MONDAY,SEPT.24,2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN • 5A
Specialized, hands-on work defines museum program
JOHN NOWAK/KANSAN
By Eve Lamborn Kansan staff writer
Melissa Arthur, Manhattan graduate student, reads to children yesterday at Dyche Hall. Arthur works with children as part of the University of Kansas' graduate program in historical administration and museum studies.
Tammy Kelly's dream job is to work at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, as an archivist.
The Independence, Mo., graduate student is preparing for a career in museums through her studies in KU's graduate program in historical administration and museum studies.
The graduate program, which has 30 students, prepares students for a variety of careers in all types of museums.
One of those areas, which offers graduate level training in museum work and indigenous nations studies, is the only such program of its type in the country, Simmons said.
John Simmons, coordinator of the program, said one of the program's strengths was the opportunity for students to specialize in an area of interest before they graduate.
"People have the opportunity to start professional work while still being a student," he said. "It's exciting to be able to work in the field
while still finishing the degree."
Kelly, who specializes in 20th century history, volunteers at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Mo. and will soon start a job at the Harry S Truman Presi-
ential Library in Independence. Mo.
Simmons said that most of the instructors in the program were museum professionals, not professors.
Jean Svadlenak, who teaches a course on museum
"It's exciting ...to work in the field while still finishing the degree."
John Simmons graduateprogram coonnator
management at KU, works as a consultant for museums in the Kansas City area.
"KU does a good job exposing students to various specialities through the core classes, then gives them the opportunity to explore areas of interest through internships," she said.
Melissa Arthur, Manhattan graduate student, specializes in natural history. She led two children's programs at the Natural History Museum yesterday about ocean life.
"I have a lot of interest in public education and research," she said. "Museums are a way to bridge the public side and the research side."
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PAINTING FEELINGS
Students stopped by Art and Design building Friday to express their thoughts and feelings about the terrorist attacks artistically. The group wants to display the canvas somewhere on campus and eventually would like to see it purchased by a gallery or private investor, with proceeds going to the victims of the attacks.
CHRIS BURKET/KANSAN
Rape victims could become victims again: to hepatitus B virus
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man dubbed the West rapist nearly 20 years ago after attacking women in their beds may have victimized his victims twice.
At least eight women were sexually assaulted around the Westport entertainment district in the summer of 1985. James E. Maynard, 52, was convicted of two of the rapes. He died March 28 of complications related to chronic hepatitis B, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Joint Department of Correction. Experts said his victims might have the potentially deadly virus, which could remain dormant and undetected for years. Transmitted through blood, bodily fluids, shared needles and from mother to child, the disease can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
"Absolutely, it would be a good idea for any of those victims to be tested," said Molli Conti, associate director of the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown, Pa.
Maynard's sister, Lois Crowley, said relatives did not know
why he was in prison until after he died.
Crowley said Maynard told her that he had contracted hepatitis from intravenous drug use in the 1970s — years before the rapes occurred.
Maynard was arrested in August 1983. Police said he fell asleep in the bed of a 27-year-old
woman he had raped at knife-point. He was charged with four rapes and convicted of two of them, then sentenced to four life terms plus 55 years, all to run consecutively.
The rape victims, who were 20 to 35 at the time, are 38 to 53 years old now.
"Hopefully, all of those victims
got some counseling intervention at the time," said Paul Tamisiae, director of treatment at the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault. "I think that would make a difference in their response to almost being re-victimized from the grave, so to speak."
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