CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DALLY KANSAN
Friday, March 4, 1994
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Photographer loved Kansas
By Angelina Lopez
Kansan staff writer
A dog-eared "Seeing America with Aetna" motor tours booklet sparked Alvin Terry's interest for travels, which took him from Iceland to Barbados.
He took photographs of Mexican chapels and French children. But Terry's friends said his favorite subject was what he saw everyday: the people and places of Kansas.
Terry, 77, died of Parkinson's disease on Jan. 18, 1992. But his affection for Kansas and its people still can be felt through his contributions to the University of Kansas. Last week, the University announced that Terry left a $91,062 gift to the Kansas University Endowment Association in his will. Terry also gave his large collection of slides and personal documents to the Kansas Collection, located in the Spencer Research Library.
"His goal was that KU would benefit from his photographs," said Russell Leffel, Terry's attorney. "He
had great respect for KU,and he loved the area."
Terry did not attend the University, but he and his family were long-time Kansas City area residents. According to his documents, his great-grandfather, Samuel Bucher, was the city marshal in 1879 of Westport Village, which is now Old Westport in Kansas City. Mo.
Alvin Terry
Terry worked as an auditor
and an accountant for the Farmers Insurance Group for 35 years, but friends said he had retired early to pursue his love for photography.
"As a photographer, he reached professional caliber as an amateur," said Jack E. Bernet, a close friend of Terry's.
Bernet said that Terry had specialized in slide and color photography and that he also had been an
authority on 3-D photography. Terry traveled around the United States and the world taking photographs that he presented in one-man slide shows at community centers and libraries, he said.
David Hoffman, a former art and architecture critic for the Kansas City Star, described Terry's work in an October article as "compact and clean." He said the images were simple and direct.
He won first place. Bernet got a new camera.
Terry won several awards for his photography, including one that benefited Bernet more than himself. A photography company in Kansas City sponsored a contest that offered a $400 camera for the best picture taken in the Kansas City zoo. Terry, who was unable to leave his house because of Parkinson's disease, had no use for the camera. He entered the contest anyway with a picture he had taken previously.
He won first place. Bernet got a new camera.
Terry's work can be seen at the Social and Rehabilitation Services office in Lawrence and the Johnson County clerk's office in Olahe.
James Wilcox/ KANSAN
Earth studies
Larry McKenna III, assistant professor of geology, uses an easel and a sketch pad to teach his Geology 105 class about continental rifting and sediment deposition. McKenna held his class outside Lindley Hall yesterday.
Bill to finance sports fails
Several senators reconsidering opposing votes
By Heather Moore Kansan staff writer
The bill failed because supporters failed to muster a two-thirds majority with a 25-19 vote. After the meeting, some senators reconsidered their opposing votes, but a motion to reopen the meeting failed.
A bill to finance women's and nonrevenue sports may be reconsidered even though it failed a Student Senate vote Wednesday night.
The additional support may be enough to bring the bill back to the Senate floor at the March 16 meeting.
If the bill is passed, students would pay $6 more during the fall and spring semesters and $3 more during the summer semester to support women's and non-revenue sports. These fees would raise $480,000 for the establishment of women's crew and soccer as varsity sports.
John Shoemaker, student body president and sponsor of the bill, said senators might have had trouble seeing the benefits of the bill.
"Health care, for example, is straightforward," he said. "Its benefits are more tangible. With gender equity it is more difficult to see the differences because they are not that tangible."
Not allowing opportunities for women affects everyone, Shoemaker said. He disagreed with the view that most students didn't care.
"It has little to do with athletes and everything to do with equality," he said. "I was baffled that they said only people in athletics care."
Shoemaker said that he had explained the importance of the bill to some senators after the meeting and that they had changed their votes.
Eric Medill, holdover senator, said he had changed his views on the bill after discussing his questions with Shoemaker. Medill tried to call the meeting back to order but was denied
TitleIX
Title IX of the Educational Amendment passed by Congress in 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in college athletics. It requires equal opportunities and increased funds for women's programs. Under the bill Student Senate rejected:
Students would pay a total of $20 for the spring and fall semesters and $10 for the summer semester. The current fee is $14 and $7 respectively.
All students would pay the women's and non-revenue sports fee when they pay their tuition bill.
Source: Kansan staff research KANSAN
bv the Senate.
"I made the motion to call the meeting back to order, but I guess everyone wanted to go home," he said.
Medill said he hadn't voted against the idea but against the way the fees would be raised.
"I had notions of what should happen, and they weren't feasible," he said. "I was thinking about a possible student referendum so people could decide for themselves. A referendum wasn't feasible because the fees wouldn't have gone into effect until fiscal year 1996 rather than next fall."
Some things that happened at the meeting disgusted him, Medill said.
"I was mad last night that people still had speeches, and a motion was made to discontinue speeches," he said. "If someone has something to say, they should be heard."
Ami Hizer, liberal arts and sciences senator, objected to the bill and said she did not want to reconsider it.
Alan Pierce, non-traditional senator, said he supported gender equity but was against financing it in this manner. The people who support the bill are using the equality issue to get it through, he said.
"Funding should not come from students across the board," Pierce said. "It should be worked in gradually. Alumni ticket prices could be raised, or teams that make money could fund gender equity."
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Event celebrates women's culture
march is women's History Month, and as part of this celebration everyone is invited to join Women's Student Union in a celebration of women's culture tomorrow night.
Women's culture will be celebrated in a program of music, performance art, poetry, sculptures, story telling and paintings at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. 1204 Oread Ave.
The program will open with a reception, which will give people an opportunity to view the still art and enjoy refreshments.
The second part of the program will include staged performances including poetry readings, music and storytelling.
Football player charged
The Women's Cultural Event is open to everyone and is free.
A University of Kansas football player was charged with possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor, in Douglas County District Court yesterday.
Charles "June" Henley was cited for possessing a stolen or lost parking pass.
Henley's vehicle was towed on Feb. 17 from the lot east of the Kansas Union, said Sgt. Herbert Martin of the KU police. He said a Parking Department employee had recognized the vehicle as one that had a large number of outstanding tickets.
Festivities to kick off with 'Joy Luck Club'
After Henley's vehicle was towed, the parking permit was identified as being lost or stolen, Martin said. Henley was served with a citation the next day.
By Trine Nygaard Andersen
Special to the Kansan
Asian-American actors often find only two roles in American movies — the professor or the dry cleaner.
So to kick off the third annual Asian American Festival today, the Asian American Student Union will present "The Joy Luck Club" at 9:30 p.m. at the Kansas Union at reduced prices.
KuoJen Tsao, internal vice president of the group, said that the movie was important because it showed the humanity and the diversity of the Asian-American community
"We want to get the word out and do something where a lot of people can relate," he said.
But Arthur Chiu, president of the group,
said the movie was only a small part of the
festival, which he said was a period for Asian Americans to come together with other students to celebrate and learn about Asian-American culture.
Teresa Hu, external vice president of the group, said she expected the festival to promote multiculturalism on campus.
"The main priority for the Asian American Festival is to promote and recognize Asian Americans in mainstream society and to let people know that Connie Chung isn't the only successful Asian American out there."
She said that May was the national Asian-American month but that the group chose to hold it this month so it wouldn't conflict with finals.
"Ever since the first year we took it upon ourselves to continue the festival," he said.
Chiu said that at that time the group had not been a significant organization on campus.
The festival includes speakers who are nationally recognized and respected within their careers, Chiu said.
Hu said the group had to cut one speaker because Student Senate had rejected an initial bill to finance the festival. A second bill requesting less money was passed.
Receptions will take place after every speaker so that students and speakers have an opportunity to mingle.
she said.
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