THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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April 12, 1999
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Vol. 109 • No. 128
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Kansas football player Anton Paige has talent that impressed basketball coach Roy Williams. But Paige will stick to one sport.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Candidates chart intentions
Maxwell: YOU presidential candidate
Improved student living representation among concerns
(USPS 650-640)
Seibel: YOU vice-presidential candidate
stories by Nadia Mustafa © nmustafa@kansan.com
Hoffman: Delta Force presidential candidate
Liu: Delta Force vice-presidential candidate
When Korb Maxwell and Dede Seibel founded the YOU coalition last October, they had student representation and concerns on their minds.
Maxwell, Student Legislative Awareness Board legislative director and YOU candidate for student body president, wants to take a full lobbying agenda to the state legislature next year. His running mate, Nunemaker Senator Seibel, hopes to shed perceptions of student apathy by taking Student Senate to the student body.
Maxwell, Leawood junior and political science and American studies major, said that if he were elected, he would rely on his experience working with state legislators to improve student life at the University of Kansas.
I can tell a story well," he said. "There are a lot of things that have not been accomplished as legislative director that I can accomplish as student body president."
Maxwell said he wanted to depart from partisan bickering, political agendas and resume-building and instead focus on student issues.
Seibel, McPherson junior and political science major, said that if elected she would use her role as student body vice president to encourage senators to reach out to students.
"So many times, we act on our own behalf," she said. "I can do a number of things to decrease that."
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$E$ spousing the philosophy on which the Delta Force coalition was rounded two years ago, Seth Hoffman and Mary Liu want to bring a change to Student Senate.
Hoffman, Lenexa junior and journalism major, said students should
Hoffman, Nunemaker senator and Delta Force candidate for student body president, and his running mate, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator Liu, said they had gained unique perspectives about student life at the University of Kansas through their involvement in different campus organizations and their interaction with various types of students.
vote for him and Liu to break the traditional molds of student body president and vice president.
"It's time for a change," he said. "A lot of different people that I've met during the past couple years felt that they had not been represented by past student body presidents. They have not necessarily been getting the job done."
Liu, Overland Park senior and East Asian studies major, has been the vice president of marketing and finance for the Association of University Residence Halls for two and a half years. She said that if she were
Focusing on tradition
Canyon Toshabik, 3,
carefully observes the
opening dance of the
First Nations Student
Association's Annual
Spring Powwow. The
powwow was held Sat-
dury night in Anschutz
Sports Pavilion. Photo by
Roger Nomer/KANSAN
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The Spring Powwow marked a farewell for a KU professor.
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Admirers fill Lied center for Perlman performance
By Ezra Sykes
esykes@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Izhak Perlman, the world-famous violin virtuoso, played for a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Lied Center.
Among the fans of the 54-year-old, who was born in Israel, was Sara Holmberg, Lawrence sophomore.
Holmberg studies violin performance and is a concert master for the KU Symphony Orchestra.
Holmberg was once again impressed.
"It's phenomenal to see such a virtuoso," she said. "He's just tops."
For a young violinist, the concert could be considered a learning experience, but taking mental notes was not easy to do, said Holmberg.
"It's hard to learn from watching him because his technique is quite different than what I've seen," she said. "But it works with his huge body and huge sound. He's a special case."
Perlman: Last played at KU in 1990.
Perlman performed selections written between the 18th and
20th centuries by composers such as Beethoven, Leclair and Gerschwin.
Although many of the songs were old, Holmberg said the classical selections were no less wonderful than contemporary music.
it has so much emotion," she said, explaining her admiration for classical music. "Many of the composers were writing about sadness and pain. I know rock music is popular, and that may just be because there are lyrics. With classical music, the notes speak for themselves."
Perlman added a little color to the performance by commenting to the audience.
In between one of the selections, he slowly looked around the Lied Center and said, "Nice place you got here."
Perlman last played at the University in 1990 in Hoch Auditorium.
Although the new venue may be considered a step up, Brian Priestman, conductor of the KU Symphony Orchestra, said a large auditorium was not the ideal setting for a violin or piano performance.
"The pieces are written for a much smaller audience and it kind of gives you a false impression in such a large place," he said.
But having a place like the Lied Center attracted artists such as Perlman, said Priestman, who has conducted ensembles in which Perlman has performed.
"Any town in the world, let alone Lawrence, Kansas, would be grateful to have a place like the Lied Center," he said.
Although Priestman credits hype for Perlman's label as the "world's greatest violinist," he said Perlman ranked up there with the best.
"There are other fabulous violinists but he is part of a very, very select group," he said.
— Edited by Melody Ard
Senators say multicultural issues handled satisfactorily
Kansas, Senate affects the life of every student. This series focuses on 10 different areas in which Student Senate has played a part during the past five years.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series designed to illuminate the workings of Student Senate. As a body that is run by and represents the stu-
By Dan Curry
By Dan Curry
dcurry@kansas.com
Kansas staff writer
on the whole with how multicultural issues have been handled.
However, everyone thinks some challenges still remain.
Marshall said Senate ought to pressure Chancellor Robert Hemenuway to reach his goal of 200 minority faculty members by 2000. He also said recruitment of more minority students was essential and that students should reconsider the diversity requirement.
Student Senators, senate candidates and the people they serve seem to be pleased
Marlon Marshall, incumbent YOU candidate for engineering senator, said he saw three areas of diversity that Senate could improve.
Mark Bradshaw, Fine Arts senator and Delta Force candidate for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, said multicultural issues were not as prominent this
Multicultural Highlights from Student Senate
The Multicultural Resource Center was created and financed by Student Senate
SPRING 1998
Senate passes a resolution that supports affirmative action.
- Senate adds multicultural seats for Black Student Union, the First Nations Student Association, KU Queens and Allies, Hispanic American Leadership Organization and the Asian-American Student Union.
year as they have in the past.
FALL 1998
Although he would pressure the Chancellor to fulfill his promise of a more diverse faculty, Bradshaw said Senate had passed a number of good resolutions this year.
Senate adds "gender identity of expression" to the three articles of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities
During this semester, Senate tackled the
- Senate passes a resolution saying all KU students, regardless of sexual orientation or belief, are protected by the University against hate crimes. The resolution asked Chancellor Hemenway to condemn hate crimes.
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issue of retaining minorities with a new program, the Minority Freshman Forum.
"That was something aimed at addressing the concerns of minority freshman going into their second semester." Bradshaw said, who is also a member of the
Multicultural Affairs Committee. "It tried to find out how to retain them."
Bradshaw said the attendance at the forum could be improved, especially with
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