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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 29, 1991
Overlapping Holidays
Debbie Antes, left, and Barbara Didelel, employees of Prairie Patches, 811 Massachusetts St., work on a Christmas window display. The two were preparing yesterday for the store's holiday preview.
ON CAMPUS
- OAKS - Non-Traditional Students
Organization will meet for lunch at 1:30 a.m. today at Alcove I in the Kansas Union.
- Society of East Asian Studies will sponsor a tour at 4 p.m. today of the Asian art section at Spencer Art Museum
Kansas Ultimate Frisbee Club will meet at 4:40 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
University of Kansas Anime will meet at p.6.m. at room 315 in the
Art and Design Building
Students Against Hunger will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in
Amnesty International will meet
today at Alcove B in the
Kapengoo Valley.
■ The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor a program titled "Sexual Harassment" at 7 a.m. on the Legislatorial Room in the Kansas Union
VOICE, campus peace organization, will meet at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas will sponsor a support group at 7:30tonight. Contact the GLSOK office at 864-3091 for location.
Students for Life will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
Fencing Club will meet at 8:30 tonight at 130 Robinson Center.
People should learn to say 'no' to harassment, professor urges
By Mauricio Rios
Kansan staff writer
Silence perpetuates sexual harassment, a KU professor said.
"People assume that silence means it's OK, but it is wrong," said Joe Ritze.
Reitz, who discussed sexual harassment with students in his Human Behavior and Organization course in 2013. He expressed the importance of speaking out.
But because women and men are socialized differently, sexual harassment is more common.
"Men are socialized to be influenc-
ed," she said. "Women have no
been socialized."
Women endure situations they do not like but do not speak out. he said.
Reitz said men were used to speaking out when they did not like some
"People are harassed. People are intimidated. People are threatened," he said. "Nobody should do it, but the fact is that they do it."
"You have the responsibility to say, I don't like that." he said.
Women need to be less subtle and more direct, Reitz said.
muteRect, need.sha
"When you try to be subtle, then the
People need be brave and face the risk of speaking out,be said.
"There is a risk in reporting a crime, in reporting wrongdoing and in saying 'no,' he said. "That is the price we pay for freedom."
Students in his class also discussed the different perceptions of what constitutes sexual harassment, Reitz said.
He said that although most of the students came up with the same definition of sexual harassment, they gave different examples.
Reitz said that from a male's point of view, sexual harassment related more to demanding sexual favors. From a female's point of view, sexual harassment may include more subtle actions.
*Women may be resentful of more subtle things like looks, names they wear.*
Reitz said that hanging a Playboy
calendar on a wall could be offensive to some women and might be considered sexual harassment.
Fowler said she thought that women today were more willing and more free to stand up for their rights.
Angela Fowler, a Topeka junior who is in the class, said sexual harassment was subjective. Men have a different perception of harassment than women, she said.
I can tell you the men and women should say "no" to harassment.
Mike Fashion, a Lawrence senior who is also in the class, said that in avoiding sexual harassment, it was important to maintain a distance between professional and social lives.
Dave Connec, a Madison, Wis., senior in the class, said he had not realized how little things could be defined as sexual harassment.
"Even looking at someone can be "even as sexual harassment," Conne said.
Black women's group built on community service
By Shelly Solon Special to the Kansan
To most students, the word UJIMA is meaningless. Most faculty members are unfamiliar with it. Some Lawrence residents have yet to hear the word.
However, for a group of African-American women at the University of Kansas, the word UJIMA has distinct meaning.
UJIMA is Swahili for collective work and responsibility. It also is the name of an African-American women's organization formed last year by four women at KU.
One of UJIMA's primary functions is community service. With about 30 members, UJIMA meets almost every day and campus activities and programs.
Cassandra Turner, Lawrence senior, is one of the organization's founders.
UJIMA is working on volunteer programs with Hannah's House Foundation and Light House Home For Unwed Mothers. Both of these organizations are homes for pregnant teen-agers, and families Y., Y., sooibomore and UJIMA member.
Norma Norman, associate director of minority affairs, is the UJIMA sponsor.
The organization was founded on the goal to build and maintain community and to work with Black females through mentorship, tutoring, volunteering and community and campus activities," she said.
Other community organizations that UJIMA works with are Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, United Way of Cass County and the Salvation Army.
In addition to volunteer work, UJIMA sponsors campus programs.
The group will release a calendar this year featuring African-American
Norman said that other activities would include speeches and entertainment by African-American women.
annual women's conference next semester.
Aside from programs and activities, UJIMA focuses on developing character.
"Sisterhood is the main idea, but another key idea is self-development through intellectual, spiritual and emotional growth," Norman said.
UJIMA plans to sponsor its second
Turner said she thought that bringing African-American women together was important.
"We hope to form a bond with each other and have an understanding of each other as individuals," Turner said.
Turner said she thought the group had helped develop other aspects of her character.
"Being part of the group has enhanced my leadership skills," she said.
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Thank You for pomping us up and being awarded 1st place.
Love, the men of Theta Chi
Homecoming 1991
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