Monday, November 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
University groups collect litter throughout campus
Chris Drew, Lansing sophomore, and Kim Scholz, Overland Park sophomore, pick up trash in front of Twente Hall. About 60 students took part in a campuswide cleanup this weekend. Photo by Jeff Severin/KANSAN.
Recycling holiday prompts cleanup
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
About 60 students walking on campus this weekend were doing more than just enjoying the view.
They were collecting trash and recyclable materials that littered the University of Kansas campus.
Ten student organizations volunteered to participate in a campus cleanup Saturday in honor of America Recycles Day.
Victoria Silva, environmental specialist for Research Observation and Recycling and the cleanup's coordinator, said that she was pleased about the number of students who volunteered and that she hoped the cleanup would make more students aware of the consequences of littering.
"I thought it was a really great opportunity for the student groups to get together and do something for the environment," Silva said. "I think that the cleanup has also created an awareness for students. Hopefully, it will make people think twice before throwing newspapers and trash on the ground."
There were 21 sections of campus that needed cleaning, Silva said. These included the areas along Jayhawk Boulevard, the surrounding areas of campus buildings and parking lots. Of those sections, seven were not covered because of a lack of student volunteers.
Silva said these were the areas around Robinson and Watkins Memorial Health centers, the Dole Human Development Center and Malott Hall, the Art and Design Building, Dyche Hall and the Kansas Union, Smith Hall, Spencer Museum of Art and its adjoining parking lot, and the facilities operations area.
Matt Dunbar, KU Environs coordinator, said he thought the cleanup was a good opportunity for organizations to spend time together.
"I thought it worked out really well because everyone seemed to have a great time," Dunbar said. "It was also a good way to get student groups out of a meeting to do something nice for the environment."
Stacy Brase, Lenexa junior,
agreed about the cleanup's benefits.
"It's good that people go through and pick trash up because everyone's pretty careless with it," Brase
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Circle K club, a student community outreach program.
said.
Silva said the University would continue the cleanup on the second
Friday of each month. She said she hoped that the groups who already have volunteered to help will continue to cover their sections of campus.
Other campus areas that need the most attention include the area around Robinson Center, the tennis courts and the yellow parking lot south of Robinson Center, Silva said.
Melissa Coleman, chairman of the Environmental Studies Student Association, said she hoped more students would step in and help clean some of the areas that were missed.
Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Silva at 842-2855.
Working toward solutions
Panels at the Women's Leadership Conference speak to students about women's issues. The panel's main focus was on unity among women, and they explored ways of achieving solidarity. Photo by Joseph Griffin/KANCAK
"When we're demanding, we may be called the 'b-word,' but don't be afraid of that. If you're called the 'b-word,' than wear it proudly, because you're showing your strength."
Andreana Albott
Topeka senior
Leadership conference focuses on gender roles
Topeka senior
KU women meet to discuss unity across campus
By Steph Brewer
Kansan staff writer
Women at the University of Kansas said they needed to reach across organization lines and support one another to achieve unity.
A panel of women students and faculty discussed unity at the University with about 60 audience members yesterday at the fourth annual Women's Leadership Conference. The conference, which was sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, was held in the Kansas Union from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The panel included Aida Garcia, social chair of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization; Tamara Lewis, assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs; Ericka Morris, a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council;
Mary Ann Rnasak, director of the Student Development Center; and Libby Sigg, president of the Panhellenic Association.
The panel was mediated by Kathy Rose-Mockry, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, and included input from the audience. The women focused on the challenges and rewards of being a woman in a leadership position and the question of how to unite the women on campus.
Morris said that women faced the challenge of battling the stereotypes of men and women in authority. Men are supposed to be aggressive, whereas women are expected to be more caring. Panel and audience members said that often women who were aggressive leaders were called negative names.
"When we're demanding, we may be called the b-word, but don't be afraid of that," said Andreaura Albott, Topeka senior. "If you're called the b-word, then wear it proudly, because you're showing your strength."
Lewis said that women should respect each other by standing up for one another when people did make negative comments.
To become unified, women from different organizations needed to get to know each other, Sigg said.
"I really feel like the reason we work at cross purposes is because we don't know a lot about each other," she said.
Rasnak said that different groups should communicate via email or other methods to be able to work together effectively.
"There is a great deal more strength in numbers, but you have to be able to communicate," she said.
Laura Weissert, St. Louis senior, and Katie Zook, Arvada, Colo., junior, said that they would like more women's programs on campus, including speakers.
Welissert said that she never had been discriminated against, but hearing speakers such as datee- lecture lecturer Katie Koestner made her realize that problems exist.
"That makes it personal because it could happen to you," she said.
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