UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursdav. March 31, 1994
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Former KU administrator dies
International students valued Stinson's effort
By Jamie Munn Kansan staff writer
A former KU administrator, who friends said had helped many thousands of international students, died yesterday morning.
Jim Stinson, former assistant director of International Student Services, died of a heart attack at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was 56 years old.
Mr. Stinson, who retired from the
International Student Services office in September, had worked at the University of Kansas for 25 years.
"Jim was wellliked by all the students he had helped," said Gerald Harris.
Jim Stinson
Harris said Mr. Stinson had come to the University in 1968. When he arrived, his primary concern had been helping international students in the Office of Admissions.
director of International Student Services.
retired," Harris said. "He'll be missed even more now."
He is survived by wife Nazi and two sons, Joel and Jeff. He is survived also by stepson Bardia Rajaei and stepdaughter Poohen Rajaei.
"He was missed a great deal when he
Joel Stinson said that memorial donations could be made to International Student Services through the Kansas University Endowment Association. Donations should be made through Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St.
Although he was Mr. Stinson's stepson for only one year, Bardia Rajaei said, the two had become close.
"He was the nicest person I ever met in my life," Bardia Rajaei said. "He just liked to help people."
Mr. Stinson was a graduate of Southwestern College in Winfield. He later received a master's degree in education from Emporia State Teachers College.
Mr. Stinson also had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence.
After college, Mr. Stinson taught in high schools in Junction City and Hutchinson before moving to Haven. He then became the principal at Haven High School before taking his job at the University.
Funeral director Philip Padden said services would be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Padden said graveside services would be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Viola Cemetery in Viola.
Play raises issue of Nazi homosexuality
By Susan White
Kansan staff writer
Nazi Germany in the 1930s was a time of persecution against Jews, Poles, Catholics — and the German homosexual community.
"The struggles of homosexuals in and out of Nazi concentration camps during that period have been chronicled in "Bent," an English Alternative Theatre presentation that opens tonight.
Piet Knetsch, director of the play and recipient of a doctoral degree in theater from the University of Kansas, said the play revolved around a concentration camp inmate, Max, who hides his homosexuality to avoid additional abuse by Nazi guards.
Knetsch said the first half of the play centered on Max's relationship with another character, Rudy. They were
arrested for their homosexuality, and the Nazis sent Max to the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. The second half of the play centers on the friendship Max formed with a fellow prisoner, Horst.
"When Max first arrives at the camp, he denies his homosexuality and claims to be Jewish," Knetsch said. "But Max eventually admits his homosexuality to Horst."
Knetsch said the play focused more on homosexuality than the Nazi regime and its power.
"The heart of the play is Max's relationships," he said. "He acknowledges who he is and learns a great deal about himself."
Phil Schroeder, a KU alumnus who plays Max, said that playing a homosexual in Nazi Germany was not a difficult role because it was an important aspect of the story.
"It's just about people in love with other people, not whether it's a man and a woman or a man and a man," he said. "Love was necessary in the concentration camps because of all the pain, destruction and death."
The play's publicity poster warns people of scenes that contain explicit language and nudity. However, Knetsch said, the scenes are not intended to shock audience members.
Because of the explicit nature of the play and the possibility that the antigay Rev. Fred Phelps of Westboro
"The nudity lasts about 10 seconds," he said. "The language and nudity are there because they reflect on who Max is and the character's recognition of his sexuality. When the play first came out in 1979, this would have been more shocking. Hopefully, we have progressed since then."
Baptist Church in Topeka will protest it, a panel discussion will be held with Felix Moos, professor and co-director of the anthropology department; Dan Breslauer, professor of religious studies; and Carl Strikwerda, associate professor of history. Knetsch said.
Joe McCauley, a KU alumnus who plays Horst, said the play was full of important messages that needed to be heard.
"Lots of people try to pretend that the Holocaust never happened," he said. "I hope the play will be a good reminder to people that it did happen. Also, this is the '90s, and it's about time to get rid of the stigmatism about gays. They're just real people."
The play opens at 8 p.m. tonight at Swarthawk Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. It also will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for everyone.
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