Monday, October 11, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Library director to examine plans for Dole Institute
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Kansan staff writer
Richard Norton Smith, director of the Gerald Ford Presidential Library, will be on campus today looking at plans for the proposed Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy Building. He also will give an evening lecture about George Washington.
The speech, titled "The Surprising George Washington," will be at 7:30 tonight in the KU Visitor Center
auditorium and is free to the public.
Smith is a respected presidential scholar and also has directed the Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan presidential libraries. In addition, he has worked closely with Bob Dole as a speech writer and co-author.
"He is well aware of the issues confronting institutions and centers focused on an individual's career," said Burdett Loomis, interim director of the Dole Institute and professor of political science. "It's a huge project."
The Dole Institute is separate from the Dole Center for Human Development. Loomis said the Dole Institute building — which would contain the former Kansas senator's papers and memorabilia — could begin construction in six months.
"We're not so far that we couldn't change something based on his experience." Loomis said. "It's a good time for him to be coming in."
Smith also has written several books, covering historical figures from Thomas E. Dewey to Hoover to Chicago Tribune editor Robert McCormick. In 1983, he also wrote the book "Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation."
Smith began working for Dole in 1979, co-writing 1988's "Unlimited Partners," the joint autobiography of Bob and Elizabeth Dole. He also helped with Bob Dole's 1998 book of political humor, "Laughing (Almost) All the Way to the White House."
Smith also wrote speeches for both Bob and Elizabeth Dole, Presidents Ford and Reagan, Cabinet officials and congressmen.
Bryan Culp, Dole Institute archivist, said Smith's experience as a historian and confidant of the former Kansas senator made Smith a valuable resource.
Smith's lecture tonight is sponsored by the Dole Institute.
"It's just a huge number of boxes."
Burg said. "We've got it all."
"We will pull him aside to get his take on the building," Culp said. "It's the largest group of congressional papers in the country, and it's quite an esteemed collection."
Mary Burg, executive assistant to the chancellor, said Dole donated his papers and memorabilia to the University in the spring of 1997.
"He's a very talented speaker," Burg said. "He's on C-SPAN all the time."
- Edited by Allan Davis
Students prepare to travel to new sister city in Spain
Continued from page 1A
four-day orientation period and some books. Travel costs, passport fees and personal expenses are not included in the price.
Amy Timkar, coordinator of Study Abroad, said the program was designed for students who had taken only one semester of Spanish.
"So far we have recruited 10 students to go in the spring semester," she said. "They seem very excited, and we hope to get more."
Alexis Vanasse, Great Bend sophomore, said she learned about the program in her introductory Spanish class last semester.
"I'm really looking forward to studying in Ronda," she said. "I think it will be a good experience."
Students who go to Ronda live with host families to immerse themselves in Spanish culture and assist in developing their language skills.
it is an ideal city to know about the culture of Spain and to learn about its history and language." Raquejo said. "The people of Ronda are really friendly and everybody is a host. Students from the University of Kansas are always welcome."
Ronda is divided in half by a 320-foot gorge with a bridge connecting the two sides. On one side of the bridge lies the new half, a bustling commercial area. On the other side of the gorge is the old city, encompassed by a large Arabic wall. Its eclectic architecture consists of Roman and Moorish buildings.
Bob Schumm, member of the Lawrence Sister City Advisory Committee and former mayor, said that the sister city exchange was not only for students but also for any Lawrence resident.
"Whoever you are, whatever your interest is, we can set you up with an exchange to any of our sister cities," Schumm said.
Edited by Brad Hallier
Seal debate within ACLU prompts member to resign
By Clay McCuistion
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Kansan staff writer
By Clav McCuistion
Alexis Vanasse's fate was sealed at the first meeting of the KU chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
During the Sept. 1 meeting, the chapter voted to send a letter to Chancellor Robert Hemenway questioning the legality of the University of Kansas' seal. Vanasse, executive director of the group and second-in-command to president Kevin Sivits, wasn't comfortable with the inquiry.
so she quit.
The seal is a good representation of KU
and I wouldn't want anything to happ to it," said Vanasse, Great Bend sophomore. "Its long history with KU is something that's extremely valuable."
The campus debate caused by the ACLU's curiosity about the seal's depiction of Moses kneeling before a burning bush is now taking place within the group itself.
"I kind of thought it would be raised
"I kind of thought it would be rais, and then die down," Vanasse said.
The controversy surrounding the seal was picked up by the Laurence Journal World, The Kansas City Star, area television stations and eventually was published on The Associated Press wire.
"I thought it might become bigger than I could handle or my conscience could handle." Vanasse said. "It was something I didn't believe in. I joined the KU chapter because I wanted to help students whose rights were being trampled on."
Vanasse resigned at a Sept. 12 executive board meeting of the chapter.
She still is involved, serving office hours at the ACLU's cubicle in the Kansas Union. She even may come back to her post.
"I didn't want to go against what the ACLU believes just because I like a symbol," she said. "I would love to be able to return as executive director as soon as the seal matter is over with." Sivits, Tanganoxie senior, said he respected Vanasse's decision.
"We wouldn't ask her to to stay on if she were uncomfortable in such a position," he said.
Buddy Lloyd, ACLU media director, said it was part of the chapter's mission to tolerate different views.
"We encourage free thinking in the ACLU," he said. "There's no party line to toe."
Lloyd said the furor caused by questions about the seal was overblown.
"The only internal question the ACLU has asked is whether or not to send the letter to the University," he said. "We've never come out for or against the seal. We've come out for asking questions."
But those questions have made other ACLU numbers more unsustainable.
"Personally, the seal doesn't offend me," said Jenkins, Shawne junior. "I don't want to be rash to come to a conclusion."
J. D. Jenkins, the chapter's advocacy chair and a holdover student senator, abstained from the vote to send the letter questioning the seal. He was the only ACLU member at the Sept. 1 meeting to abstain.
He said he could understand both sides of the issue.
"I can see how it's been part of the University's tradition for a long time, and it's important to a lot of people," Jenkins said. "On the other hand, there's a strong possibility it violates the Constitution."
Aravind Muthukrishnan, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, was also cautious.
"Whatever my personal feelings about the seal are, I think it could be viewed as a violation between church and state," he said.
Dick Kurtenbach, executive director of the Kansas-Western Missouri affiliate of the ACLU, said Vanasse's resignation and the intergroup tension could be interpreted positively.
"That's probably a healthy sign that there are obviously seriously minded people involved in the endeavor there," he said. "There is plenty of room for dissension in the ACLU."
—Edited by Kelly Clasen
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