Black Students Find New Role, Identity in University
Editor's Note: This is the first of a five part series dealing with the state of five major U.S. states, Mexico, cover blacks, Mexican-Americans, Orientals, Arabs and American Indians.
By PHYLLIS AGINS
Korean Staff Writer
According to a report made at fall
In 1966, Robert Sanders became the first black faculty member hired on a continuing basis. Sanders is an assistant professor in biochemistry.
According to Philip Gary, director of the Office of Urban Affairs, there are about 25 members of the board.
Francis Heller, vice-chancellor fo
PEYOTE SPIRIT by Gary White. Some tries consider Peyote a spirit force as much as Christians consider Christ. The peyote bird, seen flying from the teepee, symbolizes purity and acts as a messenger of prayers and songs to God. The teepee, gourd rattle, feathered fan and blanket costume are all parts of the native Indian church.
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PLAINS PIPE DANCE by John WhiteCloud. With pipe in hand, this Plains Indian is performing a part of the peace ceremony. The artist, a well known dancer, actually competes in national Pow-wearing such tribal dress. Several modifications have been made in costuming, but the ritual is much the same today as 100 years ago.
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MEDICINE SOCIETY DANCERS by Don Secondine. These dancers played a minor role in the Delaware Indians Big House ceremony. On the 9th of 12 nights, they performed the fire curing rituals. The masks they wear are given to them by their grandfathers in dreams. They are called Medicine Dancers due to their special powers of healing.
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THREE FINGERS by Dorothy Nez is a portrait of a Cheyenne Chief from the late 1800's. The costume is authentic, as are the eagle feather fan and Cheyenne peace pipe he is holding. Miss Nez is presently working on a series of chiefs from her tribe.
school and secretary of the council.
She said the money would be paid directly to the utility companies, land lords and merchants and that the only administrative cost involved would be a small amount for the printing of posters and brochures to aid the Council's fund
She said students could sign up in all residence halls and some scholarship halls from 4:30 to 6 p.m. She said the cost saved by allowing them to attend about 60 cents, would be given to the council to aid Douglas County's poor in paying for rent, utilities and persible
SHE SAID THAT she hoped the fast would raise between $500 and $1,000 for the council. She said a fast held earlier this semester by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War raised about $500 for the blacks boycott white business in Cairo,
She did not think people in Lawrence would starve to death as a result of the legislature's across the board cut on food spending. "It's people of people being 'hoorously malnourished.'"
She said that the council's fund raising activities were temporary and that the council was trying to help the families make it through the winter.
The council has recently joined a group
MANY PEOPLE, she said, are faced with paying their utility bills to keep the utilities from being cut off or buying food. She said that the cost of heating the homes of poverty families is high because of poor quality of the houses.
leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Union on the welfare budget cuts.
She said that aid to dependent children recipients' payments were cut by 24 percent and that aid to the blind, aid to the elderly, and other disabled and other categories were also cut.
SHE SAID SHE did not know how long the temporary measures would remain in effect. A petition requesting Gov. Robert Docking to call the legislature into special session was circulated by the League of Women Voters and produced no results, she said.
The group hit hardest were the people receiving old age assistance. She said there was a 68 per cent cut in this category of welfare assistance payments.
Miss Carlson said one woman who called for assistance from the council said "Don't rush, I still have two slices of toast left." The woman actually had only two slices of bread in her house and was planning to live on these for another day, she said.
A WOMAN TOLD William Nesbitt, service supervisor of the Douglas County Welfare Department, "I am going to have my children to go out and steal," she said.
The cut first showed up in welfare checks in September and the council started collecting money in mid October. She said the cut averaged 24 per cent per family and amounted to a loss of $20,000 a month to the Douglas County poor.
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summited to a United Nations 'body by the Peking delegation. It accused India of launching a large-scale attack on Pakistan and urged all people to support the Pakistani. It also called for a cease-fire and forced troops from the Indian-Pakistan borders.
Secretary-General U Thant asked for a temporary cessation of hostilities "in, on and after" the decision to permit aircraft to evacuate United Nations' and other international personnel. He proposed that the cease-fire be imposed from 10:30 p.m. Dec. 6 to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 7.
The 15-mission council had before it a new draft sponsored by eight of the council's 10 nonpermanent members. Poland and Syria did not join in backing the proposal.
The backers of the new draft apparently hoped to get around Soviet objections by placing more stress on the need for restoring normalcy in East Pakistan and for repatriating the millions of refugees in India.
The Soviet Union, however, has thrown its full support behind India which, in turn, has expressed opposition to a ceasefire appeal.
In a statement before the council Saturday night, Indian Ambassador Samar Sen said he had seen some of the drafts being circulated. He said India was trying to help the people of Bangla Desh. The state government said India was to be told to stop doing so, "India would deliberately and resolutely have to say no."
By JEROME ESSLINGEN
and CHRIS CARSTENSON
Kansas St. Writers
LEAVENWORTH-Sen. James B. Pearson, R-Kan, said Sunday that a compromise between "public tolerance" and "private protection" prompted a reordering of national priorities.
Speaking at St. Mary College, Pearson said that the change was brought about by a reversal in public awareness of the country's decision-making process.
"There is a new light for reform and redirection," he said.
Pearson said that public response to reductions in military spending and increases in expenditures for health, education, welfare consumer and employment benefits. It is a national appeal for government action to assure Americans a better quality of life."
"In 1982 defense spending consumed 48 per cent of the federal budget while human resources accounted for 53 per cent; however, human resources led, 42 per cent to 34 per cent, with defense spending having assumed a lower proportion of the budget than at any time since 1900," he said.
Pearson said a new direction in politics had been produced by more responsible action on the international as well as on the national level.
"Hostility is being replaced by a sense of civility, of community and of reason," he
"The organization serves to help veterans in school and the community to realize the benefits they can obtain through the Veterans Administration Authority," said Monty Beckwith, chairman of the organization.
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This year the organization co-sponsored a dance with the Ballard Center, and
bells have worked with the Cent
various fund-raising projects.
e Black Greek Council serves to unite
e black fraternities and sororites on
us. Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha
and Omega Fai Phi fraternities
and e Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma
fraternities are members of the
union.
are are various academicizations on campus designed to help lack student in his particular major.
Among these are organizations for students in law, engineering and art.
There has been a shift in attitudes among some of the black students from one of isolation from the University community to one of relation and association with the University as a whole. I usually try to associate with all
"No one person should segregate himself to one group. If one segregates himself to just one group, he will not be able to relate to the outside world," she said.
"I usually try to associate with all groups on campus," said Karen Sanders.
Monday, December 6, 1971
Minority Group Problems Discussed
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nment Base Changed
n Activity Fee wn by Senate
allocations to the school councils e based on the enrollment and the fed fee income from each school.
ne allocation of $2,500 to school
lis. The school councils are to
be the funds given them within the
school district by the Finance
adding Committees.
Jerry Slaughter, Salina senior and member of the Finance and Auditing Committee, asked that council allocations be subject only to the restrictions imposed by the Chancellor and the Kansas Board of Regents instead of review by his committee as was called for in the Miller-Smooth amendment.
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Kansas Staff Writer
By MARY WARD
enate Votes Allocation o Continue Bus Runs
total amount of money allocated by rate for the bus subsidy was $15,184. mount was based on the cost to runes for about eleven hours from burn Hall to Gertrude Sellars in Hall by way of campus and one
Student Senate voted Sunday nightIZE the Lawrence Bus Company to some form of transportation forts during the winter months. The company had been scheduled to stop to the campus area on the last day of school and be throughout the final period and kdays from January 17 to March 17,st to busiders will be 10 cents per inch is half of the current bus fare. committee was set up to study the lift of extending the service beyond
bus to run from campus to the Gatehouse apartment complexes and back for about twelve hours each day. There will be no bus running from campus to the downtown
The money collected from the fares will be deducted from the total amount of money collected by both bus company and the Senate. Dunne Ogle, president of the Lawrence Bus Company, said he thought enough people would ride buses if the money the Senate would have to pay
The Senate is paying the bus company at a rate of $8.00 per hour of service.
The Senate passed a bill requesting the Iranian Student Association to have its president submit evidence to the Senate supporting statements accusing the School of Engineering of discriminatory practices against foreign students.
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Kansan Staff Photo by GREG SORBER
Sen. James. B. Pearson
... 'quality of life' is important . . .