INSIDE
LEGALWOES
The University filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by KU junior Heather Fuqua ...page 3
MISS KANSAS COMPETITION
KU student Angelea Busby wins the Miss Kansas pageant and prepares for the Miss America competition page4
ELLSWORTH CONSTRUCTION
Ellsworth Hall's renovations are ahead of schedule. The residence hall, which reopens in August, will include new floor plans and living environments page 5
JAYHAWKS ON PARADE
Pick your favorite Jayhawk on Parade and vote online at Kansan.com.page 16
SPORTS AND ACADEMICS
KU athletes are proving they are as valuable in the classroom as they are on the court or field. . . . .
CONTENTS
Campus Briefs ...2
Opinion ...6
News in Brief ...18
Sports ...21
Entertainment ...26
What's Happening ...28
Classifieds ...30
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2003
VOL.113,ISSUE NO.153
Zach Straus/Kansan
ATHLETICS DIRECTOR
University chooses director
Lew Perkins,the newly hired Kansas athletics director, addresses the media at a press conference held at 2 p.m.yesterday. Perkins,previously employed at the University of Connecticut, will replace Drue Jennings,interim athletics director.
By Saju Ng'alla
sngalla@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Kansas yesterday. He said he planned to bring the winning "swagga" back to Kansas athletics.
The former athletics director at the University of Connecticut said his top priority would be to restore stability at the Kansas
Lew Perkins was announced as the new athletics director at the University of
For more on the University of Kansas and the Athletics Director, see page 21
University Athletic Corporation.
Yesterday Perkins met with athletics staff and laid out his goals and expectations.
"If you don't think we can win, then you are the type of people I don't want around me." Perkins said.
Perkins said he did not plan on making any major changes to the staff.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Perkins was highly regarded in college athletics. Hemenway also said that Perkins was hired because of his support of women's athletics and his ability to help build champions.
"All those qualities are valued at KU, so he stood out for me as an ideal candidate," Hemenway said.
Street & Smith's Sport Business Jour-
SEE DIRECTOR ON PAGE 20
BUSINESS
New bar gambles on non-smoking rule
By Amy Kelly akelly@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
For those who enjoy sipping a martini as Old Blue Eyes croons in the distance, start spreading the news: The Bella Lounge has arrived.
The bar at 925 Iowa exudes the essence of the 1960s Rat Pack, from the dim lighting to the photographs of Dean Martin. But one key prop of the cocktail kings is missing: the cigarette.
The Bella Lounge is the only non-smoking establishment in Lawrence. Owner Rob Farhar — who also owns The Wheel, 14th and Ohio Streets — said that when he decided to take over the former Fifi's site, he had not planned on making it smoke-free.
"When we were remodeling in February, people would come up on the street to me and ask, 'Have you even considered making a non-smoking place?' " Farha said.
When community support increased Farha said he decided to take the chance
The move seems to have paid off with
the bar's patrons.
"We love, love, love that it's non-smoking," said Lawrence resident Trish Simons, who was accompanied by her husband - a smoker.
"I smoke, but I love it here," Tom Simons said. "I don't go home and have clothes full of smoke."
Whether or not the younger crowd would feel the same remained to be seen, Farha said.
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