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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, September 17, 1999
Local habitat group to mark 10th year with celebration
By Lori O'Otole
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Lawrence Habitat for Humanity is having its 10th anniversary party Sunday afternoon, and everyone is invited.
The organization builds homes for Lawrence families, selecting the recipients based on financial need. The homes are sold to the families through an interest-free mortgage.
The public festival, which will celebrate the 33 houses that the organization has built in Lawrence, will include ice cream and music by John Weatherwax and the Junk Yard Jazz Band.
"So many people in this community support us by volunteering or giving money," said Linda Klinker, Habitat for Humanity program director.
She said she was expecting about 300 people to attend.
At 1:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church, 802 W. 22nd Terrace, there will be a dedication ceremony for Habitat for Humanity's 33rd home, which will be purchased by Lawrence residents Doug and Kathy Buckley. They have a 13-year-old son, Cody.
The two-bedroom home, which Klinker said would be completed next month, was the first split-level home built by the organization. It will be about 1,000 to 1,200 square feet.
"We're really thankful and grateful." said Doug Buckley, who has been living
with his family in a 12- by 60-foot trailer house in north Lawrence. "It will certainly be nice to be in a house again. It will seem huge."
After the dedication ceremony, there will be an ice cream social from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at 1626 Lindenwood Lane.
Three of the houses, including the Buckley's, will be open for showing during the afternoon. They are within walking distance from each other.
The funds for Sunday's event were gathered and donated by 12 area churches that partner with the organization
Klinker said each home was in a different phase of construction, which would give people a better idea of the building process.
Since the organization built its first house in 1989, its homes have sheltered 46 adults and 83 children.
The next Habitat for Humanity house will be construction by members of the University of Kansas greek community for Lawrence resident Effie Presswood and her two daughters, 15-year-old Jennifer and 7-year-old Kiera. Construction is set to begin Oct. 15.
Klinker said Sunday's celebration would focus more on the homes that had been completed rather than the ones to come.
"There have been so many people who've helped us," she said. "We'd like to say thank you and have a celebration all rolled into one."
Edited by Darrin Peschka
Greeks to raise roof, funds
Weekend garage sale to gather more money
Kansan staff writer
All 36 chapters will have members working on the project — the House that Greeks Built — from 8:30 a.m. to sunset Oct.15 to Oct.31.
It usually takes four months to build a house for Lawrence Habitat for Humanity. Next month, the University of Kansas greek community will build one in two weeks.
By Lori O'Toole
Although they have yet to don their tool belts and hardhats, members of the greek system have been raising the funds for the house since October.
Their fund-raising efforts will continue this weekend at a public garage sale at Centennial Elementary School, 2145 Louisiana St. Members will man the sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow and from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday.
Kyleen Hamill, appointed officer for the House that Greeks Built, said students donated garage sale items last semester when they moved out of chapter houses.
Greek members also collected items during the summer.
"We have so much stuff," she said. "It ranges from computer modems to dining room tables to carpets."
Since fund-raising began last year, greek members have raised about $22,000.
Hamill, Prairie Village junior, said that the greeks originally needed to raise $40,000 for the project but that they would have enough money because about 20 area businesses would be donating their building supplies.
Linda Klinker, Habitat for Humanity program director, said Lawrence resident Effie Presswood would purchase the house they built. Presswood has two daughters, 15-year-old Jennifer and 7-year-old Kiera.
She said Habitat for Humanity had been impressed with the work that greek members had done on the project.
"Effie is tickled to death about her new home," Klinker said.
Edited by Julia Nicholson
"They started with this idea a year and a half ago." Klinker said. "Since then, they've done 99 percent of the work by themselves."
Edwards expansion plan approved
Regents consult student leaders discuss funding
By Clay McCuistion writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Board of Regents approved preliminary plans yesterday for the University of Kansas to expand its Edwards campus in Kansas City.
"Before the University can go forward, you've got to get the Board of Regent's
The Regents met on the Pittsburg State University campus yesterday and Wednesday. They also passed an early plan for changing community college funding and received reports from committees and task forces.
The Edwards campus expansion is in its early stages.
approval," said Tom Hutton, director of University Relations. "It's the earliest of steps."
Hutton said the Kansas City, Kan., branch of the University had planned on expansion for some time.
"I think they were thinking in broader terms from the get-go," Hutton said. "It's been coming for the last three or four years."
Korb Maxwell, KU student body president, was in Pittsburgh as part of the Students' Advisory Committee and reported to the Regents yesterday.
The committee is made up of student body presidents from the six universities controlled by the Regents: the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Emporia State University, Wichita State University, Pittsburg State University and Fort Hays State University.
"I was pretty pensive going in." Maxwell said.
goals for the upcoming year:
Working with the Regents on university funding.
Putting in place a Regents-wide non-discrimination policy.
The committee set four
Studying nontraditional students throughout the Regents system.
Being involved in the Regents' discussions about residency requirements.
The nondiscrimination policy was in response to Emporia State University's decision during the 1998-99 school year to remove sexual orientation form a list of protected classifications at the university.
The Students' Advisory Committee was enthusiastic about the idea.
"I was nervous because we have a lot of very conservative schools," Maxwell said. "I'm just tickled to death on the whole thing."
"Those are important parts of this agenda," Wilcox said.
Because the University of Kansas already includes sexual orientation as a protected classification, the policy wouldn't affect the University.
The Regents also decided to change the Community College Funding formula and heard reports from the council of university presidents and a committee of faculty senate presidents.
Kim Wilcox, executive director of the Regents, said the input from committees such as Maxwell's was valuable.
"The rest was real routine business," Maxwell said. "It was a getting started meeting."
Heritage Month unites Hispanics
The Regents' next meeting will be from Oct. 13 to 14 at the main KU campus.
—Edited by Mike Loader
By Lesley Simmons
Kansan staff writer
Hispanic dancers and musicians will showcase their culture in front of the Kansas Union as a tribute to their heritage today.
These performances, which are from noon to 1 p.m. Fridays, and a lecture by Sandra Guzman, editor in chief of Latina Magazine on Oct. 1 are only a few of the highlights of Hispanic Heritage Month.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Hispanic Heritage Month began Wednesday and will continue until Oct.15.
"We want to promote the Hispanic culture," said Iranad Orduña, president of Hispanic American Leadership Organization. "This gives it a month to shine."
"Varias Culturas Unidas por Una Voz Different Cultures United by One Voice"
He said the events would give students who otherwise wouldn't know about Hispanic culture a chance to see different aspects of the Hispanic community.
"I learned a little more about my own culture," he said.
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Latin entertainment, noon today in front of the Kansas Union
Sofia Galarza Liu, vice-president of the organization, helped plan Heritage Month events. She said she had included events students were interested in, as well as standard events such as panels and a keynote speaker. She said Spencer Museum of Art and the Center of Latin American Studies had sponsored additional events in conjunction with Heritage Month.
Latin American Studies Merienda Lecture Series: "Diversity of Latinos" noon Thursday at the International Room in the Union
Latin entertainment, noon Sept. 24 in front of the Kennedy Union
front of the Kansas Union
* "Diversify of Expression in Latin
- "Diversity of Expression in Latin American Art" at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Spencer Museum of Art
Film "Art and Revolution in Mexico" at
Society for Creative Arts
Latin American Studies Merienda Lecture Series: "Education and Economic Devil"
Lecture Series: Education and Economic Development in a Quichua
Village" at noon Sept. 30 at the International Room in the Union
■ "Mexican Music of the 20th Century" 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at the art museum
- Tour, in Spanish at 2 p.m. Oct. 1 at the art museum
- Lecture by Sandra Guzman, editor in chief of Latina Magazine at 7 p.m. Oct.
1 at the Union Ballroom
- "Gender Transnationalism and Mexican Immigrants to Kansas" at 3 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Hall Center for the Humanities
- Latin American Studies Merienda Lecture Series: "Representations of Women in the Context of the Sandinista Period" at noon Oct. 14 at the International Union on Human Rights
- Latin Entertainment at noon Oct. 15 in front of the Union
Orduña said the primary purpose of Heritage Month was to add to the diversity of the University. The theme is "Varias Culturas Unidas por Una Voz: Different Cultures United by One Voice."
But Erica Andrade, Kansas City, Kan., senior in Latin American Studies, said it also made Hispanic students more comfortable at the University of Kansas.
"I think that around campus it's
hard to see Latino faces, because there aren't very many," she said.
She said the month-long celebration would give Hispanic students who weren't part of Hispanic American Leadership Organization the chance to know that there were more members of the minority on campus than one would think.
Ordúna, Pomona, Calif., junior, said he moved from a city where the majority of the people are Hispanic to Lawrence, where they are a minority.
"Having a group like HALO made it easier," he said. "It eased the transition."
- Edited by Chris Hopkins
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