Kansas University: Dailey draws support from more faculty

Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Monday issued a letter in support of Dennis Dailey, a professor of social welfare whose human sexuality class has drawn the wrath of conservatives in the Kansas Legislature.

In the letter, liberal arts and sciences faculty members joined School of Social Welfare faculty in supporting Dailey.

“We also reaffirm the unique and vital role of the University in a democratic society as a community of learners in which inquiry in all fields of knowledge is freely pursued and ideas exchanged without fear of suppression and censorship,” they wrote.

Lawmakers approved a bill, which the governor vetoed, aimed at shutting down Dailey’s class.

Sen. Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, charged Dailey showed pornography, did not condemn sex with children and made inappropriate remarks to women in the class.

An investigation into Dailey’s class, led by David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor, found “the complaint does not have merit.”

Education: LHS students in top 10 at international contest

Two Lawrence High School students placed in the top 10 in an international marketing competition in Orlando, Fla.

John Huffman and Ashley Keith competed in the food marketing research event at the 2003 DECA International Career Development Conference. DECA is an association of high school marketing students in the United States, Canada, Germany and the U.S. territories.

The international event attracted 7,000 competitors in 38 contests.

Huffman and Keith qualified at the state level this spring to compete at the international competition.

Theater: Performers touring area elementary schools

The Heart of America Performing Arts troupe will perform “The Arkansaw Bear” this month for five elementary schools in Douglas County.

The production is part of Students-to-Students, a touring theatrical program composed of college students. It’s co-sponsored by Baker University.

A combination of realism, fantasy, sorrow and humor unfold in the story of a young girl named Tish who is saddened and bewildered by her grandfather’s approaching death.

Times, dates and locations:

• 1:30 p.m. today, New York School.
• 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Baldwin School.
• 10 a.m. Thursday, Wakarusa Valley School, rural Lawrence.
• 10:20 a.m. Friday, Marion Springs School.
• 1 p.m. Friday, Nottingham Elementary School, Eudora.