MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005
NEWS
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LEAGUE SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Adult dodgeball league to begin in Lawrence
Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
BY BRIAN BUZJACK
correspondent@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Tim Bartlett, 18-year-old Topeka resident, prepares to throw the ball at a league dodgeball game at the Rice Community Center in Topeka on March 20. Barlett is part of the Sunday night dodgeball league in Topeka, which consists of eight teams. Lawrence will have its own dodgeball league through the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department in April.
After several school districts in Texas and Virginia banned dodgeball for its violence, it has made a comeback as a recreational sport for adults who yearn to hurt balls as hard as possible at one another.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is starting a dodgeball league April 6.
"We did kickball last year, and during the course of putting that on, we got a lot of inquiries about dodgeball," said Tim Laurent, staff member at Lawrence Parks and Recreation. "So we just went with it."
With the success of dodgeball programs in nearby cities and requests for it from the public, Laurent said he had good reason to be confident that Lawrence could field a league.
league. The parks and recreation department in Lee's Summit, Mo., has a league with 18 teams, and Topeka's Rice Community Center has three leagues.
Despite its blood sport reputation, dodgeball is relatively safe.
None of the interviewed leagues had any serious injuries during their games, and all except the Rice Community Center league use National Amateur Dodgeball Association approved balls.
None of the leagues allow head shots as well.
Modern dodgeball is less painful than it used to be thanks to softer balls.
The National Amateur Dodgeball Association guidelines specify that soft, rubber-coated foam balls measuring 8 inches should be used instead
of the playground balls commonly associated with the sport. But not everyone is happy with the new balls.
Many players remember their days in gym class playing dodgeball with stiff, heavy playground balls that could be thrown hard and stung the skin of slothful players.
Doug Thomson of the Blue Springs, Mo., Parks and Recreation Department said that some of the players in his league wanted to use the traditional rubber balls, and Laurent of Lawrence Parks and Recreation said players for the new league had also
But the new ball style hasn't deterred players from filling leagues, and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department plans on having leagues for male, female and coed teams.
requested to use traditional balls.
Laurent said he was fairly confident that enough teams would sign up to form at least a men's league.
"It's not uncommon, especially in adult sports, for it to all come pouring in during the last week or two," Laurent said.
ON CAMPUS
- The Department of Design will sponsor a Hallmark Symposium lecture by graphic designer Martin Venezky at 6 tonight in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. Call 864-4710 for more information.
Edited by Azita Tafreshi
The Center for Russian and East European Studies will sponsor a Laird Brown Bag lecture on "Whodunit? The Mystery of Pushkin's Death by Gerald Mikkelson of Slavic Languages and Literatures. The lecture will take place from noon to 1 tomorrow at room 318 in Bailey Hall.Call 864-4236 for more information.
The Kansas African Studies Center will sponsor a seminar by Glenn Adams on "The Role of Religion in Interpersonal Relationships in West Africa: Management of Potential Enemies" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove E in the Kansas Union. Call 864-3745 for more information.
Student Union Activities will screen the Spanish film "The Age of Beauty" at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Admission is $2 or free with SUA Movie Card. Call 864-SHOW for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will offer Bible study and worship at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 for more information.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a University Forum featuring Richard Gwin of the Lawrence Journal-World, who will share stories and photos of Cuba beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported her checkbook and driver's license stolen to Lawrence police sometime between noon March 10 and 10 a.m. March 21 from the 1300 block of W. 24th Street.
A 19-year-old KU student reported graffiti written on his car to Lawrence police between 7 p.m. March 21 and 6:30 p.m. March 23 in the 900 block of Arkansas Street. The damage is estimated at $50.
CAMPUS
Electronic award letters on their way
The Office of Student Financial Aid will send out its award letters to students via e-mail.
Beginning this week, students won't have to wait by their mailboxes to receive their financial aid notification.
"Students can access the information from the comfort of their residence," said Stephanie Covington, associate director of financial aid.
Students will receive the e-mail notification later this month if their financial aid files are complete. The e-mail message will provide a link to the KU Enroll & Pay Web site to accept or decline their awards within 30 days.
Another benefit of the online access is that students could view their "to do" lists on Enroll & Pay, Covington said.
If students need to complete additional information to receive financial aid, they can view the status under their "to do" lists. Financial aid would also send out paper mail notification, she said.
— Nate Karlin
Kansan hiring editor,business manager
Editor and business manager positions at The University Daily Kansas are available for Summer and Fall 2005.
Applications are available online at jobs.ku.edu and must be completed by noon on Friday.
Kansan experience is preferred but not required. All applicants must be enrolled students.
Applicants will be contacted for an interview later in the spring semester.
Questions should be directed to Malcolm Gibson at 864-7667.
— Ty Beaver
CRIME
Zenner was on a routine visit at Ellmaker's home for Johnson County Mental Health Center, where she worked.
Suspect charged in KU student's death
Ellmaker had been arrested before and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in 2002, and a misdemeanor drug possession in 2004.
The youth suspect in the murder of a KU graduate student was charged last Monday as an adult in the juvenile division of Johnson County District Court, according to a Kansas City Star article.
Andrew Ellmaker, who turned 18 Saturday, was arrested in August in Overland Park after police found Teri Zenner's body in Ellmaker's Overland Park house.
— Kansan staff report
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