MONDAY, MARCH 10,2003
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Rock Chalk
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Megan Murphy,"Ruckus in River Rest" cast member, said she was happy to share her Best Actress award with Whitney Armstrong of "The Comeback Squid."
"I'm shaking, I'm so excited," said Murphy, Leawood senior. "It kind of makes the day better."
Each cast received a plaque for hard work from the Rock Chalk Advisory Board.
Mary Banwart, assistant professor of communication studies, and her husband, Gary, came out to support the show.
"I think it's a neat opportunity for students to be creative and show off their talents that we don't get to see in their other activities," Banwart said.
Rock Chalk Teams
The groups volunteered more than 23,000 hours of community
■ "Ruckus in River Rust"
— Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Sigma
"The Comeback Squid"
— Alpha Gamma Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha
Symposium shows student research
"In Your Dreams" — Pi Beta Phi and Pi Kappa Phi
"Life's a Beach"
■ "Help Wanted" — Beta Theta Pi and Delta Delta Delta
"Life's a Beach"
Kappa Delta and Sigma
Phi Epsilon
service. Lambda Chi Alpha averaged the highest number of service hours — more than 19 per member.
Participants get a short hiatus. In April, groups will choose partners for next year's competition.
— Edited by Lindsay Hanson
Bv Amy Potter
Not many students at the University of Kansas can boast of touching the South Pole.
Josh Meyers' project gave him the opportunity to travel to that unique place. Meyers, Wichita junior, shared his research from Antarctica at the Undergraduate Research Symposium last Saturday in the Kansas Union.
Seventy students from several majors at KU presented their research through oral presentations, poster displays and videos. About 150 people attended.
Meyers took a break from his
research one day during winter break to watch an annual ceremony where the South Pole was realigned. He touched the four-foot pole that signifies the bottom of the Earth while there.
Barbara Schowen, director of the University Honors Program, said the best part of the symposium was the variety, from departments such as sociology, history, English and science.
"The symposium, as it has progressed, has greater sophistication of presentation." Schowen said. "Nobody did PowerPoint six years ago."
Research experience gives students a better understanding of the nature of their discipline,
Schowen said. Graduate schools look favorably upon students who have done research.
"It shows they can go beyond passing a test," Schowen said. "They can do something independent and creative."
For Katie Mitchell, Wichita senior, the symposium gave her a practice round for when she will present her research on hydrogen bonding at the American Chemical Society Convention at the end of March.
"I get a chance to see what people understand and what areas I can communicate better," Mitchell said.
Patrick Landazuri, Milwaukee junior, said entering the svm-
posium broke down the stereotype that all research was science.
"I've always had a nerdy conception of scientists," Landazuri said. "When you do these things, you realize everyone is cramming just as much and everyone hates specific parts of what they do."
Jill Tisdale, Lawrence senior presented her landscape painting, inspired from her study of light using a old-fashioned view camera.
"I would advise people to put themselves out there and apply for these things," Tisdale said. "You learn so much more than you think you are going to."
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Guarding against the influx of tuition increases. They want to lobby at Topeka so that tuition cannot increase more than 10 percent each year.
Changing city ordinances 7323 and 7326. The ordinances limit city residential zones by allowing only three unrelated people to live together. The other ordinance allows dwelling searches. Thomas and Farokhi want to work with the Lawrence Progressive Campaign to address these ordinances.
Allowing students to view comments and evaluations
online of teachers before they enroll.
"We're a coalition that believes in the individual and empowering the individual." Thomas said. "That's why we're out here is to give students a voice, specifically, any student who wants a voice."
KUnited
KUnited elected Andy Knopp, Manhattan junior, and Catherine Bell, Coffeyville junior, for its student body presidential bid.
Relevant, realistic issues and their own confidence top their campaign goals.
"We can accomplish this. We've done the research," Bell said. "We're not searching for far-fetched ideas that we know can't
be enacted at a university."
To Do List:
Giving free campus bus rides to students with a KUID. The route would travel to the new recreation center and create a park and ride system at Memorial Stadium, opening up 300 parking spots for students.
Continuing efforts to build a new Multicultural Resource Center. KUnited wants the new MRC running by the time freshmen become seniors. A paid executive position in Student Senate would ensure long-term commitment to cultural awareness.
Off-setting tuition increases.
"It's still a priority and it's still important," Knopp said. "If we stop working on it now, it could
easily be dropped."
- Letting students vote online on whether to increase student fees.
- Making sure tuition enhancement money is used for student benefit.
Expanding the book exchange and incorporating it into online enrollment.
Advising and tutoring online. Students can look up school and graduation requirements online and e-mail questions to advisers.
"It's definitely going to be a year's worth of work," Knopp said. "I don't think we've set up easy, low hurdles to step over." Lord Wad and the 12 Knights of the Crusade
Lord Wad and his 12 Crusaders aren't a coalition. Brett Wadsworth, "Lord Wad," said they were a vision.
Wadsworth, Overland Park junior, and Andy Foertsch, Lenexa senior, will campaign to the Camelot theme because of their infatuation with knights, honor and truth. Wadsworth's vision to be king of KU came to him in a dream. And he's trying to fulfill that dream.
"I'm not saying that my word will live on, but I will bring a new light to someone trapped in a major they don't want to be in," he said.
- Getting better student seats at basketball games. "KU needs
To Do List:
to respect students and not listen to alumni with fat pockets," Wadsworth said.
Making classrooms for smokers and non-smokers.
Encouraging instructors to share their passions, not just textbooks, with their students.
Expanding funds for Safe Ride and a new bus route to stop drinking students from driving.
Allowing beer at football and basketball games.
Wadsworth wants to get his point across but also slide fun into the Senate elections.
"I publicly challenge Delta Force and KUnited to a grand game of Trivial Pursuit," he said.
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