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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY
OCTOVER 22, 2001
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ISSUE 39 VOLUME 112
KU student in hospital after fall off ledge
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
A 19-year-old KU student fell off a McCollum Hall fourth-floor window ledge Friday morning, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
Saad Saifeddine, 10th floor McCollum resident, was visiting friends on the fourth floor when he went out on the window ledge to smoke a cigarette. As of yesterday, he was in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center, hospital officials said.
A student housing regulation states that students can smoke in their rooms in McCollum only if their roommates approve.
Saifeddine, who told police he had been drinking earlier that night, slipped off the ledge and fell onto the first-floor concrete balcony, Bailey said. Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the ledge Saifeddine fell from was about two feet wide.
"You cannot always protect every individual from their own judgment and their own mistakes."
Saifeddine, who
Ken Stoner Director of student housing
Bailey said this was the second time this year someone had fallen out of a residence hall window.
Windows in the residence halls must remain operable for ventilation, Stoner said. The windows in McCollum are 18 inches wide and are equipped with screens.
is listed in the KU directory as a Wichita freshman, was taken by helicopter to the Med Center in Kansas City, Kan.
"The screens are designed for easy removal for rescue and to keep bugs out," he said. "They are not intended to keep people in."
However, Stoner said, "It is very difficult to get out a window like that." He said students would have to climb on a chair to be high enough, and they'd have to turn sideways to squeeze through the window.
ways to square off.
"We do our best to make things as safe as possible," Stoner said. "The building is safe. The behavior is not safe."
He said that alcohol affected judgment and muscle coordination and that was the issue in Saifeddine's fall — not building design or safety.
design of safety.
"You cannot always protect every individual from their own judgment and their own mistakes." Stoner said.
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Charley Oswald, a 1951 KU economics graduate, talks about his pride for the University at the Endowment Center. On Friday, Oswald donated $10 million to the University, the largest contribution ever to the Kansas University Endowment Association by an individual.
Economics alumnus donates $10million
By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer
By simply being polite, Chancellor Robert Hemenway inspired one alumnus to give a record-setting donation to the University of Kansas last Friday.
Charley Oswald, a 1951 KU economics graduate, planned to donate $8 million to the University, but a phone call from Hemenway expressing his thanks compelled Oswald to add another million. Hemenway called again, and Oswald said he felt so honored that during the conversation, he decided to increase his contribution another million for a total of $10 million.
"And for God's sake, don't call back," Oswald told Hemenay.
Oswald's $10 million donation is the largest single outright contribution to the Kansas University Endowment Association by an individual.
Forrest Hoglund, chairman of the Endowment's KU First fund-raising campaign, said that the donation totaled $14 million, including state matching funds.
The $10 million gift and state matching funds will count toward the $500 million goal of the KU First fund-raising campaign. As of Friday, the Endowment campaign has raised $297 million.
Six million dollars of Oswald's donation will go to the department of economics, $1 million to the School of Business, and the remaining $3 million into unrestricted University support accounts.
"The impact of this gift is already making it felt." Hemenway said.
One of two economics professorships financed by the donation has already been occupied. William Barnett from Washington University in St. Louis will join the faculty next fall as the Oswald Distinguished Chair of Macroeconomics.
of Macroeconomics Joseph Sicillian, chairman of the economics department, said Oswald's gift was inspirational.
Oswald's gift web includes "For our faculty members, it is such a morale boost to have their program recognized by a gift of this caliber," Sicilian said in a press release. "For our students, this gift will mean scholarships, fellowships and instruction from some of the foremost economics scholars in the world."
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New sorority to emphasize multicultural awareness
Diversity group aims to bring KU cultures together
By J. R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer
The prospect of having an effect and being a part of a diverse group made Cindy Terrazas want to help create a multicultural sorority at the University of Kansas.
turial solving the Terrazas, Leoit junior, and six other women are members of a Mu Sigma Upsilon interest group at the University. Terrazas said it should become a chapter next spring.
The name of the KU interest group is called T.I.A.R.A, which stands for togetherness, independence, achievement, respect and academics.
respect and academics
Terrazas said she heard about the soror-
Terrazas said she is from her friend Sarah Zaragoza, Leawood junior.
"When I got to here, I never considered joining a sorority." Terrazas said. "When this sorority came along, I felt I was ready to handle this."
Zaragoza said she liked the multicultural aspect of the sorority, which she said she thought was important at KU.
"When this sorority came along I felt I was ready to handle this." Cindy Terrazas Leoti junior
"I had been around different cultures all my life." Zaragoza said. "That's how I was raised. People need to learn about other cultures, not just stick to one."
Zaragoza said a lot of diversity existed within the interest group members. She said she had considered joining the historically Latina sorority, Sigma Lambda Gamma, but decided she wanted to create a multicultural one.
"It was attractive because I felt like I could establish something at the University it didn't have yet," Zaragoza said.
Jasmin Smith, Kansas City. Mo., junior, said the multicultural focus of the sorority appealed to her, too.
"I didn't see a sorority on campus that had diversity as its focus," Smith said. "This includes everyone. This could bring something I bring to a sorority and make the lines not as defined between cultures."
Terrazas said the group sponsored voter registration drives for Hispanic Heritage Month and was working with South Junior High students in Lawrence. She said they were planning events for Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March.
For more information about the sorority, contact Zaragoza at 312-2134.
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Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1045 Emery Road, changes the look of its letters weekly. The current paint scheme reflects the colors and symbols of the fraternity house.
Fraternity splashes sign with color
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
Wednesday afternoons are routine for members of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Each week, some of the fraternity members gear up with paintbrushes, paint and a design.
Clint Jones, Wathena freshman, said the painting usually lasted about two hours, but sometimes it lasted a little longer, depending on what the designs were.
The members make their way to the fraternity letters on the lawn in front of the house,1045 Emery Road, and add another layer of paint.
Jones said that the letters had been painted over about 15 times this year and
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"It's unique, different, and it's kind of cool for us to change it up each week and show a different design," Jones said
Scott Clubine, Kappa Sigma president, said the painting was a tradition for the fraternity.
"We paint them for different occasions and for different activities we have," he said.
that he was pleased and took pride in how the letters looked this year.
Clubine said every year members of the house attempted to remove layers of paint from the letters, which have accumulated on the sign since the 1930s. Sometimes people have tried to burn the paint off.
"We've never got down to the actual letters." Clubine said.
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Coming up with ideas to paint the sign
"If anybody comes up with ideas on how to paint the letters differently, we paint them,"Clubine said.
letters has not been difficult. Clubine said there were designs kept in the house that have been used to paint the letters. During homecoming week, the letters were painted with crimson and blue zebra stripes, and a flag was painted on after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"When you do it and put the work into it, and people see it, recognize it and say something about it, you feel good to know people like the art work you do," Clubine said.
Clubine said painting helped keep attitudes in the house more positive.
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