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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 7, 1998
CPR Training Classes
Faculty and students talk about breaking down regional stereotypes. About 20 people attended last night's seminar sponsored by the KU Coalition. Photo by Jay Sharpen (KANISAN)
Sep. 22 Tu 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Sep. 26 Sa 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sep. 30 W 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Oct. 3 Sa 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Call 864-9570 to sign up.
Training classes cover adult/child/infant CPR using American Heart Association materials. $10 fee for students, $15 for non-students.
Not all Kansans are farmers
Diversity series attempts to dispel regional blunders
By Angela Johnson
Kansan staff writer
the stereotype is that Californianans are blond, tan, eat healthy foods and that we're really laid back," Huerta said. "The other half are very rude and always moving —
Ann Welk, dean of social welfare,
said the purpose of the series was
for students to talk about stereotypes outside of a classroom setting.
Huerta spoke about how other people perceived him living on the west coast, in a suburban area of Los Angeles.
In the Kansas Union, a group of about 20 students listened to speakers from various regions of the United States relate their experiences of being stereotyped. The students then broke into small groups to discuss their own experiences.
The KU Coalition opened its Diversity Dialogue Series last night with the topic, "Exploring Regional Stereotypes."
Leonard Huerta, Montclair, Calif., graduate student, said that his first impression of Kansans was that everyone lived on a farm and had a horse or a pet pig.
"Part of the exploration is to see how we put people in boxes," Weick said. "We need to try to move those walls out further."
Alicia Bartol, Fredericksburg, Va., graduate student, said that socioeconomic stereotyping was the most dangerous type.
we're the creators of road rage."
"We all do it because we are a tiered society," she said. "I admit, I have a big stereotype of Johnson County people as rich snobs."
Tammi Lewis, assistant director of minority affairs, talked about living in a small Virginia town.
Huerta said another misconception people had was only wealthy people lived in Los Angeles.
"The four major stereotypes about Virginians is that we're Revolutionary War nuts, we're ultra-conservative, we're country and we're southern belles," she said.
Summer Schippers, Hoxie junior,
said she was stereotyped by living
in a small western Kansas town.
"Hoxie is a farm-based community, 100 percent," Schippers said. "People asked me how I survived going to high school."
Schippers said the worst stereotype was that western Kansans were dumb farmers.
“It’s sad that people perceive you as less intelligent because you're from a less urban area,” she said.
The seminar was the first of six in the series. Other seminars this year will focus on stereotypes in living groups, religion, women, indigenous people and gay, lesbian and transgender groups.
The KU Coalition consists of the Multicultural Resource Center, Greeks for Responsible Education Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity and the All-Scholarship Hall Council.
Storm plays a role in set damage
By Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
Part of the set for an upcoming play at Murphy Hall was damaged last weekend when a power outage caused a lift beneath the set to malfunction.
The set, a Holiday Inn hotel room, was supported by beams that ran down into the orchestra pit and rested on the electric lift at
the bottom of the pit.
The malfunction occurred late Saturday night in Crafton-Preyer Theatre, where crew members were doing work on the set of "The Batting Cage."
When the power went out, the lift was reset causing it to rise to the stage level.
It ripped half of the hotel room from the stage.
Mike Senften, theater scene shop employee, discovered the damage Sunday afternoon when he came to the set to check for water damage from the previous night's storm.
He said the lift contains a microprocessor that automatically resets the lift to stage level if the power goes off.
Senften said that was a safety measure added to the lift six
months ago when it was repaired.
"We told them that we didn't want it that way because we were afraid of something like this, and they said they would disable it," he said. "They didn't."
Despite the set being ripped in two, the damage was minor, and it was repaired by Monday.
Linda Hope, box office manager, said the Oct. 18 opening of "The Batting Cage" will not be delayed by the damage.
"Things are back in order," she said. "But we were never really worried that it would affect the show."
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