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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, April 22, 1998
K. Departments of History, German, Italian, French and Western Civilization. Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. Tennance Library In Memoriam of I.E. Bickers, Walter T. Bickers, European Studies, Temple Balm Yehuda, M.P. Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Chi Omega, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Deta Chi, Zeta Beta, Phi Deta Chi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Delta Chi.
Study Abroad Club's 2nd Annual
International Olympiad
Date: SUNDAY, April 26th
Time: 1pm-5pm
Location: soccer field behind Robinson
Events: tug of war, mock soccer, potato sack race, water balloon toss, races, and relays...
The Olympiad is a tournament consisting of several fun and crazy games between many teams. Each team will present a different country: France, Germany, Japan, Russia, China, Malaysia, Brazil, Spain, and a lot more...
Do I have to be an international student to compete? NO
Do I have to already have a team to sign up? NO
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 24
Registration Fee: $2/ person ($3 at event)
Sign up at the Office of Study Abroad in 108
Linningcott Hall!
For more information please contact:
Juliana, 864-2295 or
Mariana,838-3949
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If you have a genuine interest in improving the quality of graduate student life across the University, The Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPA) has 3 staff positions you should consider:
Former Duke player warms the bench, new power forward controls the court
ATLANTA — Christian Laetner does not hear his name anymore when the Atlanta Hawks lineup is announced, and it has nothing to do with the ear-popping music blasting from the arena sound system.
Duties include serving as liaison between the GPA and other University offices, including the Chancellor, Provost, and Deans, as well as Student Senate. Incumbent must be willing to actively advocate for a variety of graduate student concerns. Knowledge of University governance and campus programs helpful. Experience in directing meetings preferred. Duties include managing the GPA budget and handling all disbursements for the organization. Also, processing spending allocation requests for 40 graduate student organizations (GSOs). Must plan and deliver training workshop for GSO Treasurers. Must have budgeting/accounting experience. Familiarity with State Purchasing rules desirable. Duties include compiling and editing the Graduate News Paper (GNP), maintaining the GPA homepage on the WWW, taking and distributing meeting minutes, maintaining e-mail distribution lists for various graduate student constitutencies, and sending electronic and surface mail communiques. Layout experience required, as well as knowledge of PageMaker and HTML.
Laettner's new position not easy
Instead of running out to the court for the opening tip, he gives the starters an encouraging high-five, then turns his back on them and returns to his seat on the bench, the warmup suit still zipped tight.
These are strange times for the player who started in four consecutive Final Fours at Duke, won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, was a first-round draft pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and played in the All-Star Game just a year ago representing the Hawks.
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"It's been difficult because you always want to start," he said. "No one wants to be demoted."
ALL POSITIONS REQUIRE EXCELLENT VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS.
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Laettner, who graduated from Duke with a sociology degree, is one of the league's most thoughtful players. When he ponders his new role, he manages to find something positive in what seems to be such a negative situation.
Since losing his job to Alan Henderson during this year's All-Star break, Laettner has made do most nights with 20 or 25 minutes of playing time.
Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter plus three letters of recommendation to Bill Stuart Position Search Chair, Graduate Executive Committee, 400 Kansas Union, Lawrence, KS 66045. Deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday, April 24, 1998. If you have any questions about the application process, call 785-864-9895, or inquire via e-mail at bstuart@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
tentative player who literally was begged by Wilkens to take a prominent role in the offense.
"For some reason, this seems liberating a little bit," Laettner said. "This year was a weird year because I was starting and getting two fouls right away and going to the bench. Alan was playing 25 to 30 minutes a game anyway, even when I was starting."
"Every player wants to start," said coach Lenny Wilkins, whose team plays Charlotte in the first round of the NBA playoffs. "Christian is no different than anyone
"Christian has accepted his role," said center Dikembe Mutombo. "He didn't cry, he didn't go public to complain about it."
"Now, I may only play 25 or 30 minutes a game, so there's no need to save fouls or hold back at all. When I say liberating, I mean it in that sense. I keep saying to myself, 'Come in off the bench, be more aggressive, play like an animal.'"
With both Laetner and Henderson at the end of their contracts, it is highly unlikely that the Hawks have enough money in their budget to keep both. Clearly, the 25-year-old Henderson is the power forward of the present and the future in Atlanta.
But Laettner does not want to close the door on returning to Atlanta, even if it means staying on the bench.
Laettner, often portrayed as a moody, enigmatic person, seems to be going out of his way to show he is not going to let this new role get him down. He still hangs around with his teammates to heave up shots from midcourt after practice, and he is usually one of the last players to leave the weight room.
Laettner averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds off the bench during the regular season, seeming to recapture the emotion that was missing when he was a starter. But it has not been enough to displace Henderson, who averages 17.9 points as a starter and is one of the NBA's most improved players.
For instance, the constant foul trouble that plagued him as a starter this season is no longer a consideration. He can afford to be much more aggressive as a reserve, in striking contrast to the
else. That's what you would expect. But whatever he can do to help the team, he's willing to do."
"I still think I'm an important part of this team, and that makes me feel good." Laettner said. "Alan is just doing too good. He's too young, too hungry, too aggressive. He's scoring points easy for us. I don't mind admitting that. I'm not a selfish (person) who's going to make a stink about it and be a pain in the butt the rest of the year because I'm not starting. If he were not doing good, I'd be saying something. But he's doing great."
Atlanta Hawks
"You don't sign with a team because you're going to start there," he said. "Even when I signed with Minnesota as a rookie, I wasn't sure I was going to start. That's not my motivating force. I will sign where they want me and where they will pay me what I deserve. I can sit on the bench and make my money like a lot of guys do. But when practice starts, I'm trying to do as good as I can. Maybe I can beat someone out and start again. I can at least play hard and make the guy in front of me better."
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