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The Inside Front
Monday
February 23,1998
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
In the NATION:
Mardi Gras has become a national event, but some people fear it has run out of control and become a caricature of what it once was.
A book based on surveys of college students says that this generation is both optimistic and fearful of powerful institutions.
Revelers at Mardi Gras care little about history
NEW ORLEANS — More than just a fling before the austere religious festival of Lent, Mardi Gras has become an event. It is a dazzling celebration that helped save New Orleans when the oil ran out, and the economy ran down.
Now many people fear Mardi Gras has run out of control and has become a caricature.
"Nationwide, the image is that of a drunken orgy," said Arthur Hardy, who publishes a popular Mardi Gras guide. "There are at least four companies marketing nude Mardi Gras videos nationally. There are the television shows that feature women showing breasts, and men showing themselves."
That anything-goes image attracts young tourists who care little about tradition, as resident Dave Johnson discovered a few years ago when he was a host to several Florida State University classmates.
"Everybody wanted to get nude and lewd," Johnson said. "They weren't driving all that way to eat fried chicken and catch beads with my parents."
Carnival, which began Jan. 6 and ends this week with Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday,
has always been a mixture of high society and street scene. The city's blue-bloods staged grand balls while the gay community held drag contests. Families held reunions along parade routes while college kids partied in the French Quarter.
College students hold mixed views on issues
NEW YORK — When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student paints an often-contradictory portrait of a generation that is both optimistic and fearful of the country's powerful institutions.
"Belief in the American dream is stronger than ever," the authors wrote.
Authors Arthur Levine, the president of
The Associated Press
Teachers College at Columbia University, and Jeanette S. Cureton, an independent scholar, based their work on a 1993 survey of 9,100 undergraduates as well as hundreds of interviews with individual students, campus newspaper editors and student body presidents.
Among the book's findings:
— Students do not trust social institutions, with large majorities agreeing that private corporations are too concerned with profits and not enough with public responsibility and newspaper and TV journalists provide biased accounts of news events. Fifty-seven percent agreed that meaningful social change cannot be achieved through traditional American politics.
CORRECTION
Josh Martin was misidentified in the Kansan on Feb. 20. Martin is the assistant manager of the Granada.
ON CAMPUS
Today
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study fundamentals of Catholicism at 7 p.m. at room 201 in the center. Contact the Rev Vince Krischei 843-0357.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Contact Beng Beh, 864-7754.
Native American Student Association will meet at 7 p.m. at the Multicultural Center.
- Graduate School and International Services will have an International Seminar for Faculty from 3:30-5 p. m. at the Western Seminar Room in the Art History Library, Spencer Museum of Art. Contact Janice Andes, 864-4183.
KU Linguistics Department will have a presentation entitled "How to Make an American/Results and Future Directions" at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake Hall.
Tomorrow
Episcopal/Lutheran Campus Center will have a worship service at noon at Danforth Chapel. Contact the Rev. Joseph Allford. 843-8202.
The Center for East Asian Studies will have an informational meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Contact Pat Graham, 864-3849.
Kansas City Baptist Temple Ministry will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Alcove F, Kansas Union, Conflict Stafini Lassen, 841-9603
- HALO will meet at 6 p.m. at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Contact Janell Avila, 864-HALO.
KU Democrats will have an executive board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Chris Galloway, 838-4604.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study Sunday readings from a Catholic perspective from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Conference Room in the center. Contact Sister Karen. 843-0357
Wednesday
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Contact Wendy Brown,
838-3984
SUA-Live Music Committee will meet at 6 p.m. contact John Orcutt, 843-6477.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Contact Pete Elliott, 840-9572.
Thursday
Environs vegetarian lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the ECM. Contact Natalie Sullivan, 842-7847.
- Proponents of Animal Liberation will meet at 6 p.m. at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union, Contact Michael Schmitt, 838-4469.
KU Deaf Club will have an informational meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Contact Ann Curry, 838-9153.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have a concert at 8:15 p.m. For more
information, call 843-0357.
Friday
KU Ungluesity Department will have a presentation entitled "In Transition: The Description and Analysis of CVC Format Trajectories" at 3:0 p.m. in 206 Blake Hall.
Saturday
Graduate School and International Services will have "Exploring International Careers" 98" from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Kansas University. Preregistration deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Contact Anne Merydith-Wolf, 864-4963.
Sunday
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study the Gospel of kelp from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at room 201-202 in the center.
For more information call 843-0357.
For information on the Feminist Union will meet at 5 p.m. at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Joan Benefiel, 840-9739.
General
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 5:30 to 7 tonight and Wednesday and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at 207 Robinson Center. Contact Adam. 842-9112.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Contact the Rev. Vince Krische, 843-0357.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Danforth Chapel. Contact the Rev. Vince Krische, R43.0357
■ KU Habitat for Humanity has a spring
A local opportunity. Contact jett, 832-1307
OAKS will have a brown-bag lunch from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Kansas Union, third floor Ace L and
on Wednesday in Alcove A. Contact
Susan Randall, 864-7317.
- Free job search workshops will continue this week. Resume and cover letter writing; Tuesday at 2 p.m. in 514 Summerfield. Interviewing skills: Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in 2029 Learned. Contact Ben Krusse, 864-5591.
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Today IN HISTORY
1584-Gutenburg Day.
1836 - The Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna.
1900 The Steamer "Rio de Janiero" sinks in the San Francisco Bay.
1967 - The 25th Amendment concerning presidential succession was passed.
Famous people born today;
1685 George Friderick Handel, composer
1940 - Peter Fonda, actor
1955 - Howard Jones, musician
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union, there will be a poetry and prose readings entitled, "An Evening of Unity through Poetry." Lawrence, Topeka, and Kansas City metropolitan area high schools and KU students will participate in an evening of culture expressions. The event is free.
At 12:15 Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the Spencer Museum of Art, there will be an art tour. Chancellor Robert Hemenway will give a half-hour gallery talk on the recent acquisition "Portrait of Hugh Samson," by Augusta Savage, an influential black artist and teacher in Harlem. The event is free.
At 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 26 at Alderson Audi torium in the Kansas Union, there will be a panel discussion entitled "Entrepreneurship: Priorities for the 21st Century." Community entrepreneurs from Lawrence and Kansas City areas will focus on critical areas of entrepreneurship.
■ At 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall, inspirational gospel voices will be featured at a gospel extravaganza.
At 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, there will be a reception and a dinner at 6 p.m. at the Adams Alumni Center for the Inaugural Banquet. The banquet will honor the establishment of a new chapter of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History at KU, the first university-based chapter in the history of the association. For information call Katie Woods at 864-3904.
ON THE RECORD
A doll was taken from the Malott Room in the Kansas Union between 7:30 and 9 a.m. Feb. 16, KU police said. The doll was valued at $400.
A KU student's wallet containing items valued at $131 was taken from Budig Hall between 8 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Feb. 4, KU police said.
A KU student's backpack containing items valued at $312 was taken from a hallway outside 103 Robinson Center between 5 and 6:20 a.m. Thursday, KU police said.
■ The ignition switch was stolen from a KU employee's motorcycle between 11 p.m. Feb. 7 and 7:50 a.m. Feb. 12 in the 2400 block of West 25th Street, Lawrence police said. The item was valued at $100.
A KU student was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 2:40 a.m. Friday in the 1900 block of Naismith Drive, KU police said.
A KU student suffered aggravated battery between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Feb. 14 in the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said.
- The rear passenger window of a KU student's car was damaged between 6 p.m. Feb. 18 and 8:15 a.m. Feb. 19 in the 3000 block of West Eighth St., Lawrence police said. The damage was valued at $200.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 10:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 8 a.m. Feb. 16 in the 1400 block of East 24th Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $159.28.
The windshield of a KU student's car was damaged between 7 p.m. Feb. 16 and 7 a.m. Feb. 17 in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. The damage totaled $300.
■ The driver's side window of a KU student's car was damaged between 11 p.m. Friday and 1:15 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The damage totaled $150.
A University of Kansas Alumni Association employee's television, VCR, video game system and telephone were stolen between 10 p.m. Friday and 1:15 a.m. Saturday from the 1000 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $950.
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