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Multicultural center to become a reality by next fall; the University now searches for a committee
KU to open a place for all
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas attracts a wide variety of cultures, and the opening of a multicultural center on campus next fall will give people of different backgrounds some common ground.
The University now is looking for people to join the committee that will determine what the center will include.
Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, said the committee would be formed next week to begin planning for the center. The committee will be composed of representatives from groups around campus, ranging from the Interfraternity Council to various international student groups.
The Office of Minority Affairs sent invitations to a many campus organizations, but no one had responded, he said.
"We have invited almost every type of group on campus to have a representative on the committee," Thompson said. "We would like to include people from all ethnicities."
Thompson said the center's main functions would include sponsoring programs for student groups and offering resources to the University on cultural concerns. He said the center, to be located at 1400 Louisiana St., also would be a meeting place for many student groups.
"The center will be very important to KU to inform students about cultural differences," he said. "Through the center, we hope to increase respect and understanding of the various groups of people at KU."
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said KU would finance a part-time graduate assistant to direct the center and would appropriate $10,000 to begin programs at the center.
Lance Wright, student body vice president, said Senate was expected
to allocate another $10,000 for the center when it was needed.
"The center will be great if it can open dialogues between student groups," said Mark Addleman, president of Hillel, a Jewish student organization.
Addleman said Hillel would have a representative on the committee.
Basem Ghatasheh, a member of the General Union of Palestinian Students, said he thought the center would be helpful to all cultures.
Reshele Ray, director of the multicultural center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said the Nebraska center was very important to campus because it gave students from all backgrounds a place to meet.
"We have office spaces for all kinds of student groups in the building, so there is a constant interaction between people of all kinds of cultures," she said.
Ray said the center, staffed by students, held workshops and panel discussions and served as a meeting place for groups.
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