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March 7,2003
Vol.113.Issue No.112
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Anti-war walkout sparks debate
Students vary in opinions on war in Iraq
By Kelley Weiss
kweiss@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
An anti-war rally turned into an open debate between both protesters and supporters of a war in Iraq.
Omaha, Neb., junior, said she was disappointed that the student protest was postponed, but was pleased with the turnout yesterday.
Despite changing the date of the "Books not Bombs: Students Against the War with Iraq" student protest, approximately 150 people gathered on Wescoe Beach yesterday to debate a possible war with Iraq.
The national day for the "Books not Bombs" student walkout was Wednesday, but was postponed until yesterday due to inclement weather. Amanda Flott.
"I thought it was very constructive today with lots of differing view points," Flott said.
Roksana Alavi, Oklahoma City graduate student in philosophy, got into heated debates about her stance on going to war.
Alavi was born in Iran and lived there until she moved to the United States at age 15. Coming to America allowed her family to move away from the dictatorship of the government, limited options for women and the draft for boys as young as 13 years old, which included her little brother. Having lived through bombings and violent conditions, Alavi said she had different insight into war and could not support a preemptive strike. At some points Alavi raised her voice and pointed fingers at people who
were supportive of war, but said she enjoyed having the opportunity to debate.
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"I think this is excellent because there has been a lot of dialogue today," Alavi said. "I really admire the minority that came to learn and hear us. That took a lot of courage."
The majority of participants were anti war activists, but a small group of students supportive of the war made sure that their voices were heard.
"I wanted to make sure there was a range of political persuasions of the student body communicated at this protest," said Leo Khayet, Overland Park sophomore.
Nathan Clark, Kingman sophomore, listens to Dujan Shermanwash, Kansas City, Kan, freshman argue his position on the possible war with Iraq. Many students with different stances took place in yesterday's protest on Wescoe Beach.
The protest began with an open mic session for anyone to voice their concerns about a potential war in Iraq. Soon after anti-war students started speaking to the crowd, a few people with opposing opinions started questioning the propeace points. The structured atmosphere
of the crowd intently listening to one speaker at a time quickly dissolved as students broke into small groups to debate each other.
Scott Harris, assistant specialist of communication studies, took his class to
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Border War couple wins wedding
By Megan Hickerson
hickerson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas graduate Amber Cornette and her fiancé, Matt Allen, are getting hitched and Kansas City-area businesses are picking up the tab.
Cornette of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Allen of St. Joseph, Mo., won a free wedding contest sponsored by Mix 93.3, a Kansas City, Mo. radio station, and The Kansas City Star. Kansas City stores and organizations have donated more than $40,000 in merchandise. Listeners selected the couple after they submitted an essay and photograph.
Jon Zellner, operations manager at Mix 95.3 helped narrow down the list of hundreds of applicants.
Zellner said he thought listeners chose the couple because of their creative essay that describes how they met.
"I think what really got listeners to vote for us was the whole KU/MU thing," Allen said. "Amber went to KU, but I am a Mizzou graduate."
Allen and Cornette met on New Year's Eve in 2001. Cornette was stood up the night she met Allen at Velvet Dog, a bar in Kansas City, Mo. After one of Cornette's girlfriends got sick from excessive drinking, Cornette had to leave without giving Allen her phone number or even her last name. Allen later tracked down Cornette's phone number on the Internet.
hit me again.
"I didn't hesitate to call her, but I didn't want her to think that I was a psycho stalker." Allen said.
The two got engaged on Valentine's Day and set the wedding date for Octo-
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Shadows of Rock Chalk
Performers from the "In Your Dreams" Pi Kappa Phi, Pi Beta Phi partnership rehears their lines in front of a screen on stage while stage crew members change the set Wednesday night. Rock Chalk Revue started last night at the Lied Center.
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Moving past the rumors
Bohl keeps faith amidst criticism
By Kevin Flaherty
kflaherty@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
In the early 1960s, when Al Bohl was young, he had a job at Kishman Fish Company in Vermillion, Ohio, shoveling fish from the boats into boxes.
The Kansas athletics director said the job smelled horrific.
"Probably the biggest promotion I've ever gotten was when I got moved into the barns, and I became one of the guys who made the boxes that the fish were put into." Bohl said. "There was such an improvement in the smell."
Bohl said the moral of the story was that no man was better than any other man.
A picture of Kishman on Bohl's office wall serves as the reminder of that idiom.
want serves as the诫命," I "I've always believed that if you work hard, are honest, and have integrity and faith in the Lord, things will work out," Bohl said.
bom said.
But recently, questions about Bohl's honesty and integrity have come into play as rumors swirled about his possible firing.
The questions surfaced about three weeks ago, after Fresno State was investigated for academic fraud, and continued when suspicions about Bohl's relationship with coaches had local media in a sandstorm. Bohl said he had no idea where the rumors came from.
The Kansas City Star published an article Wednesday claiming that Bohl does not have a good relationship with
Bohl
either basketball coach Roy Williams or football coach Mark Mangino. In it, his dealings with Mangino are referred to as cordial, while at his press conference, Williams said their
relationship was "professional."
"We're all just members of a team," Bohl said. "And we work to try and maintain and build a successful athletics program."
Bohl said Williams was one of the reasons he took the job at Kansas.
"I took this job because of the prospects of being in the Big 12, and the strength of the basketball program," Bohl said. "Roy Williams is about so much more than just basketball, with the type of players he recruits and the way he develops character."
The frenzy has since died down to a whisper in the dark, and the athletics director job is still his, at least for now.
Fresno State has since cleared Bohl, saying that he had no fault in the violation, which will keep the Bulldogs basketball team from the Western Athletic Conference tournament and any post-season play afterwards.
The Star also claimed that Bohl did not have much interaction with Williams and Mangino.
Bohl said that the way the athletics department was structured, interaction with coaches was not necessarily what he does on a daily basis.
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Nursing school welcomes more male students
By Nikki Overfelt
noverfelt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
David Benson's friends always jokingly ask him when he's going to get his white hat and white hose.
The reason for this joke: Benson, Overland Park senior, is one of 20 male students out of the 242 in the registered nurse program at the University of Kansas Nursing School.
Although he is outnumbered by quite a bit in the school, he doesn't feel like the minority at all, Benson said.
"We all get treated equally," he said
Approximately 5.4 percent of registered nurses in the United States are men, according to the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses.
"Once they figure out that the white hat and white hose are a myth and that you are doing a lot of patient care and a lot of other things, the stereotype fades away," he said.
Survey of Registered Nurses The stereotype that nurses are female is apparent, Benson said, but it gets better once people hear about his job responsibilities.
Benson, who originally got a degree in respiratory therapy at the University before going back to be a nurse, likes the patient care aspect of nursing.
"It's a really rewarding profession." he said. "You don't get that kind of reward for task-oriented professions. You can actually see the results."
The nursing profession is gaining respect nationwide, Benson said. The jobs of nurses are no longer just seen as running errands for the doctor. Today, especially through technology, nurses are able to work in more specialized areas, he said. For example, Benson eventually wants to be a nurse in anesthesiology.
The nursing school is seeing an increase in male students interested in nursing, said Rita Clifford, associate dean of student affairs for the nursing
David Benson
Overland Park senior
"Once they figure out that the white hat and white hose are a myth and that you are doing a lot of patient care and a lot of other things, the stereotype fades away."
school. Although for the Fall 2003 semester, the school saw a decrease in the number of males admitted, she said. Enrolling more male students is a goal for
Recruiting male students isn't easy for the school, Clifford said.
"We would if we knew how," she said. It's hard to know where to target just males, she said.
The school does try to send out a male student on recruiting visits. Clifford said, especially when the students go to grade schools, so students can see the opportunities available for males.
"We try to be inclusive in every place." she said.
The school does not have any scholar
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