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OCTOBER 4,2001
ISSUE 29 VOLUME 112
Class to help make sense of attack's aftermath
By Ryan Malashock Kansan staff writer
There are numerous reasons why students might be confused about the aftermath of the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks.
One professor, Tony Rosenthal hopes to help students understand the confusing situation.
Through a free class, "The Course of the Crisis," Rosenthal, associate professor of history and sociology, will incorporate fellow faculty members and community leaders to inform students about the attack aftermath.
The course is being put on by the Center for Teaching Excellence and begins at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in 2092 Dole.
The class will run every Tuesday night through the end of the semester.
If interest persists, the non-credit class will continue into next semester.
"My sense was that people were holding a lot of one-time only panels," Rosenthal said. "But for a crisis of long duration it will be more usful to have a permanent forum."
He said the class would have a team-teaching format.
Several different speakers will be brought in to discuss topics ranging from the history of Islam to the relationship between popular culture and war.
Jeff Aube, interim director at the Center for Teacher Excellence, said the student response for the class has been steady.
"We've had 40 people already sign up, and we just started getting calls from students on Monday," Aube said. "Hopefully, we'll fill up the class — there's 110 spots in the room."
The course also is unique because it will be the first class ever put on by the Center for Teacher Excellence.
The center typically puts on workshops and seminars for faculty members and graduate students.
"It's a new venture for CTE," Rosenthal said. "It's the first thing they've done which involves sustained teaching over weeks. I know CTE's definitely excited."
Students interested in the course should call the Center for Teacher Excellence at 864-4199 or visit the center's Web site at http://www.ku.edu/home/cte.
Contact Malashock at 864-4810
Sigma Chistruck by theft
Within hours, items valued at more than $11,000 stolen from fraternity
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
Numerous items valued at $11,238 were stolen from the Sigma Chl house. 1439 Tennessee St., between 10 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, four people in separate rooms of the house had reported thefts. The missing items include five computers, two lock boxes, numerous textbooks, backpacks and checks.
Ryan Dodd, Overland Park junior and a victim of the thefts, said the fraternity's initiation formal was that night at the Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.
"Only a few people were in the house," he said. "But they were in their rooms."
Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department said he thought the four incidents were related because each room that was hit was on the same wing of the same floor, and each incident was reported to have occurred in the same time period.
"It is easier for someone to get a lot from a place like a fraternity house," he said. "You can get a lot of stuff in one place, instead of having to go to several places."
Patrick said police had no suspects
and there was no sign of forced entry.
Dodd said the back door of the fraternity house was propped open that night because some members of the fraternity were on the back porch at one point. The suspect may have entered through that door.
Dodd said no one in the house had any idea who the thief was, but the thefts were on the minds of everyone.
"You think about it and about who would have had the guts to go in and do that," he said.
Dodd said it was hard to say exactly what happened and how much was taken. He said other rooms might have been hit and the items hadn't been reported stolen yet because students didn't realize they were missing.
Tips to protect valuables:
Lock all doors at all times.
■ Keep expensive items locked up or out of sight
- Engrave anything valuable with a name or initials.
Keep a list of serial numbers of all valuable items.
Source: Sgt. Mike Pattrick, Lawrence Police Department, and Lt. Schuyler Bailey, KU Public Safety Office.
Jim Manhart, Fremont, Neb., senior and president of Sigma Chi, said he didn't know of any other cases of theft at the
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Christine Hein (far left), Erlangen, Germany, graduate student, listens to Kristin Doeblin, Lawrence sophomore, explain the Food and Drug Administration policy on accepting donated blood. "I think the policy is ridiculous," Hein said. "It doesn't make any sense."
Drive draws both blood and protests
By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer
Amanda Eberley cannot donate blood, and it angers her that the men who paid to have sex with her can.
Eberley was turned away from the American Red Cross and the Community Blood Center joint blood drive yesterday at the Kansas Union Ballroom because she previously was a prostitute.
"But they'll let people who've slept with me donate after a year," she said.
Eberliey, Lawrence sophomore, protested the blood drive with other members of KU Queers and Allies. Students stood outside the Union and its ballroom with signs while wearing biohazard stickers on their arms.
Some of the protesters applied to donate blood, but they were refused.
Representatives from the American Red Cross and the Community Blood Center confirmed that anyone who worked as a prostitute since 1977 would be prohibited from donating blood for the rest of that person's life, as required by FDA policy.
The Queers and Allies organization objects to that policy, which also disqualifies any male with a homosexual experience since 1977 and women who've had sex with men who have a homosexual past.
Erik Wilhelmi, Shawnee freshman, yesterday received a letter from a Red Cross nurse that said he was permanently prohibited from donating blood. A questionairre distributed to all potential blood donors asked whether men
had engaged in homosexual sex, to which Wilhelmi indicated yes.
"I expected to be turned away." Wilhelmi said. He also said both he and his boyfriend had tested negative for HIV within the last six months.
"I don't feel I'm any risk of transmitting HIV," Wilhelmi said. "They test our blood anyway."
Tara Wolfe, Lawrence senior and treasurer of Queers and Allies, estimated that some 15 organization members were not allowed to donate at the blood drive.
A representative from the Red Cross said 25 students were rejected yesterday, although reasons for denials ranged from low iron in the blood to taking antibiotics. Sixteen students were prohibited from giving blood on both Monday and Tuesday.
The Community Blood Center did not know how many people were turned down yesterday.
Representatives from both organizations said the protest had little effect on the amount of traffic at the blood drive.
"Today has been the highest traffic day so far," said Chris Beurman, director of donor recruitment for the Community Blood Center.
Betsy Wintroth, Leavenworth freshman, said the protesters angered her.
"I thought it was disgusting," Winetroub said. "This is for a really good cause, but to bash people for trying to help out, I don't understand."
Beurman said there were no disturbances during the Queers and Allies protest. Contact Smith at 864-4810
Elizabeth Schultz, professor emerita of English, points to where graduate student Cornelius Minor, Atlanta graduate student, is to begin his 20-minute stint of reading during yesterday's presentation of Herman Melville's *Moby Dick* in front of Wescoe Hall. The reading marked the 150th anniversary of the novel.
'Mobv Dick' reading wails through night
By Adam Pracht Special to the Kansan
"Call me Ishmael," said Haskell Springer, professor of English, as he began the 24-hour marathon reading of Herman Melville's *Moby Dick* yesterday morning in front of Wescoe Hall.
Seventy readers, including students, faculty and people from the Lawrence community, each read for 20 minutes during the marathon.
The University of Kansas department of English sponsored the event, which ended this morning at 8 a.m.
The reading marked the 150th anniversary of the classic novel's publication.
which lasted into the night.
"There will be celebrations across the country in the month of October, from New York to San Francisco, and I thought that we needed to do something in the heartland," said Elizabeth Schultz, professor emerita of English.
Schultz said she organized a similar event in 1991 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Melville's death.
"I feel that this is America's greatest novel," Schultz said. "I think it's appropriate to find occasions when we can, as a community, think about this novel."
The story of Moby Dick is told from the perspective of a character named Ishmael, who tells of
the quest for revenge that Captain Ahab takes to kill the great white whale that took his leg.
"Just as The Odyssey is the great epic of the Greeks, this is the great epic of the United States," Springer said.
During the marathon reading, Patrick Bollig, Topeka junior, and Brigitte Bernagozzi, Oakdale, N.Y., graduate student, shared a yellowed hardcover copy of Moby Dick.
They had followed the reading since it began at 8 a.m. yesterday, leaving only to attend classes.
"I've always heard that it's a monumental work," Bollig said, "Since I'm lazy I decided not to pass up the opportunity to have it read to me."
Bernagozzi, an English major, said she was pleased to see that the event was introducing people to the novel.
Schultz sad that the novel was particularly relevant in light of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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"It is about a fanatic terrorist attack on a great force of life," Schultz said. "Perhaps more importantly, it's about how a survivor of that attack tried to understand why it happened and how he can live a better life in the wake of that attack."
Staff writer Eve Lambron contribu ted to this story.
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