University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 7. 1988
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Group plans awareness week Gay and Lesbian Services schedules rights rally
Bv Kathleen Faddis
Kansan staff writer
KU's Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas will be celebrating their 19th Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week, or Gala, next week.
Liz Tolbert, Lawrence junior and president of GLSOK, said that the team had been planned to make people more aware of gay and lesbian issues on campus.
"People don't remember that gay and lesbian people are everywhere," Tob尔读. "In our culture, we're not taught to look at differences as
assets. We want to say that they are."
KU's GLOSOK, which is 19 years old this spring, is the second oldest gay and lesbian student organization in the country. Tolbert said.
At 8 p.m. tomorrow, Hillary Harris, a lesbian comedian, will perform in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Tolbert said that Harris had played in Lawrence clubs and other Midwest cities.
"Wear Blue Jeans if You're Gay Day," which is scheduled for Wednesday, is a way for people to
show support for gays and lesbians, Tolbert said.
"It pokes fun at people's homophobia," she said.
"The message is, 'we're everywhere and we wear blue jeans like everyone else.'
"This is a civil rights issue. We've always been around, and we're going to be around. You're going to have to deal with us sooner or later."
Events are scheduled all next week, beginning with a rally and march from Lawrence City Hall to
South Park on Sunday. The rally will be in front of City Hall at 12:30 p.m.; the march will start at 1 p.m., and a picnic will follow at 2 p.m. at South Park.
A candlelight vigil also will begin at 7 p.m. Monday to the Memorial Campanile to show support for oppressed people all over the world.
Gala Week will conclude with a GLAOS dance at 10 p.m. April 15 in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
New policies, scarcity of timetables might complicate enrollment more
By Rebecca L. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
In addition to the normal hassles associated with enrollment, policy changes and delays might further complicate the process for students.
Gary Thompson, director of student records, said yesterday that the University of Kansas had changed its fee refund policy and its enrollment hold policy. He also said summer timetables might be in short supply.
Changes in the refund policy will have the most immediate effect on students.
Thompson said that in the past, students received a 100 percent refund of fees if they dropped a class during the first nine days of classes and a 50 percent refund if they dropped on the 10th day or after.
The new policy for the fall and spring semesters is a 90 percent refund during the first two weeks of classes and a 50 percent refund during the next two weeks. During the summer session, students can get a 90 percent refund during the first week of classes and a 50 percent
It's conceivable that it will cost students to drop a class even if they haven't gone to the class vet.
refund during the second week
Gary Thompson
The policy is an incentive for students to drop classes early and open spots for other students, but it also means that several weeks to drop deny someone
director of student records
To receive a full refund of fee money when dropping a class, students must drop before the first day of that session's classes, not on the first day.
Thompson said that for the summer session, students should drop a class before June 7 to receive a full refund. For full refund in the fall, students should drop classes before Aug. 29.
else the opportunity to take the class
ensure the opportunity to take the class.
It's conceivable that it will cost students to drop a class even if they haven't gone to the class yet," he said.
Thompson said that another change in computer enrollment was the requirement that students pay overdue bills before they enroll.
Beginning in October, overdue bill statements will appear on students' enrollment cards. Students will have to present a receipt for their paid bills before they can go through computer enrollment, Thompson said.
Currently, students aren't required to clear holds until fee payment.
"With the new policy, you clear
money from your account and
fee payment," Theproposal said.
Also, students enrolling in the summer session might find a shortage of summer timetables.
Students needing the summer timetable will have to wait until June 1 for KU to print 1,000 to 1,200 more copies.
Thompson said that 14,000 copies of the summer timetable that had been printed were gone, even though only a few months ago it actually enroll for the summer session.
"There is the attitude that a tablemate is a disposable item," he said. "this continues to happen, we might consider charging for timetables."
Wes Williams, dean of educational services, said many schools charged 50 cents a copy for timetables.
Printing the timetables costs $35,000 to $40,000 each year. Williams paid for the university eliminated eight pages of the fall timetable, saving about $100.
Williams said the abuse of taking several copies was so bad that a student had been stationed next to her and asked the students didn't take more than one.
Near miss
Bruce Hollister, Overland Park freshman, barely misses in his attempt to snag a Frisbee behind Oliver Hall.
Human rights activist criticizes 3 commissioners' lack of action
Kansan staff writer
By Kim Lightle
"You wonder as you hear the footsteps behind you." Gowdy said. "are they after me? Do they have a gun? Where can I hide?"
Liz Gowdy compares the fear that gays and lesbians in Lawrence feel with the fear that some women feel when walking alone down a dark street at night.
Gowdy, who is president of Citizens for Human Rights in Lawrence, said last night she wanted to relieve some of the fear shared by gays and lesbians and secure the basic civil rights that they were denied.
Gowdy spoke to 25 people last night in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union about discrimination because of sexual orientation.
The speech was part of an effort by Gowdys 40-member group to amend the city's human rights ordinance to ensure access to housing, jobs and public accommodations regardless of sexual orientation. The amendment was
considered earlier this year by the City Commission but the commissioners voted 3-2 to take no action on it.
Gowdy spoke about the commission's decision and the rationale behind each commissioner's decision. She criticized commissioners Sandra Praeger, Bob Schumm and Mike Amyx for their decisions not to take action, and she asked whether they were the kind of leaders the audience wanted in office. She praised commissioners Dennis Constance and Mike Rundle for their support of the amendment and reminded the audience that Constance would be up for re-election soon.
Gowdy said that discrimination against gays and lesbians was obvious after listening to four hours of public testimony on the amendment, during which some landlords said they did not want to rent to homosexuals.
She said many people were surprised that the group had not given up on the amendment.
ings every week and just sit there," she said. "People thought we would go back into the closet and use this. We're not invisible anymore."
We go to the commission meet.
Arvilla Vickers, who works for the city's human relations/human resources department, said in an interview yesterday that there was no action taken when a complaint was made about discrimination in orientation and that no documentation of complaints was kent.
"If someone calls and makes a complaint, there's nothing we can do because it's not covered by the ordinance," she said.
Gowdy urged the audience to take a stand on the ordinance and help in what she called the newest civil rights movement. She suggested that people write or call the government to sign an agreement them to sign a petition supporting the amendment, which already has 1,700 signatures.
If people allow discrimination against homosexuals, then they provide a stronger foothold for all kinds of discrimination including racism and sexism, she said.
New brew might be served at renovated Glass Onion Zone reinterpretation could mean beer sales
By Gwen McKillip
Special to the Kansan
If an off-campus coffeehouse can get around a city law, beer could replace coffee as the brew of the day
The Glass Onion Grill, 624. W 128
St. cooper repeated Tuesday as a grill after
which it was out.
Jeff Morrow, owner of the Glass Onion Grill, said that he planned to file a request with the Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals today for a reinterpretation of the restaurant's zoning.
The Glass Onion Grill is zoned as C-1, inner neighborhood commercial district. If the board overrides the present interpretation of the zoning ordinance, Morrow would request a Glass Onion Grill in the city. The license would allow the Glass Onion Grill to serve 3.2 percent beer to customers.
However, Morrow said that he could face more problems in getting the beverage license because the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread Ave., is about 290 feet from the Glass Onion. According to the Lawrence Cereal Malt Beverage ordinance, liquor-
The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St., located next to the Glass Onion, but is not affected by either ordinance because the tavern was there before zoning ordinance regulations were established and before the ECM building, which qualifies as a church because it holds services, was built
related establishments are prohibited from serving liquor within 400 feet of a church or school.
Morrow said he didn't think he'd much trouble getting around the city.
"I think our chances are good," Morrow said. "I've talked to several of the commissioners already who this was not a particular problem."
Members of the City Commission said that they thought the request was reasonable but that they would be to wait and see what the church said.
"It's a new thing for the Glass Onion but not for the vicinity," said Dennis Constance, city commissioner. "I don't see how the situation would be any different than it is now."
Jack Bremer, Ecumenical Chris-
tin Ministries director and campus pastor, said that he had no problems with Morrow obtaining a cereal malt license but that the ECM board must
"I think he's had a progressive and constructive presence on this end of campus," Bremer said. "On the ground, I don't know how the board will react."
The Rev. Bill Atchley, president of the ECM board, said his feelings about the restaurant's potential license were mixed.
"I'm not thrilled," he said. "On the other hand, there are lots of places that serve beer. One of those places is next door."
Bremer said that the ECM board would discuss the situation if the request got to the City Commission. If the zoning board says he can ask for a license, the request could be on the City Commission agenda within a few weeks.
Tom Conroy, owner of the Crossing,
said he thought the Glass Onion Grill would bring a lot of business to block if it were to start serving beer.
"I think it would be a good deal."
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