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HENRICKSON WANTS HER THE SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN COMES HAWKS TO CLOSE THE DEAL TO LAWRENCE TOMORROW The women’s basketball team missed the NCAA Tournament last year because The Jayhawks’ bowl hopes could easily be resting on Saturday’s game against Kansas State. GAME DAY | 1B of close losses. Can they break the pattern? WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | 4B The student vOice since 1904 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008 WWW.KANSAN.COM VOLUME 120 ISSUE 52 Let’s do the Time Warp again Jessica Sain-Baird/KANSAN FULL STORY PAGE 5A Gabby Howell, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, dolls up Tanisha Brown, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, with makeup at the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” screening at the Kansas Union on Thursday night. They said it was the first “Rocky Horror Picture Show” screening they had ever attended. HALLOWEEN MUltICUltURALISM Alaska Zimbabwean student promotes gender equality BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA dents who have children. [email protected] She said she was not a typical Zimba- governor bwean woman, because she had been al- Ennie Ndoro didn’t know anyone in ways articulate and not afraid of speaking Kansas when she arrived at the University about issues that were important to her. with her two children on a Fulbright Schol- “When I was a kid, my father told me, arship. She was the only student from Zim- ‘I don’t think you could be ever married,’” a popular Ndoro said. babwe on campus — a fact that made her wonder whether it was wise to attend the Jane Irungu, associate director of African University. and African-American studies, said illitera- “I felt lonely,” Ndoro said. “I just missed cy rates were high among women in Africa. costume speaking my own language.” Resourceful women like Ndoro, who is in a Businesses say that Sarah Palin wigs, As a Fulbright Scholar, she came to the doctoral program, would help reverse that glasses and costume kits are a popular U.S. from Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2007 to trend, Irungu said. choice among women this Halloween pursue a doctorate degree in higher educa- Along with her work and academics, season. tion leadership and policy studies. She is Ndoro has been involved in organizations one of 30 students attending the University dedicated to women’s leadership and educa- FULL STORY PAGE 3A on a Fulbright Scholarship. She is not afraid tion in the U.S. and Zimbabwe. She recently to face American stereotypes of Africa or to participated in a conference in Chicago for talk about her country’s politics. African women living in the U.S. Using her HALLOWEEN “I’ve never felt offended,” she said. “I take experience as an international student, she it as constructive criticism.” works with the Emily Taylor Women’s Re- She was an administrator of the Wom- source Center to design a mentor service for en’s University in Africa in Zimbabwe and female international graduate students. She Supporters taught gender studies before coming to the was an orientation leader for international U.S. Her dissertation will compare women’s students in the summer, and is treasurer of administrators in higher education in the the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advi- U.S. and Zimbabwe. sory Board to plan art exhibitions. She also decorate Angela Lindsey-Nunn, Salina gradu- taught part of a literature class offered by ate student, said Ndoro stood out from the African studies. crowd before she became friends with her. Ndoro’s 14-year-old and 8-year-old “She walks with this silence, air of nobil- sons came along with her to the U.S. Her ity,” she said. “I was always looking for con- 16-year-old son recently moved to the U.S. pumpkins this summer. She left her husband and nection with strong women.” Lindsey-Nunn said after she got to know daughter home, but it wasn’t an easy deci- Ndoro well, she was surprised how well sion. She said some family members pres- she adapted to American culture and how sured her not to go, but her husband always for Obama supported her. much she achieved in school while raising children in a foreign country. “He said to me, ‘Getting a Fulbright Yeswecarve.com, a Web site designed “I just think Ennie is one of those rare Scholarship is a big deal. If you lose this op- by Barack Obama supporters and for people,” Lindsey-Nunn said. portunity, it’s something you will always re- Obama supporters, has photos and free Ndoro said one of her life goals was to gret for the rest of your life,’” Ndoro said. stencils of the presidential hopeful’s face increase the number of female students and Ndoro said she seized every opportunity and campaign phrases. Two University administrators in Zimbabwean universities, to explore her academics, got involved in students printed off their own Obama where fewer women attended and worked. the community and learned American cul- Jessica Sain-Baird/KANSAN stencils for pumpkins instead of the She said after her graduation she wanted to ture with the hopes that it could someday Ennie Ndro has been studying at the University of Kansas from Zimbabwe on a Fulbright Scholarship since last traditional yard signs this year. return to Zimbabwe and design a leader- help improve Zimbabwe’s education. year. Ndro said it was hard for her to transition into living in the United States at first, but has become more comfort- ship development program for women in able since then. She said she planned to return to Zimbabwe eventually. FULL STORY PAGE 3A higher education. She said she also wanted — Edited by Kelsey Hayes to develop more facilities for female stu- index HUDSON’S BROTHer-in-lAW weather Classifieds. 5B Opinion. 7A TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Crossword. 6A Sports. 1B DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN DEATHS Horoscopes. 6A Sudoku. 6A After Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were mur- 73 48 75 50 75 55 Mostly sunny Sunny Partly cloudy All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2008 The University Daily Kansan dered, police are looking for a suspect. CRIME 6A — weather.com 2A NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008 quote of the day ‘Dead’ students walking on campus Hold on man. We don’t The student group event go anywhere with “scary,” “Douglas County AIDS Proj- “spooky,” “haunted,” or “forbid- ect: Free HIV Testing at DCAP” den” in the title. will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the United Way Building, located — Shaggy from “Scooby Doo” at 2518 Ridge St., Suite 101. The public event “Flu Im- fact of the day munization Clinic” will begin Halloween referred to as at 10 a.m. in the Traditions All Hallows Eve, was orgin- Area in the Kansas Union. ally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It The student group event was celebrated on October “St. Lawrence Catholic 31 since this was the last day Campus Center; Trick or Treat of the Celtic calendar. The so Others Can Eat” will begin celebration dates back some at 7 p.m. in the St. Lawrence 2,000 years. Catholic Campus Center. www.rexanne.com/hwn-facts.html The student group event “Science and Faith, Are They Really a Contradiction?” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Chabad Jewish Student Center. The student group event “St. Lawrence Catholic most e-mailed Campus Center: All Saints Eve Celebration” will begin Want to know what people at 8 p.m. in the St. Lawrence are talking about? Here’s a Catholic Campus Center. list of the five most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com: The concert “‘Bats in the Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN Belfry’ Halloween Concert” 1. Students in the Big 12 Anson Stancliffe, Lawrence senior, leads a small parade of art students across campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Spanish holiday “Los días de los muertos.” Stancliffe, who occasion- will begin at 9 p.m. at the play hard at rec centers ally executes public performance pieces under the name “Anson the Ornery,” led the troupe to the Stauffer-Flint lawn, where they hung and beat a small piñata which wore a sign reading “Hay Más Memorial Campanile. 2. Fans on the wrong Tiempo Que Vido,” which means “There is more than time to life.” campuses The entertainment event 3. Coaches react to three- “FREE Cosmic Bowling” will point line shift CAMPUS begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in 4. Reesing’s height not an the Kansas Union. issue for Jayhawks 5. Junior’s passion for run- ning leads to first-place finish Program offers one-on-one interaction CLAS program gives students an opportunity to chat with faculty over lunch BY KAYLA REGAN September 2007. The program for students to interact with their dents and pre-professional majors. on the record aimed to foster student-faculty professors in the future,” Gordy The program is available through- et cetera [email protected] — On Oct. 30, the KU Pub- interactions by covering the cost said. out the academic year, and allows The University Daily Kansan lic Safety Office reported that: of lunch for participating students Professor Kozma, who has been students to participate once per is the student newspaper of In its second year, Take Your — On Oct. 26, someone and a professor of their choosing. to lunch with two other students year. the University of Kansas. The Professor to Lunch has already entered a locked dormitory “It’s really a simple concept,” besides Gordy this year, said that Students may take any faculty first copy is paid through the experienced a steady flow of par- room in Hashinger Hall and Appelhanz said. “The idea is that she wished more students would member in the college to lunch in student activity fee.

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