meant to be a Spectator sport. Love is where a person voluntarily gives himself to another human being and most people would t recognize it if they saw it. Love in t particularly dramatic intoxicating passionate noisy or spine tingling. Can t you see a producer pitching this love Story to a network there s this couple who have beep married 30 years and for 30-years she has Given the Only Maraschino Cherry in the can of fruit cocktail to her husband because he enjoys them. In 30 years he has. Never guessed that she adores Maraschino cherries As much As he does. There will be weeks when nothing big will happen in the series. They la live humdrum lives and survive what Ever life hands them. Sometimes it won t be a comedy format. They la argue insult one another rip away the veneer that covers a nerve threaten and accuse with out so much As an apology or kiss before the Commer Cial. They la spend a whole episode arguing about who filled up the Gas tank last but when they Bury a child they will say nothing. Dull Boring uneventful it would seem so. But All married couples at one time or another played the scenes being played by Christine and Peter Laura and Remington Sam and Diane. They be Oriade the Small talk danced the ritual dance of superficiality and come up panting and  decided to take the risk get married and see if they could sustain the  you won t need a Niel sen family to Tell you if you re a hit. You la know. C los Antes Tymn Syndicate