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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
NEWS
NATION
Local foundation sparks reality show
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The foundation started by the late Kansas City businessman Ewing Kauffman is taking a role in a reality TV program featuring young women with an entrepreneurial bent.
The co-creator and executive producer of the show is Nely Galan, whose credits include "The Swan," a Fox TV extreme makeover program. She told the Hollywood Reporter, a trade publication, the new show is "more about mentors helping these women and the companies they represent to get funded."
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City's largest philanthropic organization, offers grants promoting entrepreneurship and education. Kauffman, who died in 1993, built the company he started in his basement into a major pharmaceutical manufacturer with annual sales approaching $1 billion.
The show, now in preproduction for the Lifetime cable channel, is being called "Ms. Mogul," with some of it to be filmed in Kansas City.
"Ms. Mogui" will feature young women with entrepreneurial promise competing for a bankroll of as much as $1 million. The 15 contestants will be assigned a mentor to help guide them through creating or expanding a business.
Kauffman also brought major league baseball back to Kansas City by founding the Royals in 1968. The team's stadium bears his name.
Auditions haven't been scheduled yet, but they're expected to be held next month in Kansas City and five other locations.
The Kauffman Foundation's role will be strictly to advise the production, foundation spokeswoman Wendy Guillies said. She said it was not a sponsor of the show and will not make money on it.
The Associated Press
Leaders stress harmony
IRAQ
BY ROBERT H. REID THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Talks on who would get what in Iraq's newly-elected National Assembly were underway even before the final results came in, but the clergy-backed Shiites, whose winning margin was less than what they expected, may now have to compromise more than anticipated.
With barely 50 percent of the final vote in the 275-member National Assembly, the United Iraqi Alliance will not have control over the assembly, leading to speculation it may soon form a coalition with the independence-minded Kurds who won 26 percent of the vote. A two-thirds majority is needed to control the legislature.
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, the Shite ticket's leader, was meeting with political allies at his office yesterday afternoon, associates said.
Al-Hakim, who lost 19 family members to Saddam Hussein's executioners, sat and wept as he heard the results on Sunday. He later told Iraqi television of the need for cooperation with disenchanted Sunnis already alienated in postwar Iraq.
"We believe in the need for participation and will seek harmony among all segments of the
iraqi people," he told Iraqi tele vision.
The election results highlighted the sharp differences among Iraq's ethnic, religious and cultural groups — many of whom fear domination not just by the Shiites, estimated at 60 percent of the population, but also by the Kurds, the most pro-American group with about 15 percent.
Seats will generally be allocated according to the percentage of votes that each ticket won. It appeared only 12 coalitions would take seats. The Shiites stand to gain up to 140 seats and the Kurds could end up with about 75.
is it a good idea for Watkins to give doctors' notes only to those who need to miss three or more days of class?
"I think it's a good idea. We're old enough, the teacher should be able to trust us."
— Wendy Cummings,
Kansas City, Kan., senior
"It's a good idea. The doctor's note doesn't work now. Sometimes you wake up so sick, you can't go to the hospital."
— Kengo Terada,
Kashiwa, Japan, junior
"It's a bad idea. It should be on a case to case basis. Real illnesses can last for just a day or two." — Ed Urban, Kansas City, Kan., senior
Notes
"It could go both ways.
It will keep students from skipping class and making excuses, but it would be bad for people who really are sick for just a day."
—Maggie Ogden.
Maggie Ogden,
Great Bend freshman
"We need to have some way to verify illness, otherwise,
understood the need to reduce appointments and paperwork.
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Loeb said his class has no textbook, so attending class was the only way to get information.
you're just saying 'I don't care,'" he said.
Students have mixed views.
Ashley Goldman, Shawnee junior, isn't concerned with missing only a regular class period.
"What if you're sick on the day of a test? Your professor won't believe an e-mail," Goldman said.
should be able to trust each other, said Alisha Colgan, Lawrence sophomore. When she pinched her back last year, Colgan didn't need a doctor's note because she had good communication with her professors.
But teachers and students
"If you have to miss a class, it should be excused," she said.
To her, with love
- Edited by Laura Francoviglia
Patrick Lowe, Evanston, Ill., senior, writes a message on his Valentine's Day card for his girlfriend of three years, while Kendra Davis, Newton freshman, decorates a card in the Kansas Union yesterday afternoon. Student Union Activities sponsored the event, which included making a valentine card, decorating cookies and signing up for Speed Dating, a dating game in which girls pick the candidate they like the best after spending a limited amount of time with them. "It shows that I'm actually putting in the effort," Lowe said of his making a card instead of buying one.
Stephanie Farley/KANSAN
Christian Moody tipped in a Wayne Simien miss to force double overtime. Kansas took a five-point lead in double overtime.
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Dumped
Kansas made great plays, but Texas Tech simply made more.
In addition to Doras' gamewinner, senior guard Ronald Ross, freshman forward Martin Zeno and sophomore guard Jarrius Jackson each sunk important shots.
Texas Tech relied on Ross, Zeno and Jackson to win. The three combined for 64 of the team's 80 total points.
"They're their leading scorers, so I'm not surprised they did that," Self said. "They scored 64 in 50 minutes, which is too many, but I expect them to score the majority of their points."
Zeno scored 24 points, Ross added 21 points and Jackson finished with 19. The Red Raiders relied on the trio so much that they combined to
play 148 of the game's 250 minutes. Ross and Jackson sat on the bench for only one minute each, and Zeno played the entire game.
The loss means the Kansas team of 2002 will remain the only team in school history to remain undefeated in the Big 12. That bit of trivia didn't seem to mean much to coaches or players after the game.
"We never want to lose, but our goal remains to win the conference," Miles said. "I think we can still do that."
The Jayhawks still hold a one-game advantage against the rest of the conference and have the opportunity to claim the Big 12 title, but they will have to put this heart-breaking game behind them.
"I thought it was a heck of a college basketball game," Self said. "The crowd was great. Both teams competed their tails off at the end of regulation and in overtime. Unfortunately for us, they made the last play."
Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
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