Alternative to holiday decorations offered University offices have an alternative to traditional holiday decorations this year, according Provost David E. Shulenburger. The university is taking part in the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau's Festival of Poinsettias to enable KU offices to use poinsettias in office decorations. The plants will be in 6-inch pots wrapped in red foil and decorated with a blue KU bow. The poinsettias will be delivered to campus locations the Monday after Thanksgiving. Orders must be made by Nov. 20.
Payment is made when the plants are picked up.
Shulenburger said university offices should make sure that holiday decorations do not include symbols related to any particular religion and are not primarily religious in nature. Holiday decorations should not be bought with public funds. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. In the business school faculty Rohini Ahluwalia, assistant professor, 864-7559. Jerry Lewis, assistant professor, 864-7552.