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Vol. 113. Issue No. 125
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KANSAN Southwest Missouri State suffers second loss to Kansas p. 1B
Senate hopefuls differ in choice of debate issues
By Cate Batcheler
cbatchelder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Dressed in attire from business suits to Camelot-themed regalia, five student body presidential and vice-presidential candidates answered questions from panelists and students in a formal debate last night.
About 100 people attended the debates sponsored by the Elections Commission in 130 Budig Hall. The three coalitions, Delta Force, KUnited and Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade, used the time to reinforce their platforms.
Most critical issue facing students and plan of action
Delta Force presidential candidate Drew Thomas, Hayssen sister, and running mate Fallon Farokhi, Lawrence junior, began the debate. They said tuition was the biggest problem facing University of Kansas students. As a former employee of Sallie Mae, a student loan agency, Thomas said he saw how the debts incurred by attending college.
"Student loans will only go so far," he said.
Thomas' and Farokhi's plan with Delta Force is to lobby state legislators for a 10 percent cap on the amount that the University can raise tuition each fiscal year.
STUDENT SENATE
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KUnited wants to put money back in students pockets with its slogan. "Have a say before you pay." Any increase of student fees must be voted on using a campuswide online vote.
Delta Force
Brett "Lord Wads" Wadsworth, Overland Park senior, answered solo on
KUnited presidential candidate Andy Knopp, Manhattan junior, and vice-presidential candidate Catherine Bell. Coffeyville junior, said they had a different approach to the tuition increases.
Fighting head-to-head with administration wasn't working, Knopp said.
Thomas
Farokhi
KUnited
Knopp
Bell
Lord Wads & the 12 Knights
Foertsch
behalf of Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade. His running mate, Andy Foertsch, Lenexa senior, was absent because he had an exam. He sent his regrets.
Wadsworth
Lord Wads said the most critical issue was distraction in the classroom. Distractions by people leaving class going
SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 6A
Pierce this!
With proper procedures piercing can become a safe form of expression
Tongue piercings are safe as long as people keep the piercings clean and watch out for signs of infection.
By Nikki Overfelt
noverfelt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Photo illustration by Eric Braem/Kansan
Brandon Cox has 25 body piercings from his ears to his nipples and almost everywhere else.
"On a given day, I wear about 20," the Lenexa junior said. "It started out of boredom, and it became some sort of an addiction."
Whatever the reason, many KU students choose to pierce some part of their bodies despite the pain and health risks associated with them.
Licensed piercists often hear concerns about paralysis that could be caused by hitting nerves in the ears and tongue during a piercing said Stacy Daugherty, licensed piercist and tattoo artist at Big Daddy Cadillac's, 16 E. Eighth St.
Daugherty said that these paralysis concerns were unwarranted.
"Any well-trained piercer can pierce without any complications," he said.
The major risks depend on the behavior of the person getting pierced, not the piercing itself. Daugherty said.
"Most of the risk is going to come after it's done," he said.
Professionals use completely sterilized instruments and take every precaution to keep their clients safe. Daugherty said.
But after they leave,the responsibility falls on the pierced.
There is a small risk of dental damage, Daugherty said, if those who get their tongue pierced are not careful.
Most of the problems with tongue rings come when people play with them. For example, it is possible for the ball of the tongue ring to come off and be swallowed. Yet the risk is extremely slim, he said.
The most common problems with piercings that are seen at Watkins Memorial Health Center are infections, said Myra Strother, associate director and chief of staff of Watkins. The doctors especially see infections in
navels and ear cartilage because of multiple piercings. Keeping the piercing clean and seeing a doctor as soon as there are any signs of infection can guard against serious problems, she said.
Hepatitis is a major concern when getting piercings, Strother said, so she advises that students make sure they choose to get their piercings done at places that are clean and reputable and not in other countries.
Cori Stites, Leawood senior who has five piercings in her ear and an eyebrow ring, has had no major complications with any of her piercings, she said. Although she did get a small infection when she got her ear cartilage pierced.
"Nothing terribly bad, it just needed a little Bactine and it was fine," she said.
Taking care of and cleaning the piercing is the most important precaution a person can take. Stites said. And before getting the piercing done, a per
son should check out the place to make sure it is clean and uses proper sterilization, she said.
"You just have to use common sense," she said.
Cox, on the other hand, does his own piercings after he had the first few done at piercing places. He also had to have a friend pierce his nipples because he couldn't do those himself, he said.
Cox also offers his piercing services to his friends, he said. In the past two years, he has done about 24 piercings for other people.
Cox said he wasn't really concerned about the health risks. Before he started using sterilized needles, he used safety pins, which caused his body to reject several of the piercings, he said.
But now he makes sure to use sterilized needles and do the piercings in a clean environment.
Edited by Leah Shaffer
Minority students collaborate in affirmative action support
By Jessica Palimenio
jpalimenio@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Mark Dupree, Kansas City, Kan., junior, marches in an affirmative action protest held on campus. Yeste:day's march was organized by Zeta Phi Beta sorority and was planned in conjunction with a larger march in Washington, D.C., the same day.
"Affirmative action! must not die. Separate but equal is a lie!" chanted a group of students as they marched down Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday.
hawk Double yellow Minor students marched in support of affirmative action policies as part of a nationwide civil rights march, including a massive march in Washington, D.C., that ended at the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Dan Nelson/Kansan
The march was in response to the two cases challenging the admission policies of the undergraduate and law schools at the University of Michigan. The Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the cases yesterday.
"I thought it was important to get KU involved," said Jennifer Leong, march organizer and Hazelwood, Mo., senior.
organizer and President Leong, member of Zeta Phi Beta, a traditionally African-American sorority. organized the march and invited other members of the University's minority community to participate.
Members of different organizations participated in the march.
C'nea Hatches, Valparaiso, Ind. sophomore, said she was glad the group was participating because it could not
travel to Washington, D.C
The group walked with signs from Lindley Hall chanting, passing out infor-
SEE MARCH ON PAGE 6A
Rundle, Highberger, Goodell come out ahead in election
By JJ Hensley
jhensley@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
There were no hanging chads, but frayed emotions were abundant by the time last night's city commission election results were counted.
After a two-hour delay in counting the ballots because of a computer glitch, two Progressive Lawrence Campaign candidates and one former city worker were elected to Lawrence's city commission.
Incumbent Mike Rundle and Dennis "Boog" Highberger represented the Progressive Lawrence Campaign and were the two highest vote-getters. As such, the two men will occupy their city commission seats for the next four years. Third place candidate Lynn Goodell will serve as commissioner for two years.
Karl Brooks, Progressive Lawrence Campaign chairman and University of Kansas assistant professor, said one goal of the campaign was to encourage less active voters to participate in the election.
"Students are certainly part of that group. I think we helped our three candidates reach more students than they would have otherwise," he said.
Candidate Votes % of votes
Gregory A. 7,532 13.27
Divilibss
Lee Gerhard 8,447 14.88
Lynn Goodell 9,606 16.92
Dennis "Boog" 10,167 17.91
Highberger
Mike Rundle 11,606 20.44
David Schauner 9,422 16.59
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Goodell defeated the third Progressive Lawrence Campaign-backed candidate, David Schauner, by 184 votes.
Schauner was at first named an unofficial winner, but a few minutes later, new numbers showed Goodell pulling ahead. Ultimately the margin of victory was narrow enough to leave Progressive Lawrence Campaign supporters wondering whether the difference could be made up in the remaining 2 percent of precincts shown as unreported.
Douglas County clerk Patty Jaimes
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