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KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.103.NO.98
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1994
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Student Senate hesitates to allocate funds
By Denise Nell Kansan staff writer
As Student Senate tries to distribute its remaining unallocated funds, two groups are being forced to downsize or eliminate plans for cultural events.
The Asian American Student Union's bill to sponsor their annual festival was voted down at last week's Student Senate meeting, and a bill presented by the Bangladesh Club was not heard.
The Asian-American group originally asked the Senate to contribute $4,832 to its annual cultural festival, which will be held in March. At the time the group presented its bill, it had raised $7,277 on its own.
The bill was approved at the Jan. 26 meeting of the finance committee, but failed when presented at the meeting of the full Senate last week.
Travis Harrod, head of the Student Senate Executive Committee, said he thought the bill
failed because last year's festival had failed to attract many people.
But Kuo-Jen Tsao, off-campus senator and external vice president of the Asiatic American Student Union, said the group had not yet had time to establish its festival.
"The organization is only three years old," he said. "Last year was the first time we put on a festival."
Last night, the finance committee passed a new bill in which the group requested only $2,775 for the festival. The full senate will vote on that bill at next week's meeting. Even if it passes, Tsao said some of the four speakers planned for the event may have to be cut out.
Harrod said that when considering requests for funding from different groups, senators must rely on their best judgment. They look at factors such as how reasonable the request is, what kind of success the group has had in drawing people to its events and what they know personally about the group.
The Hispanic American Leadership Organization's request for funding to help fund its Hispanics of Today conference in April was one example of what the senators look for, Harrod said. The group's request for $5,444 was approved at last week's meeting.
"They've proved themselves to be fiscally responsible," he said. "They're a group that can take money and do with it what they say they're going to do."
The Bangladesh Club also experienced frustrations when it requested $1,475 at the Jan. 26 finance committee meeting to fund a cultural celebration.
Rashed Haque, president of the Bangladesh Club, and two other organizers of the event who attended were told that they were in violation of a Senate rule that says bills must be filed at least 20 business days before the event is to occur.
Haque said the group filed the bill Jan. 21. The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 11, only 15 business days later.
"No one told us about the 20-day waiting period," Haque said. "They're not sure about the rules themselves. They're arguing about the rules all the time."
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Jeremy Haas, Senate treasurer, said that the rule had been established about two years earlier to allow Senate enough time to get the paperwork together.
"We want to fund projects people have spent time on and said 'we'd like to hold this event here' instead of saying 'we want to have a party next week — can you fund it?'" he said.
Haque also attended the last week's meeting of the full Senate. He said the group attempted to get the bill heard again, but the Senate voted against bringing it on the floor.
Haque said that the festival had been postponed indefinitely until the group could find alternate means of paying for it.
Flooding forces Union evacuation
"They didn't show any respect for my country or culture," he said. "They wouldn't even hear the bill."
Students leave half-heartedly as alarm sounds
By Jamie Munn Kansan staff writer
Water poured from ceiling tiles and light fixtures as more than 400 students and employees were evacuated from the Kansas Union yesterday.
The Union's fire alarm was triggered when a sprinkler pipe froze and broke in the ceiling above the fourth floor lobby, said Jim Long, director of the Union.
Jerry Karr, Lawrence fire department battalion chief, said the break had occurred in a one-and-a-half inch elbow of the sprinkler system's pipes. Any water leakage automatically sets off the fire alarm.
The Union was open again by 3 p.m.
The fire department shut off the water to the building once firefighters had assessed the situation. By that time water had run down the blue tile steps of the Union's main stairwell, crept into the University Bookstore and flowed down to the first floor, Karr said.
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"I'm a rebel without a clue," he said.
Although insurance adjusters were expected to arrive yesterday afternoon, Bill Towns, operations manager for the Union, said he could not estimate the amount of damage to the building.
Karr said the firefighters were most concerned with the water in the Union's elevators. Fire fighters disabled the electricity in the elevators because water had run down into the shafts.
Although the Union had just celebrated its renovation and rededicated last fall, Long said, he did not know whether the cracked pipe had been part of the remodeling.
KU police Sgt. Rose Rozmiarek
said the alarm registered at 1:10 p.m. Fire trucks were dispatched immediately to the site.
Karr said two fire engines, one ladder truck, a commander car and 14 firefighters had been sent to the scene.
Towns said he thought the evacuation went well.
Mary Jo Hadl, Union post office employee, said she thought the Union lobby was especially crowded because of the cold weather.
"We initiated the evacuation right away and everyone was out within seven minutes,"he said.
"It couldn't have happened at a worse time," she said.
Helen Harrell, Union information center employee, said students got up out of their chairs automatically when the fire alarm sounded.
"We have so many false alarms here it's hard to tell," she said. "But once we saw the water, we knew there was a problem."
Carolyn Baer, Oklahoma City senior, said she was eating in the 'Hawks Nest on the third floor when she heard the alarm — but she didn't feel worried.
"We all just sat there because we didn't notice anything unusual," she said.
Some students in the Union didn't believe the alarms.
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Lawrence firefighters discuss options for handling water running from the ceiling in the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. A frozen water pipe cracked yesterday at about 1 p.m., and the Union had to be temporarily evacuated.
Hall to get cultural living area
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
The KU departments of student housing and International Studies will give students a chance to perfect their Spanish-speaking skills outside the classroom next fall.
One floor in McCollam Hall will be designated as a Spanish floor. The floor will be open to 80 students learning Spanish as a second language, as well as native Spanish speakers. Activities with Latin American and Hispanic themes will be offered as part of the program.
Terry Weidner, associate director of International Studies, proposed the idea to the housing department.
"We want to create an environment where students can study a language in an intense way," he said.
Milton Scott, assistant director of student housing, said it was important for the University to put living and learning together.
"We are looking at how we can bring the academic experience into the residence hall community," he said. Scott said this was a program similar to the Excellence in Ellsworth program, in which freshman honors students live on the same floor together.
"We continue to see that the living and learning concept works well," he said.
Although the program will target undergraduate, Weidner said, graduate students also will be welcome, some possibly as resident assistants.
Yorka Velasco, La Paz, Bolivia, senior and vice president of Hispanic American Leadership Organization, said the program would be a good incentive for those studying Spanish.
Velasco said the community atmosphere will help students learn more about the culture.
"My confidence that this program will work is based on the other programs around the country," he said.
The active Spanish-speaking community at KU could also be a factor in its success, Weidner said.
Scott said programs like this could help make the University seem a little smaller.
"When we bring people to campus we can put them into a smaller community," he said.
Student autonomy will be an important part of the program, Scott said. Residents will decide specific policies on speaking Spanish on the floor.
"It's going to be successful only because the individuals will be involved," he said. "The experience they get from the community will help them in the long run."
Weidner said he hoped the University would eventually offer similar programs with other languages.
"My hope is that this is a starting point," Weidner said.
Students interested in living in the new community should contact Milton Scott in student housing at 864-4560.
Remembering the Holocaust
Steven Spielberg's award-winning film, "Schindler's List" is one of many recent attempts to record the plight of the Jews during World War II.
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'Schindler's List' tops list of nominees
The Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A German businessman who protects Jews from the Nazis. A mute New Zealander who leaves her husband. Innocent women and men accused in an Irish Republican Army bombing.
Academy Award voters this year honored seemingly uncommercial storylines and the largest beneficiary was Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama "Schindler's List," which received a leading 12 Oscar nominations Wednesday. Its nominations include best picture and best director.
Other films receiving multiple nominations include the New Zealand drama "The Piano" and the IRA story "In the Name of the Father," both among the five best picture nominees. Also notable this year: Tom Hanks was nominated in the best acting category for playing a gay man dying of AIDS in "Philadelphia."
"This is a very special moment for all of us who have dedicated ourselves to this subject," Spielberg said of "Schindler's List." "The news of 12 nominations was overwhelming."
The biggest loser was Hollywood itself. Just one traditional studio release — the stylish thriller "The Fugitive" — earned nominations in more than one top category.
"Schindler's List" chronicles businessman Oskar Schindler's efforts to rescue and employ concentration camp prisoners in a factory making intentionally unusable Nazi munitions.
Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the highest-grossing release in movie history, was largely ignored in Oscar balloting, collecting three nominations in technical categories.
But "Philadelphia," the first big studio film about AIDS, got five nominations, including best actor for Hanks and best original screenplay. "In the Name of the Father," a little-seen
The nominations reflect the longheld belief that movies released later in the year receive more favorable attention. The leaders in nominations were released in late November or December.
account of a falsely convicted Irish rebel Gerry Conlon, received seven nominations, including best picture and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis.
Wednesday's results also support the theory that the Academy takes drama more seriously than comedy. Robin Williams' cross-dressing performance in the hugely successful "Mrs. Doubtfire" was overlooked. "Sleepless in Seattle" received just two nominations.
While critically acclaimed works got most of the top nominations, "The Joy Luck Club," "Naked" and "Much Ado About Nothing" were among the well-received films snubbed by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters.
ACTRESS: Angie Bassett, "What's Love Got to Do With It"; Stockton Channing, "Six Degrees of Separation"; Holly Hunter, "The Piano"; Emma Thompson, "The Remains of the Day"; Debra Winger, "Shadowlands."
The envelope please...
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, "In the Name of the Father"; Laurence Fibsume, "What's Love Got to Do With It"; Tom Hanks, "Philadelphia"; Anthony Hopkins, "The Remains of the Day"; Liam Neeson, "Schindler's List."
Nominees for the 68th annual Academy Awards:
PICTURE: "The Fugitive," In the Name of the Father,
"The Plano," "The Remains of the Day."
"Schulden's list."
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"; Ralph Reeves, "Schindler's List"; Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive"; John Malkovich, "In the Line of Fire"; Pete Postlethwait, "In the Name of the Father."
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Holly Hunter, "The Firm"; Anna Paquin, "The Piano"; Rosie Peresz, "Fearless"; Winona Ryder, "The Age of Innocence"; Emma Thompson, "In the Name of the Father."
DIRECTOR: Jim Sheridan, "In the name of the Father"; Jane Campain; "The Piano"; James Ivory, "The Remains of the Day"; Steven Spielberg.
MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE: Elmer Bernstein, "The Age of Innocence"; Dave Grusin, "The Firm"; James Newton Howard, "The Fugitive"; Richard Robbins, "The Remain of the Dawn"; John Williams, "Schlider's List"
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