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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
THE UNIVL KAN
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104.NO.59
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1994
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Associate professor wins HOPE
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By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
Before a recent exam, students in Jeff Aubé's organic medicinal agents class gave him a present. They created the chemical structure for cholesterol using Twinkies.
The initiative Aubé, associate professor of medicinal chemistry, instills in his students is one reason why he was the winner of this year's Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator, or HOPE award. The award, established by the University of Kansas Class of 1969, recognizes outstanding teaching and concern for students. It is given annually by the KU senior class and the Board of
Class Officers.
Aubé was given the award before the KU-Oldahoma game.
"I was struck last year when I was a finalist just how important the award is to the KU community," he said. "It's probably the single most gratifying thing that's happened to me at KU.
A lot of the honor of the HOPE is that it comes from students."
The HOPE is the only teaching award at KU given exclusively by students.
Aube has spent his entire teaching career at KU. He arrived here in 1986, having gone to school at the University of Miami in Florida, Duke University and Yale University.
"I decided to go into teaching
because the whole package enticed me," he said. "I liked chemistry as an academic discipline. I liked the creative aspect of research, and I enjoyed working with young people."
Aubé characterized his teaching style as montaneous.
"KU has a particularly good faculty." Aubé said. "To be chosen from such a distinguished group is nice indeed."
"I don't go in with a plan, " he said. "I try to act naturally. Sometimes, I try, it winds up being goofy."
The quality of the KU faculty made the decision very difficult, said Jeff
Aubé said another reason the honor was so special to him was because of KU's faculty.
Russell, Overland Park senior and senior class president.
"I've been involved in the HOPE for three years, and this was one of the toughest decisions we've had to make," Russell said. "All were topical candidates."
Russell said two qualities helped Aubé stand out. The first was the cholesterol present from his students, and the second was Aubé's teaching style.
"In his interview he told us he teaches the basics, but applies them to the real world," Russell said.
Aubé will receive $250 and have his name engraved on a plaque to be displayed in the Kansas Union.
Lawrence voters in older neighborhoods tend to vote liberal or Democrat. Voters in the mower outlivings on the west side of the city tend to vote conservative or liberal, that can go either way are outlives from the 1940s, the 1950s and 1960s, started out voting republican but tend to move towards democrats as they age.
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Gene Budig, former KU chancellor, stands at the site of the former Hoch Auditorium, which recently has been renamed Budig Hall. Budig returned to Lawrence Saturday to attend the ground breaking ceremony. The building's scheduled opening is in Fall 1996.
Budig returns to campus for ceremony
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By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
A who's who of KU administrators and Kansas legislators attended the Saturday morning ground-breaking ceremony for the newly named Budig Hall — formerly Hoch Auditorium.
The ceremony, the shovels and a pan of dirt were moved to the rotunda of Strong Hall because of cold and wind weather. But former Chancellor Gene Budig, for whom the reconstructed building will be named, said it was still an honor to turn the ceremonial soil indoors.
"This is such a special moment for me," said Budig, who left the University of Kansas in August to become president of baseball's American League. "My family's time here was the most rewarding of our lives. KU will be with the Budigs forever."
Budig also will be remembered by KU for years to come, after reconstruction of Budig Hall is completed. The hall, which will house a 1,000-seat lecture hall and two 500-seat lecture halles, is scheduled to open in Fall 1996. The building also will have space for a library and future classrooms.
Last month, the Board of Regents unanimously approved the building's name change, but the words "Hoch Auditorium" will remain on the building's limestone facade, which survived the June 1991 fire that destroyed the rest of the building. The building's official name will be Budig Hall, and the words "Budig Hall" will be placed on the front of the building above "Hoch Auditorium."
"Those two elements were closest to Gene Budig's heart," Shulenburger said. "The building will combine those elements, and it will serve to improve the quality of education here at KU."
Budig, who served as KU's chancellor for 13 years, returned to KU's campus this weekend for the first time since he left in August.
"It brings back very good memories, but giving my speech was a little difficult." Budig said. "It was an
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that naming the building for Budig was appropriate because the building would combine two aspects of education that were important to Budig — classroom teaching and libraries.
emotional moment."
"When you stop to think about the thousands of students who were educated in Hoch, you realize that this building has a very special meaning — not simply as a structure," Finney said. "The building is a tradition, and I believe that it is extremely fitting that this building be named for Budig."
Gov. Joan Finney said that financing the building's reconstruction had been a personal priority.
Elections show polarization of voting power
Iowa Street divides east-side and west-side constituencies
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
Lisa Blair's loss in Tuesday's election was a textbook example of the split between Lawrence's voters.
The Democratic challenger for the Douglas County Commission 1st District seat was ahead of Republican incumbent Mark Buhler by about 500 votes at about 8 d.m. Tuesday.
But by 9 p.m., the tables were turned.
Between 8 and 9 p.m., Douglas County clerk officials counted about 2,000 additional votes for Buhl, putting him far ahead of Blair. He would go on to win the election with 4,973 votes to Blair's 4,284.
When Buhler appeared about 10 p.m. at the Douglas County Courthouse with one-fifth of the vote still left to be counted, Blair shook his hand and conceded the race to him.
The Blair-Buhrer race demonstrated a voting polarization within the city, said Barry Shalinsky, a Lawrence attorney who has studied local politics for the past 20 years. But it also shows a shift in who holds the city's power. Because of the massive amount of suburban development on the west side within the past 10 years, west-side voters increasingly decide who the city's leaders are.
The first votes in — the ones that put Blair ahead — came from the nine precincts east of Iowa Street. Blair won eight of those precincts, most of them by lopsided margins. In one precinct she buried Buhler 70 to 30 percent.
But six of the seven precincts west of Iowa Street, which came in later because of their distance from the
courthouse, were all for Buhler. He received at least 60 percent of the vote in four west-side precincts. Although he won one fewer precincts than Blair, the sheer number of west-side votes gave Buhler enough to easily win re-election.
Shalinsky said that Lawrence had two voting blocks. The west side, which tends to be made up of white, upper middle-income families, is pro-development and Republican. It also tends to support the South Lawrence Trafficway, which is designed to allow west-side traffic easier access to the Kansas City area.
The east side tends to be made up of middle- to lower-income families, KU and Haskell Indian Nations University students and minorities, Shalinsky said. It tends to be Democratic and to dislike Lawrence's recent rapid rate of commercial and residential growth. It also tends to favor realigning the trafficway. The current alignment would send the trafficway through wetlands south of Haskell, which Haskell students say would ruin the wetlands' spiritual qualities.
Blair favored using water meter restrictions to control development, and she favored realigning the trafficway. Bhulli favors no such water meter control and favors the current trafficway alignment. When presented with a choice between two compe
See VOTING, Page 6A.
Buffalo Stampede
The No. 7 Colorado Buffaloes entered Lawrence with a high-powered offense and roughed up the 5-5 Kansas football team 51-26.
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Students learn through African dances, short stories
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
For Ndomby Fhunsu, some people's ignorance about Africa and Africans can be expressed in a question.
Fhnusu told the story to a crowd of about 100 people gathered Saturday night at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The gathering was in celebration of African Cultural Evening, an annual event sponsored by the African Affairs Student Association, Student Union Activities and the drama department.
"A friend of mine is from Kenya," said Fhunsu, Kinshasa, Zaire, senior. "Someone once said to her, 'Kenya — is that east of Wichita?'
After a pause, Fhunsu said, "Way east of Wichita."
"Some people think we're from a different planet." Fhunsu said. "Others think we're subhuman."
"The night is a way to get involved with the community." Dayo said. "It helps them find out more about Africa. There's more to Africa than what people get on TV and in the media."
Those thoughts are the reason for the event, said Osborne Day, Kinshasa, Zaire, junior and representative for the association.
During the evening, poems, songs, short stories and food all illustrated the complex and varied cultures in Africa. Two types of dances, from Ethiopia and Zaire, also provided information and entertainment.
"The dances are so much different than the kinds you see in this country," said Shanta Griffin, Kansas City, Kan., senior. Griffin was one of eight students who participated in the dances.
Griffin said that many African
"It was hard learning the dances at first," Griffin said. "There were lots of different movements that I wasn't used to.
dances used a specific area of the body. Many Ethiopian dances use the shoulders, while some Zairian dances focus more on the hips and lower body.
"But what was great about it was that I started to feel the music after awhile. It eventually became a part of me."
"There are many similarities between African cultures and our culture, like friendship, trust and soc-
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Many people who were not from Africa attended the event. Jose Cantero, Asunción, Paraguay, senior, said he came with two friends because they had been interested in learning about other cultures.
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Ndomby Fhunsu, Kinshaa, Zaire, senior, speaks at the 12th annual African Cultural Evening. The celebration was Saturday night at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Fhunsu left Zaire in 1980 and traveled through Europe, South America and the Caribbean countries before coming to the United States five years ago.
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