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An alternative for the slogan "Muck Fizzou," which ESPN banned from its broadcasts last year, will be available soon via a two-week contest. The University Daily Kansan and leaders from various student organizations are putting on a contest that will create two new shirts, a "Muck Fizzou" alternative and a new non-sport specific gameday shirt.
The contest began Wednesday. Students can log onto Kansan.com/ishirt and nominate catch phrases for each design. Late next week, representatives from the Kansan and the student organizations will pick the top five for both, and the finalists will be announced at Memorial Stadium during the Homecoming football game between Kansas and Nebraska.
Students will then vote on the five finalists for a week to determine the winners.
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Task force to deal with downloading
Student Rights' Committee forms group to work with administration on zero-tolerance policy
ERIN SOMMER
esommer@kansan.com
The Student Rights' Committee finalized a task force Wednesday night to look into the zero-tolerance downloading policy that the University of Kansas administration adopted this summer.
When the Student Rights' Committee met two weeks ago, it drafted legislation which would have effectively asked the administration to repeal the policy. That legislation failed in full Senate last week, and instead Senate created a task force to look into the issue and work with the administration.
The Student Rights'
lawsuits filed in September by the Recording Industry Association of America against KU students for illegally file sharing. The University is awaiting a subpoena from the RIAA, which will require the University to provide the names of the 14 students whose Internet protocol addresses were identified by the RIAA.
"I think there are questions that we haven't even begun to answer.I think there is a level of incompetence and people just not doing their job."
Committee elected two members who will serve on the task force along with the student body president and vice president, the chair of the student executive committee and two members of full Senate.
The task force will also deal with the 14
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Lawrence senior
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said that once the University received the subenas, they would follow the due process of the law.
"We're going to protect their privacy," Cohen said. "We're not just going to hand over their information."
Committee elected Mason Heilman, Lawrence sophomore and chair of the Student Rights Committee, and Lawrence senior Ian Staples. Heilman temporarily stepped down from chairman for his election to the task force.
Heilman said that he had a unique perspective to bring to the issue because he was a residence hall senator and had observed the reaction of his constituents to the zero-tolerance policy.
The Student Rights Committee elected
"I think that the zero-tolerance policy has the right intentions, but may not be the best way to pursue the goals of preventing an illegal activity while also trying to protect the students," Heilman said.
Staples said he would like to use the task force to look into a possible lack of communication among University administrators regarding the policy.
"I think there are questions that we haven't even begun to answer." Stanley
the country were watching the issue of illegal file sharing unfold in situations such as the current one at the University.
Cohen said that the issue
"The simple answer is don't download illegally and you won't have these problems. The students need to recognize they're mature adults and they're going to suffer the consequences."
said. "I think there is a level of incompetence and people just not doing their job."
TODD COHEN director of University relations
given job. The zero-tolerance policy immediately cuts off Internet access for students who violate the policy in the residence halls.
Cohen said that universities throughout
students need to adults and they'quenches."
the issue was difficult because it had been around long enough to establish an effective method of dealing with it.
Cohen also said that the University made it clear to KU students living in the residence halls that loss of Internet and legal consequences were possible outcomes of file sharing illegally on campus.
"The simple answer is don't download Hilegally and you wont have these problems." Cohen said "The recognize they're mature going to suffer the cons
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
》 ENVIRONMENT
Students educate others about sustainable practices
Two students displayed their efforts to promote sustainable practices on campus at the first annual Campus Sustainability Day Wednesday. The Center for Sustainability held an all-day event at the Kansas Union to educate people about environmental responsibility. Research and projects by students, faculty and staff were displayed.
Neil Steiner, Tulsa junior, and Dena Hart, Chicago junior, presented their projects. Steiner, an architectural engineering major, spent this last summer helping design a natural playscape design. Hart showed her group's documentary, "An Evening of Green," a film that highlights the lack information about global warming, and sustainability.
While working on their projects, Steiner and Hart both said they became more aware of the importance of sustainable practices in their own lives.
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Illya Tabakh, Leawood graduate student, receives
hays master, Leawood graduate student, receives an award from KU Provoit Richard兰维斯 Wednesday afternoon at the Kansas University for his work with Susan Wiliams on the project called KU Bio-diesel initiative. The project concentrated on converting used cooking oils into bio-diesel.
This was the first year for the Sustainability awards
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Ashlee Crawl, Topeka senior, lived in India last semester for six months. Ashlee had an internship through AIESEC for a marketing company that provided information about educational programs.
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Crowl, Topeka senior, traveled abroad last spring and summer as a member of International Association of Students in Economics and Commerce, or AIESEC, an international student organization that assists students in working abroad.
Group provides global exposure
Ashlee Crowl has lived in London and in a Buddhist monastery in India. She has slept under the stars in Pakistan and has traveled throughout the Asian subcontinent and other parts of the world.
"You have to have an open mind and be willing to embrace different ways of life and cultures," she said.
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Crowl said students interested in traveling abroad should not be nervous or hesitant. Instead, they should embrace it.
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The department of theatre and film brought a little Irish tradition to the University this week through a workshop hosted by Mangiare Theatre Company. The event kicked off Wednesday and ends Friday night with a performance from two actors of the company, including KU alumnas liamic Carswell.
Irish company hosts student workshops features alumnus
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Carswell said the workshop and performance will focus on physical theater, as he has always had a passion for offbeat theater performances.
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