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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005
INSIDENEWS
Smoking ban survives judge's ruling
Coyote's and Last Call owner Dennis Steffes' challenge to the Lawrence law was rejected Friday by a Municipal Court judge. Steffes, charged with five violations of the ordinance and convicted of one, said the ruling wouldn't deter him from appealing his case to a district court, page 1A.
Remembering the Forgotten War
The University held a dedication ceremony Saturday for the Korean War Memorial on Memorial Drive. The memorial joined the University's existing memorials, which include the Kansas Memorial Union, the Campanile and Memorial Stadium. PAGE 1A
A passion for dance
More than 100 dancers competed in Women's Northern Traditional dance Saturday night. The competition let dancers express themselves not only through dance but also through their costumes. PAGE 1A
Week-long event to provide taste of Asia
Festival dances to a different beat
The Asian-American Student Union will be holding events highlighting Asian culture throughout the week as part of its Asian Festival. The week culminates in Taste of Asia, which includes dinner and a show. PAGE 1A
Ever wonder what Paraguayan polka music sounds like? That was one of the many cultures featured in the Festival of Nations. One culture that was lacking in attendance at the event was American. PAGE 2A
KUnited had sweeping victories in most categories of the Student Senate election except for the junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seats. Because of the losses, many senators who have served on Senate for most of their time at the University won't be returning next year. PAGE 3A
KU alumnus makes trip back to Battenfeld
Harland Cope graduated from the University of Kansas in 1944 and was one of the first residents of Battenfeld Scholarship Hall. During the weekend, Cope visited his former home and its residents, and he revealed at what had changed at Battenfeld and what had remained the same. PAGE 4A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Reasons abound to show up to Kansas Relays
ree rmce knows a few reasons to go to Memorial Stadium next week, and they have nothing to do with football. The Kansas Relays this year will feature the best and the brightest of those who participate in the purest sport there is. PAGE 7A
Column: People disputing Schiavo case unaware of facts.
Devin Sikes says that people are misled about the true legal nature of the Terri Schiolavo case. Morality decisions should not be made in legal cases, because, after all, whose morality is it based upon? PAGE 7A
Quarterbacks struggle in spring game
Column: Piqskin punditry in play
The three quarterbacks combined for six interceptions in Saturday's spring game, doing nothing to clear up whom the starter would be in 2005. Junior college transfer and wide receiver Brian Murph was the star of the game, catching seven balls for 110 yards and a touchdown. PAGE 1B
After the spring game, Ryan Colaiani speculates on the look of next season's football team. The talent of those competing for the starting quarterback position is just one of the issues jayhawks fans have to ponder. PAGE 18
Ninth-inning performance disappoints Kansas
Baylor swept this weekend's three-game series at Hogland Ballpark. In the final game, Kansas was poised to win, but a controversial play and ineffective pitching led Baylor to a 3-2 victory. The series loss puts Kansas in last place in the Big 12 Conference. PAGE 1B
The Kansas softball team lost twice this weekend, losing to Baylor 8-7 on Saturday and 8-5 yesterday in Arrocha Ballpark. The Jayhawks play the Cornhuskers on Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb. PAGE 2B
Team experiences demoralizing defeats
Tennis team falls to Colorado
Although freshman Stephanie Smith continued her five-game winning streak on Saturday, the jayhawks lost 5-2 to the Buffaloes. Kansas has one match left before the Big 12 tournament. PAGE 2B
Two decades at the top
Pat vanson has been pole vaulting than many KU freshmen have been alive. He recently set a record for clearing 18 feet for 20 years in a row. PAGE 6B
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Sol Ramirez, Paraguay junior, drops to the floor of the stage and rises up again while balancing a pot on her head at the Festival of Nations performance Friday night in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Women balancing pots or bottles on their heads is part of typical dances native to Paraguay.
Expo shows off world beats
Americans in low numbers at world culture festival
BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
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KANSAST Writer
Dancing with five wine bottles on your head to Paraguayan polka music takes practice. Maria Ullon, Asuncion, Paraguay, graduate student, spent a week practicing before she performed the Balle de las botellas, or the dance of the bottles, Friday night for the Festival of Nations.
Dressed in her blue Polleron, a ruffled blue skirt, Ullon, danced in front of more than 100 people at the Kansas Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The dance is a traditional Paraguyan dance that can take years to master. Ullon has been performing the dance since she was 15,
The dance ended the International Students Association and International Student Scholars Services' 53rd annual festival.
The festival, which featured performances from nine different countries, gave KU students an opportunity to travel the globe from inside the Kansas Union.
to the 25 states of India. Their performance showed how much variety of culture can be found even in one country.
Japanese students started the festival with the thunderous sound of Taiko drums. From there students were moved from country to country through the festival's performances, getting a small taste of each country's rich culture.
Justina Patterson, Pittsburg sophomore, said it was a great opportunity to experience different cultures. As a Latin American studies major, she was particularly interested in the performances from Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay.
While there were many different countries represented, there was one major country that lacked in attendance.
The performers themselves not only educated the audience about their customs but also learned about other countries' practices.
Maneesha Arashanapalli, graduate student from Andhra Pradesh, India, said she learned about Bolivian culture, which was a culture she had never experienced before.
Arashanapalli and 22 other students from India performed a song, each singing in the different languages native
Few American students took part in the festival.
The lack of attendance from domestic students is a problem ISA has always dealt with, Juan Araoz, ISA president, said.
The La Paz, Bolivia, senior said most American students think they have to be from another country in order to participate in international activities, this is not true. American students are also welcome to join the international group.
Festival of Nations followed the World Expo, which took place earlier that day.
Featured at the expo was informational booths for more than 60 countries.
Both events had record attendance, Araoz said.
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AASU also plans on bringing a Filipino dance troupe and having the Korean Presbyterian Church sing during Saturday night's event.
Grant Huang, St. Louis freshman, said the week took Asian culture and broke it into smaller pieces.
He and other AASU members have been asking the Asian restaurants in Lawrence for food donations or gift certificates for the week.
Friday's dinner.
So far they have had buffet restaurants such as King Buffet and Peking Taste donate food for Friday night's dinner at the ECM.
The gift certificates they have will be raffled off during
Sung wants to spread awareness of the week to diversify campus population and increase attendance from American students.
"We want people to have fun," she said. "We can learn something from a different culture."
Edited by Kendall Dix
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