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Friday, September 20.1974
University Daily Kansan
Hoodooism enlivens poet's works
Ishmäli Reed combines a unique subject, booismod, with a sense of history to create what he thinks is a uniquely American style of writing.
"Bloodoism is like this country—a coming together of many things," Reed said, following a reading yesterday of some books that the Jahawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Hoodoism is a simplified version of voodooism, and among the slaves in it are said to be Reed. Reed said.
"No poet worth his salt will ignor his folklore," said Reed. "No one had used it (bhoodism) in writing, so I wanted to over for my own. It's something unique."
Reed said he used hoodooism as an art form.
"It's an oral tradition drawn from what I've heard from generations back and from people I know."
According to Reed, hoodoo has had a bad reputation in America. Much of the hoodoo religion is derived from the voodoo religion practiced in Haiti, a combination of Haitian
rites and Catholicism, said Reed.
He has never been to Haiti, he said, but is interested in the process.
rites and Catholicism,
"I have a textbook knowledge of it
Much of Reed's work is set around New Orleans, where hoodojo is still practiced. His latest novel, "The Last Days of Louisiana" is a detective who works in New Orleans.
"It's interesting to have a detective in this system," said Reed.
Many of the titles of Reed's works reflect bodoo motivation.
His volumes of poetry, "Catechism of the Neo-American Hoodoo Church" and "Conjure," as well as the novels "The Free-Lance Ball bearers," "Mumbo Jumbo" and "The Last Days of Louisiana Red," are examples of this, he said.
History also plays an important part in Reed's writing. In "Conjure," his first book of poetry, he uses a combination of the Old English religion and history to enhance his ppK9.
Reed is working on a piece about the Civil
War cast in a modern setting. He is drawing
a picture of a lecture tour
through the last year,久
"The (That the Civil War) period parallels the modern situation closely." Reed said. "Lincoln drafted Kansas troops during the war without congressional approval," he said, comparing that fact to former President Johnson's problems with the current Congress.
Reed was born in Chattanooga and began his writing career in college.
"All my friends wanted to be engineers and thought that I was crazy to want to be a writer," said Reed. "I started writing on newspapers." "Mumbo Jumbo" has a lot of newspaper style and lingo in it, which comes from my journalism background."
He has written four novels, three volumes of poetry and a book of essays and has edited an anthology of black writers, "19 Necromancers from Now."
Reed has been at the University as part of the English department's writer-in-residence program, which allows students to talk with professional writers.
BY ALAN MANSAGER and KEN STEPHENS Reporters
Fieldhouse to open soon for students
Reporters
The Allen Fieldhouse floor should be available for student use sometime after Sept. 30, Dierck Casselman, Student Senate sports committee chairman, said yester-
Casselman said some problems with maintenance, security and equipment must be solved before the floor could be opened to public use for the first time.
He said that too many coats of wax had been applied to the new multi-purpose tartan floor, and that the wax had to be removed before the Advisory Committee could start setting up time schedules for public use.
Clyde Walker, athletic director, used the new floor was made for all-University use.
The addition to the fieldhouse, trac-
tory building, is in mind to have a place for everybody—faculty, students and athletes," Walker said yesterday at a meeting of the fieldhouse.
Scheduled athletic events, concerts, indoor football practices and unscheduled basketball practices for KU and visiting teams should pre-imm student use of the fieldhouse.
Walker also said he wanted final guidelines to be distributed to the students so that misunderstandings over the use of the facilities could be avoided.
"We can't get the entire committee together in an emergency," Walker said.
Walker said the athletic department would have to have final authority over滞后
"I don't want it said that the athletic department has it all the time and that there is no time for students," he said. "We had to do it in an mind when we decided to get the floor."
Walker suggested that the committee consider scheduling periods for jogging in the early morning hours and again around noon. He also said that physical education classes might use the facility in the morning.
Casselman said there would be problems getting volleyball and badminton nets for public use if it was decided to include those sports.
The sports committee was concerned about whether students would furnish their own equipment, such as basketball, or they would use University equipment.
"Should it (the use) be limited to basketball and track," Cassman asked, "or should we have volleyball and badminton, too?" he asked.
Walker said he had been assured by the University administration that funding would be provided for necessary equipment and security personnel.
Walker said that some procedure should be devised to limit access to the building to those who are authorized.
A physical problem with the building was pointed out by Casselman.
Wayne Owens, director of physical education, said provisions would have to be made to ensure that students had access.
He said it was discovered recently that the resurfaced track that surrounds the field was actually a wall.
73 students file for candidacies
A total of 53 persons have filed for candidacy for 12 Student Senate positions, and 20 persons have filed for candidacy for 63 students in the fall election scheduled Oct. 2-3.
Custorial College (three state) John Bush. J. Graham
Anthony (Greece) Robert B. McDonald. J. Michael
Anthony (Greece) Robert B. McDonald. J. Michael
Anthony (Greece) Robert B. McDonald. J. Michael
The students who have filed for office are :
North College (one seat); Klim Herren; Greg Herman.
Central College (two seats); Jeffrey Hessler;
Dorsey Morton (Morgan Gavin); John Carson; Carla B.
Kilton and W. Parechill W. Parcellio
Juperson, M. Peter Henderson, M. Barthoite, Marc
Jaurosper, M. Peter Henderson, Joseph M. Farmer (Syneam
contlusion). Frank Kantor (Syzen). Joseph Sewphen, Greg
Merges (Gemesis). Jeff Rhoads and Davangro Dsay
Robinson.
Pearson College (one seat): Tim Dowling, Beth Carver,
Jim Wins and Ler Anne.
... center for Arts and Sciences (two seats); Davis State University; Buckley, Tim. Caterton, Gale Van Blarckt, Max Mattsin Duncan, Michael Anderson, Ron Downey, Kathy Nelson, Martin Koehler, John Lawson, Richard Law of Law (one seat); Kelly Prassener and Andrew Lovett.
School of Fine Arts (one seat) Kathy Pickett, Kirk Bailley and Bella Young (Genesis).
Freshman a class secretary; Vick Adelson, Turt Pollard
(Cha), Gareth W. Hunt, John R. O'Neill (CA),
K隆凯 Latham (Genele) and Tyrus Shipl.
coalition. Matt Cooley (Inter-Action), Steve Richards (CA coalition). Rodney E. Stuart and Mark Allen Freeman a class vice president; John Benga (SJA),琳恩(inter Action)Bright Wood (BC) and Rita Rice Swank
Freshman class treasurer: Paly Latterer (USA, Santa Maria DeVera District, Paso Alto Area), CNA (USA, CA)
Casselman corrected an earlier report that said the athletic department had $45,000 of student money left over from resurfacing of the fieldhouse floor.
celler has given us the charge for the recommendation of its use, 'Casselman
It was earmarked for recreational facilities, Casselman said.
"We did get the $45,000, and the chan-
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