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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 89
CRIME
Robbery suspects arrested
BY MIKE BONTRAGER mbontrager@kansan.com
The Lawrence Police Department reported that it arrested two suspects, Antoine Barber, 21, of Bonner Springs and Nicholas White, 20, of Kansas City, Kan., in connection with the Burger King robbery of four KU students. The suspects were taken into custody late Wednesday evening. Sgt. Bill Corey of the Lawrence Police Department said both men were charged with four counts of aggravated robbery. The robbery occurred on Jan. 25, 2009 at the 1107 W. 6th Street Burger King location.
CAMPUS
Parking problems unresolved
BY KAYLA REGAN
kregan@kansan.com
On game nights, 2,343 of the closest parking spots to Allen Fieldhouse are reserved for Williams Fund donors and other paying basketball fans.
Michael Gillaspie, Ashland senior and student body vice president, said parking was making things complicated for students. He said athletic events and the people who come to them often force students to park far from campus.
Donna Hultine, director of the KU Parking Department, said she had discussed freeing up game-day parking spots for students with Student Senate in the past. Previous efforts failed because no one was willing to pay the cost, Hultine said. As the department and Senate work toward a solution, Hultine said the fear of losing money would likely continue to be a factor for everyone involved.
"Students are first and foremost the priority," Gillaspie said. "Why not make it more convenient for students instead of making it more convenient for game-day people?"
"My position is everything that I have here, I have as a revenue generator," Hultine said. "So, with being able to generate $1 million from basketball games, we were able to hold permit prices down."
Last semester, Senate proposed that any student should be able to park in the Kansas Union parking garage on game nights for free after 5 p.m. Because the department is still paying for the costs of building the garage, Senate withdrew the proposal.
Hutline said if the proposal had passed it would have been too much to handle for the department's budget.
"Every year there is a little less conflict," Hultine said. "But I'm not willing to change something to free when I still have bonds
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INVOLVEMENT
Alumnus takes leadership role
Jayhawk represents 400,000 NCAA athletes
BY ADAM SAMSON asamson@kansan.com
Former KU track and field athlete Matt Baysinger is living proof of what can happen when a student gets involved on campus.
The night Baysinger participated in the student athlete variety show JayRock for the first time, he had no idea what a student athlete advisory committee was.
Now, four years later, Baysinger represents 160,000 Division I student athletes and 400,000 Division II students.
chairman of the NCAA Division
1 Student Athlete Advisory
Committee.
"It's truly a testament to when a student on this campus gets involved and what can happen from that," said Mike Harryr, assistant athletics director for student athlete development. "And to think four short years later, he's in the highest leadership position that any student athlete can be in, in the biggest division of all divisions.
On the institutional level, the University's SAAC deals with community service and builds teamwork with athletes.
Baysinger, who graduated in December 2008, is now a student athlete development assistant with the Athletics Department. He is looking to go back to school in the fall to get a master's degree in higher education, educational leadership and leadership studies.
The transition to his position as the national chairman was a natural progression of events for Baysinger.
"It is absolutely important that they're [the NCAA] talking with student athletes."
"Belief started within Matt, the group believing in him, me believing in him and our athletics director believing in him," Harrity said.
Peers in the Big 12 Conference voted Baysinger vice chairman for the Big 12 in July 2007. Baysinger then became chairman of the
From there, student athletes from each of the 31 Division-I conferences voted Baysinger to the vice chairman position of the national SAAC in January 2008.
Big 12 SAAC.
"The higher testament to his ability to connect with people is that he got the vote from his peers."Harrity said.
Former KU track and field teammate Paul Hefferon, Overland Park senior, said Baysinger was
MATT BAYSINGER
SAAC Chairman
never intimidated by a situation.
"Even as an underclassman he showed leadership and gave respect to the upperclassmen and captains." Heferon said, "the way he carried himself."
went about his business in practice; he took a more vocal role when he was given the responsibility as captain."
Baysinger, along with other SAAC leaders, led the effort to convince students to pass a student ballot referendum to increase student fees to provide additional support for KU's women's and non-revenue athletics teams.
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The University's SAAC currently has more than 100 members and meets twice each month. Harrity said many SAAC groups across the country might meet only once a semester and had less than 10 student athletes in the group.
BAYSINGER'S LEADERSHIP ROLES
2006 - Present - Jayhawk SAAC Executive Board
2006-07 - Vice Chair of Big 12 Conference SAAC
2007-08 Chair of Big 12 Conference SAAC, Division I National SAAC member, NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests committee member
2008-09 - Vice Chair of Division I National SAAC, Management Council member, Legislative Council member
2009-10 Chair of NCAA Division I National SAAC, Leadership Council member
Salsa night returns with extra spicy twist
CAMPUS
BY JENNIFERTORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
Students who attend Salsa Night tonight will experience two kinds of salsa: the Caribbean dance style and the spicy tomato dip.
Students practice their salsa dance moves in preparation for SUAs Salsa Night. The event starts tonight at 7 in the Burne Uning.
Student Union Activities is sponsoring the event at 7 tonight in the Gliridron Room at the Burge Union. The event features salsa lessons by the KU Ballroom Dance Club and live music from Son Venezuela, a Kansas City area Latin band.
"It's a fun, free time to dance to live Latin music and shake it like Shakira," said Kellen Voss, a Shawnee graduate student and president of the dance club.
Doug Brady, Topeka sophomore and SUA's live music coordinator, said SUA sponsored Salsa Night last year and decided to bring it back because of its success. Brady said more than 300 students came last year.
To accompany the salsa theme, Brady said this year's event would include a new feature: a chips and salsa competition.
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He said that five local Mexican
Jorge Ortiz, Lima, Peru, doctoral student, is the dance club's salsa instructor for its weekly lessons on Fridays. He will be teaching the lessons at Salsa Night and said he hoped the lessons would help people be more comfortable on the dance floor.
restaurants donated chips and salsa for the event and that students would be able to vote for the tastiest dip. SUA will give the winning restaurant a plaque to hang in the restaurant.
Members of the dance club will give free salsa dance lessons from 7 to 8 p.m. and Son Venezuela will play for the rest of the evening.
"The lesson is good because they can learn the basic steps for salsa dance and then they can go out to any dance club in Lawrence." Ortiz said.
Tom Johnson, trombone player for Son Venezuela, said the band consisted of 10 members who played instruments ranging from percussion to piano to horns.
"It's always fun to get a taste of different cultures, and especially the music of different cultures."
Johnson said. "It's even more fun when you can dance to it and meet people you share something in common with."
Kelfel Aqui, a 1994 graduate, is
one of the founding members of Son Venezuela. He and a group of friends started the band 15 years ago when they were attending the University;
The band primarily plays in the Kansas City and Lawrence area, although it has traveled to
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