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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, January 25, 1993
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KU students celebrate Chinese New Year
Parties feature food, dance and demonstrations
By Angela Sclara
Kansan staff writer
A traditional ribbon dance filled the Kansas Union Ballroom stage yesterday with shimmering flashes of color.
The dance kicked off a performance celebrating the Chinese New Year.
A children's chorus, traditional folk songs, a kung fu demonstration and costume show also helped bring in the year of the rooster.
More than 600 people attended the celebration sponsored by the Chinese Student & Scholar Friend Taiwanese Student Association.
The event combined traditional dances and songs with performances adapted to entertain the large number of people from the United.States in the audience, Tainshing Ma, Taiwan graduate student, said.
"This show is more for the American people, but it gives the community a sample of our culture." Ma said.
Patrick Tompkins / KANSAN
The holiday also was celebrated by two other Chinese organizations.
About 30 people on Saturday night ate a traditional New Year's dinner and watched Chinese movies at the Lawrence Community Center at an event sponsored
by the Chinese Student Association.
The Hong Kong and Macan Student Association celebrated the new year Saturday night with festivities at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Michael Yau, 12, Kansas City, above, tries to figure out what he is holding as Patty Leuig, Liberal freshman, encourages him during the Hong Kong and Macau Student Association's celebration.
More than 100 guests feasted on authentic Chinese dishes as popular Chinese music videos played loudly on television screens around the fellowship hall. Members of the organization performed short comedy skits.
The food served during the Chinese New Year is special to the holiday. Many of the dishes have symbolic meanings, said Lynn Hui, Hong Kong junior and member of the association.
Chinese dumplings were served in the shape of ancient Chinese money. They carry the message "be rich," to all who eat them.
Fish, an ancient symbol of great surplus, brings a wish for surplus in the new year's harvest. Chinese rice cakes translates to "year cakes," and are symbols of good wishes for great accomplishments in the next year.
Pigs feet are served with the hope of winning a prize, a lottery or a horse race.
Dominic Lui, Overland Park senior and vice president of the Hong Kong and Macau Student Association, said the celebration was a time for students to come together. So many of their families were left behind in Hong Kong, Lui said.
"This is what our organization is for," Lui said. "It's a time to be together for fun and laughter."
Atright, YingYue Yuen, HongKong senior, right, performs a ribbon dance in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"This show is more for the American people,but it gives the community a sample of our culture."
TainshingMa Taiwan graduate student
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Irene Lanier / KANSAN
Ann Garvin, national president of Church Women United, and her husband, Leroy Garvin, take part in a panel discussion about community violence. Leroy Garvin performed "This Blue Light of Mine" for the group.
Community forum addresses violence
Lawrence residents can learn from riots in L.A., speaker says
By Ben Grove Kansan staff writer
The riots in Los Angeles last spring left women in all parts of the city struggling with the fear and anger that the violence generated by the national president of Church Women United.
Garvin interviewed women from various economic and ethnic backgrounds in three parts of the city two months after the April riots.
Garvin, who is from Topeka, shared the
"The women we talked to used the word 'rebellion,'" Garvin said. "They said they knew that something was going to happen for months and even years. They felt that the jury's decision was just the catalyst, just the straw that broke the camel's back, so they saw it as a rebellion and not as a riot."
findings from her dialogues yesterday at a panel discussion on community violence at First United Methodist Church.
Garvin said a 12-member delegation from her organization spoke with women in south-central and west-central Los Angeles and more affluent western San Fernando Valley.
and had locked himself and his wife in their apartment during the riots. Their building was soon torched.
"You can realize how they felt when they were in a locked apartment, and they could not find a key immediately." Garvin said.
She said much of what she learned came from the stories people told.
Garvin said that the racial makeup of south-central Los Angeles was predominately African American and Latino and was the area hardest hit by the violence. She said that even though there had been no violence in the predominantly white San Fernando Valley, the riots had left scars there nonetheless.
"The fears these women expressed had to do with not being able to go to the grocery store at night because they were afraid to leave home," she said, their pursues would be unmatched, "she said
In south-central Los Angeles, she said,
she found one man who feared the worst
One panel member was Marilyn Bread, president of the Kansas Association for Native American Education, whose son Christopher was shot by a Lawrence police officer during an altercation in Bread's home.
then each spoke of the lesson Lawrence residents could learn from the violence in Los Angeles.
"A community divided will not stand," she said. "Los Angeles was a community divided. The next time you see prejudice, when you see discrimination, you should turn to that person and say, 'You're wrong.'"
Senate wants more student involvement
Panel members listened to Garvin and
Kansan staff writer
By Brett Rlggs
Student Senate and the Student Senate Elections Commission have proclaimed this week Student Senate Awareness Week with the hopes of promoting student interest in campus government.
"In the past, senators have mostly been leaders of organizations or members of fraternities and sororities." Zaal said. "We are trying to find some other students."
Kelli Zuel, student representative for the elections commission and event coordinator for the week, said the goal was to get involved in local politics and encourage them to get involved in Senate.
Senators will be available to discuss issues
The first event planned is a Senate open house from 3 to 6 p.m. today in the Senate office in 410 Kansas Union. Brad Garlinger, student body president, said he wanted students to feel comfortable meeting with senators and discussing issues.
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. all week at an information table in the lobby of the Kansas Union
Another event for the week is an open forum at 4 p.m. Thursday at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. The forum will discuss the Senate election code.
"Many students think Senate is just a bunch of people promoting themselves," Garlinghouse said. "It is important, when they come in, to prevent intimidating atmosphere so students feel more comfortable."
"We want to give students an opportunity
She said the idea of Senate Awareness Week came from former Senate election candidates. Zuel said past election coalitions cited problems in filling their coalitions with students representing all of the different areas of the University.
to suggest changes or ask questions to help us form the code." Zuel said.
"Coalitions can use this week to approach students and try to get them involved, and students can find out more information about running in the elections," she said.
Garlinghouse said he also wanted the events to promote the fact that student athletes were
"Students need to know this, so they can expand their organizations," Garlinghouse
Student Senate Awareness Week
Monday · Friday — Information table. 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. in lobby of the Kansas Union.
Monday — Student Senate open house, 3 to 5 p.m. in 410 Kansas Union.
Tuesday — "Running for Student Senate:
Election Rules and Tips." 5 to 6 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas University
Wednesday - Student Senate meeting
0.30 p.m. at the Big Eight Room in the
Kansas University
Thursday — Open forum on the Student Senate elections code. 4 p.m. at Alcove P in the Kansas Union.
Caller ID new to Lawrence but not to KU
Kansan staff writer
By Vicki Bode
When a Lawrence resident now places a phone call, the receiver of the call may be able to identify the caller before the phone is picked up.
Southwestern Bell introduced Caller ID last week to Lawrence, the first city in Kansas to receive the service.
through Lawrence is the first to obtain the service, the United States has had a caller identification system for six years.
In 1987 the University got a new phone system, which on
Caller ID service
some phones includes a names data base, said Jan Weller, director of telecommunications. When someone calls one of these phones, the caller's name and/or number will be displayed.
"The main reason for initially getting the names data base was for emergency reasons." Weller said "With the system, 911 calls made from campus are sent to KU police and the location of
Bob's Caller ID display attached to his phone shows John's number after the first ring.
source: Southwestern Bell
Source: Southwestern Bell
Dan Schauer/KANSAN
the caller is displayed."
Some University departments are also able to identify callers with the names data base.
"Having the system is definitely beneficial," said Nancy Miles, administrative officer for the Computer Center. "We use it because if we are on another line and waiting for another call, we can press a button, which will tell who is calling. Then we can decide whether to take the other call or not."
"This is one of those things you don't know how you ever lived without."
While campus departments find caller identification valuable, some KU students are not sold on the concept yea
"It sounds at first, but there's some sort of loss of privacy," Gavin Bruce, Topeka sophomore, said. "People will now be able to elect not to take my phone call, which would make me upset."
Bruce said he thought the service should be available, but he would not use it.
Sue Chia Lee, Selangor, Malaysia, senior, does not think Caller ID is necessary
"I don't think it is beneficial at all," Lee said. "I think it is a total invasion of privacy."
The privacy issue has been addressed by Southwestern Bell, which offers the service in Lawrence.
"If people don't want their telephone numbers displayed when they call someone, they may block the display," said Mike Scott, external affairs manager for Southwestern Bell.
If "69" is pressed before placing a phone call, the Caller ID is blocked, Scott said. Domestic violence shelters and enforcement agencies may have a permanent block placed on their phones at no cost.
Scott said Lawrence residents and businesses could sub-scribe to the service, but it would not be available in Uni-