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Tuesday, February 6, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Panel discusses minority issues, cultural renewal
By Mark McHugh
Kansan staff writer
Minority issues were the subject of a panel discussion last night after the presentation of the film "Beyond the Mask" in celebration of Black Historic Month.
Four KU faculty members opened discussion to a group of about 40 people at Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall after the videotape and focused on the today's Black community.
Reginald Robinson, associate professor of law, said he was amazed at the level of ignorance of history on the basis of both Black and white students.
"Without that kind of historical context," he said, "we can be lost in terms of what we should be doing."
Robinson said he was distressed by low turnout of Black voters. He said that although the 1988 presidential candidates might not have reflected the needs of Black voters, it was necessary to vote.
"Sitting on our hands doesn't help," he said. "Sometimes, we have to swallow a pill and do what's best for us in the long run."
Arthur Drayton, professor of African and African-American studies, spoke in terms of Black culture and
cultural renewal. He said that the Negro spiritual in the United States evolved as the first African-Americans tried to translate their African roots into the new circumstances of living in the United States.
Drayton also said that society was becoming illiterate and that one way to eradicate the problem was to read English, African-Americans and other cultures.
"Their text is based on what is happening in their everyday lives," he
Ron McCurdy, associate professor of music and dance, said music was an integral part of Black communities. He said that while jazz great Charlie Parker's work was an interlinear message, his work delivered a message that was their interpretation of daily life experiences.
Eunice Stallworth, an ambassador for the Kansas Arts Commission, said she wished that more people would have attended the film and that she said this did not mean there was low activism at KU, however.
"If you're silent, that doesn't mean you're not doing anything," she said. "You don't have to be verbal to make a difference."
Minority counseling plan returns to KU
Bv John Denton
Special to the Kansan
A minority peer counseling program, which was phased out in Spring 1989, will start again tomorrow under the name of stEp (Students Together Excelling in Education as Peers).
"Lots of minorities feel they don't have enough help," said Marshall Jackson, interim director of the Office of Minority Affairs.
The key goal of the program is the retainment of minority students, said Jackson, who took his position in Summer 1989.
The program will use upperclassmen as peer advisers. These students will assist freshmen and transfer students to understand KU policies
"Our peer advisers are not academic advisers or trained counselors," said Laura Reid, graduate assistant for the office.
Reid said the purpose of the program was to help students cope with problems and to provide support networks for minorities.
workshops.
"We sent out over 400 letters to minority freshmen and transfer students. We received 50 replies stating that the student was interested."
The first workshop for stEp will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Jayhawk Room in the Union, Reid said.
The workshop will be an introduction of the program to minority students, who will be matched up one of 10 peer advisers, Reid said.
The workshop is open to students of Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian heritage.
Brian Dougherty and Julia Ekland, KU students who were involved in the old program, said they thought it was a good program and that it helped students face problems on campus.
Dougherty, Leavenworth junior, said one of the reasons the old program was phased out was the limited staff.
"The old program had a hard time finding people to devote their time," Dougherty said.
Eklund, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said, "Too much responsibility and not enough help are two of the problems the old program had," she said.
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