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NEWS MANAGEMENT
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Editor-in-chief Katie Kutsko
Managing editor - production Allison Kohn
Managing editor - digital media Lauren Armendariz
Associate production editor Madison Schultz
Associate digital media editor Will Webber
ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT
Sales manager Kolby Botts
Associate news editor Duncan McHenry
Advertising director Sean Powers
News editor Emma LeGault
Sports editor Blake Schuster
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Associate sports editor Ben Felderstein
NEWS SECTION EDITORS
Entertainment editor Christine Stanwood
Head copy chief Tara Bryant
Copy chiefs
Casey Hutchins
Hayley Jowiak
Paige Lytle
Design chiefs Cole Anneberg Trey Conrad
Designers Ali Self Clayton Rohlman Hayden Parks
Opinion editor
Anna Wenner
Photo editor
George Mullinix
Associate photo editor Michael Strickland
ADVISERS
Media director ana content strategist Brett Akagi
Sales and marketing adviser Jon Schlitt
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What's the weather, Jay?
THURSDAY
- weather.com
Rain in the morning will give way to sun in the afternoon.
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Rain, rain go away.
Morning clouds followed by sun.
FRIDAY
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Partly cloudy, Winds SSW at 11 to 14 mph.
The sun is here to stay.
SATURDAY
Go outside and play.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
What: Stripping in War and Peace:
Ancient Tactics for Modern Times
When: 3:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Centennial Room
About: Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka,
Professor of Women, Gender and
Sexuality Studies and Theatre, will
lead a discussion on the peace-
making efforts of African women in
the continent.
Thursday, Feb. 20
What: Residency and fee waiver application deadline
When: All day
Where: University wide
About: Contact the Office of the Registrar.
Friday, Feb. 21
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
About: A free vegetarian meal provided by a group that meets every Thursday at the ECM.
What: KU Opera: The Tragedy of Carmen
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Robert Baustian Theatre,
Murphy Hall
About: Tickets $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. Advance tickets available exclusively in Murphy Hall Room 460.
What: KU School of Architecture, Design & Planning presents:"Shored Up"
HEALTH
When: Doors 6:30 p.m., show 7 p.m.
Where: Liberty Hall
About: "Shored Up," a documentary by Ben Kalina, asks tough questions about coastal communities and humanity's relationship with the land. Free for all KU students with valid ID.
Saturday, Feb. 22
What: Men's Basketball vs. Texas
When: 6:30 p.m.
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
About: The Jayhawks take on the
Texas Longhorns.
Pregnant students face discrimination
MADDIE FARBER news@kansan.com
Annie Stenger says she faced pregnancy discrimination at the University shortly after returning to classes from giving birth, when a professor addressed her publicly in front of her peers and told her she wasn't welcome in the class.
leave from the school if they become pregnant.
Stenger, a 2011 graduate, said her professors were accommodating during the pregnancy, but she felt there was a negative reaction when she returned to class after giving birth.
As to the prevalence of pregnancy on campus, the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access does not keep track of this issue. This is considered a matter of privacy, and according to McQueeny, there are several
After returning to school four weeks after giving birth to her son, she felt that there was a negative reaction to her return. She ended up having to retake some of the same
However, Sears' sister, Stenger, said she experienced a change after returning from her pregnancy.
"I didn't know where to turn. It's just unfortunate that as a student I was paying tens of thousands of dollars to be denied my education."
According to University policies, pregnancy discrimination is a recognized form of gender discrimination.
ANNIE STENGER student
Although maternity leave only applies to University employees, with proper documentation, students can receive excused medical
Passed in 1972, The University of Kansas adheres to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act that helps to improve the graduation rates of young and parenting students.
Jane McQueeny, executive director at the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, said that the University does whatever possible to "look to ways to keep students engaged in the classroom while they're pregnant."
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women, employees and students who never contact the IOA office with regards to their pregnancy.
Sarah Sears, a recent graduate from Leawood, became pregnant toward the end of her senior year.
Pregnancy discrimination is a form of gender discrimination and expecting students can receive help from the University.
"We treat [pregnant] students as any other student with a medical condition," McQueeny said. "We help students to the best of our ability, and make allowances for both mothers and fathers."
classes twice and paying for them again—in addition to being told by a professor that she wasn't welcome in class.
"I personally didn't notify the University officially, but I had a couple of professors who were very lenient," Sears said. "I did have to get special notice to get hours out of the way to graduate early, but everyone was really accommodating."
"Title IX is supposed to protect students. My understanding was whatever amount of time you missed, that's the same amount of time you are allowed to make up. I wasn't given that opportunity by some of the professors I had," Stenger said. "I felt like I was making every effort that I could."
Stenger was hesitant to address the issue with the University. The fear that she would be making it harder for herself to finish after already completing three and a half years of college restricted her from seeking help.
"I never pursued anything
so I can't speak to what the school would or would have not done," Stenger said. "I didn't know where to turn. It's just unfortunate that as a student I was paying tens of thousands of dollars to be denied my education."
McQueeny reassured that the University does everything possible to be accommodating.
"Sometimes students have to take an incomplete, but we
do everything we can to help them make it up," she said. "If students feel they are being discriminated against, they can file a complaint and it will be investigated."
— Edited by Nick Chadbourne
BUGS FROM PAGE 1
sible for the costs of bed bug treatments, they may leave to avoid paying for the treatments when they find out they have bed bugs.
"In a private home, they are going to get rid of it because they don't want to get bit all the time. The rental people, they can just get up and move," said City Commissioner Terry Riordan, who is also a pediatrician. "We definitely don't want the rental people to get up and move because they are going to move and infect the new unit."
"We go round and round with that all the time," Trowbridge said. "It's very difficult because we want to know
It's also an issue that needs to be resolved for licensed exterminators like Larry Trowbridge, the owner of Midwest Exterminators.
who is going to pay us. Many times if it's going to be the tenant, the tenant may not come up with it and we don't want to be chasing our money down either."
"We don't want to create a situation that's unfair to the landlord, but we also need to keep the bedbugs into becoming a significant problem for the city of Lawrence," Riordan said.
Within two or three weeks, a new proposal dealing with the costs will be presented.
Reported incidences of bed. bugs started a couple years of ago. Currently, the city has records of bed bugs at the Howard Johnson hotel, the Days Inn on Iowa Street, the Gazebo apartments and the Cedarwood apartments.
There were other reported instances in single, detached homes, but the city doesn't have a policy in place that keeps record, Jimenez said.
The rise in cases prompted the need for a policy to be put in place.
"Because of the significant increase in the number of cases we've gotten, it became apparent that we need to address this issue rather than let it get out of control because these are little insects that can cause a significant spread," Riordan said.
"As a pediatrician, I have taken about half a dozen people who had bug bites and they are pretty uncomfortable and they are fairly painful," Riordan said. "It's not anything anybody would want to live with."
Bed bugs can lay dormant for months and even years without food and water. They also spread very easily through clothes, used furniture and old mattresses.
Edited by Stella Liang
ATHLETICS FROM PAGE 1
plained, the University made a mistake in the late fiscal year 2011 causing the overdraft of student-fee money.
— Edited by Duncan McHenry
David Catt, the chairman of the Women's and Non-Revenue Intercollegiate Sports Advisory Board, recommended lowering or eliminating the fee, and stressed that he does not feel Athletics was aware of this overdraft and that the Advisory Board did not discuss the overdraft in its meetings.
The University agreed to transfer $35,999.52 to cover the shortfall, reducing the amount Athletics received in the fall. The remaining $8,705.44 was not addressed in the emails. There was no interest added to the virtual loan from the student body. Tetwiler said the overdraft has been replenished.
FUND FROM PAGE 1
Fee, block, and line funding allocations will occur over the next three weeks.
seem crazy detrimental,” said Sitz. “We're really excited to have $2,850 earmarked for general participation scholarships. We look forward to working with Student Senate for other funds.”
— Edited by Kate Shelton
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