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Police recovered a cache of stolen audio equipment from the home of a KU graduate student. PAGE 3A
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Lawrence bicyclists took to the streets to increase awareness of their right to ride. PAGE 3A
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History taught in German Native will teach course about Nazis
By Matthew Friedrichs Kansan staff writer
Felix Moos, professor of anthropology, will share childhood memories of Nazi Germany in his native tongue next semester.
Moos, along with William Keel, associate professor of German, will teach "The Dynamics of Contemporary Germany," as part of a growing effort by the University to get students to continue foreign language study.
Moos, who has taught at KU for 30 years, grew up in Nazi-controlled Germany and lived there through World War II. He came to the United States as a college student in 1949 and has since become an American citizen.
Moos views his role as a primary informant who can speak from personal experience about what it was like to live in Germany under the Nazis.
"We will use films, videos — any means to make this course as dynamic as we can," Moos said. "This is not going to be a dull course."
The class also will read articles from German publications, including "Deutschland Nachrichten," or "Week in Germany," and daily news-papers.
William Keel, who was born in the United States , will draw on his annual summer visits to Germany to inform the class about changes since German unification in 1990.
"We'll look at Germany after unification with a view to what the current problems that society faces are," he said.
Keel said antagonism existed between the former East and West Germanies in the form of neocolonialism by west Germans and a feeling on the part of East Germans that their government was not a total disaster and that they should not be forced to completely start over.
The course is one of a growing number of classes at KU that are offered in a foreign language for credit in either the language or another course of study. The umbrella program is called, "KU Languages Across the Curriculum."
Dennis Domer, associate dean of architecture and urban design, will highlight the re-emergence of Berlin as the capital of the united Germany.
Students who take Moos' and Keel's class can receive credit in anthropology or German.
KU began offering classes taught in Spanish other than Spanish language classes in Fall 1993. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of Education enabled the KU Languages Across the Curriculum program to add courses taught in Russian, German and French.
Louganis story draws all orientations
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer
Winning four Olympic gold medals is just one part of Greg Louganis' story. Diving gave Louganis success and fame, but away from the pool he faced racism, domestic violence and later, the knowledge that he was HIV positive.
Until recently, few people knew about that part of his life. But Louganis' hidden story came to light about one month ago in his autobiography, "Breaking the Surface," in which he talked about the difficulties of his early life and of being gay. Before the 1988 Olympics, Louganis became involved with an abusive lover who once raped him.
Lougain will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Lougain's talk is
part of LesBiGav Awareness Week.
Eric Moore, president of LesBiGay S OK,
said the gay, lesbian and bisexual community was pleased to have the diver at KU because Louganis has faced problems that many homosexuals and bisexuals must face.
"He is a role model we really need," Moore said. "I admire his courage to talk about racism, domestic violence and rape. It takes a lot of courage to talk about these issues, but it amazes me that he gets up and says that all these things happened to him."
Louganis' life inspires the gay, lesbian and bisexual community, but his message relates to everybody, said Chris Hampton, coordinator of Blonic, a bisexual group at KU.
"He talks about issues that can happen to straight people," she said. "He had a terrible life, and the way he overcame problems such
as domestic violence can help people to see there is a wav out."
Bill Friend, coordinator of this year's events, said that Louani's message could inspire different people, whether they were straight, homosexual or bisexual.
"Louganis breaks down all boundaries," Friend said. "It's OK to be a fan of him because his appeal crosses those boundaries."
Friend said that Louganis' visit could help to educate people about AIDS.
"It is easier for homophobes to say, 'Look what happened to these people,' instead of looking at it as a straight people issue," he said. "They have to face their fears and see that AIDS is an indiscriminatory disease. Louganis has dealt with this problem. He is a human being like everybody else."
Greg Louganis
Four-time Olympian
Greg Louganis will have a book signing session at noon today at the Mt.
Oread Bookshop in the Kansas Union.
He also will give a lecture at 8 p.m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Tickets for the event cost $10 and are available at the SUA and LesBiGayS OK offices in the Kansas Union.
Election results look 'simple'
Levine posts unprecedented comeback win
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Allen Levine made history last night.
Levine became the first city commission candidate in the history of Lawrence to jump from a sixth place primary finish to third in the main election. The third place finish won him a two-year term on the city commission
Incumbent John Nalbandian and Bonnie Augustine will join Levine on the commission, coming in first and second place respectively. Both Nalbandian and Augustine will serve four-yearterms.
Levine, who watched election results come in on television at his home, said he was not too surprised that he made the jump to third place.
"I didn't want to get my hopes up," Levine said. "But I am not surprised. I am thrilled that we were able to make history."
Nalbandian's re-election coupled with Levine's unlikely victory translated into a victory for Simply Equal, the coalition that proposed last November that the city's human relations ordinance be amended to include anti-discrimination protection to people on the basis of sexual orientation.
Levine and Nalbandian have said that they supported Simply Equal's request for the change and, with Mayor Jo Andersen, probably will vote to add the words sexual orientation to the human relations ordinance sometime in the next few
months.
Nalbandian said that the fact that he and Levine, the only two of the six candidates who supported the change, were elected meant the community supported the amendment.
"I think in some ways the election was a referendum," Nalbandian said. "Not only because Levine came up so high but because of Barnes and Burkhead going down."
Ben Zinnerman, co-chairman of Simply Equal, said Levine and Nalbandian's election was a victory for the city of Lawrence.
"I agree with Nalbandian that this was a referendum," Zinnerman said. "The people of Lawrence have spoken."
Levine disagreed.
"I don't see this as a referendum at all," Levine said. "Yes, it played a major role, but I think I found most of my additional support from neighborhoods in West Lawrence who are concerned with the quality of life in Lawrence."
Jo Barnes, incumbent Doug Compton, and Carl Burkhead, who do not support Simply Equal's proposal, finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Compton said his incumbent status seemed to work against him in the campaign.
Compton said no one worked harder to get elected than he did.
"I don't think anyone ran a harder or more organized campaign — we worked harder than anyone," he said. "I wish the next commission the best of luck. I hope they are able to keep doing some of the same good work we did."
Nabandian, Augustine and Levine will begin serving their terms April 11.
"It is tough being an incumbent," Compton said. "I had heard people say that, but I didn't believe it was true. But it is."
Nancy Hempen and Charlene Connor count election ballots. Members of the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence School Board were chosen in yesterday's election. Edme Rodriguez / KANEAN
Edmee Rodriguez /
KANSAN
City Commission race results
Lawrence School Board Elections Results
Top 3 elected Votes
1. John Nalbandian 6239
2. Bonnie Augustine 5052
3. Allen Levine 5036
Votes Percent
4. Jo Barnes 4043 14.43
5. Doug Compton 3743 13.36
6. Carl Burkhead 3718 13.27
Percent
22.27
18.04
17.98
Top 4 elected Votes Percent Votes Percent
1. Mary Loveland 5711 17.57 5. Donald Binns 3936 12.10
2. Maley Wilkins 5557 17.09 6. Elizabeth Swearingen 3690 11.35
3. Kerry Attenbernd 5052 15.54 7. Lynn McCreary 2329 7.16
4. Carol Linhos 4200 12.92 8. Jamie Beletz 1871 5.75
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Kansas sprinter Natasha Shafer does all she can to emulate Olympic star Jackie Joyner-Kersee, right down to the immaculate fingernails. And she's fast, too.
Kim Cocks,
Lee's Summit,
Mo., senior
campaigns in
front of
Wescoe Hall.
Cocks is the presidential candidate for the United Students Coalition. Student Senate election will be April 12 and 13.
KANSAN
Cocks to work on KU image
U.S. candidate wants strengths reinforced
By lan Ritter
Kansan staff writer
Kim Cocks wants to put her experience with the Senate Executive Committee to use as student body president.
"It takes time to understand how the bureaucracy at the University operates," she said. "I think that what I have going for me is that I've been exposed to the process."
Cocks, Lee's Summit, Mo., senior, is running for student body president with the United Students coalition. The Student Senate elections will be April 12 and 13.
Cocks said that if she were elected, she would like to redirect
She said that since financing to the University could be cut, it would be good to focus on positive aspects of KU, such as the value of research at the University and the quality of KU graduates.
"I see a need to formulate statements about this institution and say what its strengths are," she said.
Cocks said that her experience in SenEx working with the issue of
the focus of the Student Legislative Awareness Board to an organization that concentrates more on selling the University of Kansas to the Kansas Legislature.
child care was one of her greatest accomplishments. She worked on a task force helping plan for a new child care facility on campus.
"I think she's a very good advocate for quality child care and child care for KU students," said Martha Langely, financial administrator at Hilltop Child Development Center who has worked with Cocks for a year.
She was elected to serve on SenEx last year.
Cocks said that she didn't consider child care a huge issue until Sherman Reeves, student body president, appointed her to the task force.
"When I started to see how things were working and there wasn't student input, that's when I got really involved and wanted to do something about it," she said.
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