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Thursday, February 21, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
Intercultural Implications in Domestic Violence
This panel discussion will explore factors contributing to violence in international families and their implications for women. Particular attention will be given to intercultural communication, coping skills, and intervention strategies. Join us for this workshop.
Thursday, February 28, 1991
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Pine Room, Kansas Union
Sponsored by the Emily Tylor Women's Resource Center, 118 Strong Hall
For more information, contact Sherill Robinson at 864-3552
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KU students collaborate with faculty from high school days
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Kansan staff writer
Every year since 1949, KU has offered students a chance to voice their opinions about college and give them a real authority from their former high schools.
By Sarah Davis
He said the students talking with a principal instead of a stranger about their college experiences was not unusual. He said a closer contact between the two
Fourteen years later, the message is still the same.
Tricia Pierron, assistant director of admissions, said the conference gave KU the opportunity to improve community high schools and community colleges.
KU students joined their former teachers to give suggestions to students at their alma maters, offer advice to counselors and talk about their experiences at the University of Kansas during the Principal-Counselor-Student and Community College Conference at the Kansas Union.
But James Hitt, who was director of admissions at KU from 1940 to 1977, said he remembered when high ones were only ones who came to the conference.
"It helps so that students can be better prepared when they come into
KU." she said.
High school principals and counselors from 147 schools from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri and Kansas attended the conference. Representatives also came from 13 community colleges in Kansas and Kansas City. Mo.
Pierron said this year's conference was more creative than those of the past. A new program centered on dealing with grief at college. Another program gave information about residence halls, and campus and building tours were included in the agenda.
Anna Morffi, Kansas City, Kan.
junior, was one of the students who attended the conference to talk with
Kristen from her high school,
Bishop Ward.
Representatives from the visiting schools also attended sessions that included topics as the honors course, career decisions and financial aid.
During lunch, 35 topic tables were staffed by KU students who provided information about KU organizations, such as ROTC and minority groups.
"My counselor wanted to know if the classes I took in high school helped me," she said.
"Hopefully it will help them prepare and fit in once they get here," Morfifi said. "I hope they can take advantage of what we told them."
tions could help high school students.
"They believe you before they believe us," she told students who participated. "We really value what is important, or we wouldn't keep coming back."
Rosemary Moody, a counselor at Blue Valley High School, said high school students took to heart what college students told them.
She said she hoped that her sugges-
She said she wanted to know which classes were beneficial.
A main concern of high school counselors and principals was what types of courses students wish they had taken more of in high school.
Nancy Silverforb, a counselor at Shawnee Mission North High School, said that science, math and foreign languages were three areas that students wished they had more experience in.
"We want to know what we do right or what we do wrong," she said. "It helps us in advising students."
"We want to know the valuable things you learned in high school that students could take on to college," she said.
Appeals court strikes down abortion ban
The 2-1 ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals came in the case of a 15-year-old who was wrongfully convicted after a gang rape in 1989.
The court said the ban on Medicaid-financed abortions violated women's rights to privacy and equal protection under the state constitution. It said the state constitutional rights were broader than those in the U.S. Constitution.
It also said the Michigan Constitution protected the right to abortion.
The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan appeals court yesterday struck down a voter-approved ban on state-paid abortions for poor women.
Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, said, "This is a very important, wise, thoughtful and compassionate decision. My only reason that it can be a model for other states across this country."
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