Farmers Market closes until spring 2003

The Lawrence Farmers Market said a warm goodbye to the community Saturday, closing for the winter despite temperatures near 70 degrees.

The season was a success, said market spokesman Mark Jones, adding that about 75 vendors had rented space in the 1000 block of Vermont Street.

Above, vendor Tim Coughenour piles up a selection of Jerusalem artichokes on Saturday. The unusual items are actually tubers from a native sunflower, and they are tasty in salads or baked like potatoes, Coughenor said.

The market, which is open from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, will reopen May 10.

Diversity: KU announces activities for Hate Out Week

A symbolic “Wall of Oppression” will be torn down next week as part of Hate Out Week activities at Kansas University.

Masons from KU’s Facilities Operations will build the wall of concrete blocks Wednesday on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall. Students will be encouraged to write or paint messages on the blocks that reflect their opinions on discrimination or oppression.

At noon Thursday, students will tear down the wall.

Other Hate Out Week events include:

• A speech at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union by Jon Hockman, a motivational speaker.
• “Student to Student: A Discussion on Diversity,” a student town hall meeting, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Hashinger Hall.
• Brown Bag Diversity Series: “Body Image: A Discussion on the Relationships between Body Image and the Media,” from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Multicultural Resource Center.
• The “Colors of KU” retreat for selected KU students Friday through Sunday at Tall Oaks Conference Center.

Holiday: Governor-elect joins Veterans Day events

Topeka – Kansas Gov.-elect Kathleen Sebelius will participate in a Veterans Day commemoration Monday.

Sebelius will speak at the wreath-laying ceremony sponsored by the Kansas Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee in cooperation with the Adjutant General’s Department Korean War Commemoration Partner Program Committee.

The ceremony will be 9 a.m. at the Kansas Veterans Memorial on the south walk of the State Capitol.

Kansas University: Brownback aide to give speech on Central Asia

An aide to U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback will discuss the geopolitical significance of Central Asia during a speech Tuesday at Kansas University.

Thomas Brady, a Brownback aide since December 2001, will speak at 3:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

The speech is part of a minicourse sponsored by the KU Office of International Programs titled “Central Asia: The Cradle, Crucible and Crossroads of Civilizations.”

Other speakers have been Robert McColl, professor of geography at KU; Les Grau of the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth; Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology at KU; Kathryn Libal, KU lecturer of women’s studies; Erik Herron, assistant professor of political science at KU; and Arienne Dwyer, assistant professor of anthropology.