WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Lord Wad hopeful favors beer, smoking
Kansan staff photo
Andy Foertsch, Lenexa senior, is running for student body vice president under the Lord Wad and the 12 Knights of the Crusade Coalition. Foertsch said he was in favor of on-campus drinking and wants to incorporate drinking with KU sporting events.
By Megan Hickerson mhickerson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Although Andy Poorsch admits he has no leadership experience, he is running for student body vice president as part of the Lord Wad and the 12 Knights of the Crusade coalition.
Foertsch said he wanted to incorporate drinking within University of Kansas sporting events.
"You can't watch a ball game without beer." Foerstch said.
Not only does Foertsch support on-campus drinking, he also supports smoker-friendly classrooms.
Brett Gilmore. Overland park senior, said he also supported smoker-friendly classrooms.
"It would accommodate everyone." Gilmore said. "There could be an entirely different line number for smoking classes."
Gilmore said because of Foertsch's good looks, he had a shot at winning the election.
"He's attractive." Gilmore said. "That counts in America."
Foertsch is running alongside presidential candidate, Brett Wadsworth, also known as Lord Wad. Foertsch said his running mate possessed all the
good qualities a leader should have.
"He's book-smart and clever, although I've never taken him too seriously," he said. "He's such a clown."
Anita Faortsch, Andy's mom, said the campaign fitted him.
"He's been pretty hilarious ever since he was a kid," she said.
Like most kids, Andy Foertsch had to help with washing dishes when he was younger. Foertsch even found washing dishes amusing.
"He'd wear my rubber gloves and pretend they were numchucks," Anita Foertsch said. "Sometimes he'd break into tap dancing in the kitchen."
Because Foortsch isn't planning on winning the election, he said he was enjoying the election process. The Lord Wad and the 12 Knights of the Crusade coalition kicked off the campaign with a party at the Crossing.
"We're really just a bunch of drunk guys who aren't taking the campaign too seriously," Boertsch said.
Win or lose, Foortsch and the rest of the Lord Wad and the 12 Knights of the Crusade coalition are having a ball, he said.
Edited by Anne Mantey
Dead tree leads to sit-in protest from woman
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE—A woman who identifies herself only as "Sihka" has spent six days camped in a tree that developers say is dead and already has lost most of its limbs.
loft condominiums.
What is left of the tree stands near the city's downtown on a dirt lot that is going to be developed into a mix of shops, offices and
At about 75 feet, the tree was once "agreat tree," said Bo Harris of Harris Construction, a coowner of the property. But the tree died last summer, he said.
Workers removed most of the branches last Tuesday, and Silhka was perched in the tree when they returned the next day. She remained late Monday afternoon, according to an employee at the
nearby Borders Books Music & Cafe, 700 New Hampshire.
Harris said Monday that he was still talking with the co-owners of the property and his attorney about how to address Sihka's demands.
Sihka has said she will come down only if she receives written assurance that the tree will remain standing until at least July 4. Harris said she apparently
To learn more about Sihka, go to page 7 of tomorrow's Jayplay.
thinks the extension will give her time to rally support.
Though Harris said he wanted to work with her, he's not sure whether a legal agreement can be negotiated with someone who "is breaking the law." She is trespassing, he said.
Radio station seeks international voices
By Cal Creek
By Cal Creek
ccreek@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Students seeking an alternative radio station can now tune into a Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese speaking Christian station online.
Danny Li, Lawrence resident and director for the station founded Foot Print Radio Broadcasting Ministry, www-footprintradio.org, two and a half years ago when a pastor at his church suggested the idea.
"Our goal is to reach the international students on campus and help them to understand the Christian entity,"Li said.
The radio station, 255 N. Michigan St., broadcasts Christian radio 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Most of the time the station broadcasts entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Loletta Wong, Hong Kong graduate student, and Stephen Pun, May 2002 graduate from Macau, broadcast for an hour in Cantonese every Wednesday from 8 p.m.to 9 p.m.
Wong said on the air the disc jockeys made fun of each other and talked about the news and other topics. In between the conversations, the station played gospel music. The DJs try to relate it all to Christianity, Wong said.
Wong said her favorite part about the job was talking openly on the air. She said it was like therapy for her.
"If I can find support and happiness from God, hopefully they can find support and happiness in the same way." Wong said.
Pun said he became a DJ to improve his presentation and speaking skills, and it wasn't until
he became a DJ that he took an introspective look at his life.
Li said the DJs brought different aspects to their shows that reflected their personalities.
Another DJ on the station, Ming Chiang, Taipei, Taiwan, graduate student, presents the life of a different Christian scientist for his weekly show, Mondays from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. He said he wanted to show a side of scientists and people of note that textbooks did not usually show. Chiang gets the sources for the stories he tells from the book The Life, Love and Philosophy of the Scientist by Wenleng Chang, a professor who attended Chiang's church in Taipei. In the time that Chiang has been broadcasting, he has profiled 30 or 40 scientists. Chiang said he wanted to profile doctors, politicians and other Christians who played some role in society.
A different DJ broadcasts every night from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. When DJs aren't on the air the station broadcasts audio tapes of preachers speaking in Mandarin Chinese and Christian music in Mandarin Chinese. Cantonese and occasionally English.
Li has several hopes for the future.
"We'd love to enrich our program and put in more life programs." Li said.
He said he also wanted to expand the radio station to other campuses, bring more Christian bands to the Midwest and get more student DJs on the air.
The current six DJs are unpaid volunteers, Wong said. Although they are not paid, Wong said Li and his wife, Fiona Lai, gave them plenty of free food.
Edited by Julie Jantzer
Student Forum
Sponsored by the Recreation Advisory Board
Wednesday, March 26 7-8 p.m. Governor's Room, Kansas Union
Your opportunity to give the Recreation Advisory Board your ideas about building hours, programs and services that will be offered when the Student Recreation Fitness Center opens in September 2003.
Please visit our website at www.ku.edu/~recserv or stop by 208 Robinson Center.