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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 2009
ATHLETICS
Keg prompts questions about KU alcohol policy
Alcohol on campus allowed for special circumstances
BY ADAM SAMSON asamson@kansan.com
alcohol regulations
The term "alcoholic liquor" shall include cereal malt beverages
Sale of alcoholic liquor in the Scholarship Suites is prohibited
Athletics and guests in Scholarship Suites shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the University policy and all laws governing consumption of alcoholic liquors
- Consumption during half-time of football games will end 15 minutes following the second half kick-off, no further consumption will be permitted
- Food and non-alcoholic beverages must also be made available during times in which alcoholic liquor is available for consumption
Policy does not permit University organizations to serve alcohol as a part of a tailgate
- Containers of a capacity in excess of one gallon will not be permitted
The University is generally regarded as having an alcohol-free campus. Although the sale of alcohol on campus is strictly prohibited, the consumption of alcohol is allowed on certain occasions, such as tailgating before a football game. When students spotted a 23rd Street Brewery keg heading up to the Scholarship Suites at Memorial Stadium during the Kansas Relays, this appeared to be a violation of the dry-campus policy.
The legal drinking age of 21 years will be enforced
- Consumption of alcohol will not be permitted on city streets, including Mississippi, Maine and 11th Streets
According to the University Event Alcohol Policy, athletic events are some of the few occasions during which state statutes and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission permit the serving of "alcoholic liquor" on campus. Memorial Stadium and Hoglund Ballpark are the two designated athletic facilities where serving alcohol on campus is permissible. The alcohol for events must also be approved by the University.
The Chancellor must approve a written request by Kansas Athletics, Inc., to allow the consumption of alcoholic liquor in the suites at other athletic events.
- On a limited basis, alcoholic beverages may be consumed during tailgating activities the three hours prior to kick-off
Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said that any use of alcohol at an athletic event had to be related to fundraising.
"That's why alcohol is permissible in donor areas, and that's why we can have tailgating during football games," Marchiony said.
The contributions from Athletics donors are one form of fundraising that allows for the consumption of alcohol at Memorial Stadium and Hoglund Ballpark in the Scholarship Suites. Tailgating is allowed because participants donate $1 per sale of each football program.
Marchiony said that, each year, Athletics usually made a contribution to four campus organizations with the football program sales. This year, the Athletics donations had an environmental focus. It donated 25 cents from each program sold to the Center for Sustainability, Studio 804, Biodiesel Initiative and Emerging Green Builders.
Marchiony said Athletics supervised the storage and stocking of alcohol on a weekly basis during football season. For baseball games, the supervision depended on the team's schedule.
"We make sure the stipulations in the policy are met," Marchiony said.
Suite holders may consume alcohol during a period beginning two hours before a game and lasting two hours after the conclusion.
Marchiony also said the fans' behavior was good in the suites and that Athletics constantly discussed tailgating with the Provost Office and the KU Public Safety Office.
"We haven't had any major issues," Marchionny said.
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President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Mo. on Wednesday, President Obama responded to critics who say that he is taking on too much, saying "We doing what we said we'd do."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama meets in town hall to mark 100th day in office
BY JULIE PACE Associated Press
ARNOLD, Mo. — Marking his symbolic 100th day in office,
President Barack Obama told Midwesterners Wednesday. "I'm pleased with the progress we've made but I'm not satisfied."
"I'm confident in the future but I'm not content with the present," the president told a town-hall style event in a St. Louis suburb.
Later, the president planned
In office just three months, the Democrat enters the next phase of his new presidency
He defended his ambitious, costly plan, saying: "These challenges could not be met with half measures. They couldn't be met with the same old formulas. They couldn't be confronted in isolation. 'They demanded action that was bold and sustained.'"
with a high job approval rating and a certain amount of political capital from his history-making election last fall. But he also faces a thicket of challenges as he seeks to move ahead on multiple fronts both foreign and domestic amid recession and war. He will need continued public support to accomplish his lofty goals.
"We have begun to pick ourselves up and dust oursels off... we've begun the work of remaking America."
And, Obama countered critics who said he's taking on too much.
"We have begun to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off, and we've begun the work of remaking America," Obama proclaimed. But
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as he works to turn around the recession while revamping energy, education and health care in the United States.
"The changes that we've made are the changes we promised." Obama said. "We're doing
what we said we'd do."
Earlier, Obama began his day at the White House, where he welcomed Sen. Arlen Specter, the veteran Pennsylvania Republican, to the Democratic Party. The president said he was "grateful" for Specter's decision to switch parties. Vice President Joe Biden, who had long encouraged his former Senate colleague to become a Democrat, also attended.
The president then darted to Missouri to hold what aides billed
as a question-and-answer event, though Obama spent roughly 20 minutes making opening remarks in which he touted changes his fledgling administration already has made and other issues it wants to tackle in the coming months.
The president promised to fight for everyday Americans, saying: "My campaign was possible because the American people wanted change. I ran for president because I wanted to carry those voices, your voices, with me to Washington. So I just want everybody to understand you're who I'm working for every single day in the White House. I've heard your stories. I know you sent me to Washington because you believed in the promise of a better day. And I don't want to let you down."
Obama reached his 100th day with strong public backing. An Associated Press-GfK poll found that 64 percent of Americans approved of his job performance and 48 percent believed the country is headed in the right direction. The "right direction" number is up 8 points since February and 31 points since October, the month before Obama's election.
But problems may lurk behind that public optimism. Ninety percent of Americans consider the economy an important issue — the most ever in an AP poll — and 65 percent said it's difficult for them and their families to get ahead.
NATIONAL
Montana legislature passes new gun law
BY KAHRIN DEINES
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control — and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government.
In a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month, the state is asserting that guns manufactured in Montana and sold in Montana to people who intend to keep their weapons in Montana are exempt from federal gun registration, background check and dealer-licensing rules because no state lines are crossed.
That notion is all but certain to be tested in court.
The immediate effect of the law could be limited, because Montana is home to just a few specialty gun
makers, known for high-end hunting rifles and replicas of Old West weapons, and because their out-of-state sales would automatically trigger federal control.
Still, much bigger prey lies in Montana's sights: a legal showdown over how far the federal government's regulatory authority extends.
"It's a gun bill, but it's another way of demonstrating the sovereignty of the state of Montana," said Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who signed the bill.
Carrie DiPiro, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, had no comment on the legislation. But the federal government has generally argued that it has authority under the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution to regulate guns because they can so easily be transported across state
Guns and states' rights both play well in Montana, the birthplace of the right-wing Freemen militia and a participant in the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and '80s, during which Western states clashed with Washington over grazing and mineral extraction on federal land.
Under the new law, guns intended only for Montana would be stamped "Made in Montana." The drafters of the law hope to set off a legal battle with a simple Montanamade youth-model single-shot, bolt-action .22 rifle. They plan to find a "squeaky clean" Montanan who wants to send a note to the ATF threatening to build and sell about 20 such rifles without federal dealership licensing.
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