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Civic Literacy Week a success
DebateWatch main attraction of week's events
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WINTER
Leaders of the Student Legislative Awareness Board called the University's first attempt at a Civic Literacy Week a success.
The week featured visits by local political candidates, voter registration throughout the week and DebateWatch, a program in the Kansas Union to analyze students' reactions to the debate.
The week was sponsored by Student Senate, SLAB, the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and Lawrence Rock the Vote.
Katie Wolff, Shawnee senior and chairwoman of SLAB, said she thought the event was a success, particularly because this was the first time the event had been held on campus.
"If we continue this tradition on campus, it will only get better," she said. "I was really pleased."
She said SLAB registered about 300 people during the week, bringing its totals to about 2,000.
The most successful event was Thursday's DebateWatch program, she said. Three hundred people went, and they had to turn away people at the door.
Some of the events didn't go quite as well, though.
wednesday's turnout at the noon debate between the KU College Republicans and the KU Young Democrats was only a handful of people.
"We might have tried to plan for too many events," Wolff said.
She also said that the organizations had to cancel the planned Women's Civic Leadership Conference on Saturday because they could not afford the event
because of lack of interest.
Wolff said they would likely reschedule a similar event in the spring when more students would be able to attend.
Mark Lyda, Denver senior and co-director for the Center for Community Outreach, performed with his band Mark Lyda Combo at the concert that kicked off the week.
Lyda helped plan the event, and his two favorite events were the "Inside Baseball" program at the Dole Institute on Tuesday, where a group of people talked about campaign strategy and former presidential candidate Gary Hart's speech on Thursday. He said an event such as this was important.
"We're saying to ourselves it doesn't matter if we vote or not, but it really does," Lyda said. "National polls don't take into account late, huge voter registration drives on college campuses, and they don't call cell phones."
Bryan Behgam, Arlington, Texas, junior, and vice president of the KU Young Democrats, participated in the debate with the College Republicans. He said events like this week were helpful for young people to more fully understand the issues in this election year.
"Politicians aren't targeting us as a group because we're not voting. Hopefully they will start noticing us," he said.
Wolff said that the end of this week did not signal the end of SLAB's efforts to get people more involved.
The group will continue to register voters until the Oct. 18 registration deadline, would show all the remaining presidential and vice-presidential debates in the Kansas Union and would be showing a PBS documentary featuring both presidential candidates.
— Edited by Ashley Bechard
Friday, Oct. 8, marks Lee National Denim Day, the largest single-day fundraiser for breast cancer. Companies, organizations and groups, including The University of Kansas, participate nationwide by wearing jeans to work and school on Friday and making a donation to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
BY CURTNEY GRIMMWORD
editor@kansan.com
EDITOR CORPORPONENT
This year, 216,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 40,000 women will die due to complications of this disease before Jan. 1, 2005, according to the fundraiser's Web site, www.denimdav.com.
The University of Kansas Public Relations Student Society of America will sponsor and promote campus events this week in the effort to raise money and awareness about breast cancer.
Jayhawk Communications, a student-run public relations firm and a division of PRSSA, will take on the Lee National Denim Day account for the University.
Its goal is for the student body and faculty to donate $5,000 in less than one week.
Denim Days to raise funds for cancer
"If every student just gives one dollar toward the cause, we could raise over $25,000. Add the entire faculty to that and we're over $29,000," said Katie Means, Oskaloosa senior and director of Jayhawk Communications.
Jayhawk Communications slogan this year is "Support the Women you Love."
Tonight, two speakers will kick off the week's events. Jen Johnson, a young breast cancer survivor diagnosed while pregnant at age 27, and Amie Jew, a breast surgeon, will speak about their experiences with the disease.
A memory board for students and faculty to express their experiences with breast cancer
LEE NATIONAL DENIM
DAY EVENTS
Today: Breast cancer speakers at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium; "Bring a Dollar to Chapter" program at fraternity and sorority chapter meetings.
- Tomorrow: Memory board, information table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn.
Wednesday: Memory board, information table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn; journalism faculty event from 8 to 11 a.m.
in the dean's office at StauFFER-Flint Hall;
donation table from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Mrs. E's.
■ Thursday: Memory board, information table on Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn; donation table from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Mrs. E's.
Friday: Lee National Denim Day — wear denim to show awareness and support
will be on the front lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall from Tuesday through Thursday.
"Everyone knows someone who has been affected by breast cancer," said Lindsey Scott. "The memory board is a visual symbol for communication about the disease."
Scott, Emporia senior, is the assistant director of Jayhawk Communications.
Photo Illustration by Amanda Kim Stairrott/KANSAN
Lee National Denim Day is this Friday. Last year the event raised more than $7.4 nationally for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Anyone can post pictures, notes or add objects like flowers at the information table in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
It will contain information about prevention, awareness and fund raising for breast cancer research.
A box for donations for the campus-wide goal of $5,000, as well as pink ribbons will be at the booth.
All proceeds go directly to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Last year, $7.4 million was raised for the foundation through Lee National Denim Days and more than 24,000 companies and organizations participated.
University faculty and students can send checks through campus mail to PRSSA in care off Jayhawk Communications,
400 Kansas Union, mailbox #151, Lawrence, KS 66045.
Members of fraternities and sororites are encouraged to donate through the "Bring a Dollar to Chapter" program.
Editor's note: Grimwood coordinated Denim Days at the University last year.
Edited by Steve Schmidt
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