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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 16, 1999
Organizers desire old Homecoming traditions, bonfire
By Emily Hughey writer@kanson.com Kansan staff writer
The weekend when all the old Jayhawks come back to visit is approaching.
Members of Student Union Activities, Student Alumni Association and Board of Class Officers are trying to change that.
Every year there's a game, a parade and a few floats, but beyond that. Homecoming is just another weekend at the University of Kansas.
Reviving traditions and enhancing spirit and participation are on the organizations' improvements list. But, after a month of planning and only two weeks to go, they agree on at least one thing — this year's Homecoming Oct. 2 will be good, but not as big as they'd like.
Trisha Harma, junior class treasurer, has been involved in planning Homecoming for the past two years. She said that she had seen the magnitude of Homecoming celebrations at universities such as Kansas State University and Notre Dame University and that the University's events paled in comparison. Although she said this year at the University would be better than the last, she said there was a long way to go.
"Homecoming is such a big time of year for people to come back for the game and just enjoy the school," Harma said. "It's such a school where we take so much pride in traditions and the school itself. It just kills me to see it's not that big a deal."
Although she said she was eager about the events, she said the University needed to spend more time planning.
"I feel like we just need more planning time and more communication." Harma said. "We just started working on Homecoming a couple weeks ago and other universities plan all year long."
Stacy Chain, special events coordinator and Homecoming promotions chair for SUA, said in order to make Homecoming a bigger event, there needed to be more cooperation among the administration, community and students. She said she had heard about schools halting classes to encourage attendance at the parade, a proposal she was wanting to make.
"This is the kind of celebration that should include the whole town," Chain said. "With more attendance, it would
help. This year it's going to require a lot of University cooperation. I'm not only asking them to release students from class, I'm asking them to participate."
All students and student organizations are invited to create floats for the parade at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1. At the parade, ExC.E.L. award winners will be honored, Terry Allen will address the crowd and the floats will be judged.
Harma said the planning committee was developing new ideas to heighten excitement about the parade, including a tentative tailgate party on the Campanile Hill for the float design winners and displaying the winning floats on the field at halftime.
"We're trying to think of some things this year to make the competition bigger and we're hoping it will create more excitement if you win," she said. "We're hoping to get the two winning floats on the field at the game so people can see them."
Andrea Troutman, vice president of university relations for Student Alumni Association, said additional plans were in the works as well.
"We're trying to work in maybe a bonfire, but we're not really sure yet," she said. "We're talking to the fire department and trying to find a place to have it."
The bonfire is traditionally held before the Kansas State game, but Chain said that this year the committee wanted to bring back the pre-Homecoming bonfire tradition. However, she said she was having trouble finding a place to have it. Historically, the bonfire has been held in the pit behind the south end zone at Memorial Stadium, but because of renovations, the prospects looked grim.
"It used to be a Homecoming tradition that's fizzled out," Chain said. "The University is not too keen on setting a big fire right by the new MegaVision. That's probably not happening."
Nevertheless, she said this year was a stepping stone toward bigger Homecoming festivities in the future.
"I think we're on our way. It's going to take a while to get everyone into Homecoming," Chain said. "Hopefully down the road, we'll get an increase in attendance and entrance into the parade."
Sex, guns, and ballroom dancing
Edited by Katrina Hull
Continued from page 1A
Lacy Haynes, Oberlin freshman, said he took a ballroom dancing class this semester because a girl asked him to be her partner.
from other classes.
Lenoir said attendance was absolutely mandatory in dance classes because the techniques could not be learned from books outside of class.
“It’s nice to do even though I had no prior experience,” he said. “It was a good experience for me.”
"Learning dance is all about repetition," he said.
On the other side of the spectrum from dance classes is George Lottes' Basic Firearms class. Lottes has taught the class, which allows students to expand their knowledge about
guns, for three semesters. "It's an interesting class for students to take," he said. "A lot of them want to know more about gun safety."
Lottes said that he not only taught his students how to work, clean and operate guns safely, but also that he provided a historic angle in his lectures.
"They learn about historic and modern firearms," he said. "All the guns we use are legal."
Devin Zell, Newstrawn senior, said he would be interested in taking Lottes' class.
Dennis Dailey's class, Human Sexuality, is one of several out-of-the ordinary classes offered. Photo illustration by Nick Krug/KANSAN
"I can see myself in the future going on a hunting trip," he said. "I'd like to have more knowledge because it's been a while since I've handled a weapon."
The class is limited to 20 students per semester and is mainly comprised of men. Lottes said students would receive National Rifle Association certification after passing the class.
"It's not a political class, it's strictly an informational class," he said. "We just help them use guns in a safe manner, not a violent manner."
—Edited by Chris Hutchison
KU nurse midwife program born in KC
Grant money intended to improve health care
By Amber Stuever
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas School of Nursing has received a $1.3 million grant to develop a graduate nurse midwife program that will be under way in the summer of 2000.
The nursing school will collaborate with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Fort Hays State Univefsity and Wichita State University to develop the first program of its kind in the state.
Nurse midwife programs already are established in schools such as the universities of Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota and Texas, and have been growing in demand across the nation, said Anne Schorfheide, associate professor at the school and the midwife program director.
She said the school hoped to admit six students to the University's first program.
DeeAnne Urish, a registered nurse in Lawrence, had her two children delivered by nurse midwives and plans to go through the University's nurse midwife program herself in the future.
"I think that the number of midwives is growing, and I think it's just a wonderful opportunity to have a program so close to Lawrence and Kansas," she said.
"We've had an increasing interest in this for some time even before we finalized plans to do this," Schorfheide said.
The grant was financed by the U.S. Health and Resources and Services Administration.
The purpose of the Kansas Collaborative Bi-State Nurse Midwifery Education Program is to improve health care access for underserved populations in the state. According to a KU Medical Center press release, 64 counties in Kansas are designated by the state as medically underserved, leaving many women without prenatal care.
Many Kansas counties struggle with infant mortality rates higher than the national average. For example, Wyandotte County has a death rate of 11.9 deaths per 1,000 births, and Sedgwick County has 9.2 per 1,000.The national rate is 9 per 1,000.
"Midwives have traditionally been effective in working with the underserved areas in changing some of those statistics." Schorfheide said.
Graduates of the program will offer care dealing not only with childbirth, but also with the postpartum period, newborn care, gynecological exams, family planning and primary care. Nurse midwives manage the health care of women and newborns while providing emotional support and empowerment during pregnancy.
"I feel like they treat pregnancy as a normal process and not a sickness, and they really encourage you to learn about yourself and your pregnancy before birth," Urish said.
The program offers options for baccalaureate-prepared nurses and those seeking post-master's education. Full-time students can complete the master's program in two years and the post-master's program in one year.
Starting salaries for nurse midwives are almost double those of a non-specialized nurse, Schorfheide said.
Urish said she was glad there would be a program in Kansas.
I think people are looking really closely at health care these days and managed care, and I think nurse midwifery may be a program women in particular will turn to," she said.
Edited by Chris Hutchison
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