CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 26,1992
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Rally, march to focus on women's equality
By Delin Cormenv
Kansan staff writer
Charlene Muehlenhard tossed and turned all morning Sunday until she finally decided to get up and write down what she was thinking.
Muehlenhard, director of women's studies, accepted an invitation to speak to an estimated 200 people about a very sensitive topic: rape.
Hers is one of 11 speeches about women's issues scheduled for tonight's Women's Equality Day rally, which begins at 7 p.m. in South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets. A march, originating in Watson Park, Seventh and Kentucky streets, will begin at 6 p.m. and finish in South Park prior to the rally.
The rally is sponsored and paid for by the Lawrence chapter of the National Organization for Women, the KU Pro-Choice Coalition and the Women's Student Union.
Beth Powers, co-chair of the KU Pro
Choice Coalition and rally organizer, said that a speaker from Planned Parenthood was scheduled to address the abortion issue, but that the rally was not intended to focus on just abortion.
"It is pro-choice, but it's not solely pro-choice," she said. "It's a women's equality day and there are a lot of other issues being covered."
Topics include: women's health, sexual harassment, rape, minority women, children's issues, older women's issues and lesbian and bisexual issues, among others.
Muehlenhard said, "My impression is it's both to celebrate and to demonstrate our commitment to equality for women and these speeches are to provide information about and for women."
Maggie Childs, associate professor of East Asian languages and culture, plans to deliver a speech on sexual harassment.
"These things require speaking your mind in a calm but assertive and gentle but determined way," she said.
Sylvia Stone, another rally organizer, said, "Especially before the election, we feel it is important to bring people to realize the importance of issues to women."
She said that although the upcoming election was not the primary reason for holding the rally, it was what motivated her to get personally involved.
"We are sick and tired of the backlash against women, and it's time to do something about it," Stone said.
Lawrence organizers have been planning the event since mid-July, she said.
Women's Equality Day is not a legal holiday, but Powers said she expected similar celebrations around the nation today.
None of the speakers will be paid, Powers said.
"We've done this on a shoestring," she said. The use of the park and copying fees ran about $300, Powers said.
Speakers at the march
Erica Fuca from Planned Parenthood in Kansas City will speak about reproductive rights. Alice Lieberman, assistant professor of social welfare, will speak on women's health.
Connie Lieberman, assistant professor of social welfare, will speak on women's health. Connie Burke of Women's Transitional Care Services will speak on children's issues.
Barbara Ballard, acting dean of student life, director of the Emily Tylier Resource Center and candidate for state representative, will speak on minority women's issues.
JONA BARRIE of Women's Transitional Care services will speak on children's issues.
Omo Solabo Ayi, professor of theater and women's studies, will speak on international women's
issues.
Maggie Childs, associate professor of East Asian languages and culture, will speak on sexual harassment.
Jean Rosenthal, domestic violence activist, will speak on the legislative aspect of domestic issues.
Gloria O'Dell, Kansas democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will speak on women in government and politics.
Margo Gorden of the Older Women's League will spak on older women's issues.
Luare Tampel, actives, will speak on sexual/sexual issues.
Marco Gorelli of the Gisele Project.
Laura Templet, activist, will speak on lesbian/bisexual issues.
Lights are first step to brighter campus
By Christine Laue Kansan staffwriter
KANSAN
daynawk Boulevard and other areas of the KU campus are brighter at night, thanks to new exterior lights that were installed this summer.
The approximately 160 new 20- and 30-foot light poles were put up as the first installation of a five-year plan to improve campus lighting.
in phases I and II of the plan, lights were installed along east Memorial Drive, West Campus Road, and north Naisimph plant as well as to provide access to a computer center director of physical plant maintenance.
Concerned about safety on campus, Student Senate passed legislation last year to create a campus lighting committee. Representatives from Senate, KU Police, and University of Kansas housing and parking departments worked together to formulate the five-year plan, David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs and committee head said.
"I'm very encouraged that the new light is going to make a difference, but students should still take precautions," he said.
Porter said money for most of the new lights came from the state's repair and renovation fund, except funding for those on east Memorial Drive and Jayhawk Boulevard. Those lights
Porter said that the new bronze poles had top hat fixtures that were designed to diffuse light. They are placed roughly 100 feet apart and provide adequate light.
were the first to be financed by the campus lighting fee, a fee that should produce up to $100,000 every year of the five year plan. Ambler said.
Kristin Lange, committee member, said the new fee meant a $1 increase of the required student campus fees paid each semester by KU students. Ambler said the University matched the fee dollar-for-dollar, bringing the total spending each year to $200,000.
On top of that, the parking and housing departments could finance lights around parking lots and housing facilities, which would add another $100,000 to the amount spent each year. he said.
Lance Wright, student body vice president and member of the campus lighting committee, said that $265,000 was budgeted to be spent on lights in fiscal year 1993.
Porter said that in the spring, lights would be installed on west Memorial Drive and in the scholarship hall area. The remainder of the plan provide for extensive lighting across campus.
Lange said she and other committee members would continue monitoring and updating the plan.
Sharon Danoff-Burg, a member of the campus organization Students Against Violence Against Womyn, said despite the new lights, safety precautions should still be taken by students.
"I think it's very important to take steps to improve safety on campus, like with the campus lighting," she said. "The campus lighting is great, but we can't forget to take safety precautions."
'Hemp, hemp, hooray'
Kansan staff writer
Students picket at City Hall in effort to legalize marijuana By Lynne McAdoo
Last night, like every Tuesday since March, members of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws demonstrated outside the entrance to City Hall carrying signs with slogans such as "hemp,hemp, hooray," and "Legalize Hemp," and "Hemp for US farmers."
"We are here every Tuesday and we invite anyone to come down, either for it or against it," said David Cook, Columbia, Mo., senior and head chef of the chapter of NORML. "We just want to discuss it."
The group advocates the legalization of hemp and promotes its medicinal and agricultural uses.
The picketing doubles as an informational outlet and as the group's weekly meeting.
David Almquist, a member of NORML, said that the group was committed to educating the public and picketing City Hall made them visible.
with at the local level.
He said he thinks the issues should be dealt
"Any effective act of decriminalization litigation has begun at the local level," he said. "So that's what we are doing."
Another one of the six picketers, Mark Creamer, Lawrence resident, has tried to talk to many levels of government.
"I tried to see the governor, the attorney general, and the Department of Agriculture to talk about the benefits of hemp," he said. "None of them knew I talked to me. I will fight this battle on home turf."
Creamer was arrested in 1989 for smoking marijuana at the corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets. He called 911 to report himself in order to draw attention to the controversy surrounding the legalization of hemp.
Commissioner Bob Walters said, "If he wants to run for City Commission and make it one of his agenda items, that's fine, but I've got more important things to do."
"It's not a local issue," Commissioner John Nalbandian said. "It's an issue dealing with the regulation of drugs. To me, that's a federal issue."
Cars drove by honking their support for the picketers, but inside City Hall NORML did not arouse much interest.
Holly McQueen / KANSAN
Decision time
Susan Mayo, Arlington Heights, ill., senior, leafless with a box of pictures at a poster sale sponsored by Student Union Activities. The sale, which is on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union, continues through Friday.
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