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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005
INSIDENEWS
Goalittons argue about online ticket system
KUnited has said it has been working with the Athletics Department to implement an online system for students to redeem basketball tickets. The department, Delta Force and Student Voice have said the system would have been implemented regardless of KUnited's involvement... PAGE 1A
Ann Coulter, conservative author, lawyer and commentator, will speak at 7 tonight in the Lied Center. Campus leaders from Republican and Democrat campus political parties say they plan to attend. Coulter is the author of "Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right." PAGE 1A
Political commentator to speak at Lied Center
As gas prices increase in Lawrence, more people are taking pump and go literally. One station lost as much as $160 in one day from gas thefts. Many of the stations are turning toward a pre-pay system to deter customers from stealing gas. PAGE 1A
Gas thefts increase as price of gas goes up
Gas price increases force stations to re-think strategies
Lawrence gas stations are devising ways to keep customers filling up at their pumps rather than at their competitors in the wake of statewide gas price hikes. Some are offering discounts. Others are offering overall low prices. But all are fighting people's urges to walk or ride bikes until the prices go down. PAGE 1A
Spring Break, emergency delays fraternity's appeal hearing
Phi Kappa Theta was scheduled to appeal to the Interfraternity Council executive board yesterday regarding its expulsion, but the absence of some judicial members delayed the hearing to today. The fraternity has one more appeal if the board upholds the decision in today's hearing. PAGE 1A
The Student Voice coalition filed an appeal with University Governance yes terday because it said the elections violation hearing was unfair. The Elections Commission would not comment on the coalition's appeal. PAGE 3A
Student leaders reflect on time in office
Steve Munch, student body president, and Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president will be replaced in the upcoming Student Senate elections. They look back on their terms and discuss what goals they have and not accomplished. PAGE 3A
University requires vaccinations for admission
Students must have a current immunization record that includes the MMR vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella to be admitted to the University. Starting in the fall, students who live in University housing will also be required to have a meningitis vaccination. PAGE 3A
Natural disasters lead to increases in coffee prices
A drought in Brazil and the tsunami in Southeast Asia has increased the cost of coffee. At least one local coffee shop has raised its prices, and others may choose to follow suit. PAGE 6A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Schiavo's uncarrying husband shouldn't make life decision Vince Myers justifies his position as to why Michael Schiavo's desire to see his wife die has to do with more than meets the eye. PAGE 5A
Column: Kyoto now! United States must adhere to Protocol
Column: Kyoto now: United States has Guest columnist Juan Guayasamin deplores the United States' reckless withdrawl from the Kyoto Protocol that could protect the environment. PAGE 5A
Lee's performance doesn't disappoint
INSIDESPORTS
While Jayhawk fans have reason to be sad about Kansas' NCAA Tournament first-round defeat, no one can complain about the performance Mike Lee turned in. He had a career-high 18 points, including 6-9 shooting from the field and a 6-6 day at the free-throw line. PAGE 12A
Column: A team's talent only goes so far
The Jayhawks were certainly a talented team with one of the best senior classes in KU history. Throughout the season, though, and culminating in their final game, the Jayhawks relied too much on their talent to squeak out close victories. In the end, a strong desire to win can overcome a less-motivated, talented team. Columnist Jack Weinstein says that it takes motivation for a team to make a long run in the NCAA Tournament. PAGE 12A
NCAA proposal could lead Kansas to bowl game
The NCAA is considering a rule change that would allow Division I-A teams to count a victory against a Division I-AA team every season. The current rule allows a victory to count once every four years. The opportunity for a bowl game would increase for the Kansas football team if it passes. PAGE 12A
Rowlers qualify for nationals
Both the men's and women's bowling teams took third place at the Intercollegiate Bowling Championship Sectionals March 18-20 to advance to the finals. The women started slow and had to rally from eighth place. PAGE 9A
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STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS
Coalition denies allegations
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN STUFF WRITER
The Student Voice coalition filed an appeal yesterday with the University Governance after the election violations hearing on March 17.
Dennis Chanay, Student Voice presidential candidate, said the Elections Commission did not hold the hearing correctly.
sites maintained by Student Voice contained libelous statements about the KUnited coalition.
Chanay, Paola freshman, had issues with the election commission chairman Luke Thompson.
"We didn't feel the hearing was run correctly," Chanay said. "We are going to fight for this because we think they are wrong."
Thompson, Lawrence sophomore, filed two complaints that Web
Thompson said the Elections Commission would comment on the coalition's appeal.
Chanay said Thompson broke numerous procedures during the hearing. He said Thompson would not allow Student Voice to ask him questions about the complaints. Chanay also said it was a violation that Thompson did not have records of the complaints, which were supposed to be open to the public.
During the hearing, the commission asked Chanay and other coalition members to leave during the deliberations. Thompson, the plaintiff, did not leave the room and deliberated with the rest of the commission.
"Luke basically just served as a judge," Chanay said. "He is just saying what is libel and what's not. There was no consulting with other members to clarify what is libel and what isn't."
Chanay said Student Voice would not change the way it was campaigning because it didn't feel like it had done anything wrong.
had done anything wrong University Governance said any information it had on the appeal was confidential and would not be released.
If University Governance accepts Student Voice's appeal, it will schedule a hearing.
It must render a decision within 30 days following the hearing.
— Edited by Laura Francoviglia
Marquis de Sod
Wes Ramirez, right, Facilities Operations landscaper, lifts a 1.5-foot by 6-foot plot of sod to roll out on the lawn yesterday in front of the Hall Center for the Humanities. "It'll all be green tomorrow," said Mike Lang, campus landscape manager. The size of the crew was increased for the job to beat out the rain scheduled for tonight, Lang said.
NASA
Space station drifts away, rolls
BY MARCIA DUNN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
220-mile high maintenance work
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two space station astronauts installed antennas and released a baby Sputnik during a spacewalk yesterday, completing the work just before the orbiting outpost drifted and rolled slightly because of overloaded gyroscopes.
Space station crew members = installed antennas on the Zvezda Module for a cargo carrier scheduled to visit the space station next year.
The astronauts were in no danger, and the slow roll — which lasted just 17 minutes — was not unexpected. NASA said the space station held steady longer than anticipated.
SOURCE EI NASA
For reasons that are not entirely clear to NASA, the space station has tended to drift during spacewalks over the past year or so. The space agency thought the problem might be even worse this time because one of the gyroscopes that keep the orbiting outpost stable and pointed in the right direction stopped working two weeks ago.
But the space station held steady until the very end of the 4 1/4-hour spacewalk, when it went into a partial, slow-motion cartwheel. The drift lasted far less than the three hours expected.
Right after the spacewalk, one of the two good gyroscopes exhibited a brief but unusually strong vibration. Engineers were keeping close watch over the big spinning wheel, which appeared to be working fine later in the day. Besides the gyroscope that shut down two weeks ago, another broke three years ago.
Flight controllers could have prevented this so-called free drift by immediately firing the station's thrusters but waited to do so until the spacewalkers were out of the way, rather than risk contaminating their spacesuits with toxic rocket fuel.
The Associated Press
Laboring 220 miles above Earth, Commander Leroy Chiao and his Russian crewmate, Salizhan Sharipov,
During the spacewalk, they left the space station empty. With the shuttle fleet grounded since the 2003 Columbia catastrophe, the space station has been home to only two astronauts at a time, instead of the usual three.
Chiao and Sharipov hustled through their work and wrapped everything up more than an hour early, despite extra safety precautions.
plugged in four antennas for a new type of cargo carrier due to fly next year. They also released a 1-foot-long, 11-pound satellite called Nanosputnik, designed for experimental maneuvering by ground controllers.
NASA and the Russian Space Agency instituted the extra measures to avoid a repeat of the problem that happened during the men's spacewalk in January. Because of a miscommunication during that outing, Chiao got too close to the firing thrusters. This time, the thrusters, which fire automatically when the space station tips out of balance, were disabled for the astronauts' safety.
Engineers have yet to identify the
The spacewalkers ignored the recent problem that knocked out the gyroscope; visiting shuttle astronauts will tackle that repair job in two months.
The two station residents have spent the past several weeks dealing with an assortment of breakdowns, including an oxygen generator that still is not working. Over the weekend, they replaced a pump panel that is part of a critical cooling system.
mysterious force that causes the space station to tilt during spacewalks. The space station needs to point in the right direction so that its solar panels continue generating electricity and certain components do not become overheated from exposure to the sun.
NASA hopes to launch Discovery to the space station in mid-May. Technicians had trouble aligning the shuttle and its transporter yesterday for the big move from the hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the booster rockets and redesigned fuel tank are attached. The move was rescheduled for today.
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