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12A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY,AUGUST 19,2002
Multicultural center seeks new funds
By Lindsay Hanson
Kansan staff writer
A group of six University of Kansas students have teamed with staff members this summer with the goal of finding funding for a new Multicultural Resource Center.
"We've outgrown this facility," said Santos Nunez, director of multicultural affairs.
Earlier this year, Chancellor Hemenway allocated $500 to the group to conduct a fessibility study on the project. The center currently now sits behind the Military Science building.
Kansan File Photo
A student-led initiative prompted the University to create the center in 1995 as a statement of the University's commitment to multicultural education. The center serves to promote the development of cultural components in the curriculum. It supports minority student groups, and conducts awareness training seminars for faculty, staff and students.
arts, Ngsa. The proposal addresses four key points:
The Multicultural Resource Center, currently located behind the Military Science Building, may get a new home if funding can be found. $500 has so far been allocated to a committee for a feasibility study.
"The more leg work we get done now, the less we'll have to worry about once school starts." Ng said.
The task force is developing a proposal to present to the Endowment Association. The group hopes to team up with the Endowment Association and approach potential donors. Led by Jonathan Ng, student body president, the group aims to finish a rough draft of the proposal by today. Ng said he wanted to finish gathering logistical details so the group could focus on finding funds for the project.
The proposal addresses four key points
The ability of the Multicultural Resource Center to function properly in its current building, which has a classroom, a resource room with video and print libraries, meeting spaces and a computer lab.
- The center's location behind Military Science building, which students cannot see easily.
see clearly Research on cultural centers at peer institutions, such as the University of Oregon, the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Iowa, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado.
Ways to fund the project.
Ways to fund the committee In the proposal, the committee will focus on finding an accessible location close to campus, said Blake Shuart, task force representative and Student Senate assistant treasurer.
treasurer.
"It should be a convenient place for all students to go and learn about other cultures, regardless of their ethnic background," he said.
ground, he said. Shuart said the building must be large enough to accommodate more student groups than those that currently meet at the building.
having The committee also agreed that the new
center should have an office on the second floor of the building, classrooms, and an auditorium as a forum for guest speakers.
The task force must wait for the Endowment Association to review the proposal before the next step is completed.
Contact Hanson at thanson@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Matt Norton.
Students spent summer doing unusual jobs
Erin Beatty
Kansan staff writer
A summer without school means jobs for most students.
A typical work day for Lauri Romine, Englewood, Colo. senior, may include cooking, cleaning, attending appointments, running errands, buying groceries and walking the dog. But not for herself.
walking the dog. Romine is a personal care attendant for a 33-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, a medical condition that affects control of the muscles. Lorraine Cannistra of Lawrence uses a wheelchair and depends largely on help from her dog, Marshall, and Romine.
Cannistra.
"Lauri is the best attendant I've ever had." Cannistra said.
Romine said she met Cannistra in an English class at KU. Later, Romine answered a newspaper ad for a personal attendant job, and it turned out to be for
Cantista.
"I've learned so much from working for Lorraine," Romine said. "I've learned not to take things for granted. Also, my job helped me choose pre-nursing for my major."
Romine said her hours were flexible and that gave her time to enjoy the summer.
Romine wasn't the only KU student with an unconventional job this summer.
Aaron Hines, Madison, Wis. senior lived in Evergreen, Colo., with his parents and worked at the Coors Brewing Company in Golden. He worked on the tour stuff at the brewery, a job that included giving tours, driving tour buses, and occasionally bartending.
Hines said he worked at the brewery last winter and this summer. The brewery hires approximately 35 college students every summer.
Hines, who is majoring in communications studies and psychology, said he
"Working at a gas station is something I've always wanted to do.I give the people what they want junk food and cigarettes."
junk food and cigarettes."
Sam Klein
Olathe sophomore
enjoyed the job and began working in the distribution of Coors beer
"It just fell in love with the beer business," Hines said. "I'd like to stay in the beer business after graduation."
Other students stayed in Lawrence this summer and found more conventional work.
ing. Klein worked at a Kwik Shop in Lawrence.
"Working at a gas station is something I've always wanted to do." Klein said. "I give the people what they want—junk food and cigarettes."
For Sam Klein, Olathe sophomore,
conventional does not have to mean bor-
cigarettes Klein said after working as a waiter, a car wash clerk and an intern at an engineering firm, he really wanted to be a gas station clerk.
clerk. His duties include cleaning hot doggrills, changing the soda fountain, operating the cash register, stocking the coolers and "making the cake aisle look pretty."
making the family happy. Klein said the job was easy and he got to see some interesting customers. "I also get to try all the new snack foods before most people, and tell my friends about them."
Contact Erin Beauty at beaty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Nicole Roché.
Campus Greens bring activists together at KU
sy Michael Vennard
Kansan staff writer
The activists of the 1960s joined forces with today's student activists when hundreds of people from across the country gathered at The University of Kansas for the Campus Greens National Convention this summer.
KU Greens played host to the convention, which was held Aug. 8 to 11. The main event was a Super Rally which was held on Friday, Aug. 9 at the Lied Center to celebrate 50 years of social justice campaigns.
"The idea was to bring activists who have been working for social justice over the decades and across generations to get together and offer workshops to other activists of all ages," Sarah Hoskinson, former Campus Greens co-director, said.
Hoskinson said that about 200 people from as far as California and New York attended the convention.
Activists from several progressive movements across the country attended the rally for workshops and music. There they worked with prominent activists such as Tom Hayden, a former California state senator and founder of Students for a Democratic Society, which gained prominence while protesting the Vietnam War.
Other presenters included Michael Bronski a leader of the Gay Liberation Movement; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based human rights group; Vernon Billecourt, founder of the American Indian Movement; and Mike Oxford, leader of the disabled rights movement. Country-folk musician Iris Dement entertained the crowd before the workshops and lectures began.
began.
"For being in the Midwest and when school was out of session, I think we had a pretty good turnout." Aaron Paden, Lawrence senior said.
Aaron Paden. Lawrence, CA Paden said he attended a sustainable agriculture workshop directed by Wes Jackson of the Salinabased Land Institute. There, Paden said he learned about the dangers of current farming methods.
about the dangers so careless that he "He pointed out that in 50 years, due to current agricultural practices, there will be a lot of erosion, essentially rendering the land unusable." Paden said.
essentially reinforced. A final tally of ticket sales for the rally were not available because tickets were sold from a large variety of stores in Lawrence as well as through the Lied Center Box Office. Hoskinson said about 500 people attended the main Super Rally.
attended the main supervise "Everything went really smoothly and all the presenters and participants that I talked to were glad they came," said Kyle Browning, former Campus Greens co-director.
Contact Vennard at mvennard@kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Norton.
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