Monday, November 9, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Greeks enter Rock Chalk show ideas
By Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
The planning stages for Rock Chalk Revue are in full swing, even though the show isn't until March 11-13, 1999.
Ten notebooks from sorority and fraternity pairs were submitted Friday afternoon to a panel of Rock Chalk alumni and drama instructors.
Rock Chalk Revue is an annual production by greek members to help raise money to donate to United Way. This year, they hope to raise $50,000.
The notebooks consisted of skit information such as the script, music, set design and costumes. The advisers will select the top five production outlines to participate in the 50th annual show.
Jami Jo Paugh, Independence junior and director of the notebook for Kappa Delta sorority, said that she was happy to finally turn in the notebook the chapter has been working on.
"I don't think any of the directors have slept lately," Paugh said. "It takes a lot of work and planning. We hope that we'll be selected."
Paugh said that Kappa Delta is paired with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Together, the chapters submitted a program about a mythical creature who wonders whether he is really make-believe.
The program ties in with this year's Rock Chalk theme, "Wonders Never Cease."
the five finalists will be announced at 8 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Casting and rehearsal schedules will begin in early December and practice will officially start in mid-January, said John Laing, promotions coordinator of the program.
Laing said that there was a new addition to the program planning this year. A sensitivity panel made up of KU administrators examined the tentative scripts from the chapters to look for issues that could be considered offensive.
"They didn't just look for racial issues or sexual innuendo." Laing said. "They pointed out anything that could be taken bad. We want to keep the show family-oriented."
The formation of a sensitivity panel was in large part because of an incident at last year's show.
A skit performed by Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity members, "Don't Drink the Water," was set in the jungle and had a tribal theme. The skit was protested by several campus groups who thought it was racist toward indigenous people.
"If there was an issue that we questioned, we told the directors to consider changing it — maybe it was the language or a costume," said Ann Eversole, Dean of Student Life and one of six panel members. "It wasn't aensure panel, we just looked for issues that might raise some concern."
Laing said that the sensitivity panel would most likely continue to look at the skit outlines in coming years.
"I believe KU must support and enhance and grow the Edwards Campus, offering more courses and degrees there."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway 1995 Faculty Convocation
address
Edwards Campus fills area's needs
Since 1995, the graduate-studies campus in Overland Park has increased its master's programs from 10 to 16 and has added one doctoral degree program.
'Students' interest in the University of Kansas' Edwards Campus is booming, and administrators are pleased about it.
By Jason Pearce
Kansan staff writer
There are 1,813 students enrolled at the Edwards Campus, which is up 50 percent in the last five years, and those students are now taking 30,000 credit hours of class.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in his 1995 Faculty Convocation speech that a great university recognized its obligation to contribute to an educated work force for the society that supports it.
Hemenway said that a vital function of a metropolitan-area campus was to provide course work that enabled business professionals the opportunity to gain additional training.
"The administration has really stepped up its efforts in the Kansas City area to fulfill the needs of that area," Hemenway said.
"We are continuing to improve the
Those needs, including the training of a well-educated work force, will be even more critical in the future because of growth forecasts for the area, said Dana Klassen, director of campus relations for the Edwards Campus.
Edwards Campus' growth and make sure those needs continue to be met," he said.
Klassen cited recent growth forecasts from the Johnson County Economic Research Institute, which show the greater Kansas City area growing close to a population of 1.8 million by 2001.
"The projection from the research says that the population in Johnson County will grow by 100,000 people in the next 10 years." she said.
This growth also would be supplemented by 97,000 more jobs, she said.
According to the research, a population shift to the southern part of the greater Kansas City area will place the Edwards Campus in the heart of the growth.
Klassen said that Edwards Campus administrators would be looking at adding three or four new programs of study in the fall of 1999.
The campus also could expand in the future to include a second building.
Robert Clark, dean of the Edwards
Campus, said that the campus has planned to build a 55,000-square-foot building that would cost $13 million. Funds for the proposed building would
come from outside contributors.
"It is critical that we show the Kansas City community that we are serious about serving the growing needs of the area," Clark said. "This should be a true partnership with the Greater
Kansas City area — one that will bring greater prosperity for all involved."
He said that the Edwards Campus should continue to grow by two or three new programs of study a year in the future.
"Corporate Kansas City is seeing more leadership from KU administrators, and this brings more research and resources to the University," Clark said.
Conference aims at preventing campus hate crimes
By Steph Brewer
Kansan staff writer
The key to solving campus hate crimes and preventing further problems is active communication between police and university communities, a University of Kansas Public Safety officer said yesterday.
awareness months.
Sgt. Gayle Reece, of the KU Public Safety Office, addressed about 25 Kansas residents in the Kansas Union's Alderson Auditorium as part of the "And Justice for All" conference. The conference, which covered the topics of sexual orientation and gender identity policies at colleges and universities, was held at the Kansas Union Saturday and Sunday.
Reece attended the FBI School for Hate Bias Crimes and Washburn University's Hate Crimes Seminar.
Reece said that university officers needed to be aware of the community they serve.
She said that by identifying groups that may become targets of hate crimes, officers could better predict potential problems, such as certain groups being targeted on religious holidays or during
Police also need to be aware that something they might perceive as a small crime, such as rocks thrown through a window, deeply affects the victim because of the crime's bias motivation.
"The law-enforcement community needs to be taught that to this person, this is a major crime," Reece said.
Reece said KU police officers attended a four-hour training session on hate crimes.
However, police cannot battle hate crimes alone. Reece said students had to take an active role in the issue as well. She said students needed to develop a rapport with police and realize that they were there to help.
She said she encouraged officers to spend time in the residence halls to help students see them as allies.
also necessary to report the crime.
Students also should initiate discussion about hate/bias problems with police and student groups, she said. It is
"There's nothing that annoys me worse, that the second I walk in the building, someone says: 'What happened? Who did something wrong?' Reece said.
Mary Renee Smith, a junior at Kansas State University and president of KState's Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Society said harassed students often were afraid to report incidents.
Students at Bethany College in Lindsborg can use a Crime Stoppers hotline to report incidents, said Cindi White, assistant trainer for athletics at Bethany.
She said the college's police force operated under the residence life department and that officers sat in on the resident assistant selection committee.
"Last year I was an R.A. and if anything did happen, I felt comfortable about going to security officers and having them do something about it," White said.
In the aftermath of a hate crime, Reece said it was important that the university get involved by publicizing the crime, publicly denouncing it and holding seminars to ensure that such incidents be stopped. She said this response had to be immediate.
"There needs to be activity at all levels of the university," she said.
Levels of prejudice hate and violence
Life-Threatening Acts
-Assassination -Bombing
-Lynching -Arson
-Genocide
Acts of Violence
-Assault      -Vandalism
-Riots        -Terrorism
Acts of Discrimination Harassment
Exclusion of persons from:
- Social privileges
- Employment
- Education opportunities
- Health
Acts of Prejudice Members of disliked groups are avoided at all costs.
Acts of indirect Prejudice
Feelings about disliked groups are discussed with like-
mates in the dance.
Antagonism is expressed.
Rumors and stereotypes form.
Source: Gayle Reece,
Source: Gayle Reece,
University Police Sgt
Jason Benavides/KANSAN
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