THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015
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Potter Lake was built in 1911 in order to combat major fires on campus. Swimming and diving contests were held there until the water quality was deemed poor enough to ban swimming in 1924.
Union to hold 'Farmland' screening all day long
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK
"Farmland," a documentary about the lives of about 20 farmers and ranchers, is being brought to the University today.
The film will be screened in Lobby T1 in the Union from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and in the Kansas Room from 5-9 p.m., courtesy of Campus Solutions, Inc., a college marketing agency.
Despite the agency coming in as an outside group, it still reached out to different campus groups in hopes they attend the screening.
According to an email sent to one group, the agency wants at least 100 students to show.
Campus Solutions is determined to make this happen by providing $150 to organizations for 15 KU Student Farm members.
Bryan Carbone, marketing director for Campus Solutions, would not provide the list of groups that have confirmed their attendance.
"We [Campus Solutions] have relationships with greek organizations and student
groups that we've reached out to that have expressed interest in attending." Carbone said.
Courtney Schwartzbeck, senior from Andover, and president of Enirons, was approached by Campus Solutions about the screening.
"They [Campus Solutions] were almost trying to bribe us into endorsing their screening by offering to pay us if we attended, so that they could say they had an environmental presence," Schwartzbeck said.
She said Environs will not be endorsing the screening.
"It is blatant greenwashing by the agricultural industry in an attempt to sell themselves as progressive and sustainable while maintaining their same practices," Schwartzbeck said. "Enviros advocates for real solutions to environmental problems, and what the ag industry is trying to do here is not aligned with our mission."
Others that haven't seen the movie can't say much about it; however, they don't mind the attention being brought to the dying industry of farming.
"Farmland" voices the EPA statistic that less than 1 percent of the U.S. population claims farming as an
occupation.
Chad Koralek, a Western Kansas farmer and father of three, said it's about time people realized just how much the industry has faded.
"Farming has been in my family long before I was even born," Koralek said. "The idea of being agriculturally self-sufficient is important, and I hope this movie points that out."
"It's important to have that connection with something outside of yourself, with a sense of responsibility," Duda said.
"How do we continue going on without it?" Duda said. "It's starting to become a problem when young people aren't going into the food industry when it's clearly needed."
Mary Beth Duda, a senior from Pomona, has also not seen the movie, but she said it's easy to take the food we eat every day for granted.
Duda focuses on this issue on a smaller scale by gardening.
Tonight's screening is free, and being catered by "On Campus Catering."
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Blue Bell Ice Cream has voluntarily suspended operations at an Oklahoma production facility that officials had previously connected to a foodborne illness linked to the deaths of three people, the company announced Friday. "We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution to ensure that we are doing everything possible to provide our consumers with safe products and to preserve the trust we have built with them and their families for more than a century," the company said in a statement.
Texas grocery chain H-E-B pulls all Blue Bell products
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SAN ANTONIO — Texas grocery chain H-E-B is pulling Blue Bell Ice Cream from shelves as a precaution after a recall of some of the ice cream maker's products that were connected to three deaths in Kansas.
H-E-B, with more than
300 stores in Texas and northern Mexico, said the decision Saturday was a "precautionary measure due to food safety concerns." The chain said it's working with Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell to refill the stocks. Blue Bell spokesman Gene Grabowski said the company respected and understood the action.
Blue Bell on Friday suspended operations at its Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, plant that officials previously had connected to contaminated ice cream. The company recalled products there and at a Texas plant that's been linked to a foodborne illness connected to three deaths.
2015 Robert Hemenway Public Service Award now open to applicants.
AWARD DESCRIPTION The Dole Institute of Politics established the Robert Hemenway Public Service Award in May of 2009, in honor of the 16th Chancellor of the University of Kansas upon his retirement. The $1,000 award is given annually to a junior student who has demonstrated a commitment to making a difference for KU students and furthering the ideas of service on campus and within the community; the overriding criterion for this award is commitment to public service with demonstrated leadership.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Enrolled as a full-time University of Kansas undergraduate student during the 2015-2016 academic year
- Complete the full application and write a 250 word essay to be hand-delivered to the Dole Institute by the posted deadline
- Junior status for the Spring 2015 semester, with at least one year to complete at the University of Kansas
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:
Friday, April 10, 2015 by 4:00 p.m. Hand-deliver to the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Dr., Lawrence, KS.
Applications are available at the Dole Institute or online at www.doleinstitute.org. You may find more info on our website or by calling 785-864-4900.
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