UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 2, 1993
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Haskell visiting professor narrates movie
Documentary shows decline of Black Hills
Many cable television viewers who tuned in last night to the Home Box Office channel had an eye-opening experience.
By Brian James Kansan staffwriter
At least that is what Henrietta Mann
hopes.
Mann, a University of Montana professor on sabbatical and now a visiting professor at Haskell Indian Nations University, narrated parts of the movie, "Paha Sapa. The Struggle for the Black Hills." The movie was shown on IHB at 6 p.m. yesterday.
About 250 people attended the premier showing of the movie in Haskell's auditorium. Members of a KU political science class, Tribal-Federal Relations, also attended the screening.
The movie, Mann said, was created to offer a different perspective of the history and ownership of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and eastern Montana.
"We were part of the 20 million people who saw this tonight," she said. "I hope we all had our eyes and ears opened to what has happened to this place we cherish."
The movie began with sweeping aerial photography of the Black Hills, and narrators from the Lakota and Cheyenne tribes telling of the spiritual importance of the region.
giant billboards dotting the hills.
The sequence of scenes summed up the message of the hour-long movie: American Indians said they have seen their holy lands — the Black Hills — stolen and desecrated by people who have used the land for commercial reasons.
Mann is a former coordinator of the American Indian Religious Freedom Coalition, a group that fights to protect existing American Indian lands in the western United States.
Even Mount Rushmore, one narrator said, was an example of misuse of the land.
"If you look at those individuals up there, they have a lot to do with the demise of the Lakota people," the narrator said.
Mann said she had been nervous during the filming.
"I've got to admit I was a little
tongue-tied at first," she said. "Then I thought of my responsibility to help fight for your right and your grandchildren's right to inherit this land."
American Indians have been fighting to reclaim control of the Black Hills, an area of land that they say belonged to them.
Congress is currently considering the Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act, which would ease restrictions on the use of the Black Hills by American Indians, Mann said.
Tina Haladay, Lawrence senior, was among those from the KU political science class that attended the screening.
She said she was glad the movie was on HBO.
"More people need to be exposed to the American Indians' feelings and their perspective," Haladay said.
Hernietta Mann, a visiting professor at Haskell Indian Nations University, hags Cavern Smith, Lawrence senior at KU and part time student at Haskell.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Nikole Hendricks, Rockford ill. senior, gessos a canvas in the Art and Design Building. Gesso is a base that is put on canvas so that it can be painted.
Preparing to paint
KU mentor program helps minorities with grad school
By Kathleen Stolle Kensan staff writer
Roieo Munoz-Dunbar's license plate reads "GQOHP]I"
"On a driving advertisement," she said with a laugh.
Tina and her Diving Instructor Munoz-Dunbar is also a driving force behind the College of Liberal Arts and Science's Dean's Scholars Program. The program matches KU Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans and American Indians with KU faculty mentors. Munoz-Dunbar recruits candidates to apply.
"We're particularly interested in the kids who have a lot of latent but may not show it in traditional ways," said Katherine McCuskey-Fawcett, program director and associate dean of the college.
Since the program began in March 1992, 19 scholars have been named. The five newest scholars were announced this fall.
Right now there are not a lot of minorities going to grad school," said Crystal Collier, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, and one of the new scholars. "This helps boosts numbers and give a better understanding of the graduate school process."
Scholars are encouraged to apply for graduate school and consider teaching at the college level as a career. The scholars also attend weekly seminars on graduate school preparation.
McCluskey-Fawcett and Munoz-Dunbar said the impetus for the program was the low number of minorities in university faculty positions.
arity positions. "It's extremely difficult to find people of color who are interested in faculty jobs," McCluskey-Fawcett said of the arts and sciences.
sciences.
According to statistics from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, 91.6 percent of KU's faculty in the fall of 1992 was white. Asians composed 4.8 percent of the faculty African Americans composed 2.0 percent, followed by Hispanics with 1.4 percent and American Indians with 2 percent.
Rocio Munoz Dunbar, right, coordinator of the College of Liberal Arts and Science's Dean's Scholars Program, gives an introduction to students.
Kristina Gonzales-Redding, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said her mentor and the seminars have helped her sift through the complex process of preparing for and applying to graduate school. "It's opened all kinds of doors I never would have thought of," she said.
Kathleen Zanoli, assistant professor of human development and family life, is Gonzales-Redding's mentor. She said all undergraduates needed a mentor's guidance into the graduate world.
"The best way to enter that world—the only way, really—is to have someone to show you the ropes." Zanali said.
Auto illiterates beware: Rip-offs happen
Kansan staff writer
By Chesley Dohl
Many students know certain things about cars — how to fill the gas tank and how to check the oil. If it gets more technical than that, call them car illiterate.
"Especially in the college setting, I think students are more interested in academics and social life than the maintenance of their cars," said Byron Edmondson, owner of Byron's Autohaus, 640 N. 2nd. "They drive them until they won't go, and then they bring them to us."
Edmondson defended auto mechanics, but he admitted that there was a stereotype that mechanics take advantage of students who don't know much about their cars.
Sandra Albrecht, director of women's studies, said that female students were especially likely to get ripped off.
more, said she was overcharged when she recently sought maintenance for her car
Melissa Miller, Sioux Falls, S.D., sophothat some businesses do overcharge
"I took my car in to get it worked on, and I got charged an arm and a leg." Miller said. "Then my dad took his car in, had the same thing done, and they charged my dad less."
Edmondson teaches a basic auto mechanics class at his shop each semester for female students.
"There is a stereotype that women don't know very much about cars," he said. "From my experience, I think that's true."
Shelly Wachter, Topeka freshman, said she usually relied on her father to take care of her car.
"I can put gas in my car and that's about it," she said.
Gary Hill, owner of Bob's Import Service, 714 W. 6th, said he rarely run into problems with customers. But he said
"I don't like that at all." Hill said. "It makes everyone skeptical about mechanics, and that's not right for the honest businessman."
Edmondson said that poor communication was the culprit when customers felt they were overcharged or ripped off. He said that the best way for students to find quality mechanics was through word of mouth.
"If you're new in town, probably the best thing to do is ask around," he said. "Find out from friends who's good and dependable."
Everyone needs to know the basics of car maintenance, Edmondson said.
"You have to check the oil and keep the transmission lubricated," he said. "Find a mechanic you trust and establish a relationship for the bigger jobs."
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