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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, February 22 1980
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Women of different cultures discuss roles
Catherine Wheeler/Special to the KANSAN
Talking about the role of women in her country is Henrielle Elu, Abidjan, ivory Coast, graduate student, while Aki Nakajima, Toyko
Women now able to work outside home
by Mary Neubauer Kansan staff writer
graduate student, listens. Five women were on the panel last night at the Burge Union.
Foreign women last night agreed that women's situations in their native countries were quite different from the situation of women in the United States.
Five students spoke as part of the panel "Roles of Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives," in the Burge Union.
Sonia Martinez, Bogota, Colombia, graduate student, said that in many cases, women in her country are more educated as women in the United States.
Women are now choosing to work outside the home in Colombia, she said. "We want to be the main homemakers and child care providers."
If a woman can show that she is financially independent, that she can hold a job and she can shows people who shows people she can be single. Martinez said.
And relationships between men and women in Colombia start anywhere at anytime, with no parental involvement, she said.
"We have sex education in schools from the sixth to 11th year." Martinez said. "But we don't have the schools. In rural areas, students often only go from the first to the third year."
Sumaya Ali-Raja, St. Taiz,
Yemen, junior, said there was no
n sex education offered in schools in
her country.
woman's world, you can learn everything you want to know."
Henriette Eluh, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, graduate student, said there were traditional and modern women in her country.
"The big taboo is that girls must be virgins when they are married, so they learn nothing about sex," she said. "But once you enter the
The traditional woman's primary duty is to be a housewife and a good mother, she said. The woman is married as a teen-ager to a husband who is chosen for her and gives birth to many babies
as she can.
"Her husband is just like a king to her," Eluh said. "She serves his every need."
Elshu said modern women in the Ivory Coast were like her. They are educated, hold jobs and are financially independent.
"I will not have to depend on my husband," she said. "And I will choose the number of babies I will have."
Aki Nakajima, Tokyo graduate student, said there also was a traditional and a modern woman in her society. But to be single is uncommon.
"A lot of arranged marriages occur in my country," she said. "We don't date, so children let arranged marriages occur because they feel the parents know better (and) have more experience. But today, the child $ \rho $ have the final decision and the last say. They can say no to the arranged marriage if they want."
"If you don't get married, you'll force your parents to cry." Nakajima said. "When a man or woman over 30 is not married, people say something is wrong with them. Marriage is a status symbol."
Kshama Gargesh, India gradu
ate student, said single people also were rare in her country.
Not even glimmer of fire code debate City Commission proclaims a week day for educational opportunities
The commission proclaimed the week of Feb. 19-25 to be Educational Opportunities Week and declared Feb. 25 as National Trio Day.
After weeks of debate on the Uniform Fire Code and the Riverfront project, the Lawrence City Commission at last night's meeting at City Hall.
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
sewer. However, assessments will be based on square footage of property in the Stone Meadows neighborhood, also in west Lawrence. The commission unanimously approved these issues.
Richard Lee, director of supportive educational services at the University of Kansas, told commissioners that Trio was the nationwide Special Program for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
The program assists low-income students, those who are the first in their families to attend college and physically handicapped students while they pursue post-secondary education. Lee said.
Trio is represented at the University by Student Support Services, Talent Search and Upward Bound programs.
Assessments for sewer, sidewalks and streets will be issued based on the amount of each property, as well as other factors, adjacent to the particular structure.
The commission approved four site plans for construction and improvement to existing sites.
The commission also approved methods for sewer, sidewalk and street assessments as well as several site plans.
The commission acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Kansas Department of Transportation that approved $2.6 million for construction on about a mile of Sixth Street in Malonek Drive and Monterey Way.
KU Med Center seeks to reclassify
A site plan was approved for a trailer frame manufacturing shop at 1352 N. Third St., and a plan for Taco Burrito, on Frontier Road, was approved.
by Jennifer Corser Kansan staff writer
However, compensation pay now received by classified workers is not enough to encourage people to work at the Med Center, Mann said. And because unclassified employees do not receive overtime pay, the University has required subgroup with a set salary and some of the benefits of classified employees, such as overtime pay and shift differential payments.
Changing the classification of University of Kansas Medical Center health care professionals could make the hospital more competitive with other area hospitals, a KU official said yesterday.
Those health care professionals who provide direct care to patients at the Med Center are now classified employees, said Richard Mann, University director of information resources. If the classification was changed, the employees would fall under a special unclassified subgroup, which could attract more employees because of an increase in benefits.
It approved a plan for Uni-Mart, a convenience store and car wash, at the corner of Sixth and Florida streets. Commissioners also made a site plan for improvements at S Drive Inn 1615. E 23rd St.
A direct assessment will be issued to residents of Somerset Heights in western Lawrence for a sanitary
Last week, KU officials asked the Board of Regents for approval to submit the classification change to the Kansas Legislature. Mann said that the board had submitted a legislature for consideration sometime during the current session.
As classified employees, health care professionals receive no set salary, are paid for overtime and receive compensation for working night shifts, Mann said. Regular unclassified employees receive set
salaries and do not get overtime pay
"This gives us the flexibility to meet the competition of the labor market," Mann said.
Committee OKs plan for syllabi
instructor have one
Sherr said the committee decided not to compile a list of mandatory items to be included in the class sylabus.
by Thom Clark Kansan staff writer
Although the committee recommended that faculty inform classes in writing. Sherr said no instructor was forced to follow the syllabus strictly.
"We did not think faculty members should be forced into a contract," Sherr said.
A University Council committee has recommended that faculty provide a written syllabus for each committee member said yesterday.
"We all know of occasions when changes are required at some point in the semester," Sherr said. "We do not want the initial syllabus to be perceived as a binding legal contract."
Larry Sherr, a member of the Academic Procedures and Policies Committee and Chancellors Club teaching professor of business, said the group recommended the provision to the University Senate Executive Committee but indicated it was the student's responsibility to attend class regularly and determine what was required.
Bob Shelton, University Ombudsman, recommended that SenEx address the issue.
Bob Jerry, SenEx chairman, said the procedures and policies committee's recommendation would be extended to the agenda of the March 2 SenEx meeting.
"This issue has been talked about for at least a year, and we will look forward to talk about the committee's recommendation." Jerry said.
"It would save a lot of time and would prevent several problems if matters were clearly stained in written form." The shelled said.
Jerry said the question had first surfaced during last year's add/drop period.
He said he received complaints from students during the add/drop period because they were unclear about their objectives and faculty expectations.
"The syllabus . . . serves as protection for students and faculty," Shelton said.
He said students would understand exactly what was expected of them and faculty could not be accused of not informing students of class objectives.
Electrical short causes warehouse fire
Kansan staff writer
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An electrical short circuit started a fire that caused $50,000 damage Monday night in a warehouse a half mile north of Teepee Junction, a fire official said yesterday.
Maj. Richard Barr, Lawrence fire marshal, said the short circuit was in the fixed wiring inside the wall of the warehouse. Three people were injured in the blaze.
Two firefighters were treated at the scene for lower back pain, Barr said. Another firefighter was treated at the scene after injuries at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Diane Brooks, a dispatcher for Hillcrest Wreckers, said company workers had managed to save most of its tools and equipment. One wrecker and an air compressor were the only losses, she said.
The two-alarm fire began shortly before midnight Monday. The 6,000 square foot metal and wood warehouse, owned by Rex Youngquist, is
rented to Hillcrest Wrecker and Garage Inc. and Yellow Freight System Inc.
But if it wasn't for the heroes of two company drivers, Brooks said, the losses could have been much worse.
Don Parks and Bobby Brubaker went into the flaming warehouse to save three trucks.
Brubaker, who saved one truck,
said the trucks received heat damage,
including melled paint and broken windows.
Parks, who saved two trucks, was concerned for a personal reason.
out." he said. "It was pretty hot in there, but the firefighters gave us the OK to move our trucks."
Barr said that it had been shot to the men to go in and remove the trucks because the fire was under the wreckers where the wreckers were parked.
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"It was hotter than blazes in there but that's my baby," he said about the wreckers.
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Parks also had another wrecker in the warehouse — his 1987 Chevrolet IROC2828 even though the warehouse roof had collapsed on it.
Although Yellow Freight had merchandise stored in the warehouse, none of it was damaged, said Michael
"Only one-third of the building burned," he said. "We'll move into another part of the building while we repair this part."
"We've already shipped most of the merchandise," he said. "The fire didn't reach that far and we're glad."
Taylor had been trying to start a service to repair trucks coming from the Kansas Turnpike.
Jerry Taylor, owner of Hillcrest Wrecker, isn't so glad. He said rebuilding the warehouse would take six months.
"It's a real setback in the fact that we were just getting it started," he said. "We hope it to be a temporary cure and try to pick up the pieces and go on."
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Thirty-two firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire, Barr said.
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