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Factoring on O'Reilly
Students speak out on TV show to support sex class, professor
By Cate Batcheider
cbatcheider@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Tuesday night, two of Professor Dennis Dailey's biggest supporters watched him come under national scrutiny on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor by two of Dailey's biggest opponents.
Sen. Susan Wagle (R-Wichita) and her intern, Jessica Zahn, Linwood senior and who was in Dai-
ley's class, appeared on a five-minute segment Tuesday night criticizing Dailey, professor of social welfare, and his human sexuality class's content. After hearing Wagle's perspective, Dailey's student and supporter, Rick Sullivan, Leavenworth senior, asked, "Why wasn't our side represented?"
"It's the O'Reilly show," said a member of those gathered Tuesday night at the Kansas Union to watch the show.
But Sullivan and Jen Hein, Lawrence senior and another supporter, had their say last night.
The O'Reilly Factor invited the two to speak in a follow-up to Tuesday night's segment titled "Perv or Prof?"
Sullivan and Hein taped their segment, titled "Sex Prof Uproar" and later, "Sex Prof Scandal," via satellite from the Adams Alumni Center.
Before the taping, Sullivan appeared calm. But Hein switched her legs a few times in nervousness. She wore her lucky, sassy boots for support, she said.
"They're made for stomping." she said.
Early in the show, O'Reilly repeatedly addressed Hein, specifically calling her by her full first name, Jennifer. When speaking to O'Reilly, Sullivan made a point to address him as "Bill."
"Bill, I would caution against trying to slap some sort of FCCrating system on curriculum," he said.
But a focus of the discussion was the films Dailey showed in his class. O'Reilly asked Hein as a
SEE O'REILLY ON PAGE 5A
Rick Sullivan, Leavenworth senior, and Jen Hein, Lawrence senior, review their notes before being interviewed on The O'Reilly Factor about their thoughts on the controversial human sexuality course taught by Prof. Dennis Dailey. The students support the class and do not think its material is pornographic.
Jeacon McDermott/Kansan
NCAA: Don't bet on it
Schools educate student athletes on the pitfalls of placing bets on competitions
Last fall, people envied Adrian McPherson. Why wouldn't they? He was a 19-year-old sophomore starting quarterback for one of college football's premier programs. He was - until Nov. 25, 2002, when Florida State coach Bobby Bowden kicked him off the team.
By Shane Mettlen
smettlen@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Two days later, he was arrested. On
July 14, he will face trial for theft and gambling charges. McPherson denied gambling on college football, but Florida State University Police Chief Carey Drayton said he wagered on all of the Seminoles' games in 2002.
The anti-gambling message starts at the beginning of the school year, Janelle Martin, Kansas' associate athletic director in charge of compliance said. According to Martin, all Kansas athletes are drilled on the NCAA's policies regarding gambling and view an NCAA-produced video about athletes caught in illegal gambling activities.
Gambling in intercollegiate athletics is a problem that Kansas and other schools try to at least control, if not cure. They do this by educating student athletes about the dangers and problems that arise from involvement in gambling.
"We talk to student athletes about gambling," Martin said. "It's to remind
SEE GAMBLING ON PAGE 6A
Poet speaks about Dailey, war and censorship
By Eddie Yang eyang@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The themes of Minnie Bruce Pratt's poetry reading last night in the Kansas Unio.1 included lesbian encounters and the war overseas.
The English department sponsored Pratt, a lesbian poet, as she read selected poems and commented about the controversy surrounding Dennis Dailey's human sexuality class and the war in Iraq. About 55 people attended.
"I think it's important right now to connect domestic issues, such as the suppression of the sex class with international issues," she said. "The young people are particularly looking for answers inside and outside the borders."
In 1991, Pratt received the Lillian Hellman-Dashiell Hammett award for writers
"who have been victimized by political persecution." Pratt came under attack from former Sen. Jesse Helms, who tried to cut funding from the National Endowment for the Arts because of her poetry.
"I had my work declared obscene because I wrote about my lesbian experiences," Pratt said. "I feel like I am an expert of what is obscene."
Joe Harrington, associate professor in English, said Pratt would hold a roundtable discussion about art, politics and the freedom of expression at 3:30 p.m. today at the Governor's room in the Kansas Union.
David Raydo, Leawood senior, thought Pratt was a leader in the free speech movement.
"She is a well-spoken orator who pushes the limits that the government puts on free speech," he said.
Edited by Leah Shaffer
Maintaining tradition key for upcoming band director
By Erin Ohm
eohm@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Watching film from past performances is as much a responsibility of the athletics band director as it is for the coaches of the teams for which the band performs.
Hudson
James Hudson, who was named as the director of the Kansas athletic band yesterday, will spend some of his summer watching videos and recordings of the band to prepare for next year's football and basketball seasons.
Hudson said he wanted to study the history of the Marching Jayhawks and embrace KU traditions during his time as director.
"I think change is a word we need to be careful with in such traditions as the Marching Jayhawks," he said.
One of Hudson's goals for the band, along with increasing its members, is to have a visible, active presence on campus.
Hudson was on campus yesterday conducting interviews with students interested in leadership positions in the band next year. He came to the University after 11 years at Southwest Texas State University. He said Southwest Texas didn't have the atmosphere of the KU campus because so many students commuted from nearby Austin, Texas.
Kellie Lankford, Lawrence sophomore and one of two drum majors for the Marching Jayhawks next year, said students had input in choosing Hudson as director. She said two finalists came to the University and conducted band and music rehearsals in a final interview. The students had the opportunity to fill out an evaluation form.
Hudson was chosen by a committee led by John Lynch, director of bands. It also included Richard Johnson, dean of students and the two student drum majors.
The University was a win-win situation, Hudson said, because it was closer to his family in Iowa and was a good professional move as well.
"To me there's nothing better than the Big 12," he said. "It's the premiere athletic conference in the country."
Hudson remembered his years of graduate study at the University of Nebraska and said he was looking forward to getting up for a big game.
"That's gonna be a thrill," he said. "For me, it's like a kid in a candy store."
—Edited by Todd Rapp
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