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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, January 12, 1998
LeaderShape teaches life principles
Retreat widens student views
By Emily C. Forsyth Kansas staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway addresses the LeaderShape student retreat at Tall Oaks Conference Center in Linwood, on Friday. Hemenway's speech was part of the closing festivities. Sixty-three student leaders participated in the retreat, which was sponsored by the Department of Student Housing. Photo by Augustus Anthony Pizza/KANSAN
While some students loured about, savoring their last moments of peace before a grueling semester of work, 63 student leaders at the University of Kansas launched the spring semester a week early.
The students and five graduate teaching assistants participated in a retreat called the LeaderShape Institute from Jan. 4 to Jan. 9 at Tall Oaks Conference Center in Linwood.
The program, sponsored by the Department of Student Housing, was designed to equip students with leadership skills, emphasizing teamwork, integrity, ethics and achieving results.
"So much of the week focused on building relationships and bridging the gap between different organizations," Bradford said.
Katie Bradford, Marysville junior, said the retreat helped students from different campus organizations build a foundation for future cooperation.
During one evening of the program, four community leaders discussed ethics and integrity in leadership. The panelists were Ann Evans, director of Lawrence Arts Center; Rod Bremby, Lawrence assistant city manager; Marilyn Layman, superintendent for DeSoto public school district; and Roger Morningstar, of Sport 2
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Bradford said it was beneficial to hear from leaders who were active in Lawrence.
"They're people we can look up to because they are doing great things in our community." she said.
LeaderShape participants were encouraged to develop a plan for improving organizations in which they were involved for a nine- to 12-month period. Bradford, a member of the KU Panhellenic Association, said she wanted to focus on improving relations between sororities.
Bradford said she hoped to develop a program where sororities could build a house for Habitat for Humanity or make a contribution in some other form of community service.
"So many of the projects focused on building relationships with other organizations. It was really a recurring theme," Bradford said. "Within any organization, the same things need to be addressed."
Anthony Nicholson, Overland Park junior and president of Battenfeld Scholarship Hall, developed a similar plan for improving understanding between campus living groups. Nicholson said interacting with other students helped him to change his ideas about people.
"I changed my view on how I perceived people based on whether they live in a scholarship hall or greek hall or residence hall." Nicholson said.
Nicholson said he hoped to incorporate an exchange program where members of different living organizations would live in another person's room for a day or two to gain a better understanding of fellow students and to eliminate stereotypes.
"All you know is what people tell you and the negative stereotypes," Nicholson said. "I think
the best thing I got out of the week was meeting people such as the president of a fraternity or sorority and learning that they are great people."
ing speech left students like Bradford with a new enthusiasm and eagerness to apply what they had learned.
Chancellor Robert Memenway addressed the group both on the opening day of the program and at the ending session. His clos-
"The chancellor said, 'You've done so much with just 65 people, imagine what 24,000 can accomplish,'" Bradford said.
ON CAMPUS
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding federal work-study funds for the spring semester. To apply, access an online application at http://www.ukans.edu/~osfa using Netscape or Internet Explorer. Call 864-4700 or inquire at 51 Stroig Hall for more information.
The University Forum commences for the spring semester from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. This week's free lecture is about the architecture of Columbus, Ind. All of the town's public buildings are designed by renowned architects thanks to a philanthropic donation. The forum meets Wednesdays. An optional lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. All students, staff and faculty are welcome.
The KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday Call 864-7325 for meeting location and more information.
The Native American Student Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Lori Huxwell at 841-5852 or Regina Grass at 832-2569 for more information.
The International Student Association will meet at 6 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Scott Grigsby at 864-4848 for more information.
The University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148 for more information.
Registration for a human sexuality class sponsored by the Ecumenical Christian Ministries will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week. Beginning this week the class will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays.
■ The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor a "How?@KU" informal meeting at 4 p.m. today and tomorrow and at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in 109 Lippincott Hall. Call Doug Schenkelberg at 864-7812 for more information.
The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor a Great Britain Direct Exchange informational meeting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Doug Schenkelberg at 864-7812 for more information.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Daisy Hill Room in the Kansas Union.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center's Vespers Concert Series will continue at 7:35 p.m. Friday at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. The Loras College Concert Choir will sing a Concert of Sacred Music after the 7 p.m. Vespers service.
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ON THE RECORD
A contractor's parking permit was stolen from a van in Lot 10 Dec. 14, KU police said. The permit was valued at $138.
Kansas official license tags, mounting screws and n'ts were stolen from the University Motor Pool between 8 a.m. Dec. 17 and 10 a.m. Jan. 8, KU police said. The items were valued at $21.
■ A KU student's residence hall parking permit was stolen from lot 104 between 11:30 p.m. Dec. 3 and 9:30 a.m. Dec. 4, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
The front door and carpet of a Lawrence man's apartment in the 1100 block of Indiana were set on fire at approximately 3:30 a.m. Friday, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100.
Shows go on despite repairs to leaky roof
Rain damage alerts crews to structural disintegration
By Chris Horton
Kansan staff writer
University Theatre assistant director Kathy Pryor said an inspection of Murphy's roof after the rains revealed a potentially dangerous situation.
Last semester's rain-induced damage to two theaters and a practice room in Murphy Hall may have been a nuisance, but it alerted the University to a greater problem.
"The steel and concrete that make up the structure of the roof had disintegrated significantly," she said. "The concrete would literally crumble in your hands."
That discovery forced the University to replace the entire roof, a procedure slowed by snow and asbestos removal. Despite the delays, Mark Reiske, production manager at Design and Construction Management, said the task is near completion.
Reiske said repairs to Crafton-Preyer Theatre and the practice room beneath it as well as the William Inge Memorial Theater had been completed, with only a small area of roof beneath a cooling tower still needing to be replaced.
Design and Construction Management created the plans and specifications for the project, which was contracted to Huttinger Construction Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
Bob Huttinger, president of Huttinger Construction, said although a small amount of work remained, completion of the reroofing would not occur until the roof was sufficiently dry, which requires at least one full day of warm, dry weather.
"There's a week to a week and a half of work left, but since it's a weather-permitting job, it could go on for months," he said.
As for the asbestos, Huttinger said its removal was not much of an obstacle for the contractor.
Even though theaters are safe, University Theatre is still feeling the repercussions, Pryor said.
The children's production "Little Monster" was displaced by the repairs and had to be converted into a touring production. Two on-campus performances are also scheduled for 100 Smith Hall on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, she said.
The first performance for the repaired theaters takes place early next month with "Die Fledermaus", which will take run at Crafton-Preyer Theater and will run Feb. 5-8.
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