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University Daily Kansan
Page 0480 from reel: NP 7853 (1998-08-17 to 1999-01-22)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/47748

Title: KU Professor Explains Why Mascots Offend
Summary: KU professor Cornel Pewewardy discusses how sports mascots depicting Native Americans are offensive and perpetuate harmful stereotypes, explaining the cultural insensitivity of such representations.
Category: campus news
Subjects: cultural sensitivity; mascots; Native American representation; university education
Named Entities: Pewewardy, Cornel [assistant professor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: GTA Bill Based on Inaccuracies, Chancellor Says
Summary: Chancellor Robert Hemenway responds to legislation affecting Graduate Teaching Assistants, stating the bill contains inaccuracies and that the university values its GTAs and supports their rights.
Category: campus news
Subjects: graduate teaching assistants; university administration; legislation; employee rights
Named Entities: Hemenway, Robert [chancellor]; Horowitz, Mark [graduate senator]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Fleck-Marshall-Meyer
Summary: The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts presents a live concert featuring Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, and Edgar Meyer performing from their new recording 'Uncommon Ritual' on Saturday, September 26, 1998.
Category: arts
Subjects: musical performance; concerts; jazz music; live entertainment
Named Entities: Fleck, Béla [banjo]; Marshall, Mike [mandolin]; Meyer, Edgar [double bass]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Harvest Arts
Summary: Comprehensive schedule of Harvest Arts events including Children's Parade, Music in Mural Alley, Poetry Jam, Film Festival, and various performances and activities from September 27 to October 3, 1998.
Category: calendar/listings
Subjects: arts events; cultural programming; community events; performances
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Genocide Awareness Project at the University of Kansas
Summary: The Genocide Awareness Project presents outdoor educational displays comparing Jewish Holocaust victims, blacks killed in racist lynchings, and aborted unborn babies, with additional public symposia featuring Gregg Cunningham.
Category: announcement
Subjects: holocaust education; genocide awareness; human rights; educational presentations
Named Entities: Cunningham, Gregg [speaker]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The EyeDoctors Optometrists; Ace Personnel; Harvest of Arts; Genocide Awareness Project; Rudy's Pizzeria; KU Athletic Department; Kansas Union; Play It Again Sports
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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