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ABOVE, Erica Hawthorne, 2001 KU graduate, performs Thursday afternoon in Woodruff Auditorium as part of the Black Leadership Symposium. Students from Kansas City-area high schools were invited to the University to learn about leadership and college opportunities. Hawthorne lives in Philadelphia and is CEO of her own business.
RIGHT, The Black Leadership Symposium was planned to encourage black high school students to attend college. "It shows a lot of people have options with higher education even though they might not be considering it," Wichita senior Cherie Moose said. Moose was a member of the student panel who shared their personal experiences in college.
》 BLACK LEADERSHIP
Area students learn options for education
BY MATT LINDBERG
mlindberg@kansan.com
Pamela Scott, associate director of Multi-Cultural Affairs, said the event informed students about college and offered keys to success in the future.
On Wednesday 350 black students from Kansas City-area high schools visited the University of Kansas. They attended the 22nd annual Black Leadership Symposium designed to encourage students to attend college.
"We just want to get information out to high school students about college and it doesn't necessarily mean KU," Scott said. "We're talking about college, a college education and how it is so instrumental to success in the future. We're raising awareness of opportunity."
During the symposium, high school students learned about leadership and possible post-high school careers. The event featured guest speakers that included Erica Hawthorne. She is CEO of a private company and works as a performing artist. A panel of KU students shared their personal college experiences.
Cherie Moose, panelist and Wichita senior, attended the event when she was a high school senior. Moose said although she had already planned to attend college, she remembered the event being helpful because it gave information high school students wouldn't otherwise receive.
University entertainment groups that performed were Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma Unity Hip-Hop squad, Zeta Phi Beta and Inspirational Gospel Voices.
"It it shows a lot of people have options with higher education even though they might not be considering it," Moose said. She said it was rewarding to come back as a panelist and encourage her younger peers to enroll.
Kasey Cullors, Wichita senior, was one of the student coordinators of the event. She said it took nearly two months to plan it and that students were chosen by their high schools based on GPA performance. He said he wanted students to have an open mind after the event.
"My hope is students really gain insight to college and what it's about," Cullors said.
Edited by Rachael Gray
BUSINESS
Serving something new
Encore Café, a new restaurant at 1007 Massachusetts that opened Monday, offers a variety of food from smoothies to pineapple fried rice.
Encore also has bubble tea, milkshakes, salads and entrees such as wonton egg noodles and curry dishes. The restaurant has a laid-back atmosphere, and customers order
at the counter, so they can carry food out or eat there.
Encore will also have a karaoke room that will be opening in a month or two. Once the restaurant has a liquor license, they will begin serving alcoholic drinks, and students will be able to use the karaoke room for functions or just for fun.
Katherine Loeck/KANSAN
Encore Café opens its door this week at 1007 Massachusetts St. The restaurant offers famous dishes and drinks from a variety of Asian countries.
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Hillel to celebrate Shabbat with the less fortunate in mind
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Hillel, a Jewish student organization on campus, has hosted an open Shabbat dinner for the past six years.
This year, Hillel decided to add to the event by having a canned food drive and
raffle.
All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend a traditional Jewish service followed by a free Shabbat feast. Events start at 6 p.m. Friday.
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Panel to scrutinize world climate policy
CAMPUS
Researchers at the University of Kansas and experts from around the world will convene on campus Saturday to discuss U.S. policies toward global climate change.
"Facts, Ideas and U.S. Climate Change Policy: A Conference on Climate Change" will feature a panel of experts from a variety of fields. They will make presentations and debate research as they work to make new recommendations for policymakers.
The conference will be open to the public and will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday in 104 Green Hall.
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Civil rights leader honored
DOLE INSTITUTE
Civil rights activist and U.S. Congressman John Lewis will visit the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on Sunday to receive the Dole Leadership Prize.
The award was created by Sen. Bob Dole to highlight the honorable side of politics through public service. Dole wanted to award a politician and an American hero.
As one of the youngest leaders in the civil rights movement, Lewis participated in sit-ins, Freedom Rides and marches. In March 1965, Lewis was brutally attacked by a state trooper in the Selma to Montgomery march on a day later known as "Bloody Sunday." Lewis still works for human rights and civil liberties in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lewis
Jonathan Earle, Dole Institute interim director, said if students only went to one event at the institute this year, it should be this event. Earle said Lewis was an unique American hero that could inspire students with his history.
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