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February 19,2003
Vol. 113. Issue No. 100
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Panel discusses war
Faculty forum presents international views
By Kelley Weiss
kweiss@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Four major world powers are pairing up within the United Nations Security Council over the possible war with Iraq. Yesterday, a panel of University of Kansas faculty members met to give a European perspective on U.S. international relations.
peanism in America," in the Thursday issue of New York Review of Books, inspired the faculty members to discuss the current international relations of the United States.
An article compelled Michael Mosser, courtesy assistant professor of European studies and information officer, and Diane Fourny, associate professor of French and Italian and Humanities and Western Civilization, to have the forum with the public. The article, "Anti-Euro-
The United States and England are calling for military action in Iraq soon. France and Germany are among countries that want to prolong peaceful weapons inspections in order to stop the war
Student perceptions of Europeans seem limited, Fourny said.
Fourny said that the faculty forum, "Are U.S.-European Relations in Crisis?", gave students, faculty and the public a different perspective about U.S. international relations.
"Students tend to not know very much except what they've picked up in western civilization," Fourny said. "Any strong opinions of the students tends to be that Europe exists today because America saved them from Nazism."
University of Kansas faculty members, Diane Fourny, Carl Strikwerda, Jonathan Clark, Juliet Kaarbo and Michael Mosser, present a forum, "Are U.S.-European Relations in Crisis?" yesterday afternoon. The faculty spoke about the tensions between European countries and the United States on a possible war with Iraq.
Ketley Weiss/Kansan
The forum discussed the war on terrorism, the NATO alliance, disarming Iraq, what Americans know about their Western partners and if the American media is involved in an "anti-European" campaign to discredit U.S. allies. Each of the panelists had a different topic that they discussed.
Mosser began the panel discussion by talking about the role of NATO and the European Union in the possible war on Iraq, Jonathan C.D. Clark, distinguished professor of history, gave insight into
England's foreign policy, Juliet Kaarbo, associate professor of political science, gave the perspective of Germany and
Carl Strikwerda, associate dean and pro-
Show encourages classiness
SEE FORUM ON PAGE 12A
By Jessica Palimenio
jalimenio@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Women of Zeta Phi Beta strutted their stuff to promote Black History Month.
Pilar Pena/Kansan
Dorothy Pennington, associate professor of African and African American studies, shows pictures of African American women's fashion through history. Pennington was the speaker for the fashion show organized by Zeta Phi Beta as an event for the Black History month. The show took place at 7:30 p.m.yesterday atthe Kansas Union Ballroom.
The fashion show, "Fashions of Finer Womanhood," illustrated what a woman should and shouldn't wear.
"It's promoting classiness, and I don't think people think that is important anymore," said Candace Haines, St. Louis senior and Zeta Phi Beta president.
The festivities opened with a speech by Dorothy Pennington, who has been a professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas for more than 25 years.
Pennington compared the activist history of Zeta Phi Beta, a traditionally African-American sorority founded in 1920, and African-American women activists like Sojourner Truth. She also explained how this has carried over to the present.
"The challenge is strong for us to be strong women," Pennington said. "We are doing the right thing by furthering our education to leave a legacy for our children."
Pennington emphasized this idea with readings from historical speeches and poems.
She recited a piece of the Sojourner Truth speech "Ain't I a Woman" from an 1851 women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio.
Pennington added information on skin, hair and health care throughout the fashion show.
Five members of Zeta Phi Beta dressed in appropriate and inappropriate clothing to demonstrate one of its founding principals — finer womanhood. To its members, finer womanhood means rising above the status quo, carrying oneself with dignity and respect and exemplifying the natural beauty of a woman.
The show focused on five different styles: business, business casual, school, casual and party attire.
The audience interacted with the models by pointing out what was inappropriate about the outfits. For example, one sorority member modeled a business outfit. Pennington and the women in the audience pointed out that the model's blouse wasn't buttoned up appropriately. Pennington also noted the importance of pantyhose while wearing a skirt.
The fashion show was followed by an informal discussion about whether a woman's appearance was reflective of who she is as a person.
— Edited by Christy Dendurent
The women modeled clothes that everyone could have in their closets from stores such as Old Navy and Express.
New cruisers to increase police patrol in Lawrence
By JJ Hensley
jhensley@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Lead-footed Lawrence residents might soon have to slow down in light of a new city police division.
While communities around the country face crippling budget crunches, local leaders have found a way to ensure Lawrence residents don't suffer any cuts in essential services, especially the patrol of the city's police.
Last year, the city of Lawrence applied for federal funds to create a new traffic safety division. The grant, administered through the Kansas Department of Transportation, gives the city more than $1.7 million over the next three years to pay for personnel and equipment to outfit the new division. The city is responsible for almost $450,000 in additional funding to pay for the program.
Those funds will pay the salaries of the six officers who form the division, all of whom now work on the patrol division, and six new cruisers, all equipped with mobile and hand-held radar systems. According to estimates from KDOT and the city manager's office, each vehicle will cost around $20,000.
City leaders think the new division will make for more defensive driving.
SEE TRAFFIC ON PAGE 12A
Celebrating the new year
Students from the Vietnamese Student Association perform the Dragon Dance at the Kansas Union Ballroom to help ring in the Vietnamese New Year, or Tet. The event Saturday evening, which introduced the year of the goat, featured dances and skits as well as the Vietnamese and U.S. national anthems.
Eric Braem/Kansan
E-mail calls for theater help
Artistic director makes small request to fund addition
By Nikki Overfelt
noverfelt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
$6.32 is the magic number, according to John Staniunas.
On Feb. 12, Staniunas, the artistic director of the University Theatre and associate professor of theater and film, sent an e-mail to all University of Kansas undergraduate and graduate theater and film students asking them to donate $6.32 for a new theater space.
But why $6.32?
"It's affordable and people can still
feel like they are being supportive of something within their price range," Staniunas said. "If you get enough people to give $6.32 you wind up with a fair chunk of money."
In his e-mail, Staniunas said he had $6.32 one day and wondered what would happen if 2,000 people all donated $6.32 to the theater.
The e-mail is the first phase of the Stage Too! campaign to raise $50,000 for a third theater.
"The reason that we are doing this is because we have desperately needed a new theater for a long time." Staniunas said.
Right now the theater consists of the Inge Theatre, which seats 120 people, and the Crafton-Preyer Theatre, which seats 1,181. The theater needs a space that seats between 300 and 500, Staniu-nas said.
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Staniunas said he had received a positive response to the e-mail so far.
Patrick Craft, Kansas City, Mo., junior, received Staniunas' e-mail and said he thought this campaign was a good idea.
"I think we desperately need a theater," he said. "I like the way John went about it."
With the money that is raised in the campaign, chairs and risers will be put on the stage of the Crafton-Preyer Theatre to create a smaller theater, Staniunas said.
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Staniunas will also send the e-mail out to all faculty and staff next week.
"We really want the University as a whole to take more ownership of the University Theatre and to treat it more like their University Theatre where they
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