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Professor earns campus-wide recognition
CARLO RAMIREZ cramirez@kansan.com
Denise Linville can't stop smi- ing.
Linville, a journalism professor at the University, just won her first Honor for an Outstanding Progressive Educator award.
"I'm probably going to take
it home Thanksgiving and show it off" Linville said.
The H.O.P.E. award, established at the University by the class of 1959, is the only honor given by students for
Linville said she still can't believe she won the award but is quick to give praise to the other finalists.
"We spend so much time in the classroom," she said. "The students see us at our best and our worst, so it's great to know they think what we're doing is worth recognizing."
"The students see us at our best and worst so it's great to know they thnk what we're doing is worth recognizing."
DENISE LINVILLE Journalism Professor
T he KU Board of Class Officers sent an e-mail to all seniors in October asking them to nominate a professor. The seven finalists for the award
teaching excellence. Linville, one of seven finalists for the award, receieved the award during halftime of the Kansas football game on Saturday.
were interviewed by the board, and then visited during a lecture to assess how they interacted with their students.
The finalists for the award
included Kerry Benson, a journalism professor who has been nominated for the award seven times.
Linville has taught at the University for 27 years, 25 of those years being in the school of journalism. This was her second time as a finalist for her strategic communications and marketing research class.
At tonight's men's basketball game, Linville will be receiving the Mortar Board Honor Society Outstanding Educator Award, another award which recognizes her achievements as an educator.
"Just from sitting in on her class, she is engaging and lively. She incorporated traditional lectures, YouTube videos, and websites," said Megan Do, a senior from Wichita and board chairwoman. "Students were really engaged and she knew students by name. She is truly progressive and up to date."
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Denise Linville, a professor of journalism, was recognized on Saturday for winning the H.O.P.E. award. At tonight's basketball game, she will be recognized as an outstanding faculty member.
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Anti-bullying bill passed to governor
The state General Assembly and Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill Monday. It now goes to Gov. Chris Christie.
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey lawmakers have approved what advocates say will be the nation's toughest laws to fight bullying in institutions of learning.
It would require anti-bullying programs in public schools and language in college codes of conduct to address bullying.The measure would update a law on the books since 2002.
The bill has been in the works for some time but gained attention after the high-profile suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi. He killed himself in September after his roommate allegedly spied on his liaison with a man on a webcam.
The Republican governor has not said whether he would sign the bill, but he spoke out against bullying after Clementi's death.
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more family members made the trip from Colombia to Lawrence, including recently-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Luis son, Luis, Jr., now lives in Lawrence and his granddaughter, Alexandra, is the third generation to attend the University.
Santos stopped by The Kansan recently and talked about what drew him to Lawrence, the family-owned media company celebrating its centennial birthday in January and how his family has balanced that with having a Santos become president of its country.
Kansan: When you decided to study in the United States, what made KU your choice?
Santos: When I mentioned at a very young age that I wanted to study journalism, my father and my uncle used to say "Aah, you don't have to study journalism, you're born with it," or "You get your hands full of ink" — that was the comment. And I insisted, "No, I want to give it a try. I want to give it a try, I want to study journalism overseas." And I started looking for different options. At the time there was no Internet. There was a big book and you just went through all the pages and try to get information. I had preselected Syracuse, Marquette, Missouri and Kansas from what I had read in these catalogues of the universities at the time. And by coincidence there was a meeting of United Press Correspondents in Bogota and I got to meet a lot of professional journalists. I was still in high school at the time and I started asking them, "Where would you recommend me to go?" Several of them were very aware with the William Allen White School of Journalism and they said, "Look, that's a good place to go. Lawrence is a great place." I had never been to Kansas. The only reference I had of Kansas was "The Wizard of Oz."
Kansan: What kept your family coming back after you graduated?
Santos: When I came to KU my freshman experience in the dorms and the sports and the university environment that I found here, plus the friendliness of the Kansan people was such that I said, "Look, I'm just having a wonderful time, if you're thinking about studying overseas you should give it a try here at Kansas." So they started coming here and they certainly loved it.
Kansan: How has your family avoided a conflict of interest with family in media and government?
to manage the situation of family members in government. It's been difficult. The family as a whole understood that what we had to do was defend the newspaper and we could do nothing to prevent these persons from going into government. They weren't in government representing any of the interests of the newspapers. They complained that newspapers were much more severe with them than with other politicians, which was truthful in the sense that we wanted to send a message. But it was something that we had to live with. And I think we managed rather well.
Santos: It's been difficult. It's been difficult because the whole purpose of the company is to acquire credibility and that your readers or your TV viewers and your audiences understand that you're trying to be as impartial as possible as fair as possible in your coverage of the news. This is something my father and my uncle had worked very hard to do because in the 40s and the 50s, newspapers in Colombia were totally politicized. Party newspapers instead of independent newspapers. El Tiempo made a big effort to become independent, not party affiliated. If you had to criticize the government, you criticized the government. The first thing that happened to us is that Juan Manuel who had worked overseas came to work at El Tiempo, and while he was working at El Tiempo he received an offer to be the first minister of commerce. So when he accepted that he was going into politics it was quite a shock. It was very rough. A lot of family conflicts. We accepted that he had the right to do it, couldn't tell him not to do it. From that moment on there was a rule in the family that whoever went into politics would never come back to the newspaper ever. And he was immediately cut off from all the meetings. He could not be on the board of directors and attend family meetings where business was the subject and that was accepted by the family. I think we managed it rather well. It wasn't easy. We've had
Kansan: Colombia, like Mexico today, suffered much drug cartel-related violence in the 1990s. How did the media handle this and how might Mexican media learn from this?
Santos: They bombed the building of El Espectador, which was the No. 2 newspaper. They killed the editor of El Espectador. They kidnapped the managing editor of El Tiempo. They put bombs in a lot of newspapers but they never silenced newspapers. What newspapers did in agreement very rapidly is that every bit of news that had to do with the cartels and the drug lords would be published in every single newspaper and nobody signed it. So we took away the names to protect the reporters and every newspaper said we would print it on the front page or wherever. It was a massive situation so they couldn't pinpoint one newspaper or the other and it worked quite well.
Kansan: What was the first place you went to eat when you last visited Lawrence?
Santos: That's a good question.
One of the beautiful things about Lawrence is it has maintained its feel and look. Last time I came I told my son to take me to Pizza Hut and we went to Pizza Hut but I ordered a beer and they did not have beers!
I was really depressed that they did not have beer at Pizza Hut.
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International students give thanks in Lawrence homes
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BY MEG LOWRY
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"It really helps to be invited somewhere," said Salcedo. "Then, you're kind of like a part of the family and have a home away from home."
But unlike most KU students, Salcedo couldn't go home during breaks, because his home is in Ecuador.
Galo Salcedo knows what it means to be homesick in college.
"Breaks are really hard for international students, because they don't have a place to be when everyone else is home with their families," said Salcedo, an alumnus of the University.
Salcedo is now the program director of International Student and Scholar Services and coordinates the Thanksgiving Homestay Program.
"I try to find the best fit for everyone," said Salcedo. "Some families want students from certain parts of the world, or that speak certain languages."
This year, more than 30 students applied for the program and
The Thanksgiving Homestay Program serves as an alternative to staying on campus over Thanksgiving weekend.The program takes applications from international students and local families, and then matches students with homes to go to for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Because most of the dorms close over break, international
"We don't have this food in other countries," said Pears. "There were lots of strange pumpkin pie type things. It was alright, actually."
Candice Pears, a junior from York, England, had her first taste of Thanksgiving at Mrs. E's dining hall.
Although the application deadline has already passed for the Homestay Program, Salcedo encourages KU students to reach out to their international classmates or for friends for the holidays.
"We don't have Thanksgiving in other countries, so it's great that everyone wants to help out," said Salcedo. "Everyone is so generous. I think when they actually get to experience it, international students really enjoy this holiday."
"It brings a new excitement to the holiday, because this will break our family's normal routine," said McNorton. "We will get to share it with someone who has never experienced it before."
In past years, Salcedo says, students had to be turned down from the program because there were not enough families to host them. This year, every student will be matched with a family.
24 families applied to host them.
Kourtney McNorton, a sophomore from Topeka, will be hosting a foreign exchange student with her family this year.
students must find a living alternative for the long weekend. If students stay at the University, according to the Department of Housing, they move from their residence hall to McCollum Hall, and an additional charge is added to their Enroll & Pay.
"We kind of have to rely on Americans, since they are the ones with homes here," said Pearls. "I know some kids are going to Chicago and St. Louis, so they're going to stick together."
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"It is incredibly lonely, to be just sitting in a dorm alone while everyone else goes home," said Salcedo.
Pears, who is going to a friend's house in Overland Park for the break, said many international students go on vacations or spend time together during breaks.
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