UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 12, 1995
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Ribbons:
Students groups
oppose racism
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gone to bat on an issue and hasn't made progress. If we go as one mass, maybe something can be done so racism isn't a separated issue."
The idea for a day devoted to racism awareness started with the group Greeks for Responsible Education Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity, said Chad Perlov, Englewood, Colo., junior and G.R.E.E.C.S. member.
The racial incidents at Templin Hall and other issues such as the O.J. Simpson trial and the movement to get rid of Affirmative Action brought their focus to racism.
Perlov said he and other committee members had been brainstorming ideas at the beginning of the semester.
"It's really become a big issue; it's really taken a hold of the headlines," Perlov said. "There are people on campus who don't really have a sense of what the issues are that are going on. This is a pro-active way to raise awareness. We aren't waiting for a tragedy."
Working together on a project such as this is a step in the right direction to establish concrete ties between different groups on campus. Perlov said.
G. R.E.E.C.S. teamed with the KU Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination, a branch of Lawrence Alliance, which is an organization that focuses on the elimination of racism in Lawrence.
The three organizations and the city commission permanently set aside Oct. 11 as racism awareness day for each year.
"That in itself is a strong statement," DeRouen said.
The G.R.E.E.C.S. committee made 2,700 ribbons, which were handed out in front of Wesscoe Hall and the Kansas and Burge Unions.
Baskets of ribbons also were distributed among the residence halls, scholarship halls and greek houses.
The committee spent $300 on the event, Perlov said.
"We wanted to make a day so people can really see racism does exist. It is important to be aware to combat it," said Emily Reed, Santa Fe, N.M., junior and a representative from the multicultural affairs committee of Student Senate.
"I think it's fabulous," said Rochelle Votan, Lawrence junior, who picked up a ribbon on campus. "I think racism is kind of a shameful part of U.S. history. It's easier to ignore than to openly confront."
Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
Por su alegria, señores
Jose Martinez of the Mariachi Estrella plays the guitarron in front of the Kansas Union. The Mariachi Estrella, which performed yesterday during the lunch hour, was sponsored by the Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
House speaker addresses AFL-CIO
Shallenburger criticizes 'country club' spending by fellow Republicans
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — The son of a union steward who was elected GOP speaker of the House last year told labor leaders "country club Republicans" are as responsible for excessive government spending as Democrats.
Rep. Tim Shallenburger of Baxter Springs also told union activists last Thursday that he never crossed a picket line and that he shopping at a union grocery store in his hometown.
"We need to tell your message to more people in the Statehouse," he said at the biannual convention of the
"We need to tell your message to more people in the Statehouse."
Rep. Tim Shallenburger Speaker of the Kansas House
Kansas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). "The message of why you exist does not get told very
well in the hierarchy of the Republican Party."
Shallenburger unseated moderate Rep. Bob Miller last year as speaker last year. He replaced Miller, the first sitting speaker in history to lose reelection, by forging a conservative coalition among GOP House members.
"My election as speaker happened because of what happened in November," said Shallenburger, referring to the 1994 election that saw a strong surge of Republican conservatism nationwide.
Shallenburger said that he was not one of the country club Republicans who he believes have controlled the party. He also said that he believed organized labor had a place in the Statehouse.
Recovering student to return home
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE — A Kansas State university student who was severely beaten in an Ohio fraternity house in July may return home late next week, his father said.
Brad Harker, 20, is recovering from severe head injuries in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital. Doctors at Ohio State University Medical Center said he
should be released Oct. 13, said his father, Jav Harker.
Brad Harker, a Kansas State baseball player, was staying at the Triangle fraternity house on the Ohio State University campus while playing in a summer baseball league.
He lost four teeth in the July 16 attack, which still is being investigated by police.
He has been in a hospital rehabilitation facility since Sept. 22 and must continue to improve to be released by Friday, his father said.
"He knows the things he's doing well and the things he needs to work on," said Jay Harker. "He's up walking totally by himself. He's walking outdoors. He's in great shape."
Brad Harker will continue outpatient treatment when he returns to Kansas, his father said.
ATTACK: Woman escapes serious injury
brown hair and was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a sweatshirt, according to the report. The man was 40 to 50 pounds overweight and did not pursue her, the woman said.
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so big."
"He wasn't coming down the path toward me," she said. "He must have come out of the bushes."
"I just started screaming," she said. "I didn't think I had a chance because he was
The woman said she was unharmed for a few scratches on her chin and stiffness in her neck.
The woman said she had never seen the man before and didn't see him directly before before the attack.
"I never thought something like this would happen in the morning," she said. "What was he doing hiding in the bushes at 6 a.m.?"
The woman said she had taken the path many times and didn't feel unsafe despite the darkness.
Sgt. Rick Nickell of the Lawrence police department said the case was classified as a battery and was under investigation.
Class offers real-world investment experience
By Josh Yancey
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Members of a KU investment class are battling the stock market — and, for now, they're winning.
Applied Portfolio Management, a graduatelevel course in the School of Business taught on the Lawrence campus and the Regents Center in Overland Park, gives students real-world experience in investment.
They play with real money — $10,000 for each group of four students — and are given the freedom to trade any stock on the market. The students use money from a $238,000 donation from Kent McCarthy, a Kansas City, Mo., businessman who co-teaches the class.
So far, the market has not disappointed. The class has outperformed a national stock index by more than 10 percent.
However, the students don't keep the money. It goes back in to the investment pool for future classes to use.
"We've been doing pretty well," said Philip Mar-
Lawrence graduate student who attends the class at the Regents Center. "We do our own research and get the freedom to trade anything we want. The investing process is a great learning process."
"We do our own research and get the freedom to trade anything we want."
Class members' portfolios are compared to Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, a stock-price average similar to the Dow Jones industrial average that gives a general indication of market activity. From Dec. 31, 1994 to Aug. 31, 1995, the class outperformed the S&P 500 by 10.4 percent, gaining 34.7 percent, compared to S&P 500's growth of 24.3 percent.
Philip Martin Lawrence graduate student
The portfolio has grown almost 57 percent since the class began in December 1993 — a time-weighted growth of about $150,000, said Scott Jones, teaching assistant for the class.
Jones said the 18-member class was graded according to how hard the students worked not necessarily how much money they made.
"As it is in the investment world, the amount of work you do usually isn't equal to how much money you make." he said.
The class uses a money-market account to purchase the stock through a broker. The system is similar to a bank account. The broker holds the investment money and pays interest on unused funds.
McCarthy, who is also a distinguished executive lecturer at KU, and Jack Gaumnitz, professor of business, teach the class.
McCarthy is a KU graduate and was a vice president at Goldman Sachs, a San Francisco investment firm, before starting KCM Investments in Kansas City, Mo.
Profits made from stocks are returned to the investment pool. A fixed portion also goes to the Charles and Marie McCarthy Basketball Scholarship, in honor of McCarthy's parents.
McCarthy praised the students' success and investment techniques.
"We have been really pleased and consider ourselves lucky for the portfolio's performance," he said. "Good performance is nice but certainly is not the primary purpose of the course."
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