CAMPUS / AREA University Daily Kansan/Friday, September 27, 1991 3 Smooth operator Wayne Hathaway, a facilities operations worker, sands smooth the fence on the south side of Spooner Hall. Hathaway was working yesterday to prepare the fence for a new coat of paint. Painter gave world images of Mexican culture Kansan staff writer By William Ramsey A talented painter and legend in her native Mexico, Frida Kahlo produced a volume of haunting work that has spawned increasing interest in the past two decades. Her paintings are full of a bold awareness of herself, and critics say her best works are her many self-pattraits. "I paint my own reality," Kahlo wrote. "The only thing that I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint always whatever passes through my head, without any other consideration." A photographic portrait of Kahlo is one of many works by Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo on display Saturday through Dec. 1 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo. Kahlo, who died in 1954 at age 44, included in her paintings much imagery and ideas from Mexican culture. When she was 18, Kahlo broke a foot, fractured her spine and smashed her pelvis in a Mexico City auto accident. Doctors did not expect her to live, but she survived the ordeal. "At every jerk they give me there are quartes of tears, in spite of the fact that they tell you not to believe in a dog's limp or a woman's tears," she wrote. "It hurts more than you can believe," she wrote. Much of her personal experience can be seen in the sad and somewhat hallucinatory forms in her paintings. The love and pain of her relationship with the well-known Mexican painter Diego Rivera can be seen in her paintings in symbols such as bleeding and extracted hearts. Elections panel prepares for a possible recall vote The two painters had a rocky relationship - they divorced in 1940 and remarried one year later. By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer Kansan staff writer Never before has there been a presidential recall election at the University of Kansas. With Student Senate elections looming in the spring, the KU Elections Commission traditionally has been free of election chaos during the fall. In this case, tradition was made to be broken. Callie Denton, newly elected head of the commission, said during the meeting that the body needed to appoint a commissioner as soon as possible in light of the recall election petition being circulated on campus. In preparation for a possible recall election, the commission last night selected Oct. 11 as the deadline for elections commissioner applications. dum on Fulcher's status was struck down Wednesday night by Senate. A recall election remains an option. Students for Justice is the organization responsible for the petition, which calls for a student body recall election to decide whether Darren Fulcher, student body president, should remain in office. Fulcher was charged with battering his ex-girlfriend, a KU student, in a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police and court Reports of the charge raised questions about Fulcher's credibility and led Senate to vote for his removal Sept. 11. A motion for a campuswide referen- The motion has been appealed. Fulcher will stay in office unless removed by a two-thirds majority of the board. The motion is to be until the annual review is completed. Denton said conducting a recall election would be impossible without an elections commissioner because it is crucial to crucial functions for the commission. Ruth Stoner, student affairs representative to the commission, said last year's elections commissioner, Tom Poer, worked more than 60 hours during the week of last year's Senate election. sibilities are interpreting commission election rules, advising the commissioners and investigating and reporting to the commission any alleged election violations. Among the commissioner's respon- "I'm really for getting the ball rolling early," Denton said. "We need to be prepared for a recall election." The commission plans to interview commissioner candidates Oct.17. To clarify the recall procedure, the commission officially set the required signature total for the petition at 3,775 students, 15 percent of the student body eligible to vote. Desey Tziortiz, Students for Justice vice president, said yesterday that the organization had collected a little more than 1,000 signatures. She said organization members planned to collect the required number of signatures by Oct. 4. Txiortzis said the group had scheduling problems this week with setting up tables in front of Wescoe Hall. She said the group hoped to have tables in front of Wescoe several days next week. KU deans travel to Japan Exchange programs to benefit research, schools By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer KU officials, hoping to expand an overseas exchange program, are leaving this weekend for a trip to KU's sister university in Hiratsuka, Japan. Dil Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, and the deans of six professional schools plan to further an educational exchange program with Japanese faculty members and students at Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka. "The purpose of this trip is to expand the possibility for some research collaboration between the two universities," he said. and share research projects. The University of Kansas already has a summer student exchange program with the Japanese university but does not have a graduate exchange program to exchange faculty members. The KU delegation will return Oct. 7. Shankel, who is leading the group, all deans were invited to go to Japan, but only those who thought the trip would benefit their schools were going. "This is important for a mutual understanding between the two countries," she said. Shankel said he hoped the Lawrence community would benefit from the cultural and economic exchanges the delegation was looking to establish. Carl Locke, dean of engineering and participant on the trip, said he was looking for a mutually beneficial faculty for students and faculty members. "I am optimistic that can be done," he said. Locke said he wanted to establish contact with Japanese administrators and faculty members to develop cooperative research programs. But it is going to take time, he said. George Woodyard, organizer of the trip and dean for international studies at UCLA, said it took six months to organize the trip. KU officials will meet with more than 50 members of the KU alumni chapter in Tokyo, he said. "I am looking for new programs to develop." Woodyard said. Max Lucas, dean of architecture, said he was not going because the school did not have programs in Japan. The other deans leaving for Japan are Joseph Bauman, business; Robert Jerry, law, James Muyksen, liberal; Edward Meven, education. "The funds can be used for different things." he said. National literacy group leader helps put KU plan into action By Gayle Osterberg Special tc the Kansan Nine-year-old Clay Thorp's sweet tooth needed satisfying. It was one of many afternoons he spent plopped on the kitchen counter, Duncan Hines box in hand, mixing his mixer with those of his nanny, Mammie Eason. Eason's culinary talents were the ability of Clay's the ability of Clay understood at an early age that this woman, whom he describes as courageous and wise, was functionally illiterate. Thorp is visiting the University of Kansas this week to assist KU's library program for Literacy program. He spoke last night at the Ecumenical Christian It was because of his affection for Eason that Thorp, who now is 23, launched the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education, a nationwide support system for college literacy programs. "We can't legislate morality,but we can begin to see each other as partners in the community." Clay Thorp Coalition for Action in Literacy **nurse, a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spent yesterday working with litchi growers to help in planning a tutoring workshop Oct. 5.** Ministries building, 1204 Oread Ave. The workshop will help students guide those who want to learn to read. In his speech last night, Thrones questioned the audience about what it could do to solve some of the tougher roots of illiteracy, such as an unsupportive family or low self-esteem. In his speech last night, Thorp ques "That's going into people's homes," Thorsp said. "We can't legislate morality, but we can begin to see each other as partners in the community." Long Huyn, a sophomore originally from Vietnam, attended the forum because he spent two years teaching English and now wants to teach others. Lara Moore, Ballwin, Mo., senior, said she hoped to increase literacy awareness on campus. Thorp said, "Whatever your talent is, use it to advance society in some way. For me, it has been a life-changing experience." Eason still does not know how to read. Although Thorp has been trying to find a tutor for her, learning has been difficult for Eason because of her failing heart. Still, Thorp will never forget the life she had on his life. "She had a skill and I had a skill, and put together, we made cake," he said.