Wednesday, November 18, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A·Page 5 University service group works to spread statewide By Jason Pearce Kansas staff writer Chancellor Robert Hemenway appointed a new public service task force yesterday that will consider ways to coordinate and communicate university-sponsored service efforts more effectively across the state. Hemenway sent letters to 10 faculty members and two students yesterday notifying them of membership to the task force. The letter stated the task force will continue the work of last year's Initiative 2001 strategic planning task force in the area of serving Kansans. He said the Serve Kansans group noted the need for a mechanism to organize and coordinate public-service activities and to communicate effectively about its service activities. "An important first step in crafting a strategy for more effectively serving Kansans is the development of an accurate picture of the University's service activity." Hemenway wrote in the letter. The task force, which is led by Hemenway's counselor Reggie Robinson, will meet before the end of the semester to organize efforts and plan for next semester's work. The task force should make recommendations to Hemenway by the end of the spring semester. Robinson said that the University provided many public services to Kansans but that those efforts lacked a systematic coordinating effort. Some of the public services at the University - a Medical Center outreach program to western Kansas, a public administration service, and a Kansas Geological Survey service - are provided by individual departments. Robinson said that this led to many sectors of the University to not know what programs were out there. He said that the task force would look into the possibility of establishing a new office and developing a database that would keep track of all public service programs. Ken Davis, outreach director of the School of Allied Health TASK FORCE MEMBERS ■ Lynn M. Bretz, associate director of University Relations Jacob U. Gordon, associate professor of African/African-American studies Dale Grube, associate dean of Continuing Education Steven Maynard-Moody, professor and chairman of public administration ■ Richard L. McKinney, assistant vice chancellor for information services/library James A. Roberts, associate vice chancellor for the Office of Research and Public Service Erin A. Spiridigliozzi, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Reggie Robinson, counselor to Chancellor Robert Hemenway Ann T. Weick, dean of the School of Social Welfare For Community Outreach Kerb Maxwell, student and director of Stu- Chris Hess, student and co-director of Center for Community Outreach Korb Maxwell, student and director of Student Legislative Awareness Board Another role of the task force, he said, would be to address how a new entity would be associated with the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. The institute is a new project to finance lectures, seminars, internships and to organize Dole's public-service archives of work as a U.S. Senator. Erin Spiridigliozzi, assistant dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and task force member, said that one of the charges of the task force would be to look at other universities and how they administer public service programs. She said that the task force would weigh its options between establishing a new office or giving responsibilities to an existing office. Lights out Two police officers direct traffic at 23rd and Louisiana streets after a power failure. The power outage also affected traffic in other parts of town, including the intersection at 19th and Louisiana streets, yesterday. Photo by Joseph Griffin /fin/KANSAN Playboy focuses on female customer By Carolyn Mollett Kansan staff writer Playboy Enterprises Inc. plans to leap across the gender gap and focus some of its marketing on women. An article last week in The Wall Street Journal said Playboy played to expand its audience to continue its recovery from financial problems during the 1980s. The Journal said Christie Hefner, Playboy Enterprise Inc. chairwoman and chief executive, had several plans to gain the interest of more women. The Journal said many feminists weren't excited about the idea of women wearing apparel advertising Playboy products, but one KU feminist wasn't as appalled. expand to include sleep wear, sunglasses or home furnishings. She hopes to have more celebrities in the magazine, gear the Web site more toward women and introduce a line of women's apparel with the Playboy insignia rabbithead. The apparel would include tank tops and shorts with the insignia and could "I own an old Playboy tank top from the "70s, and I wear the hell out of it," said Maria Buszek, Omaha, Neb., graduate student and president of the Feminist Union. She said she thought it was ironic that a young, Hispanic woman like herself, who was not the airbrushed stereotype of a Playboy model, would wear a shirt with the Playboy insignia. But she said she thought all feminists would react differently to the clothing. "I'm not going to touch that," she said. "There are as many ideas about feminism as there are people." Buzsek said her urge was to make fun of the Playboy corporation because it was so behind the times with regard to feminism. But she said a clothing line wouldn't be any more or less harmful than wearing a Dominoes T-shirt from a thrift shop. Jill Schneebeck, member of the Women's Empowerment Action Coalition, said she wouldn't disagree with individual women who felt comfortable wearing the clothing. But she said she would feel uncomfortable wearing it herself. "Somehow I think it's weird they're gearing it toward women," Schneeebek said. Steve Davis, Overland Park junior, said he thought a Playboy clothing line would be cool. because then women can't say Playboy is a male-oriented company any more," Davis said. 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