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Volume 128 Issue 87
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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Advance KU coalition discusses platforms
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Advance KU affiliate Jessie Pringle discusses bylaws Monday night. The coalition will include education and safety in their platform initiatives.
Advance KU affiliate Zach George addresses the crowd at their first coalition meeting Monday night.
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ALANA FLINN
@Alana_Flinn
Advance KU, the second Student Senate coalition, held its first meeting Monday night.
Advance KU affiliate Zach George, a senior from Ottawa, said the name came from the University's need to make progress through Student Senate.
"I think the reason why this coalition really grasped onto Advance is because they've seen our student government right now falling back, and we want to be more forward with our thinking." George said. "Advance is something we can rally behind to advance different departments and organizations on campus and KU."
Advance KU affiliate Jessie Pringle, a junior from Chanute, said choosing the right name is important for the coalition.
"This is a name you rally behind, a name you work for, a name that initiates impact and everything you want to do in the next year," Pringle said.
Advance KU affiliates discussed its mission statement, but moved to revisit it at the next coalition meeting. Elections Commission standards require coalitions to establish their mission statement at the first meeting, but coalitions can table the discussion if
needed.
needed. The coalition also decided some of its platform initiatives, which include education and safety, increasing student opportunities such as internships, and making Student Senate more accountable.
Chance Maginness, a freshman from Westmoreland, was elected the Elections Commission liaison. He will be responsible for ensuring the coalition follows Student Senate election rules.
Future meetings are open
we want a Student Senate that is passionate about having an open Senate and committed to being inclusive and having quality representation, the start is here tonight."
to any students interested in getting involved with the coalition.
"We want to work together because how our Student Senate functions and how it is led is only as good as the coalition charge," George said. "If
Edited by Emma LeGault
Kansas Board of Regents makes top 10 list of worst threats to free speech on campus
On Monday, the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) made the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's (FIRE) annual list of top 10 threats to free speech on campus. This is the fourth year the list has been published.
KBOR is noted for its overly broad policy on "improper use of social media" according to the article.
Many advocates for free speech, including advocates at FIRE, wrote to express their dismay with the policy's sanctions over speech that goes against "the best interest of the university" according to the Huffington Post author Greg Lukanion. President and CEO of FIRE.
The Huffington Post published an in-depth look at all 10 threats on the list.
The policy has caused concern with many faculty members, due to the limits it could potentially impose on what faculty members could and could not say.
The policy was revised in May 2014, but the language is still hindering and problematic according to the article. The University has also been adjusting the policy as it would apply to the University specifically.
The policy first went into effect in December 2013, following Professor David Guth's comments on his personal Twitter account against the National Rifle Association in September. Guth was suspended from teaching because of his comments.
Riley Mortensen
Professors, analysts meet for security conference
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews
Monday, at an annual security conference held by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES). University professors and representatives from the University's organizations in Fort Leavenworth discussed global topics like Russian involvement in Ukraine and ISIS's presence in the
Middle East.
The conference included two panels of professors, analysts and experts on military elements. The first panel's speakers analyzed Russia's motives in its military involvement in Ukraine and discussed the potential outcome of the situation Ukraine is facing.
The second panel gave presentations about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) presence in the Middle East
and how the organization has managed to build a network of terrorists in Asian countries like Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Russia.
Presentations also explained the difference between Western and Asian nations' perceptions of issues like Russian involvement in Ukraine and
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KU Dining recycles, works to reduce campus food waste
RYAN MILLER
@Ryanmiller_UDK
After students put their dishes and food waste on the dining hall conveyor belt and it moves out of sight, they don't give it a second thought. That's where KU Dining's sustainability efforts come in. According to its website,
annually, KU Dining recycles 158 tons of cardboard, steel and plastics, — about as much as four semi-trailers. It also donates more than 300 pounds of food weekly to local farmers and KU Student Gardens, as well as 150 gallons of used cooking oil each week to the KU Biodiesel Initiative. Its compost program
"That a lot of food.
"The majority of the waste that we see is post-consumer waste," said Sheryl Kidwell, an assistant director for KU Dining. "It's usually food
also redirects over 500 tons of compostable materials from the landfill every year. That's a lot of food.
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Annika Wooton, a junior from Richmond, Va., speed paints during the talent portion of beauty pageants she competes in.
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Student takes unique talent to Miss America Pageant
RYAN MILLER
@Ryanmiller_UDK
While many pageant participants sing or dance for their talent, Annika Wooton, a junior from Richmond, Va., ups the ante — she speed paints. Last year, Wooton began using speed painting as her talent for the very first time.
Wooton, a longtime participant in the Miss America program, is in her third year competing in Kansas and recently won Miss Greater Wichita a few weeks ago. At Miss Greater Wichita, Wooton painted
Don't Forget
One of her favorite parts about speed painting competitively is when she flips the canvas on her spinning easel made by her father.
Batman in just 90 seconds as the Hans Zimmer soundtrack blared in the background.
"Every time I flip my canvas, I just hear the audience in surprise, or like when I did Batman, I heard someone go, 'Wow,' and it's just awesome," she said.
Now, Wooton has advanced to the state-level competition which will be in June. She'll compete for the title of Mise
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Wooton said one of her biggest inspirations for speed painting and live painting has been the small community of people who do it.
"They inspire me to do bigger
Kansas. If she wins that, she will move on to compete in Miss America. Until then though, Wooton said she has big plans for Miss Kansas.
big pains. "I am doing very new things. I don't want to say entirely, but there's a new surface, and a new direction," Wooton said.
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