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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005
INSIDENEWS
City commission candidates speak out on smoking ban
City commission candidates speak out of smoke. The smoking ban may still be a source of disagreement among bar patrons and owners, but four of the five candidates for city commission say it's a moot question. Bars might get to accommodate smokers if a proposed change to another city law passes. PAGE 1A
Research facility to be completed in December
A $40 million research facility will house KU research departments. The geology-shaped building may house researchers in engineering, pharmacy, chemistry and geology. **FIGURE 24**
Dodgeball league coming to Lawrence
Dodgeball league coming to Lawrence The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is starting an adult dodgeball league The department plans to have leagues for male, female and coed teams. PAGE 3A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Give a student organization a try
Column: Give a student organization a try Kyle Timmermeyer explains how joining the Japanese Student Association gives him an opportunity to get involved. PAGE 5A
There's an effort under way to ease the difficulty in appointing judges from district courts on up to Supreme Courts. Devin Sikes explains how this would threaten the sanctity of the Constitution and the nation's laws. PAGE 5A
Column: Judgeship appointment laws best left unhampered
Editorial: Solicitors need to change methods
Last week it was the religious folk invading campus begging us to join their cause, and this week it will be Student Senate. PAGE 5A
INSIDESPORTS
Kansas players hang their heads after they were defeated 64-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Players, coaches and fans stood in disbelief as the Jayhawks ended their season March 18, PAGE 6A
Seniors do not want loss to define legacies
The first-round defeat for the jayhawks was hard for everyone to take, but for four particular players it was devastating. The seniors plan to look back on positives as the rest of the team works on moving on. PAGE 1A
Momentum missing in tournament for Kansas and others
In pictures: Loss to Bucknell leaves deep wounds
The Jayhawks weren't alone among teams that performed below expectation in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks' biggest problem was peaking too early in the season. PAGE 18
Baseball team loses momentum after victory
Ramas defeated Nebraska in the first game of Big 12 Conference season opener this weekend at Hoglund Ballpark. But the Jayhawks could not fend the Huskers off for long, and Nebraska won the next two games. PAGE 1B
Column: Loss hard to take in; expectations of coach unrealistic Ryan Colaiani tells why fans shouldn't be overly critical of coach Bill Self about the lavhawks' first-round defeat. PAGE 1B
Women's rowing team loses to Texas but remains determined The women's rowing team lost all of its races against No. 15 Texas on Saturday. Coach Rob Catloth and team members are still determined to improve and succeed. PAGE 1B
Victories build team's confidence
The women's tennis team is faring well in the Big 12 Conference after defeating Oklahoma State March 19 and Oklahoma the day before. PAGE 28
Track and field duels to success in Tulsa
Men's golf wins tournament by biggest margin in history
Jack and team members helped Jayhaws Sheldon Battle, Brooklyn Hann and Paul Hefferon placed first in four different events Saturday at the Tulsa Duel Meet. Other team members qualified for regionals, making the team's performance a good start to the outdoor season. PAGE 2B
Men's golf wins tournament by biggest margin in history The Jayhawks took the title at the Stevinson Ranch Invitational on March 22 for the second year in a row. PAGE 3B
Tournament holds meaning for coach
Men's golf coach Ross Randall still holds a record in the 59th Western Intercollegiate, where the layhawks will be competing today. PAGE 3B
Kansas never recovered from Texas Tech game
After going into the Texas Tech game 20-1, the jayhawks weren't expecting a last second shot by Darryl Dora to put the Red Raiders ahead. PAGE 6B
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Research facility will encourage interactivity
CONSTRUCTION
BY NATE KARLIN
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Before the end of 2005, scientists will see the University of Kansas enhance its research in style.
The KU Center for Research has financed the $40 million multidisciplinary research building, which is expected to be completed on West Campus by December.
Architects designed the triangle-shaped 160,000 square foot building to enhance interactive research among its occupants, George Wilson, associate vice provost for research, said.
Occupants were not limited to any specific college or department at the University.
All faculty offices will be located in one of the building's corners so faculty members can interact easily.
"If you go walk through Malot, you'll say 'Well where can this happen?' " he said. "The idea of putting people in one place interacting is the kind of interacting we need today."
The assistance between researchers makes constant interaction a requirement. Wilson said.
The quick completion demonstrated the University's commitment to enhancing its research as efficiently as possible, Wilson said. The $40 million came from bonds and will be paid off during the next 20 years, Barbara Armbrister, vice provost of research, said.
Wilson said he hoped the research in this building would create products that would enhance the University's economic development in the rest of the state.
Construction of a multidisciplinary research building continues to take place on West Campus although the site was free of workers on Easter Sunday. The building is in the shape of a triangle, and it will cover 160,000 square feet when completed. Completion of the building is scheduled for December. Once finished it will not be limited to any specific college or department.
Rachel Sevmour/KANSAN
- Edited by Austin Caster
SOCIAL ISSUES
Incomes vary by race, gender
BY GENARO C. ARMAS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Black and Asian women with bachelor's degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else.
A white woman with a bachelor's degree typically earned nearly $37,800 in 2003, compared with nearly $43,700 for a college-educated Asian woman and $41,100 for a college-educated black woman, according to data being released today by the Census Bureau. Hispanic women took home slightly less at $37,600 a year.
fessional women who take time off to have a child to return to the work force sooner than others.
The bureau did not say why the differences exist. Economists and sociologists suggest possible factors: the tendency of minority women, especially blacks, to more often hold more than one job or work more than 40 hours a week, and the tendency of black pro-
Employers in some fields may give extra financial incentives to young black women, who graduate from college at higher rates than young black men, said Roderick Harrison, a researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank that studies minority issues.
"Given the relative scarcity, if you are a woman in the sciences — if you are a black woman — you would be a rare commodity," Harrison said.
Because study in the area was limited, it was hard to pinpoint specific reasons, said Barbara Gault, research director at the Washington-based Institute for Women's Policy Research.
"It could be the fields that educated black women are choosing," she said.
"It also could be related to the important role that black women play in the total family income in African-
American families.
Notions that black women are struggling financially as much as other groups are should not be dismissed, Gault added.
For instance, nearly 39 percent of families headed by a single black woman were in poverty, compared with 21 percent of comparable white women, according to census estimates released last year.
A white male with a college diploma earns far more than any similarly educated man or woman — in excess of $66,000 a year, according to the Census Bureau. Among men with bachelor's degrees, Asians earned more than $52,000 a year, Hispanics earned $49,000 and blacks earned more than $45,000.
Workplace discrimination and the continuing difficulties of minorities to get into higher-paying management positions could help explain the disparities among men, experts say.
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