Volume 124 Issue 128
kansan.com
Thursday, April 5, 2012
COMMENTARY
NEW RANKINGS RELEASED Where the Jayhawks might stand next year PAGE 8
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--candidate, promote KUnited on Wescoe Beach. about increasing democracy on campus. "Students need to be involved in the decision making process the University goes through," Kerwin says. The first step to getting involved in the campus democracy is voting.
Get Involved: Student Senate election
You don't have to run for office to participate in Student Senate. Elections are next week, and you can vote.
//MEGAN HINMAN
Student Senate handles the money you pay in required campus fees, which was $857.90 for the 2011-2012 school year.
By voting in the upcoming elections, you get to choose who spends your money.
Vote for who you think will spend it best.
Choose wisely, because at least two members of the Senate directly represent you through your school.
Claire Kerwin, a senior from St. Louis who is running with Direct Democracy for Student Body Vice President, thinks that voting in Student Senate elections is
Voting for Student Senate is about electing a leader you support who can present your opinion to administration, says John Coler, a junior from Overland Park who is running with KUnited for School of Business Senator. "It's bigger than student clubs and coalitions," Coler says. "It's making an impact on the University at the student level."
Kendall Kraus, sophomore class president candidate, Hannah Bolton, student body president candidate, and Brandon Woodard, vice president
PHOTO BY MEGAN HINMAN
The elections will be April 11 and 12 and conveniently enough, you can vote online. To make an educated vote, read about each coalition running. Go to www. studentsenate.ku.edu.
Survival Skills:
Doing paper research
Beginning to research for a final paper that is due at the end of the semester can be an overwhelming first step in starting. For me, even narrowing down my topic can seem impossible at times. With so much information available to us through the Internet and books, it's challenging to know where to start.
//ALLISON BOND
Luckily, with seven libraries on campus to choose from, you don't have to look far for help. Two main services on campus help students with research. The Research Help desk, located in Watson and Anschutz libraries, helps students with many aspects of research from narrowing down topics, to finding articles, to helping with citations. "A lot of it is getting people started," says Lori Siesto, a first-year graduate student from Bethpage, N.Y. "It's a very individual process."
Another service accessible to students is "Ask a Librarian." Available during
normal service desk hours at Anschutz and Watson libraries, students can contact librarians through phone, text, IM, email or in person for any help on research. Other services the libraries on campus provide are writing and tutoring help, as well as technology support. So when that final paper of the semester comes around, make it easier by tackling it head on, made with some guided help.
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My the shot watching a ball game.
I applaud the majority of Kansas fans who handled the loss Monday night gracefully. Losing in the National Championship game hurts, but Kansas fans took the loss in stride and turned a negative into a positive by showing united school pride.
Other aspects of life exist beyond sports. Sports are just games and sheer entertainment. Sports can be a way of life, but not the way of life. Your life, which consists of family, relationships, finances, sustenance and career aspirations, is more important than whether or not your team wins a ball game.
The Kentucky basketball players and coaches deserve the NCAA National Championship, but the Kentucky basketball fans don't deserve it, even though it's only a pittance of bad apples that ruined a good tree. Their classless acts during Final Four weekend in Lexington, Ky., are an embarrassment to sports and society.
from practice because of a physical week that they had endured. The players will be in full pads for the rest of the spring, except for the April 13 practice. Instead of full pads, players will wear only helmets and shoulder pads.
Edited by Jeff Karr
PLAYERS PRACTICE INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM
For the season's third practice, the Jayhawks worked inside of Memorial Stadium. The move from the practice field was because the team hosted recruits on campus for "Junior Day." The Saturday practice marked the first time the team practiced in full pads this spring and under coach Charlie Weis.
COACH WEIS RETURN
FROM NEW ORLEANS
Weis returned from New Orleans Tuesday. After Monday's practice, he flew down to support the men's basketball team in the National Championship game.
lation of team rules. He was a first team all-district, all-area and all-city selection his senior year of high school. Green redshirted last season.
DEFENSE WILL PLAY
A BASE 4-3
At his press conference last week, Weis announced the defense listed in the initial depth chart was a 4-3 base defense. He said this does not mean they will always play with four down linemen and three linebackers, but that they will also show some different formations. Most of the time, though, the personnel on the field will translate into the 4-3.
MAURA SWITCHES POSITIONS
Sophomore Brian Maura is the only player to switch from one side of the ball to the other now that Weis and his staff have moved him from receiver to safety this spring. Maura played in four
conference, Weis said he was informed that the case would be presented before the caseworker left his office last Thursday. The Jayhawks should have the result soon. If McCay's waiver request is granted, he will be allowed to play immediately. If he isn't, he will have to sit out one year before being able to play for the Jayhawks.
FOUR PLAYERS LIMITED IN THE SPRING
Sophomore running back Brandon Bourbon, junior defensive tackles John Williams and Kevin Young and Maura will be limited during this spring practice season. Weis said at last week's press conference that none of the players are out for the spring, but will be limited in the contact drills.
— Edited by Christine Curtin
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Running back James Sims swiftly moves to avoid getting tackled. Coach Weis has been changing things up during spring practices this semester.
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