University Daily Kansan, February 8, 1984
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St. Louis junior, designed the winning sketch chosen by the Vietnam War Memoria Design Committee.
Nine limestone fencepacks, two limestone slabs and a fountain highlight the plans for the Vietnam War Memorial to be built behind the Frank R. Burge Union. John Onken,
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Senior Scholars might be retired professors and professionals, or those who had never had a degree.
Ashner said her committee was searching for the names with the help of the coordinators of the national Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The committee has discovered 51 names so far.
opportunity to make a difference.
These people come to school, Duncan said, because "they still want to be challenged and they still want to learn."
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Memorial
MARGARET HOLMES said she didn't want to be "locked into being a senior citizen."
Ashner said the committee would concentrate on soliciting off-campus donations from busi-
The committee is also trying to raise funds for the memorial, which will cost about $30,000.
The Student Senate pledged $10,000 to the project in October, she said. Donations since then have raised the total to $15,453.
Mideast
To aid in fund raising, the committee has declared April 2-8 as POWMIA Vietnam War Memorial Week. Ashner said that activities would include speakers, movies and slide shows, which would provide an awareness of the Vietnam era.
also not available for comment, but U.S. officials said all parties had been consulted.
So every day the 66-year-old mother of four gathers up her books and heads for the hill to pick on the things that she missed when she was younger.
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In the Hague, the Netherlands, French President Francois Mitterrand said late yesterday that France would withdraw its 2,000-strong force if it could be replaced by United Nations forces.
REAGAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT triggered new shooting in Beirut. As word of it spread around 2 a.m. today local time, small arms and mortar made fire could be heard again in the capital.
U. S. officials earlier ordered the evacuation of non-essential embassy personnel. Thirty-nine American diplomats and dependents were airlifted out by helicopter from the front seal. U.S. Embassy offices to the 6th Fleet's Manitowac landing ship.
Holmes, who never went to college, said,' I get
"From the time I was college age," she said with a laugh, "things have changed."
PHILIPL HENDERSON, 72, taught illustration in the KU department of design for 29 years. Since retiring in 1880, he has taken about 40 classes, most of them in Spanish.
Marine CH-46 helicopters swooped down on the palm-lined boulevard under heavy guard at dusk. Some Americans had been trapped inside the building, and the helicopter since the U.S. Embassy was bombed last year.
American forces joined the battles for the second straight day after a U.S. Marine was seriously wounded.
a chance to get out in the world and mix with
central age groups, which is very important to me.
This semester she is enrolled in six classes, including Sociology of Sex Roles, a class that keeps her informed of what is going on in the world of younger students, she said.
Last spring, the Spanish department honored Henderson as an outstanding non-traditional student, and he was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish national honor society.
In the five years that she has been involved in the program, Holmes has taken 66 classes, most of which are what she calls "people classes" — sociology, religion, psychology.
He said he liked to go to school to keep his Spanish from getting rusty and to keep in touch with friends.
"I'm going to take classes till they have to
The only problem with being a student, he said, is that some young professors and teaching assistants want to call him "professor" or "Don Bennett" in a way of showing respect in Spanish cultures.
carry me up there, probably, or until I drop," he said.
BUT HE SIMPLY tells the instructor, "I'm just the student, you're the boss."
Henderson said, "It's not much different being on one side of the desk or the other.
"In a sense, a teacher is always learning, and
students always have something to contribute. No one ever stops being a student."
Louis Michel, professor of architecture and urban design, said that having Senior Scholars participate in his history of architecture class during his long experience for him and his younger students.
Older students can motivate younger students because they are aggressive and diligent; they participate in discussions and take notes, he said.
"Self-motivation — that's the key," Micheh said.
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