Monday, May 3, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
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Breast cancer event honors 'role model'
By T.J. Johnson
fjohnson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A group of breast cancer survivors and their families and friends gathered on Saturday for the second annual Betsy Beisecker Memorial Tea.
The tea was a fund-raiser for the Breast Cancer Action of Douglas County and was held to honor Betsy Beisecker, who was a psychological researcher and professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center's Cancer Center. Beisecker was remembered for her efforts to make the quality of life better for women living with breast cancer.
Penny Reese, treasurer of Breast Cancer Action, worked with Beisecker and recalled her efforts to comfort and care for women at the Medical Center who had breast cancer.
"She was such a role model," Reese said. "All of us, from clerical staff to medical students, were carried along to be a little more humane in our medicine. She was really everybody's strength."
Reese said Beikeerse worked in many ways to assist women suffering from breast cancer at the Medical Center, from helping women deal with the side effects of their medication to simply being there to console them.
A memorial written for Beisecker recalled this giving spirit.
Betsy was there to listen, assist, to intervene with the red tape, or simply to hold you. Many of us could never have found such bravery and self-advocacy to endure our own ordeals with breast cancer without having experienced Betsy."
About 60 women attended the memorial tea, which also included a fashion show. Clothes were modeled by survivors of breast cancer or their children or grandchildren. A memorial to Beisecker and a recognition of survivors and special people in the community were also held.
Suzie Taylor-Meadows, President of Breast Cancer Action, said the memorial was a way for survivors of breast cancer to share the feelings that come along with the disease.
"I'm a breast cancer survivor and most of us who are stricken with this disease have a pretty strong reaction," Taylor-Meadows said.
She also said that early detection methods for breast cancer need to be utilized, including regular mammograms and breast exams.
"More women need to be screened earlier." she said.
The memorial included recognition for any women at the event who had received a mammogram or breast exam in the past six months, as well as information tables with material on the benefits of early detection methods.
Breast Cancer Action of Douglas County holds the Beisecker Memorial as a fund-raiser for its projects in the Lawrence community. Breast Cancer Action provides information and support for people dealing with breast cancer, as well as opportunities for survivors to volunteer.
The memorial was sponsored by several area businesses, with volunteer help from the KU chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Edited by Jodi Smith
A new book by a University of Kansas professor says that a prominent figure in Christianity was homosexual, but that does not bother some members of the Lawrence religious community.
By Chris Hopkins
chopkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Professor brings King James' sexuality out of the closet
"King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire," by David Bergeron, professor of English, used letters written by King James to other male members of his court to prove his thesis that he was interested in men, if not active with them.
"I'm trying to build a case through James' own words," Bergeron said.
King James ruled England from 1603 to 1625. During that time, he had the Bible translated into common language.
Bbergeron said the book had not been written to cause controversy. Robert Minor, professor of religious studies who teaches the class, Religious Perspectives on Selfhood and Sexuality, agreed that simply saying King James was gay probably would not be controversial.
"Scholarship has for quite a while just assumed he was, and I think David makes a good case," he said.
Bergeron said he decided to write on the subject after working on a book about the Stuart family, of which King James was a member.
Bergerson said he was able to use about 75 original letters written by King James.
"It's the largest collection of private letters from a monarch for a long time," he said.
The letters showed definite interest between King James and three other men: his cousin Esmé Stuart, Robert Carr and the Duke of Buckingham.
He became especially close to Buckingham, who eventually helped run England's affairs toward the end of James' life.
"There's a period when Buckingham was in
Spain on a diplomatic mission when the letters came almost daily," he said.
The information on how Buckingham influenced King James was mixed, but overall, Bergeron said it had been positive.
"He was able to deal with Parliament in ways that I don't think James alone could have," he said.
"He was married, produced children, which a sovereign is supposed to do," Bergeron said.
"Traditionally in the West, one did not marry for love or for sex, but for alliances," he said.
Some Lawrence church authorities said King James' sexuality did not really matter in the
Bergeron said that despite his sexuality, King James still produced heirs to the throne. The Stuart family reigned a while longer, although the throne is currently occupied by the Windsors.
Minor said the concept of marriage as an expression of love for one another was a relatively modern concept.
Pastor Scott Hanks, of Heritage Baptist Church, 4340 West Sixth St., said his church exclusively used the King James version of the Bible and that King James' sexuality did not make a difference.
"What King James was or wasn't isn't the issue to me, the issue is the word of God," he said.
Joe Alford, chaplain of Canterbury House, 1116 Louisiana St., said the Anglican Church still relied solely on the King James version. His church is Episcopalian, the American version of the Anglican Church.
Alford also said James's sexual preference did not make a difference.
"What if he was?" he said. "What does it matter?"
Bergeron's book currently is being sold at the Mt. Oread Bookstore in the Kansas Union and Borders, 700 New Hampshire, for $24.95.
— Edited by Aerica Veazey
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