MU Diversity News
Bryan E. Jones, MU News Bureau
From the Petri dish in the controlled environment of a sterile laboratory to the faraway fields of another country, virtually anything can be the topic of scientific study. However, a University of Missouri religion professor found that if the researcher is a male fieldworker studying women, the situation can be challenging.
Emily Smith, News Bureau
Sam F. Hamra grew up in the Missouri Bootheel town of Steele, where his father owned a general dry goods and clothing store. Many of the area citizens and customers of the store were African-American. While Hamra was able to go to college, many of his African-American friends could not, simply because of their race and economic circumstances. Because of this experience, Hamra set a goal to provide minorities with the same opportunities that were available to him. Now, almost 60 years later, Sam and his wife, June, are making his goal a reality through a $100,000 donation to the University of Missouri School of Law.
Women's & Gender Studies
Women's and Gender Studies welcomes Marlon Moore, 2008 Multicultural Teaching Scholar, to campus. Marton Moore is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida. She specializes in 20th-century African American Literature with a focus on gender & sexuality. Women's and Gender Studies is sponsoring Ms. Moore, along with the Department of English. Ms. Moore will be teaching WGST/English 4489 in Summer 2008, a special offering of Major Anglophone Africana Women Writers,1890 - Present, entitled Dykes, Butches, Femmes, and Bulldaggers: The Black Queer Woman in 20th-century U.S. Culture.
Off Campus Diversity News
Elise Catchings, Columbia Missourian
Wanda Cason sat underneath a shade tree in Douglass Park to avoid the sun’s heat bearing down on her back. “When is Chump Change performing?” Cason asked James Smith, a member of Big “Babe” Martin and the Chump Change Band.
Announcement
Join the Columbia Community in this annual celebration of the ending of slavery.
Katie Bascuas, Columbia Missourian
Columbia Peace Coalition will host a Pastors for Peace program June 25 in the parish hall of Calvary Episcopal Church, 123 S. Ninth St. Pastors for Peace, a branch of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, began in 1988 “to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Caribbean,” according to its Web site.
Anne Shifley, Columbia Missourian
Unperturbed by cloudy skies and a cool breeze, more than 130 people met for a barbecue celebration for the accreditation of the Islamic School of Columbia on Sunday evening.
Tamar Lewin, New York Times
The image of Asian-Americans as a homogeneous group of high achievers taking over the campuses of the nation’s most selective colleges came under assault in a report issued Monday.
Katie Bascuas
One of the three major festivals of the Jewish faith, Shavuot, celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai as well as the harvest and bringing of the first fruits to the Temple.
Announcement
In December 2006, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) initiated an Academic Paper Series—a program to generate monthly academic papers followed by a public discussion of topical issues related to the Korean Peninsula. KEI has commissioned seventeen papers in this series so far, of which 10 have been completed to date. KEI now seeks proposals for up to five more papers to be published between October and December 2008 on original subjects of current interest to serious Korea watchers. Papers must be written exclusively for KEI, i.e., not have been presented or published previously in any form.
Regan Palmer, Columbia Missourian
Nestled in the corner of the couch, 15-month-old Julianna pulled a blanket over her head. “Peekaboo! There you are!” her mother, Kate Basi, cooed while pulling back the blanket, causing Julianna to smile.
Ashley Dillon, Columbia Missourian
A lone piano sat on the Missouri Theatre stage, but the lively pianist playing it was animated enough to captivate the entire audience as he tapped his heel in time with the music while his hands flew over the piano keys. The “Blind” Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival commenced Sunday afternoon with a solo performance by Morten Gunnar Larsen of Oslo, Norway.
