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University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 2, 1989
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Focus on Africa planned for week
By a Kansan reporter
- This week has been declared "Africa Week" by the department of African and African-American studies.
Department officials have planned a number of activities to coincide with the "Pop" concert, scheduled for 9 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Arthur Drayton, department chairman, said the idea for "African Week" came from the center for international programs. He said that last
year when the Australian Symphony Orchestra came to campus the center sponsored a similar week called "Australia Week."
"This week serves to focus on Africa," Drayton said. "This is very important at a time when the University is stressing multiculturalism on this campus."
D. I. Nwoga, visiting Fulbright professor, will give a public lecture entitled "Africa in the Cycle of World Civilizations," to be conducted at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Public Library.
The movie "Mandela" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Dyche Auditorium.
Wednesday will be entertainment night. The department will sponsor a program of African songs, music and dance at Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
The week is co-sponsored by the African Affairs Student Association, the University Activities Association, the Student Union Activities Association and the Swarthout Society.
Schools across country start fund-raising plans
By Angela Baughman
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Campaign Kansas, the University of Kansas' five-year $177 million fund-raising drive, is one of many grants money at universities across the nation.
Less than a two-hour drive away from the Hill, at Kansas State University, K-State Foundation officials are preparing to announce a five-year $100 million drive, the Essential Edge campaign.
Mark Moore, director of K-State's campaign, said volunteers for the drive were still organizing, but fundraising efforts began June 20.
"Our goal is $100 million over five years and $25 million in deferred gifts," he said. "We have a total of 11 projects."
Essential Edge objectives are similar to those of Campaign Kansas, which has nine nated objectives that cover student and faculty support, museums, libraries, program enhancements, equipment and the main and University of Kansas Medical Center campuses.
Moore said K-State's objectives were to provide financing for its seven schools, libraries, athletic department and the construction of an art museum.
Wichita State University will end its $100 million Commitment to Excellence campaign in June 1990. Robyn Funch, director of development for business, engineering and management at Wichita State commitment to Excellence was a five-year campaign, although it officially began in October 1987.
"It actually started a couple of years before the official kick-off," she said. "We're almost a year ahead of schedule. We have raised $66 million."
Campaign Kansas efforts also began before its official May 1988 kick-off. At that time, $76.4 million had been committed to the drive. Pledges now total $125.9 million.
Punch said Wichita State's campaign, which will finance faculty enhancement, scholarships, building and equipment, was integrated with the school's regular fund-raising efforts. She estimated that such drives would become more frequent everywhere.
Joan Williamson of the University of Iowa Foundation, said the school was conducting a $150 million campaign, and had raised $30 million so far.
Three of KU's five peer schools are getting in on the campaign action as well. The peer schools are public institutions that size and academic objective to KU.
The University of North Carolina and the University of Oklahoma are conducting campaigns in conjunction with their respective birthday celebrations.
Bob Sweeney, associate vice chancellor for development at North Carolina, said the school's bicentennial campaign was just beginning.
"We're beginning an aggressive, ongoing development program," he said.
Catherine Bishop, associate director for news services at Oklahoma, said the school would end its $100 million Centennial campaign in 1980.
"It will end in December 1980, when the institution will turn 100 years old," she said. "We just had the largest fund-raising year in '88-89."
Bishop said that Oklahoma's campa-
name had raised $8.3 million as of
June 30 and that the campaign was
proceeding on schedule.
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
Pitching for Fun
TOP: Lining up a throw is Charlie Pringle of Lawrences, BIGHT: Club member, Koe
Martin of Baldwin pitches a shoe during the tournament. ABOVE: Martin checks to see whose horseshoe is closest. The men are members of the Lawrence Horseshoe
Club. The club had its first tournament yesterday at South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets. Ten people competed in
the tournament, each throwing nine rounds. Tournament games were played to 30 points or 40 shoes thrown, whichever came first. A ringer was worth three points and a shoe thrown within 6 inches of the
stake was worth one point.
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
Students mark Chinese anniversary
Bv Jennifer Metz
Kansan staff writer
Some Chinese students at the University of Kansas felt frustration yesterday on the 40-year anniversary of communism in the People's Republic of China.
"We are trying to tell people we "don't like this government," said Zhou Xiaofang, Beijing senior and member of the Chinese Student Committee, an organization formed this summer in response to the politics
crisis in China.
He said the committee was initiated in memory of the heroes who died in the June 4 massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and also in protest of the government.
The committee is a local chapter of a national group called the Federata-
nium of Universities and scholars in the USA. It was represented by the University in August, he said.
Miao Desui, faculty adviser for the committee, said that censoring of mail from China made it difficult to
understand the true situation in his native country.
"When I get letters from home, they don't mention politics at all," Miao said.
Very few people realize that the human rights situation has been worse in China than in any other country. he said.
Zhou said that although the Chinese were a hardworking people, many felt unmotivated because of the present government.
government, but they have to," he said. "They have lost hope."
Miao said that the communist system did not work well, especially in China.
Miao said that because he was now living in a land of freedom, he had a moral obligation to speak out to keep democracy in China alive.
"They don't want to work for the
Yanpei Deng, committee member, said. "We are in the United States, and they are in China. We are the same people, with the same feeling and the same thought."
Weinberg moves to new job
By a Kansan reporter
The new assistant vice chancellor for student affairs may be new to the job, but not to the University of Kansas. -
Jeff Weinberg worked in the office of student financial aid as the assistant and associate director for 19 years before being named to his new position.
"This position is a direct result of the Margin of Excellence, year two," said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Weinberg's responsibilities will include working on programs to increase student retention at KU and to improve the enrollment and fee payment processes. Ambler said.
He said Weinberg also would be responsible for dealing with student complaints and problems.
"There are times when parents want to speak to someone in the administration, and Jeff will handle those situations," Ambler aid.
Weinberg said that the position would enable him to continue to work for the students.
Associate Dean James A. Thomas of Yale Law School will visit the campus on: Tues. Oct. 3, 1989
The dean will be available from 9-11 a.m. at the placement center.
Application materials will be distributed.
THE KU Symphony Orchestra is offering $1,000 Orchestra Awards
for the 1989-90 academic year for qualified contrabass players.
For more details and to set up an audition time call
Dr. Jorge Perez-Gomez
864-3367
Meeting: October 3 7:00 p.m. Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union