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Sports: Jesse Gremminger hit his third home run of the season in yesterday's win against Oklahoma.
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Inside: IMF meetings went on as scheduled yesterday despite protests.
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2000
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Pride fills downtown streets
Queers and supporters proudly chant and display signs at the Pride Parade. The parade started at Sixth and Massachusetts streets and went the length of downtown Saturday. The parade marked the culmination of a variety of Pride Week activities last week in Lawrence. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
Queers, allies end week of events with procession
By Ryan Blethen
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
They are queer, living in Lawrence and proud. And Saturday they let people know about it.
A group of about 40 people and one miniature Doberman Pinscher named "Maxipad with Wings," marched down Massachusetts Street in the Pride Parade. Parade participants included both University of Kansas students and Lawrence residents.
It began at Massachusetts and Sixth streets at noon and ended at South Park, just past 13th Street. The group was led by a police car and followed by two others. A couple of officers walked behind the group, telling them to stay on the right side of the yellow line.
As the group moved south on Massachusetts Street, it chanted, "We're here; we're queer; we're fabulous; get used to it."
Hearing the loud and proud chant, downtown shoppers peered out of stores to see what was happening. Many reactions were positive, as people gave the thumbs up, and drivers honked to show their support. By the end of the parade, the group of about 40 had swelled to about 75.
While a turtle mascot stood outside of The Children's Book Shop, 937 Massachusetts St., and waved to the parade, a family looked on and a group of about 10 anti-gay protesters marched past.
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University revises undergrad goals
By Ryan Devlin
Kansan staff writer
Eleven years ago, the University of Kansas came up with 11 goals intended to guide undergraduates through their academic careers.
In October, the provost's office charged a committee to revise the University's general education goals. The committee recently finished its work and has decreased the number of goals to six.
"The new goals are a pared down, more focused version," said Don Worster, chairman of the committee and professor of history. "We didn't feel the old goals were effectively developed. There was not a lot of emphasis on science, and the language seemed very stiff. They also didn't seem to look at things from the point of view of undergraduates."
Worster said the new goals placed an increased emphasis on attaining a working knowledge of mathematics and enhancing students' levels of self-discipline and social responsibility. Also included in the new goals is an emphasis on research.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost, said it was important for students to have a research experience. She said research helped students develop their critical thinking abilities and their abilities to disseminate information.
"Those are important qualities to possess in the modern environment, particularly with the advances being made in technology and with the advent of the Internet," McCluskey-Fawcett said.
She said that, unfortunately, most students and faculty weren't aware that the goals had existed.
"They're kind of buried in the undergraduate catalog," she said. "One of the questions we now must address is how do we make the goals more accessible to the students."
She said the goals likely would be included in recruitment packets for incoming freshmen and faculty.
McCluskey-Fawcett said a Web site encouraged students and faculty to e-mail the provost's office with feedback. She said that the provost's office also would hold
More information
Both versions of the goals are available on the provast's Web site.
www.ukans.edu/~provost
UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMICS
Goal 1. To enhance the skills and knowledge needed to research, organize, evaluate and apply new information and develop a spirit of critical inquiry and intellectual integrity.
Goal 2. To acquire knowledge in the fine arts, humanities and social, natural and mathematical sciences and to be able to integrate that knowledge across disciplines.
Goal 3. To improve the core skills of reading, writing and numeracy and to enhance communication by clear, effective use of language.
Goal 4. To understand and appreciate the development, culture and diversity of the United States and of other societies and nations
Goal 5. To become aware of contemporary issues in society, technology and the natural world and appreciate their complexity of cause and consequences
Goal 6. To practice an ethic of self-discipline, social responsibility and citizenship on a local, national and international level.
town hall meetings in May with the intent of gaining feedback before the goals were sent back to the assessment committee for revision. The goals will then go to Provost David Shulenburger for approval.
Kori Green, Great Bend senior in women's studies, served on the committee. She said the goals were not unrealistic in their expectations.
"I think I've managed to attain these goals through my education," Green said. "What I wanted when I came here was a well-rounded experience."
Green said she thought students in more specialized areas of study might have to make an additional effort to achieve the goals.
Pool Boys splash into God, rock music with performances
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By Jason McKee Special to the Kansan
God isn't dead — and neither is rock 'n' roll
if the brain is students
God isn't dead — and neither is rock 'n' roll — if the hundreds of students who pack Woodriff Auditorium for Open Swim every Monday night are any indication.
Despite the name, Open Swim has nothing to do with aquatic sports. It is a celebration of God and a place where students come together to worship Christ through music.
And it's not the kind of music traditionally associated with Christianity.
The Pool Boys, usually the "house band" for Open Swim, plays gospel music, but with an edge. With electric guitars blaring and drums pounding, Open Swim feels more like a rock concert than a church meeting.
Chris DeTray, guitarist/vocalist for the Pool Boys and University of Kansas graduate, said he wasn't worried about straying from traditional Christian practices in concerts.
Open Swim started two years ago when DeTray and Tyler Clements, Kansas City, Mo., senior and drummer/guitarist for the Pool Boys, began praying together in Danforth Chapel. It soon morphed into a musical gathering when guitarist/vocalist Rob Hockney, who also graduated from the University, joined them.
"It isn't a religious movement," he said. "It's about Jesus — and God calling people to him. Music is what moves people, and Christ's love is found in that music."
DeTray said that when the Pool Boys started it had a regular audience of only seven people, a far cry from the nearly 500 students who fill Woodruff Auditorium to near capacity at 9 p.m. each Monday.
Perhaps most impressive of all, the group did it without advertising. Word of mouth alone has sustained the band and allowed them to thrive.
Rob Hockney and Chris DeTray of the Pool Boys harmonize during a recent Monday performance at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The Pool Boys usually draw hundreds of students who worship Christ through music. Photo by Jami Roper/KANSAN
The band members take no responsibility for their success.
"It's not something we have done," DeTray said. "It's something God has done. We are just being faithful to him."
"This is more than the Pool Boys," he said.
Kevin Connywendy, a Norman, Olda, member of the Comanche tribe, dances during the opening ceremony of the First Nations Student Association's spring powwow. The event drew more than 20 different tribes. Photo by Jamie Roer/KANSAN
Before each concert there is definitely not a feeling of austerity in the auditorium. Students gather in packs and greet one another warmly with hugs and happy salutations. They mill around chatting, almost as if they are attending a reunion of old friends rather than a religious service. The solemnity typical of a Sunday service is nowhere to be found.
"God is doing an awesome thing and using the Pool Boys to do that. God is doing it all."
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Powwow connects past with present
By Kursten Phelps
Special to the Kansan
Dressed in elaborate traditional regalia, Native-American dancers filled the arena as the sound of pounding drums .permeated Anschutz Sports Pavilion Saturday night at the First Nations Student Association's annual spring powwow.
"It's a celebratory event that goes back to our victory dance, when there was a hunt or when the warriors came back from battle," said Shelley Bointy, First Nations Student Association co-president and Poplar, Mont., senior. "We danced and honored different people in the community that had accomplished something. It's a time of celebration, not really a ceremony."
The event included dance competitions in several categories, including Northern traditional, Southern straight, grass and fancy for the men's divisions. Dance categories for women included Northern traditional, Southern cloth and buckskin, jingle dress and fancy shawl.
The powwow included a special honor song for graduating Native-American KU students. As the students danced, well-wishers congratulated them and the emcee praised their efforts.
Two KU students also were honored in another way. Joe Rader, who graduated in December, and Fredina Drye, Kaibau, Ariz., senior, were selected as the KU student man and lady dancers. Together with the head man and lady dancers, Tom and Delaine Snowball of Winnebago, Neb., the students led the dances and helped keep the nowwow running smoothly.
"For me, it's extra special because they were going to ask me last year to do it," said Rader, a member of the Quapaw tribe. "But my grandma died two years ago, and our tradition is that you don't dance for a year after a death, so I couldn't do it. So this is kind of a
second chance for me."
Two drum groups, the Ironwood Singers from Rosebud, S.D., and the White Tail Singers from Macy, Neb., led the drumming for the evening.
"The drum is like the heartbeat," said Ironwood Singers member Brian Decoteau. "When people come to a powwow, they may be sick or not feeling good, but when they hear the drums, the singing, they don't feel the pain."
Bointy said the annual powwow was important for both Native-American students and non-Native American students.
"It reaffirms' our sense of community and helps us keep in touch with our culture," Bointy said. "But it's also a strong educational tool. People can come here and see for themselves an accurate depiction of how First Nations people live today."
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