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University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 1, 1990
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Civil rights activist speaks at Hoch
Davis told the audience of 2,600 that the future is up to the students.
By Holly M. Neuman
Keenan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Civil rights activist Angela Davis received two standing ovations Friday night before she had even spoken a word.
One ovation came as she was walking onto the stage and the other as she walked to the lectern to speak. I watched her speak, speech, people stood and applauded
Davis spoke to about 2,600 people at Hoch Auditorium for more than two hours. After her speech and an autograph-signing session, Daven went to Chancellor Gene A. Budig's home to meet with the second student protest of the day.
"I hear a great deal has been happening on this campus," she said in her speech. "I feel honored I heard the verdict that the great of this struggle that is unfolding."
At the beginning of the speech, Davis talked about language and how important it was in reflecting reality. She referred to the controversy about the University Daily Kansan's origination using of a lowercase "b". In Black
Davis said that although she used the terms Black and African-American interchangeably, the term Black didn't go far enough.
"We are Black as a people but not as a color," Davis said. "We define ourselves not by our color but by our culture."
White people do not have a White culture, Davis said, unless it is the culture of groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
"I am also sick and tired of being called a minority," she said. "It is
not a neutral term. We are really the majority when considering the population of planet Earth. I want to be the majority because I am the major-
Davis also said people needed to purge derogatory terms that were used to describe Blacks, women, gavs, lesbians and disabled people.
She said she supported the recent student protests at the University.
"This campus is part of a larger trend," Davis said. "I am very excited about the surge of activism."
She suggested students do something to point out the violence that was occurring all over the country against Blacks, women and gays.
Davis said she could not believe a university the size of KU did not have rape crisis center.
"Is there education at least?" she asked.
Davis said she would like to stay in Lawrence for a few days or a few weeks to see what the situation concerning racism was like here.
"There are so many problems on this campus," she said. "It seems to me by now there would be a mandatory course on the culture of those who are not considered part of the majority. Why does the administration take so long to teach others know about others? I don't understand why it's so hard."
Davis said Black students were forced to learn the history of European-Americans in school.
are of ours. It is your right. The institution won't change unless you make it."
"I have become an expert on White studies," she said. "I want to say to White students, you should demand that your country be much much much a part of your country as you
Davis said, "The future is up to you. Let's go as far as we can go together. Young people of today, you have to find the way."
She said that students could learn from activists from the 60s, 70s and 80s but that students needed to find the way that was right for them.
"I am waiting for you to lead the way." Davis said. "I will be willing this time around to follow."
Budig house site of protest after speech
Kansan staff report
After a speech by Angela Davis, a nationally known activist, about 200 people, most of them students, walked to Chancellor Gene A. Budig's home to demand equal rights on campus and an end to the ROTC program's discrimination against people based on sexual orientation.
The protest was the second late-night protest at Budig's house in a month.
Davis arrived at the protest and said, "I am not here to participate, but I am here as a sign of solidarity."
Students at the rally discussed meeting at the Military Science Building and sitting in to make it impossible for military science classes to continue
Residents talk about rent issues
Kansan staff writer
Last night, Stoufier Place residents were given the chance to communicate their concerns about rent and housing representative of KU student housing
By Tracey Chalpin
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, told the group of about 100 residents that in his five years as director, renovations at Stouffer had been discussed. But officers and members of the Stouffar Neighborhood Association said they wanted to renovate before they paid for them.
Most residents who spoke said that they were not totally opposed to a rent increase but that they were opposed to a rent increase that would raise the rent of one bedroom apartments and the rent of two bedroom apartments by $100
Residents now pay $170 a month for one-bedroom apartments and $245 a month for two-bedroom apartments.
KU drop period reaches deadline
When residents questioned the structural integrity of Stouffer buildings, Stoner assured them that even the buildings at the end of the renovation list would last until they could be renovated.
Students who want to drop courses and escape a 'W' must do so today
Kansan staff writer
Kevin White and Louis Cohn, Stouffer residents, said they concluded that some buildings might not be renovated until 2015 or 2020. The Stouffer complex was built in the 1950s.
By Karen Park
Gary Thompson, director of student records, said semesters were divided into three five-week periods.
During the first five weeks, a student can drop a course without receiving a "W" or a grade.
For KU students who wish to drop a class, today is the last day to do so without receiving a "W" on their transcripts.
Other schools will allow a student to drop the class, but he will receive either a "W" or a grade depending on whether he was dropped at the time the class was dropped.
The second period varies from school to school, Thompson said. Some schools allow a student to withdraw from a class without a transcript. Others have a "W" placed on his transcript, but it would not affect his grades.
The third five-week period is when most students must petition to drop a class.
Thompson said that it became more difficult to drop a class as the semester progressed.
Because different schools have different drop policies, the student should follow the policy of the school offering the class. Thompson said.
For example, if a business student wants to drop an English class, he must abide by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' requirements.
Thompson said that the first two weeks of school and the last two days of the first drop period were the busiest time for drops.
It could be attributed to people
I think the longer period serves some students well because it gives them a chance to try out a class.
vice chancellor for academic affairs
getting back their first test," he said.
"But there is no promise that tests have to be given during the five-week period."
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said he always had been concerned that students were given too much time drop courses.
"I think the longer period serves some students well because it gives them a chance to try out a class," Brinkman said.
Brinkman said that the questionnaires had not been analyzed but that if the results showed the University would, once something would have to be done.
This semester, students who are dropping classes have to fill out a drop questionnaire.
"We don't have a ready-made solution for this," he said. "We're just trying to help students."
Marcel Rukundo, 4. son of Pierre and Donna Ndliliklikesha, climbs at Stouffer Place playground.
Keith Thorpe/KANSAN
Day center coming to Stouffer
Kansan staff writer
By Tracey Chalpin
If officials at Stouffer Place
Apartments can persuade KU
officials to help finance a new
day care center, the center
could open by the third week in
October.
Melissa Gratton, president of the Stouffer Neighborhood Association, said the association was working to receive additional financing from the KU administration, Endowment Association and Student Senate.
Gratton said representatives from the association would approach Senate on Wednesdays for advice $715 for toys and supplies.
"We need an immense amount of toys," she said. "We must fill toy requirements."
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the housing could accommodate six children in one-bedroom apartment, utilities paid, for the center. Stoner said the apartment could accommodate six children at a time.
Gratton said the center would be licensed just as existing centers in Lawrence, but instead of paying for care, the center's services would be free. Child-care costs in Lawrence average about $275 a month for each child.
Day care will be a cooperative service involving parents within the complex and a few outsiders, Gratton said.
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