Tuesday, May 8, 1979
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Committee will continue planning for foreign student center in fall
By JOHN LOGAN Staff Reporter
University Daily Kansan
Planning for a proposed foreign student center at the University of Kansas has been suspended until fall, according to the chairman of the University Senate Foreign Students Committee, which proposed the center.
The chairman, Joseph Courel, professor of slavic languages, said the new foreign student committee, which is to be organized this fall, would be asked to continue planning the center. The current committee has adjourned for the year.
THE REPORT called for the establishment of a center that would serve as a gathering place for foreign students. The center would house the offices of the various student national groups on campus and also would house the offices of the KU Inman University. The International Club is an umbrella organization for all KU foreign student groups.
A report calling for the establishment of a foreign student center had been submitted to the Senate University Executive committee earlier this year. SenEx endorsed the report and passed it on for the administration's approval.
The report recommended that the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread Ave, be bought and used for the center. But the owners of the building, the Presbyterian Synod of Mid-America, said the building was not for sale.
The three-story building has been used for religious counseling but is currently occupied only by a small Christian living group.
"That location is dead," Conrad said. "It's in a land location, has no transportation."
HOWEVER PAUL Messina, chairman of the building's board of directors, said yesterday that the board had hired a campus pastor who would begin religious education at the center in July. Messina said any future use of the center would be up to the minister.
A second choice for the center, an abandoned fraternity on West 10th Street, also has been ruled out, according to Conrad.
Conrad said the committee had no other specific plans for the location of the center but he said the committee had discussed the center with representatives of the Kansas University Endowment Association, who Conrad said had appeared eager to help.
TODD SEYMOUR, president of the Endowment Association, said if funding for the center could be obtained, the Endowment Association might donate land for it.
"We will help in any way we can," Seymour said. "If the funding is available we could give land, if suitable property is available."
The committee report said $200,000 would be needed to buy or build a center and that interest from a $600,000 Endowment Association fund would be needed to run the
Seymour also said Endowment Association officials were helping committee members check into possible sources of funds for the center.
"We are trying to isolate potential support for the center, including the possibility of support from outside the country," Seymour said.
The report from Conrad's committee suggested funds for the center be solicited through a variety of means.
But Seymour said foreign governments had not yet been contacted and that little
"The only thing we've done is to try to do research on philanthropic organizations to see if they can help," Seymour said. "We need to get what the results from that have been."
Hawkstock needs crowd of 3,000
A warm, sunny day and a crowd of about 3,000 people will be needed today if Hawkstock is to raise its goal of between $7,000 and $13,000 in contributions, Tom Bissing, president of the Students Concerned With Disabilities, said yesterday.
Hawkstock, sponsored by the Students Concerned With Disabilities and the Interfraternity Council, is being held to raise money to purchase a new van for KU's students with disabilities. The concert will be held at the Stadium from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
"So far about 1,000 tickets have been sold," Bissing said. "If the weather stays good, we expect ticket sales to increase greatly."
Bissing said tickets were $3 in advance and $4 at the door. Tickets will be available at tables in front of Strong Hall and from The Student Center. The Students Concerned With Disabilities
Robert Turvey, assistant director of the Student Assistance Center, said his office had been looking into prices for new vans for persons with disabilities. He estimated that a fully-equipped van would cost about $13,000.
"If $13,000 is not raised, we'd at least hope
enough money to purchase an
Wednesday, May 9
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Dir. John Huston with Humphrey
Bogart, Katherine, Hepburn, Robert
Morley, Written by James Agee.
7:30 & 9:30
Thursday, May 10
Double Feature:
FREAKS
(1932)
Dir. Tod Brownning; with Olga Baclanova, and circus and slidehow attractions from behind the world.
with
ON THE WATERFRONT
(1954)
Dir. Elia Kazan; with Marlon Brando,
Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint.
Friday, May 11 ROYAL FLASH
Dir, Richard Lester; with Malcolm MacDowell, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Britk Elftam
7:00 & 9:30
All films M-R shown in Woodruff Aud.
at 7:30 unless otherwise noted. $1.00
admission.
Weekend shows also in Woodruff at 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 or 12 midnight unless otherwise noted. $1.50 admission.
unquipped van." Turay said. "Then, as more funds come in, we'd install features such as the wheelchair lift, a camper top and a suspended suspension system the van will need."
Jim Bloom, Interfraternity Council president, said the Sumphun Country band would play first. Paul Gray's Gaislant Gang is to play at 5:15 p.m. and the Moffit-Bears band is to play from about 6:15 p.m. until the concert ends.
Michael Beers, of the Moffit-Beers Band.
said his band was excited about the opportunity to do the concert in Memorial Hall.
"It's the first stadium show for us and for the University," Beers said. "I hope it goes well because I'd like to see more stadium shows in the future."
Bers, whose band mostly is made up of Lawrence High School graduates, said the group had been writing a lot of its own music during which it of it would be performed at the concert.
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