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Monday, February 14, 1994
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Speaker urges students to work for change
Black history celebrated at Regents Center
By Gennifer Trail Kansan staff writer
OVERLAND PARK — Janice Spralting, a gospel singer from Wyandotte County, asked the 73 students in an auditorium at the KU Regents Center whether one wanted to sing improvisationally. Three did, and before long most of the students in the room were singing Christian songs with them.
This was the beginning of a Black History Month celebration at the KU Regents Center Friday. Wyandotte County high school students who are members of Educational Talent Search—a federally funded program to help students academically—participated.
Stacy Smith, head coordinator of the celebration and manager of the Regents administrative office, said she began the event because she came from Wyandotte County and wanted to give something back to its residents.
"I wanted to let Wyandotte County students know that the Regents Center is available to them and make them feel welcome here," she said.
This is the first celebration of its kind at the center, and Smith said that the center planned to hold it again in the years to come.
One guest speaker — Arthur Drayton, professor of African and African-American studies — urged students to make changes in higher education.
"African Americans laid the foundation of this country," he said. "They gave 300 years of free labor, but the current curriculum continues to deemphasize African Americans. You have to exert yourself at the University in curriculum reform. This is the one and only opportunity to exist side-by-side with other American cultures."
group discussion sessions out of five offered. The discussions were led by community leaders and KU faculty members and administrators, such as Sherwood Thomspon, director of the office of minority affairs. He said that in the future good language skills would be important.
The high school students then were allowed to attend three 20-minute
"We're getting ready for the new millennium," Thompson said. "On the information highway, there is one language: English. You can't say, 'Chillin' baby."
After the group discussions, the students gathered again to hear the life story of Sojourner truth as performed by Dorothy Pennington, associate professor of African and African-American studies at KU. Pennington, wearing 1800s-style clothing
and walking with a cane as Truth had, sang songs and spoke about Truth's life.
"I liked it because it's not fun, it's educational," she said. "I came to learn. I like how the speakers tell the truth. They don't try to cover up."
Stacy Sapho, a sophomore from Summer Academy of Arts and Sciences, said that she enjoyed all the events of the day.
Brenda Collins, coordinator of the celebration and secretary of the KU center for environmental education and training, said she was proud of the program.
"In order for high school students to dynamically reveal their inherent abilities, the doors of educational
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dimensions must be unlocked to allow the entrance of these explorative young minds," she said. "On Friday, the Regents Center served as one of these doors."
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Two students win Hearst awards for feature articles
Two KU journalism students won awards in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's 34th annual Journalism Awards Program.
Blake Spurney, Belleville senior, took fourth place for his article, "Leaving Main Street USA", and will receive a $750 scholarship. The article discusses the recent increase of small-town students who do not return home from college after graduation.
Terrilyn McCormick, Kansas City, Mo., senior, took ninth place for her article, "The Politics of Stripping," and will receive a 8500 scholarship. The article is about a female student who worked as a stripper to pay for college expenses.
Both articles appeared in the University Daily Kansan in the Spring 1993.
Money drive begins
The Interfraternity Council is joining the Panhellenic Association of the University of Kansas in this year's effort to raise funds for the American Lung Association of Kansas. The direct-mail campaign kicked off Thursday with a goal of raising about $40,000.
The money will be put to use in the association's "Freedom from Smoking" programs.
Women scientists share with girls
Awards will be given at Greek Recognition Night in April to the individual chapter generating the most revenue and the chapter with the highest amount of mailings sent.
Briefs compiled by Kansan staff writers Gennifer Traill and Ashley Schutzt
Examining a stuffed bird during a zoology session, Lindsay Shields, 12, Lawrence, takes advantage of the Expanding Your Horizons workshop. The workshop was held Saturday at Wescoe Hall and was meant to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and math.
KU workshop hopes to open up math fields
By Susan White Kansan staff writer
Rachel Tate, a 12-year-old pupil from Winfield, said she hoped to have learned more about science careers by the end of the day.
"I really enjoy the field of science, and I want more advice about my future," she said.
Tate was one of more than 200 girls from Kansas who attended the Expanding Your Horizons workshop Saturday at the University of Kansas,
Daphne Fautin, adjunct biology professor and co-coordinator for the program, said KU's math and science departments set up the day to encourage junior high girls to become more interested in careers in these areas.
"Because of peer pressure, girls are often told that it is not cool to take math and science," she said. "They perform equally with boys in these areas up until junior high. Then they stop taking classes and don't pursue studies in math and science."
the workshop is an annual national event, this is the first year for Kansas.
"We hope it is the first of many annual programs that will spread throughout Kansas," she said. "We have six to eight people here today from all over
Kansas hoping to get ideas to start programs of their own.
"Our capacity was slated for 200 girls," she said. "We registered 226 girls, and we had to start turning girls away after that."
Fautin said that she was surprised by the large number of girls who signed up for the program.
Amy McMillan, co-coordinator of the program, said the day consisted of math and science lectures and workshops given by women in related professional fields. The girls also listened to speeches given by Sally Frost-Mason, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist from the California Academy of Sciences; and Barbara Ballard, associate dean of student life and director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
"We wanted to give them an idea of what the various careers in the math and science fields entailed from the perspective of women in these fields," she said.
Fautin said that in addition to the girls' program, there was an adult session for parents and teachers.
"I'm interested in animals, science and math," she said. "Hopefully the program will help me later when I go to get a job."
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"We want to teach them how to help their daughters or students understand the importance of taking math and science classes," she said.
Stacia Carrillo, a 13-year-old pupi from Winfield, said she hoped to gain a better understanding about marine biology from the program.
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