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Thursday, May 4, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Gandhi's grandson to give speech on world racism, poverty
by Marian Weeks Kansan staff writer
Little progress has been made toward racial equality in the United States since the dialogues begin by Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, and arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the man who sought India's independence from Britain.
Gandhi, will compare racism and poverty in the United States to racism and poverty in South Africa and India at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the ballroom at the Kansas Union.
Racism and poverty can be overcome with non-violent attitudes and actions, not monuments to Martin Luther King Jr., and Mohand K. Gandhi, Arun Gandhi has said.
Gandhi, who lived for 23 years in South Africa at an ashram established to promote racial equality, has been studying racism in the United States and now lives in Oxford, Miss, the town upon whose history the movie "Mississippi Burning" was based.
Sumaya Ali-Raja, Yemen Arab Republic senior and president of the KU International Club, which is co-sponsoring the event, said that Gandhi angered both blacks and whites because he said neither group had worked hard enough to build bridges.
"There's a lot of room for dialogue and honesty, but don't see the difference," she said in being integral.
Take the commercials. You find blacks
Girl with wrist on counter. The television program "Dating Game" matches whites with whites and blacks with blacks, while in England and Europe, the dating game programs are integrated, she said.
eating chicken with blacks, and whites eating chicken with whites," she said.
"I did not grow up in a color-conscious
白皮," she said. "I don't see things in black and
white."
But when she was an American Friends Service exchange student in Yakimville, N.C., in 1978, she learned about racism firsthand, she said.
"I have may friends of many races and colors and I was really, really shocked when
I invited a black American girlfriend to my room and she was very quiet. She could not speak, so I told her, her hair in their hair, "she said."
All-Raja said she was pleased that the International Club, with members comprised of all races and both foreign and U.S. citizens, was providing the honorarium for a similar dream because he and King share a similar dream but because she experienced that dream.
That experience took place in Menomonee,
and stands as an example to the Wiki
Web.
Indians, whites, yuppies and people with
alternate lifestyles were there together in
people's groups.
"To this day my memory of Wisconsin is just this surreal, picturesque world where people are living in simple, carefree moments."
Wendell Weibe-Powell, co-director of the Topeka Peace Resource Center who is helping to coordinate Gandhi's visit in Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City, said Gandhi hoped to establish Gandhan Centers in the United States and South Africa.
"In spite of the advancements of education and technology in all three countries, Mr. Gandhi observes that ethnic minorities and the poor have continued to suffer the violence of poverty and exploitation." Weibe-Powell said.
Roman Empire's fall is a warning for U.S.
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
It may have happened more than 2,000 years ago, but the fall of the Roman Republic can be used to remind Americans to avoid mistakes.
James Seaver, professor of history, said during a speech yesterday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., that there were similarities between present events in the United States and during the fall of the Roman Republic from 140 B.C. to 30 B.C.
Seaver, who has been at KU since 1947 and who will retire this month, has taught Roman history in either Italy or Israel for the past 10 summers. He said that the Roman Empire defeated the States and the Roman Republic should be used to warn Americans about the present.
"I'm not saying that at this moment we are going down, but we must watch for the signs," Seaver said. "A republic is a very fragile thing. We have to keep watch."
He said that during the fall of the Roman Republic, religious faith was decreasing, divorce and suicide were ordinary events and
pornography was common in literature, much as it is today in the United States
Another parallel Seaver drew between the declining Roman Republic and the United States of today was a tendency for people to expect the most expedient thing without consideration for law or tradition.
In Rome, starting a permanent army of unpropertied citizens seemed the expedient thing for the republic to do during an invasion of Germanic tribes, despite a past occupation. The armies of propertied citizens.
Leaders were brought to power by unconventional means, and the law was changed or ignored to fit certain situations.
Look to what is going on in Washington right now with the situation in Nicaragua and with Oliver North," Seaver said. "North has come out and said that any lies are worth it.
He said that another thing U.S. residents must be wary of the changing of the meanings of words for propaganda purposes.
"After Caesar was shot full of holes they never used the word dictatorship again," Seaver said. "But that is what it was."
James Seaver, retiring professor of history, listens as Chancellor Gene A. Budig bid farewell to the retirees.
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Dinner honors retirees; 400 say goodbye to 30
by Scott Achelpohl Kansan staff writer
KU bade farewell last night to 30
retiring faculty and staff members
and honored their combined 966
years of service at KU's annual
retirement dinner in the ballroom
of the Kansas Union.
"KU is a special place because of people like this." Chancellor Gene A. Budig said. "We are and will remain in their debt. They have given direction to the University of Kansas."
Budig and his wife, Gretchen,
played host to the 400 people who
attended the dinner. It was sponsored
by the University Endowment Association.
Richard Schiefelbusch, distinguished professor of speech, language and hearing, said that he helped establish collegues behind in his retirement.
"My colleagues will be able to carry on what I've been able to do." Schleifebusch said. "It is a great feeling."
Schefelbusch has served 43 years at KU, longer than any of this year's retires. He will retire this month.
He is director of KU's Bureau of Child Research and is a leader in KU's Beach Center for Families
with Disabilities.
The center conducts research and develops materials to help families who have children with physical or mental disabilities.
He said of the Beach Center, "I think it will do well, particularly in getting messages to people and families who need help. I'm a very human-oriented person. I got into this to help people."
Bruce Linton, professor of journalism, radio and television, said he had a lot of pride and pleasure from accomplishes at the University.
Linton founded the radio and television sequence in the School of Journalism. He served $^{32}$ at KU and retired in December.
Linton said of the sequence, "I hope that it is a reasonable legacy to leave behind. I'm confident that the program is going to stay strong. It looks very good for the future."
Patricia Collinson, administrative assistant for women's athletics and Dean Kerkman, clinical psychologist for health services bodies lecturer, were two retires to the 1989 retirement list.
Collinson retired in July 1988 after 14 years and Kerkman will retire in June after 34 years at KU.
AIDS experts speak at conference
Kansan staff writer
bv Max Evans
About 125 people met with AIDS experts in Topeka for the 1989 Kansas Rational AIDS Conference.
TOPEKA — AIDS, as an ever-increasing financial burden, combined with a burgeoning negative stigma attached to victims of the disease, has created a decade of discrimination. AIDS experts said yesterday.
The conference was co-sponsored by Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas Medical Edu Dept and the Topeka AIDS Project Inc.
Conference speaker William G. Natson, president of the Union
National Bank of Wichita, said that as health-care costs increased for AIDS patients, employers would shoulder much of the financial burden. He said this would cause businesses to become more reluctant to hire people in high-risk categories, such as homosexuals.
"Think of how we, American businesses, are going to start treating these people with increased costs," Watson said.
He also said that the stigma attached to AIDS created problems for U.S. businesses hiring high-risk individuals.
I am afraid because I have an image, and image is about everything to a bank," Watson said. "I
don't want to be known as the bank in Wichita that has employees with AIDS."
Watson said that employees with AIDS concern not only with the public, who the individual might need, but also with other employees.
"If I were to move an employee with AIDS to another work location, I would have an employee in that area ask me. 'How come it is too dangerous for our customers, but not for me.' "Watson said.
Another speaker, Kirk Thomas, a consultant for the Stop AIDS Resource Center in San Francisco, is embarking with the epidemic to end.
Engineering school to honor retiree, alumni
A farewell banquet for retiring aerospace engineering professor Vincent Muirhead and a reunion of the department's alumni will be this weekend.
Muirhead, who has been at KU since 1961, will retire this month. He has been on the faculty for 28 years, 12 of those as department chairman.
He attended Kansas State University from 1936 to 1937 and then entered the United States Naval Academy in 1937, where he received his bachelor's degree in engineering.
Kansan staff writer
From 1941 to 1961, Muirhead was a U.S. naval officer. He was aboard the USS Maryland from 1941 to 1943 and participated in Pearl Harbor.
In 1945, he was part of fighter-bomber squadron and participated in air strikes on Japan.
particular in his research specialties include subsonic and supersonic aerodynamics and testing and facilities of tornadoes.
"I like teaching mainly because of the students, and these last 28 years have been enjoyable for me." Muirhead said.
The banquet will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Adams Alumni Center.
Muirhead said he would miss teaching at KU
An alumna reunion will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in Learned Hall.
David Downing, chairman and professor of aerospace engineering, will open the reunion with a presentation about the department.
After Downing will speak his speech, aerospace engineering students will discuss an aircraft design project.
ing students will discuss on their own After the student presentation, there will be a forum with members of Sigma Gamma Tau, a student engineering organization.
"We decided to have this forum because we thought the alumni would be more interested in what the students think is going on in aerospace engineering than the professors." Downing said.
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The International Club and S.U.A. present:
ARUN GANDHI
(Arun Gandhi is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.)
Mr. Gandhi will speak on race relations and economic disparity in the U.S. from the perspective of his life in South Africa and India.
Friday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Kansas Union Ballroom
With help from: The Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, The India Club, Black Student Union, Diversity Task Force, and Hillel.