University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 8, 1976
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Food awareness day seen as only a start
By JANICE EARLY
Staff Writer
The Rev, Matthew Habiger, a member of the World Hunger Awareness Coalition (WHAC), said yesterday that he agreed with criticism that today's World Food Day activities weren't going to solve the problem of world hunger.
"But it's a start." he said.
WHAC is sponsoring an information fair today, with booths representing subjects from food stamps to gardening, from 1 p.m. to the Big Eight Room of the Kansas University.
A special World Food Day meal is
provided by the United Ministries
building, 1294 Organ
After the dinner, a panel of KU faculty, Kansas farmers and State Rep. John Vogel, R-Lawrence and chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, will discuss "What is the Role of Kansas and Higher Education in the World Food Issue?"
Habigare's statement was in response to comments made last week by Roy Laird, professor of political science and Slavic and Soviet area studies, who said that the activities of KU students in observing World Food Day wouldn't accomplish anything.
"These skip-a-lunch days to feed the hungry in the world won't help," Laird said, "because they fail to face up to the reality of the problem."
Laird said the problem of world hunger primarily stemmed from foolish, short-sighted policies imposed on farmers, by their governments.
The main reason nations aren't producing adequate food to supply their populations, Laird said, is that their governments are practicing policies of "disincentives."
"The land may be there and the potential for increasing yields may be there, but the peasant farmers would be penalized to buy fertilizer." Laird said.
HE SAID that politicians of rural nations
expense of decreasing the standard of
labor.
living, such as leaving large tracks of land uncultivated and not controlling prices.
Because the farmers have no organic fertilizer, Land said, nothing is done about the pollination is done about the policies.
He said activities like World Food Day only point out that "we're the gluttons of the world." He said he disagreed with the attitude that "if we would just stop eating so well it would go a long way toward solving the problem of world hunger."
LAIRD HAS been asked to write a chapter on the problem of world hunger for a book to be published by the Iowa Food Center. He will be a panelist in a world food conference held in New York. Laird said he was in favor of conferences like the one at Iowa State this summer.
HABIGER COMPARED the role of the United States in the world hunger problem to that of England in the American Revolution.
Habiger said that the objective of World Food Day was to "eliminate world hunger, but to raise awareness in people's minds of the vastness of the problem.
"Two hundred years ago, during the American Revolution, there was a great cry among patriots that England was abusing the colonists. They were taking advantage of our work, our land, and we threw off our exploiters.
"Iagree that skipping a meal in a dorm is only a drop in the bucket." Habig said, "but it might lead to an awareness that we must change our lifestyles."
"After World War II, the United States emerged as a great world power. Because of foreign investment, and tremendous influence abroad, especially in developing nations, we have become England," he said.
Habiser said it was WHAC's objective to make awareness of the world hunger problem a part of the University's thinking and curriculum.
"We have got to be part of the solution," he said.
SUA art shows still have future
SUA officials say they haven't discontinued plans for future programs related to the arts, despite low attendance at the festival. It is also a part of this year's Festival of the Arts.
But Miller said all three performances were well-received by the audiences, and the performers enjoyed their KU appearances.
"It will be at least a week until we can account for all expenses and make any sort of decisions."
Attendance was estimated by Mike Miller, SUA adviser, to have been 200 at the Chicago Chamber Orchestra concert Sunday night, 120 at the George Pimbleton Monday night and 450 at the American Chamber Ballet performance last night.
Cancellations for performances by Lionel Hampton and Herbie Hancock eliminated the cost to SUA of publicizing and presenting the two shows. Miller said.
Even though plans for this year's festival bad to be canceled, Miller said there was still a possibility SUA could break even financially.
The SUA Board is giving a lot of thought to programs in the arts for next year, he backs.
salt
How the board's meeting Tuesday night,
Howard Collinson, Lawrence sophomore
and 1976-77 SUA Board fine arts members, the group presented a new presentation emphasizing the arts.
Collison said he questioned the feasibility of the festival as it existed now, and proposed a three-week program encompassing activities in the fine arts that already existed at KU. The three weeks involved by guest lecturers and performers.
But no definite plans have been set by SUA for next year's fine arts programs.
"The Board, as a whole, did not vote on the issue, but it looks like it could be a very feasible program." Rosalea Postma, Lawrence junior and SUA president, said.
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Protest art show casual
In mild protest of the annual Scholarship Art Show, a group of KU students is presenting "a less structured and more casual" show tomorrow in Oread Hall.
Heap-of-Birds said that he, Larry Wutterworth, Topeka senior, and Shirley Scheier, Leawood senior, were coordinating the nonprofit show because "the other show seems to show more developed work by upperclassmen so that freshmen and sophomore are left out" and because "the other doesn't encourage women to compete."
Edgar Heap-of-Birds, Wichita senior, said Friday the show would primarily give underschramen an opportunity to exhibit their skills and print books. Few sculptures are expected.
A faculty committee from the art and design departments selects the art to be in the Scholarship Art Show, and makes recommendations for student awards, he
Heap-of-Birds, who won the Ward Lock-wood award in last year's Scholarship Art Show, said there would be no judging, and anyone was welcome to contribute art.
Michael Ott, associate professor of painting and sculpture, said an increase in people interested in art limited the selection of participants.
The Scholarship Art Show will be April 21 through May 7 in the Kansas University Gallery.
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