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(USPS 650-640) • VOL.110 NO.114
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2000
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University life gets simulated
By Doug Pacey
writer @ kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Do you think tuition increases are bogus? Should alcohol be sold at sporting events? Are academics or athletics more important?
With a personal computer and a little imagination, you can make those decisions. Reduce tuition to a flat fee of $49.99. Sell Coors Light at Allen Fieldhouse. And maybe even send the football team packing in favor of more National Merit Scholars.
In Virtual U, a simulation game modeled after SimCity, you are the chancellor of your own university.
Two members of the University of Kansas community wrote the user's guide included with the game — Neil Salkind, professor of psychology and human development and family life, and Terese Rainwater, 1999 KU graduate.
"Virtual U is a simulation, not entirely like a game," Salkind said. "It's a game like SimCity is a game, but SimCity is a simulation, too. It's not like Duke Nukem or anything like that."
Rainwater, who received a Ph.D in education with a concentration in higher education, said the game was complex
"What Neil and I did was write a manual and strategy guide," Rainwater said. "Most video game guides tell you how to win. This one tells you how to get a better score."
Players manage the university's affairs, including its budget, faculty and athletic teams. They also determine tuition cost and how much financial aid will be given. For instance, if a player decides to give more merit-based aid, the amount of need-based aid will be reduced.
If a player decides to hire more faculty to raise the institution's academic rating, the player has to compensate with more buildings, such as parking garages.
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New coalition wants beer to flow at football games
By Erinn R. Barbom
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
A new coalition is out to break the rules of Student Senate politics.
The Resume Builders are not interested in getting a lot of votes at the polls in April. They just want to make students laugh
Dave Dieterich, Overland Park junior and coalition leader, said he didn't believe in what Senate tried to accomplish.
"The best thing it does is build people's resumes." Dieterich said. "We're being honest. As long as it makes a couple people laugh, that's what's important."
The coalition has about 25 students running for office, both greeks and nongreeks, he said.
Dietierch said the coalition did not want new rules implemented at the University of Kansas. Moreover, he said the coalition would like to see drinking allowed at football games.
Luke Atkinson, Leaward junior, is the coalition's candidate for president.
Atkinson said that if he won, he would expect to have a good-looking resume.
"I am so bored with my time right now," Atkinson said. "We just got together one night and said, 'What the hell?'"
Getting beer to flow at Memorial Stadium might be realistic if surrounded with
Atkinson: Presidential candidate for the Resume Builders
the right attitude, Atkinson said, but getting rid of Chancellor Robert Hemenway would be the icing on the cake.
The chancellor doesn't have many supporters in the Resume Builders, which is why the coalition wants to see him removed from his position. Atkinson said.
"We haven't really enjoyed him," he said. "We find him a little pompous."
The idea for the coalition has been an ongoing joke for about a year now, Dieterich said. Although he has no hostility toward Senate, he said he didn't always agree with the way Senate was run. "I'm sort of worried they won't accept us, but I don't see why we can't work together." Dieterich said.
SENATE CANDIDATES
Student Body Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates:
The elections commission must approve the petitions before anything is official, but the following candidates have said they were running
Delta Force: Ben Burton, Ocean, NJJ, junior, and Jintin Mills, Lansing junior
- Resume Builders: Luke Aikinson,
Leawood junior, and David Jack,
Andover junior
Students First: Sam MacRoberts, Leawood junior , and Carrie Denebusch. Columbus iwi
United Students: Ben Walker, Hutchinson junior, and Marlon Marshall. St. Louis junior
David Jack, Andover junior and coalition member, is running on the same ticket with Atkinson for vice president. He said getting petitions signed was an interesting experience.
Even though the coalition started out as a joke, Jack said he was serious about winning.
"We don't want to see students' social lives controlled." Jack said.
"A lot of people think it's funny," Jack said. "Occasionally, someone won't sign, and they'll get mad and just think we're making a koke of it."
EVENTS CALENDAR
Tonight:
Space Pocket and Joseph PH, 10 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. $4, 21 and older. $5, 18 to 20.
DJ Kilby, 10 p.m. at the Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. Ladies free. Men 21 and older. $2.
Common Ground, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus, 926-1/2 Massachusetts St. $4, 21 and older.
Tomorrow:
Lance Fahey, 7:30 at Bambino's Italian Cafe, 181 Massachusetts St. Free.
Hairy Apes BMX and the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, 10 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. $5, 21 and older. $6, 18 to 20.
Simplexity, 10 p.m. at the Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. $4, 21 and older.
W. C. Clark, 10 p.m. at The Jazthaus,
926-1/2 Massachusetts st. $5, 21 and older.
The Border Band, 9:30 p.m. at Johnny's
Tavern, 401 North 2nd st. $5, 21 and older.
*Barber of Seville, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.at the Lied Center. Students, $19 and $16. Public, $38 and $32. Senior citizens, $37 and $31.
Saturday.
■ Meleneh and Beckey, 10 p.m. at the Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. $2. 21 and older.
Sunday:
Index
One down ...
Campus briefs ..2A
News ..3A
Opinion ..4A
Movie Listings ..5A
Feature ..6A
Sports ..1B
Horoscopes ..2B
Tennis ..4B
Tennis ..5B
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The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents.
The men's basketball team with the help of guard Jeff Boschee's longrange shooting cleared away the first of four obstacles to the team's fourth straight Big 12 tournament title yesterday with a big win against Kansas State.
'Out of Focus scores a hit with a near-capacity crowd last night at the Lied Center.
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Rock Chalk Revue rocks Lied Center
Houston, they have a problem
Astronauts discover the key to Earthly life on the Red Planet in Mission to Mars, but a Kansan reviewer says neither the life nor the movie is very intelligent. See page 64
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Controversial crew in town
The controversial rap group 2 Live Crew will perform with its female dance troupe tonight at the Granada
troupe tonight at the Granada.
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