Thursday, February 18. 1999 The University Daily Kansan Section A • Page 5 Lent tough for busy students By Heather Woodward Kansan staff writer Kevin Schumm will quit smoking cigarettes — at least for the next 40 days. Schumm, Overland Park junior, is one of many Christian students making a sacrifice for Lent, which began yesterday with Ash Wednesday. "I'm giving up smoking because I need to quit and because it's a good sacrifice that I can make for God," Schumm said. "I'm also going to try to treat everyone as if each day could be my last because there is no room for regrets in life." Schumm said he had hoped to attend a late Ash Wednesday service because classes take up much of his time. His two jobs take up the rest. However, because of last night's men's basketball game at 8:05, the St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Rd., did not hold its usual 7:30 and 10 p.m. services. Instead, it had 7:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. services at the center and a 5:30 p.m. service at the Lied Center. "We knew that the parking lot at St. Lawrence would probably be used for the basketball game," said Tracy English, public relations manager for the center. "That's why we tried to get a larger audience at 5:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. This is the first year we've ever had services there." Pat Lechtenberg, pastoral minister at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 1229 Vermont St., said she did not think Ash Wednesday services should be canceled because of conflicting events. St. John's had their usual service at 7 last night. "We try to accommodate people who have had class or have been working all day," Lechtenberg said. "Getting to the service is what is considered a priority." St. John's had services at 7 and 8:45 a.m. and at 12:15 and 7 p.m. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 1100 Kasold Drive, had services at 7 a.m. and at 12:10 and 7 p.m. The Ash Wednesday holiday dates back to 300 A.D. when Christians who committed a public sin had to engage in public penance before they would be allowed back into the congregation. That person would be marked with ash on his or her forehead on Ash Wednesday and would not be allowed back into the church until Easter, which celebrates the Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. "The Catholic Church is very communal. Everyone in the church would be praying for the person to get back into the church. The holiday evolved so that the entire congregation would engage in penance to give support to those who had committed public sins," said the Rev. Vince Krische of St. Lawrence. Ash Wednesday services end with the symbolic marking of each congregation member with a cross from the ashes of burnt palm leaves. The time from Ash Wednesday to Easter is the 40-day Lent period, which means springtime. "Easter is a celebration of new life but for new life to grow in all of us there has to be a preparation period," Krische said. "Lent is a time to rid ourselves of self-centeredness and egoism that we're all guilty of. We all need it because we're all sinners." Krische said that what people choose to give up is a personal choice. Nicole Schnellbacher, Topeka sophomore, said she was going to give up soda. "It's something I have all the time. It's definitely my weakness," Schnellbacher said. "This way I can try to remind myself that I need to have some will power and that if you really put your mind to something you can accomplish it." —Copyedited by Keith Burner Online enrollment has no deadline By Jennifer Roush Kansan staff writer Student senators want University of Kansas administrators to guarantee that online enrollment will be available for KU students by fall 2001. "Everything's going according to plan," Morrell said. "But it's too early to give a best guess about when the system will be implemented." He said that the PeopleSoft system was divided into six distinct components: catalog of courses, timetable, assessment, collection, Web enrollment and financial aid. One University official says that PeopleSoft — the computer software that the University has purchased to make online enrollment possible — is too complex for such a guarantee to be made. Because of the complexity of the system, Morrell said Internet-based enrollment would be the last part of the program to take effect. Morrell said his team was placing more emphasis on the quality of the product than on the speed of implementation. Rich Morrell, University registrar, who is in charge of implementing PeopleSoft, said that he wasn't comfortable setting a deadline for compi- tion of the project. "There's a high priority on making it a good product." he said. In the meantime, the University will continue to use Leacy, its existing enrollment software. Morrell said he was disappointed that online enrollment had been a campaign issue in the Spring 1998 elections because he said that students didn't understand what was involved in implementing the system. Kevin Yoder, student body president, said that the reason online enrollment had been a campaign issue was because it still was not guaranteed to students. Matt Dunbar, senior holdover senator, was happy with the information Senate had received from Morrell. "We'd like to see it happen quicker, but we understand where they're coming from," Dunbar said. Online Registration Other Big 12 Schools Nebraska Missouri Colorado Regents Baylor Kansas Iowa State Kansas State Oklahoma Pittsburg State Texas Fort Hays State Texas A&M Wichita State Oklahoma State Emporia State Texas Tech Tom Moore, campus director for Student Legislative Awareness Board, said that he was dubious about the lack of a definite time frame for the project. He said that he thought the project was being slowed by bureaucracy and that people in the registrar's office were afraid of losing their jobs to online enrollment. Diane Goddard, University comptroller and assistant to the associate provost, disagreed with that assessment. 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