THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 134
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005
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MULTICULTURALISM
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Joe Bointy, foreground, Lawrence resident, and Chaske Heminger, Flandreau, Colo., resident, prepare for their turn in the men's fancy feather competition. "I started competing and dancing when I was little just like almost everybody here," Bointy said. The First Nations Student Association of KU held the pow wow competition Saturday night at Robinson Center.
Pow wow passion Competition highlights culture
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Sonny Littlehead, 6, dances in the Junior boys fancy feather competition during the First Nations Student Association of KU's pow wow Saturday night at Robinson Center. Littlehead, who has danced in competition since the age of 3, said he has danced at pow wows "probably like a thousand times."
By ESTUARDO GARCIA
egarcia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Jancita Warrington, Keshena, Wisc., graduate student, wrapped purple duct tape around her orange beaded moccasins to keep them on her feet and tied purple leggings around her calves.
She accented her outfit with jewelry that was unique to her tribe.
Warrington competed in the Women's Northern Traditional dance Saturday night.
She said she had attended pow wows since she was able to walk.
During the course of a year she competed in as many as 30 and has won several awards singing and dancing.
Last year she won an Iron Woman award for solo singing, a star quilt and $500 in prize money.
Saturday night's pow wow attracted a record-breaking crowd of more than 1,500 to Robinson Center where Warrington and the other dancers competed in 13 different categories of dance, ranging from the fast-paced, contemporary dances, to the slower, more distinguished traditionals.
The audience stood up and danced to the rhythmical sound that filled the gymnasium.
Haskell's color guard and all competing dancers were featured in the entrance.
SEE POW WOW ON PAGE 8A
LAWRENCE
Smoking ban survives case
Judge rebuffs bar owner's argument
BY JASON SHAD
jshaad@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
After a municipal court case Friday, the city's smoking ban remained intact. Municipal Court Judge Randy McGrath ruled against arguments that the city's smoking ordinance was unconstitutionally vague and pre-empted by state law.
The case involved Dennis Steffes, owner of Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St. and Coyote's night club. 1003 E. 23rd St.
Steffes was cited for five separate violations of the city's smoking ordinance.
Steffes and his attorney, Billy Rork, contested the five violations and the constitutionality of the ordinance, claiming that its wording on how the ordinance was supposed to be enforced was too vague. They also argued the ordinance attempted to pre-empt state laws regulating smoking.
McGrath ruled the ordinance did not pre-empt state law because the state law allowed for local governments to create statutes limiting smoking so long as they were as strict as state law.
The vagueness argument was a closer call. McGrath said. But after reviewing the smoking policies at Steffes' bars, and letters sent to bar owners from Fire Marshal Rich Barr, McGrath
"I the bar's no smoking policy seemed like it clearly understood the ordinance. By his own July 1 smoking policy in his bars, I think he understood the ordinance."
Randy McGrath Municipal court judge
ruled it was clear what the ordinance required of bars and restaurants.
"The bar's no smoking policy seemed like it clearly understood the ordinance," McGrath said. "By his own July 1 smoking policy in his bars, I think he understood the ordinance."
Although McGrath maintained the validity of the ordinance, he dropped four of the five violations cited against Steffes.
In four of the five cases there was not enough evidence to prove that Steffes' employees were not enforcing the ordinance.
SEE SMOKING ON PAGE 4A
MEMORIAL
Not forgotten
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Jack Gay, Korean War veteran, greets Lieutenant Commander Byung Goo Kim of the Korean military after having their picture taken following the dedication of the Korean War Memorial last Saturday morning on Memorial Drive. Along side Gay are Korean veterans Clyde Kock (left) and Wavne Shireman, each stationed in Korea during the early 1950s.
Memorial honors Jayhawks killed in Korean War
BY DANI LITT
dlitt@kansan.com
d litt S STAFF WRITE
The University of Kansas made an effort to remember the Forgotten War on Saturday with the dedication of the recently installed Korean War Memorial on Memorial Drive.
The memorial, entitled "Korean Cranes Rising," was installed on April 1. Jon Havener, a design professor at the University, created the copper sculpture of four intertwined cranes.
It stands surrounded by benches and a plaque that includes the names of the 44 students, staff, faculty and alumni who were killed in the war.
SEE FORGOTTEN ON PAGE 4A
EVENT PREVIEW
Festival to give students journey of Orient
BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egercia@hansan.com
KANSAN STWRI WRITER
This week students from the Asian-American Student Union have planned events focused on giving students of the University of Kansas a taste of Asia during the union's Asian Festival.
TASTE OF ASIA EVENTS
TODAY
Asian Languages Fair
Kansas Union
Lobby
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
TOMORROW
Open Mio Night
Hawk's Nest,
Kansas Union
7 to 10 p.m.
Every year AASU provides students an opportunity to share in the many rich cultures throughout Asia. This year's Asian Festival theme is "Journey through the Orient."
WEDNESDAY
Origiam & Henna
Tattoo Workshop
Kansas Union Lobby
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
THURSDAY
♦ Lion Dance
Wescoe Beach
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
*FRIDAY
♥ Taste of Asia Dinner
Ecumenical
Christian Ministries
7 p.m.
- $17 for single tickets, $12 for couple tickets
Events are scheduled throughout the week on campus and lead up to Taste of Asia, which involves dinner at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries and a show in the Kansas Union.
SATURDAY
♦ Taste of Asia
Woodruff Auditorium,
Kansas Union
7:30 p.m.
— Source AASU
AASU expanded Taste of Asia, the culmination of the week-long festival, to both Friday and Saturday this week to increase attendance, Grant Huang said.
which costs $7 for single tickets and $12 for couples, will be at the ECM on Friday.
Tickets will be sold at AASU events throughout the week.
Leavenworth senior. "It's not just Chinese; it not just Japanese."
Sung said she was planning most of the events for the week and had reached out to other student organizations for their participation.
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Hong Kong* and Macau Student Association, KU Cultural India Club, Alpha Phi Gamma sorority and Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity are some of the groups that will be helping out with the week.
The Taste of Asia dinner,
AASU performances are
"Every year we do this and every year we try to make it bigger," said Pauline Sung.
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SEE ORIENT ON PAGE 2A
Reliving college Former Battenfeld resident, Harland Cope, made a trip back to the University during the weekend. Cope, a 1944 graduate, stayed in Battenfeld and spoke with the current residents. PAGE 4A
Spring game
Election letdown
The three quarterbacks combined for six interceptions Saturday, doing little to clear up whom the starter would be in 2005. PAGE1B
KUnited won many of the Student Senate seats in this year's election but lost 11 of 14 junior/senior CLAS seats. Senators who have served for years in Senate won't be returning next year. PAGE 3A
Vaulting for greatness
Alumnus Pat Manson just broke the record for consecutive years of
clearing 18 feet on the pole vault. PAGE 6B
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