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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 write
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 billion to the Senate in an effort to show the Kansas
Supreme Court that it was serious about addressing reservation casinos.
Recently, American Indians called upon the court to decide whether the Legislature was dealing with the tribes in bad faith.
The court could decide as soon as today to take steps to remove all regulatory control from the state's hands — 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.
"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."
Administrator opposes bill on Legal Services
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.
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.
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Kids and Valentines page 2
Valentine Legends page 3
Valentine Trips page 4
Valentine Cards page 4
Valentine Memories page 5
Sending Flowers page 5
Novel Gifts page 6
Romance and Marriage page 7
Valentine Personals page 8-
Florists page 10
Heart Myths page 11
Changes with Romance page 12
Romantic Dates page 13
Kissing page 14
Singles page 14
Lingerie page 15
Chocolate page 16
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Hilltop kids choose favorite valentines
By Kari Van Hoof Special to the Kansan
Lena, 7, who attends Hilltop Child Development Center, would like to receive a valentine from Donald Duck so she can make sure that he's friendly.
"The first time I went to Disneyland, he tried to bite it off my hand," the little blond girl said, giggling and squirming in her pint-sized chair. Then she paused and thought for a moment. "I don't know if it was a kiss or a bite. Luckily Donald Duck doesn't have any teeth."
Expressing their opinions on everything from politics to music, four young girls from Hilltop recently agreed that giving and receiving valentines were the best parts of Valentine's Day.
The girls, in discussing who they would like to send valentines to, came up with a wide variety of recipients.
Allison, a politically partisan 8-year-old, said she would like to send President Bill Clinton a valentine.
"I would give one to the president because we finally have someone decent besides George-barf"-Bush." she said.
"I would give one to Kris Kross," she
However, Allison doesn't merely concern herself with politics. She's also a big rap music fan.
said, as she did a take from the rappers' hit song, "Jump." The other girls joined her for a couple of quick dance moves before Allison said, "They're cool, but I don't know where they live."
"I'd probably give one to a TV corporation called Nickelodeon because I love all their shows," she said. Nickelodeon is a cable television channel noted for its educational and family programming.
Bethany, 8, would like to send a valentine to a particularly unusual recipient.
Emily, 7, the shiest girl of the bunch,
raised her hand to speak.
"I'd want one from my parents because I hardly get to see them," she said slowly. "My mom and dad go to work."
If Bethany could open up the mailbox and find a valentine from anyone in the world, she said she would want it to be from one of teenage friends.
"Or someone that I really like," she said.
"Or someone that I really like," she said. Besides the traditional exchanging of valentines, the girls said that Valentine's Day offered an educational experience for everyone.
"You learn to be nicer." Emily said.
"You learn to draw hearts better." Alli soaid.
"You learn not to eat too much candy or else you'll get a stomach ache." Lena said.
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