Thursday, September 18, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Professors create award
By Ryan Koerner
rkoerner@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two University of Kansas professors had a hand in the creation of a national journalism award.
Samuel Adams, associate professor of journalism, will present a bronze bust to the winner of the Ida B. Wells Award tonight at the National Conference of Editorial Writers' national convention in Madison, Wis. The bust was sculpted by Elden C. Teft, professor emeritus of fine arts.
Adams will present the award, which is sponsored by the NCEW, the National Association of Black Journalists and the KU School of Journalism, to Frank Blethen, publisher and chief executive officer of "The Seattle Times."
The award was named in honor of Ida B. Wells, editor and proprietor of the "Memphis Free Speech and Headlight." She was one of the first African-American female publishers.
Adams founded the award in 1983 after he was commissioned by the NCEW to help increase the number of its minority members. Editors of all national publication companies are eligible to be members of the NCEW.
"They had a lily-white group," Adams said of the NCEW prior to 1975, when he was asked to join. "They thought it would be better if they had a mixture of voices as a part of the major editorial boards."
Adams said one of the award's goals was to praise managers for
Professor emeritus Elden C. Tefft poses by the bronze statue of Ida B. Wells, which Tefft sculpted. The statue will be presented to the winner of the Wells award for the inclusion of women and minorities on newspaper editorial boards. Photo by Geoff Krieger /KANSAN
the inclusion of females and minorities into their companies.
"Wells editorially challenged black lynchings in Mississippi," Adams said. "She was also one of the women who helped organize the NAACP. She was just a courageous woman."
The award is given to publication company managers who demonstrate her kind of courage, he said.
Before the first award presentation was held in 1983, Adams asked Tefft to help him create a bronze bust of Ida B. Wells as a "trophy" for the winner.
Since 1983, Tefft has sculpted 15 replica busts.
"The first was the real artwork," Teft said. "The others have been a matter of reproduction."
Tefft said he spent a year research.
Biography of editor Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells, editor of the "Memphis Free Speech and Headlight," was a distinguished journalist and wife of one of America's earliest black publishers. She devoted her life to exposing wrongs perpetrated against blacks in America and to building new organizations to work for positive change. She told her male cofounders she would not help launch the newspaper unless she had equal authority on the paper. In the late 19th century, she won acclaim on two continents for her crusade against lynchings. She also was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
ing and making the first bust.
"We used all reference materials and photos we could find," Tefft said. "We studied very carefully. Then it was a matter of translating from two dimensions into three."
Tefft said Wells' insistence of equality in the workplace had a part in the way he sculpted her.
"I looked very carefully at her life and interpreted the piece in light of the kind of women she was." Tefft said.
E's Express makes eating easy
Alex E. Runner Special to the Kansan
Hungry Daisy Hill students with little time for a meal at Ekdahl Dining Commons have a new way to eat on the run.
sodas and salads as they can fit in one brown paper bag.
E's Express, a sack-lunch service for the residence halls, is new this fall to specifically serve the rush of students wanting sack lunches.
Although E's Express does not provide the variety of food items as the cafeteria, students who drop by the Hashinger Hall take-out area are able to pack as many sandwiches, fruits, doughnuts, juices,
"It's unbelievable how much food I can actually take home with me in one sack," said Billy Davies, Overland Park sophomore.
Students said they appreciated being able to fit packed lunches into their packed schedules.
"I think the biggest benefit of E's Express is that it gives you an opportunity to eat regardless of how busy you are," said Matt Podzus, Colorado Springs, Colo., senior. "You just go in, get your food and leave. What they sacrifice in variety, they make up for in quantity."
Head supervisor Bunny Reid said she had received a lot of positive feedback about the new food service.
"We had 86 accounts the first day and now we're up to more than 270 accounts per day," said Reid. "I've had nothing but good comments about it."
The first floor of Hashinger Hall now has its own kitchen, so all the food is made fresh every day.
"I love it," said freshman Misty Watkins. "It's convenient because you can get stuff in a hurry. I go there for lunch almost every day."
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