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Calendar funding set for final vote
By Paul Kramer
pkramer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The KU Women of Distinction calendar is just a full Senate vote away from getting funded after it passed committee meetings last night.
Sticking to their guns, sponsors of the KU Women of Distinction calendar argued before the University affairs committee that their calendar was not a response to the much published Women of KU calendar but an endeavor which would stand on its own.
The bill asked for $2,212 from Senate to help fund the calendar. It was passed after the Senate regulation that prohibits funding
groups not registered as campus groups was suspended. Nearly an hour of spirited debate ensued as the bi discussed.
ensued as the bill's merits were discussed.
The debate ranged from how those pictured were chosen to whether the calendar was an accurate representation of the women of the University.
Jayme Aschemeyer, off-campus senator, said the nomination process excluded a large majority of women at the University because of poor publicity. She also said the calendar included a disproportionately high number of women who are active in University activities. Aschemeyer cited women who had full-time jobs, and/or children and did not have the same amount of time to pursue visible involvement positions.
"Those women can't come sit in committee meetings and get their resumes going," Aschemeyer said.
Blake Shuart, CLAS senator, spoke in favor of the bill and said that some women wanted to see a calendar like the one up for vote. Shuart also said that the Women of KU calendar had stirred up some negative response in University offices.
"They feel that the calendar is heading in the wrong direction," Shuart said.
Shuart said that the Women of Distinction calendar was a statement, and the pictures were not important.
No matter how hard the proponents of the bill tried to distance the new calendar from the controversial the Women of KU Calendar, the argument kept returning.
Kristan Siebel, Association of University Residence Halls senator, rhetorically asked in her speech whether women should be portrayed in short shorts with shirts that do not cover their stomachs or in science labs.
"Maybe this will start some sort of dialogue about women's roles on campus;" Siebel said.
— Edited by Cate Batchelder
Hazing not limited to greek system
By Abby Mills almills@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Fraternities aren't the only organizations that could have questionable relations with new members.
"In the eight years I've been here, I've never dealt with a scholarship hall, athletic group or other organization," said Jane Tuttle, assistant to the dean of students. "But let's not be naive and think (fraternities) are the only organizations that haze."
Few numbers are available on the prevalence of hazing because of secrecy and lack of research, said Michelle Finkel, who has studied the topic. Finkel is a doe-
tor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Alfred University in New York has published some research on hazing. Researchers reported that in 1999,80 percent of the 325,000 NCAA athletes surveyed participated in "questionable or unacceptable activities as part of their initiation." Twenty percent reported "unacceptable and potentially illegal hazing," which included reports of beating, kidnapping and abandonment.
the survey also found that 48 percent of hazed athletes were first hazed in high school. Alfred University researchers conducted a study on high-school hazing in 2000. That research found 48 percent of 1,390 surveyed high school students in organized clubs said they had been hazed.
Several incidents of hazing in the Lawrence school system, including wrapping new members in duct tape, taping new members to trees or signs and paddling have been reported in local newspapers in the last 10 years.
Many scholarship halls have traditions for initiating new members, though none have been accused of hazing.
Members of Stephenson Hall play a football game each Stop Day that puts new residents against returning and past residents.
"It's a rite of passage to become an old member," said Ryan Yeager,
Maple Lake, Minn., senior. "It creates a bonding opportunity. Years later I'll talk to people about the old man/new man game."
The event is optional, but Yeager estimated 90 percent of new members participate. Someone usually gets hurt in the no-pads tackle game and Yeager said the injured are generally freshman. He broke a finger last year and two years ago a player suffered a concussion.
The game is played in the open field next to Watkins Health Center, making it convenient for injured players to quickly receive treatment while other players continue the game.
- Edited by Jonathan Reeder
SUNDANCE Willmott's film local hit, wants national viewers
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and well in Willmott's film because it follows the South's plan for the country if it won the war.
Willmott said although the South lost on the battlefield, it won because the North adopted the South's way of life through segregation.
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He said Kansas was a perfect example because although Kansas fought as a free state, the state was segregated after the war. He added that Lawrence, a town founded by abolitionists, was segregated and that the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education segregation case took place in Topeka.
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CSA was a big hit at its local premiere in February 2003. Additional screenings were scheduled because of public demand.
UNFINISHED FROM TAPE 194 Union and work with the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
- Edited by Doyle Murphy
Civil rights are important to McKeithen and Winkfield. Growing up in an inner city neighborhood, McKeithen and Winkfield did not know anyone who was white, they said. That's a disadvantage, Winkfield said.
Roommates Reggie McKeithen and Antwan Winkfield, Kansas City, Mo., freshmen, laughed in their residence hall room Tuesday. The two friends share aspirations for University involvement in the coming year.
"We want to be cool with everybody." Winkfield said.
Disadvantage is something Winkfield has already overcome. Winkfield has multiple sclerosis. At age two, the doctor told his parents he wouldn't walk again.
He's walking, he said, all over campus. Standing about 4 feet tall, and weighing 70 pounds, Winkfield's hard to overlook. He waves a friendly "hi" to everyone. He said he was out to prove naysayers wrong and take supporters in.
Standing at about 6 feet tall, McKeithen is a good counterbalance. He said Winkfield's resilience was something he admired.
"He doesn't let anyone prede-
termine him," he said.
During the interview, the door stayed open. Floormates of all backgrounds stopped by -proof that Winkfield and McKeithen have followed through with their plan to diversify their circle.
As the interview is wrapping up, one of their new friends stops by to ask them to watch a basketball game. "Thanks," they said.
but they had to go to dinner.
they do everything together, Winkfield said, that's the way it is. Waking to each other's alarms in the morning and wishing each other a good night, the day isn't complete without the other's support, he said.
"I know I have someone right by my side," Winkfield said.
Edited by JJ Hensley
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December 19,2003 at 5p.m.for students
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