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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 13, 1997
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Joev Bloom / KANSAN
Joanna Rabe, lead teacher at Hilltop Child Development Center, blows bubbles to entertain the children. Funding options for a new childcare center will be discussed by students and administrators next week.
McCollum to give a little lovin' to charity on Valentine's Day
Flowers or chocolates are common gifts for sweethearts to exchange on Valentine's Day. But McCollum Hall residents also are giving away old clothes to honor the day of love.
By Harumi Kogarimal
Kansan staff writer
Rebecca Lang, vice president of McCollum Hall government, said McCollum residents would deliver clothes to the Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St., on Valentine's Day.
"Because Valentine is the day for giving and caring, we thought it would be nice to donate clothes," Lang said. "We are lucky to be in KU, and we want to give something back to the community."
Hall government put a box at the hall's entrance last week, and since then, four or five boxes of clothing have been collected, Lang said.
Lang said that the quality of clothing collected was good. Levi's jeans, leather gloves, Jayhawk T-shirts and shoes are among the clothing accessories that have accumulated in the box.
"They are in good shape," Lang said. "They are really nice clothes. Most people seem to be happy because some of the clothes do not fit them anymore and they are willing to give them away."
Lang said this would be the first time McCollum Hall donated clothes. Lang learned about Penn House after calling the American Red Cross.
Wilfred Yang, Hong Kong junior, said he was thinking about donating some of his clothes.
"I don't know what they will do with my clothes, but I guess they will do something good," Yang said. "I grow every year, and some clothes do not fit me anymore, and I
don't know what to do with them."
Linda Lassen, director of Penn House, said she could not remember any other campus organizations donating clothing on Valentine's Day.
"I think it's great," Lassen said.
"There is always need for clothes."
Lassen said that about 6,000 people visited the Penn House last year to receive clothing.
Childcare center cries for cash
The valentine donation was not the only donation from KU students, Lassen said. Fraternities and sororites also donate furniture and clothing during Greek Week in April, and other students donate items at the end of semester when they move out from their rooms, she said.
Lassen said Penn House would appreciate any type of clothing and shoes. She encouraged donations of clothing and furniture to Penn House from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Funding feasibility of on-campus site to be considered
By Kevin Bates
Kansan staff writer
The Hilltop Child Development Center will be the only daycare center serving the University of Kansas' faculty, staff and students for now.
But Jamie Johnson, student body vice president, said that he, Grey Montgomery, student body president, and Kevin Lafferty, Student Senate executive committee chairman, would meet with the administration next week to discuss how to pay for a new davcare center on campus.
The $2 student fee collected to finance a new center has raised about $250,000, but the estimated price is $4 to $5 million.
"Senate would go for a $4 to $6 fee if the University would match students' contribution but even that probably wouldn't be enough to pay for it." Johnson said. "It's up in the air at this point."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the basic problem was money.
"We can't raise enough money with the fees we have now,"
important to the
student body,and
I'm fully
confident that the
need has
remained the same."
Ed Meyen professor of special education
Hemenway said. "We have to be fiscally responsible because the problem is that we might be taking money away from a classroom. We have to ask ourselves if it is feasible."
"There has always been a waiting list," Meyen said. "I think it
Ed Meyen, professor of special education and former executive vice chancellor, helped appoint a task force that looked at childcare needs. He said a new center was necessary.
very important to the student body, and I'm fully confident that the need has remained the same." Meyen said potential KU faculty would be influenced by the ease of finding daycare for their children.
Rodolfo Torres, assistant professor of mathematics, said that he would rather have his son nearby than at a daycare center away from campus.
"In the future, this will play a big part in faculty recruitment," Mevern said.
"It would be more convenient to have him on campus," Torres said. "When I want to go have lunch with him, I have to get in my car and go over there, but if he was on campus, I could just walk."
Rohini Ahluwalia, assistant professor of marketing, has been on the waiting list to place her child at Hillton for about a year.
"I asked my parents to stay with me so I could have someone there," Ahluwalia said. "It's been an inconvenience for them as well."
Hilltop's waiting list has more than 200 applications for openings, said Pat Pisani, director of the center. Just the list of 1- to 2-year-old children has more than 100 applications, she said.
we need one very badly," Pisani said. "A family on the list just got in after waiting four years."
Departments team up to sponsor festival celebrating Mexican culture
By Umut Bayramoglu
Kansan staff writer
Spring 1997 will be KU students' chance to learn everything they ever wanted to know about Mexican culture but were afraid to ask.
"Fiesta de la Cultura Mexicana," a semester-long festival of Mexican music, dance, theater, art and film commences this weekend with a conference about Mexican music.
The festival was organized by the music and dance department and the Center of Latin American Studies.
Paul Laird, assistant professor of music history, said that the idea for the fiesta was born out of personal interests of several faculty members.
"We wanted to bring together the people that are interested in Hispanic music," he said. "The idea took off from there and became a campus- wide fiesta."
Five scholars from Mexico and 13 scholars from the United States will present their research during the three days of the conference.
"It is an opportunity to allow people to talk about their research and learn from others," Laird said.
After this weekend, the festival will expand to other departments of the University.
Sam Sommerville, project coordinator for the Center of Latin American Studies, said that the fiesta was the result of two independent events planned by different departments.
"We were planning on having a symposium of Mexican theatre in April when music and dance faculty approached us for financial support for their conference," he said. "All these independent
Fiesta de la Cultura Mexicana
Events included in the festival:
■ Conference on Mexican Music
Feb. 14-16, Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall
Registration $15
KU Symphony Orchestra Concert,
Feb. 14, 7:30m. Lied Center
■ Juan Carlos Laguna, solo guitar concert
Feb. 15, 7:30 pm, Bales Recital Hall
Public $6, Students $4
Public $0; Students $1
■ "images of the Virgin", exhibition
■ "images of the Virgin", exhibition
Feb. 15 to April 6, Museum of Anthropology
events became one big festival. We are just cementing things together."
Gloria Flores, associate director of Minority Affairs said she was impressed with the efforts of the music and dance department.
"It's so good to see someone else appreciating Mexican culture apart from offices that focus on multiculturalism," she said.
The fact that several departments joined in on the festival was an added bonus, Flores said.
"So many departments will be spreading the beauty of Mexican culture to campus," she said. "That's wonderful."
Flores said that another advantage of the fiesta was the fact that it was a semester-long event.
"Not being limited to one heritage month and having events throughout the semester is a big opportunity for students," she said. "I hope this becomes an annual event."
Dial-a-ditty: Students can send their valentines a musical message
Song service special includes long distance international calls
Bott said that the income from
By Harumi Kogarimal
Kansan staff writer
Want to give a unique gift for Valentine's Day?
the students of the Music Therapy Student Association will sing love songs via telephone today and Saturday, said Deeanne Bott. Northwood, Iowa, senior and president of the association.
Students can choose a song from the association's list including: Love Me Tender, Are You Sleeping? You are my Sunshine and Home on the Range, among others.
Bott said that she had sent a song to her boyfriend last year.
"He said it was a little cheesy, but he didn't expect it in a million years," she said.
Emily Carroll, Overland Park senior and member of the association, said that the association had decided to sing today and Saturday because most people would be gone on Valentine's Day.
She said that members would sing from 5 to 10 p.m. today and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
The names and phone numbers of the person to whom the dedicated songs are intended can be registered at the association's table in the Kansas Union lobby and at the snack bar in Murphy Hall, Bott said.
The association charges $1 for a local call, $2 for a long-distance call and $3 for an international call.
She said that the members would even make calls to other states and other countries.
"It is not a big moneymaker," she said. "We just think it is a unique gift."
the calling service would be used to buy musical instruments for the association.
"People asked us where we were calling from," Koutsoupi-
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She said that it had taken four hours to finish 65 requests last year.
Christiana Koutsoupidou, Nicosia, Cyprus, junior and member of the association, said she had gotten up early in the morning last year to make international calls.
She said that she also had sent a song to her parents in Cyprus.
dou said. "That was exciting. We even left songs on the answering machine when the person wasn't there."
"They were surprised and laughing," she said. "I didn't talk to my dad very much because I woke him up."
The association has received about 20 requests so far, Bott said.
"People don't register until later," she said. "We are not too worried about it. I am confident that we will get many requests on the day before."
Where to sign up for a Valentine's Day telephone love song from the Music Therapy Student Association:
Kansas Union:
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today
Murphy Hall snack bar:
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today
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