2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005
What do you THINK
BY MEGAN PENROD
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Do you think the lighting on and around campus is sufficient for student safety?
"I think it's safe because if you are dumb, you'll walk by yourself, but if you walk in groups you're fine."
Kevin Faster, Chicago freshman
"Yeah, be- cause I haven't gotten jumped yet and I don't know anyone who has."
Ari Watman,
Flossmoor, Ill.,
freshman
"I don't know. I don't go out on campus at night by myself by habit. The lighting is really sort of irrelevant to me. You see a lot of people walking around campus at night
and that's sort of nice. You're sort of like, 'Well, I mean, there's lots of people out there and maybe I won't get raped.' I'm always up for more light though. I like light."
Meghomala Chakrabarti, Manhattan
"Not at night time. It's actually really dark on campus. I come up here at night sometimes to hand in papers, but it's really dark and hard to see when people are
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walking across the crosswalks or any other time. I'm often afraid of hitting someone."
Geoff Gleason, Lenexa freshman
CAMPUS
Search on for new dean of libraries
A search committee has been formed to hunt for the next dean of libraries.
Stella Bentley, dean of libraries since 2001, announced her retirement on Oct.6.The committee is made up of 16 members of the University community, including faculty, staff and students.The head of the committee is Steve Hedden, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
Emma Matthews, St. Louis freshman; Rachael Beaumont, Lawrence freshman; Lucy Conklin, St. Louis freshman and Julie Bayliff, Lenexa freshman rehearse for the play "Marcus is Walking: Scenes from the Road" in McCollum Hall yesterday. The group will perform the play at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Alderson Auditorium on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
The committee will have its first meeting later this month. It hopes the next dean will begin working in August 2006.
STUDENT HOUSING
Play carries on artistic tradition
BY LOUIS MORA
lmora@kansan.com
KANSAN STUDIER WRITER
A group of students are making sure the spirit of the performing arts doesn't die in the residence halls by preparing for the first "McHash" play.
Hashinger Hall, which is closed for renovations, has traditionally been the artistic center for the residence halls. Displaced students from Hashinger have taken residence on the second and third floors of McCollum Hall, an area dubbed "Home Away from Hash," and have refused to abandon Hashinger's tradition of performing plays. Even with no theater to practice in, residents from Home Away from Hash and other McCollum residents are preparing to perform the play, "Marcus is Walking: Scenes from the Road."
The McHash play will take the stage Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
Diana Hall, Horton senior, was president of Hashinger Hall last year and lives in Home Away from Hash. She said students had been performing plays in Hashinger since the inception of the hall.
She said seeing that tradition continue allowed students to understand the environment of Hashinger. If this tradition
isn't kept alive, Hall said, students would not know what to expect when the hall reopened next fall.
Without access to the Hashinger Hall Theater, the students are using a small room on the second floor of McCollum to practice.
Emma Matthews, St. Louis, Mo., freshman, said the compact practice area has made it difficult to get things accomplished.
"It's easier to get distracted in a small room because we are all cramped in there," she said.
The idea for the performance was announced two weeks ago, and in that time the students had to pick a play, learn lines and design the costumes and set. The group looked for involvement from students outside the Home Away from Hash floors to broaden the spirit of the fine arts
in the residence halls.
John Woosley, Dallas freshman and director, said it was easy for him to get involved because he's created several films and is interested in fine arts.
Hall said transferring the fine arts atmosphere to McCollum and involving its residents was important because there were students living in McCollum who enjoy the arts.
She said the hard part was
letting interested students know that opportunities to participate in the performing arts were available to them.
The fact that all the participants live in the same hall has made it easier to prepare, Woosley said. When he needs to change a rehearsal time it's as simple as knocking on doors, he said.
He said the group has had two-hour rehearsals every night in preparation for the performances. He said the actors were dedicated to putting on a good show.
The play has allowed residents to try something new. Matthews said she had been exposed to the arts and thought performing would be fun but had never tried her hand at acting.
She said participating in the play allowed her to do something she'd always wanted to do and provided her with an opportunity to get involved.
"It gives me something to do instead of sitting down and doing my homework, which is boring," she said.
Those involved said they wanted to generate further interest among hall residents so participation would be greater for a production next semester
Tickets for "Marcus is Walking: Scenes from the Road" are free and can be picked up in the SUA box office.
- Edited by Anne Burgard
Mourning fallen soldiers
Janet Wisdom, left, and Kristy Clary support each other at a memorial service at the National Guard Armory Tuesday in Atchison. The two mourned soldiers killed in action in Iraq.
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LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers propose taxing sexually oriented businesses
BY CARL MANNING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers might get a chance next year to weigh on whether there should be a special tax on sexually oriented businesses.
The Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation agreed Wednesday to come up with a bill modeled after proposals in Utah and Oklahoma to place a 10 percent tax on products and services sold by the businesses.
Rep. Kenny Wilk, R-Lansing, the vice chairman, said the panel decided to go forward with the proposal because of testimony it heard last month about reported connections between such businesses and sex crimes. He said the tax would raise about $1.5 million annually.
"It's not intended to drive them out of business. It's intended to cover the costs involved in sex crimes," said Rep. Sheri Weber, who supports the bill.
tax the businesses, then the emphasis could shift to taxing the merchandise. He said questions of what qualifies as a sexually oriented business or merchandise would have to be worked out.
Wilk said if legal concerns were raised in crafting the bill to
The proposal is the brainchild of Phil Cosby of Abilene, who has been waging a battle for the past two years against adult stores around the state.
Weber, R-Herington, predicted "a significant amount of support" among lawmakers after the Legislature convenes Jan. 9. She said many who have vowed not to raise taxes would support the proposal because they "will see the bill as having greater overriding public interest than not raising taxes."
"I'm very pleased although I think the percentage should go up to 25 percent," said Cosby, who attended the meeting. "This tax is directly related to the negative effects of pornographic material."
Not everyone agrees there's a link between such businesses and sex crimes.
John Ivan, an attorney representing three adult stores in Wichita, told the committee last month the proposal was of questionable constitutionality because it could result in adult stores being taxed while other stores selling the same material wouldn't be taxed.
He also said there were contradictory and inconclusive findings on the question of whether sexually oriented materials were tied to sex crimes.
Last year, Utah imposed a 10 percent tax on admission fees, sales, food and drinks at sexually oriented businesses and a tax on escort services equal to 10 percent of the amount charged. The law is being challenged in state court.
"I don't care if they are in court. If the Legislature wants to draft a bill, we will draft a bill." Wilk said. "Laws are presumed constitutional so whatever we pass will go on the books."
Earlier this year, the Oklahoma House approved a similar proposal. It stalled in the Senate but will be around for the 2006 session.
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