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Reno comes to Kansas
The United State's first female Attorney General is speaking at the Lied Center later this month. The Conversation with Janet Reno is attracting interest from students across the political spectrum. PAGE 3A
Getting successful
Yesterday's student success conference in the Kansas Union attracted more than 30 companies with one focus: creating business opportunities for minority students. PAGE 5A
Volleyball wins again
Kansas swept Oral Roberts in their home opener yesterday. PAGE12A
Kansan columnist Kevin Flaherty says KU linebacker Gabe Toomey joins many great linebackers in the Big 12 Conference. PAGE 12A
Big XII defenders are best
New administrator hired
The Athletics Department
hired Kelly Landry as the new senior women's administrator. PAGE12A
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KANSAN
Thursday, September 11, 2003
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Sept.11 remembered
Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The attacks on Sept. 11, 200, have become the defining historical moment of Generation Y. The memories of where people were when they heard about the attacks haven't diminished in the two years that have followed.
"It was like the bombing of Pearl Harbor for my father's generation, and the Kennedy assassination for my generation," said Karl Brooks, professor of history at the University of Kansas. "Everyone knows exactly where they were when they heard."
September 11,2001.
8:48 a.m.
Preliminary media reports are in that the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City is on fire.
ter in New York City was "I was in my 8:30 international relations class," said Devin Graham, St. Louis senior. "My mom kept calling my cell phone, but I didn't answer. After class I called her back and found out what was happening."
9:02 a.m.
As the North Tower burns, United Airlines flight 175, bound for Los Angeles, veers into the South Tower spilling hundreds of tons of jet fuel which instantly incinerates all 65 passengers on board and many inside the building.
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"I had just gotten to second-hour history when the second plane hit," said Sarah Henry, Wichita freshman. "Everyone just stood and stared at the TV."
American Airlines flight 77, bound for Los Angeles, crashes into the Pentagon tearing a gap hole in one side. All 64 people on the plane are killed, as are 125 people inside the Pentagon.
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"I was in Washington D.C in a meeting at the Supreme Court when the Pentagon was hit," Brooks said. "You could see the column of smoke rising in the distance."
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will host a "Day of Reflection" with events scheduled throughout the day:
10:03 a.m.
United flight 93, bound for San Francisco, crashes into a field outside of Pittsburgh. All 44 people on board are killed.
8 a.m.: Flag-raising ceremony with an Army band in front of the Dole Institute's reflecting pool.
8 a.m. to noon: The public is invited to sign a book of remembrance, which will be sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the people of New York.
2 p.m.: A naturalization ceremony in which 150 people will be granted citizenship.
The Kansas University Religious Advisers will have a table set up outside Danforth Chapel where anyone interested can go and pray or talk to a minister.
Two steel beams from the World Trade Center sit in cases underneath the world's largest stained glass American flag at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. The Institute will host a "Day of Reflection" in remembrance of the lives lost during the Sept. 11 attacks two years ago.
Reports later revealed that flight 93 was hijacked in hopes of crashing it into Air Force One or the White House.
Force One of the White House "I walked into class and none of the students had heard yet," said Robert Antonio, professor of sociology at Kansas. "A student I had that semester was close friends with one of the people who charged the cabin of flight 93."
10:05 a.m.
10:59 a.m. Although it was hit second, the South Tower collapses under its own weight. Upon hitting the ground, it blasts a plume of smoke and debris through the New York City streets which sends thousands of civilians running for cover.
"Since the attacks, as a country we have become much more aware of our place in the world," Antonio said. "There's a lot of fear and paranoia that was not present before."
"Not since the Civil War has the level of national security been so high," said Brooks.
The increasing threat of terrorism and heightened sense of awareness has led the United States government to drastically increase security measures in all aspects of everyday life.
The attacks even brought about a new government position, Director of Homeland Security, whose job is to measure the relative threat that terrorism poses to
the country at any particular time.
10:28 a.m.
The North Tower collapses 104 minutes after it is hit sending a second blast of
Male teachers wanted
Public school teachers are becoming fewer, men hard to find
SEE SEPT.11 on PAGE 6A
By Steve Schmidt
sschmidt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The few, the proud, the male public school teachers.
According to a survey released on Aug. 27 by the National Education Association, the number of male public school teachers is at a 40-year low. The most recent results for 2001 show that 21 percent of teachers were male.
1961|1966|1971|1976|1981|1986|1991|1996|2001 male female
Source: National Education Association.
percent since 1981, the male to female ratio of teachers has been on the decline, including a 12 percent decline from 1981 to 2001.
Andrew Easton, Gillespie, Ill., junior plans to be a high-school English teacher, following the footsteps of his father and grandfather into the profession.
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Easton was drawn to teaching after being inspired by two teachers in high school—both of them male.
"They had such a positive impact," he said. "I just wish I could have a positive impact the same way that my teachers affected me."
Only nine percent of elementary school teachers were male, and only 35 percent taught in secondary schools. Males comprised 57 percent of secondary school teachers in 1961 — a 22 percent decline.
cent decline. The survey, entitled Status of the American Public School Teacher, has been conducted every five years since 1961.
Coincidentally, the regional statistics for the Midwest are the exact same as the national numbers — 21 percent of teachers are male.
Jack Schreiner said the reason for the decline was basically two-fold. Schreiner is an American history and psychology teacher at Free State High School.
"The whole idea that teaching is a
noble profession is down by the wayside. It's not perceived as being the professional career as it once was. That's the general feeling." Schreiner said. "Secondly, it all comes down to pay."
years in the profession.
"When I wake up in the morning, I'm exited to go to work. I don't think a lot of the people in the work force can say that," Schreiner said. "There's a difference in waking up and doing a job that you want to to as compared to a job that you wake up for the money."
oily, it can come in the office. He has taught in the Lawrence area since 1977. He said his job had given him a daily dose of enjoyment during his 30 years in the profession.
But school associate dean Fred Rodriguez said the male ratio was now closer to 20 percent.
The latest numbers available for the KU School of Education show that in 2001.35 percent of the school was male.
"As a whole the School of Education probably reflects the national numbers in terms of the make up of students preparing to be teachers," he said.
Rodriguez said that historically, teaching had been a female-dominant profession, but also said that it was constantly changing. For example, he said that school administration positions used to be predominantly served by mer, but now that is not always the case.
"Demographically we've changed and continually do change," Rodriguez said. "We're constantly seeing a shift."
Easton said the personal satisfaction he would get from his job would outweigh a large paycheck. He said he wished other people who have pondered about becoming a teacher would have the same mentality.
"I think there's too many times when they're trying to decide a major and think only about monetary gain," Easton said. "They don't consider that it might be something flat out love to do." Easton said he hoped that more men would want to teach so they could inspire other kids to pursue the profession.
Edited by Abby Sidesinger
Students seek help for grad schools
Ayesha Johannes has no idea where she'll be one year from now.
By Robert Perkins
rperkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Like many seniors, the Bombay, India, anthropology major, said she thought she wanted to go to graduate school. But she isn't sure where to apply and how to prepare. She blames a lack of advising provided by the University of Kansas.
"There's no info to help you," she said. "It's so hard to figure this out on your own."
For students interested in law school, medical school or the working world, the University has full-time advisors. But for students like Johannes, who aren't sure what they want to do but are sure they want to go to graduate school, the University has no central resource.
Pamela Houston, the director of the college of liberal arts and sciences, said that pre-graduate school advising was an area in which the University hadn't provided enough help for students.
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The problem with using professors for advisors is that they are already busy with their classes and often have a lot of students who need their help, said Kent McAnally, assistant director of University Career and Employment Services.
Instead, students are supposed to rely on professors in their department for advice.
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