MONDAY,APRIL7,2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 7A
Black students, faculty honored
By Henry C. Jackson
cjackson@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Championship dreams were on the minds of many Saturday night, but basketball was not the only reason to celebrate.
About 150 people gathered in the Kansas Union Ballroom at the 10th annual Black Faculty and Staff Council's Student Awards Banquet and Dance. The ceremony honored students and faculty for their academic and leadership achievements.
"I'm so proud tonight," said Tony Daniels, associate director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. "This is the pinnacle. This is the group that leads the way."
Many of Saturday's award recipients were seniors. LaTisha Merrit, Liberty, Mo., senior and a recipient of the BFSC Student Achievement award, said receiving the award vindicated the hard work she had put in during her four years at the University.
"It makes me really, really proud." Merrit said. "Especially with my parents being able to see this."
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The event marked progress in the University's push to increase minority enrollment and retention, said James Carothers, interim associate vice provost and professor of English.
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"What you see tonight is
see tonight, that you make progress one student at a time." Carothers said.
The Black Faculty and Staff Council recognized outstanding black students and faculty at a banquet Saturday. "This is the group that leads the way," said Tony Daniels, associate director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Merrit said the ceremony was important not only because it recognized her academic achievements, but because it recognized her as an African American as well.
"Sometimes you get down and all you hear about is black people dropping out," Merrit said. "This proves we're succeeding, that we're doing something remarkable."
In addition to the award ceremony, the event featured a buffet dinner and a disc jockey, who played primarily '60s and '70s music.
the score of the game.
The ceremony started at 6 p.m., about halfway through the Kansas and Marquette Final Four game. Most of the speakers made reference to the game and occasionally updated the audience on
Despite the lure of basketball, more than 50 students attended the ceremony.
committed to academics," said Chico Herbison, instructor of African-American studies. "And tonight proves it."
"Even though these students love basketball, they're very
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Legislators then adjourned Friday night for a recess that ends April 30, when they reconvene for a wrap-up session in which the liquor bill could be considered again.
The Senate rejected the bill 19-18.
TOPEKA — The Senate narrowly defeated a bill to allow Sunday sales of packaged liquor in communities where voters approve, preventing the measure from going to the governor.
As the two chambers' negotiators were struggling over the
The legislation was sparked by a Wyandotte County judge's decision upholding last year's public votes in that county to allow Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages.
measure Friday evening, Sen. Kay O'Connor (R-Olathe) simply moved for a Senate vote on whether to accept the bill as approved by the House.
Vote defeats liquor law before sessions end
Under the bill, retailers could sell packaged liquor on Sundays if voters in the city or county had approved.
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Soldier takes time out to show Kansas pride
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tions would be rewritten to make clear that they apply uniformly throughout the state.
U. S. Army Capt. Brad Loudon, a 1997 KU graduate serving with a tank battalion out of Fort Riley, e-mailed this photo to a friend Friday morning. The photo has appeared in many KU students' e-mail accounts.
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Loudon, 1997 KU graduate serving with a tank battalion out of Fort Riley that is attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, emailed a photo to his friends Friday showing himself, dressed in combat fatigues, holding the crimson-and-blue flag in front of a wall-tile portrait of Saddam Hussein.
U. S. Army Capt. Brad Loudon has found his way into the e-mail account of many University of Kansas students.
KU's victory over Iowa State on Feb. 16 at a local bar when he got a cell phone call summoning him to Fort Riley for war duty.
As a junior-high student in 1988, Loudon and two friends went to an Overland Park hotel to purchase NCAA championship tickets from Duke fans who were heading home after their team lost, his father, Byron Loudon, told the Lawrence Journal-World.
A Chicago Tribune reporter traveling with his outfit has helped Loudon reach back to the United States. He has borrowed the reporter's cell phone on occasion to call his fiancee, Courtney Hoyt of Overland Park. She told the Journal-World that Loudon was able to listen to the Duke game last week.
Loudon, 28, attended all of KU's NCAA Tournament games last year. He was celebrating
Byron told the Journal-World his son took a KU flag with him. He had to trek through the Iraqi desert with a 60-pound backpack, but he found room to carry the flag.
"Carrying the flag to Iraq will tell you the kind of fan he is," friend Jason Zuba told the Journal-World."He's fighting for his life, yet he can't wait until tip-off."
The Kansas City Star contributed to this report.
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