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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 12, 1993
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Tribal gaming hidden among casino issues
By Ben Grove
Kansan staff writer
As the Kansas Senate yesterday voted down a resolution that would have paved the way for a colossal $300 million casino and entertainment complex in Kansas City, Kan. American Indians continued to wonder when legislators would get to them.
American-Indian casino gambling advocates in Kansas are in their second year of a legislative struggle to make casino gaming compacts legal between the state and the four tribes in Kansas.
Those advocates say their interests have been slighted by legislators who have focused this session instead on other gambling legislation.
"They view it as a form of discrimination that the Legislature didn't deal with it last year when they had a full session, and now a number of proposals are in to hurt the prospect of Indian gaming," said Lance Burr, a Lawrence attorney who represents the Kickapoo nation.
Burr and American Indians have said that a casino and entertainment complex such as the one proposed for Kansas City, Kan., would have hurt reservation casino businesses if both were permitted by law.
"It's really popular for legislators to say, 'We're not against Indians, we're just against the issue,' " Burr said. "Well, why would they be willing to support other projects when there aren't Indians involved?"
Despite the resolution's defeat, the
Senate yesterday reconsidered its motion and restored the resolution to its debate calendar to be considered again later.
Lori Learned, co-president of the Native American Student Association, said American-Indian reservations in Kansas needed the revenues from the casinos, which would generate funds for health care and education improvements.
"It would start a little boom, hopefully," she said.
Last week, members of the the House hurriedly passed a bill on to the Senate in an effort to show the Kansas
Supreme Court that it was serious about addressing reservation casinos.
The court could decide as soon as today to take steps to remove all regulatory control from the state's hands
Recently, American Indians called upon the court to decide whether the Legislature was dealing with the tribes in bad faith.
- control it possesses despite the fact that the four tribes in Kansas are sovereign nations.
The bill moved through the House so fast it did not define an age limit for gamblers and the word 'casino' was
removed, something House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, said defeated the purpose of the bill.
Donald Stull, professor of anthropology, who sometimes teaches a Native American Affairs class, said he no longer thought the Legislature's foot-dragging was a political power struggle.
Administrator opposes bill on Legal Services
"The fact that the state was able to hold off the compact for as long as they did was very detrimental," he said. "People are scurrying around the Legislature to enact something. I think that the issue of discrimination cannot be dismissed."
By Brett Riggs
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate saw it as a symbolic move to strengthen student advocacy. The administration looked at it as a severing of communication.
Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that pushed for the removal of the administration's representative from the Legal Services for Students advisory board.
Legal Services, financed by Senate employs three full-time professional attorneys who provide free legal counseling for KU students.
Under the proposal, the board would be made up of four undergraduate students, one law student, one graduate student and one member of
tion, which the administration currently does not allow.
Kaiser said the administration based its stance on the fact that the service's attorneys were employees of the state, like members of the faculty and administration.
"I think students need advocates, but I think it would be a conflict of interest," Kaiser said.
John,Altevogt,graduate senator,
sad Senator also wanted to remove
Awkwardness abounds in memories of first kiss
By Jay Thornton
Special to the Kansar
Nervousness, nausea and excitement are some of the awkward feelings some people describe when they kiss someone for the first time.
"I can't believe I'm actually doing this," thought Kathy Riesenburg, Carroll, Iowa, senior, during her first kiss. She said, "It felt weird."
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the definition of a kiss is "to touch with the lips as a sign of affection, greeting."
"There are two main reasons people kiss, he said. "One is because the lips are an erogenous zone, and it feels good. Another reason is it causes an intimacy and closeness between two people."
"There are many different ways of kissing. It just depends on what kind of meaning people give it," said Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, who teaches a class called Human Sexuality in Everyday Life.
Robynn Keefer, Overland Park, junior,
said, "Kissing makes me feel close to a person. It's a very personal thing and
should be taken seriously."
For some people, kissing is very emotional, but to others the physical desire is just as strong. Brian Wingerd, Clay Center sophomore, likes kissing.
"It's very arousing, because you expect more than just a kiss," he said. "You know
something more is going to follow."
Though most people enjoy kissing, there are things that some people don't like, such as a sloppy kisser, an uptight kisser, or "the type that tries to stick his tongue down your throat," said Jennifer Piper, Overland Park, junior.
To some people, being a bad kisser doesn't matter. But a lack of skill can ruin one's chances of a second date with other people.
Bellina Wkeskin, Boston, Mass, senior,
said "I was attracted to this guy and after
I kissed him and found out he was a bad
kisser, I never out with him again."
Though kissing has been a part of people's lives throughout history, experts don't know exactly when, where or how kissing originated.
Some believe it may be a "carry-over of a primitive habit of eating and thereby assimilating into the self any object felt to be good or desirable," according to Nicolas James Perella's book, "The Kiss Sacred and Profane."
One of the reasons it is not a part of everyone's custom is because it is not innate. Dailey said.
Not all people have had kissing as part of their customs. Perella wrote that the Chinese felt a kind of horror when confronted with the Western custom of mouth-to-mouth kissing.
"That is why some of us practice a lot," he said.
No love in life is OK with some students
Special to the Kansar
By Robert Allen
Everyone knows that Valentine's Day gives people the chance to show their loved ones how much they care.
But what if you're single, and don't have a loved one?
"For me, on a scale of one to 10, it's a three," said Brent McBrayer, Tula, Okla., senior. "It's above Groundhog Day and President's Day."
For a lot of KU singles, Valentine's Day kindies as much enthusiasm as a Saturday spent at the laundromat.
"I always hated it," he said. "It's an exclusive, elitist holiday."
Kenny Gall, Lawrence senior, is more adamant.
Edy Tominaga, Honolulu, Hawaii, senior, takes issue with anyone who even considers Valentine's Day a legitimate holiday
"I think it's a special day, but it doesn't constitute a holiday." Tominga said. "Usually, you do stuff at night — it's not an all-day agenda thing."
One might think that attitudes toward Valentine's Day would be nurtured by fond remembrances of grade school. Then, little hands crafted red and white mailboxes out of shoe boxes, which were intended to be filled with valentines and candy hearts.
But such memories are not shared by everyone.
"Even as a kid, I hated it because it was a whole lot of work," said Brian MacDonald, Shawnee junior.
Lindsay Robertson, Rolla, Mo., senior, harbors a similar resentment.
"Even if you didn't like the other kids you had to give them a card," she said.
Arthur Thomas, associate director of Counseling and Psychological Services at KU, said he understood why people may become grumpy at this time of year — and even depressed.
"We all want to be mady in love with someone all the time," he said. "You see people running around buying gifts, usually for boyfriends or girlfriends. If you don't have someone special in your life, it can be a real downer.
"It is an easy time of year to be depressed. The weather is crummy, and days are short. If you are depressed, it's easier to become more depressed."
How, then, will singles be celebrating Valentine's Day this year?
"I don't give anyone any cards," Gall said.
"Well, I send a card to my mom every year. My mom will never leave me for another man — she loves me."
Rusty Trimble, Overland Park sophomore, said, "I'll probably send some cards to friends of mine. Particularly, people I know who aren't seeing someone."
Even so, single folks who get depressed at the very thought of Valentine's Day might want to reflect on the words from Steve Noble. St. Louis, Mo., senior, who is single.
"I think just because it is Valentine's Day doesn't mean you should be lonely," he said. "Go out with a friend. As long as you have friends, you have somebody."
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