TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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New group for women
Organization to help with women's issues
BY NICOLA ROWE
rneow@kansan.com
KANSAST writer writer
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Fowler, Topeka junior, and Maggie Morris, Topeka senior, created Embody, a new group on campus. Fowler, president of Embody, and Morris, vice-president, said they got the idea from a similar high school group they were in called Fearless.
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Learning from her aunt's experience and her experiences in Fearless, a Topeka-based women's support organization, Fowler wanted to start a group at the University of Kansas that would focus on women's issues.
were in called Friends. The group members plan to create a panel of women in the spring to go to middle schools in Lawrence and talk about women's issue and give advice on how to transition into high school and college.
Fowler was one of the panel speakers for Fearless when she was a member of the group. She remembered talking to a group of eighth-grade girls about body image and transitioning into high school. Fowler said that a
"I think girls today are not afraid of
Maggie Morris Embody vice-president
having an opinion, but are afraid of voicing that opinion." Maggie Morris
girl approached her after the panel and told her that she had an eating disorder and she didn't know it was wrong.
Body image is a passion for Fowler and she said she hoped to change girl's perceptions of society's expectations now as she did when she was talking to the eighth grader.
the eighth grade. "We hope to mentor the women of the Lawrence community in the same way," Fowler said.
the group's first meeting was Wednesday. Twelve women joined in a discussion of body image in the media and advertising. The next meeting is at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29 in the Gridiron Room of the Burge Union. The focus topic will also be on body image.
"Body image is not the only thing we want to talk about," Morris said.
Next month the group has politics on its agenda. Morris said that the group wants to try to make voting a trend for women instead of a slogan, such as "Rock the vote." Morris said she didn't think that slogans
were succeeding in getting women to vote. Morris developed T-shirts in hopes of make voting trendy.
voicing trendy.
"I think girls today are not afraid of having an opinion, but afraid of voicing that opinion." Morris said.
Morris' shirts are white with pink lettering across the front that say either Democrat, Republican or Independent. She didn't think that the color pink was stereotyping but a way to ease girls into being proud of their opinion.
being proud of their opinions. The group will also discuss relationships, date rape and emotional and physical abuse. Fowler said this topic was very important to her because of her aunt's experience in college.
Ann's experience is in other women's groups on campus include the American Business Women's Association, Commission of the Status of Women, Campus Girl Scouts of the University of Kansas, February Women's Association, Society of Women Engineers, University Women's Club and Women's Ultimate Frisbee.
The Commission of the Status of Women was founded in the 60s by Emily Taylor and was one of the first groups of its kind in the country, said Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. The American Business Women's Association is academic-based and has been at the University for three years.
Edited by Steve Vockrodt
U.S. airstrikes kill 20 in Baghdad
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. warplanes unleashed devastating airstrikes on a suspected hideout where operatives from an Al Qaeda-linked group were meeting yesterday, and hospital officials said 20 people died.
One strike hit an ambulance as it sped away with wounded, a hospital official said; the U.S.
military said innocent lives were spared.
Also yesterday, a video posted on a Web site in the name of the militants — led by Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — purportedly showed the beheaded of a kidnapped Turkish truck driver.
Al-Zarqawi is blamed for a string of terror attacks in Iraq, including bombings and the
slayings of other hostages. Washington has a $10 million bounty on his head.
The U.S. military said jets carried out the strike on a site in Fallujah, where several members of a group led by al-Zarqawi were meeting. It was at least the fifth airstrike in the past week on the city, indicating the high priority U.S. officials place on destroying al-Zarqawi's group.
Katie, Wyatt and Chase fight crime on KUJH's Evil Kansas. The show returns to KUJH this semester with new episodes.
'Evil Kansas' returns to KUJH
BY AUSTIN CASTER acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Chase, Katie and Wyatt will return to KUJH as campus crimefighters this semester on Evil Kansas.
series.
The student-written and directed series, *Evil Kansas*, airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. on KUJH. The show won first place in the entertainment category of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters student competition.
dent competition.
Steve Deaver, Overland Park graduate, said he started toying with the idea of campus crime fighters in May 2003.
Students Against Very Evil, the fictitious campus organization with a secret lair inside the Kansas Union, banded together to fight the forces of evil in the action comedy series.
He ran the idea by Josh Efron.
Overland Park junior, who helped with storylines and characters.
"He really fleshed them out and made them into likeable characters," Deaver said of Efron.
Erron. The two, who write and direct the show, began casting in October 2003.
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Katrina Alford, who plays
Katie, said the experience
opened doors for her.
opened doors for her.
"I've learned a lot about what it's like to be on a television set," Alford, Burlington senior, said. "I really enjoy theater acting but I also like acting for the camera."
for the camera.
Alford had the opportunity to film a movie called Listen to the Shells in Florida during spring break last year because someone saw her on Evil Kansas.
The first two episodes began airing in February 2004.
Two fans recently came up to Alford at a party and asked what was going to happen next on the show.
The first episode introduced the main character Chase, played by Rob Hecht. In the show, his girlfriend tells him he needed to find something productive to do with his free time or she would leave him.
or she would leave him Chase walks across Wescoe Beach and stumbles upon Katie and Wyatt who tell him about the student group fighting evil.
ing evil.
The trio stop a kidnapping with a fight scene that's a cross between The Matrix and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Rangers. Viewers can see the first two episodes on KUJH and online at www.evilkansas.com. Deaver said the third episode is scheduled to air this week.
Alford said she still wasn't used to her newfound fame.
"It's kind of weird to think about people on campus watching you on TV." Alford said.
- Edited by Steve Vockrodt.
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