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Asrah Haq of Lawrence, offers various Islamic foods to 11-year-old Annarose Lepley of Lawrence, Monday afternoon at the Islamic Center. This week is Islamic Awarness Week hosted by the Muslim Student Association.
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Muslims dispel stereotypes
BY KATY BLAIR
Members of the Islamic community worked to disprove stereotypes about their religion at an open house at the Islamic Center of Lawrence on
Monday.
People gathered in a makeshift tent outside the center, located at 1917 Naismith Dr., to learn about Islamic religion, culture and tradition. The event marked the start of
Islam Awareness Week.
"Ever since 9/11, there is a lot of talk about us now, a lot of misconceptions," said Ala Abdel-Halim, Tulkremi, Palestine, junior and cochair of IAW. "We are trying here to
clarify the real message of Islam."
Halim said there were many misunderstandings about the Muslim culture that were damaging, like the
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BY TYLER HARBERT
KU HILLEL
Environmentalists end lecture series with film
Students from KU Hillel's Everett Tzedek Social Action Project wanted to know how concerned other students and Lawrence residents were with the environment, so they made a documentary film.
Screened Monday night at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union during the "An Evening of Green," event, the 15-minute movie started out by asking random pedestrians on Massachusetts Street how they would define global warming and sustainability.
"No idea," said one college-aged male. "I got nothing."
Other response weren't much more detailed.
"When stuff hurts the ozone layer," another person said.
The movie was the culmination of the group's social action lecture
experts on topics like homelessness and health care.
Hillel members
series that began in the fall semester and featured a number of local
"It's most important for people on the KU campus to know about"
Jonathan Eisen,
St. Louis freshman,
Dena Hart, Buffalo Grove,
Ill., sophomore,
and Alex Backus,
Lawrence freshman,
helped with the movie.
JESSICA LEVY Dallas junior
Group members said they chose to feature
an obvious need for it. *
"It's the most important for people on the KU campus to know about," said Jessica Levy, Dallas junior and Hillel member. "We know we can do something about it."
the topic of environmental issues for their final project because there was
Justin Leverett, Carbondale, Ill., freshman, said he hasn't had to change many of his habits to help cut down on waste.
"My life is just naturally green right now," he said.
Leverett, also a Hillel member,
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INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE
Doctor speaks of experiences helping refugees
BY DANAE DESHAZER
cussed transformation in a rapidly changing borderless world in a lecture Monday night in the Kansas Union.
Richard Heinzl stressed the importance of creativity and dis
Heinzl created Doctors
Heinzl
Without Borders Canada, based on the European Medicins Sans Frontieres, after extensive work in Cambodia and Turkey where he medically assisted the countries' people and refugees.
"Change is this new constant," Heinzl said. "You have got to recognize this, so you can jump at' it and not let it slip by."
The Doctors Without Borders program provides humanitarian medical aid to impoverished people in Third World countries.
The lecture, "Lessons from Abroad: The Opportunities of a Borderless World," was sponsored by Student Health Services and Student Union Activities. It was a Ralph Canuteson memorial lecture and a part of Student Health Services' centennial celebration. Canuteson was the first doctor for Student Health Services and ran
Heinzl spoke to about 200 people about anecdotes from his experiences abroad and the lessons he learned about medical humanitarianism.
the program from 1928 to 1965.
He detailed his first experience abroad in facing the arrival of a hundred thousand Kurdish refugees fleeing toward his base camp in Turkey during the early 1990s. Shortly after their arrival to the site, Heinzel and his three colleagues were informed that they would be providing all humanitarian assistance to the refugees.
"We just stared at each other, trying to look confident," Heinzl said. "Our jaws dropped, and we just pushed them back up."
He said none of them had done this before, but they knew they were going to have to find a way. Experiences like these, Heinzl said, taught him the most.
"Success can be a poor teacher," Heinzel said. "I was lucky to have role models who said it was okay to be non-conventional and who applauded creativity."
When in Cambodia, Heinzl described the most exciting day for the townspeople — the day a Frisbee arrived in the mail. He said the kids learned very quickly how to use it and eventually how
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Richard Heinz speaks about Doctors Without Borders Monday at the Student Union. Heinz is the founder of Doctors Without Borders Canada.
Lyndse Bortnick, Kansas City, Kan. freshman, takes cookies out of her mailbox Monday at GSP-Corbin.
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RESIDENCE HALLS
GSP-Corbin celebrates Traditions Week
Residents in the all-female residence halls will have events all week to recognize and honor the halls'
BY KATY BLAIR
Traditions Week for GSP-Corbin Hall started Monday morning with a cookie for every woman, celebrating an earlier tradition of baking during the late hours.
The week began with cookies and will end with fashion.
histories.
"There are not many all-female, all-male halls left," said Natalie Timson, complex director of GSP-Corbin. "Anytime you have one, you should do the best you can to celebrate its uniqueness."
Each day will provide an activity for the women that honors a past tradition for the halls.
Luckily for the women of GSP Corbin, they are only celebrating
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the days of a strict 10 p.m. curfew on Curfew Night, not reinstating it. Games and snacks will be available at that time on Tuesday night in GSP.
Abby Woody, Hutchinson sophomore, said she's excited about Curfew Night, and chuckled as she explained that the women were not only in bed by 10 p.m., but tucked in as well.
Erin Pringle, assistant complex director for Corbin, said she is most looking forward to the formal tea on
football
Pringle organized Friday's main event: A real-woman fashion show. The women will wear their own clothes and strut down the catwalk for their fellow residents.
"I've never been to one," Pringle said. "I'm sure a lot of the women never have. We've learned a lot about the history of GSP-Corbin."
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Wednesday.
obituary
Aqib Talib could be a threat on both sides of the ball. Coach Mark Mangino expects him to play a big role for the team this season.
The first democratically elected president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, died Monday at age 76. He oversaw the end of the communist Soviet Union but
weather
watched many of his democratic reforms undone in recent years.
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