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The Inside Front
Wednesday July 14,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Cable upgrade providing more local programming
Excellent! Wayne's World-like shows soon could be broadcast via cable television in Lawrence.
As Sunflower Cablevision, 644 New Hampshire St., replaces its Lawrence-area wire cable lines with fiber-optic cable lines, the local cable provider is adding public-access channels. The University of Kansas television station, KUJH, will be available on cable tomorrow.
While it's unlikely that students will parody the characters made famous by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live, opportunities for students and community members to broadcast their work will increase.
Homes within 30 miles of Lawrence can tune in KUJH on Channel 14 now. But the move to cable means that more than 30,000 subscribers — about 80 percent of Lawrence and Eudora residents — will at least be able to flip past the campus station.
KUJH will be on Channel 68, Haskell Indian Nations University programming will be on Channel 69, and a public access channel for use by anyone in the community will be on Channel 70.
Ann Niccum, Channel 6 production manager, said the KU, Haskell and public access channels were part of the franchise agreement Sunflower Cablevision signed with the city of Lawrence.
KUJH broadcasts a local news program five nights a week during the spring and fall semesters. It also carries a simulcast the KUJK radio news five times a day and broadcasts other local events.
Gary Hawke, general manager of the integrated media laboratory at the University, said the student station would try to present more local programming. KUJH uses a live feed from the All News Channel when not broadcasting original programming.
The new channels should be available to all Sunflower subscribers by the end of the year. The fiber-optic upgrade already is complete for about 25 percent of Sunflower subscribers, including those in Eudora, North Lawrence, south of 15th Street, south of
23rd Street and west of Crossgate.
Kansas teachers go hightech after trip to Ecuador
Twelve Kansas teachers recently completed a tour of Ecuador. The information they gathered there will be used to create an interactive CD and a Web site for use in Kansas school districts.
The tour was sponsored by a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the University of Kansas Center of Latin American Studies. KU's School of Education provided additional support for the project.
Leading the tour were Susan Twomby, professor of teaching and leadership; Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno, assistant professor of teaching and leadership; and Martina Masaquiza, lecturer in Latin American studies from Salasaca, Ecuador.
Kansas teachers competed to participate in the four-week program, which focused on cultural and geographic diversity. The 12 teachers are now working on campus to create Spanish and social studies lessons that will be available to all teachers in Kansas.
The CD and Web site address will be available in August from the Center of Latin American Studies.
Nagel and Michaelis named distinguished
distinguished professors
Joane Nagel, professor of sociology and department of sociology chairwoman, and Eli Michaelis, director of the Higuchi Biosciences Center and chairman of the department of pharmacology and toxicology, have been named University of Kansas distinguished professors.
Nagel, with 22 years at the University, has done research on ethnicity in the United States and abroad, including areas of study such as the Angolan civil war in the 1970s, the Kurdish resistance movement from the 1960s through the 1990s and Native American activism in the 1960s and 1970s.
Her book, "American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power Resurgence of Identity and Culture," was selected as a 1996 Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine.
Norman Yetman, Chancellor's Club teaching professor of sociology and American studies, said that Nagel's research demonstrates that ethnic identities are constantly evolving.
"Her new work exploring the intersections of race, ethnicity, nationalism and sexuality is at the very cutting edge of the discipline and promises to revolutionize the ways we think about racial and ethnic relations," Yetman said.
Nagel has contracted with Oxford University Press to publish her sixth book, The Color of Sex: Constructing Racial, Ethnic and Sexual Boundaries and Identities.
Michaelis joined the University's faculty as an assistant professor in the human development and biochemistry departments in 1973. During his time at the University, he has developed an internationally acclaimed program of research and education that ranges from the behavioral sciences to the physical sciences.
Michaelis is a leading authority on the molecular basis of brain function, including the link between molecular events in the nervous system and disorders such as alcoholism and the diseases of aging.
He was named professor and chair of phar macology and toxicology and director of the Center for Biomedical Research in 1988 and became the director of the Higuchi Biosciences Center in 1989.
He was named the director of the Center for Neurobiology and Immunology Research in 1992.
Historians research 1864 Mine Creek Battle events
Kip Lindberg, curator of the Mine Creek Battlefield State Historical Site near Pleasanton, Kan., about 50 miles south of Olathe, will be working with KU researchers to learn more about the 1864 battle of Mine Creek in which more than 300 Confederate soldiers were killed.
"We'd like to locate the original Fort Scott road that went through this area," Lindberg said. "That would help us in placing the events of the battle. And by locating the road, we should be able to find the foundations of several of the buildings that were in
The state historic site is the location for one of the largest cavalry engagements of the Civil War and the only major battle site in Kansas.
the area."
Researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey are assisting officials with the Kansas State Historical Society to locate the historical road and unmarked graves of the Confederate soldiers who fell in the area by using high-frequency ground-penetrating radar.
Recently, the Mine Creek Battlefield acquired an additional 80 acres east of the visitor center. That acreage is where most of the search will take place.
The battle was initiated when Confederate forces under commander Maj. Gen. Sterling Price had moved into Missouri in the autumn of 1864. After several hard-fought battles, Price's men were defeated in the battle of Westport in what is now Kansas City, Mo.
Multicultural Affairs office welcomes new director
Alton D. Scales has been named director of the University of Kansas Office of Multicultural Affairs, formerly known as the Office of Minority Affairs.
Scales comes to KU from Whitehall, Pa., where he was a facilitator and consultant with the National Coalition Building Institute, a diversity training organization based in Washington D.C.
Before that, he was assistant to the associate vice president for student affairs and the director of Intercultural Services at the University of North Texas, Denton.
He has worked on retention programs for minority, first generation and disabled student populations and has presented multicultural programs for students, staff, faculty. Scales received a bachelor's degree in industrial technology and a master's degree in engineering technology from University of North Texas.
Downtown sidewalk sale boasts bargains,live shows
Downtown Lawrence Inc. will hold its Annual Sidewalk Sale from sunrise to
sunset tomorrow. Clearance merchandise will be offered on five city blocks and there will be live performances in the 900 block of Massachusetts Street.
The lineup includes Junkyard Jazz at 9 a.m.; Pamela Bruner, Celtic harpist and vocalist, at 10 a.m.; Billy and the Jeckhamers at noon; Spirit of Kansas All-Star Cheerleaders at 2 p.m.; Summer Youth Theater, presenting excepts from their upcoming performance, at 3 p.m.; and a swing dance exhibition at 7 p.m.
There will be about 20 non-profit groups selling crafts and refreshments. For more information, call Marcia McFarlane at 842-3883.
Kansas Masonic Foundation
identifies KU Med Center
donates to KU Med Center
With a recent grant of $255,000, the Kansas Masonic Foundation has donated a total of $3.5 million to the Kansas Cancer Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center since 1974.
The $255,000 will provide support for several new pilot projects in areas such as gene therapy, prostate cancer research and environmental health. It will also support current programs such as high-risk breast cancer research, clinical research, computer networking and anti-smoking.
Bikers ride for children's toys in charitable event
American Bikers for Awareness, Training and Education, District 1, will host an 85mle Christmas in July Ride at 10 a.m. July 24 starting at the pool park in Ottawa. Riders are asked to bring a children's toy for donation.
Harry Smith, American Bikers representative, said that this was the 10th year for the charitable event, which drew around 80 riders last year.
"A lot of people think it's just for Harley riders, but it's for everybody," he said.
There are three scheduled stops on the ride with the last one at 2 p.m. near Perry Lake, where a drawing for door prizes will be held.
For more information, call Harry Smith,
749-1524.
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