WEDNESDAY,JUNE 19,2002
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Task force searches for new MRC location
By Lauren Beatty Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Multicultural Resource Center wants to find the best location for its facilities.
Jonathan Ng, student body president, said Chancellor Robert Hemenway gave $500 to the MRC task force Friday to conduct a feasibility study. The study would determine if the Kansas Union would be a good location for the new center.
"This commitment of initial funds for the feasibility study shows the chancellor is committed to working with us on this project, which is crucial for improving minority retention and recruitment," Ng said. "He said this project is worthwhile and that he endorses the idea of a stronger MRC."
Hemenway could not be reached for comment because he was out of town.
Ng said the task force had four goals; to seek different locations on campus, to determine the best home for the new center, to outline the mission of the MRC and determine the cost of a new location and to research cultural resource centers at other universities.
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The feasibility study is part of the first goal. Ng said the Union would be the best choice for the new MRC because of its central location and accessibility, but other locations would be considered. The task force might consider constructing a new building for the center.
Ng said he hoped to conduct the study
Student Senate is researching possible new locations for the Multicultural Resource Center, currently located in the Military Science Building annex. Senate would like to give the center more exposure by moving it to the Kansas Union.
as quickly as possible, but he didn't know when results would be available.
The MRC is a resource on campus that offers sensitivity training, cultural workshops and seminars for all students. The MRC has informal meeting spaces, classrooms, a computer lab and a TV lounge.
Santos Nupez, director of the MRC said the current location, in the annex of the Military Science Building, is out of the way. Students who didn't see the building didn't use it. Nupez said.
"We want to be more visible, which would lend more credibility to the work we are doing." Nupez said. "We also need more up-to-date facilities."
Contact Beatty at ibeatty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Stumpff.
Athletics Department hires new head trainer for football
By Lauren Beatty Kansan staff writer
Carol Jarosky is doing what no woman at the University of Kansas has ever done on the football field.
Jarosky is the first woman to work as head athletic trainer for the football team. It is a big opportunity but also a big responsibility, she said.
A former athlete herself, Jarosky got her start in athletic training at Northwest Missouri State University after a major hamstring injury from playing softball. After spending weeks in the training room, she knew she wanted to major in training. She graduated in 1991 and later earned a master's degree from the University of Nebraska.
"I do feel like I'm breaking new ground," she said. "I'm going to put more stress on myself to make sure I don't close any doors that I've opened. I've got to make sure I get the job done right and make sure that opportunity isn't taken away."
Nearly a decade ago, the playing field for women athletic trainers wasn't as level as it
"It's evened up now," she said. "As injury rates go up for Olympic sports and softball and soccer, the doors are opened up for women."
Jarosky came to Kansas in 1994 and worked in the training room primarily with women's teams. Jarosky got the chance to treat male and female athletes later, working for three years as rehabilitation coordinator. But it was last season when she began working with the football team full time. Former football coach Terry Allen asked her to work with his team as an assistant athletics trainer.
was today, Jarosky said.
When former head trainer Ed Lochrie announced he was leaving for the University of Minnesota earlier this year, Jarosky jumped at the chance to replace him.
"I'm excited about the opportunity and the job," she said. "Coach Mangino and I have built a strong relationship, and I'm excited about where the football team is going."
Contact Beatty at ibeatty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristin Keeney.
The University of Kansas presents Kansas Summer Theatre 2002 Two new plays based on浸透学和 oral histories about the early period of Kansas history
John Gronbeck-Tedesco's
Prairie Fire Part1: Lift-Off Part11: Flight & Denonement
When dynamic historical events are made possible through everyday human struggles seldom remembered...
Featuring: The Euphoria Stringband
Directed and Choreographed by Marianne Kubik Scenic and Lighting Design by Delbert Unrub Costume and Mask Design by Mark Reancy
7:30 p.m. July 12-14 & 19-21, 2002 Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Reserved seat tickets are on sale through the KU ticket offices; University Theatre, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS; SUA Office, 864-7469; and on line at www.kuttheatre.com; $10 public, $5 all students, $9 senior citizens; VISA and MasterCard are accepted for phone and on-line orders.