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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Dan Nelson/Kansan
Lawrence resident Terra Brunton signs in at the polling place in the Douglas County Courthouse with the help of poll worker Sandra Elston. By 5:30 p.m.yesterday,124 people had voted at the county courthouse.
telling her since freshman year that I'm going to come visit her," Butsch said. "Since we're seniors, I figured it was about time to visit."
10. 310 Director Patty James estimated that was about 23 percent of all registered voters and 20 to 25 percent is considered a good turnout for a local, primary election.
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was between $700 and $800 per person.
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Leawood freshman Emily Atkinson was one of about 130 voters who had cast ballots at St. Lawrence Catholic Center by midafternoon.
If the election counted votes per campaign dollar spent, Bassin, who spent about $800 and garnered 424 votes, estimated he'd finish near the top.
"It's my civic duty, and it's a way for my voice to be heard," Atkinson said. "I'm a Lawrence resident now and will be for the next four years, or more, so what happens in this town matters to me.
Bassin didn't get as many votes as members of the Progressive Campaign, but the Washburn law student doesn't think his campaign was a total loss.
Those issues concerned KU graduate and commission candidate Zachary Bassin.
"The people I voted for were concerned with issues that matter to students like the
"I'm just happy that I got my issues out there," Bassin said. "People took me seriously in the campaign, and it's a start for the future. I'm going to be here for a while."
housing and living wage issues."
"My friend goes to Vanderbilt University, and I've been
dents going on 20 trips this year," said Jon Power, Wichita senior and alternative spring break co-coordinator. "The group is usually in the city for seven days and do work for five of those."
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Erin Butsch, Olathe senior wants to spend less than the average on her road trip to Nashville, Tenn., to visit a high school friend.
Butsch and a friend are driving to Nashville to save money to conserve part of Butsch's budget of $250.
"We have a total of 140 stu-
Alternative Breaks also offers students another opportunity for spring break experiences.
Programs this year, include helping in after-school programs and working with terminally ill patients in cities across the country. Power said. The cost of the program is $190 for each student and pays for all transportation,
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While his friends travel to various destinations for break, Taylor Link, Lake Quivera sophomore, plans to save his money over break.
"I just don't feel like spending money to go somewhere," Link said. "I'm just going to stay here in Lawrence and either work or sleep."
NASA investigates object spotted near shuttle
The Associated Press
SPACE CENTER. Houston — The board investigating the Columbia tragedy said it wants to know more about a mysterious object that almost certainly fell off the shuttle and was flying alongside the spacecraft during its second day in orbit.
The object was never noticed during the flight itself, after the shuttle's destruction over Texas on Feb.1, the U.S.Strategic Command began analyzing radar data
Meanwhile, a piece of a thermal tile, believed to be from the top of the left wing, remains the westernmost piece of debris found from Columbia yet — and probably the earliest known fragment from its breakup.
that might shed light on the disaster and noticed the object.
said. That suggests it could have broken loose from the shuttle during the maneuver.
Initially, NASA said it suspected the object might be frozen wastewater dumped overboard or an orbiting piece of space junk that the shuttle happened to encounter.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Duane Deal, a board member, discounted both possibilities and said the object almost had to have come from the shuttle itself.
Because the astronauts did not do a space walk and did not have many windows, they would not have noticed the unidentified object. Deal said.
He described the object as about
1 foot by 1.3 feet in size and said it
was flying in tandem with Columbia one day into the mission.
It was within 50 feet of the shuttle and, within that first day, started separating farther and farther away until it burned up on reentry three days later, he said.
The composition of the object is unknown, but it was lightweight and not dense. Deal said.
Columbia had just gone through a major maneuver in orbit on Jan. 17, about 24 hours into its flight, when the object popped out of nowhere, Deal
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Multicultural Affairs committee chairwoman, said there was a misunderstanding in the finance committee.
"I don't think that some members were looking at this through the perspective of another culture," Keith said. "They weren't able to separate themselves from their social norms."
Washington, Student Head Lady, said the honorarium didn't have to be a monetary value. It could be a blanket or any kind of gift of appreciation. Senate isn't able to fund gifts over $50.
Washington said she thought the value of reciprocity that indigenous cultures had was often misunderstood.
"When you have a culture that's not based on money and rules, it's hard to get those points across," she said.
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