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Thursday, February 29, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON CAMPUS
Office of Study Abroad and the Multicultural Resource Center will sponsor a study abroad presentation at noon today at the conference room in the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Laura Leonard at 864-3742.
Graduate Students' Association and the department of anthropology will sponsor a Brown Bag Lecture Series talk at 1:30 p.m. today at 633 Fraser Hall. For more information, call Susan McEntire at 838-4096.
P. A.R.T.Y will meet at 5 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Shelly at 749-1819.
KU Fencing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call John Hendrix at 864-1529.
Association for Women in Science will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Danel Vickerman at 864-4051.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Ravi Hirekatur at 832-8789.
KU VASA will meet at 6 p.m. today at 2023 Worth Hall. For more information, call Samantha Ho at 749-3007.
KU Champions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Parlors in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Erik Lindsley at 841-4585.
InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will sponsor a Bible study at 7 tonight at
the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. For more in-formation, call Becky at 864-8039.
KU Democrats will sponsor a Religion and Politics issues forum at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Chris Sexton at 864-2292.
■ KU Women's Studies Program will sponsor a panel discussion, February Sisters Forum; Contract on Women: Interpreting the Radical Right Agenda, at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Sylvia Stone at 864-4011.
NASA will meet at 7 tonight at the auditorium in the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Lori Huxwell at 864-1799.
Student Assistance Center will sponsor a Memory and Notetaking Workshop at 7 tonight at 330 Strong Hall. For more information, call Student Assistance Center staff at 864-4064.
Icthus Christian Outreach will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Scott Nissen at 838-9719.
Gold Key National Honor Society will meet at 8 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Teng Chang at 864-1741.
Recovery Medicine Wheel Support Group will meet at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Samantha at 842-4797.
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Networking helps women scientists
KU graduate student starts support group
Science is no longer just for little, old men in white lab coats.
By Liz Musser Special to the Kansan
During the last 10 years the number of women receiving science and engineering degrees, which traditionally are male-dominated fields, has risen significantly, according to the National Science Foundation. To continue this trend, some KU scientists started a local chapter of the Association for Women in Science earlier this month.
Clare Wuellner, organizer of the new group, said that the KU chapter was for anyone who wanted to support women in the fields of science and technology.
The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
Wuellner, Lawrence graduate student, said that she wanted to start the chapter because during graduate school she often felt intimidated and was discouraged by the small number of women in her field.
She said an informal support group of women gave her encouragement to finish her degree.
"Science is not always female
friendly," she said. "Lots of women in science do not graduate for lack of support. That shouldn't happen."
Lauren Bone, Denver senior, said that she joined the chapter because she thought it would be a good way to meet other women with similar interests.
Bone said that although she thought women were well represented in biology, her major, science still was dominated by a patriarchal attitude.
"There is definitely an old-boys network in a lot of the sciences," she said.
Besides networking, the group also plans to do programs to promote women in science. One tentative project is Expanding your Horizons, a field day for grade-school girls that involves science-related activities.
The purpose of the project would be to show young females that science is fun and not just for boys, Wuellner said.
Kristin Bowman-James, a representative of the chemistry department, said she thought that AWIS could provide support that would help some women.
However, she worried that the women-based group could be exclusionary.
"Science should be global," she said. "It's important for women to integrate with male colleges."
NIGERIA: Student awaiting aid
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contact Mana, but he was not available for comment. No one else at the embassy was willing to comment.
The embassy promised Gusau that he would receive his money as soon as he came back to Kansas. Weeks later, the embassy sent Gusau $3,242. According to calculations made by International Student Services, this was only one-fifth of the money to which Gusau was entitled.
for the transcripts of all Sokoto students at the University.
Harris has written numerous letters to the Nigerian Embassy, but the only reply he has received was a request
"The state government told us the money is at the embassy," Harris said. "The embassy has affirmed it's there. They cannot give us a good reason why those payments haven't been made."
If Gusau can get money to enroll for this semester, summer and fall, he could graduate in December, he said. His future plans are to go back to Nigeria.
"I really want to work in a position where I can help people," he said. "That's my life is about."
Weather
Source: Seth A. Loyd, KU Weather Service
ON THE RECORD
A decorative brass bowl with an elephant design was stolen Feb. 21 or 22 from the Malott Room in the Kansas Union, KU police reported. The bowl was valued at $300.
- Six Zenith computer memory chips were stolen from a computer in storage between Jan. 8 and Feb. 23 at the Computer Center, KU police reported. The chips were valued at $1,080.
A KU student's parking permit valued at $35 was stolen from an unlocked car Feb. 7 or Feb. 8 in lot 111 in front of Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin Hall, KU police reported Tuesday.
A KU student's book bag and its contents valued at $197 were stolen Tuesday from the third floor of Anschutz Science Library, KU police reported.
A 23-year-old KU student reported that she was battered by an employee of Burger King, 1107 W. Sixth St., about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the restaurant, Lawrence police reported.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police reported. The phone was valued at $200.
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