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Study Abroad Fair September 9, 2015 - 10:30am Kansas Union, 4th Floor
Internships in London & Sydney Info Session
September 9, 2015 - 3:45pm
Kansas Union, Pine Room
Internships in Shanghai Info Session September 9, 2015 - 3:45pm Kansas Union, Alcove D
Internships in London & Sydney Info Session September 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Kansas Union, Pine Room
Internships in Shanghai Info Session September 9, 2015 - 4:00pm Kansas Union, Alcove D
Salamanca Info Session September 9, 2015 - 4:15pm Wescoe Hall, 4018
Japan Study Abroad Opportunities Info Session September 9, 2015 - 4:30pm Wescoe Hall, 4040
Winter Break 2016 Architecture and Culture in U.A.E. Info Meeting September 10, 2015 - 12:00pm Kansas Union, International Room
Business and Culture of Cuba Info Session September 10, 2015 - 12:30pm Summerfield Hall, 122
Supply Chain Management in Panama Info Session September 10, 2015 - 3:00pm Summerfield Hall. 122
Internships in Dublin & Madrid Info Session September 10, 2015 - 3:45pm Kansas Union, Pine Room
Study Abroad Financial Aid Info Session:
You Can Afford to Study Abroad!
September 10, 2015 - 4:00pm
Kansas Union, Alderson
Internships in Dublin & Madrid Info Session September 10, 2015 - 4:00pm Kansas Union, Pine Room
Design and Culture in Cuba Info Meeting September 10, 2015 - 4:00pm Wescoe Hall. 4040
Gilman Scholarship for Pell Grant Recipients September 11, 2015 - 12:00pm Blake Hall room 207
Travel Writing and Costa Rica Info Session September 15, 2015 - 3:45pm Wesco Hall, 4062
Study Abroad Financial Aid Info Session:
You Can Afford to Study Abroad!
September 15, 2015 - 4:00pm
Kansas Union - Alderson
Australia Semester Study Abroad Opportunities Info Session September 15, 2015 - 5:30pm Kansas Union, Pine Room
Supply Chain Management in Panama Info Session September 16,2015 at 12:30
September 16,2015 - 12:30pm Summerfield Hall.122
Business and Culture of Cuba Info Session September 16,2015 - 4:00pm Summerfield Hall. 122
Hong Kong Study Abroad Info Session
September 16, 2015 - 4:30pm
Summerfield Hall, 403
Korea Study Abroad Info Session September 16,2015 - 5:30pm Wescoe Hall,4040
Business and Culture of Cuba Info Session September 17, 2015 - 12:15pm Summerfield Hall, 122
Supply Chain Management Info Session September 17,2015 - 12:15pm Summerfield Hall. 122
Costa Rica Info Session
September 17, 2015 - 3:30pm
Lippincott Hall, 203
Boren Awards Info Session
September 17, 2015 - 4:00pm
Wesco Hall, 4040
Study Abroad Financial Aid Info Session: You Can Afford to Study Abroad!
September 21, 2015 - 3:00pm
Kansas Union- Alderson Room
International Careers in Costa Rica Info Session
September 21, 2015 3:45pm Wescoe Hall, 4033
International Careers in Costa Rica Info Session September 21, 2015 - 4:00pm Wescoe Hall. 4033
Field Biology Costa Rica Info Session
September 22, 2015 - 11:45am
Kansas Union, Curry Room
the simple premise—two young teenagers have increasingly unsettling experiences
WILLMOTT FROM
(Ed Oxenbould) first visit to their grandparents' Pennsylva-
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After visiting several neighborhoods in Chicago, Willmott said he realized that more development in these neighborhoods would lead to less violence.
"America has a huge problem not investing in black neighborhoods," he said. "If that [investment] would happen, I think you would see a big turnaround with this kind of stuff"
many in '44."
Pop Pop tells the grandkids not to leave their room after
After he earned his bachelor's
degree in drama from Marymount College in Salina, he participated in activism work. He was a crucial part to the integration of the Junction City Fire Department in the 1970s, which had never had a black firefighter before Willmott and his colleagues launched a protest.
"Chiraq" is a step toward a different kind of activism. The film's title is a nickname for Chicago, which is alludes to its high murder rate.
Becca underneath the porch deck where they were playing hide and seek.
When Lee announced in April that the film would be shot in Chicago, residents and
"You knew you were black, but Dr. King's assassination really taught me that being being black had social and political ramifications"
dorky freestyle rhymes and several severely obnoxious
KEVIN WILLMOTT
KU Professor and
Filmmaker
"I think the mayor and people in Chicago thought this as another '90s gang movie with a lot of violence, so I think they'll be pleasantly surprised when they see the film that it's got a really positive message," Willmott said.
even the Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel thought the film would exploit the problem, but Willmott said that was not the
case.
Wilmott remembers one incident in particular as a catalyst for his future interest in race relations and productions, like "Chiraq," exploring the issue. On April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, a 10-year-old Willmott sat in front of the
With "Chiraq," Wilmott hopes to address these issues and, hopefully, reduce them.
Two out of four stars.
"That's really when I understood that I was black in a political or social way," Willmott said. "You knew you were black, but Dr. King's assassination really taught me that being black had social and political ramifications."
The day after the assassination, Willmott eagerly raised his hand in class to discuss it. His teacher replied, "We won't be talking about that."
television in his family's living room in Junction City.
but he admits the American society has a long way to go in regards to racism.
"It will always probably be a problem," he said. "It's not very optimistic sounding but because of human nature, you always have to be willing to combat it, fight against it. It's always going to be a problem."
— Edited by Emma LeGault