UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, November 12, 1996
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Jobs found at career centers
Opportunities exist for students who use local resources
By Stephanie Fite
Kansan staff writer
Nobody knows the placement of the placement centers.
Although the main concern of each career-placement center is to find jobs for students, none of the five on campus know how successful they are.
"the monsomer is the word 'placement' in job placement. We don't place people. We provide them the skills to interview," said Jim Henry, Associate Director for the University Placement Center.
Four KU job-placement centers are aimed at students in engineering, business, journalism and law. Other students can use the University Placement Center in the Burge Union.
Directors claim students will be successful if they plug into the University system, but none of the centers have an efficient system to keep track of students who find jobs through the centers.
"We can't find jobs for the students. We
provide them with opportunities," said Crystal Mai, Director of Career Services in the Law School.
Like the law center, other campus job placement centers provide career and information fairs for students to network with businesses outside of the University. In each job-placement office, students are expected to report back to the job-placement centers when they find a job.
Last semester, about 700 students were registered at the University Placement Center. Of those, 30 percent responded to a job-placement survey, and 20 percent found jobs. Henry said.
"This is really frustrating for us because we don't have enough students signed up to go through interviews," he said.
Henry said the University Placement Center used advertising and word-ofmouth to make students aware of job opportunities.
"The jobs are out there if students are willing to take the time to research them," Henry said.
It takes about ten hours a week for four months to conduct a real job search, Henry said.
However, the job-placement centers in the Schools of Engineering, Business, Journalism and Law have taken job-placement beyond student initiative.
in the School of Business, students' resumes are on the Internet. The web resume book allows businesses to browse the data base at home or at the office, without having to visit the campus, said Fred Madaus, Director of the Business and Engineering Career Centers.
"Students need to be in the database, and they need to be registered with us so we can pass along their information to
recruiters or refer them to other businesses," he said.
Karen Kelm, Career Service Coordinator at the Engineering School, said it was important for students to take advantage of every career option outside of the job placement center.
"I tell students not to rely on this office to find a job. I try to make their job search easier, but students have to rely on themselves," she said.
Black Panther leader to speak at KU
"When they showed the Black Panthers being militant, it was for a reason. It was necessary for us to advance."
Andrea Lockett president of the Black Student Union
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
Bobby Seale used to walk the streets of Oakland, Calif., armed with a shotgun and a message of Black empowerment. Next week he will come to Lawrence with only the message.
Seale, a founding member of the Black Panther Party, will speak at 8 p.m. on Nov.19 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The speech will address the 1960s, justice in the United States and minority economic liberation.
The Black Panther Party, which was founded in 1966 by Seale and Huey P. Newton, gave a new turn to the civil rights movement. Its members wore shades, carried guns and advocated the use of violence when necessary.
The Panthers also instituted
free breakfast programs in downtown Oakland and promoted awareness of constitutional rights. Members often followed police officers with law books and megaphones to ensure proper conduct.
"They were against police brutality and harassment of Black people in Oakland," said Jacob Gordon, associate professor of African and African-American studies.
It has been nearly 30 years since the nation's eyes focused on the Panthers, but the message still rings true, said Andrea Lockett, president of the Black Student Union and Shawnee junior.
"It's even more important now than it was back then," Lockett said. "The fight is still going on, but at a different level."
She said the speech would be an opportunity for people to
learn more about the Panthers' original motives and intentions
Bobby Seale
said. "It was necessary for us to advance."
Seale resigned from the party in 1974 after eight years as chairman. Today, he lives in Philadelphia, where he works with an organization he created to promote effective community organization.
Seale has written a variety of books ranging from an autobiography, Seize the Time, to a barbecue cook book, Barbeque'n with Bobbu.
He also works as a volunteer community liaison for Temple University's department of African-American studies. 4
Lockett said she looked forward to meeting Seale because it was important to learn firsthand rather than rely on the media for information.
While in town, he will tour Lawrence and eat lunch with representatives from the Black Student Union, the Office of Minority Affairs and SUA, who sponsored the speech.
She said images of the Black Panthers had been distorted by television and newspapers, and a statement on Seale's worldwide web page at www.bobbyseale.com supported Lockett's theory: "Until you have seen the original legendary founder Bobby Seale, you still haven't experienced the real story."
KU professor's art history book may win $10,000
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
"I simply got a phone call, and I was so surprised that I didn't think to ask any questions," said Stokstad, professor of art history, and Russian and east European studies. "I have no idea how I was nominated."
Like a brisk Kansas wind, international recognition came out of nowhere for Marilyn Stokstad, research curator at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Art History, a 1,200-page textbook Stokstad completed in December, is one of five international finalists for the 1996 Jan Mitchell prize. A London-based foundation awards a $10,000 prize year for "distinguished original contribution in English to art history in terms of scholarly, critical and literary merit."
After speaking to her editor, who went to London this weekend and visited the foundation's office. Stokstad was even more surprised.
Marilyn Stokstad
"She said there were copies of the book all over the office," Stokstad said. "Apparently it's all over London right now."
A committee meets today to decide who the winner will be. Stokstad said that although she was flattered by the recognition, she was not holding her breath.
"All I know is that no one has sent me a plane ticket to London." she said. "I'm probably a bridesmaid. not the bride."
The book departs from the traditional art history textbook format, Stokstad said. Its 1,625 illustrations, 26 maps, colorful charts and timelines make it more artistic than older books in its genre.
"The old textbooks were just gray," she said. "My book is to older textbooks what USA Today is to the New York Times."
Since Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams published the book, it has been used in introductory art history courses at more than 200 schools, including the University of Kansas.
Koststad, who wears a sunflower pin when she makes public appearances and put Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers on the cover of the book, said she hoped people would realize that Kansas is as rich in artwork as places like New York, Chicago and London. She included in the book works from the Spencer Museum and from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
"One of the things she is trying to do is point out that there is art all over the nation," said Edmund Eiglinsd, associate professor of art history. "She has really opened up a lot of eyes."
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