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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 15,1994
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FACES
ROBINSON SECURITY IN ABLE HANDS
Guard battles with forgotten KUIDs, misbehaving lifters
By Jennifer Fround
Kansan staff writer
Oscar Marino is a familiar face to students who work out at Robinson Center, but many don't know what he does.
"I make sure that everyone's behavin'. Marino said. "I make sure they bring their I.D.s, and I'm also responsible for the weight room."
Marino, who has been working as a security guard at Robinson for nine years, said that his job included checking for KUIDs at the door and supervising the weight room.
The problem he most often encounters is students forgetting their KUIDs, he said.
"People try to give excuses about forgetting their I.D.s. Marino said, "They say, 'I left it at my girlfriend's house,' or 'I left it in my car.' Some guys even try to get in with girls' I.D.s." he said.
Marino, a former KU student, is originally from Venezuela, but he is now a U.S. citizen and plans to stay in Lawrence
Marino is married and has three children, Michelle, 7; John Francisco, 5; and Michael, 2. He also has a daughter and an ex-wife who live in Venezuela.
"The most interesting thing is probably how I chose Lawrence," Marino said. "I had a list of universities, and KU won because it's near a pro baseball team."
"The Royals are what motivated me most," he said. "It was the lid on the jar."
Marino said that he had friends who used to get him ticket but that he didn't go to any games this year because he was too busy.
Although he enjoys his job at Robinson, he said that he currently was looking for another job.
Marino said that if he couldn't find a job in Kansas, he wanted to move to Texas.
"In Texas, everything's big," he said.
But even in Texas people recognize him.
"I was at this mall in Houston, and this guy approached me. He said he knew me from Robinson," Marino said.
Marino said that he knew some students on a first name basis but that he
didn't know most.
"They mostly know me," he said.
But some students don't.
"I just see him standing around," said Debbie Faber, Wichita senior. "I never talked to him, and he's never checked my LD. or anything." she said.
Some students are scared of the man who stands in the weight room.
"He's a big mystery," said Sonja Garcia, Wichita junior. "He looks intimidating. I'm afraid of guys with beards, and he's big, and that's why I never go up and say hello."
Miss Black Kansas finds strength in family
By Denise Neil Kansan staff writer
Lorna Cable attributes her success in life to the strength passed down through the generations of women in her family.
Cable, a Topeka sophomore,
expressed this belief when she
performed "We've Come This Far By
Faith," ask she wrote about her family,
in the talent portion of the Miss
Black U.S.A. pageant in Washington,
D.C., over the weekend.
Cable, who is Miss Black Kansas,
was chosen as one of 12 finalists Sunday
night, the final night of competition
at the Miss Black U.S.A. pageant,
but did not place in the top five. She
was one of 22 women from across the nation competing in the pageant.
Cable said that competing in the talent portion of the competition Friday night was something she always would remember about the pageant.
"When I got out there, it really hit me how much that piece meant to me," she said.
In the skit, Cable portrayed her great-grandmother, grandmother,
mother and herself. She wrote the skit with the help of her mother, JoAnn Cable.
"We went back and looked at how the things she's inherited from her family have been through faith in God,"JoAnn Cable said.
Lorna Cable said her great-grandmother had been a migrant farm worker in Georgia. She raised eight children and four grandchildren alone in a one-room house.
Cable's grandmother dreamed of becoming a teacher and passed this dream down to Cable's mother, who graduated from college and became a teacher despite having to drop out of school in the sixth grade.
JoAnn Cable said that her daughter had worked at as a volunteer at a Topeka rescue mission and an elementary school. Most recently, Gov Joan Finney named her to a special committee that travels the state studying issues facing juvenile
Today, Loma Cable is attempting to continue living the dream of her grandmother. She is majoring in elementary education and said she hoped to become a teacher after she graduated.
offenders.
"I see her caring about people," JoAnn Cable said.
Lorna Cable qualified to compete in the Miss Black U.S.A. pageant after winning the Miss Essence pageant sponsored by the Black Student Union in December. As the winner of that pageant she was automatically named Miss Black Kansas.
Topeka sophomore Jacue Hill, Cable's roommate who competed against her in the Miss Essence pageant, said she thought Cable was deserving of the title. The two became friends when they attended Topeka West High School together.
"If I didn't win, I couldn't have prayed for anyone else to win but Lorna," she said. "She's a really good girl. She's kind of silly sometimes, but she's got a real good heart."
"It's a chance for me to express my ideas on different things," she said. "I've learned to be confiding in myself and to know I'm a strong, beautiful Black woman."
Cable said the experience of competing in the pageant taught her about herself.
Lorna Cable, a Topека sophomore, was one of the 12 finalists in the Miss Black U.S.A. pageant.
Technology links classes, professors
Televisions allow Strong Hall's interaction with Regents Center
By Gennifer Trail Kansan staff writer
This is the kind of classroom to which students in the televised class Special Education 725 have adapted.
OVERLAND PARK - The setting is dramatic: pairs of large televisions in every corner of the ceiling, a brightly lit stage in the front of the room and large cameras suspended from the ceiling to catch every movement.
The class, Introduction to Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children and Youth, is broadcast between Strong Hall and the Regents Center from 4:10 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. every Thursday.
The class is taught from Strong Hall by Alice Ann Darrow, associate professor of special education and music education and music therapy, and Nancy Peterson, head of the special education department and professor of special education. Cameras broadcast live from both classrooms, so students at the two campuses can see each other.
In order to hear each other, the students at Strong Hall use microphones, which are placed at each desk, and the Regents students pass a phone around the classroom when they want to talk with the Lawrence class. The professors at Strong Hall and at teaching assistant at the center wear body microphones.
Gail Schwartz, Overland Park graduate student, took the class at the center last semester. She said she did not like using a telephone.
"The mechanics of passing the phone back and forth created awkward lags," she said.
But Lisa Porter, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student at the center, said that the method of instruction helped to make up for the awkwardness of the phone.
"The interactive style of teaching that's used keeps us on our toes," she said. "For instance, if they ask us a question from Lawrence, the camera zooms in, and you have to be prepared to answer. It's a fun change of pace."
Darrow and Peterson also credit their interactive teaching for the success of the class.
"A challenge of this class is really working on getting the Kansas City students involved," Peterson said. "TV is easy to tune out on. Teaching on TV really changes the way we teach."
Peterson said that a large amount of the class' success was due to her and Darrow's adventurous spirits.
"I am proud of our willingness to explore media and to utilize equipment," she said. "We have produced some great classes that are very creative."
The professors have put class material on video tapes, combining sources such as interviews, pictures, panel discussions and music. Darrow said that after three semesters of teaching the class, she and Peterson could now edit together the best from each semester to create improved materials.
Beverly Worster, Lawrence graduate student, took the class in Lawrence last semester. She said the professors used technology skillfully.
"The greatest value of the class was having audio-visual components at every class," she said. "They have mastered the technique of televised teaching."
Chris Sheridan, Lawrence senior and director of the Lawrence technical crew, said that the class kept his interest while he was filming and that the professors took advantage of everything the TV format had to offer.
Currently, two other classes are broadcast from Lawrence to the center: Corrosion Engineering and Construction Equipment, both of which engineering classes.
Bruce Lindvall, assistant dean of the center, said he thought more classes should be televised.
"If more classes were taught using this system, we could allow greater choice and flexibility to the students here who can't drive to Lawrence," he said.