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Thursday, November 16, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLIC LECTURE
"WHAT PRICE TRUTH? The Politicization of Higher Education" Lecture in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union 7:00 P.M. Friday, November 17, 1995
Professor Robert K. Carlson recent author of Truth on Trial: Liberal Education be Hanged, will lecture on the state of higher education today. He will offer a challenge to professors and students to strive for truth and not mere information.
Hear Professsor Robert K. Carlson talk about the story of the University of Kansas Classics program, the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program, and how K.U. suppressed this nationally renowned program. "I saw the administration of K.U. snuff out a highly acclaimed program run by award winning professors. It was a grave injustice. It is time the truth is told."
AUTHOR WILLSIGN BOOKS 11:30 A.M. to 1:00P.M.at the K.U.Bookstore, Kansas Union Friday, November 17
Sponsored by Students for the Integration of the Humanities
CONGRATULATIONS New Initiates! Sigma Delta Tau
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Sheryl Edelman
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Pam Feins
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Sarf Frank
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Elizabeth Moser
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Leigh Rayblatt
Sara Rodgers
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Cym Sutton
Sydnee Thoms
Kate Ulrich
Amy Weprin
Shayli Winer
Marlee Zweigbaum
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Role of women in athletics is important
I read with interest Chris Austin's column "Equality Does Exist in Sports" and applaud the fine sentiments expressed concerning issues of "race, creed or color." However, should Austin's world come to pass, women would find themselves, as in sports, shunted off into their own separate spheres which would not be considered as important as those occupied by men, if the unequal funding of women's sports is any gauge of relative value.
Thank you, Mr. Austin, but no thanks. I prefer our imperfect world with attempts at equality than yours with its unapologetic sexual segregation.
Jeanette Ligos
Tallahassee, Fla., graduate student
Jeanette Lugo
Sports world doesn't provide equality for all
Chris Austin is a rare example of someone who actually writes before thinking.
People frequently speak before they think. It happens to me all the time.
Let's look at a couple of things he wrote in his Nov. 9 article "Equality Does Exist in Sports":
- "(the sports world) is the only place in society where rewards are based on performance."
Whoa. Chris, have you ever heard of Derrick Coleman, the most overpaid player in the NBA? He has a $64 million, eight-year contract and can't keep his team from losing.
Scottie Pippen is another good example. Although I personally don't like him, he took charge of the Chicago Bulls after Michael Jordan left the team and was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 1994. But at around $2 million a year, he was fifth on the Bulls' payroll and grossly underpaid in comparison to other players around the league.
Heck, Alonzo Mourning thinks he's worth $13 million a year after on-and-off bench time with a back injury the past two seasons.
Let's face it — sports is a business, and owners make money by signing people who will put people in the stands. Unquestionably, many players are signed because they are talented and put numbers in the win column. However, sometimes all an athlete has to do is create an image for himself that will help increase his pay. Michael Jordan made $31 million in a year when he did not play basketball. For what talent is MJ being paid?
"Great work is rewarded by great pay, and great people are recognized by their achievements."
Continuing the argument above, how many people recognize Dennis Rodman as the greatest rebounder in the NBA or its most colorful and
pierced player? Is Mike Tyson known as being a great boxer or as a rapist? Is O.J. Simpson known as a football player or the defendant in the Trial of the Century?
To illustrate this point even further, watch television on a weekend afternoon for an hour. I'd bet you could count 100 different personalities in commercials. Are these people recognized for their talent here? Probably. That's what sells the goods. But one wonders in this day and age how much a sports figure is recognized for his performance or how cool his last commercial was (Stand up, Deion.)
Tennis is the sport in which women receive the most recognition, but they still don't enjoy the notoriety male tennis stars do. In the "men's only" world of modern sports, it is the most discriminatory culture in existence.
- " (The sports world) is the only true equal opportunity employer in our society."
- " (the sports world) is the only place in society where racism will not prevent advancement,"
This statement proves how in-depth Austin's analysis is (note sarcasm): Women play an insignificant role in professional sports. How can he possibly claim that the sports world is an equal opportunity employer?
...unless you are a Black man hoping to get into the Masters Tournament. Golf and tennis, the two prominent "country club" sports, have been plagued by racism. Only Charles Sifford and Tiger Woods have entered the golfing spotlight as Blacks.
Historically, the sports world has provided an arena for racial battles. Austin mentions the Simpson trial and Marge Schott as exceptions to the rule.
Apparently he has forgotten about Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder's racial slurs on national television. How about the Black Power Salute in the 1968 Summer Olympics? That caused some pretty serious ripples. And in the 1970s, Simpson was criticized and received death threats for dating white women.
And I have to talk about Austin's favorite subject — Indian mascots. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the issue, there is no denying that it is a racial issue. And just because you are one-fourth Indian, that doesn't mean that 95 percent of the rest of Native Americans think the issue is racist.
"If the rest of society was like the sports world, it would be a better place to live."
Wife/girlfriend beaters would run rampant. Illegal gambling would be commonplace. Everybody could star in their own commercial and make tons of money on big shoe contracts. We could all retire at age 35. You could get anything you wanted just by paying for it, regardless of the rules.
Sounds like Utopia to me.
Sorry, Chris, but if the rest of society was like the sports world, you would be the water boy.
Jeff Webb Lawrence graduate student
We can't guarantee that you'll be smarter or that people will like you
But the $150 you could win might make you a bit more tolerable
Sometimes it's okay to pick favorites. Especially when you're picking for KU's Top of the Hill Awards. Vote for your favorite restaurants, bars, retailers and places on campus from November 6 to November 17. Entry forms will be published in The University Daily Kansan. You can find additional ballots in Wescoe Terrace (cafeteria), the Kansas Union Cafeteria (3rd floor of the Union) and at the Information Counter on the main level of the Kansas Union. Drop your completed ballots in the collection boxes at any of those three campus locations or at our business office at 119 Stauffer-Flint.
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