TUESDAY,OCTOBER1,2002
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Senate puts spin on diversity week
By Caleb Noothwehr
cnothwehr@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
With the help of snow cones and Twister game boards, Student Senate is drawing attention to the benefits of diversity and the Multicultural Resource Center.
Games like Diversity Jeopardy will take place at Wescoe Beach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Thursday to help students learn facts and figures about KU's ethnic groups and the current Multicultural Resource Center.
Jonathan Ng, student body president, said a byproduct of the awareness week activities would be educating on the need for a new Multicultural Resource Center.
"KU has the unique chance to set itself apart from other universities by helping its students prepare for an increasingly diverse workplace," Ng said.
Claire Zeigler, Senate communications coordinator and Manhattan sophomore, said her vision for a new center included a more centralized campus location. The building is located south of the Military Science building.
"It's so small and because its location isn't optimal, it can't fulfill its potential," she said.
Approximately 250 stopped by
the Senate's table Monday in the first year for such an event, Ziegler said.
"If nothing else, students will think about what diversity means," she said.
Other campus organizations involved throughout the week include the Black Student Union, the Asian American Student Union, and Queers and Allies.
Stacy Sippel, Wichita sophomore, approached the table because of the promise of a free snow cone, but said she appreciated Senate's effort of educating students about diversity.
"It's important to be open-minded and not be confined to Kansas." Sippel said.
Although Scott Araipoli, Springfield, Mo., junior, didn't stop to participate in any diversity awareness games, he said he too was impressed by the activities.
"Diversity is one of the most important things a campus can offer." he said.
The MRC awareness weeks comes as a follow-through on a campaign promise from lastyear's KUnited campaign which implemented a program called One KU Community, dedicated to informing students about what activities they can participate in.
—Edited by Andy Samuelson
Lindsey Gold/Kansan
Casey Collier, Nunemaker senator, and Andy Knopp, business senator, play Diversity Twister on Wescoe Beach yesterday.
Motor coach owners roll into Hutchinson
The Associated Press
HUTCHINSON — Two bathrooms. An interactive GPS navigation system. Self-contained vacuums that don't need a new bag for four months.
With modern conveniences and high-tech gadgets, the old motor home has been transformed into a "land yacht."
Up to 6,000 people devoted to the lifestyle are expected to visit Hutchinson this week for the Family Motor Coach Association's 68th Premier International Extravaganza at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
The FMCA event is one of the key selling events for motor-home manufacturers, and about 1,000 units will be for sale during the event, which ends Thursday.
The event will feature more than 450 vendors selling everything imaginable to make motor-home travel easier.
That includes motor coaches with two bathrooms. Not much tops that for motor home owners, according to Walter Bennett of Wichita.
Why two bathrooms? Simple, said Bennett's wife, Carolyn.
"The issue," she said firmly, "is getting two people ready at the same time."
In fact, the makers of Bennett's Holiday Rambler coach used the decade-old "rolling room" technology to clear the way for a second, elaborate home-like bathroom in the far back of the coach.
Satellite television isn't new on motor coaches. But a dish that rises out of the roof of the coach and hones in on the satellite is a high-demand item.
"Literally, the touch of one button will cause the antenna to go up, locate the satellite and lock onto it," said Bill Adams of RV Satellite Sales and Service, a traveling company based in Missouri.
What is new about satellite RV communication is the Internet — at least for those who have a fat wallet.
A DirectWay satellite dish 39-by-24 inches instead of the standard 18-inch round dish will bring full two-way broadband service into the motor home while stationary. The satellite must have a clear view of the southern sky to work.
But at $99.95 a month Adams said, "it's pricey."
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