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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2002
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ISSUE 119 VOLUME 112
Hot Atlanta has lots to offer
The Final Four is not the only festivity duing the weekend
By Maggie Koerth Kansan staff writer
Kansas basketball fans traveling to Atlanta for this weekend's Final Four shouldn't have to sit in their hotel rooms between games.
Rachel Knighton, public relations representative for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said Atlanta had plenty of entertainment options for visitors.
Knighton said another attraction tourists should check out was Little Five Points, an area filled with second-hand stores, theaters and jewelry boutiques.
NCAA Hoop City, located near the Georgia Dome, will offer games and contests for fans throughout the tournament and will be open until 8 each night through Monday.
Knighton said fans looking for a taste of the hot Atlanta nightlife should check out an assortment of night clubs and bars in areas such as Buckhead and Midtown.
"There's a hamburger place there called Vortex that has a giant skull for an entranceway," she said. "They probably have the best burgers in Atlanta."
Knighton recommended several guides to Atlanta, such as Go Guides or Atlanta Now, available at information centers throughout the city.
there is no sales tax on clothes, personal computers and school supplies.
Knighton said visitors might want to do some shopping while in town for the games. It is the weekend of the Shop Georgia promotion, in which
Shop Georgia takes place twice each year in late March and early August.
Sarah Jackson, Abilene senior, doesn't plan on doing a lot of sightseeing during her tip to the Final Four.
Jackson said she and her friends were driving to Atlanta and wouldn't have time to stay very long.
"We're making a really quick run down and back," she said. "The drive is so long, and we'll need time to get back."
But students don't have to wait until they arrive in Atlanta to start having fun.
It's about 840 miles from Lawrence to Atlanta, a drive of nearly 14 hours.
Web sites like www.roadsideamerica.com have details on offbeat highway attractions.
On the way, fans can stop at a variety pet cemeteries, Missouri's Elvis Is Alive Museum or an Eiffel Tower replica in Tennessee.
Seth Smith, Wichita senior, said he was driving to Atlanta with friends and wouldn't be returning until Tuesday.
Smith attended the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and said he had many ideas for how he and his friends could entertain themselves during the Final Four.
"I want to take them down to Little Five Points," he said. "It's kind of like Westport, it's really cool."
Contact Koerth at
Contact Koerth at mkoerth@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Williams urges students to party safely on campus
By Caroline Boyer Kansan staff writer
Men's basketball coach Roy Williams wants students to keep alcohol off campus when the Jayhawks play in the NCAA Final Four tomorrow night.
Roy's Rules of Order are featured in advertisements and public service announcements in which Williams thanks basketball fans and asks them to keep alcohol off campus when celebrating. "Let's show the nation that KU is a class-act on the court and off," Williams is quoted as saying in the advertisements. The message is being presented on television, in The University Daily Kansan, The Lawrence Journal-World and on a Web site linked in a mass campus e-mail sent to students. University Relations sponsored the ads Last night senior guard Jeff Boschee sent an e-mail to the student body encouraging students to celebrate responsibly and go to Memorial Stadium to watch the game.
"Fans have high expectations for the team, and likewise the University and coach have high expectations for the fans," said Todd Cohen, assistant director of University Relations.
Drew Thomas, a member of the Celebrations Task Force, which planned tomorrow night's event at the stadium, said senior forward Jeff Carey would send out an e-mail to all student e-mail addresses if the team advanced to the national championship game. Thomas said the e-mail would be similar to the ones sent by Williams and Boschee.
Thomas, who is also an off-campus student senator, said Student Senate was denied permission to post information
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Lynn Prebble aims high, tries to climb Mt. Everestwith a group of five women
By Adam Pracht Kansan Staff writer
A University of Kansas graduate hopes to reach the pinnacle of her dreams this May.
Lynn Prebble's dream is 29,035 feet tall
Prebble, a 1974 University of Kansas graduate with degrees in physical therapy and allied health services, is one of a group of five trying to become the first all-woman American team to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Prebble, 49, is director of physical therapy at the Colorado Mental Health Institute, Pueblo, Colo., and has lived in Canon City, Colo. for the last 25 years. For the climb, she will join Alison Levine, 35, of San Francisco; Marjorie Cross, 58, of Mazama, Wash.; Jody Thompson, 38, of Breckenridge, Colo., and Kimberly Clark, 34, of Denver.
"I've identified what's important to me," she said. "Mountaineering kind of pulls my soul. As I've gotten older, I've recognized the importance of doing what pulls you."
Each woman has overcome personal challenges to go on this expedition. Cross, 58, survived breast cancer and diabetes to make this attempt. If she reaches the summit, she'll become the oldest woman to climb Everest.
Ford Motor company is sponsoring the group, "Team No Boundaries."
The team left yesterday for Katmandu, Nepal, located near Everest.
1974 KU graduate Lynn Prebble practices maneuvering about while outfitted in the clothing and gear needed for serious mountain climbing. This May, Prebble will attempt to climb Mount Everest as part of the first all-woman American team.
The team will spend April moving gear and acclimatizing to the extreme conditions of the Himalayas. Without proper acclimation to the thin air, people can develop Acute Mountain Sickness, which can lead to death. About 30 to 40 percent of trekkers at high altitudes get some form of AMS.
Prebble said she began to climb mountains through her interest in
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Student senator and Ad-hoc committee member Dallas Rakestraw counts votes to see how tuition money would be best spent. The committee decided to recomend a $43 million increase in tuition to Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
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They plan to begin the ascent to base camp on April 1. If the weather is good, they will make their way to the Everest summit in May of 2002.
Tuition increase recommended
Through a blitz of colored stickers, a recommendation for a $43 million tuition increase to be shouldered by students emerged during a meeting of the ad hoc committee on university funding yesterday.
By Erin Adamson Kansan senior staff writer
The voting members of the committee scrambled around as they voted with their stickers to prioritize investments of student tuition dollars. Blue stickers indicated high priority, red stickers medium priority, yellow stickers low priority.
The committee will recommend that Chancellor Hemenway ask the Board of Regents for a $43 million increase in tuition during the next five years. University officials want to increase the University budget by $50 million to keep pace with peer universities.
The ad hoc committee on university funding, a group of students, faculty and administrators, had previously voted to endorse a $50 million tuition increase, but rescinded that vote yesterday.
Among the issues identified as most important were student financial aid, increased salaries for graduate teaching assistants, non-faculty salaries, online enrollment, minority recruitment and improved teaching facilities.
The item with the most yellow stickers ended up being faculty salaries.
"It's not a low priority, but it's not appropriate use for tuition money," said Kathy Jansen, classified staff representative. "I don't know that faculty don't need more money, but I don't think students should necessarily pay for it."
Provost David Shulenburger, who is not a voting member of the committee, said that faculty-salary increases were not a priority for now while the University waited to see how much money the
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Kansas Legislature would contribute through Senate Bill 345.
The University could receive up to $7 million during the next two years through the bill, which allocates money for faculty salaries, Shulenburger said.
Jamel Bell, graduate representative,
said the students shouldn't shoulder more than a $40 million increase, which would be a tuition increase of 100 percent.
"$40 million is a serious effort," Bell said. "We're not doing all we can to close the gap, because if we were, we'd propose $56.2 million."
Even with a $50 million tuition increase, the University will not entirely catch up with the funding of peer universities because the University has fallen further behind during the year.
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Other committee members wanted a recommendation of $50 million to move the University as close to filling the gap as possible.
The University wants to raise tuition partly in response to a projected $680 million Kansas state budget shortfall for fiscal year 2003.
If the state does contribute $7 million through Senate Bill 345, the University would be $43 million short of filling its tareeted funding gap.
The committee will prepare a report for Chancellor Hemenway to consider for the Regents. The committee will meet again April 8.
Contact Adamson at eadamson@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Gillian Titus.
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