UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tuesday, February 4, 1997
Discussion to focus on civil rights, change
By Umut Bayramoglu Kansan staff writer
Cheryl Brown was three years old when her father, Oliver Brown, started his case against the Topeka Board of Education, which later made it to history books as Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
Now Cheryl Brown-Henderson is the director of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research.
Brown-Henderson will present a panel discussion at 7 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The discussion will deal with the social change engineered by the judicial and legislative bodies.
"In essence, the biggest changes in society come from social movements." Brown-Henderson said.
She said the judicial and legislative bodies of the United States had helped these societal changes since the 1800s, and she wanted to give a reflection of these changes at the panel.
The panel discussion is sponsored by the Black Student Union and Student Senate and is part of African-American History Month.
Julius Williams, assistant director of Minority Affairs and BSU adviser, said it was important to look back at social changes and see how certain entities had affected these changes.
"We need to ask ourselves 'How did we handle this?' and look for different ways to solve problems in the future." Williams said.
The panel will offer two presentations to address these issues.
After Brown-Henderson's panel discussion on social change since the 1800s, Dorthy Pennington, associate professor of communication studies and African-American studies, will present a panel called, Standards of Reapraisal: The Successes and Limitations of the Civil Rights Movement.
Pennington said she would discuss many people who were involved in the Civil Rights movement but would focus on comparing Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
"As an educator, I find this a great opportunity to enlighten people about the Civil Rights movement so that this generation can appreciate what the leaders of the time went through," Pennington said.
"Even seeing people on TV marching for their right to vote will teach young people today that a lot of the rights they take for granted today were not commonplace then," Pennington said.
She said college students born after 1970 did not know much about African-American history unless they had a special interest in it.
She said she felt honored to be sharing the panel with Brown-Henderson, but she was not sure how many people would attend.
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New housing planned for honors students
Renovated Templin will offer 20 suites
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
To live on the floor, students must be admitted to the University Honors Program.
A new housing option will be available for honors students this fall, providing not only an academically focused environment, but also a private bathroom.
The living arrangements will be on the sixth floor of Templin Hall. Named the Honors Program Residence, the floor will provide housing and special programs for 64 students in 20 suites.
The floor will be open, along with the rest of Templin, in the fall, said Randy Timm, assistant director of housing.
Previously an all-male residence hall, Templin was closed this academic year to be remodeled. The suites on the honors floor, like the rest of Templin's accommodations, will feature a living area with a kitchenette and an attached bathroom.
The Department of Student Housing and the honors program teamed up to plan the floor.
Barbara Schowen, director of the honors program, said the floor would feature special educational and social programs designed to meet the needs of honors students. These programs could include
everything from guest professors to trips to the Kansas City area, she said.
A similar setting operates on the seventh floor of McCollum Hall. The McCollum honors floor will remain open along with Templin's next fall.
Sandra Wick, assistant director of the honors program, said space for both honors floors was in demand.
"I think it'll look like an attractive alternative for students," she said of the Templin honors floor. "I have a gut feeling we'll get it filled."
Timm said that 155 new students already had applied for housing on an honors floor, not including students who already live in University housing.
Because there probably will be more applicants than spaces available, those who now live in University housing will receive first priority. Oread, Endowment, Merit and Community College Scholars also will receive preference.
The yearly cost for housing on the floor, including a standard meal plan, will be between $4,700 and $4,860, depending on the room type. Both two-person, one-bedroom suites and four-person, two-bedroom suites will be available.
"Templin is going to be an academic residence hall, so we wanted to make sure that we seed the hall with students who have academic interests," he said.
Timm said the honors floor was an important part of Templin's academic focus.
Group's plan disagreeable to Black leaders
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed — a messiah for African Americans?
The notion was floated by the Rev. Lawrence Haygood, an African-American minister from Tuskegee, Ala., as the coalition unveiled its new urban outreach program.
But while Haygood described Reed in terms usually reserved for civil rights figures like Martin Luther King Jr., the group's effort to engage African Americans is being met with intense skepticism from many in the civil rights field.
I'm careful not to judge anyone's motives, but the Christian Coalition has been more interested in finding its place in the Republican Party than in the body of Christ," said the Rev. Otis Moss Jr., civil rights chair of the Progressive National Baptist Church.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said yesterday Reed had come bearing gifts and made empty promises, but Reed couldn't use money to lure African Americans.
"They want to get involved in terms that fit their right-wing political agenda," Jackson said.
He said he saw a contempt and arrogance for civil rights leaders in Reed's failure to consult Black leadership about the coalition's attempt into urban activism.
At a Washington press conference last week and in a full-age ad yesterday in The Washington Post, the coalition laid out a legislative agenda that included a call for Congress to approve scholarships for children in 100 of the poorest school districts to attend private schools.
The plan, called The Samaritan Project, would have families move into poor urban areas to help improve the environment.
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