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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 23, 1997
Technology takes over at Union
About 400 people attend Info'97
By Daniel E. Thompson dthompson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Beeps and blips echoed in the Kansas Union Ballroom yesterday at the Info '97 technology fair.
About 400 people courseed through the 43 tables at the event, which lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sue Nishikawa, coordinator of Academic Systems for the Training and Use of Technology in Education, said she was pleased with the turnout for the technology fair.
"I'm very encouraged with the students who came through," she said. "They're looking at technology in learning and how they could use it."
Students who learn and use the technology will be more marketable. Nishikawa said.
She was as equally happy with the number of faculty members who nterused the fair, she said.
Nishikawa said the turnout had improved since last year.
"Carine's efforts helped to get publicity to the entire campus," she said.
Carine Ullom, software trainer and documentation specialist, said she spent an hour and a half chalking the sidewalk the night before and the morning of Info '97. She was in charge of advertising and used such means as table tents and fliers.
Although more students and faculty attended this year, they weren't necessarily buying
Software Plus, a St. Louis company, had a table stacked with software. Rhuuan Beckmann, academic sales associate, said the company had sold only four products.
merchandise.
But she said the company intended to let students and faculty know they could receive an academic discount at Software Plus by ordering from the St. Louis office.
"Students aren't aware of that," she said. "There isn't anything different except the price."
Silicon Graphics Inc. hooked a computer at its table up to the University's 16-processor supercomputer, the Origin 2000.
An undulating, three-dimensional, color-coded bar graph showed the supercomputer's activities in real-time — until the plug was accidentally kicked out of the
"It's a Unix machine, a real robust system," an SGI sales representative said as he rebooted the computer to continue demonstrating.
Alex Erhsam, SGI sales representative, said that the company’s tables had been busy all day but that he hadn’t made any big sales.
"We've identified a number of opportunities," he said.
Ehrsam then dashed onto the stage to give away a Nintendo 64 Silicon Graphics had provided.
The winner, Mark Powell, Zama, Japan, freshman, said he went to Info '97 to see Silicon Graphics' table.
"I'm interested in three-dimensional animation," he said. "I never expected to see stuff like that this far east. Most of it is in California."
Two men arrested for plywood theft
Kansan staff report
Two men were arrested yesterday morning after attempting to steal 14 sheets of plywood.
A Lawrence police officer noticed tail lights in the area and decided to investigate, police said. The officer saw about four or five people loading plywood into the back of a pickup truck.
The men attempted to steal the plywood from a job site at 6th and Wakarusa behind a McDonald's restaurant, police said.
Stephen Lambie and Robert Theinger, both Overland Park freshmen, were arrested at 4:18 a.m. yesterday for petty larceny. Both men were issued notices to appear in Douglas County District Court.
When the officer approached the truck, the people scattered and the officer was only able to contact one man who had been sitting in the cab of the truck. Shortly after contacting the first man, the officer found the second in a field across the street from the site.
The men told police they were going to use the wood for general construction projects. The two men reside in the Sigma Chi Fraternity house, 1439 Tennessee St.
Center sponsors discussion about interracial dating
By Ryan Koerner
By Ryan Koerner
rkoerner@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Bill Maday experienced complete culture shock when he visited the home of his girlfriend, Adele Salazar, for the first time.
"I realized right away how different our cultures were," Maday said.
Maday is a Caucasian senior from Evanston, Ill.; Salazar is a Mexican-American senior from Topeka.
They have been dating for three years.
"I dated outside my race before Adele." Maday said. "If you limit yourself to one race, you are excluding so many people who are just your type. If I had said I'd never date a Mexican girl, I'd be missing out on so much."
Salazar and Maday were part of a panel of six students that led a discussion about interracial dating last night at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The panel was facilitated by Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
About 25 students attended the presentation sponsored by the resource center, Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority and the Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
"You have to look for the same things in a relationship as you do in a friendship," Ballard said. "If you bypass those things, you will have problems anyway and race won't have anything to do with it. It has nothing to do with what color you are. It has to do how well you connect with a person."
Ballard and the students examined possible reasons interracial relationships could be problematic, including families' feelings, differences in culture, feelings of outsiders and the effects on children of interracial relationships.
Having to deal with not only personal feelings, but the opinions of family and friends can put a strain on the relationship, Ballard said.
"I come from an interracial relationship so I think that for my parents it was more a feeling of
him taking their little girl away." said Tiffinie Fernandez, Olathe sophomore. "I really feel my parents have grown to love my boyfriend."
Salazar's disapproval did not come from her parents, but from a grandmother who lives in Los Angeles.
"She is a very traditional Mexican woman who still speaks Spanish to me even though she know English," Salazar said. "It has taken her three years, but she has accepted it."
If someone really cares a person, Ballard said, the family will ultimately come around.
The students agreed that focusing on the similarities and sharing their cultures make the differences easier to deal with.
"The race isn't an so much of an issue," said Aurora Marin, Leoti sophomore.
Marin said that she grew up in a small Mexican American community while her boyfriend, an African American, was raised in San Diego.
"It's the societies that each person brings to the relationship," Marin said. "Sometimes that can make it hard for us to understand each other."
Family functions were the easiest way for the students to share their cultures with one another. Fernandez said.
"My boyfriend is half Filipino and half Native American," Fernandez said. "I have gotten close to his family and have let his father teach me his culture."
When Sergio Ibarra, Merriam junior, would take his Caucasian ex-girlfriend to family events, he could see that sometimes she felt lost.
"It was a different environment," Ibarra said.
"When I would take her to family functions where it was predominantly Mexican, she would have to dance a different way. I know that it could sometimes be hard for her."
For Salazar and Maday, the differences have never been a problem.
"We come from different places and we both had contact with different cultures," Maday said. "It works because we know how to respect each other."
Teamsters officials accused of funding campaigns illegally
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A board formed to fight corruption at the Teamsters accused the union's former political director yesterday of scheming to direct illegal funds to union President Ron Carey's reelection campaign.
The Independent Review Board alleged that William Hamilton conspired with three Carey campaign aides to funnel union treasury money into Carey's coffers, said Teamsters who saw the charges.
The three aides pleaded guilty Sept.18. The charges against Hamilton were based largely on statements they made in federal court in New York.
Meanwhile, supporters of Carey's challenger, James P. Hoffa, uncovered what they said was a committee supporting Carey that had failed to file with the election officer.
John Murphy, leader of a Boston local chapter, said the committee was apparently established to reimburse a union official who gave $65,000 to Carey's campaign after the campaign was forced to repay $221,000 in illegal donations.
Carey's December 1996 victory was overturned in August, and a federal overseer is deciding whether he should be disqualified because of his aides' scheme.
A federal grand jury investigation is continuing, and Hamilton is a subject of that investigation after being implicated by Carey's campaign aides.
Jere Nash, the former campaign director, told the court that Hamilton helped ensure donations to political groups, which in turn promised to generate funds for Carey's re-election.
Winner of H.O.P.E. Award to be announced Saturday
Recipient selected from seven finalists
By Ryan Koerner
rkoerner at kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The winner of the 1997 H.O.P.E. Award will be announced at the University of Kansas football game this Saturday.
The award recognizes an Honorable Outstanding Progressive Educator and is given annually by the Board of Class Officers.
The winner will receive $300 and a plaque from the board.
"It is a chance for students to recognize a professor who has positively impacted their college career," said Joy Benedict, senior class president.
Students had the opportunity to nominate professors they feel deserved the award. The twelve professors nominated appeared on a ballot Oct. 15-16 that was available to all students.
After students voted, seven finalists were chosen.
"We are supposed to choose five," said Benedict, Lawrence senior. "But we had a three-way tie, so instead of only choosing four, we decided to take the top seven."
The seven finalists for the award are: Tom Volek, associate professor of journalism; Linda Davis, assistant professor of journalism; Allen Ford, professor of business; Theodore Johnson, professor of French and Italian; Craig Martin, professor of botany; Felix Moos, professor of anthropology and
"We had a three-way tie, so instead of only choosing four, we decided to take the top seven."
Joy Benedict
senior class president
Kim Wilcox, professor of speech language and hearing.
The caliber of finalists was just exceptional," Benedict said. "It was impressive to see such a variety of teaching styles and attitudes, and each one in its own way."
Benedict said that after the finalists were chosen, all previous ballot totals were erased.
"When the finalist come in for their interviews, they are on a level plane." Benedict said.
The finalists were interviewed Tuesday evening by members of the senior advisory board, which includes the four class officers.
"The panel I talked with was wonderful," said Davis. "I guess being raised by a polite mother it was just hard to talk to them about myself."
All the finalists are exceptional teachers, said Derek Niebus, senior class vice president.
"There is an emotional and personal touch they all seem to have with their students," said Niehus, Overland Park senior. "Most of the professors selected seemed to have a true understanding of not only their classes but also how to interact with and care for the students."
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