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NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2002
Chemistry ranks first in female faculty
By Kyle Ramsey
kramsey@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas' chemistry department has the highest percentage of female faculty out of the top 50 chemistry departments in the nation, officials announced yesterday.
A recent survey conducted by Chemical and Engineering News ranked KU first, up from last year's No.2 rank.
The seven female faculty members account for 29 percent of the department's 24 faculty members.
The national average among top 50 programs for female faculty is 12 percent, according to the survey.
Chemical and Engineering News used the top 50 chemistry departments picked by the National Science Foundation. The Foundation selects the top 50 each year from private and public universities based on federal research expenditures. The University ranks 34th in its lineup.
Rutgers' chemistry department, which was first in last year's ranking, ranked second with 10 female faculty members who account for 27 percent of its faculty. Pennsylvania State University's chemistry department ranked third in the survey with seven women who comprise 22 percent of the faculty.
Kristin Bowman-James, who has been a chemistry professor at the University since 1975, credits the department's rank to its open job searches and the increasing number of females who study chemistry.
"There's a fairly large percentage of graduate students now who are women," Bowman-James said. "We've found we have a fair number of women apply, and they
are good."
Heather Desaire, assistant professor of chemistry, began teaching at the University in August. She said she had heard about the faculty position from her mentor at University of California-Berkley, from where she graduated in December 2001.
"It's not just a guy thing," she said.
Desaire said having female professors in the department encouraged female students who were interested in chemistry.
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paign was effective in communicating its message.
"Whether you agreed with the campaign or not, by the end of the week, you knew what it was about." Allmon said.
Senate spent approximately $500 on 100 T-shirts for the Save Johnson campaign. Members are selling the shirts for $5. By yesterday, Senate had sold nearly half of its shirts.
The word is starting to spread about Save Johnson.
Jessica Scott approached the Senate table on Wescoe Beach to find out what Save Johnson meant.
"It's a good idea because you hear about how apathetic teenagers are about voting," said Scott, a Little Rock, Ark., freshman.
Other students hadn't yet found out about the meaning of the campaign.
"One of my friends said it was about a reporter that got fired," said Kyle Nestelroad, Wichita freshman.
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"normal"sex lives.
She said her family was proud of her, though sometimes her column made them a bit uncomfortable.
"It's made people look at our family a little bit differently," said Bainum's freshman sister Amy. "But nothing in our family has really changed. She's still just who she always was."
Amy said her sister's campus notoriety had brought her attention, but stressed the two had different personalities.
"It leads to some interesting comments from my friends each Thursday." Amy said. "I get a lot of 'Viva la vulval' and the fisting article, too — I haven't heard the end of that one yet."
Bainum said she hoped to keep working as a sex writer after graduating in December, but was open to anything.
"I'll write for anything that would let me be experimental."
she said.
Bainum will fly to Chicago later this month to do a shoot for Playboy.com.
She said she would be paid $1,500 for the shoot, but would get "substantially more" if the pictures ended up in the magazine's print edition.
"I'd go all the way nude, I'm not ashamed of my body," she said. "I'd be a hypocrite if I preached sexual comfort and then didn't want to show myself. I'd have to kick my own ass."
Bainum, however, wasn't sure if she would end up totally nude in those pictures.
That attitude still seems to allure students to her tales of sexual debauchery.
"It's pretty interesting," said Joe Rogers, Overland Park senior.
"I think anybody is qualified to do it, but it seems to be mostly opinion to me. With sex it's almost always a matter of opinion."
And viewpoints go both ways because not everyone appreciates Bainum's pursuit to
"I'd be a hypocrite if I preached sexual comfort and then didn't want to show myself. I'd have to kick my "
Meghan Bainum Kansan sex columnist
own ass."
sexually liberate the campus.
"I just don't agree with a lot of it," said Kimberley Huschka, Wichita senior.
St. Lawrence Center priest Vince Krische said he was opposed to every aspect of Bainum's column.
"It's exploitation, and it's not literature worthy of a higher education institution," he said.
Despite anyone's opinions, Bainum said she would still push her message to the people, no matter the medium or position.
"There are always new doors to be opened for the sex columnist," she said.
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Indigenous films document lives
By George Schnutz
gschulz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A screening of videos produced by indigenous people in southern Mexico attracted about 100 students last night to Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Sponsored by the Chiapas Media Project, Student Senate and the Latin American Solidarity student organization, the screening included three documentaries: Zapata's Garden, Song of the Earth and Defending the Forests.
The films are part of a series of nearly 20 produced so far by members of the Zapatista indigenous communities of Chiapas and Guerrero, two states located on the southern tip of Mexico.
The films documented everything from community gardens and environmental activism to traditional Zapatista songs and dances.
Alexandria Halkin, founder and director of the Chiapas Media Project based in Chicago, said that, by 2004, the project would be turned over completely to the people of Chiapas and Guerrero.
The Chiapas Media Project, established in 1998, has supplied 54 video cameras to 47 indigenous communities in Chiapas and Guerrero, as well as editing equipment and training in camera use and film making to 220 people.
The films would still be shown and sold at universities and film festivals around the
world.
On Jan. 1, 1994, Zapatista rebels initiated an insurgency against the Mexican government, demanding that the country's constitution be amended to include basic rights for indigenous people.
The date coincided with the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement—a trade pact that helped dissolve trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Leaders of the Zapatistas have said trade agreements such as NAFTA dilute the autonomous authority of indigenous groups over vital tracts of land and other resources in Mexico.
Since then, armed conflicts have occurred in and around Chiapas between military and paramilitary soldiers and the Zapatistas.
Access to the Internet has allowed the Zapatistas the opportunity to contact supporters worldwide.
Rebekah Moses, Great Bend senior and member of Latin American Solidarity, said the project would help the Zapatistas convey their message to the world using their own media skills.
Other students said they liked the idea of allowing indigenous people to document their own lives.
"Giving the equipment to them was much better than just going down there," said Chad Schroeder, Newton senior.
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