University Daily Kansan, February 4, 1983
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Students to honor birth of Latin American hero
By ANNE FITZGERALD
Staff Reporter
Simon Bolivar is to Latin America what George Washington is to the United States.
"He is as big and as important as that," said Henry Carrillo, first secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C.
July 24th is the bicentennial of Bolivar's birth, and commemorations are planned throughout the year in Latin America and the United States.
Some KU Latin American students have formed a committee to plan an early September celebration to honor Bolivar.
THE GROUP will meet at 1:45 p.m. today in the Kansas University lobby to discuss ideas for the celebration. Jose Rodriguez, Carabacbe, Venezuela, graduate student said the group welcomes ideas from the University community.
Rodriguez gave the group hoped to have Latin American authors and historians speak at KU. A film festival and exhibits of Bolivian books and documents are also possibilities for KU's commemoration of Bolivar.
Cultural festivals and parades are planned in Caracas, Venezuela's capital and Bolivar's birthplace. Similar events take place in other Latin American countries.
Eliana Sojo, Caracas, Venezuela,
graduate student, said Bolivar was the greatest man in her country's history and important hero to all of Latin America.
"He died for his ideals, something that you don't find too much of today," she said.
Carrillo said Bolivar was considered the father of Venezuela and four other
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Miquel Frinkaenfeld, spokesman for the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., said that the OAS would commemorate Bolivar in the United States through a series of events.
FOR INSTANCE, the council of OAS ambassadors voted to have a Bolivarian logo on all documents issued this year. The ambassadors will convene sometime this year to high-grade the bicentenary, Frankaenfeld said.
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Although Bolivar is best known as the librator of what is now Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia, he was membered as a statesman writer and poet.
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Bolvair's birthday is a national holiday in Venezuela. But July 20th is the Colombian national holiday, honoring Bolvair because he freed the country from Spanish imperialism on that day in 1819, said Yolanda Suarez Balcazar, Bogota, Colombia, graduate student.
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Thursday, February 3
Saturday, February 5
"A Jazzy Evening with Ron McCurdy" Ron McCurdy directs the K.U. Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Choir. 8:00 p.m. Satellite Union, Party Room. Sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs. NO $$$
Sunday, February 6
"Histories and Cultural Roles of the Black Church in Lawrence"A presentation by Dr. Dorothy Pennington. 2:00 p.m. Watkins Community Museum, Sponsored by the Kansas Committee for the Humanities through the African Studies Department. NO $$$
"Beauty Extravaganza" 2:00 p.m. in Lewis Hall, 3rd Floor. Co-sponsored by Sigma Gamma Rho, Lewis Hall Black Caucus and the Office of Minority Affairs. NO $$$
Wednesday, February 9
Tony Brown, noted television personality, television and film producer, writer lecturer, and educator will speak in a public lecture. 8:00 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Co-sponsored by Student Union Activities and the Office of Minority Affairs. NO $$$
Friday, February 11
February 14-16
"Black Faculty and Staff Recognition Dinner," 7:00 p.m. McColum Hall Cafeteria, Sponsored by the McColum Hall Black Caucus.
Dr. Margaret Walker, author, will present a public reading from her works. Tuesday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium, and speak on her upcoming book "The Daemonic Genius of Richard Wright" at the University Forum Wednesday, Noon, Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread. Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and the English Department. NO $$$
Thursday, February 17
Templin Hall lobby, 8:00 p.m. Barbara Sabol, Secretary of Health and Environment, State of Kansas, guest speaker. Darrell Matthews recreating the "I've been to the mountain top" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Virginia Smith and Company, Sponsored by the Templin Hall Black Caucus. NO $$$
Saturday, February 19
African Night, 5:30 p.m. Ecumenical Ministries Center, 1204 Oread. Sponsored by African Students Association. $$$
Sunday,. February 20
"Marian Brown in Concert" 2:00 p.m. Big Eight Room, Kansas Union, Sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs. NO $$$
Monday, February 21
Roger Wilkins, author, will speak in public lecture 8:00 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and the School of Journalism. NO $$$
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"The Inspirational Gospel Voices" 8:00 p.m. in the Ballroom, Kansas Union. Sponsored by the Black Student Union and the Office of Minority Affairs. NO $$$
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"Soul Food Dinner" 7:00 p.m., Ellsworth Hall Cafeteria, Sponsored by the Ellsworth Hall Black Caucus. $$$
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