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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 12, 1994
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Project hopes to involve students in volunteering
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Amber Hughes wants KU students to get out into the streets and volunteer.
"Volunteering allows students to make the Lawrence community their own," said Hughes, Colby senior. "Students can give something back to the community they live in."
Hughes is the coordinator of "Into the Streets," a weeklong community service project that will begin Monday. The program, which places student volunteers in local agencies, is sponsored by the Center for Community Outreach, a community service organization created by Student Senate.
The center will have informational tables today and tomorrow in front of Wescoe Hall and inside the Kansas Union for people interested in volunteering for the project.
"Into the Streets" was created by the center in 1990. The project was designed to get students involved in
community service programs throughout the Lawrence area.
Hughes said volunteering was a good service that KU students could offer, and this project was a way for them to take the initiative.
Everyone involved in this year's project has been working since last semester to plan the event. she said.
"We want to get more people involved this year than last year," she said.
Last year the project had over 200 volunteers.
Hughes said many of the agencies involved in the project had allowed students to do hands-on volunteer work.
The agencies, such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters and Trinity Respite Care, need help in areas such tutoring and cleaning, she said
"The work is fun for KU students because it is more than clerical work." Hughes said.
She said she hoped to get students to involve themselves in volunteering on a regular basis once the event
"Many of the agencies we work with are national agencies," she said. "After graduation students would be able to volunteer at the same agency in a different city."
was over.
Becky Sapinski, co-coordinator of the project, said the recruitment so far had been successful.
Sapinski, Milwaukee junior, worked at an information table in the Union yesterday.
Yesterday, Haleh Taghavi,
Teheran, Iran, senior, received information from the table about different community service projects she could get involved in.
"A lot of people have come to the table with interest about the programs," she said. "I hope by the end of the week more people, who otherwise don't care about volunteering, will get involved."
"I signed up to do three different things," she said. "I enjoy community service, and I try to get involved in it as much as I can."
Hispanic classes broaden horizons
New perspectives language result
By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
For Laura Cea, Kansas City, Mo. junior, taking two classes about Hispanic culture has broadened her education immensely.
"When I would see people from other countries come here, I didn't know why they were here," she said. "The Hispanic classes I take help me see that many of them came here because they were trying to escape from wars and poverty."
Cea, who took a Chicano literature class in the spring semester and is taking a modern Latin American class this semester, is one of many Hispanic-American students who take classes about Hispanic culture and language.
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"I took the classes because I wanted to know more about other Latin American cultures and people," she said.
Raymond Souza, professor or Spanish, said that many students taking his classes were Hispanic American.
"Some of them take my classes to fulfill requirements for their majors," he said. "But many others take my classes to learn more about their cultures."
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In many cases, the students don't know much about their cultures, Souza said. But, most ethnic minorities in the United States reach a point
where they decide which culture to embrace: the one that makes up their ethnic backgrounds or the American culture.
Many students now are leaning toward their ethnic backgrounds, Souza said.
"For some it's like being on a seesaw," Souza said.
"There is more interest in retaining the language than before," he said. "One reason why is that more bilingual education is being offered. Another is where the world is going with its move toward a global economy."
Retaining language is why Myra Fernandez, Liberty, Mo., sophomore, is taking Spanish classes. Fernandez, whose parents can speak Spanish but not fluently, said she wanted to be closer to her culture.
"I want to understand it better," she said. "I regret not having my mother teach me when I was a child."
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Racial slurs found on door of two KU football players
Kansan staff report
Racial slurs were written Monday afternoon on the front door of an apartment on the fifth floor of the Jayhawker Towers, KU police reported.
Police said the letters "KKK" were smeared on the door in egg and mustard, and the word "Nigger" was spelled out with cloth tape.
The residents of the room, both KU football players, said they did not know who had vandalized their door.
"It bothers me that it happened, but I'm not worried," said Robert Reed, Kansas City, Kan., junior. "My roommate, Maurice, noticed it first. It must have happened while we were at practice."
His neighbors said they did not see anything, Reed said.
"We don't know who or why someone did it," he said.
The incident occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., police said. Sgt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU police said this was the first incident of this type of vandalism he could remember this semester.
Police still are investigating the case and did not have any suspects. Damage to the door was estimated at $10.
KU vs. K-State game day brought damage to 31 vehicles
Kansan staff report
The aftereffects of Thursday's football game between Kansas and Kansas State still are being felt by KU students, their families and friends.
As of yesterday, KU police knew of 31 incidents of damage to cars parked on campus during the game.
"It looks like they went after anything that had KU written on it," said Sgt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU police. "They just grabbed things and ripped them off."
As of yesterday, seven reports had been filed with KU police, but Schuyler said he had been informed of 31 incidents
The damage occurred throughout the day and was concentrated in the parking lot of Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, KU police said. Total damage and stolen goods from the seven reports were valued at $334.
Most of the damage reported occurred to license plate frames that had Kansas Jayhawk logos printed on them. The frames were torn off cars and left in the parking lot, Schuyler said. He said it looked like most of the damage was done quickly as people walked past cars.
Schuyler said no arrests have been made, but KU police still are investigating the incidents.
SenEx votes to broaden appeal rights
Bv David Wilson
Kansan staff writer
Not so fast, the council said
John Davidson, professor of physics and astronomy and a member of the committee, said landlordtenant laws weren't designed for student housing situations.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, asked Senate Executive Committee to streamline the Department of Student Housing's grievance appeals process.
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SenEx decided to keep the option of appealing to the Judicial Board. Students with unresolved grievances must first appeal to Ken Stoner, director of student housing, then to the Office of Student Affairs and finally to the Judicial Board.
"There are a lot of things the Landlord-Tenant Act doesn't address, such as running through the halls at midnight," he said.
Ambler said breaches of housing contracts should be considered under landlord-tenant law and should be settled by civil courts.
Landlord-tenant laws also do not address whether students can put offensive material on their doors, said Sherman Reeves, student body president.
Murrow, who was a freshman last year, was kicked out of Templin Hall after a string of incidents that included dropping his pants in front of a female security monitor and his posting of a sign on his door that read, "Homosexuals suck."
Murrow, who now lives in Kansas City, Kan., asked the Judicial Board last month to consider his request for a tuition reimbursement.
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The appeal never should have gone that far, Ambler said last month after he sent his memo to SenEx. Ambler said appeals to the Judicial Board would prolong the presence of a disruptive student in a residence hall—a violation of other residents' rights.
But Reeves said Amber's request would narrow students' rights.
And after considering Ambler's request, SenEx voted yesterday to expand it.
"The proposal did not allow students due process," he said. "That's not to say that we don't agree with Dr. Amber that these things should be worked out at a lower level. But sometimes, they can't."
In a memo to SenEx in August, Ambler said unresolved grievances between students and the Department of Student Housing — such as last year's expulsion of Dan Murrow, a student who used to live in Templin Hall — should not be appealed to the Judicial Board, the university's highest arbitration council.
Student senator Ken Martin said SenEx would require the new appeals process to be included in the student housing contract.
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"We may see more appeals," he said. But Ambler said he expected most cases to be resolved within student housing.
"It's been a rarity that these cases aren't resolved at the student housing level," he said. "But anybody who wants to tie up the system can."
Ambler denied that his recommendation narrowed student rights.
"Due process doesn't mean it has to be handled like a federal case," he said.
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