2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Inside Front
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
News briefs
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Professor to speak, perform at symposium
at symposium
The Cuban Music Symposium is bringing the Latin beats of Mambo, Rumba, Danzon and Cha Cha Cha to the University of Kansas.
Walter Clark, associate professor of musicology, will speak about these and other kinds of Cuban music at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Clark said he would do demonstrations on his guitar and percussion instruments and let the audience try them out as well.
them out as well. "Cuban music has had a huge impact on music around the world film, television, you name it," Clark said.
"It's a small island with a vast musical heritage."
The Symposium is part of the Hispanic Heritage Month activities and is sponsored by KU's Delta Alpha chapter of the Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority. The event is free.
Katie Nelson
Employers find students at annual Career Fair
The Schools of Engineering and Business will hold their annual career fairs today and tomorrow at the ballroom on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union.
Union. Fifty-five companies will sit at tables today from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.for the engineering fair.
Companies will have next-day interviews at the Burge Union to hire interns and full-time employees.
The engineering career services' Web site advises preparing a focused resume with a specific objective for specified employers and a generic resume that can be used for other employers.
employers. The Web site also suggests that students prepare a one-minute commercial about themselves before attending.
g. Shanda Powell, business school
advisor and coordinator for this year's fair, said she expected about 85 tables at the career fair. She said students should dress in appropriate business attire, which included dresses and suits.
Powell said between 1,100 and 1,200 students brought resumes to the business fair last year. She expected a similar crowd tomorrow.
“it's not just for business students; it's for all students," Powell said.
She encouraged students to register with a career center before attending to get help with resumes and have access to other recruitment events on campus.
Lindsay Hanson
Chancellor-for-a-Day contest makes return for second year
Students who register to vote on campus for this November's election will have the chance to be chancellor for a day.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Robert Hemenway will attend the selected student's classes for the day.
The Chancellor-for-a-Day promotion is part of the Student Senate Legislative Awareness Board voter registration drive.
On the last day of the registration drive, Oct. 21, copies of all the registration cards will be thrown into a raffle wheel.
The chancellor for a day will be selected from that wheel.
Coordinators have not yet set a date to carry out the Chancellor-for-a-Day promotion.
Johanna Maska, Senate legislative director, said every student who registered on campus would be eligible to win the promotion.
Through the campaign, Senate plans to educate voters about candidates in the upcoming election.
Maska said the organization Vote Smart would provide non-partisan information that Senate would supply to registered voters.
—Caleb Nothwehr
NEWS AFFILIATES
KUJH-TV will have news at 5:30,7. 9 and 11 p.m.
News: Melissa Freeman and Joy
Larson
Weather: Brandi Gunter
Sports: Mike Alzamora
Don't have time to read today's paper? Head to kansan.com and listen to K-Talk. Hear convergence manager Meredith Carr read summaries of today's top stories.
Gretchen Snethen, Topeka junior, offers her finger to help stabilize Melanie Michael, Cheney senior, as she attempts "slack lining." Members of the KU Rock Climbing Club practiced their balance in front of Strong Hall yesterday. Slack lining, according to Jake Wolf, Olahe senior, was created in Yosemite in the 60s.
Camera on KU
Lindsey Gold/Kansan
ON CAMPUS
The department of music and dance will present a Brown Bag Classics concert with pianist Alice Downs at 12:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact the department at 864-3436.
Hall Center for the Humanities will present the lecture "Endangered Language Communities, KU Graduate Students and Faculty in Language Revitalization Projects" at 3:30 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center. Contact the center at 864-4798.
Engineering Career Service Center will have an Engineering Career Fair at 1 p.m. today at the Ball Room in the Kansas Union. Contact the ECSC at 864-3891.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present a University Forum from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Sanfy Beverly and Bev Worster will speak about "Preserving Open Space in Lawrence and Douglas County: A Dream or Possibility?" Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Et Cetera
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m.at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha Nondorf at 218-3544.
Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Adams Alumni Center. Contact the SAA at 864-4760.
Student Development Center will sponsor the Nontrad Brown Bag Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Alcove D on Level 3 in the Kansas Union. Contact Laura Morgan at 864-4064 or nontrad@ku.edu.
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