2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2005
INSIDENEWS Colony Woods apartment complex burglarized
Police arrested a suspect yesterday morning in connection with vehicle break-ins. Five Colony Woods residents reported car break-ins and vandalism. All the items stolen amount to about $1,000. PAGE 1A
Fakers post false profiles on thefacebook.com
The popular social-networking Web site thefacebook.com is inundated with fake celebrity postings. Though making fake profiles is against the Web site's rules, many of the profiles remain active until the facebook receives a complaint. PAGE 1A
She's a lady
Ginsburg, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was among nine women in a Harvard class of 500 men. When she was appointed to the High Court she was one of two women. She visited the University yesterday and spoke to students about her life. PAGE 1A
Campus leaders defend new legislature
Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Steve Munch, student body president,
testified at a House Appropriation Committee hearing Wednesday in favor of
a new bill about interest tuition. PAGE 2A
Latino poet shares poetry, speaks about politics
Award-winning poet Martin Espada recited humorous poetry last night at the Kansas Union, but he also described the exploitation of workers in Colombia. PAGE 2A
Tax returns are coming
Students must soon choose between indulging and saving with their anticipated federal checks. Now the question is whether to spend the money on a car, video games or a road trip. Some students do the truly unexpected with their checks and buy necessities. PAGE 6A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Freedom has a price
Columnist Julia Mellm Coelho argues that freedom is being forced on countries that don't want it. She says freedom should include choices and every vote should count. PAGE 5A
Editorial: Muslims and Christians share beliefs
The editorial board examines the similarities and differences between the Muslim and Christian religions. It says more understanding could promote peace throughout the world. PAGE SA
INSIDESPORTS
Men's basketball begins Big 12 Tournament run
No. 10-seeded K-State defeated No. 7-seeded Texas A&M yesterday making today the third time the Jayhawks will face the Wildcats this season. Because the Jayhawks have defeated the Wildcats twice already this year, the Wildcats say this match-up is to their advantage. PAGE 1B
Column: Jayhawks face annual curse
Columnist Joe Bant looks at the recent history of the men's basketball team backing into the tournament. Like it has done the previous three years, Kansas is fighting the injury bug. But if the past is any indication, the Jayhawks should respond well. PAGE 1B
NCAA or bust
Amy Linnen is on her way to the NCAA Indoor Championships again. After a career slowed at times by injuries and school transfer, the senior hopes to close her Kansas career on a high point. She is one of six Kansas athletes who qualified for the competition. PAGE 1B
Victory breathes life into Tigers' season
Nebraska's Joe McCray missed a last-second three-pointer in yesterday's Big 12 Tournament game against Missouri. No. 5 seed Iowa State defeated Baylor by 20 points to advance to the next round of the tournament. K-State and Colorado pulled off upsets against Texas A&M and Texas. PAGE 2B
Conference preparation
The Kansas baseball team will play North Dakota State tonight at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks will use the game as an opportunity to continue improving their defense before the beginning of Big 12 Conference play in two weeks. North Dakota State is in its first year in Division I play, and it will be look for its first victory this weekend. PAGE 3B
Midwest weather disadvantage for sailing team
Winter Kansas weather puts a damper on the sailing team's practice ability. The team is unable to practice for half of its season, while other teams in its league have warmer weather throughout the winter season. Its upcoming regatta will begin mid-morning and end about 3 p.m. on April 16 at Clinton Lake. PAGE 6B
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LEGISLATURE
Regents works for more money for universities
BY DANIEL BERK
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KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The University of Kansas might become $1.8 million richer after Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Steve Munch, student body president, traveled to Topeka Wednesday to attend a House Appropriations Committee hearing on interest ownership.
Interest ownership refers to the interest made on students' tuition. The interest collected goes to other state agencies or obligations instead of benefiting the state universities.
The six Board of Regents Universities have proposed a bill to shift the interest earnings on to tuition and fees back to the universities, said Katie Wolff, Student Senate legislative director.
house was a big step in the process," Wolff said.
Munch was one of the people who testified in front of the House Appropriations Committee in favor of the bill, and now the bill is expected to go before the full House of Representatives, Wolff, Shawnee senior, said.
Munch testified along with Hemenway and Fort Hays State president Edward Hammond.
4. a) "Getting a hearing in front of the
luck Edward. Munch said when he testified he made the point that the bill applied to both tuition and student fees. Buildings like the Student Recreation Fitness Center and the new Multicultural Resource Center would also benefit from this money coming back to the University.
"I'm certainly happy that this is moving forward," Munch said. "It is hard to gauge long-term success, but right now this was a good thing for the bill."
The six Board of Regents universities are the only schools in the state that do not get back the interest earned on tuition. Community colleges and Washburn University get to keep the interest.
The next step before the bill goes before the House is a letter-writing campaign, Wolff said. Wolff and the other five Board of Regents universities are asking all students to write letters to house representatives voicing their support for the bill.
SUA does not currently receive any money from student fees, because it is funded by the Kansas Union.
The total amount would add up to nearly $300,000 a year for SUA programming.
During three of the last four fiscal years, the Board of Regents institutions have absorbed $82 million in funding reductions. Because of this, the state universities have been forced to raise tuition and other fees, Wolff said.
Other Senate News
The Finance and University Affairs committees of Senate both approved a $5-per-semester fee for Student Union Activities Wednesday night.
SUA would use the money to have entertainers or speakers.
"We don't have the funding available to have entertainers that a University of our caliber should be having," jeff Dunlap, study body vice president said.
Next week the full Senate will vote on the proposed bill, and if that passes, it will go to a student vote during the Senate elections April 13 to 14.
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
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Martín Espada reads one of his poems to an audience gathered last night at the Kansas room in the Kansas Union. The presentation was sponsored by HALO.
Poet blends humor, politics
BY CARLY PEARSON
BY CARY PEAKSON
correspondent@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Cockroaches, Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws and Puerto Rico were all themes eloquently used in poems to entertain more than 100 people in the Kansas Union last night.
Award-winning poet Martin Espada was the center of attention as he recited several poems to the crowd.
Espada began the evening by talking about his flights through Connecticut and Chicago before reaching Kansas.
"I've experienced all the snowstorms in the country. When I got here, it felt like Hawaii." Espada said.
After a lighthearted introduction, Espada turned to a more serious note. Coca-Cola was a co-sponsor for Espada's reading. He said he could not in good conscience accept money from the company because of its history of neglecting its workers in Colombia. Instead Espada is donating the $1,200 he would have received to the National Food Industry Workers
POETRY
kansan .com Hear poet Martin Espada read poems from his latest book. Espada's work combines poetry with social justice.
Espada changed the mood of the evening when he recited poems drawn from life experiences including the poem "Thanksgiving." Before reading his poem about his first Thanksgiving dinner with his wife's parents, he warned the audience that it was all true. He said no one would believe him otherwise. Espada said on that fateful night, he watched his father in-law fire a cannon at a tombstone in a nearby cemetery
Espada's poetry has won several awards, including the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, an American Book Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Robert Creeley Award.
"This union has been decimated." Espada said. "Union leaders and others have charged that managers at Coke bottling plants in Colombia are collaborating with paramilitary forces to repress the union."
Union in Columbia.
Espada is a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and an English professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His previous jobs range from a bouncer to a tenant lawyer. He said he was proud of his Puerto Rican background. He speaks both Spanish and English fluently. A number of Espada's poems are bilingual with a Latin influence.
from the backyard.
Andy Hicks, Neodesha sophomore, was encouraged to attend the reading in his poetry class.
"I was interested in hearing the poet's voice behind his work, and the motives that led to his writing," Hicks said.
Hearing the poems recited with the poet's own voice made Espada's passion more apparent he said.
- Edited by Laura Francoviglia
STATE
Topeka may adopt new smoking ban in 2007
TOPEKA -A bill aimed at eliminating smoking in public places statewide starting in 2007 was reviewed Wednesday by a House committee whose chairman is pushing the idea.
The proposal is patterned after an ordinance enacted last year in
The ban wouldn't be absolute, however. Cities and counties could hold elections to exempt themselves from the statewide prohibition.
byst for both restaurants and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Chairman John Edmonds drafted the measure after reading about Lawrence's anti-smoking ordinance. Edmontons, R-Great Bend, gave up pipe smoking two decades ago at the urging of his daughter, then a toddler.
Lawrence, but it would apply to more places, including offices, job sites, sports arenas and even restaurants' outdoor seating areas.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee heard testimony in favor of the bill from health groups and criticism from a bar owner and a lob-
"My right to smoke ends where you have to breathe it," Edmonds said.
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