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CRIME
Student arrested in rape incident
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A 22-year-old KU student was arrested in connection with rape, domestic battery and aggravated burglary in the 5000 block of Clinton Parkway early Wednesday morning, Lawrence Police Sgt. Mark Warren said.
The suspect and the 21-year-old victim knew each other, Warren said.
The suspect is currently detained in the Douglas County Jail. His bond has been set at $30,000.
BUDGET
The Kansas Board of Regents unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to support the freezing of state university tuition for Kansas residents for the upcoming academic year.
Regents supports freezing of tuition
BY AMANDA THOMPSON athompson@kansan.com
According to a Board of Regents press release, the tuition freeze would be possible if there were no further budget cuts to higher education, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' recent veto of budget restrictions is upheld and no additional unfunded budgetary mandates are imposed.
"The tuition freeze will directly benefit Kansas resident students in all six of the universities in Kansas," said Kip Peterson, director of government relations and communications for the Board of Regents.
"They'll be working on it again," Peterson said. "The Board won't make a final decision until the budget has been put to bed."
Peterson said legislation would convene in two weeks to further discuss the decision to uphold the tuition freeze, but that the budget and decision would not be finalized until May or June.
The Kansas Board of Regents also approved the Jayhawk Generations Scholarship, which will waive partial tuition for students that meet certain academic requirements and are the children or grandchildren of Kansas alumni.
Edited by Sam Speer
UNITED STUDENTS WINS AGAIN
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— Mason Heilman
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"I think we did everything we intended to do throughout the entire course of this campaign, and I think we handled everything that was thrown at us spectacularly."
Heilman wins presidency
STUDENT SENATE
ELECTION RESULTS
FOR PRESIDENCY
UNITED STUDENTS Mason Heilman and May Davis
46%
ENVISION JJ Siler and Alex Porte 44%
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STUDENTS OF LIBERTY Adam Wood and Jonathan Wilson
6%
FREE STATE
Tutu Lee and
Rahul Desai
3%
To find out the results of other races for Student Senate office, turn to PAGE 3A
United Students vice presidential May Davis and president Mason Heilman celebrate after the announcement that they won this year's Student Senate Election on Thursday evening at the Yacht Club.
Incumbent coalition edges out Envision for third straight term by 95 votes
BY BRIANNE PFANNENSTIEL AND LAUREN HENDRICK
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The victory came after a long week of uncertainties for Davis, Clay Center junior, who was removed from the election Tuesday evening.
The Yacht Club echoed with chants of "Mason and May" Thursday night as Mason Heilman and May Davis of United Students were named student body president and vice president by a margin of 95 votes.
"I spent every moment I've been awake on this campaign," Heilman, Lawrence junior, said. "It's a great feeling. It's surreal."
pending results of an appeal by United Students. Davis was accused of inappropriately contacting
members of the elections commission.
Before the announcement, Davis said she was nervous to hear the decision. She said she was afraid to get too excited because she already knew
from you," she said.
United Students filed an appeal of that decision Thursday morning and
what it felt like to lose something important, referring to the elections commission's decision.
"I spent every moment I've been awake on this campaign. It's a great feeling. It's surreal."
"You don't realize how much you want something until it's taken away
"I think the appeals process will
is currently waiting for a hearing date from the University judicial board. "This is step one," Davis said. "Step one is to win the election. Step two is to win the appeal."
Both Davis and Heilman said they were confident the decision, which
could prevent Davis from holding any elected or appointed position in Senate for one year, would be overturned.
be in her benetic." Heilman said. "I have no doubt she'll handle herself well"
Heilman will sworn in as student body president during a joint Senate meeting Wed., April 29. Members of both the old and new Senate will be present.
Twenty-seven members of United Students were elected to senator positions. Heilman said he was thankful for the dedicated group of people who worked on the campaign.
He said United Students would soon begin working on its platforms, but for now, he was excited just to be able get some sleep.
- Edited by Justin Leverett
LGBT
Variety of events play to similarities between lifestyles
Starting Monday members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will use kissing, dancing and acting to get issues not often discussed into the open.
BY BETSY KUTCLIFF
bcutcliff@kansan.com
"Pride week is the one time of year when the queer community can step forward and show KU that we are proud of our sexual orientation," Campbell said.
Ryan Campbell, Olathe senior
One issue that will be addressed is the division between the different groups within the community. Campbell said one of the goals of Queers and Allies was to show members of the LGBT community that they all stood for the same thing.
and president of Queers and Allies, said he hoped that Pride Week's events would bring students of all sexual orientations together.
Pride Week coordinator Sarah
Thompson, Salina senior, said she hoped the week would bring a sense of community to all students on campus.
"I want straight students and queer students to be able to comfortably coexist on campus," Thompson said.
The kiss-in in front of Strong Hall will jump start the week, and Campbell said the point of the event was to show that the queer community wasn't any different than the straight community.
"We all make out, the only difference is the gender of our partner," Campbell said.
One issue in the LBGT
community that will be featured during Pride Week is domestic violence. According to the Lambda Organization, which specializes in LGBT studies, the rate of domestic violence in same-gender relationships is about 25 percent — roughly the same as domestic violence against heterosexual women. An additional form of abuse unique to the LGBT community is threatening to "out" a partner to friends and family. This can be considered emotionally abusive to the partner.
Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas City Kan., sophomore and public
relations manager for Queers and Allies, said the domestic violence program was unique because it dealt with problems within the community.
"It's a lot easier to talk about hate crimes towards our community than violence within it," Gadd-Nelson said.
Another unique feature next week will be a performance by the feminist hip-hop group Las Krudas.
Gadd-Nelson said the performance was a great
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