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Several KU faculty members will take part in the first-ever Kansas Book Festival, an event in the Countdown to Statehood, which features two days of performances, readings and workshops. The free festival celebrates books, art and Kansas heritage. The festival is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 29 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita.

Featured Kansas authors include Robert Day, visiting professor, English; and William M. Tsutsui, professor of history. The Tribute to Gordon Parks on Saturday afternoon features filmmaker Kevin Wilmott, associate professor of theatre and film.

As part of the festival, the Black, White and READ All Over Ball will be 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 29 at Exploration Place in Wichita. Jazz vocalist Donna Tucker, associate professor of geography, will provide the entertainment for the evening along with a five-piece jazz instrumental group.

Michael Robert Dennis, assistant professor of communication studies, has published articles in the journals of Health Communication, Death Studies, Journal of Contemporary Ethonography and Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. The last of these, " Making sense of New Orleans flood trauma recovery: Ethics, research design, and policy considerations for future disasters," is the lead article in a special issue devoted to investigating the social effects of Hurricane Katrina and was co-authored with Adrianne Kunkel, associate professor of communication studies, Gillian Woods, a doctoral candidate in gerontology, and Paul Schrodt, assistant professor of communication studies at Texas Christian University.

Anita Herzfeld, professor of Latin American studies, had four articles published in the spring semester in the following journals: Rastafari a universal philosophy in the third millennium; Dinamica Linguistica de las lenguas en Contacto; Tres Grandes cuestiones de la Historia de Iberoamerica; and Memorias del XIV Congreso de ALFAL, Volumen 1. During her sabbatical in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Asuncion, Paraguay, Herzfeld presented a paper and conducted a survey among Paraguayan adults and their preference between Guarani or English to be taught to their children at school. She also made a presentation at the 52nd International Congress of Americanists, held July 17-21 in Seville, Spain.

James B. Carothers, professor of English, presented " 'That Was It,' Towards a Confessional Reading of The Sun Also Rises" at the 12th International Hemingway Conference, held June 27 in Ronda, Spain. He also presented "Teaching Faulkner: The Short Stories 'from Jefferson to the World' " at the 33rd annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha conference, held July 24 at the University of Mississippi.

Randi Hacker, outreach coordinator for the Center for East Asian Studies, is giving a presentation at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Sunflower Conference on Sept. 30 in Kansas City. Her talk is titled "Channeling Edith Wharton: It's Never Too Late to become a Novelist."

Stephen M. Dickey, professor in Slavic languages and literatures department, and Marc L. Greenberg, professor and chair in the Slavic department, presented a joint paper, "Slavic jezditi 'Ride' and its Implications for the Development of the Category of (In)determinancy," at the first meeting of the Slavic Linguistics Society, held Sept. 9 at Indiana University in Bloomington.

KU HISTORY

The Kansan, the campus newspaper that eventually became The University Daily Kansan, made its debut Sept. 17, 1904. The first headline read "Great Mass Meeting," referring to the establishment of the paper. "Students of KU Demand a Semi-Weekly - Faculty in Too - Every One Pledged to Support it."