THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY JANSAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
NEWS
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DRAFT (CONTINUED FROM 1 A)
through this process last year with three underclassmen — Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur.
All three declared for the draft. But Self said he wouldn't be surprised if both Collins and Aldrich came back to Kansas next year.
"I do have an opinion on both of them — what I think would be best for their lives — but my opinion doesn't always matter in certain
situations, 'Self said. "We'll wait and see how it plays out.'
Collins and Aldrichs teammates are also waiting to see. In the Kansas locker room at Lucas Oil Stadium after the loss, the rest of the layhawks seemed to be at a consensus. They're hoping to have their two leaders back, but understand if either leaves.
"They've got to do what's best for them," freshman guard Tylysaen
Taylor said, "If being here next year is what they think is best for them, we are going to love it because we will be back in the same situation and the outcome will be different next year if we've got those two guys with us."
How different?
"Wed be a contender for a national championship next year," Collins said. "Possibly the winner."
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DEBATE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
"A lot of their money is spent by Student Senate, and they should participate because it is important for that money to go where they want it to go." Gibson said.
important than national decisions.
Gibson said Student Senate elections were in many ways more
ways, and I hope this debate raises the awareness of that."
"Leaders in Student Senate have a much more significant effect in the day-to-day lives of the average students than the federal government." Gibson said. "It is just as, if not more, important in many
Questions for the candidates can be submitted to senateddebate@ kansan.com.
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ATHLETICS (CONTINUED FROM 3A)
meeting was the role of athletics and its connection with the University
"We are hopeful that we can all begin to understand the symbiotic nature of the connection and the importance of having a strong university and how athletics reflects the overall strengths of the University," Desalvo said.
Kyle West, Ellsworth senior was one of the only students who attended Monday's town hall meeting.
West said he liked the different viewpoints of how athletics felt it fit in with the rest of the University.
"I appreciated the opportunity to hear from the athletics administration and what they're doing to try and improve the overall experience for the student athlete." West said. "But also what they're doing to improve the responsibility to the institutional setting of the University of Kansas."
West said he was also interested in the discussion of the Olympic Village.
Many of the questions directed toward the panel were about plans for the Olympic Village and what the time frame was for the new facilities.
Sean Lester, associate athletics director, said that the Olympic Village was in in the "grassroots phase" and that it was only one facet to the large self-study.
The first draft of the self study is due to the NCAA by May 1. The committee will receive feedback from the NCAA and have an opportunity to respond and make changes.
The committee said it was open to suggestions and improvements, which can be made to the self-study before April 10.
Edited by Susan Melgren
Yummy falafel
Jenny Terrell/KANSAN
Michael Gropper, visitor from San Diego, and Chelsea Papish, Clearwater sophomore, watch as Blaire Pina, Seattle sophomore, makes a falafel during KU Hillel's Falafel on the hill event Monday afternoon in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The group makes falafels on campus two or three times each semester.
POLITICS
McCain may not support Palin for president
WASHINGTON — Sen.John McCain isn't committing to supporting his vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, if she runs for president in 2012.
McCain — the GOP's presidential nominee last year — says he wants to see who the other candidates are and what the situation might be.
The Arizona senator elevated Palin to the national stage with his surprise pick. He says he has great affection for Palin and her family. But he also cites three other governors — Utah's Jon Huntsman, Louisiana's Bobby Jin
dal and Minnesota Tim Pawlenty as potential candidates.
McCainjoked he was going to get himself in trouble for forgetting a name.
McCainappeared on NBCs "Meet the Press."
NEW YORK — Now you can trade your two Ponzis for a Macdoff.
ECONOMY Maddo and Ponzi's faces to grace trading cards
The Topps Co. Inc. says jailed Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff will be featured this summer in a set of trading cards dubbed the "world's biggest hoaxes, hoodwinks and bamboozoes."
The New York-based marketer of entertainment products says the cards show scoundrels and villains such as Enron, D.B. Cooper and Charles Poni.
Madoff pleaded guilty this month to 11 felony counts, including securities fraud and perjury. His scam cost investors billions of dollars.
Ponzi was a notorious swindler who ran what is now known as a Ponzi scheme — the kind Madoff pulled off for years until authorities busted him.
The 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman could get up to 150 years in prison when he's sentenced in June.
Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. — Food safety officials said Monday they were investigating a California plant that processed pistachios tied to nationwide recalls of trail mix and bagged nuts because of possible salmonella contamination.
HEALTH Pistachio processor called to account for bad nuts
The California Department of Public Health said it was tracking nuts processed at Setton Fams, whose Web site describes it as the second-largest pistachio processor in the United States.
State officials said Setton sent its roasted pistachios to the Georgia Nut Co., which recalled its Kraft Back to Nature Nautucket Blend trail mix on Wednesday.
DON'S AUTO:
Associated Press
HEALTH
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Chancellor Robert Hemenway speaks to students of Pearson Scholarship Hall about his accomplishments and future goals Monday evening. The meeting was arranged as part of the "Meet A-Professor" event sponsored by the health chairman of the scholarship hall.
Scotsman tries to exit delayed plane on tarmac
Lessons over lunch
Robert McDonald, of Glasgow, was charged Monday with reckless endangerment and criminal tampering for opening an emergency exit hatch as the plane waited out an hours-long delay due to bad weather, prosecutors said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATIONAL
NEW YORK — A Scottish air traveler got so fed up during a delay on the tarmac at John E. Kennedy International Airport that he tried to open a jet's door and get out, prosecutors said.
Flight attendants stopped him from fully opening the door and activating the emergency chute, they said.
The incident happened Sunday evening aboard a Delta Air Lines flight that had arrived at the Queens airport from Rome and
was scheduled to go on to Las Vegas.
Flight 149 pulled back from the gate just after 5 p.m. but was delayed on
"Apparently, the defendant wanted to get off the plane, so he opened the emergency exit door."
the taxiway for more than 2 1/2 hours due to bad weather and congested skies, common issues at JFK. Around 7:45 p.m., McDonald, who was traveling with his wife, lost his cool, executives said.
vened, the jet returned to the gate.
The flight, with 146 passengers
aboard, was canceled.
RICHARD BROWN N.Y. district attorney
was arrested by airport police. He was arraigned Monday evening but didn't enter a plea; he was released and was told to return to court May 18. His attorney, George Welch, didn't immediately return an after-hours telephone message "eeking comment."
McDonald was arrested by a
"Apparently, the defendant wanted to get off the plane," District Attorney Richard Brown said, "so he opened the emergency exit door."
After flight attendants inter-
McDonald, 60, could face up to a year in jail if convicted.
A spokeswoman for Delta Air Lines Inc., which is based in Atlanta, said the inconvenienced passengers were rebooked on the next flight.
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