University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1970
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Senate Offers Help In Building Search
One of the actions taken by the Student Senate at their last meeting was to offer to help the Black Student Union find a building in which the BSU could set up its Afro House.
At last Wednesday's Senate meeting a suggestion was made to use Jolliffe Hall for Afro House. But Jolliffe has been allotted to the Head Start Program to house its operations, Dave Miller, Eudora senior and Student Senate treasurer, said Monday.
Student Senate treasurer, said Monday. LaVerta Murray, Kansas City senior and president of the BSU, said at the Senate meeting that Afro House could not operate successfully if it had to share Jolliffe with Head Start.
Attempts to obtain Jolliffe for the BSU would begin sometime this week, said Bill Ebert, Topeka senior and student body president. But he expressed little hope that the hall could be made available to the BSU.
KU-Y Efforts Seek To Abolish Racism
The BSU would have office space in the old Wesley Foundation, but a place was also needed for Afro House, Ebert said.
By KATHY KRUGER
Kansan Staff Writer
To "eliminate racism whereever it exists by whatever means necessary" will be the guiding force behind the KU-Y and some of its programs for the coming year.
This statement on racism, according to Laura Friesen, Clay Center senior and KU-Y copresident, was written at the national YWCA conference last spring and has been adopted by YWCA's and joint YMCA-YWCA organizations across the nation.
"This (elimination of racism) is a relevant social issue," Miss Friesen said. Many of the KU-Y programs are tied to the community, hopefully giving the group's efforts an "impact beyond the hill."
KU-Y's EFFORTS will include the implementation of some new programs and a re-examination "of the ones we have to see if they are fighting racism or if they are racist." Janet Sears, KU-Y executive director, noted.
"Buy Black" is one of the new programs the KU-Y hopes to launch. Under this policy, the organization will attempt to buy its office supplies from black merchants and have programs for such activities as Rock Chalk Revue printed in black printing shops.
THE GOAL of this program, Mrs. Sears explained, is to give economic empowerment to the black community. This is necessary before it can operate on an equal basis with the white business comunity, she said.
While many programs will involve black-white racial problems, Mrs. Sears emphasized that the activities will not be limited to this group. Efforts will be made to eliminate racism involving blacks, other minority groups—Indians, Mexican-Americans, oriental groups and others—and discrimination against women.
AMONG THE current programs to be examined is the Youth Friendship activity. The Big Brother-Big Sister aspect of Youth Friendship will consider the effects of white University students acting as brothers and sisters to black children. Efforts are being made to involve more black KU students in the program.
No other compus organizations are working with the KU-Y in its programs, but plans for an exchange with Haskell Junior College as part of the Faculty Firesides program are underway.
Mrs. Sears said that the Faculty Firesides committee was seeking out black professors to participate in the program. Though there has been some participation by blacks in the past, it is hoped that the number can be increased.
THE OBVIOUS goal of the KU-Y's new efforts involving racism is elimination of "the attitude." Miss Friesen thought the program would help "to make ourselves aware of racism." The
Senior Hat Replaced by Silver Mug
Senior class members will not be identified this year by a senior hat and a football jersey imprinted with a catchy phrase.
The football jersey will have simply "Kansas University Senior" on the front and large numerals "71" on the back in white lettering, and a silver-colored beer mug with an engraved "Senior 71" will replace the traditional senior hat.
The hats were eliminated, he said, because the committee felt that most seniors would not wear them anyway.
Jim Nichols, senior class president from Hiawatha, said the choice of senior mementos reflected that "this is not a usual year."
Gary Coslett, Harper senior and chairman of the regalia committee, said the committee tried to select moments that would give the seniors something they could use and keep.
Senior Regalia will be distributed Oct. 15 at the Senior Coffee. Seniors who have not already paid their class dues of $10 may pay them at that time.
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