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Tuesday, April 23.1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Alumni to speak about life, issues
Special week features attractions, awards
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
A 79-year-old marathon runner, a cartographer, a welfare discussion, a play about the availability of water, and a picnic finale.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is running the gamut for this year's Alumni Week. And as a result, it hopes to attract more interest than in past years.
Erin Spiridigliozzi, assistant to the dean of the college, said that the event had had mixed success in the past but that she expected the attendance to increase this year.
Arthur G. McLendon, Esquire, is a KU graduate and an attorney at law in Chicago who boasts a résumé of life experiences that he will speak about.
"This is an excellent opportunity to hear internationally known speakers," she said.
He was a KU track star from 1934 to 1938, president of the University of Chicago Track Club, which participated in the 1976 Olympics, and was the first Black rent director in the nation.
But his accomplishments don't stop there.
McLendon claimed he can, "demonstrate a slow 220-yard dash, a fast 400-meter race walk, the Delaware Indian Stick Dance, 3-point shooting from near half-court, as well as sing songs in French."
"He's quite an entertaining guy," Spiridiglozi said.
Stanley Eitzen, a KU graduate and a former associate professor in Sociology at the University from 1968 to 1974, also will speak.
Eitzen will contend that national policies are leading the country from the "good society" toward a too-tired society that will become increasingly inhumane and dangerous.
John Garver is the only speaker who is not a KU alumnus. He is a retired chief cartographer and senior assistant editor of the National Geographic Society. A former professor at the United States Military Academy, Garver will speak on the recollection of historical documents.
Schedule of events
Tomorrow
4:30 p.m
After the Berlin Wall: Mapping a Changing World in the 1990s and Beyond, John B. Garner, Jr. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union.
6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Reception for Garver in the Thomas R. Smith Map Collection,
Anschutz Library.
7:00 p.m
7:00 p.m.
Film: *Ragtime*, introduced by Chuck Berg, professor of theater and film. Woodruff Auditorium,
Kansas Union.
Thursday, April 25
7:00 p.m.
Is Dismantling the Welfare State the Solution to America's Social Problems? Stanley Eitzen. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union.
8:00 p.m
Reception for Eitzen in the Malott Room, Kansas Union.
Friday, April 26
Friday, April 26
3:00 p.m.
What KU Means to Me, to You and to the World, Arthur McLendon. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union.
5:00 p.m.
6.00 p.m.
The 3rd Annual J. Michael Young
Academic Advisor Award Presentation,
The McGee and All American
rooms, Adams Alumni Center.
Live Jazz performance by The
The Jazz performance by The Nathan Berg Group.
Saturday, April 27
Tent picnic and teaser performance of University Theatre's, To the Last Drop.
In addition to the speeches, Elizabeth Banks, associate professor in Classics, will receive the J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic advising award.
Banks said she would try her hardest to not break down while accepting the award and said she was touched that both faculty and students would honor her.
ON THE RECORD
A Sony portable CD player and stereo equipment were stolen from a KU student between 1 and 8 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street. The items were valued at $250, Lawrence police reported.
A purse and contents valued at $28 were stolen from a KU student between 7 and 7:45 p.m. in the 900 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police reported.
A windshield was damaged on a KU student's 1989 Ford Mustang between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 2000 block of University Drive. The windshield was valued at $200, Lawrence police reported.
A yellow zone parking permit valued at $55 was stolen from a KU student's car between 2:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of Gateway Drive, Lawrence police reported.
A blue 21-speed mountain
bike valued at $380 was stolen from a KU student between 6:30 p.m. Monday and noon Thursday in the 1700 block of Engel Road, KU police reported.
Undergarments valued at $70 were stolen from a KU student between 10:25 and 10:28 p.m. Thursday at the Naismith Hall laundry room, KU police reported.
A yellow zone parking permit valued at $40 was stolen from a KU student's car between 9:30 a.m. and noon Friday in the Memorial Stadium west parking lot, KU police reported.
A desk telephone valued at $53.25 was stolen between 1 p.m. April 12 and 10 a.m. April 15 from the department of music and dance at Murphy Hall, KU police reported.
Two glass windows were damaged between 6:50 and 6:55 p.m. Saturday in Naismith Hall. Damage was estimated at $100, KU police reported.
ON CAMPUS
- The Western Civilization Study Abroad group will sponsor an informational meeting on 1997 spring semester studies in Florence or Paris at 11 a.m. today at 1050 Wescoe Hall. For more information, call Heinz Kattenfeld at 864-3569.
The Office of International Studies will sponsor an informational meeting for those interested in 1997-1998 Fulbright grants at 4 p.m. today at
the Walnut Room at the Kansas Union. For more information, call Hodgie Bricke at 864-4141.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a University forum on water level declines in the High Plains (Ogallala) Aquifer from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
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Library visitor gets more than good book
Kansan staff report
A 23-year-old Overland Park man was charged yesterday for checking out more than books Saturday afternoon in Watson Library.
KU police alleged that the man followed a KU student from the fifth-floor restroom to the first-floor restroom, waited for the student to start urinating and then masturbated behind him.
The student told police he had tried to use the bathroom on the fifth floor, but he changed his mind when he saw the man peeking over the stall at him.
The student then went to the first-floor bathroom. The man followed
him, waited for him to start urinating and masturbated.
When the student noticed the man was masturbating, he left the bathroom and called the police from the circulation desk.
KU police officer Gayle Reece said she and other officers chased the man around Watson Library and caught him at the southeast corner of the building.
Police took the man to the Douglas County Jail.
The man was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior and obstruction of justice.
His hearing was set for May 8 in Douglas County Court, and he is free on $750 bond.
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