African Extravaganza showcases KU African culture on campus
The sixth annual African Extravaganza at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries center featured dancing music fashion poetry and food from Bahamas Mauritius and Africa regions. KU students shared culture via a regional parade performances and a fashion show. A co-sponsored lecture Modernization and Change in Africa will follow with free admission.
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Kansas University
African Affairs
Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center
Oread
Bahamas
Mauritius
North
East
West
South Africa
Folabo Ajayi
Mananza Kone
Association
Office of Minority Affairs
Black Student Union
Student Senate
ECM Center
David Doemland
Titus Motau
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Summer Activities Fair to help Lawrence youth plan
The Journal-World hosts its first Summer Activities Fair for ages 3 to 18 at Lawrence High School cafeteria on May 1 from 10 am to 3 pm. Exhibitors include the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and safety officials from the police, fire, and Douglas County Sheriff offices. Students can sign up for programs, learn about classes, and enter door prize drawings for movie tickets and swimming passes.
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Lawrence
The
Journal-World
Caroline Trowbridge
Journal- World News
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
Lawrence Police and Fire Departments
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
March planned to honor Sevier shooting anniversary
Native American activists organize a 4 p.m. march on April 21 in Lawrence to support Gregory Sevier’s family two years after his death in the 1991 police shooting. Ruth Kyle and Lori Learned said the event will include speeches and a tepee at Haskell Indian Junior College.
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Ruth Kyle
Lori Learned
Lawrence
The
American Indian Movement
Gregory Sevier
Learned
Kyle
City Hall
Haskell Indian Junior College
Haskell
Sevier
Police Department
KU law professor dating student faces dismissal hearing
Amy McGowan, KU law graduate, testified she dated professor Emil Tonkovich from 1982 to 1986 in an open relationship. Prosecutors say Tonkovich abused his position by coercing students, while Tonkovich defends his conduct as fair. The February 1992 hearing featured tense exchanges as evidence includes alleged punitive grading and multiple student relationships.
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Kansas University
School of Law
Amy McGowan
Ku’s
Law School
Emil Tonkovich
Tonkovich
Gene Budig
McGowan
Tankovich
Missing document turns up in Tonkovich case at KU
Kansas University law professor Emil Tonkovich faces new scrutiny as Kim Dayton recants and reveals she gave a 1991 law student statement charging Tonkovich with harassment to her personal lawyer. Dayton claims three additional student statements exist while the faculty committee weighs material relevance and credibility.
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Kansas University
Kim Dayton
Emil Tonkovich
Dayton
Tonkovich
Yankovich
KU hearing ends without ruling on Tonkovich complaint
The committee recessed after a tense session where Marino and Tonkovich sparred over witness questioning and derogatory terms. Tonkovich sought removal of an allegation about changing a course grade for a female student, but Budig and subordinates differed, and no decision was reached.
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Bud Turnbull
Tonkovich
Marino
Budig
Great Plains scholars lecture at Kansas University
Rutgers researchers Frank J. Popper and Deborah Epstein Popper visit KU for a free public lecture on Great Plains undeveloped land and buffalo habitat in Woodruff Auditorium. They will also meet KU classes, speak at Emporia State University and Haskell Indian Junior College during a weeklong Midwest tour.
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Great Plains
Kansas University
Frank J
Deborah Epstein Popper
Buffalo
Woodruff Auditorium
Kansas Union
Department of Environmental Studies
Environs
Poppers
Emporia State University
Haskell Indian Junior College
Great Plains States
Correction on Class Acts caption misidentified cheerleaders
A reporter's error led to an incorrect photo caption on Saturday's Class Acts page. The spring cheerleaders pictured are from West Junior High, not the previously identified group.
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West Junior High
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