INSIDE
DOWNLOADERS BEWARE
As the recording industry tightens its grip on downloaders, the University scrambles to prepare for any lawsuits against students ... page 3
EN ESPAÑOL, POR FAVOR
A national shortage of Spanish teachers may cause many University departments to loosen foreign language requirements page 10
SHALL WE DANCE?
A Lawrence-based dance group adds a twist to Middle Eastern dance steps in Cairo on the Kaw ... page 32
PACKING THE HOUSE
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New athletics director Lew Perkins has big plans for Memorial Stadium and its football fans . . . . .
CONTENTS
Campus Briefs ...2
Opinion ...6
News in Brief ...14-15
Sports ...19-21
What's Happening ...26
Horoscopes ...27
Fun & Games ...28
Classifieds ...29
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2003
VOL.113,ISSUE NO.158
Big building, big celebration
Zach Straus/Kansan
The newly built Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will hold its dedication ceremony this weekend. The event, starting on Saturday, will feature presentations by prominent national figures, informative exhibitions and live entertainment, culminating in the formal dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday. For more on the Dole Institute, see page 16.
JOBS
Living Wage supported
New commissioners, Chamber disagree
By Ehren Meditz
emeditz@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission will begin discussions on a living wage proposal next month that could make it the first city in Kansas with such an ordinance.
The commission plans to take up the proposal in its Aug.19 meeting.The proposal states that any company receiving a
waiver of its taxes, called a tax abatement, should guarantee its workers a living wage. The proposal defines a living wage as 30 percent above the federal government's defined poverty level - about $9.53 an hour.
Two new commissioners elected in April, Dennis "Boog" Highberger and David Schauner, as well as Vice Mayor Mike Rundle, campaigned on their support of a living wage in the April elections, creating a majority for the proposal on the
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, which opposes the living wage, commissioned the University of Kansas Policy Research Institute in May to study the living wage issue and gauge the effects it would have on employment and wages. The study was slated to be completed in the fall but Chamber President Lavern Squier said he was reevaluating the Cham-
five-member commission.
SEE WAGE ON PAGE 5