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Pay less for Internet toll
Online services have varying access costs
By Bradley Brooks Kansan staff writer
Seeking off-campus avenues to Internet access can be economically advantageous for avid online users. Because of recent fee increases, some students are looking for service elsewhere.
"I have been thinking that I will most likely go to a small, local service provider," said Wade Jones, Milford, Conn., senior and president of the Kansas University Campus Internet Association.
Although the majority of students will save money by staying with the University's system, some users, like Jones, will be hurt by the new fee increases.
The part of the increase that hurts some users is the 50-cent-per-hour fee that is implemented once a user is online for more than 50 hours.
Jeff Smith owns Propeller Creative Services, 801 Massachusetts st., an Internet access provider. He said that most students didn't need to go with a local carrier.
"If they do not need storage space for the creation of a web page, it is best to go with a national provider," Smith said. "People who just want to get online, who only want to use e-mail and have access to the Internet, may not want to pay the fees we charge,"
Another alternative for Internet users will be arriving in mid-September. Sunflower Cablevision, 644 New Hampshire St., will be offering Internet access via a cable hook-up.
"A person will be able to get more done with the higher speed we will offer," said Dennis Kniper, general manager. "What used to take minutes will take seconds."
But for the heavy users, Smith said that local carriers offer extremely competitive rates.
Smith said.
The cable hook-up will offer 512 kilobytes as opposed to a telephone line's 28.8. This will make the cable access almost 18 times faster. To receive access by cable, users need to have an Ethernet card in their computer. A cable runs from the computer to a cable modem, which connects to a common cable outlet.
Knipfer said the service will be provided in a limited area at first but soon will be available to all Lawrence residents. Sunflower's web site at www.sunflower.com will publish a map of the restricted area. More information on cable access can be found at www.rogerswave.ca, a Web site for the Rogerscablesystems Limited in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
Despite the alternatives, the majority of users find the University's system financially more logical — but not all are happy about that. Timothy Baroni, Plattsmouth, Neb., graduate student is a recreational user who feels stuck between campus fee
Alternative Internet Providers
Online access through the University:
Online access through the University:
$20/service through Dec. 31.
$30/service Jan. 1 to July 31.
$50/service through July 31.
50-cents-an-hour fee after 50 hours in any month, with a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20 a month.
Sunflower Cablevision:
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$39.95/month—unlimited access
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Propeller Creative Services:
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913.841.0900
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Netspace Internet Services:
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1-913-295-5648
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"The fees were raised because of the heavy users," Baroni said. "They are the ones sucking the resources from the system. But I just can't afford to go anywhere else."
increases and high commercial prices.
Professor addresses activism
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
Red Power made a difference
Brian Hott / KANSAN
Reed Tiver make a statement. That is the message that Joane Nagel, professor of sociology, wants to convey in her new book titled American Indian Ethnic Renewal. The book examines how Native American activism has affected cultural identity.
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Nagel said the Red Power movement of the 1970s, which was characterized by events such as an occupation of Alcatraz by students from San Francisco State University, made a difference in Native American society. As a result of such activism, Nagel said, a community and cultural renewal is underway in Native-American communities.
"When you are in an activist movement, it has consequences for you and for your identity," she said. "Activism can be a life-changing experience."
During the last 16 years, Nagel has interviewed Native Americans involved in '70s activism, including prisoner Leonard Peltier. She also spent time on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.
Nagel concludes in the book that in most cases, the activism has led to personal empowerment, questioning of assumptions and cultural renewal.
"There has been a real resurgence of ethnic pride and ethnic identity," she said.
For example, the number of U.S. citizens reporting American Indian as their race in the U.S.Census more than tripled between 1960 and 1990.
Dan Wildcat, professor of sociology at Haskell Indian Nations University, said the large increase was due to the fact that people who wouldn't have previously identified themselves as Native American were now recognizing their heritage.
He said that a cultural renewal was some-what evident on the Haskell campus.
"What we are seeing are more people who are choosing to come to Haskell specifically because they want an education that is grounded in an indigenous philosophy," Wildcat said. "They want to recapture something that's been lost in the past."
Nagel has written another book, Competitive Ethnic Relations, and is working on a book about the global politics of gender and ethnicity.
Joane Nagel, professor of sociology, displays her novel American Indian Ethnic Renewal. The book examines how Native American activism has affected cultural identity.
would see," Keary said.
The women said the experience had left them afraid of Lawrence's streets after dark.
The victims said the next morning they heard that another woman had seen the same man in the parking lot about the same time, but she didn't call police.
said. "Especially around the parking garage. It makes you leery of being out at night."
KU police said they had no suspects yesterday afternoon.
"I'm going to be a lot more hesitant of where I'll park at night," one of the victims
Keary said it was more common for this kind of crime to occur at residence halls or sororities.
The suspect is described as an 18- to 20-year-old, six-foot-tall, Caucasian male, who was seen last wearing a white T-shirt, and jean shorts.
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Department evolves with new faculty
African, African-American studies hires KU alumnus
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
New vision and voices are important to a department.
This fall, Peter Ukpokodu, associate professor of African and African-American studies, replaced Arthur Drayton, who served as chairman for 15 years.
That is why for the first time in more than a decade there is a new chairman of the KU department of African and African-American studies.
"After many years with the same chair, the department tends to get set in its ways," Drayton said. "Innovation ultimately requires new leadership."
Ukpokodu, who also is a courtesy associate professor of theater and film, has been an instructor at the University of Kansas since 1990. He earned a doctorate at the University in 1985.
Chico Herbison, instructor in the department, said Ulpokodu's African origins and background in theater would bring a new perspective to the department.
"He also represents a different generation of scholar." Herbison said.
Ukpokodu said he felt a special bond with students because he was a KU alumnus. Therefore, one of his goals as chairman is to communicate effectively with the students. He said he planned to start a focus group in which students would voice their concerns to faculty.
"They will have a very serious say as to what goes on in the department," he said. "The department will be able to cater very well to their needs."
Ukpokodu, who is from Nigeria, said it was important to balance studies of Africa with studies of African-American issues. He said students could learn from the relationship between the two.
"The real nature of the program makes it at the same time international and ethnic," he said.
The search committee that selected Ukpokodu as chairman also created an associate chairperson position, which would enable Ukpokodu to spend more time working with student-related aspects of the department.
"It became too big of a job for one person," he said. "You lose ground rather than maintain ground and move ahead."
Drayton, who operated the center while he was chairman of the department, said an associate chairperson became necessary as the resource center and the department developed.
Although Ukpokodu will move his office to Lippincott Hall to be closer to the department, he said he would continue to teach as many theater classes as possible.
"There is no way I will be able to teach effectively or research effectively if I abandon my theater teaching," he said. "It's very important for me to cling to my academic and professional calling."
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