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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1992
Page
6
A student views this year as similar to last with a quieter basketball season and says academics were challenging but rewarding through involvement in student groups. The campus atmosphere centered on money debates and Hoch Auditorium is criticized as an eyesore.
Frank Baron recalls learning of Albert Bloch’s importance after a German scholar’s remark. KU exhibit at Spencer Museum honors Bloch with a symposium featuring scholars from Germany and Austria. Speakers include Robert Sudlow and Maria Prather. Bloch taught at Kansas University from 1923 to 1947 after a career as a cartoonist and German Expressionist influenced painter.
Baron notes Bloch shaped the university art program and pursued literature. Died 1961, widow Anna still in Lawrence writing about him. Exhibit at Spencer, through May 24, includes prints drawings and watercolors from university holdings and a private source, organized by Midori Shigetani. Bloch did caricatures of notable German and Austrian writers, influencing literary history and art. His landscapes and watercolors convey a spiritual impression, according to Baron.
A KU survey of 1 500 students conducted by the Division of Student Affairs reveals troubling attitudes toward sexual abuse and dating norms. Findings show 20 percent of women faced attempts at sexual activity by force, and substantial gaps in consent understanding among both genders. The study aims to educate and challenge myths while grounding programs in substantiated data.
Brenda Crawley of Kansas University receives a Fulbright to teach at the National University of Lesotho in Roma next fall. She will offer graduate courses, help establish a social work program, and supervise fieldwork while visiting African universities and studying services across Africa. She departs in July for an international conference in Enugu Nigeria and to study family focused services across the continent.
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