THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2006
NEWS
3A
COMMEMORATION
Students' lives honored
BY RACHEL BURCHFIELD
rburchfield@kansan.com
Dominique Mavridorakis was at a loss for words.
Mavridorakis, a native French speaker, said he could not find words in the English language to express his gratitude to those who planted a tree behind Summerfield
Hall on campus in honor of his son, Dimitri Mavridorakis, who died after suffering injuries in a car accident on Feb. 7.
"For me it is a sign that — I can't explain it in English — that my son is not alone."
program. The MBA program and the Graduate Business Council sponsored the planting of the tree for Mavridorakis last Monday, as well as another tree for MBA student Gregory Ballenger, who died last Sept. 26 after a battle with cancer.
Nick Arthachina, Lawrence first year MBA student and the
Mavridorakis said "It shows your mind is with him and it makes me warm to my heart."
"With spring being the season of renewal, it's a nice thing to honor their memories."
Mavridorakis, his wife and one of his sons were in Lawrence this week to attend the dedication of a tree yesterday to honor Mavridorakis, who was a student in the School of Business' MBA
DEE STEINLE MBA adviser
president of the Graduate Business Council, said plans to plant a tree in Mavridorakis' memory were set immediately following his death. But, because Mavridorakis passed away in February and the season wasn't right.
the planting and dedication were delayed until this week.
Arthachinda said students in the MBA program were tight-knit and that the losses of Mavridorakis and Ballenger were like losing two brothers.
"Everyone notices someone's gone, someone's missing," Arthachinda said. "We're pretty
much a family. We're an MBA program, but we're all so close
Dee Steinle, the adviser to master's students in the School of Business, knew both Mavridorakis and Ballenger very well, she said. Steinle said Dominique Mavridorakis approached her about planting the tree in honor of his son and said it felt very natural to put up not just one tree but two for both Mavridorakis and Ballenger.
She said that as she leaves Summerfield Hall every day after her workday is through, she looks back at the trees — just seedlings now — and the sight makes her happy.
"With spring being the season of renewal, it's a nice thing to honor their memories," Steinle said. "It'll give way for us to do some healing, and as we see the trees grow, it will remind us of them."
"I just smile," Steinle said. "They're little seedlings with promise — and it's a healing sight to see them there."
Edited by Heather Melanson
DAVIS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
sented the case and filed the appeal on behalf of United Students, said the appeal would address several procedural errors made by the hearing board. He said that the complaint was not filed on time and that the board failed to notify United Students of the complaint two days before the hearing. If the judicial board, the body to hear the appeal, agrees that procedural errors occurred, the decision to remove Davis from the election would be overturned.
Jan Sheldon, judicial board chairwoman, said that the time-line the board operated on would depend on several factors, including how soon an appeals panel
could gather and hear information. She said that the judicial board would have 30 days following the hearing to submit a decision.
"The judicial board will try to follow its procedures to ensure that all the parties are treated fairly," Sheldon said. "We wouldn't go outside of the procedures but we would try to follow those as expeditiously as we can."
"We've worked hard to reach out and to find senators to run with us who are excited to get
started," Davis said. "I'm going to help them just as much as I would have if I wasn't going through this situation."
Matt Bristow/KANSAN
If the judicial board chooses to uphold the original decision to expel Davis from the election, United Students would have four days to name a new vice presidential candidate. If it is overturned and United Students wins the election, Davis will be allowed to serve as student body vice president. Because of the length of the judicial process, the decision could take up to six weeks after the close of the election.
Edited by Carly Halvorson
GOVERNMENT
Will Stewart-Starks, Lawrence senior, passes out flyers during the tea party protest at Johnson County Community College Wednesday. Thousands of protesters came out to show disfair toward the Federal Government on tax day.
Students protest tax increases
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF bcutcliff@kansan.com
While the only tax law that has been passed under the Obama administration was a $116 billion tax cut for the working class, legislation that would raise taxes is currently working its way through Congress. But the nuts and bolts of the increase wasn't what drew Stewart-Starks to the protests. He said he wanted to support opening a dialogue about the issues that affect students when they don't
"Tax increases are unfair and we need to do something about it," Shovykhet said.
even know it.
Tea parties aren't just for little girls. Last night, Americans around the nation voiced their anger about tax increases at area tea parties, named for the famous Boston uprising that led to the revolution. University of Kansas students William Stewart-Starks, Lawrence senior, and Michael Shoykhet, Olathe junior, attended a party at Johnson County Community College to join in the tax day protest.
"I don't believe people understand where their money is going from income taxes," Stewart-Starks said.
Protestors had concerns that the government was putting future generations into debt to pay for current problems. Congressman Todd Tiahart of Kansas' fourth district spoke at the JCCC tea party and said that the tax system needed to be reformed, not increased.
"We need to rebuild our country from the ground up, not from the government down," Tiahart said.
Michael Lynch, assistant professor of political science, said it was important for students to be able to track where the finances of the country come from and go to. The recent passage of the stimulus bill was President Obama's attempt to jump-start the economy and to help working Americans get out of debt. Some of the proposed increases include a heavier tax on energy producers, cigarettes and individuals making more than $100,000 of taxable income per year.
One of the groups sponsoring many of the demonstrations
was Americans for Prosperity, a Washington, D.C., based group that supports cutting taxes and limiting government involvement in Americans' lives. According to the group's Web site, the purpose is to advocate public policies that promote entrepreneurship.
Derrick Sontag, state director of the Kansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity, said the goal of the tea parties was to get American citizens involved and aware of where their tax dollars were going, especially with the recent passing of the stimulus package.
"You cannot spend your way into prosperity." Sontag said.
Thousands of Kansans turned up at local tea parties, including ones held in Topeka, Kansas City and Overland Park. Sontag said he hoped the turnout would encourage more people to investigate the current tax system.
You can view proposed tax increases online, at:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/houserepublicans/tax_bills.pdf.
Edited by Chris Horn
other winners
University of Missouri
Northwestern University
Arizona State University
University of Kentucky
University of Montana
Syracuse University
University of Georgia (tie)
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
sions accumulated the highest student points from the competitions.
The award is based on six writing competitions during the academic year, and gives $10,000 to the first place school. The University's submis-
The award recognized the following students:
Thor Nystrom - Second place for feature writing
Matthew Erickson - First place for in-depth writing
Megan Hirt - Second place for in-depth writing
Rustin Dodd - First place for sports writing
Mark Dent - Third place for personality/profile writing
Edited by Heather Melanson
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