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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 119
KANSAS 60,DAYTON 43
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Junior guard Sherron Collins raises his arms to get the Kansas fans off their seats with 1:20 left on the clock. Collins led all scorers with 25 points in a 60-43 victory against the Davton Flvers, advancing the Javhawk to the Sweet Sixteen. Check page 18 for more men's backeth
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LAWRENCE
Voter registration ends today past student participation low
BY MIKE BONTRAGER mbontrager@kansan.com
Today is the last day to register to vote for the city election on April 7, but records indicate students don't consider local politics high on their priorities list.
County clerks' records show that precincts in Lawrence composed primarily of 18- to 24-year-olds usually have the lowest percentage of voters participating in local elections.
Precinct 10, which includes the residence halls on Daisy Hill, had the lowest voter turnout rate of any precinct and the highest concentration of young voters in 2005. With 18- to 24-year-olds accounting for 75 percent of the precinct, it had a 17-percent voter turnout.
Spenser Fitzpatrick. Leavenworth junior, said he voted in the national election, but didn't know there were upcoming city elections. Fitzpatrick said he thought the disconnect between students and local government was due to the way the city viewed students.
"They probably just think of us as temporary residents," Fitzpatrick said.
John Nalbandian, professor of public administration, served on city commission from 1991 to 1999.
"We thought that if there was a polling place closer to campus it would go up." Nalbandian said. "That didn't work either."
During his first campaign for city commission, Nalbandian said.
he was surprised by the low student voter turnout.
said he didn't necessarily consider the disconnect between students and the city government to be a negative.
"If a student is a permanent resident, then I think they should get involved," Nalbandian said. "For a person who's coming for four years and then leaving, I think
Nalbandian
"I'm graduating in May and I'm leav ing...I'm not going to be here to see the impact."
it's an unrealistic expectation that they would get involved."
Amanda Young, Olathe senior, agreed and said she didn't plan to vote in the upcoming election because she didn't think she had a vested interest.
AMANDA YOUNG Olathe senior
Nalbandian said that in order for students to get involved they would really have to care about their city.
feel the need to vote in local elections." Young said. "I'm not going to be here to see the impact."
it, I mean care about it. Care about it enough that you feel responsible enough for it in some ways," Nalbandian said.
Stuart Bell, Lawrence junior,
said he was voting in the upcom-
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SEE LAWRENCE ON PAGE 6A
"I don't mean like
Emily Blair, 5, watches a demonstration featuring a hydrogen peroxide catalyst Thursday during the Natural History Museum's Body Science exhibit.
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Andrew Forgey, 8, tries to extricate an organ from the giant "surgery" game Thursday at the Body Science exhibit, held at the Natural History Museum throughout spring break. Several hundred people attended the exhibit each day. Forgey's family traveled from Topeka to see the exhibit.
CAMPUS
Hands-on anatomy provides education
BY KEVIN HARDY khardy@kansan.com
Against a backdrop of live fish, a working beehive and a skeleton of an extinct giant sea lizard, guests of all ages explored the marvels of mucus, goose bumps and the human nose.
The Natural History Museum hands-on exhibit "Body Science: blood, boogers and bones" brought in thousands of guests from Tuesday through Saturday last week.
Jen Humphrey, communications director for the museum, said the exhibit was always popular because it provided an educational activity for families during spring break.
SEE BODY ON PAGE 6A
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