WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 26.2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5A
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Suspensions
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They can appeal the suspension to stay in Senate.
Most senators can explain their absences, Jones said.
"It takes a blaring disregard to not get reinstated," Student Body President Nick Sterner said.
One senator who got expelled, Cole Smart, Topeka senior, said he didn't have enough time to go to the Senate meetings on Wednesday because he was busy with school and other work. When he ran, he said he thought he could make the meetings.
"Its sad to lose senators," Jones said, "but at the same time, this process opens up the seats to persons who might have more time and energy to take advantage of them.
"Nobody's mean, nobody's about trouble."
The committee must make sure senators are accountable in going to meetings.
This is the first cycle of meetings The Student Executive committee has had with suspended senators. Student Senate officials didn't have an exact number, but said between 20 and 25 students were cited because of lack of attendance last year. At least one senator, Dennis Chanay, was suspended at that time. The Senate office could not find how many other senators were suspended.
This year, 11 senators appealed their suspensions. New senators who may not have known about office hours or old senators who had forgotten to sign in for office hours were part of the group who appealed their suspension, Jones said.
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Hashinger
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She said the resources provided at Hashinger last year such as the theatre and dance studio would have been helpful this year. But now they have to practice in the McCollum jobbv.
"It's kind of an inconvenience," she said. "It's probably not the best place to perform."
Space and resources may be lacking this year, but Bayliff said she couldn't wait until next year when the renovations to Hashinger were completed.
She said she and her friends would like to become resident assistants for the hall next year.
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Justice Duncan, 5, carries an armful of leaves while helping friends rake leaves in their yard on Sunday in Topeka.
Turning over new leaves
CITY
City Commission talks of merging bus systems
At Tuesday's Lawrence City Commission meeting, Cliff Galante, public transit administrator, sought advice from the commission about the possibility of coordinating KU on Wheels with the Lawrence Transit System.
Galante presented the commission with an overview of work between the two bus systems, along with advantages of a coordinated system. KU on Wheels could receive federal funding for new buses if it were involved with the city's system, but the specifics of the cooperation were still undecided.
"It could be handling each others" bus passes, or it could be the
whole ball of wax," Galante said.
Commissioner David Schauner said a merged system would be "a high hurdle to jump" because federal regulations come with large price tags and responsibilities. He said the short-term goal should be transparency, so that someone with a KU on Wheels bus pass could ride on the Lawrence Transit System, and vice versa.
The commissioners seeme eager to help in the coordination effort, but two saw difficulties.
Commissioner Mike Rundle said that the two systems should follow models in other communities.
"If we can't follow those road maps exactly, we'll figure out which unique hurdles we have in Lawrence," Rundle said.
Travis Robinett
Speaker
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He explained that the House of Representatives passed a resolution that extended the time period international students have to reapply for the paperwork they may have lost in Hurricane Katrina, but the measure did not include those with work visas or green
cards.
"We need to make sure the underrepresented population doesn't get left out," he said. "They need translators and people who can fill out paperwork. The government may push the money out there but they're not going to show them how to get it."
- Edited by Alison Peterson
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