UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday. February 14, 1997
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Display designed to push students' buttons
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
The newest scholarly exhibition to grace the Spencer Research Library: a button collection.
The display, which features everything from campaign handouts to campy 1970s joke buttons, was arranged by Ned Kaehd and Barry Bunch of University Archives.
"We thought it was a groovy anti-intellectual display to put up," Kaehd said. They did it just to annoy the world of academia and because they thought it was probably the most interesting thing in the building.
One button: I'M A PRISONER OF BUDWEISER BREWERY (DON'T SEND HELP!)
The button collection was started by sisters Goldie and Delores Miller, who operated a snack bar in Strong Hall's basement during the 1960s and 1970s. A customer, short on cash, offered the sisters a button in exchange for a doughnut. Other students followed the example, using buttons as an alternate currency to buy drinks and snacks.
The collection, displayed on the walls behind the counter, grew in size over the years, achieving fame in a 1972 article in the Lawrence Journal-World.
The button trading came to an end in the mid-1970s when the University closed the snack bar. Many stories circulated about why it closed.
One rumor attributed the closing to a fear of uncleanliness by Chancellor Archie Dyche. According to the rumor, he was paranoid about trash from the snack bar being left around the building. It eventually bothered him so much that he shut down the establishment in the name of sanitation.
Another button: WANT A CHEAP
THRILL?
After the shop was closed, the Millers did not know what to do with the collection, so they donated it to the school. University Archives has taken care of it since, occasionally adding to it.
A recent addition: I WROTE PRIMARY COLORS
The collection features a variety of pins, including many that are KU-related, some from as early as the
Of historical merit is an axes-shaped pen engraved with the name of prohibitionist Carry A. Nation, which is believed to be from the era of Nation's bar-storming.
1930s.
A bit of local history also is captured in a button: LINDA LOVELACE FOR PRESIDENT
Lovelace, a pornography queen, filmed a flick in Lawrence during the 1970s, perhaps inspiring the button.
Matt Cavnar, Overland Park freshman, said he was delighted by the exhibit.
"Having the button collection out there, it was like the museum was wearing history on its chest," he said.
Kaehd said the display attracted more attention than he was accustomed to. Some visitors even tried to purchase a favorite button.
"They always offer large sums of money," Kaehd said. "But we can't sell them."
The button collection will be displayed on the second floor of the Spencer Research Library for the remainder of the semester.
Eric B. Howell / KANSAN
"Buttons Buttons Buttons" is the title of an exhibit containing a collection of pins from the past and present at Spencer Research Library. The display will run until the end of the semester.
Labels punched out by strength workout
By Amanda Arbuckle Kansan staff writer
Many women are trading in their tired, traditional aerobics class for the intense, focused workout of a boxer.
Each Wednesday, approximately 30 women punch, jab, kick and yell in this unusual class called Empowerobics.
"Women are taught from the time they're very young that they're supposed to be sweet and precious," said Shannon Bollman, assistant director of Recreation Services. "Being strong is not a quality that's praised in little girls like it is in little boys."
The 60-minute class includes 30 minutes of noncontact boxing and 10 minutes of jumping rope. The other 20 minutes are used for warming up and stretching.
At first I was frustrated and felt really self-conscious," said Laura Gonzalez, Lawrence sophomore. "But after going a few times, it got easier to learn the moves."
Growing up, girls are not taught how to punch, Bollman said. So in the first few classes, most women feel uncomfortable and somewhat lost.
David Templin, director of applied sports psychology, explained that stereotypes can be partially blamed for new participants' feelings of self-consciousness.
"It's not deemed a societal norm that women are
able to box," Templin said. "In today's culture, girls aren't taught to be aggressive like boys are."
"I feel like I'm finding inner strength," said Christine Rehder, Great Bend senior. "I think as women, being strong makes us feel good. And I also like wearing those boxing gloves."
One reason women like this class is because it not only is good for the body, but it also is good for the mind.
Bollman said the class took more mental concentration than other aerobics classes.
It's a lot more psychological," she said. "You can't just zone out like you can in a regular aerobic class."
During each class, Bollman gives practical advice that can be used in everyday life.
Because women who walk timidly with their head down are more likely to be attacked, Bollman makes the class practice walking.
"Look like you're not gonna take any crap from anybody," Bollman cues the class as they walk confidently, heads held high and shoulders back.
"I like that the whole theme is power," she said. "I feel self-confident."
Bollman said she hoped participants could take the strength they got from the class and apply it to other areas of their lives.
"I'm not trying to change them," Bollman said. "I just want them to know they can be strong. It's time women show the world they can be powerful."
Grocery store a classroom for some students of Spanish
By Osvaldo Munoz Special to the Kansan
Food, conversation encourage learning
Michelle Crank go to the Community Mercantile each week to buy natural foods and to learn a foreign language.
Crank is among a small group of people who have given up bilingual dictionaries and school lessons to improve their Spanish skills.
Instead, they learn new vocabulary as they browse through the aisles at Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi St., or chat in Spanish at the supermarket's deli.
"I can recall more words by associating them with the products," said Crank, a Lawrence resident. "I think this is a very helpful and convenient way to practice Spanish."
As she walks through the aisles, Crank points at the supermarket section where the rice and beans are. "El arroz y los frijoles," she says, pronouncing carefully.
Karen Knoll, who has lived in Lawrence for five years, said the group had started last summer.
"At the beginning, we were just my roommate, Jay Smith, and me," she said.
The group now has six or seven people who meet each Tuesday.
The group formerly met in different houses, but the members agreed to meet at the store, Noll said, and she is happy about their decision to meet there.
"This is not only a supermarket, this is part of the community of Lawrence." she said.
Jay Smith, an artist and social worker, said haltingly in Spanish that the group helped him to retain the Spanish he had learned.
Lauralyn Bodle, Lawrence resident and fluent Spanish-speaker, said she enjoyed using Spanish slang.
"It's funny to use idioms when we talk about Clinton," she said, laughing. "People don't even know what we're saying."
she said that group_members tried to speak Spanish throughout the chat but that sometimes it was hard because they did not share the same level of proficiency.
Spanish
Learning to speak Spanish at the Community Mercantile:
"We all make mistakes, but we don't give up easily," she said.
Knoll said the group's members helped each other when anyone did not follow the conversation.
Bodle said the group planned to continue the project.
"I tell them to remember an old Chinese proverb that says the sum of human knowledge cannot be contained in any one language," she said.
Kari Biochunger, a Community Mercantile employee, said that the comfortable environment at the store helped the group enjoy learning Spanish.
"It's great they have chosen here to meet," she said. "They can stay here as long as they want."
Kansas may adopt official state dances
State representatives introduce minor bills
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
A legislator's day isn't always filled with tough decisions. Sometimes, bills and resolutions are proposed for other reasons, such as honoring a person or closing a legal loophole.
This session of the Kansas Legislature has its share of those bills.
One bill designed to close a loophole in traffic laws was proposed by Rep. Don Myers, R-Derby. If passed, HB 2100 would make failure to drive on the roadway a crime.
What seemed obvious to most
people, including Myers, was that cars and other vehicles should not drive on the grass. But Kansas statutes did not specifically stipulate that this was a violation of the law.
"There are already statutes that say you cannot drive on the sidewalk or drive past the sidewalk." Myers said. "It was not clear that you could not do this kind of thing."
The situation was brought to Myers' attention last year when a young man had been driving on a grass area between a golf course and the roadway. The man was charged and later convicted of two counts, driving under the influence and failure to drive in a proper lane.
But the judge in that case said the statutes were not clear. To be charged with failing to drive in the proper lane could imply that a person was in an incorrect lane rather than no lane at all.
Myers' bill passed the transportation committee on Tuesday and will go before the full House.
The bill would designate the square dance as the official Kansas folk dance. It also would declare that the polka would be the official state ethnic dance.
Another bill, introduced by the Senate committee on transportation and tourism, seeks to establish official dances of Kansas.
Sen. Ben Vidricksen, R-Salina and chairman of the transportation and tourism committee, could not be reached for comment.
013 on U.S. Highway 59 in Atchison County as the official Amelia Earhart memorial bridge.
Henry said that 1997 marks the 100th birthday of Amelia Earhart and that the famous aviator was born in Atchison. The city is preparing an extensive celebration of its favorite daughter, and Henry said naming the bridge would work nicely with Atchison's plans.
"It does take a lot of time to go through the naming of a bridge," Henry said. The bill passed the House yesterday morning and will move into the Senate for consideration.
Other honorary consideration typically take the form of a proclamation. One such recommendation congratulates and commends the Olathe North High School football team for an outstanding season.
Look out Harvard: Here comes Chelsea—maybe
The Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Will Chelsea Clinton be part of the Harvard class of 2001?
President Clinton's daughter was accepted for early admission to the university out of about 4,000 candidates, The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
Harvard spokesman Alex Huppe refused to confirm or deny the report about Chelsea Clinton's acceptance.
The president also declined to confirm or deny the report. But he did say his daughter didn't know yet where she would attend school.
Those admitted to the Harvard class of 2001 have until May 1 to enroll.
Chelsea also visited Amherst, Brown, Yale, Princeton and Wellesley. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Wellesley College graduate, and both she and her husband went to Yale Law School.
A seni at the private Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, Chelsea Clinton was one of only 15,000 students nationwide to qualify as a semifinalist for a National Merit Scholarship.
Chelsea was among the 002 applicants accepted for early admission, the Times reported.
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