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Volume 128 Issue 104
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Wednesday. April 8, 2015
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This illustration provided by the School of Business shows what the new building is projected to look like after construction is completed.
University School of Business finalizes building design plans
LANE COFAS
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The University's School of Business has finalized its designs that will include an updated heating and cooling system and extra room for students to work.
The new building will stand at four-stories tall and 155,000 square feet, according to a press release from the University.
This new design focuses on giving students more space to study after classes and meet with other students in a place to both study and hang out.
Jim Guthrie, co-chair of the building committee and professor of business, said the building will have a north bar, which will house mostly classrooms and study areas, and a south bar that will house faculty offices and will be ioined by a central atrium.
The atrium will have large spaces for students and an ease of transportation while walking throughout the building, according to the release.
Guthrie also said the way Summerfield is built now, students will normally leave the building right after they're done with class because there
are not open places where students can study and talk with their peers.
Guthrie also said the classrooms are designed to support student-centered learning, with a number of flexible classrooms made mainly for team-based activities.
"We're trying to make it, as the architects say,'a real sticky space," Guthrie said. "The architects very early on kind of identified Wescoe Beach as sort of an interesting area where students congregate."
Business students are also looking forward to current climate controls, said Kyle
Bishop, a junior in the business school.
"We sweat all summer long because the air conditioning at Summerfield is from the Stone Age, and in the winter, it's like being baked in a 1960s-style oven," Bishop said.
Guthrie said the new building was designed to be more energy efficient by creating 10 different features For more information on the new building design and for more pictures visit newbuilding.business.ku.edu
Edited by Vicky Diaz Camacho
Kansas freshman Cliff Alexander to enter the NBA Draft
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Kansas freshman forward Cliff Alexander will enter the 2015 NBA Draft, the University announced on Tuesday. Alexander will join fellow freshman Kelly Oubre Jr., who declared last week.
"This should come as no surprise to anybody," said Kansas coach Bill Self in the press release. "During his time here, Cliff certainly got better. I loved coaching Cliff, but we support his decision 100 percent to move on and take his ability to the next level."
In his lone season at KU, Alexander averaged just 7.1
points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 56.6-percent from the field. He had several memorable moments, including a 15-point, 9-rebound game against Texas, in addition to two double-doubles.
However, Alexander was held out of the Jayhawks' final eight contests as a precaution to a potential NCAA violation, and the Jayhawks finished the year with a loss to Wichita State in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32.
"I talked this over with my
Currently, DraftExpress has Alexander slotted as the no. 32 overall prospect, but he may end up going much higher in the draft, considering he was the no. 3 ranked recruit coming out of high school in 2014. The NBA Draft will be held on June 25 in New York.
mom and my dad and we decided the timing was right for me to enter the NBA Draft," Alexander said. "I'm going to miss my teammates a lot. I'm going to miss everybody."
Scott Chasen
Mass Street Soda to open new location in Kansas City, Kan.
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
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Mass Street Soda, a craft soda shop on the corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets, will open a new location in Kansas City, Kan., around June.
The new store will be called Kansas City Soda Co., and will be located in the Legends shopping district in Wyandotte County.
"We've always felt like we have a product people enjoy and we want to share that with as many people as possible,"
"We've been having a lot of fun here..It's been fun selling all these sodas."
said Matt Baysinger, who owns Mass Street Soda.
Baysinger and his co-owner Luke Thompson opened the store in early 2014. He said that expanding his business
MATT DUVAL Manager of Mass Street Soda
"Anytime you go from one [location] to two it doubles the amount of work," said Bayshire. "Lawrence is and always will be our home base. We've been hands-on with the growth and progress of this store."
Baysinger and Thompson will remain based in Lawrence at the company's original location. Baysinger said the company will have to hire new managers and employees for the new location.
was something both owners planned to do eventually.
Baysinger and Thompson also work with Matt Duval, who works as Mass Street Soda's manager. Duval was part of the process of deciding to expand and is also excited the company is making the move.
"We've been having a lot of fun here. It's been fun selling all these sodas." Duval said.
Duval said he was initially worried that Mass Street Soda would be "a little slower" in the wintertime, but said business was steady throughout the year.
Edited by Jordan Fox
Student Senate coalition candidates to debate tomorrow
ALANA FLINN alana_flinn
The presidential nominees from the Imagine and Advance KU Student Senate coalitions will participate in the 2015 Elections Commission Presidential Debate tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Spahr Engineering classroom, located in Eaton Hall. The debate is open to the public, but seating is limited. Thirty seats will be open to the general audience, with 30 seats for Imagine, 30 seats for Advance KU and 10 seats for media.
WHO
WHAT
Advance KU nominee: Junior Jessie Pringle Imagine nominee: Senior Katherine Rainey
"The debate essentially is an opportunity for the student
body, coalition members and everyone to see the candidates in action," Pringle said. "I think it's important for candidates to display their knowledge, experience and credibility and a debate allows for that."
"It's really just to spread more awareness about the potential Student Senate is capable of. There's so much imagine wants to do to affect everyone," Rainey said. "We want to empower and engage the student body and encourage them to support and re-engage with Student Senate. It's about telling our story and explaining to students that we represent them, but we also want them to feel comfortable to come to Student Senate... hopefully this will lead to a more safe and inclusive campus that is about action."
WHY
ADVANCE KU
1. CREATION OF A NATIVE AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD
2. PUBLIC COURSE EVALUATIONS
"There is a possibility to create a Native American Advisory Board, what that is is a group of tribal leaders and community leaders that would meet, discuss and then recruit and retain Native American students," Pringle said. "We have a student that we're working with who has done extensive research on how to implement that."
"We've been working really hard with faculty and advising administration on how to publicize public course evaluations," Pringle said. "We would publicize those to students so when
students look for future courses, they can read upon the course and those experiences in a more legitimate way."
3. SHUTTLE SYSTEM FROM KU TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
"Were looking to do a shuttle system to KCI for students who need a ride for the airport," Pringle said. "I think it's important to provide a service to students who find it difficult to find a ride, whether it be a very expensive private system or a friend. There's a lot of students who go home out of state and either everyone's gone or they can't give them a ride, so it's a lot more trouble than people think it is."
IMAGINE
1. CONNECTIONS
"If you look at our Connecting Community platform, it's really focusing on that KU has been very reactionary to things that have happened on campus," Rainey said. "We're looking to move forward to a point where we're aware of awareness and prevention. We want to work with GaDuGi, the Willow Center and the Emily Taylor Center. These connections will foster and create a safe space for these survivors who have come to us or the University and they do not feel safe at KU."
2. A POINT SYSTEM
"Another thing we're really emphasizing is being inclusive in names and classes," Rainey said. "With that, we're focusing on the diversity that lies at KU and not just in the simple sense. One of our favorite
3. SENATE DOCUMENTS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
examples is the creation of a point system that would push students to support the women's and nonrevenue sports. Through that, we want to create a Jayhawk pride system that would encourage students to support the different sports we have going on."
"We also want to revamp our Senate. We want to make our rules and regulations, legislation and documents available in all languages," Raineysaid. "When you talk about inclusivity, you have to understand English is not everyone's first language. And in order for these students whose first language isn't English to participate, they need to know what's going on and be knowledgeable."
Edited by Garrett Long
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