MONDAY,APRIL7,2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Living organizations debate hanging coalition banners
By Cate Batcheler
cbatchelder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Coalition banners from KUnited and Delta Force hug Wescoe Hall.
One is a professional-looking logo with crisp lines sporting red, white and blue. The other is a homemade-looking logo with a stamped delta symbol, sporting blue and yellow.
Both banners claim the eye-sore known as Wescoe, intending to grab the student body's eye, and later, its vote.
Banners fly on the outskirts of campus, too. At the west end of Jayhawk Boulevard, a KUnited banner is strapped to the Chi Omega house.
Ashley Horstman, Wichita junior and Chi Omega president, said the banner was in support of the four individual members running for Student Senate seats, including Catherine Bell, KUnited coalition member, who is running for vice president, and not necessarily a statement that the house supported KUnited and not other coalitions.
"We really try to stay impartial," Horstman said. "We respect that every woman has their own opinions."
Elizabeth Brown. Topeka junior, walks by the banner every day to and from classes from her house, Delta Gamma.
"We respect that every woman has their own opinions." Ashley Horstman
Ashley Horstman Wichita junior
"By putting a banner up, you're telling people this is what you have to vote for," she said.
Even though no banner hangs from her house, Brown said girls in her sorority were easily swayed to vote for KUnited based on the stereotype that it was the greek coalition.
"They're not given a chance to have an open mind," she said. "And if you aren't decided, then KUnited is just an easier way to go."
Down the street from the Delta Gamma is the fraternity Theta Chi. A KUnited banner flies freely.
Ben Kirby, Dallas junior and Theta Chi member, said the banner was put up after spring break. He said the fraternity was going to vote on whether to keep the banner up but hadn't followed through on the vote. One of its members, Andy Knopp, KUnited coalition member, is running for student body president.
"In any organization, you want your own to win," Kirby said.
Despite the banner, Kirby said he planned to look past the name
to see the issues when he went the polls.
On the opposite side of campus, the Sunflower House, 1406 Tennessee St., is planning to vote today on whether to hang a Delta Force banner on the cooperative house. Already, a Delta Force sign is posted by the door. A KUnited poster was hung in a window, but is now gone.
Two Delta Force senators live in the co-op and more live in coops down the street.
"If I have an opinion against the house, I'll go with that," said Ed Minges, Frontenac senior and co-op resident.
Across the street, Minges can see a KUnited banner hanging on the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. He said KUnited was able to fly more banners than Delta Force because it had more concentrated groups of supporters. Delta Force's majority of supporters are off-campus residents who don't live in large groups and aren't as likely to have the initiative to request a banner, he said.
Neither coalition will be hung on the Black Cat Collective, an anarchist co-op at 1305 Tennessee St.
Co-op resident Sean Whittier, Lawrence junior, said he probably won't be voting.
"I just have doubts that they can do anything meaningful," he said.
—Edited by Erin Chapman
A sparkling victory
Ajubilant KU fan shoots off a Roman candle from his car at 10th and Massachusetts streets after the game on Saturday. Fans celebrated downtown until the early hours of the morning despite the looming daylight-saving time.
Jared Soares/Kansan
Bill targeted at Dailey's sex class in hands of the governor
By Lauren Airey
lairey@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The next stop for the state budget amendment that would cut funding from universities that used obscene videos in classes is on the governor's desk.
The bill is aimed at Human Sexuality in Everyday Life, taught by Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare.
The budget bill containing the amendment, proposed by Sen. Susan Wagle (Wichita), was approved Thursday by the House of Representatives. The obscenity amendment was originally included in the Senate's version of the budget bill and survived a House-Senate conference committee last week that negotiated differences between each chamber's version of the budget bill.
The budget bill amendment was presented to the House on Thursday on final action with little opportunity to debate
it, said Rep. Paul Davis (D-Lawrence).
"There are a lot of legislators, including myself, who are very opposed to what Sen. Wagle has done," Davis said.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said two weeks ago the Legislature should not interfere with state university teaching materials or curriculum.
Unless the governor uses a line-item veto for the amendment, the amendment will require the Kansas Board of Regents to eliminate funding for any university
department that buys or shows materials considered obscene.
Members of Student Senate traveled to Topela on Thursday to present a Student Senate resolution promoting academic freedom.
"We didn't get the most positive response," said Johanna Maska, Student Legislative Awareness Board legislative director. "We met with the governor's people and we're expecting a veto."
The University of Kansas does not tolerate pornography but supports Dailey and his teaching method, said Todd Cohen, assistant director of University Relations. All students who enroll in the class at the University are given numerous warnings about the course content before enrollment and are warned before viewing explicit materials, he said.
"It's frank and provocative and everyone is warned," Cohen said.
- Edited by Ryan Wood
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