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Universities miss information superhighway
Technology needs to bridge schools state Regent says
Tom Selleck voice over. Have you ever taken a class from a KU professor while sitting in a library in Western Kansas?
You probably won't.
And the people that won't bring it to you: the Kansas Leastaturity.
If Board of Regents member Karen Krepps were to film a television commercial expressing her frustration with the lack of telecommunications at Regents schools, she might use the monologue from above.
Kreeps, who is also a vice president of Sprint Corp., told University Council yesterday that the University of Kansas and other Regents schools should be using telecommunications to conduct long-distance classes, tie universities' databases together and
onerwise put higher education on the information superhighway.
"This system is in the Dark Ages when in comes to technology," she said. "It is sorely lacking in the state and at your institution."
If Krepps' vision is realized, people across the state could take classes from KU, Kansas State University and other Regents schools without going any farther than the video room at the local library.
The equipment is available. But the will is nowhere to be found, she said.
because some legislators don't acknowledge the value of education to begin with.
Part of the problem is the way legislators view higher education, Krepps said.
"Legislators see professors as teaching a class and then kicking their feet up and reading," she said. "Basic research is not important to voters in Kansas."
The best way to secure funding for telecommunications and education in general is to stress the economic
benefits of higher education, she said.
But Bezaleel Benjamin, professor of architecture and architectural engineering, criticized Kreps' emphasis on economic benefits.
"I think your vision is flawed," he said. "You only see economic development. If someone is doing research on the Dead Sea scrolls, that still is a worth while exercise."
Kreps agrees, but insisted that as a matter of practicality, the best way to appease legislators beholden to
results-hungry constituents was to stress economic benefits.
After the meeting, Kreps said the Regents would make a pitch to the Legislature for financing for telecommunication at Regents schools.
Krepps denied that her position as vice president of Sprint Corp. conflicted with her mission to bring telecommunication to Regents schools. She said that if the Regents were considering buying equipment from Sprint Corp., she would abstain from voting.
Simpson jurors chosen
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Twelve jurors stood, raised their right hands and took an oath yesterday. They were seated to hear the murder case against O.J. Simpson.
ritened alternates, seven more than usual, must still be seated.
Lawyers settled on a panel with eight African Americans, one white, one Hispanic and two people of mixed races. Their ages range from 22 to 52. Eight are women and four are men.
Both sides must agree on the jury before it is seated, prosecutors and the defense in the Simpson trial agreed yesterday, the first day of the crucial peremptory challenges. During this final stage of jury selection, potential jurors can be excused for any reason except gender or race. Each side in the Simpson trial exercised 10 of their 20 challenges.
After nearly every challenge, lawyers huddled with the judge for private discussions. The exact nature of the sometimes lengthy talks was unknown. But defense attorney Johnie Cochran Jr. said the defense objected to any prosecution attempt to exclude jurors, particularly African Americans, on the basis of race.
Of the 10 challenged by the prosecution, eight were African American and two were white. The defense challenged five whites, one African American, one Hispanic, two Native Americans and one person of mixed race.
PROFILE
Race has emerged as an important issue in the Simpson case. Public opinion polls have shown that African Americans are more likely to believe Simpson's innocence and are more open to suggestions that he was framed.
Superior Court Judge Lance Ito said Wednesday that he wanted 15 alternates, instead of eight. He indicated a full panel won't be seated for another month.
The search for 15 alternates begins Tuesday, when in-depth questioning of another group of prospects begins.
Jury selection began Sept. 26 with hundreds of potential jurors filling out a lengthy questionnaire.
Paul Kotz/KANSAN
Susanne Koch, Leavenworth sophomore, performs a body building pose. Koch has been body building for three years and plans to compete in March in the Big Eight Body Building Championships, which will be held in the Lied Center.
Body builder must sacrifice for sport
By Ashley Miller
Kansan staff writer
"I was eating the gossest things," said Koch, Leavenworth sophomore. "I ate tuna, rice and green beans all mixed together. And I was always eating — six times a day."
When Susanne Koch was preparing in October for the Kansas Body Building Championships, she ate oatmeal, tuna and egg whites.
The final three weeks before the competition, which was held Oct. 14 and 15 in Topeka, she was limited to sweet potatoes, tuna and distilled water — two gallons a day.
Koch's strict diet is proof that there is more to body building than flexing muscles. The sport takes hard work, she said.
Koch said
"I worked out three or four hours a day,"
Three weeks before the competition, which was Koch's first, she began to work out six hours a day. She said she lifted weights two hours each morning and returned to the gym to lift weights for four hours each night.
She placed third in the lightweight division and third in the mixed pairs division, which pairs a man and a woman for a posing routine set to music. Koch said the competition had taken more preparation than she had thought it would.
"I didn't expect to be working out as many hours as I was," Koch said.
"That night, I went to Shoney's and had the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet," she said. "I think I went back six times. I couldn't move."
But after the competition, Koch got to eat.
Koch got involved in body building about three years ago. She said that although she had participated in gymnastics for 12 years, she wanted to be stronger.
"The body has so much potential." Koch said. "I like to see a woman that gets out there and works that hard. I just thought that was the most awesome thing to do that with your body."
Koch will compete in March in the Big Eight Body Building Championships. The competition will be held at the Lied Center.
Mandy Lix, Garden City junior, is one of Koch's roommates. She said she admired Koch for her hard work in pursuing body building.
"Some of the dieting and stuff she goes through, I couldn't do," she said.
Rap contest to showcase rising talent
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
Rap music is alive and well in the Midwest.
That will be the message coming from the second annual Midwest Rap Competition. The contest will be held at 8:30 tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
The contest is being sponsored by the University of Kansas Black Panhellenic Council and the Washburn University International Black Student Alliance.
Eighteen contestants will vie for first and second place prizes of $500
The Midwest Rap Contest
When: 8:30 p.m.
tonight. Doors
open at 7:30.
Where: Kansas
Union Ball-
room.
Admission Fee:
$8 until 5 p.m.
$10 at the door.
and $200. The top three finishers will have their tapes sent to various management companies with the possibility of getting a record deal. Five people will be judging the contest.
Contestants, who were selected on the basis of a ten-minute tape and who range in age from 17 to 24, are coming from the Midwest, including Chicago, Indianapolis and Springfield. Mo.
Featured performers will include Ghetto Kaos from Kansas City, Kan., DVS Minds from Topeka and 808 Clique from Topeka.
Last year's contest drew about 700 people, said Mary Myers, adviser to the council.
Myers said that part of the reason for the contest was to dispel the myth that rap had only negative connotations.
"We also want for this to be a showcase for the talent of rap in the Midwest," she said.
Too often, Myers said, rap is considered only a West Coast or East Coast phenomenon.
The contest was started in an attempt to increase the visiability of Midwestern rap music; said Carla Daniels, Gary Ind., junior at Washburn.
"We want to bring in different styles from the Midwest so people can see what's on going," she said.
The contest also gives contestants a chance to learn about the music business. Meyers said she expected several record company representatives to attend the contest.
"We want to get the contests involved behind the scenes," she said. "We want them to learn about copyright laws and the business aspects of the rap industry."
Marek Jacobs, St. Louis senior and president of Black Panhellenic Council, said the contest would add something new to the local music scene.
"KU hasn't had too many rap concerts," he said. "This concert gives us a chance to see a diverse spectrum of people."
Hanging around
The Jayhawks look to overthrow the Big Eight powerhouse Nebraska Cornhuskers tomorrow in Lincoln, Neb.
Graves tired of campaigning and negative attacks
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By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
Sixty consecutive weeks on the campaign trail have worn out Bill Graves.
"I'm really tired right now," Graves said yesterday at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holdome. "I campaign all day, and then when I finally go to bed my mind is still in overdrive, thinking about all the things I need to do and say. I wake up at 4 a.m."
But Graves, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, said he had to believe that his efforts would be rewarded on Nov. 8.
Graves is considered the front runner in the gubernatorial race, leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Slattery in every poll. But he said he was cautiously optimistic that voters would elect him governor.
"I'm most looking forward to going to work as governor when this is over." Graves said. "My intent was to have a career in public service, but I have to get through the campaigning part first."
In recent weeks, Graves has made appearances with Sen. Bob Dole. He appeared yesterday with Dole and former President George Bush in Overland Park. Graves said he was happy to associate himself with other Republicans, which is unlike Slattery, who has not associated himself with Democrats Joan Finney or Bill Clinton.
ruves said yesterday was easy. He began his day with a live radio interview at 7 a.m., and he made five campaign stops in five cities.
"We're proud of our Republican presidents, and we actually want them to come to Kansas," Graves said.
"Everything you do all day, every day, is either campaigning or preparing for the next round of campaigning," he said.
On the campaign trail, Graves has emphasized four issues: school finance, crime, welfare reform and health care reform.
"Iimproving the school finance formula is the most immediate problem we are faced with, so
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Julianne Peter/KANSAN
Bill Graves is the Republican gubernatorial candidate.