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Wednesday, October 23, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Deadline: December 1. 1996
To be eligible, a student must:
•be working toward a private pilot license
•have a current flight medical certificate
•have at least 5 hours of dual instruction time logged (attach a copy of pages from logbook)
•be enrolled at least 50% of time at the Lawrence campus
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Pulitzer poet to speak at KU
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
Pulitzer Prize-winning poets don't pass through Lawrence every day.
That is why, when the Hall Center for the Humanities learned that Gwendolyn Brooks would travel from her home in Chicago to a teachers' conference in Wichita, they jumped at the opportunity to bring her to KU.
The Topeka native who, in 1950, became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, will read her poetry at 8 tonight at the Lied Center. The visit is sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities and the Office of Minority Affairs.
"Gwendolyn Brooks is a formidable literary giant," said Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs. "Her writings talk to real-life people in real-life situations."
Brooks' poems, which are written in a down-to-earth, rhythmic style, address issues ranging from racism to child abuse. Chico Herbison, instructor in African and African-American studies, compared Brooks' style to that of Harlem
Renaissance poets Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen.
"Even though they have utilized formal structure, they rely heavily on vernacular—the peoples' language and rhythm," Herbison said. "Gwendolyn Brooks has been one of the most exciting users of that language."
Even though she was born in Topeka, Brooks has spent most of her life in Chicago. In 1968, she was named Poet Laureate of Illinois and is now a writer-in-residence at Chicago State University.
She won the Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen, her second volume of poetry. In addition to poetry, Brooks has published fiction and nonfiction. Most recently, she published Report from Part Two, the second part of her autobiography.
Brooks spoke at the former Hoch Auditorium five years ago, an event that Herbison attended. After the poetry reading, she gave KU students a chance to come onstage and read their own poetry, he said.
"It was a magnificent night in a number of different ways," Herbison said.
Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950, will read some of her poems at 8 tonight at the Lied Center.
Reuse protects environment
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
Potting plants in coffee cups, building birdhouses out of milk jugs and mixing bathroom cleaners from common chemicals can make students and the environment happy.
pot at the store."
Not only can students save money by reusing products, but they also can save the environment. Homemade items eliminate packaging waste and create less demand for new products.
I have two or three plants growing out of old, broken coffee cups," said Ken Moritz, Seattle sophomore. "It's easier to just use a coffee cup to plant something instead of buying a new
Moritz said that he also had used old containers to hold paper clips, rubber bands, screws and nails. He tries to reuse everything, but not everyone is so thrifty, he said.
"Some people grew up in a family where if something broke, they just bought a new one," he said. "If something is still useful, I will use it again."
Victoria Silva, KU environmental specialist, said that most items could be used for many purposes. Old kitchen towels can be used for waxing cars, and empty milk cartons provide a large ice cube mold.
For students interested in art, scrap paper and water can create a pasty substance for molding. Instead of
buying croutons, students can use their dry bread. Silva said that students could use ingredients they already had to make another product.
"There are some alternatives women can use," Silva said. "Instead of buying a face mask, you can make your own, which saves money and helps the environment, since you reduce packaging waste."
Household cleaners can be made from mixing common ingredients, such as vinegar, baking soda, soap and lemon juice. Silva said using homemade cleaners was better than buying new ones because the same bottle could be reused many times.
Instead of buying bug sprays, students can cut up Osage oranges. Certain oils keep fleas away from pets. For those with gardens, mixing garlic and cyan provides a safe alternative to pesticides.
"The main reason to make your own cleaning solutions and bug sprays is to eliminate exposure to hazardous compounds normally found in solutions," she said.
"We cannot keep using our natural resources faster than they can be produced. We are currently using trees faster than they grow," she said.
Silva said people today had not leamed to conserve resources.
"People in the Depression era learned how to reuse everything out of necessity." she said.
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