FRIDAY,APRIL25,2003
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5
Musician speaks on native music
By Eddie Yang
eyang@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
African musician Thomas Mapfumo discussed his life and the进化 of chimurenga music yesterday in front of an audience of about 70 people in the Kansas Union.
Mapfumo and Chaka, a member of Mapfumo's band, Blacks Unlimited, walked onto the Woodruff Auditorium stage in silence yesterday afternoon.
Mapfumo discussed his life and fielded questions from the audience, and Chaka gave a demonstration of the traditional
African instrument, the mbira
Mapfumo wore a colorful tam and jacket with African colors, and Chaka wore a Bob Marley T-shirt. a musician Mapfumo is often compared to.
"Thomas made music for the liberation of his people, just like Bob Marley did," said Hilde Dalessio, Overland Park junior. "His music has a message in it, which is rare these days."
In the 1970s, Zimbabwe's people fought a war of independence against their white Rhodesian rulers. Out of that grew chimurenga music, Mapfumo said.
"Chimurenga music is born out of struggle," he said. "There were
a lot of my people suffering. I've been fighting for the freedom of black people in Zimbabwe."
Mapfumo began making electronic interpretations of traditional mbira music.
With his new interpretations of traditional music, Mapfumo became a star in Zimbabwe.
"We took the mbira which is like a small wooden piano that you play with your fingers," Mapfumo said. "We tuned it to the piano and just began to play."
"It was the first time that a black boy was so popular among the black people," Mapfumo said. "They (the government) asked why I was so popular and it was because
of the politics in my music."
Mapfumo was detained in prison for 90 days because of his song, "Hokoya."
"He's also a leader for his people," he said.
"In the beginning not so many people believed in me," Mapfumo said. "They thought I was crazy."
Tariq Aljasser, Saudi Arabia junior, said Mapfumo was a great example of African music.
Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited played last night at the ballroom in the Kansas Union as part of the World Music and Diversity concerts.
Edited by Andrew Ward
Student TV station gets Senate funding
By Cate Batchelder
cbatchelder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Student Senate student media board doled out $138,000 on Tuesday, and for the first time, KUH received funding.
KUJH will receive $8,000 from the $3-per-student media fee, but this may be a violation of Student Senate rules and regulations.
A stipulation to collect funding is to have daily operations controlled by students.
The station's daily operations were not controlled by students, said Dick Nelson, KUJH newsroom supervisor and lecturer in the school of Journalism. Nelson said he didn't foresee the station changing to a student-controlled operation.
"It's not going to happen," he said.
Students provided and determined much of the KUJH content, but Nelson said the station was never considered a student station nor was it student-managed. But Gary Hawke, KJHK KUJH and Digital Jayhawk general manager, said he considered KUJH to be student-run.
Other organizations considered student media, such as The University Daily Kansan and KJHK, are managed by students, and their content, which is primarily student-focused, is decided by students. KUJH's coverage extends beyond campus to cover a larger demographic, Douglas County. KUJH is the only organization receiving money from the media fee that is not listed as a student organization.
The media board gave KUJH funding with the recommendation that $5,000 of it go toward student wages.
Because the student positions at the station were also requirements for classes, wages weren't given to student contributors Nelson said.
Hawke said he asked the board for funding for KUJH, in part, to create paid student positions to
Student media fee allocations
Medium Current Next year
KJHK $62,675 $70,000
The Kansan $62,675 $52,200
KUJH $0 $8,000
Kiosk $7,800 $7,800
Total $133,150 $138,000
Source: Jonathan Ng, Student Senate media board chairman
expand its programming.
Jonathan Ng, student body president and student media board chairman, a non-voting position, said funding decisions were based on financial need.
Malcolm Gibson, general manager and news adviser at The University Daily Kansan, said KUJH should receive the $8,000 if not more.
"I think they should be an equal partner in this," Gibson said.
Gibson said giving the funds to KUJH might currently violate Senate regulations, but he would
"The rules the way they are now should be looked into," he said.
like to see Senate look into rewriting them so KUJH can continue to receive funding.
Ng said the board might monitor the situation if a formal complaint or appeal was made.
"The board will entertain the idea of being flexible and revisiting the issue if it warrants that," he said.
No formal complaint or appeal has been made.
Edited by Andrew Ward
Sheriff job filled by Trego clerk
WaKeeney — An unusual series of events at the Trego County's sheriff's office has left the county clerk as the county's chief law enforcement officer.
The Associated Press
Trego County's sheriff resigned in early April amid an investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The undersheriff quit earlier this week to take a job with the city police department.
And the county's only other deputy was fired Monday by the county commission.
Now, County Clerk Kathleen Conness, who says she knows virtually nothing about law enforcement, has become Trego County's sheriff until the post is filled, which is expected to take a month.
State law says the county clerk will step in as sheriff when the office is vacated. Conness plans to rely heavily on the police department to keep law and order until a new sheriff is named.
The process to replace the sheriff was prolonged this week when the county Democratic Party's nominee for the job withdrew his name after it had been forwarded to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
The county's Democrats have 21 days to make a new nomination, then the governor will have a week to confirm it.
In the meantime, WaKeeney Police Chief Terry Eberle likely will be asked to handle the county's day-to-day law enforcement operations.
Undersheriff Chad Mann's last day on the job is today. Commissioners haven't said why deputy Dustin Shultz was fired.
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