8A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
TUESDAY,OCTOBER 22,2002
Coffee shops offer artists exposure,marketplace
By Louise Stauffer
lstauffer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
To student artists, coffee houses around Lawrence offer more than a cup o' Joe.
Local coffee houses display artwork in various media and from various ages.
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KU students use coffee shops as another way to showcase their talents beyond the school of fine arts.
Irene Beeson, Lawrence senior, has her textile weavings displayed at Aimee's Coffee House, 1025A Massachusetts St.
Beeson said any amount of exposure her artwork got benefited her.
Beeson said this was the third time she has displayed her work at Aimee's Coffee House. She said displaying her work downtown gives her greater exposure than exhibiting in a gallery on campus could.
Beeson said that coffee house displays have even more benefits than exposure, "I also have the option to sell," she said.
Manda Wilson, a barista at Aimee's Coffee House said displaying artwork was beneficial for the customers' viewing pleasure. Wilson said the exhibits changed once a month there.
Kate von Achen, manager of Z's Divine Espresso, 10 E. Ninth St., said although no KU students' work was currently displayed, the store had displayed in the past.
She said the exhibits usually lasted one or two months, and the artist is allowed as much free coffee as they want.
The photos now displayed on the walls of the Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., are by Jamie Roper, a former KU student.
Roper has been living in the Liaoning province of China teaching conversational English since last March. In his artist statement available at the exhibit, Roper says the exhibit is not art, but a documentary.
Jamie Roper's photo, "Sleeping Waiter," hangs on the wall of The Bourgeois Pig, 6.E Ninth St. Roper, former KU student, and many other KU students' artwork is displayed in Lawrence coffee houses. The Bourgeois Pig and many other coffee houses display student work for their patrons' viewing pleasure.
The exhibit, called "Sleeping Giant," features people sleeping in spots that would seem unusual to Americans: a waiver at a corner restaurant table, a commuter on a train, or a hardware store owner in front of his store. In his statement Roper describes his amazement at his subjects' ability to sleep among the noise created by millions of people.
At Milton's Coffee & Wine, 920 Massachusetts St., and Henry's, 11 E. Eighth St., student artwork is displayed at times.
Molly Murphy, a barista at Henry's, said most artists sold their work displayed in coffee shops and many other businesses around Lawrence.
Vickie Hamilton-Smith, director of communications for the School of Fine Arts, said when students were able to exhibit their work locally, it provided KU and the school of fine arts with visibility.
"The community becomes aware of the quality of students and instructors," she said. "It's an excellent opportunity to express to the community what they've been working on."
Edited by Andrew Vaupel
The contract established for the first time a minimum salary, which guarantees at least $8,000 for the first year of the contract, $9,000 for the second year and $10,000 for the third year for half-time GTAs.
GTAs
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The contract also increases the merit salary pool, from which GTAs are given raises, by 10 percent for each year of the contract.
The pay increase not only soothes the pocket books of GTAs but also increases their enthusiasm for their jobs, Reed said.
it just shows the University is
Lynn Bretz, interim director of University Relations, said students deserved the credit for the GTAs' improved wages. She said the money from increased tuition made it possible for the University to pay GTAs more — something it had wanted to do all along.
more dedicated to helping out GTAs," she said. "It sort of bolsters everyone's dedication to being a GTA."
But the power of the union cannot be ignored in this situation, said Robert Vodicka, lead negotiator for GTAC. The tuition increase has been approved for one year, but the contract is guaranteed for three, he said.
"If they wanted to do this, it
seems to us they could have found a way." Vodicka said. "When were they going to do this if the union did not push the issue?"
GTAs are the only employees to get a salary increase this year, Bretz said. Faculty and staff at the University are still waiting for a raise.
Bretz said that like GTA raises, pay increases for faculty and staff were a matter of resources, or a lack thereof.
"There were plenty of people around here who didn't get salary increases," Bretz said. "It's the state that funds those, and the state is indicating no resources."
— Edited by Katie Teske
Coming out
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Swull said some queer students even experienced pressure from their friends not to come out, because they feared that they might be rejected by their parents and peers altogether.
"There is a very significant social dynamic," he said. "It reinforces young people being closedet. It further enhances their fear of coming out."
It's not just students that have experienced problems with identifying their sexuality. Some professors have run into problems of their own.
John Younger, professor of classics and Western Civilization, formerly taught for 28 years at Duke University, a school located in the typically conservative state of North Carolina. Younger did not come out as gay until he began teaching at Duke, well after his undergraduate and graduate studies.
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"I'm used to discrimination problems," he said.
Younger said when he applied for tenure at Duke, the Promotion and Tenure Committee solicited a negative letter in an attempt to reject his application based on his sexual orientation. A letter was submitted suggesting that Younger did not deserve tenure and he was rejected—until the then university president, Terry Sanford, demanded that Younger's application for tenure be reviewed the following year. He then was granted tenure based on his qualifications.
Chase Richards, McPherson junior, is openly gay. He came out during his senior year of high school. Richards grew up in a small town of only 13,000 people, where coming out is not so easy.
John Burness, Duke's senior vice president of public and government relations, said the university's tenure policies have changed over the years, and "one's sexual preference is not grounds for tenure rejection."
Younger said unlike at Duke
where he received a death threat and had his office door burned twice, things have changed for him and his partner. Paul Rehak, an assistant professor of classics, since moving to Lawrence.
"We've had no problems here." Younger said. "We've been very open."
Rehak agreed, saying sexual orientation wasn't an issue for him at KU.
"I don't get on a soapbox, but I don't try to hide anything," he said.
In the meantime, coming out as queer is still partly an issue of location.
Kirkpatrick said when she first moved to Kansas from California, she experienced a culture shock that cotinine today. She was harassed in public while walking with her partner and many people she met always assumed she was straight.
So she decided to let them know. She began wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, "I love girls."
"I just got to the point where I was sick of people assuming I was straight," Kirkpatrick said. "I just wanted people to think twice."
— Edited by Andy Samuelson
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