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University Daily Kansan/October 11, 1991
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Class of 2000 sees KU
Fourth-graders from Hillcrest Elementary School meet Dana Leibengood, associate dean of journalism.
By Stephanie Patrick
Hillcrest students are the focus of ongoing book
Fourth-graders from Hillcrest Elementary School yesterday learned a little about the School of Chemistry more about their new friends at KU.
Special to the Kansan
The students are part of Project 2000, a class exercise of Diane Lazaringo's promotional writing class
While touring Stauffer-Flint Hall, the elementary students learned how a newspaper is designed and how newspaper装裝 are placed in the paper.
The project matches members of the class of 2000 from Hillcrest with KU promotional writing students for a series of books that will chronicle the children's lives until high school graduation.
It was the first time the Hillcrest
"I learned that they do papers 100 times faster than they used to," said Jamie Dillon. 10.
class had visited the KU campus.
The project, now 5 years old, began when the students entered kindergarten, and is expected to follow them until they graduate in 2000.
He said that his favorite part of the field trip was missing school but that he also enjoyed spending time with her. He joined Jo Marks, Creve Coeur, M., junior.
Every year a new group of KU students participates in the project, Lazarino said.
"It's like a yearbook, but it is more involved," Marks said.
The KU students met the elementary class for the first time last week. I learned that the five years ago
Lazzi尔 said that five years ago she saw a newspaper photo of young
students with shirts that said "Class of 2000." She thought that chronicling a group of children through school until the year 2000 would be a good project.
Since then, Lazzarino has tried to get her students to think of this year's book written with elementary students as a promotional exercise.
"We can think of the class as a product." Lazzarino said.
Through the years, her students have done most of the writing themselves. The previous books focus on the class as a whole.
HALO sponsors law forum
The elementary students now are mature enough to participate more in the writing process, she said.
"They are getting older and their books are starting to reflect themselves." she said.
Law professors and attorneys share wisdom with students
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Christine Argello had tunnel vision
"My view of it was that you had to be rich, you had to go to prep school and have good grades."
Arguello, who is inherent first year of teaching law at the University of Kansas, said that when she was young, nothing could deter her from graduating from Harvard Law School.
As a young Hispanic-American female, she said she knew her strong grades would have helped her graduate.
Unlike Arguello, another panelist, Albert Bierdoa, who was a high school dropout, had taught a 12-year-old girl at the
Arguello was one of four panelists who spoke to students last night at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union about the challenges and responsibilities of Hispanic Americans in the United States.
The most important part of a career is to enjoy the work. Herdoiza said. He said he hummed in the shower every morning thinking about the cases he would deal with at his practice.
But after reading a novel about a lawyer, he decided to study law at the University of Kansas and now runs his own law practice in Kansas City, Mo.
"I think that if you really decide that you want to do something, no one can stop you," he
District Judge Carlos Murgaña, who also was part of the forum sponsored by the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization, said that when he was first-year KU law student, Herdoiza, an upper-class law student, gave him helpful advice.
Murgia, who was an attorney before he became a judge, prepared and then served on the bench. It was important
an undergraduate and law student, was joined on the panel by his brother Ramon Murguia, an attorney in private practice.
Ramon Murguia said that in a law firm, finding a mentor could be very important in getting ahead.
"Otherwise you get left out," he said. "You get left out of the loon."
During the discussion, Ramon Murgua said his difficult time at Harvard Law School was eased when he joined a Hispanic-American group on campus.
Murguia, who studied at the University as
"For two weeks I didn't see any other Hispanic students," he said. "I felt like I knew somebody finally."
Louie Lopez, president of HALO, said the advice about studying and practicing law had been helpful.
Lawyer uses Hispanic heritage to advantage
He said the forum was organized to inform law and pre-law students and to provide Hispanic-American students with role models.
Kansan staff writer
By Melissa Rodgers
In fourth grade in the small railroad town of Thatcher, Colo.. Christine Arguello decided she wanted to become a school teacher.
In fact, Harvard was the only law school she applied to after receiving her undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1980 from the University of Colorado.
In seventh grade, she happened to read a magazine article about lawyers. The article specifically mentioned Harvard Law School. She decided at that moment she wanted to be a lawyer and that she wanted to attend Harvard, she said.
Arguello, who is now a KU law school professor, mother of two and Harvard Law school graduate, has broken many stereotypes.
She got married her freshman year at CU, and in 1977 she and her husband graduated from CU with elementary education degrees. She received her law degree from Harvard.
After graduating from Harvard, Arguello was an attorney in Miami for five years before returning to Colorado Springs to practice law.
Arguello, who specialized in bankruptcy and commercial litigation, was the first minority to become a partner in the prestigious Denver-based law firm. Holland and
Hart
She was also the first Hispanic to be hired by any of the four biggest law firms in Denver.
Being Hispanic was an advantage, Arguelo said.
"At times, I had to be twice as good as the next person," she said. "I used it positively
Instead of getting upset, she was determined to be better than everyone else, she
Arguello's parents, who did not graduate from high school, considered education important, she said. Arguello's father, a railroad laborer, matched the money she made working at an A&W restaurant to pay for her education.
After finishing college, she and her husband felt very settled, she said. The only thing that uprooted them was her acceptance into the college school. In 1977, the Argello's moved to Boston.
Since she had not attended prestigious prep schools, she realized she would need outstanding grades to be admitted into Harvard, Arguello said.
Arguello credits much of her success to her husband, Ron Arguello. He teaches sixth grade at New York Elementary School, 936 New York St.
Some of the Arruello's friends, especially some of the Hispanic men, did not understand
Ron Arguelo said he had no problems coping with her success.
how Ron Arguello couldallow his wife to pursue such a high-level career, Arguello said. This was one of the Hispanic machismo attitude, shesaid.
Christine Arguello
"I was delighted
she was accepted into Harvard, "he said. "I would not stand in the way of her career."
"I want KU law students to be able to look
and say I made an impact on them as an
audience."
After practicing law for 11 years, Arguelo
died. She always had wanted to teach, she said.
she always had wanted to teach, she said.
"She brings real-world litigating experience into the class, and she asks tough touqs
Brad Harvey, a first-year law student in Arguello's contracts course, said her class was challenging.
Arguello, who received the 1991 Hispanic of the Year Award in Colorado and was involved in the Colorado Springs community, often wonders where she would be if she had not read the magazine article about law school.
Speaker urges audience to re-evaluate opinions of Columbus, his legacy
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
Columbus had it backward. Dan Wildcatsaid.
"We're asking you to change your view of Columbus and his legacy," said Wildcat, who heads the team. He also leads social sciences at Haskell Indian Junior College.
Wildcat spoke to about 40 people last night at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. and the coming quincentennial celebration of his 1929 voyage.
"What can we say almost 500 years later?" Wildcat said. "I think there needs to be a lot of dialogue and a lot of discussion as we gear up for the occasion. Maybe we need to rethink the notion of celebration."
The speech was sponsored by Latin American Solidarity, Native American Student Association and Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
Wildcat said the arrival of Columbus in the Americas was not beneficial for American Indians.
Dan Wildcat, who chairs the department of natural and social sciences at Haskell Indian Junior College, sings "Olheh Submuloc," which is "Hello Columbus" backward.
His arrival marked the
beginning of the American Indians' 500-year struggle against economic exploitation, cultural annihilation and political domination, Wildcat said.
But the most devastating things Columbus brought to the Americas were diseases such as influenza and small pox.
*People guess as many as 4 or 5 million Native Americans were dead as a result of the war.*
He said the view held by 15th-century Europeans that nature had to be controlled
From a Euro-centric point of view, the arrival of Columbus was fantastic, Wildcat said.
He said protein-rich vegetables and other foods were among the positive things Ameri-
It is time to begin asking what Western society has learned in 500 years, he said. But peo-
pless will are hesitant to talk about the contributions of American Indians to U.S. history.
"Why is it so dangerous to say, 'Let's balance this out a little and talk about it?' " Wildcat said.
He said he did not want non-American Indians to feel guilty about the suffering that Columbus had brought to the Americas.
"I've got news for you in this room," Wildcat said. "You are not guilty. Columbus lived a long time ago."
Although he urged education about the true legacy and lessons of Columbus, Wildcat said something good remained of his voyage.
"Look around you," he said. "We're still here. Weddied 'naynish."
A rally in support of American Indians will begin at 11:30 a.m. Monday at South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets. Supporters plan to march to Strong Hall.