University Daily Kansan, September 29, 1982
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Slatterv savs lawsuit political
Second Congressional District candidate Jim Slattery says a lawsuit filed against him last week was "politically motivated."
Erma Officer claims in her $600,000 suit against Slattery that he would not hire her as his campaign office manager because she is black and because she refused to withdraw a lawsuit. He was accused earlier against Attorney General Robert Stephan and the Big Brothers-Big Sisters program.
In his court response last week, Slattery said the suit was "a frivolous and malicious attempt by plaintiff and her counsel to attack certain members and prospective members of government by utilizing means other than the political process."3
He also said no racial discrimination could be shown on his part
Slattery said he did not hire Officer because of her political ignorance.
because the office manager he hired also was black.
Officer, who also is filing a suit against Bill Roy Jr., Slattery's former campaign director, alleged that Slattery and Roy promised her the job last summer and then hired another woman a few days after she ignored their suggestions that she drop the case against Stephan.
Shirley Phelps, Officer's attorney,
said the current political campaign
had nothing to do with the lawsuit.
Greek Week to focus on new image; activities to emphasize Greek pride
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
Changing the image of fraternities and sororites at the University of Kansas will be the focus of this year's Greek Week, Jeannie Seltz, cochairman of the Greek Week committee, said yesterday.
"We want to show that we're not just a bunch of kids being wild and obnoxious," said Seitz, Topeka senior.
The purpose of Greek Week, which starts Sunday, is to give the houses a chance to interact and to increase awareness of Greek culture for the University and the community.
THE WEEK'S activities will emphasize Greek pride, Seitz said. Members of fraternities and sororites are involved in more than 24 organizations on the KU campus, and they do much more than party, she said.
"There's a lot of animosity among Greeks and non-Greeks who don't understand that they do."
she said. "We want people to realize
just what we're involved in."
For the first time, T-shirts will be sold to publicize Greek Week, Seitz said. The shirts will bear the slogan "Greeks are no myth."
THE STATUE of "The Thinker" will be depicted on the front of the shirt because it is a Greek image, said Jan Fink, president of Panhellenic.
She said selling T-shirts was a now-
way to make people aware of Greek
tradition.
"We're really trying to get people involved to make it bigger and better than ever." Fink said.
In the past, Greek Week has not been well attended on campus. Fink said. It occurred during midterm tests and activities on weekdays for every day of the week, she said.
"THIS YEAR we want to start smaller, without a lot of big bashes each night," she said. "The more there are the bigger you tend to participate in each thing."
participate in each thing
This year's activities will start when
members of fraternities and sororites do yard work at Ballard Community Center, 708 Elm St. will end Oct. 9 with another philanthropic event.
Fraternity and sorority members will compete in a Greek Sing at Hoch Auditorium Tuesday night.
A reception for house leaders and campus administrators will be Oct. 7 in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union. The sorority with the highest cumulative grade point average will be awarded the reception and two $250 scholarships will be awarded to selected sorority members.
**GREEK WEEK'S big event will be a party at 4 p.m. Oct. 8 at Potter Lake. Before the party, representatives from each house will get together in groups of four for a team-building activities and a obstacle course and a Volkswagen-stuffing contest.**
The budget for Greek Week is between $1,000 and $2,100, Zettz said.
A student graduates from college and a few weeks later is in a foreign country learning to use primitive farming tools and develop ways to help farmers use these tools.
By BRET WALLACE Staff Reporter
Peace Corps recruits students
This scenario fits many of the 2,500 young people who annually join the Peace Corps after graduating from college, recruiter say.
"THE PEACE Corps offers experience you cannot get in too many other places," Susan Boorse, a volunteer recruiter for the corps, said yesterday.
Dana Hamm, another volunteer recruiter, who was a volunteer for two years in Costa Rica, said working for the department of volunteers a lot of personal satisfaction.
"You learn a lot about yourself and what your limits are," Hamm said. "You also realize how nice it is to be an artist, and you don't take as many things for granted."
IN TRAINING, new volunteers are required to learn the native language of the country. This training usually is conducted in there they will be working, Hamm said.
Boosee said the corps found it more effective to get the volunteers in the camp.
The corps offers programs for
students with all types of degrees, but students with backgrounds in mathematics, science or agriculture are in highest demand, Boorse said.
Mike McGirr, recruiter information specialist for the corps, said the corps was able to fill all the positions, but they had to recruit more in those areas.
BOORSE SAID it offered 45 types of programs including education, agricultural training and institutes. Eighty percent of these programs require a college degree.
The corps has not yet been affected by federal budget cuts, but some reduction is expected this year, she said.
"We were all braced for cuts last year and were very thankful when they did not come," she said. "We have a lot of support in Congress because it is one of the foreign affairs programs that is doing something positive."
BUDGET CUTS, if they come, will affect the quantity of the work done, but not the quality. Boorse说, The corps will try to absorb the cuts by cutting back the number of staff positions so it will not have to cut the projects.
The corps now is working in about 55 countries, she said. It goes into a country only at the request of its government.
governance. The corps stays as long as it is asked to stay, she said. It has pulled out of some countries, such as Nicaragua,
when have asked it to leave, and where the instability of the government made the work ineffective or endangered the volunteers. Staffs are kept in all the countries to look after the volunteers, she said.
THE CORPS asks for a two-year commitment from volunteers, but it is a personal commitment, so volunteers must be willing they are not able to adjust. Boorse said.
"The Peace Corps is definitely not for everybody," she said.
For those who adjust well and enjoy the work, commitments can be extended, but five years in the field is the limit, Boorse said. The corps wants to give others who want to become involved the opportunity to do so.
McGirr said the corps provided living expenses and health benefits for volunteers and transportation to the country they would work in. They also are given a stipend and their field work to ease the transition back to the United States.
Representatives from the Peace Corps will be on campus next week. They will give out information at a table on the third floor of the Kansas Union and will show a film next Wednesday evening. They also will be interviewing at the University Placement Center on Oct. 6 and Oct. 4
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