UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday.Mav3.1994
13B
Camp is summer alternative
Bug spray and outdoor plumbing await students
By Angelina Lopez Kansan staff writer
Angle Woodfill, Lenexa sophomore, had to get away last summer.
And she loved it.
But rather than going to a tropical resort to soak up rays at the beach, Woodfill spent last summer babysitting 12 girls, ages nine and 10, in a leaky log cabin in Michigan.
Woodfill spent her summer as a camp counselor. For KU students who have an affection for kids and walks through a forest, camp counseling may be the best option for summer employment.
Woodfill's camp counseling experience was working as a swimming instructor and lifeguard for nine weeks last summer at Lake of the Woods, an all-girls camp in Decatur, Mich.
Lake of the Woods recruits students from KU, from other Midwest universities and from universities in New Zealand, Australia and England, said Chris Noble, administrative assistant of the camp.
The program sets up tables at the universities in February and places ads in student newspapers. Students interested in the program can call until mid-May.
The standard pay for camp counselors is $1,150 for nine weeks. Noble said.
She said most camps ask a counselor to be trained in an activity that he or she can teach a camper. That activity can range from tennis to ceramics to piano, she said.
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Woodfill said the most important quality of camp counselors was that they loved to spend time with children.
"The experience with the kids is great," Woodffall said. "They look up to you so much. But a lot of the kids are rich, and they've been at the camp forever. You really have to act like you know what's on your."
However, not all of a camp counselor's time is spent with the kids.
At Lake of the Woods, Woodfall said, counselors are given every other night and one full day off.
Gerred Howe, Eskridge senior, said one of his favorite aspects of camp was the people he met.
"Camp becomes a world within itself," he said. "Everybody does everything for everybody. There's a great feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood."
Angie Woodfill, Lenexa sophomore, stands with Jessica Forman, 10. Woodfill was a camp counselor at Lake of the Woods Camp in Decatur, Mich., where Forman attended camp last summer.
Howe said he was doubly fond of the people he met because one agreed to be his wife.
Howe met Holly Levi, Lawrence junior, on their camp's swimming dock and dated her throughout the summer.
However, the entire camp experience isn't wine and roses, said Woodfill. She said she thought that the floors and bathrooms seemed unsanitary.
She also said it was difficult to spend an entire semester eating camp food.
However, Woodfill said the food wasn't enough to drive her away. She will be returning this summer.
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Class examines views of nature
By Susan White
Kansan staff writer
Earl Davis decided to enroll in "Native and Western Views of Nature" because he hoped the joint class - open to students at the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University -- would bring the two school closer together.
"Hunting is a very important part of life to the traditional Native American societies," he said. "White Americans mainly hunt for fun. A lot of KU students are conservationists and don't like the idea of hunting on a regular basis. But for Haskell students, it's a part of their culture."
Pierotti said that the two groups of students held different attitudes about predators such as wolves.
"It is a really cool class," said Davis, Haskell graduate. "There are more chances for different views to be expressed. The class gives people a respect for each other and nature."
Raymond Pierotti, assistant professor of systematics and ecology, said that the class, which first was held last spring, offered Haskell and KU students a unique opportunity. Students in the class work toward a common goal — a better understanding of nature.
Pierotti said the class, which will be taught again in Spring 1995, focused on several ecological issues, such as the idea of hunting as a way of life rather than a form of recreation.
"We discuss readings and get personal perspectives from both sides on how to look at nature and how to appreciate the natural world," he said.
"Most white Americans perceive the wolves to be dangerous," he said. "Even though they support the idea of having places to keep them safe, they don't like idea of having wolves for neighbors. Native Americans see wolves as an important part of their culture because wolves
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teach them about hunting, living and family groups."
Pierotti said the class also gave KU students the chance to experience life at Haskell firsthand, since the class is taught there.
"Most KU students never visit Haskell the whole time they are in Lawrence," he said. "They drive by it all the time but never go up on campus. Now they can see what Haskell is like while getting a different view of nature and life."
Pieroti said he hoped his students would have more respect for nature at the end of the semester.
Dewayne Thomas, Gallup, N.M.
junior at KU and a former Haskell
student, said the class gave him an
appreciation for other ideas.
"It does not mean liking flowers, "deer, birds and other wildlife," he said. "It is respect in the purest sense. You have to live life as if the life of every other living creature was equal to yours."
The class, which meets every Friday, is open to 10 KU students and 10 Haskell students.
"I have gained a lot of insight about other cultures and their world views," he said.
Annika Vieira, Lawrence senior,
said she took the class because it
included Haskell students.
"I have spent four years in Lawrence and never known any Haskell students," she said. "I am aware that stereotypes do exist. The class has helped to break down communication barriers between the two schools. There should be more classes like this."
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