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Wednesday, August 24, 1977
University Daily Kansan
photo by DONALD WALLER
Future Jayhawk
Mike Look, Topeka, points out some of the landmarks of KU to Sybil Freeman at Potter Lake.莉莎 is the daughter of Kathy Freeman, Fl. Scott graduate student.
More than 350 clubs and organizations at the University of Kansas are available to students who want more out of college than books, bars, and the beat of a disco music this summer.
Campus clubs provide students with more than books, bars, disco
For students interested in the environment, there's the Jayhawk Audubon Society. Founded in 1970, the society has a large library, according to Cynthia Clinton, president.
The society meets monthly and is a full
support group of the National Audubon
Society, Clinton.
"We are one of the main environmental groups, locally. We also have a regional representative who keeps us up to date on current legislation concerning the environment," she said. "Programs of the society are not exclusively about the birds."
ANOTHER KU SOCIETY, but a much smaller in the Society of Creative Christianity
Anachrina
Aiding to Larry Brow, a member of the society, it is a national organization whose purpose is to recreate the Middle Ages.
Agles.
Brow said that the United States is divided into four kingdoms, with respective kings for each. Battles are periodically carried out between members, who use wooden swords and padded armor, Brow said.
"It's not in jest. Members usually have a
academic background in medieval history and are
somewhat well-versed on the subject."
Brow explained that, for members, the society was another world. Members are referred to as "Lords or Ladies," he said, and a modified vocabulary is used.
*MUNDANER'S* — *NONMEMBERS*, d. know that it does something for example, is it a mistake?
Brow said that students who want more out of medieval history than just reading about it, should be taught how to read.
For those students who prefer to wage their battles on a gameboard, rather than in a field, KU offers the Creative Fantasy Club.
The club consists of about 40 members and was correspondent spring, according to the current season.
She said that club members spent their time discussing and playing fantasy games.
"The club is very open-ended. We'll play fantasy simulation game." Williams said.
More traditional students might opt for the simple pleasure of riding a bicycle this year. The Mt. Oread Bicycle Club exists for such people.
Tours, racing and instruction are among the benefits of the club, Gene Wee, club secretary, said.
Lawrence sophomore, sale.
Leman returned to school this summer. She is a non-traditional
student.
Non-traditional students discover obstacles, challenges and insights
After five years of working as a bookkeeper I realized I supplied all the information but wasn't allowed to make the decisions, and without a degree I couldn't get a promotion," she said. Lehman is now studying accounting.
Saying accounting
The special needs of students like Lehman are the concern of Julie Gordon, assistant dean of women and adviser for non-traditional students.
students;
additional students may be students who are continuing their education after being out of school for a while, over 21 and just starting their education, married, single parents, working full-time or vetrans.
School's not any easier the second time around, Betty Lehman, 28,
lawrence sophomore, said. ...
For KU students who enjoy spending afftn-cones arching a Frisbee in the sky, there's the Heart of America Frisbee Club. Fans gather for its first annual tournament last April.
GORDON SAID THAT SOME non-traditional students needed help in coordinating school, work and family schedules. Others need to sharpen academic skills or learn to apply the survival skills they've acquired at home and on the job to the academic setting, she said.
"It's a social club for racers, or people that just enjoy the out of doors," Wee said.
Gor den said she would like an area provided on campus where non-traditional students could meet, study and discuss mutual concerns.
national students could meet, study and discuss mutual concerns:
"Non-traditional students often don't have the time to join other campus organizations, but they would like to belong to something," she said.
Lehman said that at first, she was apprehensive about coming back to school. Being able to talk to people who understood her situation was important, she said.
BILL GORDON, an active member, said the club had big plans for the future.
He said its purpose was "spreading the word about Frisbee."
fiction was important, so沙. 'THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL of Business told me that many of'
who left school in the late '86s are coming back," she said. "When I found that he understood that those were difficult times for students, that he recognized what had happened and why I was coming back, I felt so much better." she said.
Lehman is one of many students returning to school. William L. Kelly, associate dean of admissions, said that 3,548 undergraduate and graduate students, 30 and over, enrolled at KU last fall. The oldest students were two women born in 1906.
The Adult Life Resource Center provides career counseling and adult life cycle workshops for these older students.
"We've given exhibitions for groups in the past, and hope to raise money by doing them again, Gordon said." "Hopefully, we'll be sponsoring a state tournament."
The club is attempting to organize a mid-America alliance that would include "The Flatlanders" from Wichita State University and the "Flying Disc Society" of Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield, Mo., he said.
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Vivian McCoy, described by Gordon as the "ultimate non-traditional student." is the director of the center. She returned to school to gether Ph.D. when she was $2.
MARIANNE WILKINSON, TOPEKA graduate student and KU's outstanding non-traditional woman student for 1977, said she favored spreading out the educational process over the years, making it more accessible to students of all ages.
A more flexible approach to education is needed for non-traditional students who may have other priorities such as child care, Wilkinson said.
Gordon said that club meetings were usually informal.
Wilkinson is the mother of three boys, ages 7, 11 and 15. She is active in child welfare programs, adult education and other community projects. Last spring she took six hours at KU and taught three hours at Washburn University in Topeka.
"WE TRY TO have a good time as well as a meeting," he said. "Everybody just wants to play Frisbee."
Joe VanZandt, the club's founder, said its purpose is to link between the science and science.
Students with more intellectual interests might enjoy the Creative Entropy Club. Organized last spring, the club has lectures and discussions on a wide range of topics.
Topics谈 Greece, the Soviet economy and a philosophical look at death, VanZandt said. For the lite of limb, the Folk Dance Club brings together students interested in dance from across Europe, England, Germany, Turkey and Greece, the club's former president, Craig Paul, said.
Topics discussed so far have included the nature of the Soviet economy and a discussion on the effects of economic reforms.
"I couldn't do it all if my husband weren't supportive," she said. Her children are more independent and responsible because of her background.
HE SAID THAT THE club met at least once a week on Fridays and that dancing was taught during the first hour of the meeting.
"There's no cost—just bring two feet," Paul said.
So has your Campus Veterans Organization
For serious science of fiction, KU has the Science Fiction Club, Jim Murray, treasurer, said the club was loosely run and currently had about 25 members.
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The club began around the idea of publishing a magazine of science fiction on campus, Murray said. The magazine, Paterodactyly Egg, written by members of the club, contains criticisms of books along with creative writing.
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