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University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 13, 1992
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American Indians perform powwow in Kansas Union
Dancing in the Grand Entry, from left: Henry Collins, Lawrence; Clifford Harris Jr., Kansas City, Kan.; Wesley Collins, Lawrence; and Jerod Buffalo Head, Lawrence, participate in the Native American Student Association's second annual spring powwow Saturday at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
By Shelly Solon Kansan staff writer
Among male dancers covered in feathers and beads and women with boldly colored, embroidered blankets wrapped around their shoulders. Claudia Tyner stands out.
A single feather pointing toward the sky comes off the back of Tyner's head, and her long, braided black hair is draped with beads. As the music dies down, the head woman dancer rests for a moment, fanning herself with a small, dark feather that never leaves her grasst.
Tyner, a sophomore at Haskell
Indian Junior College, of the Creek,
Shawnee and Seneca tribes, danced
Saturday with about 200 other dancers in Native American Stu-
dies. Association's second annual
showpowww.
The powwow began Saturday afternoon and continued into the night.
Dancers entered the ballroom in the Kansas Union at 7:30 p.m. in full dress and were greeted by a standing-room-only crowd. They participated in intertribal, or social, dancing, and some entered a contest for most-authentic dress.
David Skeeter, president of the Native American Student Association, said a pawow at the University of Kansas was the best way to educate people about American-Indian culture.
"Often we are asked how it feels to be Native American or how our culture is different from other cultures," he said. "It's hard to respond to that. The best way to show people the culture is to show them through actual experience like a powwow."
Skeeter said many tribes participated in powwows, which now are social events. Powwows originally formed sacred ceremonies of the nainias tribes.
Manynon-American-Indianmembers of the association became active in the group after last year's Hoch Auditorium, Skeeter said.
Tanya Bales began going to the association's meetings after seeing
last year's powwow. She is one of the nonAmerican-Indian members of the association.
"This is in honor of Native-American students at KU," she said. "But we want all people to know what our
group is about and about the culture."
Mark Randolph, vice president of the association, said that having the powow on campus would attract American-Indian students.
Although KU students did not participate in the dancing, the powwow honored American-Indian college students, he said.
"We want to pull in many Indian students as we can," Randolph said.
Local United Way to cut dues in half
By Andy Taylor Kansan staff writer
Officials at the United Way of Douglas County said that a recent controversy about the use of perks by the organization's national president would have little effect on local fund raising and services.
But officials did say that the local organization will cut its annual dues in half this year to show their disapproval of the organization's money management.
William Arammy, president of the United Way of America in Alexandria, Va., resigned from his position Feb. 27 after news reports alleged that he used United Way funds, both directly and through various United Way operations, to rent limousines, take trans-Atlantic flights on the Concorde, and to reward friends and family members with jobs, board memberships and consulting contracts.
Al Hack, head of the United Way of Douglas County board of directors, said the board decided last week to cut its dues to the national organization.
He said the board's action was to make the national United Way's officers aware of local frustration toward mismanagement and inefficiency.
Currently, the Douglas County United Way pays one percent of its annual donations to the United Way of America for fees and services. Because of the board's decision, it will send $4,673 the year instead of $9,346 to the national organization. Hack said the board would consider paying the full one percent next year.
Hack said he thought national perception of the United Way of America would be hurt because of the allegations against Aramony.
Barb Smith, executive director of the United Way of Douglas County, said she discussed the national organization's situation with officials from the 30 Lawrence agencies that are partly financed by the United Way.
"It has hurt the national organization's image," he said. "But people here need to understand that the local Douglas County United Way is an autonomous, independently thinking organization. Nothing is going wrong with our finances."
"We discussed how this would affect our local campaign," she said. "People need to realize what is happening in
Funding the United Way
Here is how the United Way of Douglas County allocates its money. This is the breakdown of its 1991-92 budget.
Memberships
(United Way of
America,
Lawrence
of Commerce,
National
Volunteer
Center)
Almee Brainard. Daily Kansar
Alexandria is not what is happening here."
She said more than $1 million was pledged in last fall's Douglas County fund-raising campaign.
A manager for KU's Rock Chalk Revue, an annual variety show that raises money for the United Way, said negative publicity would not ruin the reputation of the show. Scott Iverson, the show's business manager, said that Rock Chalk Revue raised more than $50,000 this year.
"I don't think we'll be hurt," he said. "I think people can separate the actions of the national United Way from the local United Way."
Legislature ends regular session without school-finance solution
From Kansan staff
and wire reports
Lawmakers said as the session began that finding a new way to finance the state's public schools was the Legislature's No.1 priority.
The regular session of the 1992 Legislature ended much as it began — without a solution to the school-finance problem.
The House of Representatives passed a bill in March that would require state school districts to spend $3,625 a year on each student in their districts. The House plan would be financed by a 29-mill, statewide property tax levy, a .75 percent sales tax
--increase and lifting of sales-tax exemptions forutilities.
In October, Shawnee County District Judge Terry Bullock issued a statement thaturged state lawmakers to address the issue of educational equality in Kansas.
But the Senate voted down the House plan and has considered and defeated four plans since. As the Senate adjourned the Legislature's regular session at about 11:50 p.m. Saturday, it not passed a school-finance plan.
House leaders were frustrated by the Senate's inability to pass a bill.
State Rep. Tom Sawyer, House major leader, said, "I don't care what they pass — just pass something to keep the process moving."
Gov. Joan Finney listened by speaker to Saturday's Senate debate from
her office.
"I've never seen such chaos," she said.
Finney said the Senate should have passed a bill so the issue could be considered by conference committee during the Legislature's 18-day recess before the wrap-up session begins April 29.
Instead, the issue was placed on the Senate's agenda for the wrap-up session and will not be considered officially before then.
However, lawmakers did take action on other issues.
Regents budget
Both the House and the Senate passed overwhelmingly a Board of Regents budget bill recommended by a conference committee. The bill reconciled a few differences between the original House and Senate bills.
Gov. Joan Finney
"I've never seen such chaos."
The conference committee recommended an 87.5-percent fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants. The current waiver is 75 percent, but the Regents had asked for a 100-percent waiver.
The conference committee recommended an additional $500,000 for
additional funding.
The conference committee decided to finance KU's enrollment adjustment at the House level, which was $125 more than the Senate recompensa
The bill now goes to the governor for her signature.
Congressional districts
libraries at Regents universities, compromising between the Senate recommendation for no additional money and the House's recommendation for $1.88 million.
The House passed Saturday a bill that would include Douglas County in the 2nd Congressional District, which is represented by U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Topeka.
A Senate plan passed earlier this session included Douglas County in the 3rd Congressional District, which is represented by U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers, R-Overland Park.
Abortion
State Sens, Phil Martin, D-Pittsburg, Gus Bogina, R-Shawnee, Brady, D-D Parsons, and Janie Lee, D-Kensington, Saturday urged Finney to sign an abortion-regulation bill passed by the Senate and House earlier this session.
The bill, which would legalize abortion in Kansas, included regulations requiring parental notification and counseling.
The Senate did not act Saturday on the redistricting issue but will address it during the wrap-up session.
As of Saturday, the bill had not reached Finney's desk.
Amy, who has 10 days after the bill gets to her desk to sign or veto it, said she would use the entire period to make up her mind.
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