MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3A AWARENESS Pride Week hits campus BY ANNE WELTMER aweltmer@kansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER Queers and Allies' Pride Week is its 36th annual celebration. The theme plays on Kansas' state song, "Home on the Range," and hopes to address the sometimes harsh environment Kansas provides for its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. "Kansas doesn't really represent those words sometimes," Jimmie Manning, Queers & Allies Pride Week chair, said about the lyrics and the week's theme, "Where seldom is heard a discouraging word?" The objective is to question the viability of the lyrics in the song. Manning said. The western theme was motivated by the Pride Week featured movie, "Brokeback Mountain," and featured speaker Kate Bornstein. Bornstein is a gender "outlaw" because she questions gender and sexuality when others don't always want her to, Manning said. He said Brokeback Mountain was not just a "gay cowboy movie," but a movie about what straight people could lose if they ignored the LGBT community. That is one thing Queers & Allies wants to stress this week, he said. Queers & Allies was the first LGBT rights group in the Midwest. Pride Week is meant to raise awareness for that group, and for every individual to, "reflect on and embrace" their own sexuality and gender, Manning said. New this year are the "Fine by Me" T-shirt giveaway and the Naughty but Nice party at Liquid Wednesday to raise money for Donate Against Hate. The week kicks off with the T-shirt giveaway 10 a.m. Monday in front of Wescoc Hall. Edited by Hayley Travis QUEERS ON THE RANGI Monday Wacisco Beach, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Gay? Fine by Me?" T-Shirt giveaway Wescoe Beach, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Kiss-In Demonstration. Make out in public with a willing partner. All sexes, genders, sexualities and sexual orientations are invited. Tuesday Woodruff Auditorium, 6 to 9 p.m. "Brokeback Mountain" viewing and discussion panel. Tickets are available for $2 at the SUA box office in the Hawk Shop of the Kansas Union. The movie will be shown again at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday Murphy Hall, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical RENT. Features Anthony Rapp, star of the hit play and film Rent. Tickets must be reserved in advance at the University Theatre box office. Liquid Night Club, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Naughty and Nice Pride Party. Thursday Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, a live one-woman show. This coming-of-age story featuring Kate Bornstein serves as a cultural critique of how gender is created by society. Thursday 13th Annual Brown Bag Drag Show. Drag queen Twat LaRouge hosts this celebration featuring drag queens and kings. Noon to 1 p.m., Kansas Union pavilion 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. Friday, Pride Lock-In Admission only for those enrolled to attend the Kansas College Unity Coalition Conference. For information on the conference write davidlnta@ku.edu. 9:30 p.m. Macell's, 1031 New Hampshire, dance party featuring DJ Chad Johnson. Saturday 10 to 11 a.m. Pride Parade and Rally. Meet at South Park beginning at 9:30 a.m. and march down Massachusetts Street to Watson "Train" Park for a rally. Snacks will be provided. Alderson Auditorium, 1 to 2 p.m. Queer in the Midwest with Michaela D.E. Meyer, She has written more than 13 journal articles on queer life in the Midwest and the challenges queer students face in college. Kansas Union, 1 to 5 p.m. Kansas College Unity Coalition Conference Sunday Source: Queers and Allies Focus on History: The Lesbian Breast Cancer Movement. Panel discussion about the contributions of lesbian women to the fight against breast cancer. Sunday Bailey Hall, 2 to 3 p.m. CRIME Ted S. Warren/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Unnamed lookers stand Sunday at the scene where a gunman killed six people attending a party in Seattle before killing himself Saturday. The woman in the center of this photo was allowed by police to retrieve an item of clothing from a truck parked in front of the house where the killings took place. Murder-suicide kills 7 in Seattle BY JACKSON HOLTZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — A gunman opened fire early Saturday in a home, killing six partygoers and critically injuring at least one other before committing suicide when confronted by police outdoors. Five victims' bodies were found in several places in the rented home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood east of downtown, police said. One of three other people taken to a hospital died and the third was in stable condition, a nursing supervisor said. "It's one of the largest crime scenes the city has ever had," said Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske. Dozens of rounds were fired in the house, where about 20 people ranging from their early and mid teens to mid-20s had gathered after a larger party nearby in which some of the guests wore makeup "to look as if they were dead," the chief said. He said the shooter left the party briefly and returned with a handgun and a 20-gauge pistol-grip shotgun, which Kerlikowske described as "a weapon not designed for hunting purposes but for hunting people." The gunman, identified only as a local man in his late 20s, also wore bandoliers of shells for the shotgun and carrying additional clips for the handgun, the chief said. In his truck, police found an assault rife and multiple "banana clips" carrying 30 bullets each. Kerlikowske said the shooter searched through the house for partygoers. When the gunman couldn't get in to an upstairs bathroom where two people had locked themselves in, he fired rounds through the door, the chief said. The people were not injured. whether drugs or alcohol were a factor, though Kerlikowske said marijuana and alcohol were found in the house. Officers said they were not aware of a possible motive. Police said they did not know Kerlikowske said an officer in the neighborhood heard shots fired at just after 7 a.m. When Officer Steve Leonard reached the scene, he found one person staggering out of the house with a gunshot wound. The officer confronted another man who emerged with a shotgun, telling him to put the weapon down, Kerlikowske said. The man turned the gun on himself and fired a fatal shot, he said. William Lowe, 59, who lives across the street, said he heard six shots shortly after his alarm went off. He looked out in time to see people scattering from the home, some with faces painted and hair dived. Lowe said he saw the man with the shotgun put the barrel in his mouth and fire. THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS The Trees Learn Osmosis (TLO) Club presents An Evening with Cameron Cooke The TLO Club is looking for KU students to read their original work (poetry, fiction, etc) at this event. Anyone interested in reading or anyone interested in our organization please contact Teresa at tloclub@yahoo.com www.xanga.com/tloclub Thursday, March 30, 9:00pm Hawks Nest, KS Union March 27 Artists of all media needed for a progressive "woman artist/ woman inspired" artwalk to be held April 28th. Call for Artists for the F-WORD Artwalk Submit digital images to: comstwomen@ku.edu Submission deadline is April 21st. (The F-V) KJaywalk Contest! All throughout March, students who use Jaywalk will be entered into a drawing for prizes donated by KJHK. Winners of the drawing will be announced on April 1, 2006. The grand prize winner will receive a Marantz PMD-325 CD player. Two runners up will receive a Ti mex Ironman watch and a third runner up will receive a KJHK care package that includes Roasterie coffee and KJHK t-shirts. jaywalk is a free service funded by KU's Student Senate. Jaywalk provides volunteers who escort any KU student to any on-campus location between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Contact Jaywalk at Anchutz Library or by calling (785) 864-3222. 07 For more information, visit the KJHK Web site at www.kjhk.org Love animals? PATH WAYS animal assisted therapy, inc Those interested in volunteering should either call or email for more information (785)764-1557 pathwaysaat@yahoo.com Center for Community Outreach Challenging injustices, implementing Pathways is a non profit therapeutic riding center dedicated to helping others through intertion with animals. Pathways provides therapy programs for people with physical and cognitive disorders as well as those with social, emotional, or behavioral issues. PAID FOR BY KU April 23rd at 7:30 PM Filmworks Film Festival THEME: THERE IS THE END OBJECT: A TOWER THEME1 THIS IS THE END OBJECT: A TOUFL funded by: SENATE HINT: A key point is that your student will need to locate at 9th and 10th Avenue, right off of Loews. Guidelines 1) Must be 10 minutes or less 2) Must demonstrate both the theme and (8) Must Commentate both the theme and object of the festival Rules: NO RULES Rules: No boots! Films: Friday April 14th by d100 in Gifter Studios at the front Greek (Sofia, Mindia, VMN) Awards: Trephines are given to most original, visionary' themes, let it, and place - Notes and/or order will be provided at the recording for questions contact Taylor Jensen (taylorjensen@gmail.com) Black Student Union and the KU Young Democrats host: Congressman Dennis Moore D-Kansas 3rd District Pizza will be provided!!! Where: Burge Union in the Gridiron room (2nd Floor) When: Monday, March 27th at 7:30 Alternative Weekend Break! Interested in doing some community service? Try out an Alternative Weekend Break and you'll have the opportunity to plant an on-site garden in Edwardsville Applications are available online at www.ku.edu/~albreaks Applications are due Friday March 31st by 5pm ---