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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 3,2002
ISSUE 122 VOLUME 112
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
Candidates debate input methods
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By Sarah Hill Kansan staff writer
Candidates for student body president and vice president discussed ways to improve student representation in University governance during a debate last night.
Karen Keith, Tula, Okla., junior and presidential candidate with the Delta Force coalition, said students should have a vote in decisions about how the money generated by tuition increases will be spent. Currently, students only may make recommendations by sitting on the adhoc committee on tuition.
Jonathan Ng, Leawood junior and candidate for student body president with the KUnited coalition, said Student Senate should work with other Board of Regents schools to present a unified front in representing students' opinions about how the money from tuition hikes at Regents schools should be spent.
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About 100 people attended the formal debate at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union. The presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the SMILE, KUnited and Delta Force coalitions answered questions about themselves and their platforms.
SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 8A
Delta Force presidential candidate Karen Keith answers a panel question during the Student Senate debates in the Kansas Union. KUnited candidates Jonathan Ng and Loren Malone, left, and Keith's running mate, Kit Brauer, right, as well as the Smile Coalition, discussed platform issues.
Fans welcome players home
Javhawk fans gather at Memorial Stadium to greet team's arrival
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A crowd of basketball fans gathers for yesterday's "welcome home" pep rally at Memorial Stadium. About 5,000 people came to show their support of this year's basketball team, which had just come home from Atlanta minutes before.
By Caroline Boyer
By Caroline Boyer
Kansan staff writer
Almost 5.000 Jayhawk basketball fans crowded into the west side of Memorial Stadium yesterday, eager to welt-
tuesday, eager to welcome back the team and coach Roy Williams.
Fans began arriving at the stadium at 2:30 p.m. to hear from Jayhawk radio announcers Max Falkenstien and Bob Davis, Chancellor Robert Hemenway, senior point guard Jeff Boschee, junior forward Drew Gooden and Williams. The Jayhawks advanced to the NCAA tournament Final Four in Atlanta, where they lost to eventual national champions Maryland Saturday.
This was the second welcomehome celebration for the team since it had returned from Wisconsin after defeating Oregon to earn a berth in the Final Four. Williams has taken teams to the Final Four previously in 1991 and 1993.
"We missed the first rally when the players came back, so we thought we'll come to this one," Heather Hellman, Wichita freshman, said. "I'm so proud of the basketball team because they haven't come this far since 1993, so it was absolutely amazing for them to do it."
Amid cheers and screams from the crowd, the team entered the stadium from its bus shortly after 4 p.m. Senior guard Lewis Harrison carried the Final Four trophy. After the presentation of colors by the KU ROTC, country band Dixie Road sang the national anthem.
At 4:15, shortly after a watching a
compilation video showing each player making a basket during a season game, a B-1 bomber piloted by four KU graduates flew over the stadium twice, shaking the stadium and flying so low that the glow of the jets could easily be seen.
Jake Schneider, a high school sophomore from Hilton, drove almost three hours to Lawrence with two friends hoping to get some first-hand news about a certain player.
"We're trying to see if maybe Drew will announce if he's going to stay or if he's going to go pro," Schneider said.
Gooden had not announced whether he would skip his senior year to enter the NBA draft. Unfortunately for Schneider, there was no such announcement from Gooden when he took the podium, though fans began "One more year" chants.
Ryan McAtee, Topeka sophomore, came with friends to celebrate the team's success.
Al Bohl, athletics director, also poked fun at Drew during his speech. When he asked the fans to dream of one thing for next year—a return to the Final Four and a national championship—some fans yelled out "Drew!" Bohl quickly corrected himself, saying "OK, maybe two things, Drew."
"We're big fans, just showing support for making it to the Final Four, you know, that's something special." McAtee said. "I would've liked it better if we would've won the championship, but the Final Four is nothing to be sad about."
Contact Boyer at cboyer@kensan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
Ceremony scheduled for new center
By Meredith Carr
Kansan staff writer
The ground breaking ceremony for the new Student Recreation Fitness Center is scheduled for next week and will be open to students.
Construction of the center, which will replace Robinson Center as the main student workout facility, will officially begin at 4 p.m. Friday, April 12. The building is expected to be completed in July 2003.
Sarah Coleman, Wichita junior, said she planned to attend the ground breaking.
"The way it is right now, Robinson is really crowded, and the new rec center sounds pretty cool," Coleman said.
The two-story building will house aerobics and martial arts classes, and will serve as the new home for sports clubs. The facility will also include the following:
cardiovascular workout equipment
free weights
two racquetball courts
a 45-foot, three-dimensional rock climbing wall
- two lit outdoor basketball courts
- a multimedia lecture room
The center, financed entirely by a student campus fee approved and voted on by students in spring 1999, will be located southeast of Robinson Center, next to Watkins Memorial Health Center.
After the center is completed, Robinson will still be used for classrooms and administrative offices, and its recreation facilities will still be open to students.
The new facility will focus on workout rooms and student activities, and will have more up-to-date equipment.
To view what the completed building will look like and learn where some ideas for the center came from, visit the Recreation Services Web site at www.ku.edu/~recserv.
Mary Chappell, director of recreation services, said everything was on schedule for the ground breaking.
"If you went to the site, you could see they are putting the fence up, and clearing it out," Chappell said. "Now we're at the mercy of the weather."
The Lawrence community and University faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the ceremony. A reception will follow at the site. In case of inclement weather, the reception will be held in Watkins.
Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Smarsh.
Congressman tells students about life as lawyer, politician
Congressman Dennis Moore talks with University of Kansas law students in Green Hall at a brown bag luncheon. Moore discussed how his law degree helped him during his political career and his upcoming campaign for re-election.
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By Leah Shaffer Kansan staff writer
Moore, D-Kan., and 1967 KU graduate, said that lawyers were often drawn to politics because of a need to change the laws they have to work with. Before running for Congress, Moore had a private practice in Olathe.
Congressman Dennis Moore reminisced about his life in law and discussed current political issues with students at the University of Kansas Law School during a brown bag lunch yesterday.
"After working and making decent money, I realized I really missed public service," he said.
Sarah Fletcher, president of the Criminal Law Society society, wanted to know how Moore could be both a prosecutor and defense attorney during his law career. Fletcher, who said she plans to become a prosecutor, didn't understand how defense attorneys could defend guilty clients. Moore said that he lost more sleep over clients that he thought were innocent.
"There's a giant misconception that defense attorneys know their client is guilty." he said.
Twenty-five people attended the lunch, which was sponsored by the
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Criminal Law Society and the Public Interest Law Society. Moore also opened the floor to various political issues ranging from campaign finance reform to the current redistricting plans for Douglas County. Currently, Lawrence is in the third district, which is represented by Moore. The current plan in the Kansas legislature would split Lawrence along Iowa Street. East Lawrence would stay in Moore's district and west Lawrence would go to the 2nd district, which is represented by Jim Ryun, a conservative Republican.
WORLD NEWS ... 7A
FACES ... 3A
WEATHER ... 4B
CROSSWORD ... 4B
"From a political perspective, I would say that it was fine to keep old Lawrence in my district," he
Moore said his 12 years of experience as Johnson County district attorney helped him get elected.
Moore said it would make sense to keep the University of Kansas and Lawrence in one district with Kansas City, because they share similar business interests.
said.
He said that he hoped the Kansas legislature would not base its decision on partisan politics.
Erika Donner, Overland Park law student, said it was interesting to hear Moore speak about how a lawyer's ethical obligations carried on through politics.
Contact Shaffer at ishafer@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jeremy Clarkson.
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