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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 8,1993
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Minority leaders discuss diversity
Gathering addresses ideal goals for University
Holly McQueen/KANBAN
Frank Williams, middle, Kansas City, KU., senior, spoke to a gathering at Lewis Hall last night about the need for diversity at KU. Joining him at the informal panel discussion were, from left, Barbara D'Souza, Salina junior; Edward Garnica, Lawrence senior; Roy Schmidt, Tulsa senior; and Jamie Howard, a 1993 graduate.
By Brian James Kansan staff writer
Representatives from four campus minority organizations spoke last night about diversity on college campuses — a topic that is not easy to define, they said.
Although diversity meant different things to each representative, it was a common goal for each group, said Jamie Howard, a 1993 graduate and a representative of Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Services of Kansas.
"Ithink the word diversity is kind of a buzzword right now," said Roy Schmidt, Lawrence senior and a representative from the International Student Association. "It has too many meanings in too many contexts, like 'love' or 'peace', but I think if you search for diversity you can find it."
"Diversity means, simply, a 'difference,'" said Frank Williams, Kansas City, Kan., senior and a representative from the Black Student Union.
"The ideal image of diversity for me is to have a variety of people who appreciate the differences of those who live within their own community," Howard said. "Right now, KU is not like that."
Edward Garnica, Lawrence senior and a representative from the Hispanic American
Leadership Organization, said he considered the University a diverse place.
"It has a wide range of cultures and beliefs represented," he said. "But one problem we've found is that our groups don't mix and blend together enough."
Williams and other panelists said they thought that University administrators did not support changes that could eventually increase diversity on campus.
"Too often it has been a policy of business as usual," Williams said. "They've said, 'Well, K-State has done this, maybe we should too.'"
He said that the percentage of African-American students at KU did not come close
to the percentage represented in the state of Kansas.
"The administration seemed to think the increase of six Black students this year was a big deal," Williams said. "But it's not to me."
Responsibilities in recruiting minority students was also discussed.
Garnica thought campus organizations should recruit students to come to KU.
But Howard said it was the University's responsibility to draw students from different parts of society.
"The ultimate responsibility has to fall on the shoulders of who has the money," she said.
Tickets available only to students for Lied concerts
The Lied Center's 1993-94 concert series has been sold out to the general public, but tickets are still available to KU and Haskell Indian Nations University students.
Tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Students can still purchase tickets because of a Student Senate policy that allows 35 percent of the tickets to be held for the students until 14 working days before each performance.
Tickets may be purchased at the Lied Center box office and Murphy Hall box office from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets may also be purchased from Student Union Activities, the Kansas Union and any Ticketmaster outlet.
Members of KU's Native American Student Association and students from Haskell Indian Nations University will march from Haskell to the Kansas Union on Monday.
American Indians to hold march protesting holiday
Jay Jackson, Flandreau, S.D., senior, said the march, called "Walk of Nations: 501 Years of Perseverance," would be held in protest of Columbus Day, which is also Monday.
He said Columbus Day, which celebrates the day the New World was "discovered" by Columbus in 1492, insulted American Indians.
"We're telling an institution, 'you need to change what you have in your literature,'" he said.
The march will begin at 9 a.m. in front of the Student Union at Haskell and will end in front of the Kansas Union around noon. A peace rally with speakers will follow, Jackson said.
Parking phone number wrong in new directory
The phone number listed for the KU parking department on page 26 of the new University phone directory is incorrect, parking department officials said.
The directory listed the translation of the parking department's number, 864-PARK, as 864-4275.
The correct number for the parking department is 864-7275.
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