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OCTOBER23,2001
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ISSUE 40 VOLUME 112
'Mademoiselle says au revoir after 66 years of glamour
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
The November 2001 issue of Mademoiselle magazine will become a collector's item soon.
Conde Nast Publications said in an Oct.1 press release that the November issue would be the last one because publication of the magazine was no longer viable.
"The magazine had a challenging year in trying to find its readers and its voice," said Mistrella Egan, director of public relations for Mademoiselle.
Egan blamed poor economic conditions, especially after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
But Sharon Bass, associate professor of journalism, said the economy was not fully responsible in this case.
"The economy doesn't help, but it can't be blamed," she said. "I think that they have tried to figure out what their mission is going to be, and they have overlapping missions with other publications such as Glamour and Vogue."
Egan said that the targeted audience of Mademoiselle was females between 25 and 29. This is the same demographic for many women's fashion magazines, Bass said.
Part of the reason *Mademoiselle* may have had trouble attracting this group is that newer magazines try to attract the same group with fresher ideas and looks, Bass said.
Mademoiselle began publication in 1935. Magazines such as Jane, Marie Claire and Maxim began in the last 10 to 15 years and have taken some readers away from Mademoiselle.
The difficulty in finding advertisers was also a reason Mademoiselle shut down. Egan said.
Bass said that when the economy was poor, advertisers tended to pull ads, meaning magazines made less money.
She also said that when several magazines tried to draw the same demographic, they not only fought for readers, but they also fought for the small number of advertisers that wanted to reach that same market.
wanted to see Lindsey Killian, a KU student with an emphasis in magazine journalism, said she was unaware that *Mademoiselle* had stopped publication. The Kansas City, Mo., senior, said it worried her as she began her search for a job after she graduates in May.
Killiany said she wanted to work in the consumer magazine industry and wouldn't mind working for a fashion magazine. She said she didn't know where to even look for a job with the economy as bad as it was.
"I'm going to take a job wherever I can find one," she said.
can inform one.
Beth Janes, associate beauty editor for Shape magazine and May 2000 KU graduate, said she was worried about the state of the magazine industry in general.
try in general.
"Several of my friends have been laid off," she said. "I don't sense from the environment here that my job is in jeopardy, but you can't help but worry when you read the newspaper every day to hear that this company or that company is laying of X thousands of workers or Mademoiselle, a magazine that's been for 63 years is closing."
Mademoiselle employed 93 people, Egan said. Condé Nast gave those employees a severance package and tried to place them in other magazines published by Condé Nast.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
The 850,223 subscribers of Mademoiselle will begin receiving Glamour magazine with the January 2002 issue.
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Sam Gray, Blue Rapids sophomore, and Vernon Brejcha, retiring associate professor of art and design, look at two pieces on display in the art and design gallery. Brejcha had a retrospective art show in honor of his 26 years of teaching at the University. Artwork in the show was either Brejcha's or his students.
Retrospective honors retiring art professor
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
A tribute to an art professor who will retire at the end of the semester gave KU students the opportunity to admire blown glass art objects that are no longer created at the University.
Vernon Brejcha, associate professor of art and design, displayed the artwork from his career as well as the artwork of former students at his retrospective show. Brejcha, who specialized in glass blowing, will retire in December after 26 years at the University.
years at the University.
"Rather than the retrospective be about me, I asked them to send back some examples for the show." Brejcha said, referring to students he has taught in the past.
Brejcha taught glass blowing for years before the University closed
the program in 1991.
"It's the biggest, hottest craft movement in the United States today," he said.
Justin Schmidt, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said he attended the retrospective event because he wanted to see Brejcha's other works. Schmidt is enrolled in Brejcha's ceramics class this semester
Brejcha, who is a Kansan native, said he used his art to show his pride for living in the Midwest. He said most of his glass work and other projects related to the prairies or nature.
"I can't believe they did away with the glass blowing program here with a teacher like this," Schmidt said.
"I work very literal and things may look abstract to people but it directly relates back to nature," he said.
Brejcha said his current series is about the Carolina matrix, where gemstones
and the only emerald mine in the United States were found.
Jon Burns, Philadelphia graduate student, said he was interested in Brejcha's work because of the professor's glass blowing. Burns said he sat in on a couple of Brejcha's classes in the past and enjoyed his teaching style and artwork.
"His work is really diverse and you can see his big idea, which is the prairie and Midwest," Burns said.
Brejcha said that, after retiring, he would continue working hard because he had to be active. He said he had been asked to teach in various places across the country.
"I have so many arms in the fire, it is insane," he said.
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Students seek legal, personal guidance at panel on rape
ByJ.R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer
Warinner said she thought that rape issues needed to be addressed more at the University of Kansas.
Tina Warinner said she had two friends who were raped and three who survived attempted rapes.
"Here, it's a secret that KU doesn't address well," said Warinner, Overland Park senior.
She and three other women attended a panel discussion, "The Emotional and Legal Consequences of Rape," sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. The panel was a part of Sexual Violence Awareness Week events. The week's theme is "It's About Respect."
Representatives from the resource center, Counseling and Psychological Services, Department of Student Housing, the District Attorney's Office, KU Public Safety Office, United Methodist Campus Ministry and Watkins Memorial Heath Center spoke about issues dealing with rape.
Dave Zabel, assistant district attorney, explained the legal procedures involved when someone reported a crime such as rape. He said sometimes it came down to one person's word against another's.
"We have to look at what the evidence is," Zabel said. "Our standard is beyond a reasonable doubt as to what we can prove. That's a pretty high burden."
He said a person's criminal history and severity of crime were factors in determining the sentence if the person was convicted on a rape charge. Zabel said rape was considered a level-one felony in Kansas with the minimum sentence of 12 years.
Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director for the resource center, said her office offered a sexual assault prevention education program.
"We are working on creative ways to address problems," Rose-Mockry said. "There's not one right way to respond."
Warinner said that the discussion was informative but that rape needed to be discussed more, especially in residence halls.
residence hall needs to let students know it's a real danger so they don't feel so isolated," she said. "Education is very important. It's great to know there are services available."
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Former ambassador speaks on terrorism
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
Matlock JR, who served as the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, said the attacks to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon showed that the United States was not immune to terrorism.
Jack F. Matlock Jr. shared his perspectives on a number of foreign policy issues yesterday during his visit to the University of Kansas, including his views on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to New York City and Washington, D.C.
"Many had described the events of Sept. 11 by saying the world changed, and I expressed my view that the world didn't change," he said. "It was just
During the press conference, he said that he thought the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States was finished before the break-up of the Soviet Union and that relations between the two countries could have been better afterwards.
our perception of the world that changed."
Matlock Jr. spoke to about 70 people at a press conference in the Kansas Union about past and current relations between the United States and Russia.
Ranjit Arab, news and science writer for University Relations, said that the lecture was one of several events organized
"I think that the Clinton administration had no strategy for dealing with the post Cold War." Matlock Jr. said.
INSIDETODAY
Sean Hatfield, Bennington freshman, said he attended the lecture because it related to his planned major of political science and international studies.
"The U.S. should do more to help them recover what they were under for so many years," Hatfield said. "I think they could be a very important ally for us."
He said he was interested to hear from Matlock Jr. on how Russia and the United States interact now and how Russia aligns itself with the United States since the Cold War.
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Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, spoke about the U.S. bombing in Afghanistan war on terrorism.
WORLD NEWS ...5A
HOROSCOPES ...7A
WEATHER ...8A
CROSSWORD ...8A
by the Center for Russian and East European Studies to mark the 10-year anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union.
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