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Morale booster
Faculty members say morale is low because of smaller salaries. The Chancellor
pledges to accentuate the positive for more funds. PAGE 3A
An ethnic drum beat A Kansas City area percussion group brought authentic African instruments and rhythms to campus last night. PAGE5B
Student snack bar closes The Murphy Hall snack bar closed because of lack of funds. Students are petitioning the closing. PAGE3B
Football team heads west
The rushing game may be a key to the Jayhawks' game against Wyoming tomorrow.
The team is looking for its first road victory. PAGE7B
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Vol.114 Issue No.17
KANSAN
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Friday, September 12, 2003
Citizenship a new beginning
University of Kansas citizenship ceremony naturalizes 141 people
By Maggie Newcomer
nnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Nothing about Nina Kinti-Moss appeared to change yesterday when she took the oath to become a U.S. citizen. Her Ecuadorian accent didn't fade, and she didn't change out of her traditional Ecuadorian garb.
That's just the way she wanted it.
Kinti-Moss said she was seeking her U.S. citizenship because her husband and child lived here, not because she wanted to jump into America's melting pot.
She was one of 141 people from 56 countries who earned their citizenship at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. The ceremony was the first of its kind hosted by the University of Kansas.
Richard Norton Smith, the Dole Institute's director, said hosting the naturalization ceremony was an idea he had three weeks ago.
"We knew we didn't want to have a bunch of speeches," Smith said. "We knew we didn't want to have just a bunch of politicians."
He said because the Dole Institute was home to two 10-foot steel columns retrieved from the World Trade Center and displayed under a 29-foot stained glass American flag, it would be a natural backdrop for the ceremony.
"It's a ceremony of hope, of beginnings." Smith said.
She stayed in Madison to teach at the university and married Anthony Moss in 1985.
Kinti-Moss' long road toward this "new beginning" began in 1979 when she moved to Madison, Wis., to study at the University of Wisconsin.
"Even then I didn't consider becoming a citizen." Kinti-Moss said.
Kinti-Moss had a baby in 1989 and the family moved to Lawrence in 1995. She's been teaching Latin American studies at the University ever since.
During the 24 years before she became a citizen, Kinti-Moss never made her citizenship official because it wasn't necessary. She was married and working in the United States, so there was no question that she could stay.
She decided to take that step because she felt stronger ties to America than to Ecuador. Although her parents and sisters are still living in the South American country, she said she recognized that her life was in the United States.
Kinti-Moss said the moment she became a U.S. citizen was special, but sad.
"It was clouded," she said.
Aaron Showalter/Kansan
Scott Watson played the tuba outside the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics after the naturalization ceremony yesterday. Watson and his fellow members of the Kansas Brass Quintet are all professors of music at the University of Kansas and the group is an ensemble in residence.
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Urban legend revisited
On the masturbator's trail The cornerstone of University lore was sighted 12 times on campus during the past two years.
Tuesday's encounter with exhibitionist recalls name from past
By Robert Perkins
rperkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Source: KU Public Safety Office
The so-called campus masturbator struck again last week.
stuck again last week. He exposed himself at Fraser Hall on Sept. 2, gym shorts around his knees, scaring one sophomore girl before he ran away.
Karri Henderson/Kansan
Upperclassmen and other students might be familiar with stories about the masturbator's exploits in the stacks of Watson Library or in front of sorority houses over the years. Many wondered if this could mean he was back in action, the University of Kansas' oft-joked-about urban legend.
"It was a really nasty and disturbing surprise," said the victim, who asked to remain unnamed.
end. "People have heard about him," said Joel Abrahamson, Grand Forks, N.D., sophomore. "Certainly there was the possibility it was him."
The truth is, there is no campus masturbator. Or, more to the point, there is no one campus masturbator.
The University Daily Kansan coined the nickname several years ago to describe the perpetrator of what seemed like a rash of indecent exposures on campus.
The nickname stuck, and people began to assume that the University
The one thing they have in common is that they are all white, college-aged
just had a prolific exhibitionist stalking its campus.
But according to Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office, the descriptions of the perpetrators don't actually match.
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Insufficient donations slow project
Wanted: Donor with extra $500,000 and a heart for multiculturalism.
By Johanna M. Maska
jmaska@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Kansas University Endowment Association is seeking donors with deep pockets, particularly for the Multicultural Resource Center. Students requested the project 18 months ago, and now it is $500,000 away from being done.
Dale Seuferling, Endowment Association president, has been contacting potential donors for six months. The donor he found is pledging $1 million and Student Senate raised student fees to pay another million last year. However, the project estimate is $2.5 million.
Catherine Bell, student body vice president, expected an early-August onset. She thought the donor would sign a pledge card and the project committee could begin shortly after.
It's September. There's no pledge card
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