INSIDE
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Graduate students'
spirits are not dampen after a tornado
ravaged
there home last month.
The two
DOLE DEDICATION
students now plan to live in Kansas City ...page 4
NBC anchor Tom Brokaw will attend the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics' "Salute to the Heroes" in July page 5
NOT QUITE CANNES
Local film festival honors local filmmakers and University of Kansas students ... page 7
REDUCING ROBINSON
A slimmer budget could mean less job security for student employees at the Robinson Center ... page 17
CONTENTS
Campus Briefs .2
Opinion .6
News in Brief .14
Sports .17
What's Happening .20
Entertainment .21
Classifieds .23
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Waiting on a friend
The hubs that support the wheels lay bare waiting for a tire to rest on the steel supports. The hubs, like many of the pieces for the formula car, were designed and hand crafted by the team in the machine shop. See page 12 for more.
POLITICS
Dailey says provision won't affect sex class
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A provision to set policies in Dennis Dailey's "Human Sexuality in Everyday Life" class will not change the way he teaches the class, Dailey said.
address such issues.
"To do so would be a fundamental betrayal of the students coming into the class and their expectations for learning and growing." Dailey said.
The University released a statement saying it would cooperate fully with the provision, but that there are already policies to
Sen. Susan Wagle wrote the provision to force the University of Kansas to create policies that address questions concerning curriculum and conduct. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed the provision into law on May 23.
Dailey
Provost David Shulenburger conducted a month-long investigation of Dailey and his class and found Wagle's claims to be baseless. Shulenburger also viewed the materials Dailey used in the class
This provision is in addition to an earlier amendment, also written by Wagle.
that Wagle said were obscene. Shulenburger said in his report to Chancellor Robert Hemenway that the materials were similar to those used at other major universities.
Wagle could not be reached for comment.
DINING
Meat Market has unusual twist on menu
By Amy Kelly
akelly@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
For singles on the prowl, the latest meat market in Lawrence isn't necessarily the place to hook up with a hot date. But its owners are prepared to provide the ultimate rendezvous for their fellow carnivores.
Captain RibMan's misadventures began in 1996 and are syndicated through the Tribune Media Services and www.uclick.com. The University Daily Kansan is one of 150 newspapers that carry the Captain RibMan strip, which Yahoo! Internet Life voted Best Online Comic Strip in 2001.
"It actually seemed pretty natural for Captain RibMan to have his own place," Davis said. "In a college town where we're doing a college paper, it almost seemed obvious."
After several conversations a few months prior with current co-owners Rodi Foreman, radio host Randy Miller and former BleuJacket owners Chris Hanna and Dan Almanza, the Davis and Sprengelmeyer duo knew that Lawrence was the perfect town for a restaurant dedicated to the animated superstar.
Tongue is permanently placed in cheek at Captain RibMan's Meat Market, 811 New Hampshire St., which opened May 28. And co-owners Rich Davis, also of KC Masterpiece fame, and John Sprengelmeyer would have it no other way. After all, they are also the creators of the restaurant's namesake, Captain RibMan, a superhero with an unnatural adoration of barbecue ribs.
The closing of BleuJacket in November provided an optimum location as well, Davis said.
"There could not have been a better
SEE DAILEY ON PAGE 3
SEE MEAT MARKET ON PAGE 24