UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Monday, February 8, 1993
Jason Auld / KANSAN
William Allen White Foundation national citation recipient and nationally syndicated columnist George Will addresses a lunch banquet in the Kansas Union ballroom. Will was the keynote speaker at the annual William Allen White Day luncheon Friday.
Columnist speaks on his role
By Brady Prauser
Kansan staff writer
Change in the United States begins with U.S. culture, not with politics, said George Will, this year's winner of the William Allen White Foundation national citation.
Will, a noted Newsweek and Washington Post syndicated columnist and political commentator, delivered the William Allen White Day address during a noon luncheon on Friday at a packed Kansas Union Ballroom.
The importance of government continually is decreasing, he said. U.S.culture outweighed the importance of governmental change. Journalists therefore should concentrate more on the daily lives of ordinary people in the United States and less on government.
He said U.S. citizens incorrectly measured the quality of the school systems by financial inputs such as how big gymnasiums or libraries were, instead of focusing on test scores. He also said U.S. children needed to spend more time in school and work harder.
Will spoke at length about the problems of public schools and how to repair them.
Appropriately, the Maryland columnist drew analogies between his two loves — baseball and politics — when explaining about the need for Congressional term limits.
"In 1988, the Baltimore Orioles were like Congress—old, expensive and incompetent," he said. "At the end of the season, we said, 'Hey, we can lose 117 games with cheap rookies.' I rest my case for the need for term limits."
Will's speech struck a favorable chord with much of his audience. David Olson, Wichita sophomore, said it was a nice change for the University to hear conservative criticism..
Rock Chalk volunteers get to work
The weary faces gathered around three televisions in separate rooms Sunday in the Holiday Inn Holdome, 200 McDonald Drive.
By Mark Klefer Kansan staff writer
The children who spent their weekend with 120 KU students watched "Beethoven" and "Beauty and the Beast" in relative calm.
Families Together Inc., a statewide organization that serves families that have children with disabilities, brought together families from across the state to Lawrence to get to know other families facing similar circumstances.
"Everyone is kind of worn out today," said Kelly Fults, a Lawrence junior who volunteered to organize activities this weekend for about 65 children with disabilities.
"Every house donated something to help out," she said. "We really appreciate their efforts because without that, we wouldn't be able to put on this event."
Fults said that she did not have a problem recruiting volunteers to help during the weekend.
Volunteering students were assigned as weekend companions for the disabled children. Their jobs included entertaining the children while parents took part in meetings about the problems facing them and their disabled children.
Fults is the community services coordinator for Rock Chalk Revue, which played a significant role in the success of the event.
"When I asked them about volunteering as a group, I didn't get much of a response," she said. "But when I went up to everyone individually, I could see that they wanted to do it. We actually had to turn some people away."
Judi Rudder of Topeka, who is a parent of a child with a disability and the weekend coordinator for the events, said she was happy with the student volunteers.
"Rock Chalk Revue and the KU students have volunteered and been a great help," she said. "We really can't do something like this without the help of volunteers."
Rudder said that Families Together began in 1982 with a group of about 10 parents. Between 60 and 65 families came this weekend to the Holidome.
"I like seeing all the kids smile and the KU students come out this weekend and really have a good time," Fults said. "The kids really love their companions."
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