2B The Kansai Free Sauce Fresh Febra Sauce third Amezine also on All-F lowi Jay ishi the sea teal sea gar Sar am Jan Div 2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN T₁ C₂ T₃ F₁ F₂ F₃ NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2005 Ma INSIDENEWS hance to weigh in on tuition plan Students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will receive an e-mail survey this week asking their opinion on a plan to charge a per-credit-hour fee. PAGE 1A I kea to differ The Interfraternity Council is investigating an unregistered fraternity party after Lawrence police confiscated 16 kegs from Phi Kappa Theta fraternity and cited seven individuals for alcohol violations. MGC 1A Three's company Dennis Chanay, Paola freshman, announced yesterday that a third coalition, Student Voice, will be vying for Student Senate in April. PAGE 1A One small leap for man Doug Shane, a test pilot from SpaceShipOne, is speaking at the Engineering Expo on Friday. SpaceShipOne is the first commercially built aircraft to go into space. He and two professors will weigh in on how it will affect the aerospace industry. PAGE 1A Time is money Students have only six days left to submit FAFSA forms for the priority deadline. Procrastinators who send the form after the March 1 deadline will more than likely receive less money for the 2005-06 school year. PAGE 2A The daily grind The KU Public Safety Office issued a notice to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court to a 20-year-old KU student caught skateboarding on campus. PAGE 3A Mo' money, fewer problems In an effort to get more popular talent on campus, Student Senate is proposing a $5 per semester fee that would fund talent for SUA PAGE 3A INSIDEOPINION Column: Dualities create divide and limit discussion Columnist Ryan Good tells how Americans limit political discourse when they don't look beyond dualities such as left and right or right and wrong. PAGE 11A Column: Extreme liberals divide rather than unite Column: Extreme liberals divide rather than unite Columnist Vince Myers explains why liberal extremism from liberals such as Howard Dean and Michael Moore bring about hate and fear in society. PAGE 11A Editorial: Children left behind Editorial: Children left behind No Child Left Behind isn't as great as it was meant to be. The program needs adjustments to improve the public school system.. PAGE 11A INSIDEKULTURE of the Phoa: A preview 50 Years of the Phog: A preview Allen Fieldhouse is turning 50 years old and is filled with history, tradition and pride. PAGE 12A INSIDESPORTS Final home stand Baylor brings its No. 6 ranking to Lawrence for a game with the Kansas women's basketball team. Bayah has won eight straight, while Kansas just upset Nebraska. **PAGE 18** Column: Strength of schedule in Jayhawks favor The men's basketball team has skidded recently, but it is still worthy of a high seed, sportswriter Travis Roberts writeet. PAGE 1B Re-igniting the passion After Monday's fall to Oklahoma, Kansas players are searching for answers. I.R. Giddens, sophomore guard, is upset by his teammate's lack of heart. **1B** 18 Maintenance for misers Moody blues A self-service repair shop at the Student Recreation Fitness Center allows students fix their bikes for free. PAGE 1B Committed to service Junior forward Christian Moody missed playing in the last two games with the jayhawks because of a knee injury. The team notices his absence. PAGE 2B The women's rowing team stays involved with the community. Even though the team has increased its practice hours, members still carry out community service. PAGE 2B Fresh faces make impact Several newcomers have the potential to make big impressions on the Kansas baseball team. PAGE 6B Sixers say on top The Sixers will enter the intramural basketball tournament undefeated after beating Sigma Nu 2 41-37 on Monday night in the last week of block play. **PAGE 6B** Tell us your news Contact Andrew Vaupel, Donovan Atkinson, Huber, Stairrett or Marisea Stephenson at 864-4810 or editor@kansan.com Kansas newsroom 113 Stairfer Flint Hall 1435 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrenceville 864045 864-4810 MEDIA PARTNERS in Lawrence. The student-produced news air at 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. every Monday through Friday. For more news, turn to KUJH-TV on Sunflower Cablevision Channel 31 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 6 p.m. Sports takes 6-15 p.m. to 7 p.m. Punditocracy - 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. TODAY Pip Dispens - indulge in the morning of the Morning - 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Breakfast for breakfast at 9 a.m. News: 7 a.m. BY STEVE VOCKRODT svockrodt@kansan.com KANSAN STORE WRITE WRITER Aid applications due soon STUDENT FINANCES If time is money, then time is running out for students to maximize the financial aid they can receive for the next school year. Students have until March 1 to complete and submit their FAFSA — Free Application For Student Financial Aid — to receive priority consideration for certain education funds. Applying early can give students and their parents an opportunity to receive larger financial aid awards and save money. Just ask Janicee Gatson, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore. That year she's without a $1,000 grant that she had the year before. Gatson said the difference was probably the fact that she sent her FAFSA before March 1 two years ago, but didn't apply in time last year. "When I didn't apply, I didn't get as much aid," Gatson said. "One of them was a grant, and that was the one I got taken away." Brenda Maigard, director of student financial aid at the University, said students should complete FAFSAs before March 1 to give them a better opportunity to earn rewards from limited-funds programs. "Some of the federal, state and institutional programs that we award students are limited funded; that simply means there's not enough to go to everyone who is eligible," Maigaard said. Students who complete their FAFSA before March 1 can receive priority consideration for certain financial aid programs. Here is a list of helpful Web sites for applying for financial aid. PRIORITY DATE *www.fafsa.ad.gov—Here you can complete and submit the entire FAFSA form to the federal government, which is recommended for a faster response. The FAFSA is the application used for federal, state and University financial aid. *www.ku.edu/~ofsa/— The KU financial aid Web site provides specifics about financial aid as it pertains to University students. - www.kansasregents.org — Here students can get information and documents to apply for financial aid specific to the state of Kansas. Source: Office of Student Financial Aid The limited-funds programs include the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, the Kansas Comprehensive Grant and the KU And seeing how the financial aid office processes approximately 20,000 applications every year, it is likely those funds could be depleted by the time procrastinators send their FAFSA in later. Tuition Grant. Students who apply after the priority date can receive financial aid, but likely not as much as if they had applied before the deadline. Maigaard said another benefit of submitting the application earlier is that students would know the amount of their rewards earlier, making financial planning for the year ahead more manageable. Even students who have not filed their taxes yet can make estimates from their W-2 forms to submit their FAFSA before the priority date, and then readjust their FAFSA and still earn the opportunity to receive a bigger reward. "Then they can make those funding decisions like how many hours do they want to work during the summer, those kinds of things, to help with costs." Maigard said. Those in need of financial aid have six days left to do the FAFSA. It can be completed online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Applying soon would be a good way to end February, which happens to be Financial Aid Awareness Month. Edited by Jennifer Voldness STATE Boeing sells plants to Onex BY ROXANA HEGEMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WICHITA — Boeing Co. sold its commercial aircraft plants in Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday to a Toronto-based investment group, part of the company's strategy to focus on design and final assembly. Onex Corp. bought Boeing's commercial aircraft facility in Wichita, along with plants in Tulsa and McAleran, Okla., for about $1.2 billion. The Chicago-based aerospace giant has been trying to sell the plants for more than a year. "Starting from a great foundation, our objective is to build the most efficient and innovative company in the aerostructures industry," Seth Mersky, a managing director of Onex, said in a statement announcing the sale. "There have been terrible job losses at these plants over the last several years. We confidently believe that can be reversed." Onex's new aerospace company — which has yet to be named — would include investors from Boeing management. Also undecided is how many Boeing workers would be hired at the new company — those decisions are still awaiting negotiations with union officials. Separately, Boeing announced the sale of its Rockettdyne rocket engine subsidiary to United Technologies Corp., parent of jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney, for about $700 million cash. Rockettdyne has sites and assets in California, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida and 3,000 employees. Boeing is Kansas' largest private employer; about 7,200 people work at with the Wichita commercial plant, along with as many as 1,300 at the two smaller facilities in Oklahoma. Boeing's defense operations in Wichita, which employ approximately 5,000 workers, are not involved in the sale. Onex is paying Boeing about $900 million in cash and taking on about $300 million in liabilities. The deal includes long-term agreements for Onex to provide Boeing with parts — including fuselage sections and wing elements — on four of Boeing's existing planes and the new 787 Dreamliner, the company's next-generation jet. Mersky said Onex plans to invest $1 billion in Kansas and Oklahoma in the next five years and plans to seek business with other aircraft makers. Boeing officials said the company had received bids from several interested parties, including some who wanted only part of the Wichita and Oklahoma operations. "We thought Onex was the right buyer, at the right time, because of their track record working with employees, the unions, the community and their track record growing companies," said Jim Morris, senior vice president of supplier management for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The companies expect to close the deal, which is subject to federal regulatory approval, in the second quarter of 2005. Onex plans to form a new company to run the plants, to be led by Jeff Turner, who is the vice president and general manager of Boeing's operations in Wichita and Oklahoma. "This agreement fully supports our strategy to focus Boeing on large-scale systems integration, which is where we are most competitive and can add the most value to our airplanes and services," said Boeing commercial airplanes chief Alan Mulally. Boeing is operating its commercial production facilities at 50 percent capacity, by all accounts too low for optimal use, said Nigel Wright. Onex's managing director. As an independent company, Onex hopes to attract businesses from Boeing competitors such as Airbus and from smaller regional aircraft manufacturers. ET CETERA The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. 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