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2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN this week in KU HISTORY nov.14 - nov.18
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14.2005
NEWS
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BY KELSEY HAYES
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Nov.13,1970
Gary Jackson, a University of Kansas law student, sued the University after he lost his job as an assistant with the Dean of Men's office. The defendants in the case were Chancellor E. Lawrence Chalmers and the Kansas Regents. The case received attention because Jackson, an African American, suspected that race had played a motivating factor.
Jackson, who graduated from the University with degrees in psychology and personnel administration, was dismissed from his job after he was accused of buying ammunition. He had not broken any crimes by doing so. Jackson was active with Afro House, 946 1/2 Rhode Island St. Afro House was a cultural center that provided after-school activities and mentorship to local minority children. It had been suspected that Afro House might also be linked to other organizations.
Donald K. Alderson, Jackson's employer, had said that he was doing "a good job" and had no idea why he'd been dismissed.
Before Delta Force and KUnited, there were University Party and Vox Populi. Following the November elections, each party took 15 seats in the All Student Council (known today as Student Senate). Because of holdover elections, University Party now held a 21 to 19 majority over Vox Populi.
Harry Bretschneider, University Party secretary, called the new majority a great victory, and stressed that University Party had a large duty to better the University. A spokesman for Vox Populi said that the party would not attempt to block any new legislation.
Nov.16,1964
The new officers took their seats on the Council after Thanksgiving break.
The elections came after people criticized limits in campaign spending. A $200 limit had been opposed, but this was flagrantly ignored, and some candidates admitted to spending thousands of dollars on the campaign.
Nov.17,1989
More than 200 protestors gathered outside of Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., to protest the showing of Martin Scorsese's controversial film "The Last Temptation of Christ," starring Willem Dafoe as Jesus. Most of the protestors were from St. Mary's Academy, but a few were from the University of Kansas. The group sang hymns, passed out literature and participated in public prayer.
Many KU students said that the protests only increased their interests in the film.
Rev. Herve de la Tour led the protests saying that he hoped the protestors could prevent the showing of the film. The film ran through Dec. 3.
Source: The University Daily Kansan archives at the Spencer Research Library.
Edited by Nate Karlin
ENTERTAINMENT
'Chicken Little' tops box office again
LOS ANGELES — "Chicken Little" remained No. 1 in the pecking order, taking in $32 million in its second weekend.
Debuting in second place was the sci-fi fantasy "Zathura: A Space Adventure," which grossed $14 million.
Owen — opened in third with $12.8 million.
Jennifer Aniston's first post- "Friends" film — the thriller "Derailed," co-starring Clive
Rapper Curtis "50 Cent"
Jackson's semi-autobiographical drama "Get Rich or Die Tryin" premiered at No. 4 with $12.5 million, though it played in fewer theaters. It has grossed $18.2 million since opening.
Also debuting in the top 10 was Kira Knightley's "Pride & Prejudice", a new take on Jane Austen's 19th century classic of romance and class conflict. The film came in at No. 10.
GTAs face many challenges
The Associated Press
BY GARY SOUZA
gsoau2@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
ADMINISTRATION
Living on graduate teaching assistants' salaries is not easy, both GTAs and the departments that employ them agree.
GTAs have basic duties: leading discussions, grading tests, quizzes and homework assignments, and holding office hours to assist students with their studies. They cannot be paid less than $10,000 a year and their contracts require them to put in at least 20 hours of work each week. But Patricia Tomé, Pontevedra, Spain, graduate teaching assistant in the department of Spanish and Portuguese, said she always ended up working more than that.
Tomé said the contract didn't account for the number of hours it actually took to grade assignments. For instance, papers take much longer to grade than multiple choice quizzes. Tomé teaches a Spanish composition class and grades mostly papers.
Tomé also spends quite a bit of her time meeting with students who cannot meet during her office hours. She said she figured out she was getting paid $1.25 per hour because of how many hours she worked.
It all depends on how GTAs are considered, said John Colombo, acting chairman of the department of psychology.
GTAs can be considered apprentices, meaning they are gaining experience they will need for future careers. Salaries are adequate if considered in that light, he said.
If GTAs are considered traditional employees, their salary is definitely not adequate. he said.
The amount given to GTAs is never enough, especially when you figure in the cost of tuition and fees, said Karen Hummel, university support specialist with the department of religious studies.
Religious studies pays its GTAsan average of $11,684 per year, according to the KU Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Even though it is greater than the minimum, Hummel still thinks it isn't a realistic amount to live on.
"It's a tough life to balance out." she said.
— Edited by Jonathan Kealing
Salaries
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The higher salaries makes it easier to recruit a sufficient number of teaching assistants.
In some cases, the mathematics department hires undergraduate students to be "graders," Prothe said. Those students grade assignments and tests for various classes. Graders are not always used, however, and it is usually up to the professor or GTA who is teaching the class to decide whether to use one.
Tomé is not unhappy with her salary. On the contrary, she says it's enough for her to live a "pretty decent life." She earns enough money to go back to Spain every couple of years.
Still, she feels her salary won't be fair until all GTAs who have taught for the same amount of time receive the same amount of money.
"We all do the same job," she said.
Spaced-out singing
Edited by Jonathan Kealing
Paul McCartney, Bill Bernstein/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paul McCarty plays during a concert in Anahale, Calif., on Saturday night in front of a projected image of Expedition 12 Commander and NASA science officer Bill McArthur, right, and flight engineer Valeri Tokarev as he becomes the first musician to broadcast live music to an audience in space, in this image made available by Paul McCarty on Sunday. The astronauts were given a special musical wake-up call featuring "English Tea," from McCarty's recently released album "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard," as well as The Beatles classic "Good Day Sunshine."
HOLLYWOOD
Writers, actors call for rules on product placement
BY GARY GENTILE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Writers and actors are calling for a code to govern the trend of hidden advertising in TV shows and films, and they say they will appeal to federal regulators if studios don't respond.
The unions also say they want their share of the billions of dollars in advertising revenue generated by what they write and act in.
Advertising has been creeping into programming for years, blurring the line of ad and program.
Increasingly, the products are becoming integrated into story lines as well. The character Gabrielle on "Desperate Housewives," was seen last season as an auto show model, touting a new Buick.
Representatives from the Writers Guild of America planned to release a study Monday.
lines that sell this merchandise and to defly disguise the sale as a story" the study states.
"We are being told to write the
The WGA is calling for a code that would mandate full disclosure of all product integration deals at the beginning of a program so viewers know they will be "subject to hidden or stealth advertising."
The code would also require the issue to be discussed in bargaining to give actors, writers and directors a voice in how products are used.
"Just as there is an established right to truth-in-advertising, there should be a similar right to truth-in-programming," SAG President Alan Rosenberg said.
The effort is part of a larger push by the WGA to unionize those who work on reality TV shows.
Nick Counter, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers president, has called the WGA's stance "an unfortunate tactic," in the past.
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11/14 | 7 p.m. Dole Institute of Politics
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