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Talent show serves as means to convey 'Genius of Women'
BY JESSICA WICKS jwicks@kansan.com
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Jasmine Pasimio performing a song she wrote herself called "Not Afraid." Pasimio came to the university as a tombow, but discovered it was OK to be a woman.
Students recognized a female beauty not found in magazines at the 'Genius of Women' talent show on Friday and Saturday nights in the Kansas Union.
Robert Rebori, Shawnee Mission freshman, said he hoped the show would help students look beyond social and physical messages to see the innate and universal beauty of women.
"Sometimes, at universities, the brilliance of what it means to be a woman is forgotten." Rebori said.
Women offered various performances to display this brilliance, and men displayed talents to show appreciation for the women in their lives.
A Pope John Paul II encyclical inspired the message, but the show was meant for people of all beliefs. The message was simply that women are universally awesome, but with a real sense of awe.
Maria Thorson, a graduate student on the production team, said that some feminist perspectives today could often degrade women.
"We offer a way for people of all belief backgrounds to engage in a discussion about
and live to the same expectations of men. She said that as a result, she became a tomboy. It was not until she came to the University of Kansas that she realized it was okay just to be a woman.
"I am, as a woman, outside of what society seems to demand of women," Pasimio said.
"Sometimes, at universities, the brilliance of what it means to be a woman is forgotten."
ROBERT REBORI
Shawnee Mission freshman
what it really means to be a woman in this culture," Therson said.
Jasmine Pasimio, KU alumna, performed two songs on her guitar, one of which she wrote herself. Pasimio said that as a young woman, she felt like society expected her to be strong, have a career
Pasimi o said that the song she performed, "When You Believe" by Stephen Schwartz, really struck a chord when she looked at the words, because it showed a rare form of
femininity. She said that all women are in some way called to be mothers. Not all women should have a child, she said, but all women had an innate need to nurture.
"Never be afraid of being a woman," Pasimio said. "And for men, never be afraid to accept a woman as she is."
Scott Rettedal performed a song he wrote for his mother when he left home called "Carry You," then a song for all women called "Flesh of My Flesh."
"This is what Adam said when he first met Eve," Rettadal said "And men have been singing about her ever since."
The show not only showcased the love of women by men, but many different types of love among women.
Jelayna DaSilva, St. Catharines, Ontario, senior, performed a tribute that she made for her grandmother's funeral. The performance shared memories of her grandmother's visits and ended at her deathbed. Then DaSilva started singing the song her grandmother always sang to her: "The Way You Look Tonight."
"This show kind of chose me," DaSilva said. "The audition flyer caught my eye because of the words 'Genius of Women.' That is how I remembered my grandmother."
Edited by Daniel Reyes
INTERNATIONAL
Militants kill 3 in attack on Afghan president; Taliban claims responsibility
Relatives carry the body of Nasir Ahmad Lateef, a local Shiite leader, who was killed in a attack against the Afghan President Hamid Karzal during a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary against the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday.
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BY AMIR SHAH ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their target but killing three and wounding eight others.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault that sent President Hamid Karzai and foreign ambassadors scurrying for cover, underscoring the fragile grip of his U.S.-backed government.
Gunmen opened fire as a 21-gun salute echoed over the capital at an anniversary ceremony to mark the mujahedeen victory over the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Hundreds of people, including army and police that had formed an honor guard inspected by Karzai minutes earlier, fled in chaos as shots rang out. The president was hustled away, surrounded by bodyguards, and left in a convoy of four black SUVs.
The gunfire apparently came from a three-story guesthouse, popular with migrant laborers, about 300 yards from the stands where Karzai was seated alongside Cabinet ministers and senior diplomats,'who all escaped unharmed. A U.S. Embassy official confirmed U.S. Ambassador William Wood was also not hurt.
A lawmaker who was about 30 yards from the president was killed in the attack.
Residents reported that a 30-minute gunbattle broke out between security forces and gunmen holed up in the guesthouse, located in a neighborhood of ruined mud brick buildings.
Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak said three attackers were killed by security forces,
and assault rifles and machine guns were confiscated.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujjaheed said six militants were deployed to target the president, and three of those militants died in the attack. He said they were armed with guns, rockets and suicide vests although no suicide bombings were reported.
The initial moments of the attack, which came as a marching band played the finale of the national anthem, were broadcast live until TV transmissions were cut. Hundreds of dignitaries could be seen diving for cover. Two law-makers were hit by the gunfire. One of the men slumped back in his seat, while the other lay on the ground.
Less than two hours later, Karzai appeared on state-run TV and said "everything is OK."
Appearing calm, Karzai said "the enemy of Afghanistan" tried to disrupt the ceremony but was thwarted by security forces. He said several suspects were arrested and smiled as he signed off his brief recorded statement.
About 100 people were rounded up for questioning, an Afghan intelligence official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
Associated Press reporters saw a half dozen people, who appeared to be migrant laborers from northern Afghanistan, sitting in the back of a police van outside the guesthouse, which was pocked with bullet holes. Windows were smashed, and police barred the reporters from entering.
The militant attack, the first in the capital since mid-March, came despite unprecedented tight security for Sunday's celebrations. In January, three Taliban suicide attackers hit Kabul's upscale Serena Hotel, killing eight people, including an American.
For days Kabul was ringed by checkpoints with security forces and plainclothes intelligence officials searching vehicles. The area where the ceremonies took place had been blocked by troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers, and was closed to the general public.
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