MONDAY,APRIL22,2002
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Museums bring children to campus
By Melissa Shuman Kansan staff writer
Kristen Wheeler dressed up as a queen bee yesterday and taught little worker bees how to gather pollen from the hive.
PHOTO BY AARON LERNER/KANSAN
Lizzy Pajl, Yankton, S.D., freshman and employee at the Natural History Museum, sits dressed as a mermaid and hands out informational cards as part of KU's Museum Day. University museums participated by coordinating various hands-on activities for kids.
Wheeler, Emporia junior, works at the Natural History Museum and helped organize activities for Museum Day, an annual event at the University of Kansas that was part of National Museum Events week.
The Natural History Museum in Dyche Hall, the Museum of Anthropology in Spooner Hall and the Spencer Museum of Art each offered children's activities yesterday afternoon.
The theme for Dyche Hall was "Winging It," in honor of Wilbur Wright's 135th birthday. Museum-goers learned about prehistoric flying creatures and creatures that "fly" in the sea. The museum offered other exhibits, such as a pteranodon maze, candy airplanes, a live bat and several films.
"It's easier for kids to learn this when they can touch and see things for themselves," said Ashley
Ellis, Hill City junior who helped demonstrate the bee exhibit, which attracted about 100 visitors.
Elizabeth Paijl, Yankton. S.D., freshman, wore a mermaid costume to attract visitors to the new Sealab exhibit on the third floor of Dyche Hall. The Sealab exhibit featured studies by marine biology graduate students. Children could search for sea shells and look at salt-water wildlife, whale bones and glow-in-the-dark fish. The exhibit will be on display until the end of summer.
Jama Kolosick, education director at the Natural History Museum, said people were often surprised at the marine exhibit in Kansas.
"It's a chance for people who live so far away from the ocean to learn about it," Kolosick said. "We really have a global interest in sciences."
The Museum of Anthropology offered activities explaining the life of the australopithecines, an ancient human-like primate.
Cary Edmondson, Hardy, Va. graduate student, educated museum-goers about the diet of
australopthecines. Children and other visitors tasted fruits, nuts, meal worms and chocolate covered insects.
At the art museum, children put pieces of colored paper in patterns to make quilt designs to draw interest for the display titled, "Amish
Quilts 1880 to 1940 from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown." The quilt exhibit will be on display until June 30.
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mshman@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jenna Goeffert.
Peace pole promotes harmonious living
By Maggie Koerth Kansan staff writer
A group of about 45 people gathered yesterday afternoon in South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets, to dedicate a monument to world peace: a slim, white pole nearly 6 feet high.
The dedication included a speech by Sue Hack, the new mayor of Lawrence, and a reading of a poem based on the four directions. Native speakers of the languages on the pole took turns reading the inscription in their language.
Schultz said the languages on the Lawrence peace pole were specifically chosen from the 300 languages available.
"We wanted English and Spanish to be there because those are the dominant languages in our community," she said. "We chose Japanese and German for Lawrence's sister cities and Hebrew and Arabic because of the conflicts that are
all on our minds lately. We also have a Native American language called Kiowa in order to honor the people who were on the land before European settlement."
Beth Schultz, a Lawrence resident who helped organize the event, said the phrase, "may peace prevail on earth," was written on the pole in nine different languages.
Schultz moderated the dedication ceremony for the peace pole. She said the focus of the dedication was to honor and promote an interest in living harmoniously with all beings.
Schultz said braille was also included on the pole as well as animal tracks that represented man's connection with the animal world.
Carman said anyone could buy a peace pole for about $170 and have it set up. Anyone interested in peace poles can contact Carman at judycarman@yahoo.com.
A peace vigil in front of the Douglas County Courthouse followed the dedication. The Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice and the Lawrence Peace Project sponsored the event.
mkoert@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
She said that more than 200,000 similar poles were set up in 180 countries, including two others in Lawrence. One is behind the Unity Church, 416 Lincoln, and the Mount Oread Friends Society which meets in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread, bought the other. The newly dedicated pole is the only one on public display in Lawrence.
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