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Monday, March 7, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Apply now for the... 1994-95 Kansas & Burge Union Scholarships
University/Community Service Scholarship Award
As a result of the efforts of many students saving the furniture and art objects while providing invaluable service to the firefighters during the Kansas Union fire on April 20, 1970, insurance carriers decided to present the Kansas Union with a gift. The Student Union Activities Board will again choose a student deserving of being awarded a scholarship from the interest on this gift.
Qualifications:
- Must be a regularly enrolled KU student this spring semester and be enrolled for the fall '94 and spring '95 semesters.
- Must have demonstrated service to the university and/or the Lawrence community.
- Scholarship, financial need, and references will be a minimal consideration in application reviews.
Applications:
Available in the SUA Office, Kansas Union,
864-3477. Must be received by 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16 in the SUA Office.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday, April 5.
The Burge & Giele Scholarships ..for student leadership in SUA..
Qualifications:
- Must have been an active member of the Student Union Activities organization.
Union Activities organization. Must be in good academic standing and enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours for the '94-'95 school year.
Nominations accepted up to March 16, 1994. Forms available at the SUA Office, Kansas Union, 864-3477.
New book joins an old trend in questioning Jesus' divinity
Students, professors say idea isn't threat
By Jennifer Freund
Kansan staff writer
According to "The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus," by Robert Funk, Roy Hoover and the Jesus Seminar, Jesus wasn't divine.
Some KU professors agreed that "The Five Gospels," a book published in December, was just part of a continuing trend challenging Jesus' divinity.
after the resurrection, assuming that occurred."
Bob Fortna, Weyerhauseres professor of biblical studies at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and member of the Jesus Seminar, a group of professors and clergymen, said Jesus was not the son of God but actually a nationalistic leader and social crusader.
"The last thing Jesus had in mind was being the Messiah," Forta said. "Jesus' divinity was not from his original teachings. Divinity was applied
Paul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies and former member of the Jesus Institute, concurred.
"Jesus was a Jewish prophet and died a Jewish prophet," he said. "The apostle Paul was the creator of Christianity. The way he interpreted Jesus made him something that he wasn't considered before."
Mirecki cited the redundancy of this project as one of the reasons that he dropped out of the Jesus Seminar.
"Challenging the divinity of Jesus is nothing new," he said. "The Jesus Institute is a bunch of 1920s German scholar wannabes."
Mirecki also said that because the Institute had reached its own conclusion prior to actually conducting the study. Mirecki dropped out.
"The Jesus Institute created a palatable Jesus," he said. "They created a cynic philosopher, a philosophical, Jewish egalitarian, a liberal. In other words, they created Jesus as a middle-aged religion professor."
William Arnold, associate professor of sociology, agreed that the Jesus
conflict was nothing new.
"This has been an issue since the church started," he said.
Some KU students said that they thought the continuing movement to question the teachings of Christ would have little effect on organized religion.
Kendra Schmidt, Tulsa, Okla, senior, said that followers of Christianity would not be threatened by the attack because they hadn't paid attention to any studies in the past.
Schmidt also said that regardless of Jesus' divinity, she still would find meaning in Christianity.
"I'm not threatened, even if they prove that Jesus was just a man, because I can still follow his teachings," she said.
However, Lorraine Darwin, Lawrence senior, said she was not as open to different interpretations of Jesus.
"If we reject Jesus as divine, if we reject his resurrection, Christ died in vain," she said. "That would mean he was defeated by death, and therefore we're defeated by death. Christianity would be in vain."
City needs more parks, officials say
By Cheryl Cadue Kansan staff writer
Lawrence boasts numerous sports organizations, but city officials say those organizations are running out of space.
The city released a comprehensive plan that would ease space problems and enhance the parks and recreation system at a cost of $16 million, said Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks and Recreation
DeVictor gave the project recommendations to the Lawrence City Commission last week. The projects should be undertaken within the next 10 years, he said. The city commission will have a study session on the comprehensive plan at 4 p.m. March 28 at City Hall, 6 East 6th St.
past years, but school programs have increased and have limited the space available to other programs.
DeVictor said the plan's recommendations were largely the result of responses from two surveys.
He said parks and recreation were able to use school district facilities in
"Lawrence is growing rapidly, partly because of the University and Haskell," DeVictor said. "We're a young community and a dynamic community. We have to meet additional needs and provide additional services."
"The surveys helped guide us to look at what we need to do," he said. "From what the citizens have told us, it's pretty clear what direction we need to go."
The top priority listed in the plan is a community recreation center that would cost about $6 million and would include a 50-meter indoor swimming pool, four racquetball courts, and a fitness center. The facility is proposed to be built in Centennial Park. DeVictor said.
Jan Criswell, president of Lawrence Aquahawks, said the city was in great need of more indoor swimming pools because so many organizations compete for use of Haskell Indian Nations University's and Lawrence High School's indoor pools.
"I think that Lawrence has a lot of people from young to old who are interested in sport activities," she said. "We haven't kept up with that
interest."
Duane Peterson, supervisor at Holcom Park and Sports Complex, 2700 Louisiana, said Holcom constantly was busy because it offered more youth activities than any other recreation center in Lawrence.
"We are maked out," Peterson said. "We continue to grow, but we can't grow anymore because we don't have the facilities to meet the demand."
While the need for more recreation facilities may be apparent to some, others say the cost to the taxpayer would be too much.
at the March 1 City Commission meeting, Gregg Polk, Lawrence resident, said the city needed to set a strict monetary limit.
"Ultimately, the taxpayers of the city of Lawrence will be who will pay for this," he said. "With a proposed $11 million jail, new high school and new evaluation of property taxes, I'm taxed out."
DeVictor said the City Commission would decide whether there was a need for new facilities and how much money, if any, would be given to the projects.
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