Tuesday, November 16. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
Michael Warnkei fire and bristle to students yesterday at Wescoe Beach. Photo by Nick Kruge/KANSAN
Protesters condemn KU students
Bv Todd Halstead
Kansan staff writer
You are all going to hell — unless you leave the kingdom of darkness known as the University of Kansas and begin preaching the gospel of the Lord.
At least that is what the Warnecki family from Eugene, Ore., preached yesterday as it stood in front of Wescoe Hall bearing a cross and banners warning students to repent and join the cause of Jesus Christ.
"We're here to tell college students that it ain't church, it ain't religion or school — it's Jesus Christ they should be following," said Michael Warnecki, who lists the Kingdom of God as his current address. "To follow Jesus is to give up everything."
Warnecki was assisted by his wife, Rachel; his sons, Abraham, 13; Josh, 11; David, 9; and his daughters, Sarah, 19; Ruth, 17; and Elizabath, 15.
They targeted students leaving class with religious rhetoric and pamphlets telling how the family came to leave behind the world of materialism — while one daughter filmed the demonstration with a digital camcorder.
The family said they were provided
money, clothes and food from the providence of God and that was all they would reveal about their source of income.
After the first barrage of preaching, the KU Public Safety Office received complaints about the raucous religious demonstrators and forced them to take the signs off the eight-foot poles.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey said the poies violated University policy for safety reasons, and the Warnnecki family would be allowed to continue if they quieted down
Rachel Warnecki said that although the family, which continued to display the banners without poles, was persecuted at every campus, they had never been forced to take down their poles.
"In 25 years of preaching I've never heard a rule about poles," she said. "This is caused by Satan and his myriad of schemes to keep people from hearing the gospels."
Cindy Crouch, St. Louis junior and member of Campus Crusade, said she did not approve of the condemnation Michael Warnecki was thrusting upon students.
"I would consider myself a born-again, and this is not the God I observe," Crouch said. "It makes me angry that he's presenting Jesus Christ this way."
Rachel Warnecki said the family often
was persecuted by Christian students
"They're just a bunch of phonies," she said. "They are doing more for the kingdom of darkness than God."
Adam McEwen, Ottawa junior, said the demonstrators were disruptive to the learning environment.
"I think it's pathetic that at a state-funded institution of higher learning we are force-fed religion by these radicals who should go to hell." he said.
Michael Warnnecki said his children, who were home-schooled, would not attend a university. He said they had preached with him and his wife all around the world.
While preaching in Casablanca, Morocco, which is predominantly Muslim, the family had their signs confiscated and were interrogated by police for seven hours, he said.
He said that he had attended Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., the nation's largest seminary, but that he had left because, he said, "Christianity is Satan's biggest counterfeit."
"I could be a somebody with a big church, but chose to be a nobody," he said. "If you don't want to buy into the American system, seek Jesus."
Edited bv Jennifer Roush
Watkins prepares smokers to quit
By Amber Stuever
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Watkins Memorial Health Center will encourage students tonight to put out their cigarettes for the last time.
Watkins will present "Don't Just Blow Smoke" at its Focus on Health program from 7 to 8 tonight at the Visitors Center Auditorium.
The program precedes Thursday's American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, which encourages people to quit smoking for one day.
Patricia Denning, Watkins physician will speak at the presentation on the pharmaceutical products to help people quit smoking. Julie Francis, Watkins Health Educator, will give psychological tips on ways to quit.
"I've heard people say, 'Quitting smoking is the easiest thing I've ever done. I've done it a thousand times,'" Francis said.
When: 7-8 p.m.
Where: Visitors Center Auditorium
For whom: Students looking for pharmaceutical and psychological tips on quitting smoking
Why: To precede Thursday's American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout
"But I think people are more successful who prepare themselves, prepare their minds, change their routine, get other things in place that are healthy for them." Denning said the first step was choosing the right day to quit.
"To me the golden opportunity is about one month away," Denning said. "I encourage all smokers, particularly in college, to pick a quit day, and the best day
is, in my opinion, the day after your last final.
"That gives them ample time to extinguish that habit under ideal circumstances," she said.
Denning and Francis said there were several ways people could prepare themselves.
Francis suggested that prior to quitting, students established an exercise program. Smokers can begin watching what they eat to avoid weight gain. They also can change daily routines to avoid cigarette breaks.
"When that quit date starts, they've already changed part of their behavior toward the positive, and once that date comes it's going to be a lot easier," Francis said.
Denning suggested that students should begin to cut back on the number of cigarettes, put away all ashtrays and avoid social situations that promote smoking.
Edited by Jamie Knodel
Program manager resigns from SUA
By Erinn R. Barcomb
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
After 12 years as program manager for Student Union Activities, Sue Buckley is leaving the University of Kansas.
Buckley announced her resignation yesterday. She said she was offered a job in Topeka where she could gain more personnel experience.
my goal in life is to be a union director," she said. Buckley became involved in student programs at Emporia State University, where she received a master's degree in counselor education with an emphasis on student personnel administration. Working as a graduate assistant at Emporia State led her to the position of program director there.
Buckley then worked at the University of Northern Colorado as the director of campus programs before being offered her position at the University.
"Being from Kansas, when this job came along I was fortunate enough to serve in this position," she said. "I have never regretted it."
- Edited by Kelly Harvey
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