Monday, September 22, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Multicultural group's bias is toward unity
Students hope to raise awareness, education
By Ryan Koerner
rkoerner@kansan.com
Kansas writer
Amy Ravis never may know everything about treating people sensitively.
But she's trying to learn.
Ravis, Overland Park junior, is co-chairwoman of the Diversity Peer Education Team, a student group that presents workshops on diversity education, awareness and resources and is sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center.
DPET is a fairly new group, Ravis said. Students have been perfecting the group's mission and training exercises since the fall of 1995. The group has done two presentations — one last spring and the second last week.
"Every time we get up there to give a presentation, I end up learning so much myself." Ravis said. "I am always introduced to a lot of different attitudes."
The goal of DPET is to get people talking and thinking about how to be sensitive to diversity issues, Ravis said.
"As an end result, we hope to see a change in attitude and more awareness than the audience came to the presentation with." she said
Gloria Flores, associate director of the Office of Minority Affairs and DPET adviser, said she already was interested in the idea for the group when two students approached her about it two years ago.
"I was going to do it eventually." Flores said. "But I needed the student initiative."
Flores said the group didn't like to leave audiences empty-handed. The presenters provide audience members with brochures and pamphlets related to diversity issues.
DPET data
Diversity Peer Education Team presentations are 60-90 minutes in length and cover issues dealing with multiculturalism, including homophobia, heterosexism, male-female sexism and racism. DPEAT also will provide pamphlets and other resource information to the audience. For more information contact:
Gloria Flores at the Multicultural Resource Center, 864-4350 or
the Office of Minority Affairs, 864-4351
"It's difficult to implement any kind of change in 60 or 90 minutes." Flores said. "We want to provide resources for our audience to further explore its own development. If people have been victims of bias, we want to provide information for them as well."
DPET members must participate in a training session before they will be scheduled to do a presentation.
The training session includes discussions about the values of multiculturalism, homophobia and sexism.
Between 15 and 20 students participated in the training session this fall. Flores said.
After they complete the training, DPET members can begin giving presentations. They present in groups of three or four.
Ravis said the teamwork and training were important.
"I could never go at it alone," she said. "It's definitely a collaborative effort from the presenters. Presenting as a group is less of a challenge."
And she said the peer education process was the best approach for what DPET wanted to accomplish.
"It's our community's issues, and when members of the community step forward, it is more valuable," Ravis said. "With a student talking to another student, they are more apt to listening. It's us and our lives. Its real."
Xeriscape gardens follow standard practiced in West
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She said the garden was first created because of a need to use compost from a food waste compost project at Burt Hall.
"It was obvious there would be a finished project that would have to eventually be moved or used." she said.
The use of mulches, which trap in moisture, is one of the seven principles of xeriscaping.
Another principle is improving the soil with additives, such as sand and nutrient-rich topsoil. Silva said.
"The facilities and operations landscape department assisted by adding top soil and tilling the bed in preparation for working in the compost," Silva said.
Grass is used in a completely different way in the xericcape.
Silva said one of the most important principles is to use grass as an accent, not a ground covering.
The garden is accented by numerous types of ornamental grasses, Silva said.
Selecting appropriate plants is an important principle in xeriscaping. Silva said that a list of ideal plants had been created by her office and by other KU staff members and faculty members.
"It incorporates drought tolerant plants with native species plants and can provide a wide variety of colorful and blooming plants from spring through fall," Silva said.
All of the plants in the garden are labeled. Varieties of plants include Hostas, which were planted in the shade, Russian Sage and Rudebeckia.
A recycled-brick pathway runs through the garden.
"Many of these bricks are chipped and misshapen," Silva said. "It was agreed they would be the focal point of a great reuse project, providing lots of character."
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