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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 20
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
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A group performs a traditional Native American dance at the KU Powwow & Indigenous Dance and Culture Festival on April 2
▶ SAMANTHA SEXTON @Sambiscuit
The University hosted the KU Powwow & Indigenous Dance and Culture Festival April 2, inviting hundreds to the free event including tribes from all over the country to join in the cultural festivities.
The festival was sponsored and supported by the KU First Nations Student Association, the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum, Spencer Museum of Art, the Office of Diversity and Equity and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
assortment of traditional and authentic food from the nations gathered. A large tent was also erected housing various activities for children.
Guests were greeted outside the Lied Center by an
Inside the Lied Center, crowds clamored around dozens of booths to see the handmade crafts and to learn about the cultures represented. One student, Sherrie Marlond from Tama, Iowa studying business, said the powwow was a great way for other natives to learn about the different traditions as well as for non-natives to see a living people in action.
"You'd be surprised how many non-natives have
never even seen a Native American before and who think that we're no longer a real people and buy into the negative stereotypes," Marlond said. "This is a great and fun way to see our cultures and to recognize our traditions."
Marlond said that she was happy with how the
powwow turned out, and that she was glad that her University could be involved.
"It really shows how the University cares," Marlond said. "We are greatly underrepresented and this is a way for the University to be
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Professor of Slavic studies wins grant to teach course on ethics
TANNER HASSELL @thassell17
Ani Kokobobo, a professor of Slavic studies, received a grant for $20,000 from National Endowment for the Humanities.
This grant will fund research for a new course on ethics and community in 19th century Russian literature.
Kokobobo, who serves as the director of graduate studies for the Slavic Department, said she applied for the grant last summer through the Hall Center for the Humanities.
"I applied last September, and had not heard anything for some time," Kokobobo said. "Then two weeks ago I received an email saying that I had received the grant."
Kokobobo said the grant, part of the NEH program, Enduring
Questions, will enable her to study philosophical and ethics works through the summer in preparation to teach the course.
According to the NEH website, the program supports the development and teaching of courses that answer an enduring question related to concerns of humanity. Some of the questions include: "Can war be just?" "What is evil?" and "What is friendship?"
Kokobobo said the prompt she chose was: "Am I my brothers' keeper?"
"I proposed that we teach a course using 19th century Russian literature and philosophical works to talk about community and the moral and ethical responsibilities that people have toward one another," Kokobobo said. "Then towards the end of the course we'd talk about community in 21st
century America and how issues like race affect community."
We think that there's a lot of room to discuss ethics in the context of Russian literature, "
Stephen Dickey Chair of the Slavic Department
"Part of the requirement for the course is for students to help out at a soup kitchen for a couple hours," Kokobobo said.
Kokobobo also said the course will feature planned activities, as well as a service component.
possibly a Slavic class requirement for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Stephen Dickey, chair of the Slavic Department, said the department is excited about the course and hopes philosophy students, as well as Slavic studies students, will take interest.
Kokobobo said she hopes to have the course fulfill an ethics and
"We think that there's a lot of room to discuss ethics in the context of Russian literature," Dickey said. "I think it shows the importance of studying these works outside of just entertainment."
Kokobobo said the course should be available for the 2017-18 school year.
- Edited by Garrett Long
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Ani Kokcbobo, Slavic Professor, poses with her picture of Russian Author Tolstoy. Kokobobo is receiving a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities to teach a course on ethics and community in 19th century Russian literature.
Associated Press
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Kansas coach Bill Self poses with his award after being named Coach of the Year.
Bill Self named Coach of the Year by the AP
▶ SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU
On Thursday, Kansas coach Bill Self was named National Coach of the Year by the AP, according to a KU Athletics release. Right now, Self is in Houston, where the Final Four is taking place, to accept the award.
According to the AP release, Self is the first Kansas coach to win the distinction twice while at the University. The only other Kansas coach to win the award was Roy Williams in 1992.
This year, Self received 21 of a possible 65 votes. Xavier's Chris Mack came in second with 15 votes; Oregon's Dana Altman received 13, according to the release.
Self coached the Jayhawks to a 33-5 record in the 2015-16 season, falling in the Elite Eight. The team earned the No. 1 overall seed in the 2016 NCAA tournament, following a season in which it won the Big 12 regular season title and tournament.
Kansas also won the Maui Jim Maui Invitational earlier in the year. On January 30, the team picked up a win in the Big 12/SEC Challenge against Kentucky.
This is the second time Self has won the award from the AP. He racked up National Coach of the Year honors from the outlet in 2009.
USA Today, Bleacher Report and the NABC have also named Self as National Coach of the Year for this season.
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