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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 2005
INSIDENEWS Senate expels Student Voice candidate
Dennis Chanay, presidential candidate for Student Voice and freshman senator, was expelled from Student Senate during a Wednesday night Student Senate Executive Committee meeting. Chanay exceeded the number of excused absences that are allowed for senators. PAGE 1A
Students spread hope, laughter
Brynn White, Overland Park sophomore, spent her spring break helping tsunami survivors. White, her father and other members of the Patch Adams' Gesundheit Institute, dressed up as clowns hoping to spread cheer to Sri Lanka citizens. PAGE 1A
Student Senate candidates hold informal debate
KUnited's platform came under fire when a student questioned its candidates about unoriginal issues. KUnited candidates argued that they had Senate experience, something other candidates didn't have. PAGE 1A
Housing officials to determine hall's residents
The Department of Student Housing is conducting interviews to determine who will be living in Stephenson Hall next fall. The department is conducting these interviews for the first time because of complaints. PAGE 1A
Student to compete on Wheel of Fortune
Ricky Fursetzer, who grew-up watching Wheel of Fortune with his dad, will have a chance to compete on the show as a representative of the University of Kansas. Wheel of Fortune will produce Big 12 College Week. PAGE 3A
SOMA sponsors first soul auction
Each Student Senate vice presidential candidate has a different background and a different vision for the University of Kansas. Sarah Garlick, Marynell Jones and Stephanie Craig campaign with coalitions Student Voice, KUnited and Delta Force respectively. PAGE 3A
The Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics sold souls in an auction at the Kansas Union. Half of the more than $1,200 in proceeds benefitted SOMA, and the rest went to the Douglas County AIDS Project. PAGE 3A
University graduate to climb Mount Kinley
A 2004 graduate of the University will spend a month climbing 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. Jessica Drees will collect snow samples that will be used for research while she is on the mountain. PAGES 4A & 5A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Science, math careers need women
Stephanie Lovett says that women need more encouragement in their younger years to go into science- and math-related careers. She says that girls too often associate science with men in lab coats and chemicals. PAGE 3A
Column: Scientific theory becomes new 'religion'
Pete Prince explains string theory, a scientific theory that, like religion, requires some faith because scientists cannot prove it. He says that this may be the new religion for those who prefer to look to science for the foundation of the universe. PAGE 3A
INSIDESPORTS
Position for grabs
With spring practices underway, Kansas coach Mark Mangino is starting to finalize positions. There are currently two main contenders for the job, but junior Jason Swanson seems to be the front-runner for the job. PAGE 1B
Column: Points system bad for football fans
Joe Bant says that while the points system for basketball seating worked out, raising prices for football tickets will not benefit the fans. He says that Memorial Stadium needs to fill up before ticket prices can be negotiated by the Athletics Department. PAGE 1B
Baseball hasn't had success against Sooners
The baseball team has lost seven of its last 10 games and 22 of its last 31 to the Oklahoma Sooners. The Jayhawks will try to build on their momentum from the Wichita State series. PAGE 18
Senior swimmer Amy Gruber qualified for the Olympic trials on Tuesday. She tried to qualify last season and failed. She has completed her eligibility and is unsure of whether she will continue to compete. PAGE 18
Swimmer's time qualifies for trials
The race for the Kansas Cup will be a heated one tomorrow at the Tuttle Creek Lake Reservoir. Kansas and Kansas State have been about even in that each has defeated the other. The Kansas team is coming off a successful weekend and hopes its momentum will give it the edge on the lake. The K-State team struggled in last weekend's regatta. PAGE 2B
Rowing team expects victory against K-State
Showers are in the forecast for the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate golf tournament in Holly Springs, N.C. Rain caused a nearly six-hour delay in that part of the country at the Masters golf tournament. PAGE 2B
The Kansas track and field team opened the Texas relays with five top-10 finishes. There are two days left in the relays, and many of the team members still have to compete. PAGE 68
A strong start
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Student to spin 'Wheel'
BY DANI LITT
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Wheel of Fortune contestant to experience life-long dream next wee
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Ricky Fursetzer has wanted to be on Wheel of Fortune since he was a child.
Now, the Minnetonka, Minn., sophomore, will be living his dream as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune Big 12 College Week, which will be taped at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo.
Growing up, the sole purpose of having a television in his kitchen was to watch the show with his father.
"It's been my dream forever to be on the show," he said. "I am doing it for my dad."
His dad, David Fursetzer, said the two watched the show together because it was a fun and educational activity they could do together.
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He tried out for the show at the Kansas Union last semester, but said he didn't know if it was the tryout or his online registration that landed him the spot.
Two weeks later he received an e-mail that he was selected for a second audition.
"It was just for fun," he said of the tryout at the Union. "But I figured I might as well give it my best and I got off the stage without thinking twice about it."
"I am exceptionally proud, whether he wins or not," he said.
Fursetzer will join contestants throughout the Big 12 Conference for the show, which will air the week of May 16.
Contestants participated in a mock puzzle to show the Wheel of Fortune representatives how they acted, Fursetzer said.
On March 13, Fursetzer joined about 30 others in Kansas City. Mo., to participate in interviews, puzzle solving and a written test.
"We were supposed to say the letter loud and quickly with energy," he said. "We had to make sure our hands were making gestures and we were not allowed to say please or thank you."
mail said: "We loved you at your audition and you have been selected to represent KU on the Big 12 College Week on Saturday, April 9 in Kansas City."
Fursetzer said the most nerveracking part was when the panel cut over half of the contestants before the final round of the tryout.
"When I called her back, I was seriously having trouble breathing," he said.
"I was the second to last name called," he said. "My heart was pounding and time felt like it was going by so slow."
"I told him that if he wins the grand prize he has to take me to Las Vegas so the least I can do is go support him." Cooks said.
For the final part of the tryout, remaining contestants played an actual round of the game.
Fursetzer won't be alone, his longtime friend Or Cooks, Minnetonka, Minn., junior, said there would be about 15 of his fraternity brothers from Lambda Chi Alpha there to cheer him on.
The only disappointment is that his family won't be able to see the taping because they will be in Las Vegas for his grandmother's birthday, Fursetzer said.
"California Condor," Fursetzer said. "I have no idea what it means, but that was the puzzle that I solved."
When he didn't get a letter from the show by the end of spring break, Fursetzer said he was okay with it. A few days later when he listened to a missed call from a Los Angeles area code, he almost fell down the stairs at Snow Hall, west of Strong Hall, he said.
He recalled exactly what the voice
"If it wasn't my mom's 90th birthday, nothing could keep me away from watching the show," David Fursetzer said.
Fursetzer said he hoped Pat Sajak would say happy birthday to his grandmother on the air.
"It would be the best birthday president I could give her," he said.
Wheel of Fortune is also taping Mom & Me Week next Friday and Kansas City Week, Sunday, April 10, at Bartle Hall. Both segments will air in May.
Edited by Megan Claus
Spring cleaning
Nicoletta Niosi/KANSAN
Gene Vaughn, Facilities Operations employee, cleans Chi Omega Fountain yesterday afternoon. Vaughn said the fountain is cleaned about once a month. "When it's not hot, we don't have to clean it as often," he said.
FUNDRAISER
Students sell souls for charity
BY BETSY MCLEOD
correspondent@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Twenty-three KU students sold their souls to random bidders last night at the first ever SOMA-sponsored Soul Auction.
"Since we are an Atheist/Agnostic group we thought it would be a good idea to make fun of the concept of having souls while making money at the same time," Keiv Spare, co-organizer and Parsons senior, said.
The auction was held by the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics, or SOMA, at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
SOMA and the Douglas County Aids Project split the proceeds from the auction. Organizers held the event to raise awareness about the group and raise money for charity.
The auction made more than $1,200. The highest bid went to Kelly Spencer, Overland Park freshman, whose soul sold for $400. Brandon Kuehmichel, Milwaukee, Wis., graduate student, purchased Spencer's soul.
"I thought it was crazy anyone would spend that much on me," Spencer said.
The soul-sellers were bound to their buyers for a minimum of three hours, doing everything from going on a date to doing charity or housework.
Bids were initiated based on the type of work the soul for sale was willing to do and the amount of time he or she was willing to spend doing it. Although most of the students involved were members of SOMA, the auction was open to everyone.
"The girls always make the most money," Paul Youk, co-organizer and Durham graduate student, said. The next highest bid was on Leah Spare, Parsons sophomore, whose soul sold for $140. She participated in the auction because it was for a good cause and had nothing else to do tonight, she said.
Player's dad attempts murder, suicide
Edited by Austin Caster
CANTON, Texas – The father of a high school football player shot and wounded the team's coach yesterday, fled in a truck loaded with weapons, and then tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists, authorities said.
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to Canton High School just after classes started and shot coach Gary Joe Kinne in the chest, apparently with a 45-caliber pistol, police said. The coach, who is the school's athletic director, was airlifted to a hospital, and a family spokesman said he was in critical condition.
Jeffrey Doyle Robertson, 45, went
Robertson's pickup was found about two hours later abandoned on a rural road next to a golf course a few miles outside town. Officers
found him in the woods with cuts to his wrists, said Tom Vinger, a spokesman with the Department of Public Safety.
Police were investigating a possible motive. Robertson's son, Baron, had apparently been banned from playing all school athletics on Wednesday, said Steve Smith Jr., a senior who was a defensive end and kicker on the team.
- The Associated Press
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