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Student Senate presidential candidates debated in a casual meeting Friday afternoon in the Union. Questions focused on college affordability and other aspects of their platforms.
First Senate debate tests candidates
DARBY VANHOUTAN @darbyvanhoutan
The first debate of Student Senate campaign season illustrated that although the grandiose platforms each of the four coalitions are running on are oftentimes very similar, they differ in minute details that are evidently brought to the surface with two things: good questions and pizza.
The Friday afternoon debate, which was hosted by the Dole Institute of Politics Student Advisory Board (SAB), was not only the first time coalition presidential candidates
were given a publicized platform to ask each other questions, but also the first time these candidates were forced to answer questions surrounding controversial topics they sometimes avoid.
"Your responses are great but I think alternative facts are just truly lies," TrueKU presidential candidate Chancellor Adams said across the stage in response to a comment by Onward presidential candidate Chance Maginness.
This was a response to one of the first hot-button issues, specifically the issue of where each coalition
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stands in support of a $50 per semester fee over the next 30 years to fund Union renovations.
Adams' response came when Maginness, who once served as chair of the RedoYourU campaign,
answered with a definite yes and said people who doubt that the campaign is student-run, such as Adams, are wrong.
The question was asked by SAB Pizza and Politics Director William Admussen who served as both organizer and mediator for the debate.
In response to the question, KUnited presidential candidate Tomas Green answered no on the basis of not wanting to raise student fees. OneKU presidential candidate Mady Womack, who later said later she was voting no on the referendum, gave a long-winded answer to
the original question that in short said she would "support and defend" the decision of the student body.
Throughout the rest of the event, Womack often cross-questioned the others on the stage, bringing up issues with feasibility and each candidate's personal history.
Green came under fire after receiving a question from Admussen regarding the plausibility of KUnited's platform on disallowing guns in residence halls.
'I think it's important to acknowledge the fact
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Fraternity org. aims to improve Greek life
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Fraternities around Lawrence have formed the Kansas Fraternity Landlords' League (KFLL) to promote best practices among fraternities and increase the number of freshmen living in fraternity houses.
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Aaron Racine, the KFLL executive director, said that the organization was created by 10 large fraternities at the University to offer guidance on better practices and communication among them.
Members of Sigma Chi fraternity play basketball at the court behind their house.
"There was very little communication between houses, so alumni felt it was necessary to pull resources, create best practices discussions and have an open, regular line of communication," he said.
ed and marketing communications director, which is why it just announced its existence.
KFLL was created last summer but just recently finished signing up members and representatives of these house, said Don Pfannenstiel, the KFLL integrat-
Nearly 1,000 undergraduates are living in the organization's fraternities according to a news release sent to the Kansan. In it results of a survey made by KFLL showed that freshmen living in fraternity houses had better academic performances and success than their peers.
There was very little communication between houses."
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research.
Racine said the organization will hopefully improve what's working and help address the issues within fraternities by giving recommendations based on its
"The goal is to identify what's been working, keep the good grades," he said.
Nick Reddell, member of the Phi Kappa Psi housing corporation board, said he feels the organization will help fraternities deal with a number of issues, including risk management, which refers to the process of identifying and controlling possible financial threats. Based on his perception, he feels it will help with communication among fraternities.
He said that because he is one of the youngest members of a housing board, he is not removed from how it used to be at the University, and therefore, has better insight on issues within fraternities.
["It's] not like an island anymore," he said. "If something happened in a house, it felt like there was no one to reach out to."
"My expectation is to hopefully inform the community [about] what really goes on, and, in that way, get rid of misconceptions," Reddell said.
For Racine, the organization wants to change perceptions usually associated with fraternities by highlighting positive aspects and serving as the go-to entity for comments whenever issues arise regarding fraternities.
"Many times, when issues with fraternities arise, the media won't know who to go for comment," he
said. "We want to become a source of information, a querying house on fraternities."
At the end of the day, Racine said, the purpose of the organization is to get buildings to stay profitable.
"We just want to get the word out - especially for prospective students
- about the positives aspects of living in fraternities during the first year," he said.
TrueKU may lose senatorial slate
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The sanction requested by Farlow on the complaint is to disallow TrueKU from having senatorial candidates on its slate, then allowing the students who would have been on that slate had the charter been filed to run independently in the upcoming election.
According to Farlow, this particular violation has no precedent and therefore makes the decision regarding reparations against the coalition difficult, should it be found to have committed the violation. Farlow said the decision will likely be made on what he requested in his complaint, as well as the commission staying true to its responsibilities.
The senatorial slate comprises the student senators running under the coalition's president and vice president, and typically are voted on alongside their associated coalition's name on ballots.
Student Senate coalition TrueKU may be forced to run its campaign without a senatorial slate depending on the outcome of a violation complaint filed by Elections Commission Chair Garrett Farlow.
"I think that the most fair thing to do is to allow them to run as independent candidates in this election," Farlow said. "It's our job to be promoting an inclusive body and we shouldn't be barring people from running. I'm hoping that this is a solution that can be
The complaint, which was filed Wednesday by Farlow, claims that TrueKU violated section seven of Student Senate Rules and Regulations. The rule cited requires all coalitions running in a Student Senate election to file a coalition charter — a formal list of the signatures from candidates running with each coalition's senatorial slate, by the Monday two calendar weeks before the election — which was March 27.
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"We have to own up to what we failed at and at the same time we have to keep moving forward," TrueKU Presidential candidate Chancellor Adams said. "It was a mistake, but at the same time, it's not hurting us."
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KU experts warn MIPs can risk future jobs
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Every year when spring break rolls around, new stories of underage drinking and its consequences emerge, with stories of student arrests coming from around the country.
Now that spring break has passed, students must come back to reality.
University officials strongly emphasize the importance of keeping a clean legal record for when students begin to look for jobs.
"As part of a background check, employers can ask questions if a qualification is related to and essential to perform a job... If an employee will be required to drive a company vehicle as part of their position duties, then the background check may include information about an applicant's driving record and license," Schwabauer said.
David Gaston, executive director of the University Career Center, said students who may face charges "have to do whatever you can to get them off your record."
Gaston mentioned that this is because more and more companies are doing background checks.
Jolene Phillips, assistant director of the Business Ca
According to Cathy Schwabauer, Director of the University's Ladd Engineering Career Center, the comprehensiveness of the checks varies depending on the job.
reer Services Center, said that employers' perception of the crime "will depend on a lot of factors such as the type of crime, how long ago it happened, how related it is to the job, [and] how many crimes are on the person's record."
Gaston said the concept behind a favored style of interviewing employers use, known as behavioral interviewing, "is that past behavior predicts future performance." If anything comes up in a background check the company may reconsider or do additional research, Gaston said.
One good example Gaston compared these red flags to is professional sports.
"You hear all this stuff about the draft: 'This kid has a lot of upside, but he's got this drug [charge].' It's the same thing. You don't want to be that guy," he said.
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One example Gaston briefly discussed was Johnny Manziel, whose notorious partying lifestyle eventually led to his exit from the NFL because
many teams felt he was too big of a risk to take. Gaston said employers avoid hiring people with red flags because of the risks of it predicting or affecting future behavior.
"That proves that people were right to be weary. He had these problems ... and it affected him. It was a precursor to his inability to perform," he said.
Another thing Gaston emphasized was that employers are ultra-conscious of their image, brand, and organizational culture. Employers will shy away from people to appear to be a risk to their image.
If you do get a charge, however, it doesn't necessarily mean the end to your future ambitions. Many misdemeanor crimes offer diversion programs to get the charge off their records to offenders under certain circumstances.
Both the Engineering and Business Career Centers emphasized the importance of student's cleaning up their image after an offense.
"You don't want to be limited when you're 19 or 20 for the rest of your life and it keeps you from doing what you want to do, if you don't get it off your record," Gaston said.
Schwabauer and Phillips suggested students to seek legal help, specifically from the University's Legal Services for Students program, a free service for KU students.
"Students should always seek legal advice when they get charged with any violation," Jo Hardesty, Director of Legal Services for Students, said. "They may able to avoid a conviction. In addition, they should contact our office about having arrests or convictions expunged from their criminal record."
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that when guns are brought into concentrated living environments oftentimes the rates of suicide will increase and rates of discomfort and safety concerns will increase, especially for marginalized students," Green said. "We need to be really cognizant of how we can really be sure that students feel safe where they live and that's why we wanted to start in KU Housing."
Womack was the first, followed shortly after with similar charges by Maginness, to provide reasons why, in her
"As Student Senate Government Relations Director this year I devoted primarily my entire year to trying to change that law to not allow guns on campus. I can say that ultimately [Green's plan] is not feasible," Womack said.
Inclusivity of Student Senate is another issue that came up repeatedly during the event. Adams said the lack of representation in Student Senate was apparent the first time he stepped into the chambers.
"I didn't know what being black meant until the first time I walked into Student Senate," Adams said,
describing the first meetings as the "closest he will ever get to a culture shock."
This theme continued when Adams' prior attitudes toward Multicultural Student Government were questioned later on in the debate.
opinion, this proposal isn't achievable.
"We 100 percent support the Multicultural Student Government. What we want to do is work with them to create a bicameral government with us in Student Senate," Adams said.
Womack was quick to respond to Adams' pledged support for MSG, asking how his attitude changed from last year's debates within Student Senate
regarding a proposed $2 MSG fee where he said he did not.
"At first I did not support but then, as a member of [Black Student Union] in representing those communities, that it was important to support it," Adams said. "I changed my mind literally up there on the podium in front of everybody. You can go back to the records and read it."
The debate, which lasted over an hour and drew a crowd of more than 50 individuals, continued in this fashion with candidates' viewpoints and track records being questioned.
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If the commission decides on Farlow's recommended punishment, candidates who have completed all other required work can still support TrueKU and identify themselves with that coalition, they just will not have "TrueKU" next to their names on the ballot, according to Farlow.
reached by the commission.
The suggested sanction will have no effect on the status of Adams or vice presidential candidate Andrew Davis. The two will both stay affiliated with TrueKU.
Adams said he takes nothing but ownership of the mistake made by his coalition and describes the complaint as "less than a bump in the road" for the goals his coalition is trying
"A lot of people think we're unorganized and underdeveloped and I think that's not the case," Adams said. "That doesn't mean that we won't have an organized team."
to accomplish.
Although the recommended punishment being carried out would make TrueKU the only coalition running without a slate of senators, Adams said he is far from deterred.
"A lot of people are confused because they like to do it the traditional way, but we understand and take pride in the fact that we've been doing things nontraditionally." Adams said.
The final decision win be left to the Elections Commission, minus Farlow, who must recuse himself as a voting member, at TrueKU's hearing next Monday.
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With a little over two weeks remaining in Student Senate campaign season, all four coalitions running for elections have spent less than $700 combined, according to spending reports provided to the Kansan by the Elections Commission. The combined spending makes up less than a fourth of the coalitions' combined spending caps.
A commonly underreported topic on college campuses, the spending done in Student Senate elections, has become a point of conversation on campuses nationwide. Universities like Ohio State have been found to have major political groups contributing large amounts of money to student government elections in an attempt to increase conservative candidates in leadership positions.
The current spending cap is $1,000 per coalition, which, although debated and amended higher and lower in years following, was put in place in spring 2014.
each coalition spent upwards of $10,000, as a reason for supporting caps on spending.
As recently as last year, these same discussions were brought to the forefront of the University following several years of no spending caps, unenforced spending caps or high spending caps.
Elections Commission Compliance Chair Harrison Baker is in support of the current cap, saying it's "there for a reason," referencing back to the 2013 Student Senate elections between Ad Astra and KUnited, where
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The four current coalitions, TrueKU, KUnited, Onward and OneKU, are required by Student Senate Rules and Regulations to report any spending to the Elections Commission each Monday by 5 p.m. Failing to report any coalition spending to the Elections Commission is considered an egregious violation. A typical and almost certain punishment for a violation of this, Baker said, is disqualification.
So far, each coalition has obeyed this rule and is permitted to spend money, given they don't exceed the $1,000 cap, up until the election on April 12 and 13.
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TrueKU
So far, according to reports filed by their Elections Commission Liaison Constanza Castro, the TrueKU coalition has spent $0 — the only one out of the four to have not yet spent any money.
Although isolated in that they have not campaigned monetarily, this doesn't mean TrueKU has any less of a chance. This is because of the changing landscape of advertising in campaigns, according to Baker.
"You can win an election, honestly, on less than $600 I would guess," Baker said. "If you plan well, if you reach to people well, if you use social media to your advantage, you don't need to spend that much money. Today's realm is a social media election."
The same reports showed, however, that TrueKU is the coalition that has raised the most money thus far. A total of $796 has been collected by the coalition by means of a GoFundMe campaign.
A similar method of fundraising was employed by the current Student Senate when they campaigned as OneKU in last years' Student Senate election, according to Student Body President Stephonn Alcorn. The coalition raised $1,000 through GoFundMe, bringing them to the cap before ultimately winning.
KUnited
The KUnited coalition has spent a total of $70.34 in the almost seven weeks since their launch.According to reports filed by Elections
Commission Liaison Emma Anderson, the spending totaled up through the purchase of a website, chalk and Facebook ads.
The reports show that, unlike TrueKU and OneKU, these expenses were not paid for through a GoFundMe. According to KUnited presidential candidate Tomas Green, initial costs at early stages of the campaign were paid for by himself, but fundraising from family and friends has gotten them to the halfway point of the $1,000 cap.
They'll receive the rest of the money through the Equitable Elections Fund (EEF), a fund created by Student Senate which provides up to $700 of a coalition's funding if they raise at least $300 on their own and operate by
Student Senate Rules and Regulations.
"We have fundraised about $500 from other sources which will help cover the rest of our costs. And with the EEF, we will be fully funded," Green said.
Onward
Thus far, the Onward coalition has spent $185.36, according to spending reports filed weekly by Elections Commisions Liaison Ryan Billups. This money has been spent on chalk, index cards, paper and buttons, according to the same reports.
Like KUnited, Onward has decided to not achieve this funding through fundraising or other means and instead has paid out of pocket for everything purchased.
According to presidential
candidate Chance Maginness, these expenses are being paid by only himself and vice presidential candidate Logan Miller.
"I don't want to burden members," Maginness said in regards to how they chose to get funding.
OneKU
OneKU has, so far, spent the most out of the four coalitions at $388.76, according to weekly spending reports filed by Elections Commission Liaison Charles Jetty.
OneKU has used these funds to buy an easel pad, chalk, buttons and website registration. According to the same weekly spending reports, OneKU has achieved their funding, a total of $625 so far, through a GoFundMe, like TrueKU.
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Planned Parenthood has more to it than just abortions. The right-wing media likes to make it seem that all women go to Planned Parenthood to get rid of unwanted pregnancies, when in fact Planned Parenthood does way more than just abortions.
Last summer, two anti-abortion activists illegally videotaped Planned Parenthood employees, and edited the videos to make it seem as though Planned Parenthood was selling the limbs of dismembered babies for a profit, which is illegal.
There were investigations in 13 different states involving Planned Parenthood, but there were no charges brought up against Planned Parenthood.
When people like these anti-abortion activists try and manipulate the way people see and think about Planned Parenthood, it takes away from all the immense good Planned Parenthood does for women and men around the country.
For 100 years now, Planned Parenthood has been offering all kinds of services to women and men, including STI/STD testing and treatment, contraception, cancer screening and prevention, pregnancy tests, family practice services and abortion services. Out of all of these services provided to
women and men every year only 3 percent of them are abortion services.
Most people are going into Planned Parenthood to try to prevent ever having to decide whether to have an abortion or not."
Many people attempt to demonize Planned Parenthood by highlighting the abortion services, when in fact Planned Parenthood primarily tries to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Over 2 million people are served by Planned Parenthood health centers in some way or another, and 80 percent of those who are served by them are going in for services like family planning.
Most people are going into Planned Parenthood to try to prevent ever having to decide whether to have an abortion or not.
Many people in the U.S. however, only see Planned Parenthood from the eyes of organizations such as Breitbart News, which is notorious for spreading lies. While Planned Parenthood has never been charged with anything in regard to the investigations into the selling of baby parts, Breitbart puts out articles trying to scare people into believing that everything the activists videotaped is actually true.
For those who say they don't want to pay for someone else's abortion because Planned Parenthood gets federal funding, there is no need to worry. You aren't.
Planned Parenthood is not allowed to use federal funding for abortion services.
Even though some parts of the media would like to make the public think differently, the fact of the matter is this: an estimated 579,000 unwanted pregnancies are avoided by Planned Parenthood contraceptive services annually. In other words, without Planned Parenthood, there would be more than a half million more unwanted pregnancies per year.
Planned Parenthood helps millions of women and men get the care and services they need and should not be defunded. It is OK to oppose abortions, but what is not OK is to take away the resources women need to avoid the situation in the first place.
Alyssa Hoedl is a freshman from Olathe studying journalism and political science.
Liston: Students need civic education
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RYAN LISTON @rlisten235
As American citizens and residents, we all ought to understand how our government operates and how we can influence it. As college students, we have a unique opportunity to educate ourselves on American politics by enrolling in courses that focus on the topic, the most basic one being Introduction to U.S. Politics.
American democracy arose from debates, discussions, compromises and conflicts between people who each had a different vision for how the country should operate. These deliberations molded the political and governmental systems within the United States. Understanding these systems without proper education may seem like traversing a foreign country without a map.
According to Pew Research Center, millennials (those born between 1981-1998) and baby boomers (born between 1946-1964) were nearly tied for the number of voting-age individuals
in 2016: both generations contained over 69 million individuals. Yet, millennials consistently have significantly lower voter-turnout rates than older generations and are, therefore, not taking advantage of their political potential.
Soon, millennials will surpass the baby boomers as the generation with the most voting-age individuals. However, if millennials do not become more engaged in the political process, baby boomers will likely continue to determine the outcome of the next election cycles.
Research from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville suggests that taking political science courses increases political engagement. Through these courses, students may discover an interest in politics or in political causes that encourage them to participate in the political process.
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do not become more engaged in the political process, baby boomers will likely continue to determine the outcome of the next election cycles."
Students may also feel more confident getting involved in politics if they have a solid understanding of the political and governmental systems of our country.
Learning about American democracy can help us become more informed on the issues facing our nation, and on how we can influence the government. Since all of our lives are impacted by politics, all students should take a basic American politics course and apply that knowledge to political action.
Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying journalism and political science.
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Gonzaga men's basketball reached their first national title game in the school's history. But, according to a statistical model built by Associate Professor Jonathan Templin, Gonzaga may have been destined to taste their first national title before the first tournament tipoff.
Templin said the model works by looking at the
Templin, an associate professor of educational psychology and longtime sports fan, created the statistical model to accurately predict the results of the NCAA's March Madness tournament. He said he started working on the model about two years ago, but this year he actually put it to use.
scores of each team during a game, and then looking at each team's offensive and defensive outputs.
"We essentially try to model that directly and we model an offensive strength versus a defensive strength," Templin said.
He said it also looks at data like who is playing in the game and where the game is being played, whether at home or away. Another factor is how consistently a team is playing offensively and defensively.
Templin used the example of Kansas and Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen.
"For instance, KU is a very consistent team this year and we try to model how much variability there can be around that score," he said. "So the model would think KU is very consistent at scoring but also scoring very consistently close to the other
teams and we make a prediction based on all of that."
Lesa Hoffman, associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the model differs from other statistical models in that there is a reliance on actual previous performances to make predictions, rather than metrics that may or may not have any logical basis.
We model an offensive strength versus a defensive strength."
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"Normally in research we want to use predictors to explain variability, without necessarily considering how the model makes predictions
for particular subjects or entities," Hoffman said.
As for the accuracy of the model, Templin said it's currently at about 75 percent, which is what he expected.
This year, his model shows Gonzaga coming out on top against North Carolina on Monday, April 3 in Phoenix.
Despite the overwhelming accuracy already in place, there is still an opportunity to add factors not yet incorporated in the model.
"Things like time in the season, changes of coaches, player injuries at certain games," Hoffman said. "These things may affect a given game's result beyond just which teams are playing."
Templin said he hopes by next year they can have the model at 80 percent accuracy and accessible for others to use. As for applying the model to other aspects of life and research. Templin said he would like to use the model to diagnose whether people have psychiatric disorders.
"It's a hobby so I enjoy it myself, but from the job angle, I think that what I hope would happen is spur more interest in how the model works and how to learn how to create something like that," Templin said.
Templin said what he thinks makes this model unique compared to others is that it's the merging of predicting the result and how consistent that will be.
That consistency factor really does make the difference for me in that a lot of models out there tend to treat consistency as the same for everybody, and that's just not the case in a lot of data or in life," Templin said. "So if we can use that to our benefit we can make it better."
Sam Smith cover wins KU's Got Talent
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Savanna Smith/KANSAN Wen-Ting Ong (left) and Alexis Alfaro (right) won first place during KU's Got Talent on Friday night.
In a night full of musical and visual performances from University students on Friday, March 31, only one competing team was able to come on top: singing and piano duo Wen-Ting Ong and Alexis Alfaro with Sam Smith's "Lay Me Down."
Twelve song, dance and Yo-Yo performances competed for the top prize of $400 at KU's Got Talent Friday night in Woodruff Auditorium. A panel of three judges — Jon Sabillon, the communications coordinator of the University Career Center; Nikita Haynie, assistant director of the University Career Center; and John Dillingham, advisor at KJHK — observed and provided feedback for each performance. The master of ceremonies for the night was Zana Pascoe, a representative for Student Admissions.
The 2016 champion of KU's Got Talent returned to the stage once again in an attempt to reclaim his title using with his dance moves and Yo-Yo. Patrick Canny walked onto the stage with just a yoyo
in his hand as Pascoe introduced his act. As soon as the music started, Canny mesmerized the audience with his fluid, sharp moves. Each trick Canny performed had the audience cheering and gasping.
"That is the loudest I have heard [the audience] all night," Pascoe said after Canny's performance.
However, even though Canny was unable to reclaim his first place title, he was able to score second place and win "crowd favorite."
Before Canny, the night opened up with the two-man band of Jaden Nussbaum and Drew Hafling performing a cover of "Best for Last," by Adele. Hafling's smooth-yetloud piano melded well with Nussbaum's powerful voice. Sabillon said the two seemed very comfortable with one another while on stage.
One of the standout performances of the night was the hip-hop dance by Blair Armstrong, performing her routine to Nicki Minaj's "Did It On 'Em." Armstrong's performance was smooth, matching her body's movements with the beat of the music. Dillingham said he enjoyed how her performance displayed her personality to the audience. Armstrong finished third in the competition.
The champions of the night, Ong and Alfaro, were the second piano-vocal duo of the night, with a rendition of Sam Smith's "Lay Me Down." Ong and Alfaro said that while they perform to win, they also aim to encourage and inspire with their act.
While the song is familiar.
Kylie Fogo, a freshman from Denver in attendance Friday night, said she thought the performances went very well and that some great talent showed up for the competition.
Alfaro made the song into his own using elements of opera and his wide vocal range. Ong's performance on the piano matched well with the power of Alfaro's voice. Ong went on to perform a short solo at the end of the song.
Fogo said Ong was her favorite performance of the night. Sabillon said he felt as if he was "riding a stallion through the desert" while listening to the duo's performance.
The night ended with first, second and third place receiving their awards, closing out the 12 performances that displayed the best of the University.
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The 2017 Major League Baseball season started on Sunday, April 2, with a game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press
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For all the splendor and entertainment that a myriad of major sporting events bring about, Major League Baseball's opening day still stands out above all others. The grandeur and ceremonial nature of opening day brings hope to even the most cynical fans and the most miserable teams.
Even though it was passed long ago by professional football as America's favorite sport, baseball is still nicknamed "America's pastime." Opening day perfectly encapsulates why this is still the case. It's a symbol of hope, a reason to get intensely excited all over again, just as you did the spring before.
After a winter of no games and a short, almostmeaningless slate of spring training games, the bevy of games on opening day can satiate even the most ravenous baseball hunger.
The beautiful thing about hope on opening day is that it applies to all fans. For fans of terrible teams, there's hope that this is the year your team finally executes a rebuild correctly.
For fans of mediocre teams, there's hope that this is the year your team finally makes it to the postseason.
For fans of teams that are good but not the best, there's hope that this is the year your team finally makes a serious run at a title.
For fans of teams like the world-champion Chicago Cubs, who just broke a 108-year run without a World Series title, in case you forgot, there's hope that this year will bring a second-straight championship.
As if we needed another reason to get excited about opening day, it signals that summer is near. The weather gets warmer, responsibilities dwindle (in some walks and stages of life, anyway) and
there are no other major sports to focus on.
It's a symbol of hope, a reason to get intensely excited all over again, just as you did the spring before."
The NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final are done
before the calendar turns to July, and important football games don't begin until well into the dog days of summer. As those other sports wind down or slowly get started, baseball is in full swing, grasping the complete attention of sports fans across the continent (don't worry, Canada, your beloved Toronto Blue Jays aren't forgotten).
The start of the MLB season always elicits
memories of playing catch with a parent, or pickup games with your friends or memorizing stats on the back of your favorite player's card. It harkens back to delightful moments, and promotes faithful, or borderline irrational, optimism for the future.
There's a simple beauty in opening day. There's a whole season to debate about front office moves, the relevance of sabermetrics and why
your ace pitcher completely lost his ability to locate his fastball. But, for that one day (either Sunday or Monday depending on your team of choice), it's nothing but pure bliss surrounding the return of our national pastime.
As it always does, hope springs eternal on opening day. For a nation of baseball fans, it couldn't get here soon enough.
Bill Self chosen for basketball Hall of Fame
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Kansas coach Bill Self has been selected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Hall announced on Saturday that Self, a first-ballot inductee, would be entering the prestigious group. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, former UConn women's standout Rebecca Lobo, Notre Dame women's coach Muffet McGraw and Texas high school coach Robert Hughes join this year's ballot.
"I'm very honored and very humbled because I know there are so many people out there that this game has been their life to them or they have based their entire life promoting and having great success at the game," Self said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "I feel humbled that I was remotely considered in that group."
After graduating from Oklahoma State, Self began his assistant coaching career at Kansas under Larry Brown in 1985-86. His assistant coaching career continued at
his alma mater from 1987- 1994. There he coached under Leonard Hamilton and Eddie Sutton. He had his first head coaching position at Oral Roberts from 1994- 97. He coached at Tulsa from 1996-2000 and Illinois from 2001-03 before coming to Kansas in 2004.
Self is the 20th person with ties to Kansas basketball to be selected for induction. Fellow Kansas coaches in the Hall of Fame are Brown, Phog Allen and Roy Williams. James Naismith — the Hall of Fame's namesake — was inducted for contribution to the sport, rather than coaching.
"Bill has earned this honor," Kansas Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger said in the release, "with his passion, his ability to teach, develop and adapt, and his consistency of excellence at the highest level over a long period of time. He has indelibly made his mark as a wonderful steward of the great tradition of Kansas basketball."
The induction ceremony takes place in September at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press Bill Self answers questions at the Basketball Hall of Fame news conference, Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz.
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Mason wins 3 national player of the year awards
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Associated Press Deputy Director of Sports Products Barry Bedlan hands Kansas' Frank Mason III his AP Player of the Year trophy at a news conference Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Glendale, Arizona.
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rank Mason III is going to need a bigger trophy case.
Since Kansas' season concluded, Mason has won the AP Player of the Year award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Naismith Trophy, in addition to earning consensus All-American status.
Mason averaged 20.9 points, 5.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds during his senior season, and sits No.6 all-time in Kansas program history in both points and assists. Mason is the first player in Jayhawk history to end their career ranked that high in those two categories.
Only three times in the past 20 years has a point guard swept the AP, Naismith and Robertson accolades. Michigan's Trey Burke did so in 2013 and St. Joseph's Jameer Nelson achieved the feat in 2004.
The Petersburg, Virginia, native won the AP Player of the Year award on March 30, marking the first Jayhawk to win the award since its inception in 1961.
"It is such a great honor and privilege to be here." Mason said after being presented with the AP trophy. "I have to thank my parents for putting me in this position and helping me become the man I am today."
Frank basically led us through every tough moment, which is what separates him from so many and makes him worthy of this award."
Bill Self Kansas Coach
Robertson himself presented Mason with the Oscar Robertson Trophy on March 31. Like the AP award, Mason was the first Jayhawk to take home the brass.
"Frank has had a terrific four years at Kansas. He has become better and matured each year, culminating with the best season that I've ever had a player have that I've coached," Bill Self said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "He was the leader, the personality and the most consistent performer on a very good team, averaging close to 21 points and more than five assists per game. More importantly, Frank basically led us through every tough moment, which
is what separates him from so many and makes him worthy of this award."
On April 2, Mason was awarded, yet again, with another accolade. This time around it was the James Naismith Trophy. Mason is the second Jayhawk to win the award, as Danny Manning took home the hardware in 1988.
"Dr. Naismith invented the game of basketball and we walk by his original rules every day in Allen Fieldhouse. He was Kansas' first coach so winning this award with his name on it and playing at Kansas brings this full circle," Mason said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "There is no way I could have won the
Naismith Trophy without great coaches, like coach (Bill) Self, the rest of the staff and great teammates. We accomplished a lot this season and this would not have been won without my teammates and coaches."
Awards season isn't over yet. Mason is still up for the Wooden Award and the Bob Cousy Award. The Wooden Award is presented to the best player in college basketball. The Cousy Award is given to the best point guard. The winner of those awards will be announced on April 7.
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FRANK MASON III'S ACCOLADES
• Associated Press Player of the Year
• Bleacher Report Player of the Year
• James Naismith Trophy
• NBC Sports Player of the Year
• Oscar Robertson Trophy
• Sporting News Player of the Year
• USA Today Player of the Year
• Consensus First-Team All-American
• Associated Press First-Team All-American
• Basketball Times First-Team All-American
• NABC First-Team All-American
• Sporting News First-Team All-American
• Wooden Award All-American
• USBWA First-Team All-American
• Big 12 Player of the Year
• First-Team All-Big 12
KU baseball narrowly defeats Texas, wins series
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It was the most electric moment at Hoglund Ballpark this season.
Caitlyn Salazar/KANSAN Sophomore outfielder Rudy Karre makes his way to the base in Kansas' 2-1 win over Texas. The series is split 1-1.
With a runner on second base and two outs in the ninth inning, senior closing pitcher Stephen Villines commanded the mound with hopes to preserve the victory over the Texas Longhorns - a victory that would etch his name into the Kansas baseball record books.
The batter, Texas sophomore Tate Shaw, grounded a single through the left side of the infield. With the runner sprinting upon contact, a strong, accurate throw from sophomore left fielder Devin Foyle was needed in order to maintain the Jayhawk lead.
"That was a crazy play
Foyle delivered the ball to freshman catcher Jaxx Groshans on a one-hop off the turf, and Groshans narrowly applied the tag to the backside of the Texas runner to send Kansas home with its second Big 12 win by a final score of 2-1.
A strong, accurate throw is exactly what the Jayhawks got.
That was awesome," Villines said as his smile stretched ear-to-ear. "I had a front row seat, it was pretty sweet."
Kansas coach Ritch Price also spoke regarding the play by Foyle, saying, "He made a really nice throw... and [the play] was about as close as it can be."
Villines was credited with the save, moving him into a tie with 2006 graduate Don Czyz for first place in Kansas baseball history with 31. He broke Czyz's record on Sunday.
"The legend of Don, we all still talk about him, with [Paul] Smyth and [Jordan] Piche', they're all great guys up there," Villines said. "To be even considered with those guys is a big honor."
They're all great guys up there, to be even considered with those guys is a big honor."
Stephen Villines Senior Closing Pitcher
The ending of the game was memorable, but the game would not have been as close if the team hadn't received the superb contributions put forth by junior left-handed starting pitcher Taylor Turski.
Entering the game ranked fourth in the Big 12 in opponent batting average, Turski added another quality start to his résumé as he pitched six scoreless innings, surrendered only three hits and struck out eight Texas batters.
He occasionally found himself in jams,but he worked himself out of them all and continued pitching his masterpiece.
Turski has posted five quality starts this season, three of which have come against then-ranked opponents - No.16 Virginia,No. 23 Stanford and No.3 TCU.
"As a pitcher, it's all about the composure," Turski said. "If you hold yourself well up there and you know you're good enough to get out of it, you'll get out of it."
A quality start is quantified as a pitcher completing the first six innings of a game while allowing three or fewer
"He's got great make-up and he's got great maturity," Price said. "He came here to pitch against Texas and TCU, and the rest of the great programs that we play."
runs.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, junior first baseman Owen Taylor stepped into the batter's box to the tune of his signature walk-up song, the opening sequence of Star Wars. With two strikes in the count and the bases loaded, Texas pitcher Morgan Cooper planted a pitch into Taylor's leg, which forced in Kansas' first run of the ballgame.
Texas escaped the inning without further damage, but Kansas struck again in the sixth when freshman right fielder Brett Vosik drove in fellow freshman Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi to extend the Jayhawk lead to two.
The Longhorns' only run came in the ninth when
Villines allowed a runner to score before Foyle made the game-defining play.
The Jayhawks are aiming to add to their repertoire of wins against quality Big 12 teams - a list that now includes both Texas and TCU.
"I really like this team," Price said. "I love the athleticism of the young guys."
Kansas won the series, defeating Texas 5-4 on Sunday.
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Savanna Smith/KANSAN Trinity Carpenter tears up as she speaks about MSG's part in the bill to include them in Senate bylaws claiming the bill was forced and reinforces the status quo.
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After three years of compromises, Multicultural Student Government was established and funded Wednesday night during full Student Senate.
The first bill, which adds MSG to the Student Senate Rules and Regulations, passed 36-3. The bill went through committees last week, and was voted on Wednesday with amendments. One of the main amendments defined the student groups MSG would help.
"This is a really, really great compromise between senior members of our executive staff with MSG leadership," Connor Birzer, the communications director, said. "We're really happy about the compromises that both side have made and to pass it off to the next year."
MSG received funding on Wednesday through the fee bill, which passed 40-3.
This was the second time that Senate has funded MSG. Last year, Senate gave MSG $2 of funding, but the bill was vetoed by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.
The funds earmarked for MSG within the
Multicultural Education Fund total $44,270. This money will fund programs such as Cultural Competency Education to help better educate fellow students on social justice and multiculturalism. Another funding item was
a multicultural student welcome that would take place during Hawk Week.
"I think that they worked very hard on their compromised bill," Law Senator Jonathan Ehrlich said. "I happen to disagree with them. The reason
I disagree is because I think that while MSG has their own purpose, the reason they gave us, I think that is potentially discriminatory."
Trinity Carpenter, the MSG chair, advocated for both bills, but said that
some of the compromises made were not in the best interest of multicultural students.
"It's progress, just not the progress we were looking for," Carpenter said. "We asked for one thing, and as marginalized students we were forced to compromise to accommodate what was already standing and a lot of the accommodations we gave should have been more reciprocal and accommodated to us."
Carpenter says that figuring out whether to have elections, appoint positions or go through a hiring process is next for MSG.
Some of these compromises included representation in MSG by Student Senate and a four-year memorandum of agreement that may not be sustainable.
The entire fee bill has to be approved by the chancellor before into effect.
Redo Your U banned from referendum campaigning
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Lev Comolli argues at a hearing on April 5 that the Redo Your U campaign used bribery and campaigned prematurely.
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At a hearing Wednesday night, the Student Senate Elections Commission cleared the Redo Your U group of bribery, but mandated that it cease all campaigning for the April 12 and 13 election.
The group can no longer campaign in favor of renovating and expanding the Kansas Union (via a referendum) as punishment for premature campaigning efforts. As a result, the group must remove all campaign materials, in good faith, by April 7 at 5:00 p.m., which includes the group's website.
Even though the group violated 7.7.2.3.5 of Student Senate Rules and Regulations (SSRR), which says premature campaigning will result in disqualification, the Elections Commission decided not to remove the Union renovation from the ballot due to the fact that the referendum was ordered by Student Senate.
"The Elections Commission feels that it is not our place, or within our power, to remove the referendum from the ballot," said Harrison Baker, Elections Commission compliance chair, during the hearing. "We were
Moreover, the commission cleared the union group of bribery, as their campaign materials do not fall under the SSRR's definition of "campaign materials," referring to "any paraphernalia or property with the primary purpose of promoting or opposing the election of any candidate or group of candidates to any Student Senate office," according to section 7.2.13 of SSRR.
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Faculty, students protest campus concealed carry
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The protest, organized by advocacy group Faculty for a Safer Campus, included a crowd of about 40 faculty members and students with signs like "Guns Don't Belong Here" and "No Campus Carry."
Rainy weather and the Kansas House's decision not to discuss the issue did not stop an anti-campus carry protest on Wescoe Beach on Tuesday.
Participants were protesting against the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on college campuses. The change, which takes effect July 1, is a result of a 2013 law allowing anyone over 21 years old to carry a weapon
After several attempts to pass bills through the committees of the Kansas legislature that would extend the exemption, legislatures in the Kansas House were hoping to bring the debate to the floor Tuesday by introducing a measure to a related bill. However, the measure to debate on Tuesday failed, 44-81.
But the Faculty for a Safer Campus group held the protest anyway, braving the rainy weather to do so. Darren Canady, one of the organizers of the protest, said he hoped the event not only got the attention of legislators in Topeka but also the attention of those on the University's campus.
Canady said he wanted the protest to "reinvigorate the debate on campus."
During the protest, around a dozen speakers, mostly faculty but also a couple students, spoke about their objections to guns on campus. The speakers brought up concerns of mental health, violence against LGBT+ people and free discourse in classrooms.
Cécile Accilien, the associate professor in the African and African-American studies department, said she
"Even if the exemption is extended or if we get guns, we know this cannot be the end," he said after the event.
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KU student ambassadors Allie Melendez and David Stine lead a campus tour for incoming freshman and their parents outside of the KU Center on Nov. 11. Melendez is a junior from Los Angeles, California and Stine is a senior from Olathe.
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Despite a decrease in Kansas high school seniors' enrollment in higher education, the University has still seen an increase in freshman enrollment.
During the February Board of Regents meeting, the Regents discussed how the number of Kansas high school seniors has decreased by 10 percent since 2012.
"We were aware of that," said Lisa Pinamonti Kress, the director of Undergraduate Admissions. "Anytime there is just a trend of high school graduates being on the decline, that means that's even more competition for all of the universities."
The Regents cited "an improving economy, rising tuition costs, and higher admission standards" in their Feb. 15 meeting's minutes as possible reasons for the decline.
The total number of in-state, first-time freshmen at the University decreased by 108 students in those five years, but overall the total number of first-time freshmen has increased by 462 students since 2012, and by 46 students in the past year. Pinamonti Kress said this is because of increased recruitment for out of state students.
"Because we knew about that we definitely did some initiatives," Pinamonti Kress said. "We also knew we needed to go out of state and recruit students out of state just because there was a decline with the high school
graduating classes in Kansas."
Pinamonti Kress said that some of these new initiative included increasing the number of out of state representatives from two to eight across the country. These representatives are University graduates located in Chicago, Dallas, Omaha, Nebraska, Denver, Minneapolis, St. Louis and San Diego who meet with potential students. She said that Undergraduate Admissions had worked on focusing more on out-of-state students to help with the decline.
"We've always wanted to make sure they know what KU can offer," Pinamonti Kress said. "We want to make sure we're competitive amongst all state universities. We really want students who are going to be successful here choose KU."
Breeze Richardson, the director of communications for the Regents, said the report would affect more community colleges than the University.
"43.5 percent of high school seniors enrolled in these institutions in the Fall of 2012, compared to just 35.8 percent in the Fall of 2016," Richardson said in an email. "A smaller decline was reported in high school senior enrollment in the state's public universities (state universities and Washburn), reporting 30.0 percent enrolling in the Fall of 2012 compared to 27.1 percent in the Fall of 2016."
In the same February meeting,the Regents discussed a new task force to look into how to reach out to first generation college students, a project that they believe will indirectly help with the decrease in admissions.
"The Board responded by establishing a task force to explore how first-generation students are navigating the postsecondary world," Richardson said. "In March they formally charged the task force and named its membership."
The Regents decided that admissions factors — "like affordability, proximity to their home, and programs offered," according to the minutes — were similar between first-generation students and other students that might not be interested in higher education. The
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The charges against Redo Your U were brought by Lev Comolli, the cofounder of KU Against Rising Tuition (KUART). Comolli accused the group of bribery and campaign violations.
However, the Elections Commission also suggested that KUART eliminate or at least scale back their campaigning against the referendum.
Tommy Finch, a sophomore from Lawrence who argued with Comolli on behalf of KUART, viewed this as unfair.
"I do think it is a little unfair that these sanctions are supposed to apply to both groups, even though only one of them is accused of actually violating the rules and has been found guilty of violating the rules," Finch said.
Finch said he wishes the commission would have removed the referendum from the ballot but is pleased that the commission punished the Redo Your U group for premature campaigning.
"It's good to see that the Elections Commission was able to find them guilty of early campaigning," Finch said.
Kassandra Valles, a senior from Mission, and Collin Cox, a sophomore from Alliance, Nebraska.
argued on behalf of Redo Your U.
"I'm glad that we stayed on the ballot because I think if we'd have been removed, it would have been a disservice to the student population," Valles said. "It's unfortunate that we were requested to cease our campaigning, and we will be seeking an appeal for that."
"I think that the students deserve to have access to that information because if it comes down to it at the end of the day that good faith doesn't go through, and it's just KUART campaigning against us, then we have no support," Cox said.
Cox said students deserve to have information on the Union renovation that will be removed as a result of the Elections Commission's decision.
Though the Union group was not charged with bribery, KUART offered evidence to show that they did. KUART accused the Union group of bribing students with items such as candy, tacos, money and other goods.
"I feel deeply disheartened that we are just now finding out about this," Cox said. "Being a week prior to the day of the vote, I feel it was though this was a blatant and malicious attempt to try to swallow the Redo Your U from advancing," Cox said.
"We need to disqualify them," Comolli said. "We need to remove them, and at the very least we need to make it publicly understood that their coalition has been practicing non-transparent, fallacious
Redo Your U will attempt to appeal the decision. In contrast, KUART will continue to persuade students not to vote for the Union renovation, Cox said.
"We plan on getting this message out that, yes, Redo Your U did violate campaign rules and was found guilty of violating campaign rules and then just bringing people back to our arguments," Finch said. "Hopefully, we can get some more attention and more votes."
often challenges students by conducting difficult discussions in her classes.
means and briberous (sic) means to advocate for a marketing campaign that the students do not truly and genuinely want."
"We have been using incentives as a means of outreach and information, and there's never been a quid pro quo or a yes to vote for any of this," Valles said.
Valles said the actions of Redo Your U were completely legal.
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"If there were guns on campus, I would feel much more scared to have discussions that pushed and challenged my students," she said during the event.
The commission debated for nearly an hour to discuss the matter that the Redo Your U called unprecedented.
Students both in support of and against campus carry watched the event and participated in discussions following. One student, campus carry supporter Scott Johnston, said he appreciated hearing what the protesters had to say, even if he didn't agree.
"I believe Second Amendment rights should be consistent," Johnston, a sophomore from Berryton, said.
Johnston said having concealed carry banned on campus when it's allowed off campus is not fair to gun carriers.
Senior Joseph Shelton from Lawrence disagreed, saying that there is no logic to the argument for allowing guns on campus. He said he hopes the protest helps show state legislators that they should take action on the still-pending efforts to stop campus carry that is currently stuck in committee.
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It includes presidents and student body presidents from Kansas colleges and universities, including University Student Body President Stephonn Alcorn.
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An event hosted Tuesday evening brought women at the University from varying backgrounds together to discuss one unifying topic—the salary differences between men and women. More than that, the event provided knowledge to women on negotiating future salaries in an attempt to close that gap.
"Closing the Gap: Salary Negotiation Skills for Women" was held in The Commons in Spooner Hall on Tuesday, April 4. The panel consisted of Kelly Tyler Burns, Rita Holmes-Bobo, Julie Berkhart, Olivia Jenski and Aramis Watson.
"Closing the Gap: Salary Negotiation Skills for Women was hosted by the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity, as well as the KU Career Services Alliance, which is made up of three different University career centers. According to the event's planners, the discussion had the main goals of educating, equipping and motivating women.
Rhiannon Racy, assistant director of the University Career Center, said she hoped the event not only informed those in attendance on the numbers surrounding this issue, but more importantly to her, provided individuals with tools to negotiate their future salaries.
provided tips to attendees on how to responsibly negotiate their own.
"We felt like this was an area that we could really connect with a lot of folks and really help support women of all different backgrounds and identities, and really try to help encourage confidence as well as provide some practical skills that women can take with them after they graduate," Racy said.
The almost two-hourlong event consisted of a panel of five women who discussed the history with their own salaries, as well as
Members of the panel included: Olivia Jensik, who works for management consulting at RSM consulting firm; Julie Berkhart, talent acquisition manager for the University's Human Resources; Aramis Watson, associate director of residence life for Student Housing; Rita Holmes-Bobo, president of Niles Home for Children and Kelly Tyler Burns, who works for culture and employee management at Voyage Consulting.
During the discussion, members of the panel focused primarily on simple tips women can use when discussing pay with employers. Each panel member provided examples from their own experiences of salary discussions with their higher-ups.
was an area that we could really connect with a lot of folks and really help support women of all different backgrounds and identities, "
Rhiannon Racy University Career Center assistant director
These tips included not negotiating pay until after a job has been offered, keeping track of praise you receive during employment to leverage yourself for a promotion
and also taking into consideration negotiating not only salary but things such as sick leave and signing bonuses.
Provost Neeli Bendapudi was also in attendance at the event, kicking off the panel with a jarring statistic. If the current gap between men and women's salaries continues to close the current rate it's at, it will take over 120 years before men and women receive the same pay, Bendapudi said. She hopes that discussions like these will help to shorten that life span.
"This is a very important topic because if you do nothing, if you don't participate
in things like this, all of us are going to be gone by the time we see some change, and that's not acceptable," Bendapudi said during the event.
The event, which was held at Spooner Hall Commons, drew a crowd of around 25 women.
Aoesta Mohammed, a Ph.D. student and graduate teaching assistant from Sulaimani, Kurdistan, said that she was not prepared, after leaving a country she said treats women much differently than men, to see issues of inequality in the United States, including salary discrepancies. She attended the
event first and foremost, she said, to get educated on the topic.
"I'm here to listen and learn all the principles of those differences and how we can fix that," Mohammed said.
Mohammed, who recently applied to a new job, said she hopes that the knowledge provided by the women on the panel will assist in the inevitable conversations she will need to have with desired employers.
"I want to have an idea of how I'm going to negotiate with them," Mohammed said. "I don't want to get less than, because my work ethic
and my skill set aren't less than my male colleague."
Priscilla Flores, a freshman from Dodge City, said she is fairly new to the job market but understands the wage and gender issues surrounding her major, chemical engineering, and attended the event in an attempt to become more prepared for decisions regarding her pay in the future.
"I know that with female engineers, if you let people walk all over you, they're going to do it," Flores said. "I really want to learn how to be ahead and show people what my worth is without being overbearing about it."
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Some days you have your shit together, and some days you wake up 8 mins before your bus comes. That day is usually Monday.
Raincoats without hoods are the most pointless fashion accessory ever invented.
Sylas and Maddys? More like Sylas and Daddy's.
It's a great day to be a Jayhawk.
Please don't light shit on fire the next time we win the championship thank you.
To biochem GTA, I see you checking me out. I'm ready whenever you are.
I took a bus an hour early to my class, I'm not even close to being late but the bus is running 3 minutes behind and that's stressing me
*gets seven minutes into class* "F---, I should have skipped"
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Saw a guy on the bus reading Harry Potter. The world is still good.
My goal in life is to be rich enough to be a sugar daddy.
what ever happened to rebecca black???
I saw some ants in my trash can the other day so I just sprayed some Pledge on it and went to class.
I just found $40 I forgot I had in an old wallet and I actually cried.
*at work* "Catch me in aisle 10 taking a nap"
I talk to my laptop more than people.
I've been trying to write this paper for three hours and my boyfriend is snoring away in bed. Can I kill him?
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Shondell: Omitting LGBT questions is harmful
► JOSEPH SHONDELL @jshondy
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Recently, the Trump administration quietly removed LGBT identity questions from a number of federal surveys. One of the agencies involved, the Census Bureau, removed LGBT questions from the first draft of the 2020 Census. This is a direct, "you don't count, you don't matter" move by our government.
Members of the LGBT community do not deserve
to take discrimination and prejudice that is sneakily directed towards them, especially in the forward thinking society we strive for. For every group of people that are marginalized, shut down or left out of the American conversation, these new "minor" deletions raise more red flags that the Trump administration does not care about their daily lives.
Gay rights groups view the decision to omit the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) questions as a slap in the face from the Trump administration.
Surveys that have seen the new deletions include the Older Americans Act participant survey and the Health and Human Service's form for people who help care for disabled
Americans. Both have seen no other additions or deletions except the LGBT oriented questions.
Members
Members of the LGBT community do not deserve to take discrimination and prejudice that is sneakily directed towards them, especially in the forward thinking society we strive for."
The LGBT orientations were added in 2014 after groups pushed for the change. The questions on the surveys were simple, directing the survey taker to disclose their sexual orientation. Another survey
on LGBT homelessness was completely removed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Kelly Mack, the spokeswoman for Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the deletion of the questions has to do with ending the "pilot test" for the new general sexuality questions. To rebut that claim, Kathy Greenlee, the assistant secretary for aging for HHS under President Obama, said, "I view this as a policy change, not the end of a pilot."
She elaborates on how each survey question is approved on a three-year basis, which displays that the LGBT identity questions were thoroughly thought over and never intended to be pilot or test questions. The deletions come after Trump promised on his campaign trail to, "do
everything in my power to protect LGBTQ citizens." This "promise" is now another claim the new president has seen fall through.
The deletions might seem like a small blow, but it ends up being much more than that. They single handedly undermine the principles of equal rights and reverse progress. The normalization of the things Trump says are starting to become a reality. The administration is already waging a war against the rights of Americans.
The deletions have given the American constituency a preview of the administration's policies to come.
Joseph Shondell is freshman from Roeland Park studying journalism and environmental studies.
Sanchez: Follow your calling, not others'
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SANDRA SANCHEZ @sssanchez26
Recently, I had a conversation with a professor about graduate school, and while I expected a healthy dose of cynicism, I was surprised by their negativity. Ever since I decided to study history, I've heard it all: the job market is terrible, prospects for humanities studies are poor and salaries are practically on destitute levels.
These statements are certainly not wrong - since 2007, job postings for graduate history students have dramatically decreased, while Ph.D.'s have increased, creating a bloated market with little growth. If you can complete the degree and find an assistant professorship, the average salary is barely $50,000.
This year, people I personally know that applied to programs were outright rejected from all their schools. Given that the University only accepted a handful of history graduate students, presumably, programs are becoming more and more restrictive — further stagnating my hope.
I get it. I really do. And while I understand this bleak outlook, it appears that when I tell people of my dream, everyone — from my professors to parents — is happy to remind me that there is no future for me, and I should turn back.
On one hand, I think this is rather irresponsible. Encouragement is paramount for students' success, and especially from mentors. For my parents, their concern lies in how little money they believe I'll make. But when I've imagined myself as a teacher, an expensive lifestyle has never been the backdrop. Instead, I was heartened to think of the knowledge I would learn, and inspired to know that I could share it with others. I am not so naive to think that I won't have to worry about money, but I am reassured that this future teaching role will bring me happiness.
I recognize that in many ways, being able to pursue a degree in higher education is a privilege, and my outlook in life is tainted by
After all, isn't being happy all that matters?
my optimism. But I strongly believe that students in today's economic system have more opportunities than ever before, and they should accordingly choose what they want.
instead, I was heartened to think of the knowledge I would learn, and inspired to know that I could share it with others."
I know that if my plans to go to graduate school fall through, or if I suffer from a poor job market, then the other skills I developed along the way will certainly render me employable. It may not bring me fame nor
fortune, but it will be a job.
Everyday new opportunities arise and challenge us to be creative by adapting. I don't care that it seems as if my dream is unsustainable — if I try hard enough, I can adapt it to what I encounter. Whatever shape it takes does not matter to me; it is only that the end result is something I can be proud of.
I think more students should push against the pessimism of our age. Fight for what you want, if you really want it. Develop a backup plan, but don't lose sight of your original goal, even if others tell you otherwise.
Sandra Sanchez is a junior studying global and international studies, history and Chinese.
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Writer and activist Nikki Giovanni visits University, speaks about campus carry
BRITTANIE SMITH
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Nikki Giovanni, a renowned writer and activist best known for her writing during the Black Arts and Civil Rights movements, gave a talk about her work and life in Woodruff Auditorium on Tuesday, April 4. The event was presented by the Project on the History of Black Writing.
The talk included her opinions on social issues such as concealed carry, stories about her life and a few poems. Giovanni has published over 30 books in multiple genres such as poetry and non-fiction, and has another called "A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter," which will be out in October 2017
According to the Hall Center website, "[She is] recognized for her poetry on race, gender, family, and issues of social relevance."
During her talk, Giovanni was witty, humorous and knew how to push the envelope. She kept the packed auditorium which consisted of a variety of audience members, such as students, adults and even young children - on their toes throughout the evening.
She discussed the poems "Tennessee by Birth," "Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day," "Ego Tripping," and closed with "Deal or No Deal (for ENGL 4714 CRN 16937)."
The big takeaway was that people shouldn't write to please others - that writing that has the biggest impact and isn't written for that reason.
"Painters paint for themselves and it's not selfish," Giovanni said. "If you're writing for yourself, some truth will come out."
She added that she never intended for her books to be best sellers; she just wanted to write genuinely good books. She explained that the poems, "Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day" and "Deal or No Deal," came from real life situations that she then reflected on.
Maryemma Graham, a professor at the University and the founder and director of the Project on the History of Black Writing, said that Giovanni was asked to speak at the University because of her stance and history with the concealed carry issue on college campuses. Also, the speech resonated, as April 4, was the 49th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Giovanni has been teaching at Virginia Tech since 1987. She was there for the mass campus shooting on April 16,2007 where 33 people were murdered.
Giovanni said she is reluctant to give up teaching. She said that the best thing about teaching is the students because, in a moment of humor on Tuesday night, they keep her connected to their generation.
"She was a very outspoken advocate for not having guns on campus, but also understanding students and what culture we have," Graham said.
A longtime professor,
"If someone asked me
who my favorite rapper was, well, I don't know any beyond Tupac," she said.
Contributed photo Acclaimed jazz musician and professor at the University of Southern California Ron McCurdy will perform the multimedia concert, The Langston Hughes Project, this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
After her speech, Giovanni said that she has no advice for today's generation of activists because she is proud of the stances they're taking, and standing up for their
beliefs.
"My joy in watching as an old woman, it's a pleasure to watch the youngsters out there. I certainly wish all of us well on the gun law because guns have no business being in college," Giovanni said.
First-ever University jazz studies director returns Friday to perform 'The Langston Hughes Project'
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On Friday, April 7, the School of Music will welcome a musical multimedia performance by acclaimed jazz musician and professor at the University of Southern California Ron McCurdy. The presentation, entitled "The Langston Hughes Project" is inspired by social activist and Lawrence native Langston Hughes, and is embedded with themes of overcoming social strife and looking for equality.
McCurdy, the University's first-ever jazz studies director, is the current director of the Grammy Vocal Jazz Choir and Combo, as well having served as director of the Walt Disney All-American Summer College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Singers in Orlando, Florida, for seven years. He was also recognized by the University in 2001 with the KU Distinguished Alumni Award.
"This work is designed to get people to think and be entertained," McCurdy, who received his masters and doctorate at the University, said. "I hope people are emotionally stirred by what they saw and heard. Enough to reexamine who they are and what they believe in."
The performance will encompass a live jazz quartet, led by McCurdy, as well as a live reading of Hughes' poem "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz" and a video montage that will help contextualize the dense vocabulary used by Hughes.
The message of "Ask Your Mama" along with the multimedia component transcends the civil rights issues of the 1960s, when Hughes' originally wrote the poem. With the current Black Lives Matter
movement and notions of systemic mass incarceration recently examined by the Oscar-nominated documentary "13th,"the power of the jazz music and the stories detailing the struggle for freedom by Africans and African-Americans can still touch those in the audience.
"Langston was about bringing people together rather than dividing people," McCurdy said. "Right now, given our political climate today, we need
Langston more than ever. These words are more relevant today than they probably were in the 1960s."
Dean of the School of Music Robert Walzel helped bring McCurdy back to the University for the performance. He said those in attendance will be able to experience a heightened level of connection to the work and its message.
"By taking the read poetry of Langston Hughes and then playing jazz while it's being read — being reactive
to the words of Langston — it creates an incredible opportunity for cross-discipline type of creativity that is really pretty unique," Walzel said.
McCurdy put together the Langston Hughes Project after moving from teaching at the University to the University of Minnesota in 1990. He was invited to come up with a piece that would encapsulate Harlem Renaissance themes for the opening of their very own Wiseman Art Museum in the years following.
McCurdy said the opening reception was overwhelmingly positive, enough to continue performances and tour the piece across the nation. In addition to the performances, McCurdy as an educator and artist takes the time to teach students about artist entrepreneurship and the social implications of Hughes' work, which he will do at the University as well.
"By having him here to talk about how you make your way into a professional music opportunity, how you take care of business, how you build relationships, how you create networks, that's super exciting," Walzel said.
The performance is free and will be held at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Steven Spooner is an associate professor of piano at the University who has recently recorded his own professional box set called "Dedications."
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n 1991, he found himself in the war zone of the Georgian Civil War. Today, University associate professor of piano Steven Spooner has recorded a 19-month project: a 16-CD set.
Spooner, an associate professor of piano at the University, is also a professional pianist that has performed internationally. The professor decided to come to the University because of the reputation that precedes it for pianists.
Although Spooner is successful in the world of piano today, the road to get there took a turn when Spooner was 18 years old. When traveling as a part of a Russian exchange program to the Tbilisi Conservatory in Georgia, a country that was still under communist rule, Spooner found himself trapped. The Georgian Civil War had begun.
"Because it was a civil war, the army destroyed the main airport, so there was no flying in and out," Spooner said. "All of the people were trapped there for about six months."
The budding pianist was without heat in the middle of the Middle East winter, and found himself starving for food that his host family could not get.
"When you're put in situations like that, you realize truly how adaptable
the human is," Spooner said.
When Spooner was able to return home, he said his mother did not recognize him when he stepped off the plane due to the amount of weight he had lost.
Despite the struggle to recovery, that did not stop the pianist from returning to the Tbilisi Conservatory to complete his studies.
When you're put in situations like that,you realize truly how adaptable the human is,"
Steven Spooner Associate professor
Spooner has been playing the piano since the age of 9, but it was not always his decision. Spooner said his parents decided to sign him up for piano lessons.
"I grew up in the old days where kids didn't get to choose their extracurricular activities," Spooner said. "We had a piano, and everyone [in my house] would go learn how to play it."
Although Spooner at first was uninterested in the piano, a few years later, he was asking his parents for a separate room for the piano and a stereo, he said.
Spooner has worked with a variety of people due to his travels across the world. One person is Massimiliano Baggio, the associate director
of the Milan Conservatory. Baggio said he first met Spooner in 2010, when he invited Spooner to conduct a Master class at the Milan Conservatory in Italy.
"Both students and professors were enthralled by his natural and musical approach to music and teaching," Baggio said.
Baggio has performed alongside Spooner on the same piano, performing a piano four hands piece.
"Above all, I would put his ability to convey the inner meaning of music, which is proper only of the greatest musicians," Baggio said. "His playing is never conventional and goes always straight to the heart of the listener."
Spooner recorded a 16-CD box set titled "Dedications," a project which is normally seen at the end of a pianist's career, he said. The box set includes a CD that is dedicated to a pianist that inspired Spooner.
"My heroes, like Sviatoslav Richter, that guy played more music than anybody," Spooner said. "I felt like if I was going to properly honor him, then I had to do a lot of music."
Spooner said the box set was one of the hardest things he has done in his life, spending many days either recording or producing the music. He said to this day he still tackles each day with the same motivation seen while surviving the Georgian Civil War, and he tries to instill that in his students.
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Kansas City Film Fest @ Cinemark Palace
The Kansas City Film Fest will hold over 50 showings of various local, national and international films Wednesday, beginning at 7 p.m., until Sunday, ending at about 8 p.m.
According to Visit KC, the Kansas City Film Fest is the largest festival in the Kansas City area. This year, the festival will not only show various submitted documentaries, feature films and shorts, but it will also screen short films featuring dogs, with 50 percent of all ticket sales going to the KC Pet Project. The festival will also feature "The Tree," a film in which University senior Cedric Houle is featured in. Houle said "The
Tree" was his favorite project to date, and will be making its second film festival appearance.
Tickets and the schedule are available at the Kansas City Film Fest website. Tickets are either $45 for a Gold Pass, allowing the viewing of all movies, or $10 for a single film.
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entertainment companies came together to create the tour: AEG Presents, Peachez and the Silent Partner. DJ Traci Steele will also be performing music to keep the crowd going during the show. This will be the second performance of their tour.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Midland website, starting at $47.75.
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The Kansas City Ballet will perform five shows of "The Sleeping Beauty"
this weekend.
A five-person comedy tour is stopping at the Midland on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The show will feature the comedy stylings of JJ Williamson, former Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show" correspondent and "Breaking Bad" star Lavell Crawford, Dominique, Corey Holcomb and DC Young Fly. According to the Comedy's Most Wanted website, three
Kansas City Ballet Presents: Sleeping Beauty@ The Kauffman Center
According to Kansas City Ballet, the show will stick
to the same plotline as the original "Sleeping Beauty." It will feature Princess Aurora being put to sleep by wicked godmother Carabosse, with Prince Désiré having to wake the princess up. The story will be told through dance and music, featuring the Kansas City Symphony. Ticketholders can also show up to the show an hour early to listen to a Pre-Curtain Talk about the makings of the show they are about to see.
The Kansas City Ballet is performing its rendition of the Disney classic "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Kauffman Center Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Kansas City Ballet website, starting at $60.50.
Chris Tomlin @ The Sprint Center
Christian music star Chris Tomlin is stopping at the Sprint Center Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. while on his "Worship Night in America"
tour.
According to the Sprint Center, Tomlin is a Grammy award-winning artist and will be joined by artists B Daddy Weave, Phil Wickham, Zach Williams, Mosaic MSC and Jason Barton. Tomlin is best known for his recordings of "I Lift My Hands" and "Whom Shall I Fear," both
of which incorporate themes of faith. Tomlin is known for performing using his powerful voice and piano.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Sprint Center website, starting at $28.75.
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Freshman pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn throws a pitch on Feb. 21 against Omaha. The Jayhawks defeated the Mavericks 11-1.
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W with dark skies and lightning descending
upon Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri, Kansas baseball fans hoped that the impending weather wasn't a metaphor for the end of the game against the Missouri State Bears.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, with Kansas playing the field and Missouri State runners on both first base and second, this metaphor flirted with fruition.
Newly-anointed saves record holder Stephen Villines manned the pitching mound, and he proved that he was the right man for the job.
Kansas had recorded two outs in the inning, but the runner on second base represented the tying run. Due to the severe weather quickly approaching, they needed to swiftly retire the opposing batter to avoid the possibility of extra innings.
By striking out the Bears' left fielder Alex Jefferson, Villines clinched the game for Kansas by a final score of 4-2 while adding another save to his program-leading total to 33.
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To counteract the forecast of poor weather, first pitch was moved from 6:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Freshman right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn received the starting nod for Kansas, but he was limited to an undisclosed pitch count as he is scheduled to start in place of injured starting pitcher Sean Rackoski on Sunday.
Zeferjahn pitched three scoreless innings while allowing one hit and two walks. He was replaced by junior left-hander Jeider Rincon in the fourth inning after throwing 55 pitches.
Guys came out of the bullpen and did exactly what we asked of them, and I couldn't be more pleased."
Ritch Price Kansas coach
group has pitched the last two games."
"After [Zeferjahn's] three innings of work, it was a complete team effort," Kansas coach Ritch Price said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "Guys came out of the bullpen and did exactly what we asked of them, and I couldn't be more pleased with how that
Zeferjahn gave Kansas a solid outing given his parameters, but the Jayhawks received their biggest boost from junior shortstop Matt McLaughlin.
McLaughlin, who posted his 10th multi-hit game on the season, went 4-for-5 at the plate, including a double and a home run. He drove in one run and scored twice as he contributed half
of the team's total hits.
McLaughlin put forth Kansas' most consistent effort on the day, but the most important clutch atbat of the game was credited to sophomore utility player Ty Denzer.
With two outs in the eighth inning and runners on first base and second, Denzer stroked a single up the middle that plated the runner from second base, junior catcher Tanner
Gragg. On the game-tying play, freshman outfielder Brett Vosik advanced to third. The ensuing pitch from the Missouri State pitcher was thrown to the backstop, and Vosik was able to dash home to score another run and put Kansas up by a score of 3-2.
Gragg was again a factor in the ninth inning when he was asked to lay down a bunt and execute a safety squeeze with McLaughlin
on third. After bunting the ball toward the first base side of the diamond, McLaughlin scored the insurance run to increase the Jayhawk lead to two.
The Jayhawks (13-15 overall, 3-3 Big 12) will look to build on their three-game winning streak when they travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, for three games against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Friday.
Maicke: Stephenson's layup was great, stop complaining about it
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Indiana guard Lance Stephenson celebrates after the Pacers beat the Raptors.
Oh no, it's happened again! A basketball player having to apologize for playing basketball.
Just in case you weren't watching Tuesday's matchup between the Raptors and the Pacers, Indiana guard Lance Stephenson was confronted by multiple Raptors players and called out in the locker room for going up for a layup at the end of a game that the Pacers were already winning, 106 to 90.
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Stephenson gingerly trotted to the uncontested Toronto basket and peacefully laid the ball in.
I thought it was hilarious. I thought it was great, but the Raptors surely and visibly took objection. DeMar DeRozan and P.J. Tucker immediately got in Stephenson's face and gave him a few gentle shoves. Stephenson, in vintage Stephenson fashion, looked like he had absolutely no idea what was going on and why they were upset.
After the game, DeRozan called the play "disrespectful to the game," while PJ Tucker followed suit saying the layup was "tasteless" and "classless."
This is the same garbage that Kansas coach Bill Self and Kansas State were complaining about last year when Brannen Greene dunked the ball at
Oh boo-hoo.
the' end of a game where the Jayhawks were ahead.
If you don't want someone to score, stop them from scoring.
"I didn't mean no harm, the crowd was chanting me on and I just wanted to do it for the fans."
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Lance Stephenson Indiana guard
I'm sorry, Self and DeRozan, but I, for the life of me, can't find the life of Dr. Neismith's rules that state "the ball must be held in your hand and not scored if you are winning, as to not hurt the feelings of other college and professional
athletes."
After the game, Stephenson came out and said, "I didn't mean no harm, the crowd was chanting me on and I just wanted to do it for the fans."
I'm not buying that either, Lance. This is the same Raptors team that knocked the Pacers out of the playoffs last season. The layup was malicious and all of the Pacers appreciated it, I'm sure.
There is no sort of code that Stephenson violated here. It's not Greene's fault K-State walked off the floor before the game was over.
And that's just fine! But god forbid athletes show emotion when it could hurt the feelings of the competition.
As an athlete in any
level, you are taught from a very young age to fight with everything you've got until you hear the whistle, not to give it your all only when you won't somehow offend the team you're playing.
Was it necessary?
Technically no. Not at all.
Indiana was seconds from victory and the game was out of reach. But was it something that I, as a coach, would appreciate?
Absolutely.
So thanks, Lance you're a beacon of emotion and competition in a dark era of postgame hugs and participation trophies.
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Frank Mason III wins NABC Player of the Year award; Bill Self given Champion Award
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Mere hours after winning the James Naismith Trophy, Frank Mason III walked away with another player of the year honor on Sunday.
This time, Mason won the top award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Mason finished his senior campaign averaging 20.9 points,5.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds. He finished his career at sixth in the Kansas program leaderboards in both points and assists.
Mason is the fourth Jayhawk to win the award. Kansas legend Danny Manning won the NABC's top honor in 1988. Drew Gooden and Duke's Jay Williams tied for the award in 2002 and Nick Collison took home the award in 2003.
Mason wasn't the only
Jayhawk honored at the NABC Guardians of the Game Show on Sunday. Coach Bill Self was given the Champion Award, an honor bestowed on a college coach who "has shown extraordinary leadership and a commitment to the American Cancer Society's mission of saving lives against cancer through fundraising, education, and promotional initiatives." The Champion Award, according to the NABC, is the highest honor within the Coaches vs. Cancer program.
Mason is en route to a possible clean sweep of national player of the year awards. There is one more national player of the year award left: the Wooden Award. He's also a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, an accolade given to the best point guard in the country.
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Editor's Note: The Kansan worked with the Elections Commission to help coordinate this debate. The writer of this story was not involved in the planning.
The seats in Woodruff Auditorium were filled with students waiting for answers on Friday evening as the final debate of the elections season was held by the Elections Commission and University Daily Kansan.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
KUnited, TrueKU, Onward and OneKU presidential candidates, Tomas Green, Chancellor Adams, Chance Maginness and Mady Womack, respectively, were each asked the tough questions regarding platform feasibility and representation by moderator Garrett Farlow, chair of the Elections Commission.
Questions produced beforehand by the commission, as well as ones fielded by the Kansan from individuals watching on Facebook and Twitter, were posed to the four candidates.
Similarly to the first debate, candidates held fast to their stances on hot button issues such as a $50 fee for union renovations, which all but Maginness said they
would vote no to, as well as issues such as campus carry and the current $2 newspaper readership fee. The discrepancies came, however, in regards to how representation and inclusion would be considered by candidates.
"A lot of students leave this University because they don't feel like they belong," Green said during the debate. "That belonging is critically important and it needs to begin with how can we prioritize student safety, how do we make sure that
we're investing and informing these students."
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The presidential debate, which lasted an hour and drew a crowd of approximately 50 students, was followed by a debate between the Redo Your U campaign and KU Against Rising Tuition (KUART). The debate, which was included plenty of back and forth between the two student groups, aimed to present both the "for" and "against" sides of
the referendum being presented to the student body in the upcoming election regarding a $50 Union fee.
Lev Comolli, president of KUART, and Tommy Finch, vice president of KUART, represented the group at the debate, arguing that students should vote no on the upcoming referendum due to the lack of transparency from the Redo Your U campaign as well as the overall "excessiveness" of the fee.
"We agree that the Union is an important building on
campus and should be kept in good condition," Comolli said. "However, this bill is not a renovation but an expansion of Union revenue operations."
Recently, KUART filed a complaint against the Union referendum on the basis of bribery and early campaigning. After hearing this claim, the Elections Commission forced the Union referendum to remove campaign items and halt campaigning, a decision that was stayed pending a Court of Appeals hearing Monday.
The Union referendum was represented by group members Kassandra Valles, a senior from Mission, and Garrison Krotz, a senior from St. Louis. The two argued that students should vote yes on the referendum in support of the fee in order to make necessary renovations but also to make the Union more accessible.
"To say that what we're doing here isn't conducive of a healthy atmosphere at the University or the fact that it's not creating a place that students want to come to school is simply not true," Krotz said. "What we're doing is creating a place that's more accessible to students and to create a place for students to work and come together."
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
The three-part event ended with a debate among three out of the four vice-presidential candidates. In attendance were KUnited vice-presidential candidate Zoya Khan, TrueKU vice-presidential candidate Andrew Davis and OneKU vice-presidential candidate Mattie Carter. Onward vice-presidential candidate Logan Miller was absent from the debate
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Are the platforms doable?
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The platforms of Student Senate coalitions are more than hot-button issues to get votes, they're plans and policies involving student fees and the future of the University. This year, the feasibility of these platforms appear fairly solid, based on feedback from professionals at the University as well as presidential candidates themselves.
Joseph Harrington, an English professor and president of University Senate, has experience in how Student Senate accomplishes the goals they publicized to voters during campaign season.
"Both faculty and the administration try to be as open as possible to student ideas," Harrington said.
According to Harrington,
many of these plans are accomplished through fees which are a part of the almost $20 million allocated by Student Senate each year.
However, by both honing in on specific, top-priority platforms, picked by the presidential candidates themselves, as well as examining the policies they involve, voters can get a sense of how feasible the platforms coalitions are running with are.
ONWARD
According to Onward's presidential candidate Chance Maginness, two of the most important platforms to Onward are their wet campus and music festival platforms.
The other platforms are nice because they fix a lot of problems that we have but I think these particular platforms really speak to
parts of the KU experience and being a student and just kind of speak to more of the fun aspects of the campaign which I think are often left in the dust." Maginness said.
The first platform calling for a wet campus would not be impossible to accomplish.
"It's simple in the sense that it can be done easily but difficult in the sense that it's going to require the most persuasion on behalf of students," Maginness said.
However, there are other factors involved. Alcohol on campus is currently not allowed by state law.
Student Affairs would not comment on the feasibility of this plan.
Harrington also adds that any change like this would, as a final step, have
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Editorial: Onward the wrong choice for KU
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Student Senate is a tricky institution.
Although many students dismiss it, Senate has a great deal of power compared to other student governments. And by power, we mean money.
Each year, Student Senate is responsible for distributing nearly $20 million of student money across campus. Not only is this a huge responsibility because it's a large sum of money, but because Senate has the power with this money to make meaningful and lasting changes to the campus.
That is why we, the Kansan Editorial Board.
believe that if the power should go to anyone, it should go to the people who intend to advocate on behalf of the student body. Student Senate members need to be professional, mature, even-tempered and ethically upright.
The Onward coalition has been none of these things.
The Kansan Editorial Board did not come to this conclusion lightly. It is rare for the Kansan to issue Student Senate endorsements, much less oppositions. However, we believe that in this circumstance, it is necessary and in the best interest of the student body to be transparent about our opinion.
In our assessment
Student Senate can be a vessel through which politically passionate students can find a place to improve things for their fellow classmates, or it can be a resume booster for people who, despite interest in their own status and notoriety, are otherwise apathetic individuals.
Onward's main platforms of a wet campus and a music festival are perhaps the most blatant forms of pandering in recent Student Senate
of the coalitions, we determined that despite differences, each had its merits, except for one Onward.
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Create a physical space for all students to go to in order to access student services.
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Hold focus groups in order to identify barriers to accessing resources.
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Get funding
Work with campus offices to establish the services the center will offer
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This platform proposes bringing the app Project Callisto, which offers a venue for reporting sexual assault, to the University.
Work with Project Callisto to implement on campus
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Make an implementation plan with IOA and SAPEC
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SAFEBUS EXTENSIONS
Work with KU on Wheels to establish cost
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Add additional buses and bus stops to the already functioning SafeBus program through KU on Wheels.
Get funding
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Purchase new buses and add them to already working routes
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to be approved by the chancellor, a position that will be changing this summer.
Their other platform proposes a music festival be held at the University yearly. The festival, though no extensive planning has been done, would be held over two days and feature local and national artists, Maginness said.
According to members of Student Union Activities, a student group that has experience organizing multiple music event each semester, the idea is feasible.
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"These programs are already working, they already exist," Green said. "They're a great asset to the University, but students may not really know about them or how to access them."
Presidential candidate for KUnited Tomas Green said that the platforms he considers most important to the coalition were inspired by policy and with the success of all students in mind. The first of these platforms is that of a student success center.
According to Green, this platform is proposing a physical place be built on campus that houses services, some already functioning, to students all in one place. This would make it so that the large amounts of services already available to students be put in an easy-to-access one-stop shop.
The provost's office would not comment on the feasibility of this center. However, according to Harrington, it would "depend a lot on where they want to do this."
"It's a massive undertaking but it's a fairly simple idea, to just welcome graduate students to campus and connect them with the resources that they need," Green said.
The second platform important to KUnited is a graduate student orientation. This platform calls for an orientation that would provide resources, tips and assistance to University graduate students through an orientation before they start their classes.
The University already has a functioning orientation for freshmen and new students, so this platform is possible.
ONEKU
One of the major platforms of OneKU, according to presidential candidate Mady Womack, is implementing the mobile app Project Callisto.
The app is an already functioning entity that operates at many universities around the country. The app allows anonymous sexual assault reporting, data from which would be made available to the public and administration.
The Kansan reached out to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA), which handles sexual assault complaints, for comment regarding feasibility
but they declined to speak on the subject.
Funding would arguably be the most important part of this platform's success.
If the app is not funded by donors, it would be a student fee, likely housed under IOA. This is similar to the implementation process of another platform, a campus partnership with Uber. The coalition says this will bring free and discounted Uber rides to students at the University.
"We would prefer this did not come out of students' pockets, so we are pursuing money from donors and other grant-based efforts," Womack said.
Womack said this partnership would subsidize SafeRide on some nights of the week, ideally popular ones like Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Wichita State University has a similar partnership with Uber. It operates on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and is free, up to $14, for WSU students.
"Ideally, they would start out with implementing the Beak 'Em Bucks for Uber. That would be the first step and take place in the fall," Kelsay said. "Then, after that they have no intention of replacing SafeBus, only phasing out or maybe subsidizing the safe ride."
According to sophomore Zachary Kelsay, Student Senate transportation coordinator for KU On Wheels the proposal would be modeled after the one being used by WSU.
TRUEKU
TrueKU's paramount platforms, according to presidential candidate Chancellor Adams, are expanding SafeBus and SafeRide, as well as creating a multicultural union fest.
The platform proposing an expansion to safe services offered by KU on Wheels was created with student safety and University jobs in mind, Adams said.
"We don't have to go out and find privatized companies and take jobs from other people. All we have to do is work with what we have. It's about making it better and more efficient," Adams said.
This platform would mainly focus on adding a safe bus to already existing routes. According to Kelsay, the platform is feasible through funding.
"If they're willing to advance those policies and do decide to implement that legislation, I think that adding a safe bus, they're perfectly capable of doing that if they increase the right amount of funds," Kelsay said.
The second platform lays out a Multicultural Union Fest. According to Adams, this event would be similar to the already functioning Union Fest during Hawk Week.
"It's designed for multicultural and marginalized groups. Their organizations and scholarships and opportunities that are given toward them can be all in the Union and it's not con-
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due to personal conflicts, according to Maginness.
"Logan had a personal reason for not being here tonight. I accepted that reason as legitimate," Maginness said after the debate.
The vice-presidential debate was focused mainly on platforms and saw little discussion or argument between candidates. However, the candidates running for vice president appeared through their answers to
be willing to admit some faults within the chambers of Student Senate.
"I think we all need to own that Student Senate has some major issues in the way it runs, way it functions, way it works," Carter said during the debate.
During the final debate, candidates rearticulated many of the points made prior by their running mates. One main difference came in how the vice-presidential candidates not only provided platforms but also cited which issues these
The answers provided in each segment of the debate served the purpose of not only educating the student body as a whole but also keeping the people seeking office accountable, Farlow said.
platforms address and the communities they hope to serve.
"I'm very impressed," Farlow said after the debate. "I have a very positive outlook in regards to what Student Senate will look like next year with all of our candidates that are
"I hope anyone was able to walk away feeling more informed and more comfortable with their decision as they move forward and vote next week," Farlow said.
running."
The debate was made available via livestream by the Elections Commission, who also made a poll available on its Twitter in order to take the temperature of where voters stand now before the elections on April 12 and 13.
voluted with all of the 600-plus opportunities and organizations here that students get told about during Union Fest," Adams said.
Similar but smaller versions of this have been done in the past, usually occurring at night after the Union Fest.
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What to know about the Elections Commission
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Caitlynn Salazar/KANSAN The elections commission, made up of four undergraduate students, is responsible for holding hearings for complaints made against coalitions.
During a Student Senate campaign season riddled with violation complaints and weekly hearings, the people responsible for monitoring and carrying out the elections have been busier than ever.
In comparison to last year when the Elections Commission saw no violation complaints, this year's commission has heard several violation complaints against each of the four coalitions running for Student Senate. So far during the campaign, there has been a total of nine complaints filed against coalitions that have resulted in hearings and one filed against the Redo Your U referendum.
The current commission is comprised of four individuals, all undergraduate students from varying backgrounds.
According to Student Senate Rules and Regulations, the commission has several main jobs: to advertise and promote the election, administer the election and ensure that the elections remain fair.
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Senior Garrett Farlow, who serves as current Elections Commission chair, said his role as leader of the commission has been one of mainly delegation and leadership.
"My role is mostly leading the commission
delegating responsibilities as we go, being the spokesperson and the guide for all the bumps along the way, and there's always bumps," he said.
Farlow described how his previous roles on Student Senate provided insight into things he does now on the other side of the process.
"When I look back on my time in Student Senate I realize that I was going against the grain. I was trying to fight it from within," Farlow said. "I decided that the role of the Elections Commission is really the accountability that the Student Senate needs and that's why I joined."
His previous roles on Student Senate include universityaffairsassociate senator as a freshman, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator as a sophomore and the first ROTC senator as a junior.
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...the role of the Elections Commission is really the accountability that the Student Senate needs..."
Garrett Farlow Elections Commission chair
Jesse Burbank, a senior from Quinter, served as Elections Commission chair last year, a year in which not one complaint was heard by the Elections Commission.
"The contrast is pretty striking. Last year you had one coalition fielding candidates, one coalition did field presidential and vice presidential candidates," Burbank said. "It makes it much more competitive when there are dozens and dozens of people and lots of different ideas out there competing for attention. This year there's no shortage of that."
Freshman Tyler Heinen is another member of this year's commission, serving as Elections Commission Liaison chair. Heinen, who got on the commission fairly late in the game, said the position is supposed to be about communicating
rules to each of the four coalitions' liaisons.
Heinen said that one of the most important things he has gained as a member of the Elections Commission is "sticking to your mind and not being persuaded easily."
Heinen has many times been the only voting member present at hearings due to either other members being absent or because other commission members brought complaints forward and therefore had to recuse themselves as voting members. The other two members of the Elections Commission are seniors Taylor Austin and Harrison Baker.
However, it's not
only students on the commission who provide insight at these hearings and in the decision making process. Jane Tuttle, an advisor to Student Senate as a whole, serves as an advisor to the Elections Commission as well.
"My job is to give them perspective if they need it, which they often don't, and to ask questions like 'Who's not at the table' or 'What are we not thinking about,' 'Have you considered this,'" Tuttle said.
Tuttle, who is not a voting member on the commission, has been serving as an advisor to the Elections Commission both the past two years and off and on in years
prior, providing insight to each individual charged with keeping the elections fair and equitable.
Burbank himself summed up each job on as the commission as "a very unpopular position, a pretty thankless position, but a necessary position."
The commission will continue to monitor the elections until voting takes place on Wednesday and Thursday. After polls close, the Elections Commission is responsible for tallying votes and announcing a winner.
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What are the chances of me sleeping with a sitting president, because that's kind of
I live for the days that I get stuff for free on campus.
I do not like avocado
tbh i'm hoping yung Joe Biden runs in 2020
It's really funny if you're in high school or blasted.
For some reason, my friends always get me involved in their drama yet I have no relation to it whatsoever
the stress of finals week is already getting to me and it's still april
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A student committee is leading the Redo Your U initiative. The initiative is asking for students to vote yes to renovations for the Memorial Student Union.
Munoz: Vote 'No' on the Union referendum
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▶ VINCE MUNOZ
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n April 12 and 13, students will have the opportunity
to decide whether or not to raise student fees $50 per semester for the next 30 years to pay for a renovation to the Memorial Union.
As a member of the Kansan's editorial board, I co-authored an editorial calling for the Elections Commission to suspend the vote or nullify the results due to unfair and potentially illegal campaign activities. While I still stand by the aforementioned position, I also believe that students should oppose the fee increase for the good of the University.
There are three primary reasons students should oppose the fee increase on substantive grounds: the referendum is unfair to future Jayhawks, it puts the University at political risk in Topeka and the additional amenities are unnecessary.
First, the question itself is unfair to future students, regardless of the specific campaign tactics employed by the current groups. The fee increase does not go into effect until fall 2019 meaning that, most likely more than half of the electorate has the power to approve the fee without having to pay for it.
Our country was founded, in part, on the principle of no taxation without representation, and yet University officials are asking us to abandon that principle in deciding this question. It would be one thing
if only students who are likely to pay the fee could vote on the issue, but those who support the increase ensured that the votes would be stacked in their favor.
Secondly, the University's involvement in campaigning for the fee increase jeopardizes its ability to advocate against budget cuts in the future. The University is currently asking the state legislature to restore the $10.7 million cut since 2016, "so we can continue serving students and Kansans."
It is simultaneously asking the student body to voluntarily accept an unnecessary $50 fee increase.
How can University officials go before lawmakers begging for more money to avoid tuition increases then turn around and ask students to rubberstamp higher invoices on themselves? Any conservative in the Kansas Legislature could justifiably point to this blatant hypocrisy and vote to further cuts.
University officials should try to focus on how to make attendance more affordable while preserving academic opportunities rather than trying to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the Union.
Finally, where is the dire need to build "three times the amount of student lounge and study space currently available?" Anyone who walks into the Union as is can see that the current lounge space is rarely occupied, barring a special event hosted there.
While many, including myself, would concede that the proposed efficiency upgrades to more critical infrastructure, such as the, "mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems," could be worth funding, that is not the current focus of the fee increase. Rather, supporters boast of the new amenities like, "major retail space upgrades," and "an
entertainment venue and pub," as if the shiny new features can distract us for the downsides of the fee increase.
As with any proposal, the devil is in the details — and the details of this plan merit a "no" vote. Most of the voters will be unaffected by the fee increase. Moreover, the University's support comes at a precarious time in the Kansas Legislative session, where more budget cuts could be possible.
On top of all of that, while the critical infrastructure may need some upgrading, the additional features are unnecessary and fiscally irresponsible.
In light of all this, I urge the student body to vote "no" on the Union referendum.
Vince Munoz is a junior from Topeka studying political science and strategic communications.
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history and are a poor way to spend student fees.
Introducing alcohol to campus would require convincing both the University administration and the Kansas legislature, given that there is currently a law that forbids it. We are extremely skeptical of the University's willingness to take on alcohol on campus considering the safety measures it would require.
In a recent Kansan article, Lisa Kring, director of Building Services at the Union, said the legislature has been historically conservative on the issue of allowing alcohol on campus. Right now, the University is grappling with the legislature to keep tuitions costs low. It will look imprudent and childish to request funding and
Aside from the practical problems with these platforms, we would like to pose two questions to the student body: What kind of lasting and meaningful impact is selling alcohol on campus going to have on students? And, how will a music festival help mend the deep social rifts that exist on our campus?
resources for a wet campus and a music festival when some of our students are leaving due to the lack of affordability.
These platforms are fun and they are sexy,but they absolutely do not belong in student government.
There are serious, extensive problems that exist on this campus. In the recent KU climate survey, 37 percent of people said they seriously considered leaving at some point, usually due to lack of support, lack of a sense of belonging and
diversity-related issues.
We believe the other coalitions have platforms that will be more beneficial to students than those of Onward.
For example, platforms such as KUnited's freshman senate internship program and common scholarship application, OneKU's Uber SafeRide initiative and sexual assault reporting app, or TrueKU's prioritizing of diversity and inclusion, would all be of tremendous benefit to the University.
The incoming Student Senate administration should not be focused on music festivals, but on giving students sustainable resources like the platforms above that allow them to stay on campus.
Student voters should also consider the type of campaign this coalition has run before deciding to vote for them:
Onward has led a campaign that continually lobs baseless, immature insults at the other coalitions.
This type of behavior, however minor it may seem, indicates that the coalition, Onward, lacks maturity, temperament and the ability to work with others.
One of the most important roles of the Student Senate is to formally represent the University on the Board of Regents and to the state government. With serious issues such as rising tuition and guns on campus being discussed in these bodies, it is imperative that the individuals representing us exhibit the highest form of professionalism.
We believe that Onward's behavior during this campaign indicates they would be unable to work peaceably with those who disagree with them, and
would cause unnecessary turmoil and embarrassment if elected.
It appears to us that the Onward coalition has had one goal from the start: to win no matter the cost. It has not been the goal of the coalition to help students, nor to make campus a better place, but to be the victor. And they have employed any means necessary — like promising a wet campus and a Coachella-like music festival — to achieve this.
The Kansan Editorial Board urges the student body not to validate the pandering immaturity of this coalition by electing them.
The Editorial Board consists of Lara Korte, Tucker Paine, Christian Hardy and Vince Munoz.
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'Out in the Night' documents controversial gang assault charges involving black LGBTQ+ women
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n Thursday evening, the Spencer Art Museum hosted a Q & A and screening of the award-winning documentary looking into the story of four African-American lesbians who were controversially charged with assault, "Out in the Night."
Director and producer blair dorosh-walther, who identifies as gender non-conforming and uses the pronouns "hir" and "ze", and Patrese Johnson, one of the film's subjects, hosted the Q & A session.
The documentary tells the story of a group which, during a night out in the LGBTQ-friendly West Village of New York in Aug. 2006, were "sexually and violently" harassed by an older man. When the women attempted to diffuse the man's advances by telling him that they were gay, he became angry and threw a lit cigarette at them while screaming sexually explicit threats, promising to turn them straight.
The documentary includes security footage of the altercation that shows the man yanking dreadlocks from a woman's head and pinning a woman to the ground by her throat. Johnson, who was afraid her friend was "about to die," pulled a knife out of her purse and stabbed him in the stomach.
"I carry a knife because my brothers always told me to," Johnson said in the documentary. "They were always saying, 'Patreese, you're so small. How do you expect to protect yourself when we're not there?'"
The man's puncture wound lead the women to be rounded up and charged with "gang assault, assault and attempted murder," according to the documentary.
There were seven women present that night, all in their late teens to early twenties and came from a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. Three of the seven pleaded guilty to avoid a lengthy trial. The remaining four, however — Johnson, Renata Hill, Venice Brown, and Terrain Dandridge — plead not guilty and stood by their right to self-defense.
"Out in the Night" tells the story of the legal fallacies and media storm that followed this decision.
dorosh-walther said Thursday that ze was initially involved as an activist before deciding to approach the women to make a documentary on their experiences.
"I initially didn't feel like it should be a white person telling this story," ze said. "But the story wasn't being told and I couldn't get it out of my head."
The New York Post titled its coverage "Attack of the Killer Lesbians" and called the group a "seething sapphic septet." New York Daily News began referring to the group as a "lesbian wolf pack."
For dorosh-walther, the headline that held hir attention was: "Man is stabbed after admiring a stranger."
"I was struck by that," dorosh-walther said to the audience. "It was shocking that this man was seen as a potential suitor and not a threat."
All four women were convicted of various levels of assault as a result of the fight. Johnson, the only one charged with attempted murder because of her weapon, was acquitted of that charge, but found guilty of assault and gang assault.
It was the charge of "gang assault" that activists believe spurred the media storm that followed, which largely referred to the group of friends as an organized gang or a pack of wild animals.
All four women were giv
"Under the law, if three or more people are involved in beating someone, it's gang assault," said arresting officer Christopher O'Hare, in the documentary.
en sentences ranging from three-and-a-half to 11 years. Johnson, who received the longest sentence of 11 years, was released in 2013. Since then, she has been traveling with dorosh-walther's documentary to raise awareness.
"Nobody ever asked us our side of the story," Johnson said. "We stood our ground, and look at the consequences."
dorosh-walther also shared the biggest criticism of the film and its apparent bias.
"I have a problem with objectivity," ze said. "I don't care about [the attacker's] side of the story. His side was written across mainstream media. His side was held up in a court of law. I'm interested in the other side."
Emily Wen, a first-year University student in the audience, found the film particularly "empowering" for her.
"As someone who is part of the LGBT community and
who is a woman of color, [the film] really resonated with me," she said. "This is something you really never see, something that aligns with you [as a minority]."
dorosh-walther highlighted issues that must move to the forefront of LGBTQ+ activism, including the right to feel safe on the streets, the right to defend yourself without fear of imprisonment and the right to exist as a queer person of color without experiencing violence.
dorosh-walther added that the documentary has largely been "preaching to the choir," but Johnson hopes it will reach a larger audience as well.
"People need to stop feeling like this is not their issue because they're not in it," Johnson said. "It wasn't your daughter or your sister this time. But it could be one day."
Hunninghake: The Chainsmokers reflect millennial culture
GUS HUNNINGHAKE
@gushunninghake
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The Chainsmokers perform in concert. The dup has tour dates scheduled through the end of August.
When I sit down at night, after a long day of class and work, and I'm in a mood to contemplate life and the important things in it, I lately have been thinking about hit band The Chainsmokers.
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But before my mind wanders, I often first think about music's past greats.
I think about founding member of Pink Floyd Syd Barrett shredding his guitar and belting out lyrics that reflect deep themes of mental illness, greed, and loss of time. He dissected these issues on just one album, 1973's "The Dark Side of the Moon."
Take the single "Time," for example.
In between wailing guitar solos, Barrett goes into detail about realizing how time has gotten away from him as he continues to age. This track reflects a sort of regret for not grabbing life by the horns, and also a realization that the only way to make good use of time is by living a full life, not waiting around for something to happen.
I also think about Kanye West, who, at the start of his career, spent time writing lyrics about family ties, loss, corruption and the best person in the world: his mom. He spent time not only crafting smart lyrics but sonically interlaying beats that complemented his songwriting.
After enjoying the good music that I always seem to go back to, I then look at trending charts, and my good
vibe slowly turns sour. Like when you are having a great day, but then work calls and says you need to come in 30 minutes to fill a three-hour shift.
With the song's annoying basic bitch-like voice talking about her basic day being the sole source of lyrical content intercut between a catchy house beat, the single had something to say about millennial culture. In its own annoying way, "#Selfie" provided a sort of satirical commentary. In this case, how kids are glued to their phones.
This is when I almost always see a song by The Chainsmokers, and I think about their first hit. "#Selfie."
After a few sparse hits with "Kanye" and "Roses" — both of which were bland — the group shot into chart-topping fame with "Closer," a song featuring vocals from Halsey. Vocals that are about, well,
But, what's really wrong with their music? Here's the thing: Music is about so much more than selling a product. Music is primarily an art form, and art is about unique expression. Discarding that to just sell a product is disrespectful and wrong.
millennial romance. I guess.
Before I get too soap boxy,
let's break down their 2016
summer hit "Closer."
We get a couple of things from the first few lines. A boy starts telling a girl about how just dandy his life was pre-interaction with her; he tells her that he's drunk and that her friends are cool, but not really; and how he never wants to see them again. These lines deliver two very important themes to listeners: angst and relationship troubles.
But the track never gets deep past this encounter. Names never get put on faces. And in the end, there's
no resolution to the conflict between these two. The song discusses the fact that the girl, left in her "broke down car," didn't return the boy's calls, and then the rest of the song is about never growing up. Literally. They just keep reminding listeners that they will never get older.
If their relationship is founded on not returning calls and running away, I'm inclined to believe them.
The problem with The Chainsmokers is that every song they've released can't seem to break past surface level emotions and stories. But that's what their listeners, primarily millennials, love to hear.
Music consumers care less about hearing deep, personal lyrics, and more about catchy beats and lyrics that everyone can relate to in a small, often obscure way. Even if it sacrifices nuance and vulnerability, if there are angst and relationship drama involved, and the lyrics can be generic to its target audience, then the song's success increases tenfold.
What many fail to recognize is that this group's recent popularity pioneers the way for other groups to dumb down their content.
Take Coldplay's Chris Martin as an example. The Chainsmokers just released single "Something Just Like This" with Martin providing vocals. It's about an insecure guy being asked by a girl, and how risky he wants to be. And that's about it. There's just enough depth to get enough people to connect, but not enough to be personal.
The Chris Martin of old, who used to question his existence and purpose after traumas like 9/11 in his song "Politik," has disappeared into the night.
He sold out by contributing to a kind of hit song that shreds any sense of lyrical focus and, as mentioned before, tends to pique the interest of listeners uninterested in something unique or different.
Music is and always should primarily be about expression. And The Chainsmokers' expression is their right. But when their focus relies too much on production and obscure, surface level lyrics, then the music they make can never live on as something of true value and importance.
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The Kansas track and field squad followed Gleb Dudarev's blistering performance on Saturday afternoon with more strong performances. The Jayhawks had athletes on both the men's and women's team earning spots on the podium on the second day of the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona.
With 17 top-three finishes over the course of the two days, it was not unusual to see the words "Kansas" flash up on the scoreboard at Sun Angel Stadium.
on Kansas' all-time list, while also placing him fourth in the latest NCAA rankings.
As has become a habit for sophomore Hussain Al Hizam, he once again broke his own Saudi Arabian pole-vaulting record, as he vaulted 5.60 meters (18-foot-4.25) to finish second behind Texas A&M's Audie Wyatt. Al Hizam's previous record was 5.41 meters (17-foot-9), which was set just over a week ago at the Texas Relays. His efforts placed him No. 6
Senior Jake Albright, who also vaulted 5.60-meters at the Texas Relays, could only manage a height of 5.50-meters (18-foot) in Tempe, good for a third-place finish.
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"You can't overlook what our pole vaulters are doing," coach Stanley Redwine said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "Hussain going 18-4 and breaking his national record is really good. We're really excited about what he did today and what our vault group is doing."
Senior Strymar Livingston finishes the 4x400 race at the end of the Kansas Relays in 2016. Missy Minear/KANSAN
We're really excited about what he did today and what our vault group is doing."
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Angel Stadium as defending champions, having taken home gold the previous year.
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Once again, the team of juniors Jaron Hartley and Tre Daniels, sophomore Ivan Henry and senior Strymar Livingston, finished first for the second year in a row. After a quick start which saw the team dash out to firstplace, the quartet never faltered, finishing the race in 3:08.53.
Junior Laura Taylor also repeated history, as she won her second title at the Sun Angel Classic in the women's pole vault. The junior from Tualatin, Oregon, tied her career best for the second week in a row, as she vaulted a height of 4.16-meters (13-foot-7) to claim first place.
The other Jayhawk to finish in first place at the meet was redshirt junior Tianna Valentine, as she won the women's 200-meter with a time of 24.31.
Valentine was also part of the Jayhawk 4x100-meter relay squad that recorded the 10th-fastest time in Kansas
history. Along with freshman Jedah Caldwell, sophomore Nicole Montgomery and senior Sydney Conley,the quartet finished second in the event in 44.73.
Their time was good enough to place them in the top-20 on the most recent West Regional standings, putting them in good stead for the end of season NCAA
Championship meet.
"Some people seemed a little more seasoned than others this weekend," Redwine said in the release. "It's our second meet (of the outdoor season) and, as we compare it to last week, we performed a lot better. We're now looking forward to the Kansas Relays and showing even more improvement
there."
Following a week of rest, the Jayhawks will stay in Lawrence to compete in the 90th Kansas Relays, held at Rock Chalk Park. The fourday meet, one of the largest in the nation, will take place from April 19-22, with Saturday evening's events set to air live on Spectrum Sports and ESPN3.
Dzwierzynski: Overrating the Masters is par for the course
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Every year, millions of Americans tune into the Masters, the most revered PGA Tour major event. Their eyes are glued to the TV for a few holes at Amen Corner before inevitably falling asleep on the couch midway through the final round, a tradition unlike any other.
In reality, all the fanfare and revered nature of the tournament contributes to the Masters being the most overrated sporting event of the year.
The argument can be made that for golf, fandom is created by your environment more than it is in any other sport. If you grew up around
the game, playing with your family or friends regularly. you're more likely to be a fan of the PGA and the sport in general.
To be fair, there's nothing wrong with that. Telling someone what to like or how to like it is one of the worst things you can do. It's nobody else's business what you enjoy, and if you like to carve out one weekend per year to praise the hallowed grounds of Augusta National, more power to you.
That said, for those who aren't golf fans, the entire event seems extravagantly overblown. It seems like just another tournament in a calendar filled with months upon months of them.
Why, exactly, are we supposed to treat the Masters like anything special? Is it because of the big names who have won it in the past? Is it because the winner receives a garish green jacket? Is it just because we're told to?
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All the fanfare and revered nature of the tournament contributes to the Masters being the most overrated sporting event of the year."
Plus, if your argument contains anything about the legendary names who have won it in the past, good luck explaining why anyone should care about an event won by complete no-name Danny Willett in 2016.
Whatever the reason is, the justification is flimsy. Considering the Masters isn't a season culmination nor a championship event that has an effect beyond a contribution to the crude and unnecessary FedEx Cup, it's hard for a nonfan to get invested.
perfect vehicle for expressing distaste with the game. Again, it's a difficult sport to get into if you weren't raised with it.
In reality, the problem is with golf, not the Masters specifically; that's just a
A big issue comes with the complete lack of star power in the sport. Yes, a guy like Jordan Spieth is a namebrand golfer, but that sort of person isn't even close to being a "superstar" outside of the narrow world that is golf fandom.
No sensible person wants to speak his name anymore, but everyone knows the last real star golf had. The reason he's still mentioned so frequently by major outlets is because people still care about him. If your sport's biggest draw in terms of name recognition is a guy with a derelict back who hasn't won a major in nearly a decade, you've got serious issues.
Considering the pretentious nature of Augusta National's pimento cheese sandwiches, gaudy green jackets and the sport as a whole, convincing nonfans that the Masters is anything more than a self-celebratory "good ol' boys" club is a futile and misguided task.
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looked to junior guard Devonte' Graham.
Graham sat under the north basket near the Kansas bench, while Self gave an opening speech before honoring the three outgoing
seniors.
"Devonte', wouldn't it be special to come back next year and do a senior speech?" Self asked.
As Graham smiled, the crowd chanted, "one more year, one more year."
That wish is coming true. Graham announced on Sunday afternoon that he is coming back to Kansas.
"I would just like to
announce to all my family, friends, & fans that I'm coming back to school for my senior [year]," Graham wrote on Twitter Sunday. He included a photo of him smiling with the words "how I feel about senior [year]" atop the image.
Graham averaged 13.4 points and 4.1 assists per game during his junior year, and was the 59th player in
school history to surpass 1,000 career points. His efforts earned him second-team All-Big 12 honors.
I'm coming back to school for my senior [year],"
Devonte' Graham Junior guard
His announcement came three years to the day from when he was released from Appalachian State per Graham's Twitter.
Graham's return for next season alleviates the uncertainty for how the Kansas backcourt will look in the 2017-18 season. Guard Malik Newman, a transfer from Mississippi State, will be eligible to suit up next
to Graham next season. And guard Sam Cunliffe, a transfer from Arizona State, will be eligible January 2018.
Freshman guard Josh Jackson and junior guard Svi Mykhailiuk have not yet announced their plans for next season.
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Baseball avoids weekend sweep with Sunday win
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After being offensively hushed in the preceding couple of games to open the series, the Kansas batting order responded loudly with seven runs and 15 hits in its 7-2 win against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Sunday.
Sophomore outfielder Devin Foyle swings at a pitch. Kansas defeated Northwestern State 8-2 on March 3.
With five Jayhawks recording multi-hit performances, every starting fielder notched at least one hit in the game.
Although the entirety of the Kansas lineup saw success, sophomore center fielder Rudy Karre, sophomore outfielder Devin Foyle and junior catcher Tanner Gragg stood out as the key contributors. The trio combined for six hits, five runs and four RBIs.
Gragg sparked the offense with a run-scoring single in the top of the second inning, and repeated the motion in grander fashion in his third at-bat of the day. On a 1-1 pitch, he launched his first home run of the season to give the Jayhawks a one-run lead in the seventh inning.
see him be physical with the bat like that, I couldn't be happier for him."
"Gragg played really well today," Kansas coach Ritch Price said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "He grinds and works hard every day, and he has become an absolutely outstanding defensive player with a plus-arm. To
Freshman right fielder Brett Vosik led the team with three hits from the left-handed batter's box. Vosik also drove in Kansas' final two runs of the ballgame in the top of the ninth inning-one was earned, the other runner advanced home on a throwing error.
Even with the offense providing plenty of cushion for its pitching staff, the Jayhawk hurlers continuously stifled the Mountaineer batters to propel their team toward a victory.
He has become an absolutely outstanding defensive player with a plus-arm."
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Freshman right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn started the game on the mound and traversed the opening third of the game without much stress. After a single and a stolen base in the fourth inning, Zeferjahn was tasked with facing West Virginia's five-hole hitter, Darius Hill. On a full-count pitch, Hill launched a home run over
The Topeka native pitched into the fifth inning before junior left-hander Blake Weiman replaced him.
"I couldn't be more pleased with the job Zefer-jahn did for us," Price said in the release. "We needed a big performance from him today, and he got us into the fifth inning. Then our guy Weiman was absolutely special — that was the key to the
the right field wall that, at the time, tied the game at two runs apiece.
ballgame. He came in and shut down those left handers with runners on base and put up zeroes until we could manage to score again."
Weiman combined with senior closer Stephen Villines to shut down West Virginia for the rest of the afternoon as they limited opposing batters to just two hits in their 4.1 innings of work.
The Jayhawks maintained a comfortable 4-2 lead as they headed into the ninth inning, but the young bats
provided three insurance runs that pushed Kansas' lead, and the final score, to 7-2.
Just over halfway through the season, junior shortstop Matt McLaughlin continues to add legitimacy to his name as an MLB Draft prospect with his .327 batting average.
As the end of Villines' senior season draws nearer, his ERA continues to drop, now landing at 3.91. Although this would be his highest ERA at Kansas, his career ERA still
The Jayhawks will continue the latter portion of their regular season slate with a midweek matchup against the Wichita State Shockers on Tuesday, April 11, at 6 p.m. After completing the single game, Kansas will host a Big 12 series when they battle Oklahoma State beginning on Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m.
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Elections postponed due to technical difficulties
The Student Senate elections, which were originally scheduled to begin Wednesday at 6 a.m., were suspended shortly after beginning Wednesday morning, as a result of technical issues. They will now begin at 6 a.m. Thursday and go through Friday at 4 p.m. Results will be announced and certified on Monday evening after the holiday weekend. Here's what you need to know:
If you don't know who you're voting for:
Educate yourself on the coalitions:
- KUnited is running on platforms of increasing academic success services and establishing a bikeshare program
- OneKU is running on platforms of increasing sexual assault reporting and improving student services, like SafeRide
- Onward is running on platforms of allowing alcohol on campus and holding a University-wide music festival
- TrueKU is running on platforms of expanding University transportation services and programs for multicultural students
- Check out Kansan.com for more information on the coalitions
If you know who you're voting for:
Read up on rulings and how they might affect your vote, including:
- 32 senatorial candidates from all four coalitions were removed from the ticket after failing to comply with rules regarding senatorial applications
- The KUnited campaign manager was taken out of her senatorial race for an off-campus seat she didn't qualify for
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On Tuesday night, just seven hours before elections were scheduled to begin, 32 individuals were barred from running.
The decision supported a ruling originally made by the Elections Commission, which disqualified a total of 47 students — running either with a coalition or as independent candidates
because they didn't meet requirements to run. The 32 individuals in question were barred specifically due to problems with the signatures they gathered for their applications.
The Elections Commission's original decision was brought by several coalitions to the Student Senate Court of Appeals, where it was upheld by the court at a hearing Tuesday night.
"We are doing this to try to be equitable. We're not trying to turn people away."
"The Elections Commission rightly decided that the students listed in this petition did not complete the requirements necessary to be a candidate," the court
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ruling stated. "Every single signature of every single student wishing to declare candidacy was checked to ensure the signature was from active students and that the students were eligible to vote for the student named in the petition."
The Court of Appeals, made up of law students Annie Calvert and Joe Uhlman; seniors Sara Prendergast and Jake Vance; and chief justice Michaeli Hennessy, took about five hours to discuss and come to a decision following the 5:40 hearing Tuesday evening.
OneKU presidential candidate Mady Womack represented the petitioners: OneKU, KUnited,
"I think letting them run with their respective coalitions is appropriate given the magnitude of people disqualified and that these people made a good faith effort to participate in the elections," Womack said after the hearing.
Onward and law senator Jonathan Ehrlich.
This "good faith effort" became the focal point of Womack's arguments during the hearing. Womack said students, such as the 15 affected from her coalition, tried their best to collect the minimum 25 signatures required of
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Jackson and his lawyer Hatem Chahine plan to file for diversion on this charge by the end of Wednesday, they said during the arraignment.
Kansas freshman guard Josh Jackson entered a not guilty plea to a charge of misdemeanor vandalism on Wednesday afternoon at his arraignment in Douglas County District Court.
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If the charge does go to trial, it will begin on May 24 at 1:30 p.m. If the trial occurs, it will not conflict with the NBA Draft Combine, in which Jackson is expected to attend. The NBA Draft Combine is from May 9-14 in Chicago.
Kansas coach Bill Self said in February that the "appropriate in-house dis-
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The charge came from an incident of vandalism on Dec. 9 at the Yacht Club, a bar on 530 Wisconsin St. Jackson allegedly damaged the vehicle of a female athlete during an argument with her.
According to the affidavit from the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, the female athlete threw a drink on sophomore guard Lagerald
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The original charge from the district attorney asserts that, while over $3,000 of damage was done to the athlete's car, less than $1,000 of it could be attributed to Jackson. The charge suggests that another unidentified individual had damaged other areas of the car.
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two-time graduate of the University, Jack Martin loved his time as a Jayhawk so much that he served as its strategic communications director for seven years. Martin admired his colleagues and was proud of his work, but his decision to leave the University was made easier due to financial constraints, which he said were the worst part of his job.
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Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations, said in an email that a high volume of turnover is not uncommon.
According to news releases since 2015,10 provosts, vice provosts and deans have left their positions, either for a promotion, external job or retirement. In the two years prior, only five positions saw similar changes.
"It is very common in higher education to have administrative positions turnover, whether it's because leaders are taking jobs that
Martin said that recent budget cuts made his new position at the University of Washington more "attractive."
The increase has been especially significant recently. The past year has seen Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Vice Chancellor Tim Caboni announce their intentions to leave, as well as Neeli Bendapudi stepping into the provost spot left open by Jeffrey Vitter.
"You look around the country and see many state universities and public universities facing this challenge that's been particularly acute in Kansas in recent years, just given the recent budget crises that the state has faced," Martin said.
Martin, who received a Bachelor's degree in political science and a Master's degree in public administration, is not alone in his decision to leave. In the past seven years, 59.3 percent of high-level administrative positions have changed hands, according to the aggregation of data done by the Kansan.
put them in a higher-level position or because they are retiring." Barcomb-Peterson said. "A survey of U.S. college presidents by the American Council on Education found that the average tenure for presidents and chancellors was just 8.5 years. For chief academic officers, it was nearly half that at just 4.7 years."
"It's very hard to
It's very hard to invest in the areas that you need to invest in to grow, first and foremost being your faculty and staff, if the state is decreasing its support. This is not a challenge limited to Kansas."
Michael Harris, an associate professor and director for the Center of Teaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has done research into chancellors leaving at Division I athletics schools and found that there has been an increase nationwide. Harris and his associates studied over 730 public universities and found that the average completed tenure by a president or chancellor was 5.25 years, which is the lowest it has been since 1988, when the study began.
The survey Barcomb-Peterson references is from 2009, and more recent research has shown an even shorter tenure for presidents or chancellors.
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Harris also said that the increase was because of increased influence by boards and trustees, and by slashed budgets by state legislatures.
"We had to deal with some very serious budget challenges [on] the state support side," Martin said. "So I think that that is an area that is disheartening to see, that the state legislature maybe wants to go in a different direction in recent years."
"It's very hard to invest in the areas that you need to invest in to grow, first and foremost being your faculty and staff, if the state is decreasing its support," Martin said. "This is not a chal-
He also said these cuts can make it difficult for a university to help their faculty and staff.
The Kansas legislature cut state funding by $47 million last year and Gov. Sam Brownback announced in January that he wants state universities to lower their tuition to a total of $15,000 for a four-year bachelor's degree.
"The single biggest change has been funding," Harris said. "States have been cutting back their support of institutions and that's a huge, huge source of revenue of public universities. Without that, everything you do is more difficult."
lenge limited to Kansas."
This is reflected in the recent campus climate survey. One respondent said that senior administrators were "asking us to do more and more with less."
This was also something that John Gaunt experienced during his tenure as an administrator. He was the dean of the University's School of Architecture, Design, and Planning for 21 years until he stepped back down to a faculty role in 2015.
"We always wish we have greater resources than we have and so part of the job is to manage those resources responsibly, whatever they are. They're never quite enough." Gaunt said.
Gaunt said these cuts and executive orders can make any administrator's job more challenging. He withdrew from his position because it was time for a change.
"You do a certain amount of time, and then you get the feeling that you've done things that you hoped to do, not everything, but there just comes a time," Gaunt said. "I had always enjoyed teaching and that became more of a full-time interest than being a dean."
Gaunt will be leaving his faculty position at the University after this semester to spend more time on his metalwork.
Harris said that problems and challenges like these aren't expected to go away any time soon, leading to higher education playing
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them by Student Senate Rules and Regulations. She said checking each with the scrutiny that the commission did was excessive and only hindered students from participating in Student Senate.
mission during the Court of Appeals hearing. Farlow noted during his 30-minute presentation to the court that the commission checked more than 3,000 signatures, something that took both commission members and advisor Jane Tuttle more than 20 hours.
"We are doing this to try to be equitable," Farlow said during the hearing. "We're not trying to turn
Elections Commission Chair Garrett Farlow represented the Elections Com-
Farlow said avoiding bias was one of the main reasons the commission decided to check all signatures instead of spot-checking random candidates, as Womack said during the hearing would have been more appropriate.
- This evident lack of bias, he said, is illustrated by the fact the students barred come from each of the coa-
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ident," Self said in a February statement regarding the incident. "He and I both know he could have exercised better judgment for this avoidable situation, but I'm pleased with how he's accepted responsibility. This does not take away from the fact that he has been a great ambassador
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Jackson has another unrelated court appearance this week. He has three citations for "striking an unattended vehicle, inattentive driving and improper backing," and has his first appearance for those citations at Lawrence Municipal Court on Friday at 9 a.m.
In relation to the vandalism charge, Judge James George ordered Jackson to pay a $500 bond at the Douglas County Jail by Friday at 2 p.m. He will have to be fingerprinted and photographed at the jail as well.
for this university. He will learn from this incident and be better for it."
"If you're running to be governor of Kansas, you have some very strong views on what the University of Kansas and K-State should be doing." Harris said. "They're central to your economic development platform, they're central to recruiting businesses to the state because you need an educated work force. The University is just central in running an economy and you're not going to just let the University do its own thing."
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For a team of researchers at the University, January marked the beginning of a five-year project to reduce the costs of vaccine manufacturing.
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The University of Kansas, MIT and University College of London received a $17.6 million Grand Challenge grant through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The grant's purpose is to reduce the costs of vaccine manufacturing for developing nations, such as India, to 15 cents or less. The vaccines will target illnesses such as hepatitis B, HIV human papillomavirus, malaria and rotavirus. A cheaper and improved manufacturing process will result in cheaper vaccine costs.
The University's project is led by David Volkin, a distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, and Sangeeta Joshi director of the University's Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center.
The University's team was selected out of 80 competitive applicants, and the team is excited to make vaccines more accessible to developing nations.
"I feel this type of work is very rewarding," Joshi said. "We are working to help people who really need the vaccines — the kids who are not getting these vaccines. It's very rewarding in that
sense, that you're actually working to help mankind. For me, that's really an honor."
Volkin is excited to take the research and apply it to promote real change.
"Some researchers get very motivated by discovering a new thing." Volkin said. "I think, for us, we get very motivated by translational medicine
— that we may not have discovered this vaccine, but we're helping to translate it from the lab bench into becoming a real product that people can use. That's exciting."
The University's team will attempt to create new recombinant protein vaccines that have better formulations,
with extended shelf lives more doses per vial and reduced needs for clinical testing. Together these improvements will significantly reduce the costs of vaccines.
"The Grand Challenge grant is a chance to think out of the box, and come up with a different way to manufacture and distribute vaccines so they can get to the people who need them, at 15 cents a dose," Volkin said. "The reason that's a grand challenge is that's roughly a tenfold reduction over what it costs today to make vaccines."
Additionally, vaccine production will be reduced by manufacturing vaccines in the countries where they will be distributed.
"The idea is you don't make the vaccine in one part of the world and then ship it to another part of the world," Volkin said. "Another big way to lower costs is to have local manufacturing. This new manufacturing process that we develop will be transferred to a developing country, most likely to India, so the vaccine can be manufactured locally."
Despite the unpredictable nature of research, Volkin said the project is very feasible.
"In [research and development] work, you are led by the data, so we'll have to see where it goes," Volkin said. "Hopefully, we'll make good progress over the next five years. That's the goal."
We are working to help people who really need the vaccines the kids who are not getting these vaccines. It's very rewarding in that sense, that you're actually working to help mankind For me,that's really an honor."
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team also manages many other projects.
However, Volkin said that this project is different.
From government grants to company contracts, the University
"It's a very prestigious award, and we're working with top universities, so it's very exciting," Volkin said.
Joshi and Volkin both emphasized the importance of teamwork in the years ahead.
"We have a great team here, so that definitely will help to make this effort successful," Joshi said. "You can't underestimate the importance of the team effort."
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school shootings in the news, new and improved gun control laws need to be implemented.
On Monday, April 10,
a man walked into an elementary school in San Bernardino, California, checked into the front office and then walked into his ex-wife's classroom, where he killed her, an eight-year old student and himself. He also injured another student with his gun.
While this event should come as a complete shock to the country, many people have become numb to these kinds of events happening because of the frequency.
In 2012, there was a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six staffers were killed before the shooter killed himself.
Monday's shooting also wasn't the first to occur in San Bernardino. In 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting.
And yet, Congress still hasn't enacted strict enough gun laws. In fact, last month, the House of Representatives passed an irresponsible bill that allows veterans who are mentally ill to buy firearms.
I honestly don't understand how people are comfortable letting mentally ill people have guns. Not only is that a danger to those around them, but it is especially a danger to themselves.
While tighter gun control laws need to be passed, gun owners also need to be
more aware of how to educate those around them with proper gun safety and make sure to keep guns away from kids and teens.
but even so, how comfortable would you be knowing that someone in your high school could have had a gun in their backpack?
Just on Monday here in Kansas, there was an instance of a gun being found
in Ottawa High School. Luckily, no one was harmed
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schools and kids should not be worried about having to be on lockdown because of a shooter.
The only way to stop this happening is by enacting more gun control laws, and ensuring the guns that are legal to have stay in their owner's possession instead of being used or taken by a child.
Alyssa Hoedl is a freshman from Olathe studying journalism and political science.
McCarthy: '13 Reasons Why'a must-see
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This past weekend I decided to start watching a new show on Netflix. Usually, this is not that big of a deal and I chose something that's mindless and helps me take a break from school and my ongoing job search. But this time was different. I started watching "13 Reasons Why" and I could not stop. I finished all thirteen episodes in about three days. I was absolutely hooked.
Before watching it, I
hadn't heard much about it. I had watched a trailer on YouTube and it looked interesting, but I had no idea what I was about to experience.
"13 Reasons Why" is not only enthralling and suspenseful, it has a real-world message that everyone can relate to. It touches on issues like bullying; suicide and depression; sexual assault and the struggles of adolescence.
Most teen dramas dance around the edges of touchy subjects like this, but not this show. It tackles these topics with an uncensored and unapologetic approach that shocks you.
This show is probably one of the best shows Netflix has produced in recent years (and I do not say that lightly)
It is real. It is raw.
Also, it is receiving rave reviews from many critics while simultaneously generating controversy for its graphic depictions of sexual assault and suicide.
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I believe these scenes, as hard to watch as they may be, are vitally important to the story and to some broader conversations about sexual assault, rape culture, bullying and mental illness.
rave reviews from many critics while simultaneously generating controversy for its graphic depictions of sexual assault and suicide."
In addition, this series does a tremendous job of portraying the everyday
Often, we tend to shy away from these hard subjects, but this show's honesty is truly a breath of fresh air. This show is not always enjoyable to watch, but it's so important that people watch it.
Mental illness is a serious problem in our society, especially among teenagers and young adults. According to the CDC, suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34.
struggles of high-schoolers. Kids from every kind of background are portrayed, whether they are gay or straight, white or a person of color, rich or poor, "weird" or "cool." These diverse perspectives give the viewer a snapshot of the highs and lows of the high school experience.
Sexual assault is also alarmingly common among
We have a multitude of choices when it comes to television nowadays, and although it is often an escape from our daily lives, this show merits watching because it has a message that could save the lives of young people in the future.
young adults, with 54% of sexual assault victims being between the ages of 18-34, according to The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN).
So, while "13 Reasons Why" is a fictional story, it should serve as a catalyst for conversations about very real issues.
Kevin McCarthy is a senior from Lenexa studying political science, history and public policy.
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The Center for Community Outreach (CCO) is holding its 17th annual Into the Streets Week with a wide variety of events for everyone. Ike Uri, executive director of the CCO, said the point of the week is to help connect people with the Lawrence community.
"We want people to see more of the Lawrence community and how they can contribute back to the community that is putting a lot into them," Uri said.
Payton Head, the keynote speaker for Into the Streets Week, is the
former University of Missouri student body president who helped lead the effort to dismiss the former university president, Tim Wolfe. The events begin on Thursday, April 13 with Head's talk.
Uri said that Head really emphasizes topics that are important on college campuses today.
"He's familiar with a broad based student movement and knows how those work and what it takes to sustain a student movement," Uri said. "He's very interested in LGBTQ issues and speaks to a broad variety of topics."
Jordan Barkley, director of Into the Streets Week.
said she's most looking forward to Head's talk because it's a campusfocused event that sets the tone for the week.
John James Kennedy, an associate professor of political science at the University, has studied the mis-reporting of Chinese birth statistics since 1994. Ashley Hocking/KANSAN
"You get this big crowd in to listen to this one person and you can bond over one topic," Barkley said. "You can see that everyone is interested in CCO and the topics on campus."
Other events during the week include Senior Prom, Kickball for Kids, Empty Bowls Project and Campus Garden Workday.
Uri said one of the most popular events is Kickball for Kids, hosted by the CCO program Mentors in the Lives of Kids (MILK).
Barkley said she hopes that Into the Streets Week gets students excited about the community they live in.
[Payton Head is] very interested in LGBTQ issues and speaks to a broad variety of topics."
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"We just hope to get a reoccurring volunteer base," she said. "We try to offer fun events that go into the community and thank the community for letting
us participate with them so we want them to come out thinking, 'I love that event. I would love to come back and help again.'"
One of the events during the week is a speaking event hosted by Project Bridge, which Uri said is his favorite event.
The speaker at Project Bridge is University doctoral student Andrea Gomez who will be speaking about immigration. The event is on Monday, April 17 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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'Missing girls' theory by associate professor digs into controversial China birth policy
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John James Kennedy knew within the first week of studying abroad in China that he was going to be studying the country for the rest of his life.
Kennedy, an associate professor of political science at the University, said he first became interested in China when he took Chinese as his foreign language in college, then studied abroad in the country in his late 20s. Now, Kennedy has done extensive research on the unregistered births of girls in China's birth statistics and the reasons behind the lack of transparency.
Kennedy said he first found out about this issue when he was living in a Chinese village in the 1990s and started observing families that had two to four kids.
"When I see three to five kids in a family, typically the oldest are the daughters because they kept going until they got a son," he said.
He has been doing the observational research since 1994, but didn't start writing about it officially until about 2012. This was due to the fact that the topic was politically sensitive.
He said that what he calls the "missing girls theory" is based off the sex ratio at birth, which is the number of boys born for every 100 girls. The average is around 105 boys for every
100 girls, globally.
Ever since the implementation of the one child policy in China around 1980, the sex ratio at birth began to increase.
In 2015, the single child policy was changed to say that everyone in the country could have two kids. In 1982, the ratio was at 108 boys for every 100 females, and in the 2010 census the ratio went up to 119 boys for every 100 females.
Kennedy said the gap between 105 and 119 is known as the "missing girls." During the time period from 1990 to 2010, more
than 4.8 million children showed up over time in the birth statistics. He said the three explanations for this are sex-selective abortion, infanticide and "unregistration."
Unregistration, specifically, is what Kennedy and his colleague Shi Yaojiang focus on.
Kennedy said that if the first two children in a family are girls, the second one is typically unregistered, then when the third child is a boy the parents register him as the second child.
"Now you have a girl that exists in society,but is not
registered," he said.
"Other scholars have found that unregistered girls have occurred and existed," he said. "But what we are saying is that we believe it makes up a larger portion than what was previously suggested."
Kennedy said he thinks it's important to note that he is offering an alternative explanation for what people are saying about the missing girls, and that he is not the first to report these findings.
He said the explanation he is offering is a political explanation and that local
village leaders unevenly implemented the single child policy.
Kennedy added that there were push periods where the village leaders would be strict about the policy and then they would relax on the rules. During the push periods, there would be stories of forced abortions and sterilizations. During the relaxed periods, there would be stories of excess births, which would cause another push period
Dan Chen is a 2014 graduate of the University
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Franklin D. Murphy was a critical figure of change. At his departure in 1960, roughly half of the student body protested the chancellor's leaving, with 4,000 people gathered in the street outside of his residence, signing petitions and begging him to stay.
The bright, spirited 35-year-old man came to the University in 1951 and made moves to better higher education. The chancellor expanded the University's library collections and was a strong voice in the civil rights movement.
Lawrence resident and author Nancy Kellogg Harper recently published a biography of the beloved Franklin D. Murphy and his years at the University called, "The Making of a Leader: Franklin D. Murphy, The Kansas Years." On April 12, KU Libraries and the Alumni Association held a reception and book signing.
In Harper's book, she tells of Murphy's time at the University, how the tenure was described by many that knew him as a, "glorious rocket ride."
"He has a reputation for being a really magnificent leader,"Harper said.
At the April 12 event, Harper signed copies of her book, and several guests shared their stories and memories of Murphy.
Harper graduated from the University in 1995 with a Master's in journalism and a Doctorate in educational leadership. When tasked to find a topic for her dissertation, Harper found that no one better represented powerful leadership than Murphy.
Harper's dissertation looked roughly like the published biography, but it took her a year or so to expand on it and change it to make it ready for publishing. Harper was even able to show her dissertation to Murphy himself and interview him before finishing it in its entirety.
Before becoming chancellor, Murphy completed his undergraduate studies at the University, and finished medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. He then returned to the University of Kansas Medical Center as an instructor before becoming dean of medicine in 1948.
"As a young dean, Murphy learned that a successful administrator must be a politician,"Harper said. "He must be able to articulate his vision and convince his audience to join him in action."
I think one of the reasons I most admire him is that [Murphy] believed in the free marketplace of ideas. He wanted people to talk about issues that needed to be discussed."
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Harper said that Murpny encouraged studying and practicing the arts. One of Murphy's main projects was to expand the book collections at University libraries.
"When he wanted a piece of art or a collection of books or a new university building, Murphy found the money," Harper said. "In the art museum and library, his impact was profound. Murphy found the funds to buy important collections for a library that
had been stagnant the previous decades."
After nine years at the University, Murphy decided to leave and become the chancellor of UCLA after the stress of having consistent political arguments with the governor during his time there, Harper said.
She also added that he was very popular and successful among the students especially after his efforts in the Civil Rights movement.
"Murphy really deserves the credit for integrating public restaurants, theaters," Harper said. "If he knew there was a restaurant downtown that would not serve blacks, he went down there and said, 'I will start a major restaurant in the Kansas Union,' which he did. Same with theaters. He started a first run movie theater on campus and told students not to go downtown to those theaters. That helps."
For her interview and visit with Murphy himself, Harper was able to show him her dissertation to get his opinion on the works.
"I spent two days in his office in California, and it was quite fun," Harper said.
"He had already read the [dissertation] by then. My next of the last chapter where I drew what I considered about his leadership style, he read that and he said, 'You're right. You hit it on the head,' so I was very pleased. And he was really a fun guy, he was interesting, very interested in everything, and welcoming."
Tuttle worked with Harper on her dissertation when he was on Harper's dissertation committee at the time.
"I read her dissertation, and I was very impressed with what I saw, and I encouraged her to get it published," Tuttle said. "I'm very familiar with the biography, it's absolutely wonderful. I think [Murphy] was probably the most important chancellor in the history of KU. Especially because of what he did in the Civil Rights Movement. And also what he did for the libraries and the art museums for standing up for KU. He did some incredible things."
In writing Murphy's biography, Harper hopes that others will be able to see the mark that Murphy left on the University, and the changes
that held up after his departure.
"I think one of the reasons I most admire him is that [Murphy] believed in the free marketplace of ideas," Harper said. "He wanted people to talk about issues that needed to be discussed. That's not the case today. Today, we don't talk about things if they're politically incorrect. [Murphy] truly believed that a great university would make way for discussions in a free marketplace of ideas."
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Student Union Activities will host the second annual Queer Prom next Friday, April 14, at the Union. This year, SUA teamed up with Spectrum KU to put on an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed event meant to provide an inclusive space for LGBTQ+ students and Lawrence community members.
SUA member Autumn
Crafton said Queer Prom is reminiscent of traditional high school dances, but with less heteronormativity. Refreshments, decorations, a photobooth and a DJ will all be on hand, just like at a senior prom.
Crafton said LGBTQ+ students feel less safe on campus than they did at this time last year, making this year's dance more important.
"I think that right now it's very, very important to
be supporting the LGBTQ+ community at KU," Crafton said. "There have been some instances in this past school year — even in the past semester — that I think have really impacted marginalized students and how safe they feel on campus."
About 150 attended the first-ever Queer Prom at the University, a number which Crafton said expects to increase this year - thanks, in part, to an increased decorations budget.
"With any inaugural event, you don't quite have as many attendees as you would hope, so I think with this year, just because people went to it last year, people kind of know what it's about," she said.
Spectrum KU, an LGBTQ+ student group, also has a hand in this year's festivities. Spectrum president Rayfield Lawrence said Queer Prom also provides an opportunity for those unfamiliar with LGBTQ+ issues, as the event is open to people of all sexualities and genders.
"This is the perfect opportunity for people to see how we live our lives," Lawrence said.
Spectrum members are helping to get the word out about the dance and encourag as many people to attend as possible.
"We have lives, and we love the same way everyone else does, and it shouldn't matter who our president is
or what he says, we're still going to live our lives," Lawrence said.
Queer Prom in Wonderland: A Mad Hatter's Ball will be from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Tickets are $5 with a valid KU ID and $8 for the general public. Attendees must be 18 years or older.
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and also a researcher on the project. She said that the most interesting finding is the cycle of policy implementation.
"It's a period of forceful policy bursts, followed by a
very lax period," she said. "Some local officials may not choose to strictly follow the central policies."
One of the most shocking things Kennedy found during his research were the stories from unregistered girls and what their lives were as non-citizens.
"They talked about how they were moved to another village to be hidden and everyone knew who they were and would call them the 'nonexistent ones,'" Kennedy said. "When they finally got registered at 18, they all of a sudden felt they could be seen."
Chen said she would like the research to contribute a different perspective on how policies are implemented.
"People think China is very strong on policy and a suppressive regime, but local officials may not always follow the central policy
and we want to shed light on that," Chen said.
Kennedy said he hopes that when people read about the research, they see how the numbers and things that are observed in China are much more complex than what is reported in the news.
"Beyond the numbers, there are stories and assumptions that we need to be aware of," he said. "I want them to get a sense that, beyond the numbers, we need to look at assumptions."
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▶ MIKE MAICKE
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'm not letting you guys off the hook just yet, at least one more column will be talking about Tony Romo.
Forget the Cowboys decision to kick him to the curb after one good season by a rookie playing behind an ungody offensive line. Forget the 248 career touchdown passes and the 34,183 career passing yards. Forget the ridiculously bad call in Green Bay that knocked the Cowboys out of the playoffs in 2015.
Oh, right, also forget that he played in the most high-pressure situation in the entire sports world as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
The hate that Romo receives has always baffled me. Truly, I don't understand it. It's not like the guy had a plethora of off-field issues. He's been a great ambassador of the game and has always handled himself with class.
The only thing Romo is guilty of is being injured. I know, what a bad guy, right? How dare you get injured in the NFL.
And, unlike other stars who happen to be injury prone *cough* Derrick Rose
*cough,* Romo does nothing but support his team and rehab as quickly as possible. He never thought about saving himself for his son's graduation, he only thought about different ways to help his team off the field while rehabbing.
So, again, whv the hate?
Are you haters mad at Romo for the Cowboys complete ineptitude in the rushing department before DeMarco Murray stopped by for a year? Is it Romo's fault that the Cowboys' secondary has been an absolute joke
throughout essentially his entire career?
No.
Dak Prescott walked into an offensive line that was performing higher than any year Romo was under center. Dak also had a little help with NFL leading rusher
Prescott's sophomore slump is coming, I absolutely promise it.
People have such short memories, not just owner Jerry Jones, but everyone
Ezekiel Elliott going off for 1,631 rushing yards this season.
around the Cowboys. Romo was replaced (I believe unjustly), but still couldn't have been classier about it.
But, that's still not enough for you guys,the hate and "Tony Romo dying" jokes transcended the football field.
In case you haven't watched ESPN, Romo was honored as a "Maverick for the Day" by Mark Cuban's NBA franchise, essentially allowing him to get in the locker room, engage in warm up drills and dress up for the game on the bench.
How easy would it be to decline it, how easy it would be to take it as an offense, but even in the most vulnerable moment of his career, Romo was defiant.
Romo went through the entire process with gratitude, positivity and the signature quarterback smile.
The stats were there while the team around him was average at best, while the running game was nothing for 90 percent of his career, while vigorously trying to overcome injury.
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Long ball, two-out RBIs lift baseball to win over WSU
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Andrew Rosenthal/KANSAN Senior first baseman Marcus Wheeler hit a home run in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 4-5. The Jayhawks beat the Shockers 8-6 Tuesday night.
With 70 degree tem per atures complementing the cloudless skies, the scene was set for Kansas baseball to duel the Wichita State Shockers in what felt like the first true baseball climate of the year.
Due to the injury absence of starting pitcher Sean Rackoski, Kansas coach Ritch Price accommodated the void by handing the pitching duties entirely to the bullpen in the Jayhawks' home win, 8-6, on Tuesday night.
Price's usual setup man, sophomore right-hander Zack Leban, made his first career start on the mound for Kansas.
Since no Kansas reliever is normally expected to pitch more than three innings in any given appearance, Price entered the game with a revolving door pitching philosophy.
In total, six Kansas pitchers were utilized in the ballgame.
"I thought obviously that we struggled with our command," Price said. "We walked too many guys, and obviously they were physical with their two home runs."
On the other side of the ball, the Jayhawk offense maintained its momentum from its Sunday win
against West Virginia. The runs scored in this game, combined with those recorded in Sunday's matchup, total 15 runs - a number equaling the run total posted by Kansas' offense in its previous six games.
Of the eight runs scored against the Shockers, five of them came with two outs in the inning.
The first of these RBIs was driven in by sophomore left fielder Devin Foyle in the first inning. Foyle headlined the Jayhawks' offensive attack by reaching base three times and driving in two runs.
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earned run in an appearance.
Wichita State countered Kansas' first inning run with a two-run home run off of Leban in the top of the second. Leban finished the inning, but was replaced by sophomore right-hander Blake Goldsberry to begin the third.
Leban's two earned runs given up marked the first occasion this season where he has allowed more than one
In addition to Leban and Goldsberry, juniors Jeider Rincon, Tyler Davis, Chase Kaplan and senior Stephen Villines were also called upon to work against the Shockers.
As a unit, Kansas pitchers allowed six runs on eight hits
- five of which were extrabase hits.
Villines culminated the team effort by posting his eighth save of the season.
Freshman Jaxx Groshans, who is normally penciled into the lineup as a catcher, received a night off from fielding as he took his at-bats from the designated hitter position. The Magnolia Texas, native entered the game batting 1-for-15 in his last four games. Although he only he only recorded one hit in the game, he recorded the final two RBIs that ultimately won the game for Kansas.
After two two-out runs scored in the seventh inning that tied the game, Groshans stepped to the plate with two runs in scoring position. Wichita State's pitcher, sophomore right-hander Clayton McGinnness, had gotten ahead of Groshans with a 1-2 count. Groshans fouled off two pitches before lofting the ball over the right side of the Shocker infield - a hit that plated junior shortstop Matt McLaughlin and freshman second baseman James Cosentino.
"I get to the plate in situations like that and the only thing that goes through my head is, 'We gotta win it,' Groshans said. "I haven't been performing so well at the plate so that hit right there was something I really needed."
Before the game began, Price approached Groshans regarding his recent slump.
"I got on him about getting out of his own way," Price said. "We need him to swing the bat and protect the three guys ahead of him in the lineup in order for us to be a good offensive club ... If he starts being as consistent as he's capable of being, we'll get a lot better offensively."
Partially due to the warm weather and lack of wind, hitters drove balls farther and harder than spectators have seen at Hoglund Ballpark all season. This was particularly evident in the home run totals for both teams: two for Kansas and two for Wichita State.
"It was really nice to see the ballpark play fair tonight, and to see some players really rail some balls," Price said.
Driving Kansas' two home runs were senior first baseman Marcus Wheeler and freshman right fielder Brett Vosik, whose homer was his first of his collegiate career.
conditions were favorable for hitting, the Jayhawks have been upward-trending in the hitting department as of late.
"We had good at-bats," Price said. "Balls were hit hard, outs were hit hard. It's good to see the quality of our at-bats improving ... The next step is for us to do it on a consistent basis, game-in and game-out."
Even though the
The Jayhawks continue their homestand on Thursday, April 13, when Oklahoma State arrives for a three-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Robertson Trophy and the Bob Cousy Award.
"Wow, another award, I really don't know what to say," Mason joked. "All jokes aside, I just want to thank Danny for leading the way. I heard enough great things about him. I didn't really see him play but he was a great guy; he's a great coach now. I'm just thankful for him for leading the way. I couldn't do this without my teammates. They played a large part in
this. My coaches, my family, you fans. I just thank everybody."Before presenting Mason with the Danny Manning Award, Self gave his season wrap-up speech. During said
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What he's given us goes way beyond awards. He's just so damn tough and so competitive."
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speech, Self saved Mason for the end.
"You always want good things to happen to good people." Self said.
And then, he couldn't get out the words. Self stood at the podium, in a rare display of emotion, and fought back tears.
"I think we all wanted Frank to win these awards," Self continued, looking around him at all the trophies Mason won this season. "But it wouldn't have made any difference to win. What he's given us goes way beyond
awards. He's just so damn tough and so competitive. He has done as much for our culture as much as anybody we've ever been around."
Next steps
Junior guard Devonte' Graham announced via social media that he was returning to wear the Kansas uniform one more time.
After the banquet, Self gave his thoughts on Graham's decision to return.
"We had one long sit-down visit," Self said of he and Graham discussing his
"He was like, 'I haven't finished what I wanna do here.'"
future. "I told him if he wants to test, test. There's nothing wrong with testing. He said, 'Well if I don't think I'm gonna go, why would I test?' I said, 'That's something you should talk to your mother about.' His mother obviously felt the same way. 'If you're not gonna go, why do something half-hearted?'
Freshman guard Josh Jackson and junior guard Svi Mykhailiuk didn't announce their decisions before the
Jackson wasn't available to speak with the media on Tuesday to address his future, but Self spoke for him.
banquet. But Mykhailiuk declared for the draft on Wednesday.
"I think Josh, I'm not gonna hold my breath on that one," Self said of Jackson. "Josh will decide whatever he's gonna do when the time is right for him. It's gonna happen. He'll make some decision, I'm sure, in the near future but I don't know what day or anything like that."
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Kansas junior guard Svi Mykhailiuk is entering the NBA Draft without hiring an agent, according to Kansas Athletics.
Mykhalliuk averaged eight points, three rebounds and 1.9 steals per game during his junior season. His name was also in numerous places in the Big 12
leaderboard. He was eighth in three-point field goal percentage (38.9 percent) and eighth in three-point field goals made (1.9 per game).
"Kansas has prepared me for this opportunity and after talking with Coach Self, my family and teammates, it is my plan to work hard and take my game to the next level," Mykhailliuk said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "I have matured a
lot in my three seasons at KU as a player and a person, playing for great coaches and with great teammates, many who are in the NBA. I have got a lot stronger under coach (Andrea) Hudy and have improved my overall game every year. It's everyone's dream to play in the NBA and not going with an agent allows me to see where I stand after the combine and workouts."
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Kansas has prepared me for this opportunity."
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In various NBA mock drafts, Mykhailiuk's name doesn't appear. DraftExpress has two Jayhawks landing on NBA teams: Josh
Jackson and Frank Mason III. The same can be said of NBADraft.net's mock draft.
"We support Svi 100 percent with his decision to test," Self said in the release. "I know he'll prepare very hard for it and after the combine, he'll get accurate feedback and make an informed decision which is what the rules are designed to do. In no way, shape or form is this a surprise. We expected this."
The hard deadline for remaining in the NBA Draft is May 24. On or before that date, Mykhailiuk has to decide whether he will remain as a draft prospect or withdraw his name and return to Kansas for his final season as a Jayhawk.
Freshman guard Josh Jackson still has yet to declare for the NBA Draft.
Basketball banquet officially closes memorable season
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Missy Mincar/KANSAN The bench celebrates senior guard Tyler Self's three pointer in the second half against UC Davis on March 17. Kansas won, 100-62.
There are no more games to be played. There are no more awards to be won. The book on the 2016-17 basketball season is closed.
The final stamp on the season came on Tuesday evening at the Double Tree Hilton in north Lawrence during the annual basketball banquet.
At the banquet, an all-encompassing season video was played, coach Bill Self gave his remarks on the year and Frank Mason III was presented with the lone team award.
"When we played our best, I'd say we were as good as anybody," Self said of his team this season.
As for how he'll remember this team? Well, there are a lot of reasons.
"I think I'll remember how fast they were. I think I'll remember how unselfish they were," Self said. "But more importantly, I'll remember how tough they were because when you play in a league as good as ours, and you're down double digits nine times and you win eight of those games, that's pretty remarkable. You may never see that again."
But more importantly, I'll remember how tough they were."
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Mr. Jayhawk - Frank Mason III:
Frank Mason III has one last collegiate award to add to his trophy case. This go around, it's not a national accolade, but one handed out by his team.
The Danny Manning Award, according to coach Bill Self, is presented to a player with class and a humble attitude, while
Mason's had plenty an opportunity to give speeches after winning awards this offseason. He's been presented with the player of the year awards from the Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, USA Today and Sporting News. He also won the Naismith Award, Wooden Award, Oscar
"And the guy that won it, in large part, we felt sorry for him because he hasn't won anything since the season's been over anyway," Self said sarcastically. "But Frank, come get the Danny Manning Award."
making large contributions to the team on the court.
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For the third time in 2017, freshman Gleb Dudarev has claimed the Big 12 Male Athlete of the Week award after his NCAA leaderboard-shattering performance at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona.
Dudarev rocketed to the top of the NCAA hammer throw rankings this week, in his first collegiate hammer throw of his young career.
In his first-ever throw
But Dudarev topped it with his next throw.
in the event as a Jayhawk, Dudarev launched his 16-pound weight 71.11-meters (233-feet-3.5), putting him both at the top of the national rankings and Kansas' all-time rankings.
In the next throw, the Belarus native beat his previous attempt, throwing his weight 72.69-meters (238-feet-5.75), to sit atop of the national rankings by more than three feet. Dudarev went on to post three more
Dudarev claimed first place by more than 23 feet. He also crept into the 2017 top 25 hammer throws in the world, coming in at No. 25.
Dudarev, along with the rest of the Jayhawk squad, will next be in action at the Kansas Relays at Rock Chalk Park on April 19-22.
throws over the 235-foot mark, giving him the top five throws in Kansas history.
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Students elect OneKU,vote down Union referendum
Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Mattie Carter, Reagan Walsh and Mady Womack celebrate OneKU's Student Senate victory on April 14 at The Wheel. Womack and Carter were elected the student body president and student body vice president. Official results will be announced Wednesday.
▶ DARBY VANHOUTAN
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For the second year in a row, a coalition running under the name OneKU has won the Student Senate elections.
The unofficial results showed the OneKU presidential and vice presidential candidates defeating the KUnited, Onward and TrueKU coalitions to win the election.
"I think this really shows that people are really excited about our platforms, and that's what really is the best feeling," said Mady Womack, the newly-elected student body president from OneKU.
Students also voted to fail the Union referendum, which would have allocated a $50 per student fee to fund a renovation of the Kansas Union.
These results, though accurate, aren't official, according to Student Senate Rules and Regulations. Elections Commission has to take time to hear violations and complaints and then certify the tabulations. They plan to announce the official results on Wednesday.
COALITIONS REACT TO RESULTS
As OneKU celebrated their victory at the Wagon Wheel on Friday night, just up the hill at the Oread, KUnited watched solemnly as they learned their presidential and vice presidential candidates had been defeated. Despite the loss,
however, several students on KUnited's senatorial slate were successful—a total of 21 coalition members won seats in the senate.
KUnited presidential candidate Tomas Green was tearful after the results as he consoled candidates as well as supporters in attendance.
"A lot of people here were elected today to serve this great University," Green said after the results were announced. "We can all still do this. Our work is not ending. [Vice Presidential candidate] Zoya [Khan] and I were not successful but our work is not ending either."
A total of seven independent candidates were elected, many of whom supported the TrueKU coalition after it lost its senatorial slate earlier this month. TrueKU presidential candidate Chancellor Adams said his coalition isn't done either.
"We're not sad. At the
end of the day,we got some independent students that supported us elected," Adams said after the results were announced. "We're sad,but we're not done."
Four candidates from Onward were elected. The coalition's presidential candidate Chance Maginness said he is excited to see what Womack and OneKU vice presidential candidate Mattie Carter do during their tenure.
"I am excited for what the future of Student Senate will look like," Maginness said after the results. "Just because we lost doesn't mean Student Senate lost."
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Lev Comolli, co-founder of KU Against Rising Tuition (KUART) who led a campaign against the Union renovations, said the group is celebrating the results and looking forward to speaking with Union executives moving forward. Comolli said, besides advocating for a "no" vote, the purpose of KUART's campaign was to "speak for the students."
"We're excited that we
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Miranda Clark Ulrich/KANSAN Redo Your U had a hearing on April 5 to determine whether the campaign has been disqualified from the upcoming election. The Elections Commission will hear six new complaints on Monday.
New complaints may affect election results
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With a total of six Elections Commission hearings scheduled for Monday, Student Senate elections are far from over.
Among these complaints is one calling for the disqualification of OneKU, filed by KUnited. The complaint alleges, with included video footage, that members of the OneKU coalition violated section 7.5.8.3. of Student Senate Rules and
Regulations (SSRR). It states that individuals are not allowed to campaign at polling sites or stand where they can view a voter's phone or computer when they are voting.
Though OneKU was declared the unofficial winner on Friday, the coalition can still be disqualified if found by the Elections Commission to have violated the rule.
The complaint claims that individuals, including presidential candidate
Mady Womack and Elections Commission Liaison Charles Jetty, stood outside Mrs. E's dining hall on April 13 and helped students vote. While doing so, the complaint alleges, OneKU members talked to the students from a place where they could see the students' votes. KUnited submitted videos of the interactions attached to the complaint, which they say demonstrate
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How KU aims to combat rising suicide rates in KS
With suicide rates increasing state and nationwide,the University is increasing its effort to improve access to mental health services for students.
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The efforts are aided by the Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, which was awarded to the University last year. Its goal is to strengthen and widen the safety net available to students in crisis by partnering different campus and community organizations, such as Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Headquarters Counseling Center.
"With that fund in place, there's a lot of motivation right now to be doing stuff," said Christine Waisner, president of the student group KU Active Minds.
KU Active Minds is also working in collaboration with CAPS and Headquarters to improve access to mental health resources
Since 2010, the rates have steadily increased across the country and in Kansas. In fact, the Kansas rate has been higher than the national rate since 2010.
Suicide is the second most leading cause of death among ages 10-34 in Kansas, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In 2015, 477 people died by suicide in Kansas, with a 16.21 rate per 100,000.
Waisner said the group is trying to implement changes on campus to reduce depression and suicide rates through different programs, along with training for teachers and anyone who works for the University.
Researchers are trying to figure out possible causes for this increase.
The most important initiative right now, Waisner said, is to get the national suicide prevention number on the back of the KU ID cards.
and fight misconceptions and stigmas surrounding the topic.
Sarah Kirk, director of the KU Psychological Clinic. a training clinic for PhD students that offers low-cost mental health services for people at the University and the Lawrence community, said she sees it as a "constellation of factors." These factors include money problems, lower access to treatment and an overall increase in depression and anxiety. She said concerns over policies on gun use, including the upcoming implementation of guns on campus, could also influence this increase.
Andy Brown, Headquarters' executive director, agreed with Kirk on gun policies as a possible factor for the increase in suicide rates.
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"I think a lot of it comes down to people have more legal access to lethal means of suicide, so there's an increased access to firearms," he said.
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Students will have a new array of options to choose from to purchase food and convenience items on Daisy Hill starting in the fall semester.
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"We are going through some changes in our department and going into next fall, [Jayhawk Grocer on Daisy Hill] will no longer be in existence," said Alecia Stultz, assistant director of retail dining.
"We are going to do our best to listen to our students, and listen to our guests, and find out exactly what we can do for them," Stultz said.
Stultz said Jayhawk Grocer is closing because it is not utilized as much as KU Dining would like it to be. In addition, Stultz said that dining wants to provide the best options for students and adapt to traffic patterns on Daisy Hill.
shop in The Studio Café, located in Hashinger Hall, will be moved into what is now the Jayhawk Grocer space in Self Hall, according to Stultz. The space that is being vacated from the Roasterie will become an event space.
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Jayhawk Grocer, located in Self Hall on Daisy Hill, will be closing after this semester. The Roasterie will move into the space starting in fall 2017.
The grill part of The Studio Café will remain in its current location and continue to serve menu and convenience items for students, like the Jayhawk Grocer did, in a more condensed version.
"It'll be greatly decreased," Stultz said.
Food and convenience items will be sold in smaller versions at the new space in The Studio Cafe compared to what is currently sold at Jayhawk Grocer. For instance, large bags of chips and packages of Oreos will be condensed into smaller grab-and-go bags.
The name of the convenience location is still being decided, Stultz said.
Freshman Jacob Payne
said he thinks the Roasterie's switch in location from The Studio Café to the Jayhawk Grocer location is positive.
"That actually sounds great," Payne, from Sabeha, said. "I feel like if they did that this year, I'd be down there a lot more."
Payne said that he does not utilize the Jayhawk Grocer space, despite living in the dorms on Daisy Hill, and neither do his friends. He said that this may be because it is pricier than other grocery store options in Lawrence.
at Dillon's and Walmart.
He said prefers to shop
"I think most people are willing to just go ahead and go somewhere else in Lawrence to get their groceries," he said.
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saw the student community come together and realize the ramifications of what this referendum would have brought," Comolli said.
Collin Cox, executive outreach director for Redo
Your U, the student group that supported and campaigned for the Union referendum, said he is thankful for students who supported the fee and voted "yes" and is looking forward to official results.
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was also proud of the high voter turnout.
After the results were announced on Friday night. Elections Commission Chair Garrett Farlow said he was impressed to see such diverse results across the senatorial slate, and
Farlow said this year's turnout was only 23 votes behind the record set in 2013 during the race between KUnited and Ad Astra (the latter was victorious).
"We're very proud as a
commission, and I'm even more proud as a student that my peers showed up to vote," Farlow said.
The results of the election and referendum will become official next week when they are certified by the Elections Commission.
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OneKU's guilt.
"We believe it is fundamental that we all hold each other accountable and abide by the Student Senate Rules and Regulations document to ensure fair and just elections," said KUnited presidential candidate Tomas Green.
A complaint of the same nature was filed against KUnited by OneKU, claiming that one of their members behaved similarly. This complaint alleges that the same rule was violated by KUnited campaign manager Victoria Snitsar, who was previously barred from running in the elections.
According to the complaint, Snitsar allegedly helped students vote on April 13 at the Underground. The complaint was filed by Jetty and calls for a $100 fine.
"The student body needs to move on from what was a confusing election for many of them who had to re-e vote and deal with coalitions campaigning for another entire day," Womack said. "In an election with near-historic voter turnout, it's hard to argue the student body did not choose who they wanted in office."
Yet another coalition was included in these hearings, with Elections Commission Chair Garrett Farlow filing a violation complaint against TrueKU.
The complaint claims that a member of the coalition practiced intimidation when they assumed a student was an international student at Anschutz Library on April 13. That student took the complaint to the Elections Commission. The assumption of the student being international was evident, the complaint said, because the member's advertisement of platforms targeting minority groups.
According to SSRR, coalitions found responsible of intimidation "shall be disqualified from running in any Student Senate election and shall be barred from joining Student Senate in any capac
ity for at least one (1) year."
In an
In an election with near-historic voter turnout, it's hard to argue the student body did not choose who they wanted in office."
Mady Womack OneKU presidential candidate
The complaints don't stop with coalitions. The Redo Your U student group that campaigned in support of the Union referendum filed an appeal to the commission regarding the election results. The commission had announced on Friday that the referendum was voted down by the student body.
The appeal, which is dated April 11, one day before the elections were scheduled to begin, was filed by five student directors of the Redo Your U campaign and calls for the results of the election to be contested. The basis for
the appeal is, among many others, "yes" being listed as the second option to voters, the election being postponed and Student Senate Chief of Staff Danny Summers' use of his position to "sway the outcome of the election," the request for appeal says.
The final two complaints were filed by KUnited against Onward and OneKU claiming that chalking by each of the coalitions is closer than the minimum 28 feet laid out in SSRR. Both complaints are accompanied by video footage to prove the proximity of the chalking advertisements.
According to Elections Commission Compliance Chair Harrison Baker, the complaints will be heard in their entirety starting at 5 p.m. on Monday, in the Clarkson Gallery of StaufferFlint Hall. Certification of the results will come 48 hours after the commission's decisions on these six complaints, Baker said.
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University Senate is considering new legislation to protect students in case of a major life event during an exam.
The proposed University Senate Rules and Regulations amendment would allow students to be excused from an exam if they have a major life event as defined by the IRS. The students would then be able to coordinate a new exam time with the instructor.
The legislation has already passed Student Senate. Joseph Kollhoff, an undergraduate representative, authored the legislation because of his upcoming wedding. He said there wasn't any legislation that protected students if a major life event was happening the same day as an exam, unless it was military service.
proposed policies would protect students from a professor deciding to fail a student because of a missed exam without a second opinion. He said it would also protect professors from fabricated excuses, but some faculty members thought the proposed policies were not specific enough.
"I think we already have the policies that cover that," said Geraldo Sousa, a faculty representative. "I think it was just very loose, what was being proposed."
Currently, the policies on absences during a final quiz or other test say that a student can make a test
"What started as a selfish endeavor, I can foresee protecting students in the future who may be less traditional or graduate students," Kollhoff said. "Just protect them and insulate them, I suppose, a little bit from just one instructor's whims."
Kollhoff said that the
if they miss because of a military order, if a friend or relative is having a medical crisis or for religious observance. There isn't a specific policy that would excuse a student due to their own life events, like a wedding or a medical procedure.
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Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Geraldo Sousa, a faculty representative and English professor, speaks at the University Senate meeting on Feb. 23 in Green Hall.
Belinda Sturm, another faculty representative, said that the surrounding policies needed to be looked at.
"I know that it's important that the University accommodates emergencies and such, and I think where the discussion hinged was 'What is already in the protections, versus what is the need for an amendment,'" Sturm said. "As far as I
understood the conversation, we need to go back and look at the surrounding USSR discussion and understand what's omitted before we can have an intellectual discussion."
University Senate will vote on the proposed policy on April 27.
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sity's population, Waisner said that she feels the problem is concerning among students at the University.
"When we table, we have a lot more individuals than you would expect to come up to us and express how desperate they were for some sort of organization like this or someone else to understand," she said. "I think those individuals would be surprised that maybe their best friend was just at the table saying the same thing."
Another effort in the right direction, according to Kirk, was the hiring of Nancy Stark, a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Watkins Health Services
Center. The KU Psychological Clinic has been working alongside Stark to coordinate services for students referring each other or being referred to the clinic.
"It's been very beneficial to have that greater connection with the medical providers at Watkins," she said.
"It can really hurt when your friends buy into those stigmas and don't hear what you're
However, access still remains a problem, even though both CAPS and the Psychological Clinic have tried to work on increasing students' access to services. For Waisner, another problem is the stigma that surrounds mental health and the impact it can have on people seeking help.
Suicides per 100,000 by year
saying," she said. "That's a problem because if that first line of defense is uneducated and unhelpful, that could make the person feel even more isolated, even more misunderstood."
Waisner said she knows that college students are at a higher risk, as a population, to suffer from a mental illness, and many people spend years dealing with mental health issues without asking for help.
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Active Minds, said Waisner, works with
"Some people can go a very long time just kind of getting by before they do anything about it," she said. "And I would encourage people not to do that and to try and get help the second they notice something is off."
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CAPS and, recently, has had discussions with some deans about training faculty and staff to recognize and help students who might be displaying symptoms of depression.
Kirk said that she
thinks these student-led efforts are the best way to reduce stigma through continued conversation.
"I think when you get students involved, whether it's through social media or just in networking themselves, it does a lot
to reduce stigma and to enhance people's understanding of the resources on campus and access to resources," Kirk said.
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Friday marked the beginning of Coachella, a two-weekend, multimillion-dollar music festival which has become a haven for celebrities and indie partygoers alike. The music festival is iconic for its boho-chic fashion and culturally appropriating headdresses, bindis and dashikis. Masquerading as a celebration with free-form, hippie-like atmosphere, in reality the festival is restricted by its high ticket and lodging fees and requires a hefty purse to attend. Even celebrities who
have pioneered the Coachella vibe are reportedly paid by brands like Lacoste to showcase their clothing while attending, furthering the Coachella illusion.
Coachella has capitalized on this authenticity, the feeling that other large festivals like Burning Man and Stagecoach have also pioneered. These festivals take place in desert-like conditions far from cities
- Coachella is nearly 125 miles from Los Angeles and are relatively isolated, providing concertgoers with the feeling that their experience is unique and organic. Escapism is a powerful tool, and what Coachella has been able to do is refashion it into a money-making enterprise.
The first Coachella festival took place in 1999. It was not only created to save a failing concert promotion company, but also to take up Woodstock's declining popularity, as it had become marred by controversy and violence. The first festival was described by one newspaper as an "attempt to create a user-friendly, European-style regional music festival," in the valley of southern California, combining music performance with art exhibition.
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Escapism is a powerful tool, and what Coachella has been able to do is refashion it into a money-making enterprise."
The location of the festival has undoubtedly given it its success, providing enough atmosphere and landscape as an antithesis from city life. The festival's name actually refers to the valley, but originally was a mistaken transcription of the Spanish conchilla,
meaning small shell, referring to the area's once rich seabed. In the 70s, the Coachella Valley was prominent for being the home of struggling rural Mexican and Filipino farm workers, who joined in widespread boycotts of California's grape harvests, highlighting migration issues and fighting for better labor unions.
Today, the festival has cultivated the valley's brand such that its name is even legally claimed, and many do not remember or know of the area's history.
In our age of social media, image is everything. Coachella in many ways has embodied this. The idea that everything and everyone has a brand that must be perfected and advertised has led to Coachella's success as a sold experience. Drawing from its ability to portray an ideal life of hippiedom, Coachella has marketed the authentic so many of us crave.
In our daily lives of struggle, stress about jobs, school, finances, imagining some other paradise just beyond the Rocky Mountains calls to each of us. The idea of a utopia is not a new one, and indeed many before us have shared in this glorification. From responding to industrialization, urbanity, and technology, it seems that humans have a natural tendency to want to run away to nature and find themselves again.
In wandering forests, hiking mountains, or partying in the sweltering heat to the beat of Lady Gaga, people can find meaning again in experience. But we have to remember that behind the music and beyond the image is reality, and that authenticity must be paid for.
Sandra Sanchez is a junior studying global and international studies, history and Chinese.
Liston: Local history should be appreciated
RYAN LISTON
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In 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state: a state that prohibited slavery. Today, Lawrence is often heralded as a model community for tolerating and welcoming diversity. Yet the difficulties leading
to the state's admittance and the racial and social problems that persisted in the area for decades after are sometimes overlooked.
The Watkins Museum of History at 1047 Massachusetts Street contains exhibits that display the state and Douglas County's contentious history. From the drafting of a state constitution to Vietnam War protests in Lawrence, the museum highlights events that occurred during times of social and political conflict.
state and, more specifically, Douglas County. Douglas County, Lawrence and the University of Kansas have not always been tolerant to diversity. We need to learn from the issues of the past and apply those lessons to today's political and social climate.
Students should visit the museum to learn about the struggles that have shaped the history of our
Learning history helps us avoid regressing from the social gains we have made and improve upon our current standing. To fight for the rights of marginalized and underrepresented groups, we need to look at the successes and failures of social movements in our community throughout time.
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Learning history helps us avoid regressing from the social gains we have made and improve upon our current standing."
The past shapes the present and the present shapes the future. As a society, we have to strive to continually improve our communities. Abolitionists, civil rights leaders and students in Douglas County fought to make progress on critical issues. Students today can learn from these efforts and apply them to their own advocacy and activism. Visiting Watkins Museum can help by exposing the flaws that existed and by emphasizing the values that have grown in our community.
Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying journalism and political science.
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Plan your next exploration today and tomorrow.
Dream big. Get others involved. Together, you can get the funds. Follow rules and coordinate your
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Activist and Mizzou student leader during 2015 protests speaks to KU on leading change
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Payton Head, a recent graduate from the University of Missouri and the 2014 student body president, is now a globally-known activist. After being called a racial slur on Missouri's campus, not once, but twice, Head said he had a "responsibility to Mizzou" to speak up about the discrimination on campus and to begin a student-led movement.
Head spoke to the University on April 13 to kick off Into the Streets Week, a schedule of events by KU's Center for Community Outreach.
Into the Streets Week is an annual event dedicated to bettering the Lawrence community through service projects, advocacy and activism. Jordan Barkley, the director of Into the Streets Week, said that the CCO chose a speaker to bring awareness to issues that are happening on campus.
Head spoke about his role in changing the atmosphere at Missouri, and recounted the events leading up to the movement.
They won by a landslide.
He said that the first racial slur incident occurred when a truck full of men drove by and screamed racial slurs at him. This forced Head to ask himself how he could make the University of Missouri better. He decided to run for student body president in the fall of 2014, though he knew this would be a daunting task.
There had only been two black presidents elected since the student government was formed in 1911, he said, and never two black students running on the same ticket.
"It was a very tense time at the University because there was something going on just two hours away that our University was failing to acknowledge." Head said.
"It was following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri."
Head said that there was no statement issued following this event, and Head felt like it had been swept under the rug and ignored.
During the summer of 2015, as Head was walking on campus, the second incident occurred. Men screamed racial slurs at him from a passing car.
"There was something different about who I was now. I wasn't Payton Head, the snaggletoothed sophomore from Chicago, I was Payton Head the student body president." Head said.
"This wasn't a Mizzou issue. This was an America issue."
Head decided it was time to disrupt the status quo.
Head was so enraged he wrote a Facebook post about experiences personal to him and friends close to him. It went viral overnight with over 5,000 shares.
News stations and papers were reporting on this story, but Head was confused because no one had cared before.
"It was different because of the privilege I had. [The journalists] were here because I was the student body president," Head said.
Six days later, then-Chancellor Tim Wolfe was going to send out a letter addressing this issue, but delegated it to someone else, who sent it even further down the chain of command. The students were outraged at his silence and sparked the first protest of this newly born movement
at the University of Missouri.
At that point, the story went international and students from many other universities were standing with Head and Missouri as well. Their acts of solidarity reminded the nation that this issue wasn't exclusive to Missouri.
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"These student voices weren't being taken seriously; these issues of race and racism weren't being taken seriously," Head said. "Our voices are so much larger when we speak as
one."
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Head stressed to the audience that "privilege is power, and power is responsibility." He said that people shouldn't feel guilty about having privilege, but instead use it to give others without the same privileges a voice.
Head said while he had some privilege from being student body president, but there are other ways to get involved in making a change on campus.
"Centers of Social Justice are a great place to
start, if they're on campus," Head said.
Head suggested students discuss these issues with peers, faculty and staff to help find a way forward.
He also urged students to find a place in existing campus organizations and resources already doing work, and to start something new if none are available.
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Art in Focus: Graduate ceramics student builds a permanent memory of his grandparents
RACHEL GAYLOR
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Some of the most precious things in life are memories, especially those involving our family. One ceramicist is turning his memories into art, making permanent memories of his grandparents.
O'Fallon, Missouri native Alex Thierry came to the University from Anacortes, Washington, where he taught high school from 2012-2014. Thierry attended Truman State University and there received a bachelor's degree in ceramics, a bachelor's degree in painting and a master's degree in education.
"I just really wanted to focus on my work," Thierry said. "With teaching high school, so much energy is put into your students and I didn't have a good studio set up there. I was really looking for a place to still work with students, but to focus more on my ceramic art."
Thierry's thesis art exhibition, "Memories to Objects," was inspired by his grandparents, who, he explained, hosted gatherings at their home. Now, due to declining health, those gatherings have become less frequent.
"Currently, I'm making sculptural furniture," Thierry said. "It's influenced by these memories that I have from my grandparents' home."
Matt Burke, an associate professor of visual art, has worked with Thierry on his recent exhibition.
"What Alex has landed on is the idea of family, not just in his life but in his
art," Burke said. "Because there was this rich collection of furniture in his family's home, he chose that as a vehicle to represent that connection. So the work he is doing is furniture, but it is really about his family."
The challenge with Thierry's exhibition was getting clay to accurately represent wood furniture.
"Ceramicists make things out of clay," Burke said. "Most of the time it's pottery. But Alex has decided to try and mimic woodworking. So, he's not
going to build furniture out of wood, he's going to build it out of clay. He's going to take all he knows about clay and manipulate it so it accurately tells this story about his family."
The conceptual aspect of the art was difficult, but so was the act of making it as well, Burke said.
"There were points where he only really had one chance to get it right," Burke said. "Particularly when you're trying to bend clay or make a dent in it and he did that on such a large scale
and it worked. It was quite amazing. He was able to rely on his technical know-how to put forward this thesis idea, which is being able to show people his family through his work."
Thierry said that his exhibition means so much to him because it is more than just pieces of art.
"I like to make anything where I feel that it is more than just the object," Thierry said. "I really like to work conceptually and working on different ideas that I have whether they are memories of my family or ideas where I can get other people to think about them."
Thierry's favorite part about working on the thesis exhibition is that it not only applies to him, but to anyone observing it as well.
"As much as this is about my family, it's about everyone's family as well," Thierry said. "You can relate to loss or you can relate to the decay of memories that happens to people as they get older. So, while it is about my family, hopefully, people can see their families in it as well."
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always, Bell had to prove himself.
Cutting hair didn't start as a passion, but an interest. The childhood ambition Bell had as a boy developed into his love for being a barber.
"Barber is a lifestyle. To be a successful barber, sometimes you've got to start off doing more than the rest," Bell said. "You have to get in there and prove yourself first."
Three years ago, Bell once again had a chance to prove himself - this time with Kansas assistant coach Jerrance Howard. Howard had seen Bell at Marty's shop before, but had never gotten a cut from him. And it wasn't just Bell's talent that caught Howard's eye.
"I saw this young, passionate kid that started working in the barbershop and I saw how detailed he was," Howard said. "They used to make fun of how slow he was and just give him a hard time. That's what the barbershop does."
Bell took criticism with pride, never letting it shadow what he wanted to accomplish. Howard looked over at Bell and the cut he was working on. An "unbelievable" cut, as Howard described it. From that moment on, Howard waited for the day Bell would cut his hair.
On Jan. 5, 2016, that day came.
Bell received a call from Howard. The Oklahoma Sooners were in town for a
rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown that lived up to its high expectations.
"Yeah. With Buddy Hield and triple overtime," Bell said, "he needed a cut for that game because he was hype."
In moments like these, Bell rises to the occasion. There were only a couple of hours until tipoff and Bell had to give Howard something he would love. The pressure was on, but Bell never folds.
"He's a humble kid and his work ethic is unbelievable," Howard said. "That's what attracted me. I think at a young age when you are around positive people that are inspiring people, that wears off on our youth."
Bell couldn't help but
smile thinking about that triple-overtime thriller. He watches every game and always looks for Howard and the players he's worked on.
Watching the Jayhawks is common in his shop, but the TV doesn't just show the team Bell has come to know.
Now that the college basketball season is finished, Newman hasn't seen Bell as much.
One day before the season's basketball banquet, Newman sat in the media room of Allen Fieldhouse running his hand down his hair with a sheepish grin across his face.
"I actually need to call
Bell soon," Newman said. "My hair isn't looking great right now. I got to have Bell fix that."
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I actually need to call Bell soon. My hair isn't looking great right now. I got to have Bell fix that."
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The Jayhawks are always quick to appreciate Bell.It's significant to have a professional making sure the players look good, especially when they know thousands are going to see
Age isn't what makes Bell feel close to the players. It's the mindset.
them.
Since he's from Mississippi, Newman doesn't have a car in Lawrence. The barber chair at McCarthy isn't just a luxury for him, it's crucial. The schedule of a student athlete doesn't include much time for a visit to Legacy, which makes Bell's visits that much more special.
There is an understanding between Bell and Newman, one that is deeper than demographics.
Through Howard, Bell was presented the opportunity to groom the team and other Kansas athletes. Each opportunity he was given, Bell took advantage and
proved himself. He's a bon- afide barber, always paying attention to detail.
In the evening, Bell is often the only one in the shop. The line is waiting for his chair at Legacy. He leans his customer's head forward. He takes his clippers and looks closely, ensuring the fade is even on all sides: For a moment, Bell looks up from his customer's hair and plants his eyes on the TV.
"Wool!" he shouts, eyeing a Russell Westbrook dunk. "That was nice."
In the same way that Newman wants to reach the NBA, Bell said he feels like he has more room to become a professional himself. While watching the Thunder game, giving a cut to a young boy, Bell recalled that Newman didn't have a favorite NBA team, because he wants to make one.
This is his true connection to the players.
"One thing people should know about me is that I am always looking to make it to the next level," Bell said. "I've had my own shop, my work has been on TV, but there is always better."
Waiting for his turn in Bell's chair, a customer chimed in.
"Yeah man, it's a grind. You've always got to grind."
Bell looked up and gave a scintillating smile like he usually does.
"Always."
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How barber Isaiah Bell's work made it on ESPN
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Isaiah Bell, from Lawrence, Kansas, works as a barber for Legacy Barber Shop. Bell also cuts hair for student athletes at the McCarthy Hall Barber Shop.
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back in the NCAA tournament, one Kansas player took the sports world by storm with a single fast break.
Sophomore guard Lagerald Vick read Purdue like a book as he stole the ball and raced down the floor with no defenders in sight. He could have gone straight to the basket, but that would be too easy. Never taking his eye off the rim, he took an elongated path to the bucket. As thousands watched, Vick jumped with a 360 rotation, throwing down a momentum-shifting dunk.
"You know, I cut Lagerald before he did that 360." Isaiah Bell said proudly. "I try to look up for my work... That is my work of art getting on national TV, I'm trying to make sure I get it right."
Bell will tell you all about his cuts. Seeing them on TV, when the camera is still, that's his favorite.
Vick's 360 dunk was displayed on ESPN time after time during March Madness. Bell has seen it many times more.
"I like to think my haircuts have a little bit of something in them," Bell said. "I like to think my haircut had a little bit to do with it."
Vick is not the first Jayhawk to flash Bell's work on national television, and won't be the last.
Late on a Tuesday night on the second floor of McCarthy Hall, two pool balls smack, sending a swift cracking sound through the exclusive basketball dorms. The team is playing pool as indiscernible rap music blares in the background. It's primetime for the Instagram stories of players to go live, collecting thousands of views in mere minutes.
Senior guard Frank Mason III is appalled at the potato tacos freshman forward Mitch Lightfoot scarfs down. The hundreds of viewers holding their phones watching Mason's story would notice this detail. To many, this is pure entertainment. To the players, it's waiting in line.
It's a late night in Lawrence and the Jayhawks have less than 24 hours before they take the court in Allen Fieldhouse. It's that funny time of night when goofing around becomes a must to release the stress of a seemingly endless day.
But before the Jayhawks even think about putting on the crimson and blue, one thing has to be done: get a fresh haircut.
Haircuts are serious business for the Kansas athletes. As sophomore guard Malik Newman sits in the chair of the personal barbershop the athletes have at their disposal in McCarthy Hall, he is greeted once again by Bell.
Of all the barbershops in Lawrence and of all the barbers he could have called, there is nobody else Newman wants with the clippers.
I like to think my haircut had a little bit to do with it."
Isaiah Bell, on Lagerald Vick's 360 dunk
"Yeah, Bell is the only one," Newman said.
Loyal customers like Newman are plentiful for Bell, and McCarthy Hall is only a small part. Just 30 minutes prior, Bell packed his clippers and made the
six-minute drive he always makes when Newman calls him earlier in the day. Newman wants his cut a certain way, and Bell has mastered it.
The barber chair at McCarthy Hall is where Bell may be late at night, but it isn't his. His chair is 1.6 miles away.
Right where he left it
It's 7:15 p.m. Just off 25th and Iowa, Legacy Barber Shop has been closed for over an hour, but Bell isn't turning anyone away. The buzzing of his clippers and the sound of an Oklahoma City Thunder game on the TV fills the silence between Bell's laughter and conversation with four customers, patiently waiting for Bell's chair.
The bell rings as the front door opens.
Nobody is shy at Legacy. Bell will keep them talking. He likes the conversation.
"Aye man. It's good to see you, take a seat," Bell said.
His cordial attitude has been his identity since he was 13 years old, when he began cutting hair. Nine years later, he likes his story to be told his way.
Born and raised in Lawrence, Bell said he has been around barbers and their customers his whole life. Many children with busy parents during daytime hours, he said, are left at the Boys and Girls Club or daycare. Bell's story is different. His daycare was the barbershop.
On a busy day for his father, Bell was dropped off at Marty's Barber Shop on Ninth Street. Bell's father didn't come back for hours.
That didn't bother him.
"Most kids in a barber
shop get antsy,but me,I took an interest in it," Bell said.
A haircut wasn't enough for Bell. He wanted clippers of his own, and a person that would let him give a cut. Sure enough, Marty Watson, the shop's owner, heard the message from Bell, loud and clear.
"C'mon give me some clippers," Bell would whine. "I want to cut!"
Recalling the memory, Bell smiled.
It wasn't long before Bell acquired Watson's phone number, which he would clutter with texts and calls.
"Finally, he gave me some clippers," Bell said with a chuckle. "Just to shut me up."
At 13, Bell used other barbers and his four brothers as his guinea pigs. As
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Lee brings highlight-reel tackles in spring game
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Sophomore safety Mike Lee wasn't drafted first. Nor was he drafted second, third, fourth or fifth.
In Kansas football's spring game draft, Team KU's coach Kenny Perry selected the All-Big 12 safety with the sixth pick.
"He texted me while the draft was going on and was like, 'Coach, you didn't pick me. You're going to pay for it,'" Hull said. "And every day he he's been giving me a hard time, telling me I was going to pay for it."
Lee, a New Orleans native, immediately texted Team Jayhawks' coach Tony Hull, a fellow New Orleans-native, after he was drafted.
Lee held up his end of the bargain. He did his best to make Hull and Team Jayhawks pay.
Even though Hull's Team Jayhawks walked away victorious, Lee made sure his presence was
known and had six tackles on the day. That mark led both squads.
But Lee didn't just make tackles -he crushed his fellow teammates. Although it was the spring game, he went full speed.
Of his six recorded tackles on the day, Lee lit up junior wide receiver Ryan Schadler twice.
On one play, Schadler had his hands on the ball, ready to make a catch. But by the time Lee came charging in, the ball flew out of Schadler's hands and Schadler dropped to the ground so hard there was an audible thud.
"Boy, he's sure fun to watch out there," coach David Beaty said. "Unless you're the guy getting hit."
The intensity of Lee's tackles resonated around the team.
"Those two hits were rough," Schadler said. "He comes down hard. He's one of the fastest guys I've ever seen fill a hole."
"Every time I came to
the sideline and walked off the field, I said to myself in my head, 'I always have to know where Mike Lee's at because I'm not trying to get killed," sophomore wide receiver Daylon Charlot said.
With all the impressive pad-smacking hits come a few missed opportunities for the young leader as well.
"One of the things that I did tell him is that, 'I want you to lead the conference in tackles, but I don't want you to lead the conference in missed tackles, as well,'" Beaty said. "I mean, he throws everything he's got, that 175-pound body at people, but we do have to learn to use more technique because I think it's going to culminate into a lot more tackles for him... He can be even better than he is, and he gets it. He understands it."
On Team Jayhawks' first drive of the second quarter, junior quarterback Peyton Bender aired out an 11-yard pass to junior wide receiver
"I know he wishes he would have had it back because that gave them a touchdown there, and it was because he just went in out of control instead of using technique," Beaty said.
Lee acknowledged he went into that specific play too hot as well.
"I don't like missing tackles," Lee said of that play. "I was coming on too fast. He's a good wide receiver. He makes great cuts."
Lee made one blatant error in the spring game, but his positive, highlight-reel tackles outshined the negatives.
After today, does Hull regret not drafting his fellow Louisiana product? He wouldn't say for sure.
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Lee missed a tackle on that play, allowing Sims into the end zone.
"Well," Hull said, "he did some good things today."
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Advocates for the legalization of recreational and medical cannabis hope that new cannabis laws in Kansas City, Kansas will result in new state cannabis policies.
Earlier this month, the citizens of Kansas City voted to reduce the punishments of cannabis possession, though marijuana is still illegal, so that the maximum fine in city court went from $500 to $25. Citizens also voted to eliminate the possibility of jail time as punishment for possessing 35 grams or less of cannabis.
Today, nearly half of Americans support the legalization of recreational cannabis, while over 80 percent of Americans support the legalization of medical cannabis.
In Kansas, two thirds of citizens favor allowing medical marijuana, while 63 percent favor decriminalizing recreational marijuana "so that personal possession would only involve a fine, rather than jail time," according to a spring 2015 Kansas Speaks Statewide Public Opinion Survey conducted by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University.
Barney Warf, a geography professor and author of "High Points: An Historical Geography of Cannabis," said public opinion in Kansas is shifting to an increasingly positive view of cannabis.
"I think attitudes in Kansas are changing, in part, because there's been a broad shift in attitudes toward cannabis in the last
10-15 years or so," Wart said. "I think a number of things are the driving change in public opinion about it."
Specifically, Warf said the change is a result of support from millennials, the legalization of medical cannabis in other states and
"It's in part because young people have embraced legalization, and in part because the stupidity on the war on drugs has become so apparent," Warf said.
the destructive nature of the war on drugs.
This shift in public opinion has resulted in more pro-cannabis legislation. For example, the Kansas Legislature also saw the introduction of a bill that would legalize medical cannabis in February.
It's in part because young people have embraced legalization, and in part because the stupidity on the war on drugs has become so apparent."
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"Medical marijuana helps, especially with cancer patients, people with
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Though a majority of students, staff and faculty at Kansas' six public universities oppose concealed carry on college campuses, guns are coming to campus as a result of pressure from Kansans themselves in addition to, as some believe, pressure from gun lobbyists.
and hospitals were given a four-year exemption to the law, which will expire this summer.
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While 82 percent of University's employees and 70 percent of University's students oppose concealed handguns on campus, according to two Board of Regents (KBOR) surveys published in December 2015 and January 2016 by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University, the concealed carry of weapons on college campuses will become legal on July 1.
In 2013, the Kansas State Legislature passed the Personal and Family Protection Act, which allows licensed gun owners over the age of 21 (59 percent of undergraduate students at the University's Lawrence and Edwards campuses are younger than 21) to bring guns into state and municipal buildings. However, public colleges, universities
As of Feb.27,all six of Kansas' state universities have faculty governing bodies that formally oppose campus carry (Pittsburg State University was the last to do so), and according to the January Docking survey, 70 percent of faculty statewide oppose concealed carry on campuses outright The University's Faculty Senate formally declared its opposition to campus carry in a resolution in December 2016.
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Student protesters concerned with the University's concealed carry policies in the Kansas Board of Regents meeting Wednesday afternoon in Capital Federal Hall.
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Moreover, across the state, 55 percent of students flat-out oppose campus carry, according to the Docking surveys.
In its December 2016 resolution, the University's faculty senate asked the legislature to continue the exemption for colleges and
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Protesters interrupted the Board of Regents' meeting Wednesday afternoon in an effort to speak with the Regents about concealed carry and sexual assault on campus.
Atakpa said the group was made up of students and residents of Lawrence, many of whom had protested at other events in the area. The nine protesters stood in the back of the meeting room while reports where read at the beginning of the meeting, but some of the speakers took notice.
"The student's advisory committee, we have brought forth many similar concerns on the topics from members of our student body throughout the year, whether that be sexual assault and working with their Title IX directors, students concerns with weapons on campus or
"We're here to bring forth issues of safety for students who are paying to be on this campus and to be safe on this campus," protester Rachel Atakpa said. "We chose to come to this meeting because the Kansas Board of Regents has a lot of power, and we are demanding institutional change."
other things regarding students on campus," said the University's student body president Stephonn Alcorn during his report.
After the reports were read, the group demanded time to address the Regents. They were denied time, and two of the protesters were asked to leave.
The meeting continued while the group moved around the room.
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"Let us be gun free," one of the signs read. "We won't rest until we get justice," read another.
At the end of the meeting, chair of the board, Zoe Newton, gave the group five minutes to speak. The
The board also announced the search committee for the next Fort Hays University president, received the governance committee's recommendation to oppose the KU's concealed carry policy and received the five year capital improvement requests from all six of the Regent universities. The requests will be approved at the next Board meeting.
transfer students. Ginther's research said transfer students are 16 percent less likely to complete their bachelor's degrees in less than six years as compared to traditional students.
The Kansas Board of Regents has a lot of power,and we are demanding institutional change."
two representatives of the group said the concealed carry policies that will go into effect on July 1 will have serious impacts on students' safety.
The board also heard a presentation by Donna Ginther, an economics professor at the University, over the retention of
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The Legislature has taken no such action, to the chagrin of many across the state and the University. Yet, in the last few months alone, the University has seen a great deal of anti-gun activity as a result of the impending expiration of the exemption.
universities or, "to allow our campus communities to choose whether or not weapons are allowed on our KU campuses."
The University has seen anti-gun protests, opposition in Student Senate campaigns, student lobbying, info sessions, the formation of faculty opposition groups, opposition from the University of Kansas Medical Center, explorations of increased insurance coverage, campus carry notification policies and more.
Despite the momentous efforts of University students, employees and community members, the Legislature refuses to allow colleges and universities to choose their own campus carry policies, despite the fact that a majority of college employees and students oppose campus carry.
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, a professor of aerospace engineering, president of the Kansas Chapter of the American Association of University Professors and an expert in various weapons systems, believes this is because Kansas legislators listen more to gun manufacturers and lobbyists than Kansans in regard to gun policies.
According to National Institute on Money in State Politics, the Kansas State Rifle Association (KSRA) gave $24,850 in campaign contributions to Kansas Republicans running for office in 2014, with 50 House candidates receiving $250 each. Previously, the KSRA gave Republicans $6,000 in 2012 and $10,050 in 2010. In contrast, Democrats received $500 in 2016 and $1,750 in 2014.
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"These people have been essentially bought off directly," Barrett-Gonzalez said. "They have been personally enriched by, not necessarily even the gun lobby, but by the gun manufacturers."
Barrett-Gonzalez said this special relationship between certain citizens and the arms industry that supplies them is known as the civilian armaments complex. Essentially, the arms industry uses its influence over citizens and legislators to alter public policy, Barrett-Gonzalez said.
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"I see behind this direct interlinking between corporate profits and the making of laws," Barrett-Gonzalez said. "We are seeing a microcosm of that in the civilian-armaments complex. This is a mirror of the larger military-industrial complex that hits at the state level and has coupled its own corporate profits to changes in the legislature."
Barrett-Gonzalez said these policies directly harm Kansans.
Andrea Ringgenberg/KANSAN A sign stating, 'Public education under fire' is held during the protest on April 4. The protest is about the conceal and carry rule going into effect on July 1, 2017.
This is a mirror of the larger military-industrial complex that hits at the state level and has coupled its own corporate profits to changes in the legislature."
"I believe that the corrupting and co-opting influence of the civilian-armaments complex is so severe that it has clouded the decisions that are being made and so that the decisions that are being made are directly against the best interests of the people of the state of Kansas and certainly the youth," Barrett-Gonzalez said.
Barrett-Gonzalez said Kansas' politicians' collusion with weapons manufacturers is especially egregious.
Representative John Whitmer (R-Wichita) is a member of the Kansas House and a University alumnus who supports concealed carry on college campuses. Whitmer said Republican support of the bill has nothing to do with the NRA or with the KSRA.
"This industry is different because it deals in death," Barrett-Gonzalez said. "The idea that a group of people are making money on machines that would injure, maim or kill faculty, staff and students, impede our academic freedom, drive people away from our institutions of higher education, reduce our national and international standards and harm the most important investment that the taxpayers of the state has ever made, it's abhorrent to me and almost all faculty members."
"I don't think it really has anything to do with the NRA," Whitmer said. "The citizens recognize that there's a constitutional right. The majority of Kansans support Second Amendment rights and so the Legislature reflected that. I think it's strictly just a matter of the people of Kansas are pro-gun. We're a pro-guns state, and they support Second Amendment rights. I think that's what it comes down to."
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"My district is very supportive," Whitmer said. "They have to recognize that I'm representing my district, and I'm representing the interests of my constituents when I vote for Second Amendment rights. Whether or not I'm a gun owner or whether or not I care personally, I'm representing the interests of my districts, and sometimes people forget that."
Wichita State University showed stronger support for campus carry compared to other institutions. For example, only 66 percent of employees and 45 percent of students at WSU are opposed to campus carry. Whitmer said that he believes much of the anti-gun rhetoric is a result of fear mongering.
Whitmer said he understands the concerns of those who oppose campus carry but that he has a responsibility to his constituents.
"Some of it may be more emotional and more fearbased than based on logic or the factual data," Whitmer said. "It's an emotional issue, so I get that, but we've heard testimony from KU students who say that people are going to die and that there's going to be mass shootings. The evidence doesn't support that."
Whitmer said, historically, campus carry offers no harm to students.
"In the last 20 years, there have been 180 campuses that embraced campus carry," Whitmer said. "There has not been a single incident of gun-related vio-
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lence or gun-related suicide that can be attributed to the expansion of campus carry on campus."
Other Kansas universities have taken similar steps. Andrew Bennett, faculty senate president of Kansas State University, said that KSU has formed a taskforce to inform students on the new gun laws.
Additionally, Whitmer said he believes that the results of the surveys, such as the Docking surveys, are inaccurate as a result of fear tactics used by opponents of campus carry.
As July 1 approaches, the University will continue to inform faculty, staff, students and prospective students on campus carry policy. Campus carry information can be viewed on concealedcarry.ku.edu.
"There is a weapons policy taskforce," Bennett said. "They help prepare our basic weapons policy that has now been approved by the Board of Regents. They are currently working on plans to inform people about the policy."
Bennett said that 63 percent of KSU students, staff and faculty oppose campus carry. However, Bennett said there is less anti-gun activity at KSU than at the University.
"I don't think it has been as active here as it has been at KU, but I'm not that familiar with what's going on at KU," Bennett said. "There's certainly been people speaking out against it, there haven't been open protests yet. I don't think there will be, but I'm often surprised."
This summer, Kansas will join Colorado, Texas Arkansas, Utah, Mississippi Wisconsin and Oregon as states where campus carry is legal.
However, with another election in 2018, many view the fight over campus carry
laws as just beginning.
"We need to make those people who have so badly damaged the institutions of higher education across the state let them feel the pain," Barrett-Gonzalez said. "And they should feel the pain at the polls. We will do our damnest to convince everybody that they have cost the state jobs, they have weakened our educational institutions and they have threatened the lives of the students, staff and faculty of our state's largest enterprise, and it's not appropriate."
"I think they'll be those who still want it repealed, but I don't think their efforts will be fruitful," Whitmer said.
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When the clock marked 3 p.m. on Friday, April 14, The Underground cashier Tracy Landis served her last client ever. Once the space closed for the day, a party was waiting to celebrate Landis' retirement after nine years of working at The Underground.
Originally from San Diego, Landis moved to Kansas in 1989, when her daughter was five years old.
"We just needed to get out of California," she said.
In 1993, she started working for the University as a custodian at McCollum Hall. Landis said it was a very demanding job, especially at the end of the year, when she had to take everything from her floor out. She worked there for 11 years, until 2004.
"I like this [being a cashier] the best because I get to interact with customers," she said. "They get me through my day."
behind the counter at stations like Pizza Hut, the salad bar and Brellas, until she became a cashier.
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Groups of friends, co-workers and customers stopped by the party to wish her a happy retirement. She said she was excited for retirement, so much so that she turned off the alarm on her phone in front of everyone.
Brenna Boat/KANSAN Tracy Landis, a longtime cashier at The Underground, poses for a picture in front of her happy retirement banner during her retirement party on Friday. April 14.
Because [students] get so stressed out, I try to keep them positive. I want to believe I've made an impact on them."
Now that she is retired, Landis said she is going to try to do roller derby with her daughters in an effort to keep herself active, but is concerned that she isn't going to be able to continue her daily walk.
"I walked to work every day," she said. "Now, I'm not sure how I'm gonna make myself walk."
She is considering just walking up to The Underground every day so she
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can make silly faces and poke fun at her now former co-workers.
Kailey Utech, a senior from Wichita, has worked at The Underground for two years and describes Landis as a positive person. Utech said it is going to be sad without her and she knows she will be missed.
"She makes a big impact with people," Utech said. "My general experience with Tracy is that she just makes things seem not as bad."
continues with her positive attitude outside of work.
Utech said that Landis
"I work at Dillons too, and sometimes she'll come and visit me, say 'hi' and come through my line, and that makes my day there too," she said.
Utech said Landis' enthusiasm and positivity
will be missed by everyone who frequents The Underground.
"She always just gives people a smile, if someone's having a bad day," she said.
Landis said that keeping students positive is what she enjoyed the most of her work as a cashier.
"Because they get so stressed out, I try to keep them positive," she said. "I want to believe I've made an impact on them."
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pain, a lot better than narcotics," Harrell said. "I don't think it's any more dangerous than cigarettes or alcohol. I think it's kind of ridiculous that it's on the same level as heroine and stuff. People treat it like that, but it's not as dangerous."
Harrell also said Kansas should legalize cannabis for financial and social reasons.
"We're broke. We need
the tax money," Harrell said. "I think [legalization] is good because there are so many people that are in jail for a long time for a little bit of weed. It seems so ridiculous that they get their life ruined for that."
Despite growing support for the legalization of recreational and medical cannabis, Warf said that Kansas is unlikely to see change soon.
"Medical is conceivable, although not in the near future," Warf said. "Kansas is such a reactionary trog-
lodyte state that is slow to adapt to national norms."
Lisa Sublett, the president and founder of Bleeding Kansas Advocates, a medical cannabis advocacy organization, said the resistance to the legalization of medical cannabis is a result of ignorance.
"The stigma and ignorance still rears its head," Sublett said. "At this point, Kansans have to consider it willful ignorance. Anyone still ignorant at this point, it's simply because they
don't care, and that's reprehensible when we have people's lives, people are suffering everyday."
However, Sublett said this ignorance is not necessarily tied to the policies of the GOP, but is due to the odd nature of Kansas politics, where tradition supersedes progress, she said.
"Only in Kansas we have to deal with this resistance to data to science to research," Sublett said. "Kansas is very odd. You can't chalk it up to a GOP thing."
Sublett said that Republicans across the nation have supported the legalization of medical cannabis and that is the case in Kansas as well. However, while the majority of young Americans support the legalization of cannabis, Sublett said this is not necessarily the case with young Republican legislators.
"Some of the greatest advocates we have in Topeka are older Republicans," Sublett said.
Regardless of the current stance of the legislature, marijuana advocates remain resilient in their stances on medical and recreational cannabis.
"Why have any penalties for marijuana?" Warf said. "It's a completely harmless drug. I think it should be treated with respect, used in moderation, not abused. It should be taxed as a luxury item. I'm not saying everybody should spend all day stoned, but I don't understand why there's any penalty whatsoever."
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you know what's funny? That Steve Bannon is a crushed up eczema waffle and he thinks that he's genetically superior to Denzel Washington.
Watkins charged me $25 for cancelling an appointment... college is literally just one giant scam
I'm not really big on buying books for class. Nor am I a big fan of school.
I identify as a potato, I can help
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Therapists make me nervous.
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I think a bee just got stuck in my fan so i'm moving out immediately and never going back.
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As the incoming student government prepares to assume power, it will have to address, among other things, diversity related issues highlighted by the recent campus climate report.
According to the report, 37 percent of students have seriously considered leaving the University at some point. The top reasons cited by these individuals include diversity-related issues and lack of support. This comes after many high-profile protests that ultimately resulted in the recent establishment of Multicultural Student Government (MSG).
But supporters and opponents alike have questioned how effective the MSG can be at bettering the University. To address these lingering questions, Student Senate should use existing political science research in crafting policy going forward. If they do, they may find that there are better ways to improve University policymaking.
Obviously, most researchers examine larger organizations rather than universities when studying politics; however, some academic literature can be cross-applied to debate surrounding the MSG.
For example, MSG can essentially be thought of as a "reserved seat" system in which a designated number
of seats within the government are reserved for traditionally underrepresented groups. The theory behind this is that when more members of underrepresented groups are included in legislating, policies should be more equitable.
However, some research contradicts this logic. A 2002 paper on women's representation published in The Journal of Politics notes that, "Representation for marginalized groups should reflect group diversity and should not assume a false homogeneity of interest or identity (in individuals)."
S. Laurel Weldon, the report's author, is saying that simply being a member of an underrepresented group does not ensure that one can fully represent the interest of the group in a legislative setting. Furthermore, a 2008 study by Susan Franceschet and Jennifer M. Piscopo found that, "Gender quotas cannot change the institutional rules and norms that govern the legislative process, meaning that quotas cannot guarantee improvements in substantive representation as outcome."
Though this study specifically dealt with gender, the same principles can apply to minority representation.
To better understand why, think about how Student Senate is formed. In the 2015 election, only 17 percent of the student body voted. The most recent election, only about a quarter of the University cast a ballot. When 3 out of 4 students don't participate in the selection of senators, the institution does not fully represent the student body. Moreover, participation in senate requires time that students who work full-time may not have to give. Therefore, any senate driven initiative to improve representation will need to address poor involvement first.
Weldon's report also found that executive offices are better venues for addressing policy concerns, especially when those offices actively seek input from civil society groups. In other words, when groups interact directly with agencies, better policy is made.
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Any senate driven initiative to improve representation will need to address poor involvement first "
"We would expect women's bureaus to improve the political representation of women when they have: (1) formalized channels of access for women's organizations, and (2) the independence and resources needed to formulate and implement aspects of a women's agenda," the report said.
In light of this, a better model for improving outcomes for underrepresented students may be to further empower administrative
institutions to work with our "civil society" rather than through Student Senate. The most obvious way would be to create a permanent process for the administration to work with the University equivalent of civil society organizations - student groups.
An existing office, such as the Office of Multicultural Affairs or the Office of Diversity and Equity, could create a permanent student advisory board to review University policy as it is being developed. This board could allow anyone to attend, but should explicitly seek input from advocacy groups such as the Black Student Union, leadership organizations such as the Hispanic American Leadership Organization and minority sororities and fraternities to name a few.
This may not be a perfect solution, but research would suggest that it might improve representation more than a MSG. One could argue that existing research may not be applicable to student governments - this is a valid, yet untested, criticism.
And while the University currently has the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group, it is unclear if this group adequately reaches out to student organizations to channel the group perspectives that scholars like Weldon feel is a necessary component to improving representation.
Either way, the University and Student Senate must use research to further representation on campus going forward.
Vince Munoz is a junior from Topeka studying political science and strategic communications.
Shondell: Defense spending must decrease
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The billions of dollars poured into our military has come full circle. A bomb falls and then ten years later the same target is in the bomb site, and the need for more military spending comes to the table. Now our extensive weapons spending is on full display in the 2016 Department of Defense budget request.
According to an Al Jazeera article on U.S. defense spending, the Pentagon spent $596 billion on defense in the 2015 fiscal year. This outranks the next eight countries combined in spending.
During the Cold War, the U.S. policy of curbing the spread of communism backfired almost every time. Nicaragua, Vietnam and Panama, to name a few. The U.S. would take democratically elected leaders who were communist, and
Being well protected is essential in today's world, but the U.S. has crossed the line too many times by making itself the world police and not a protector of its citizens. For almost 93 percent of the country's existence, the U.S. has been at war. Yes, some wars are unavoidable but the vast majority involve the U.S. imposing "democracy" on the rest of the world.
The U.S. turns the wheels of economic progress through war and hefty contracts that defense contractors use to keep inflating spending. It's time the U.S. cuts down our massive military and direct spending in order to spend more on education and social services.
replace them with far-right nationalists who took on the role of dictators. All of these U.S.military operations were supplied by taxpayer money and used to dismantle actual democracy.
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Aside from the exhausting list of military operations, we must value human life and the men and women who do their best to preserve our freedom and safety. Politicians in Washington need to focus more on human lives. Spending more on conventional military operations than on social problems should alarm us all.
People and political parties who support bolstering the budget will bolster it at the expense of art and education programs. Our military budget is on schedule to churn out two new aircraft carriers in the next three years, the USS John F. Kennedy and the USS Gerald R. Ford. This will raise our navy to 13 carrier strike groups. To put this into perspective, Russia has the second most aircraft carriers and they have two.
The expenditure on conventional weapons must be cut to free up space for programs essential to human life in the U.S. and around the world, instead of engaging every "bad guy" that moves.
The military is not all about killing. Many humanitarian efforts are headed by the brave men and women who defend us. They respond to massive natural disasters and emergency situations. The U.S.military must transform itself into a primarily
humanitarian force, but occasionally we may have to send ordinance.
An example of this was U.S. warships shooting 59 cruise missiles at a lone Syrian base after the country used Sarin gas on its people. By following the lead of the United Nations, our military can makes itself into an actual, "global force for good."
A new commander in chief has communicated that he intends to increase spending to support the military. Spending will almost certainly go up and American taxpayers will be the ones paying for it. The malicious cycle of death the U.S. has built its military on cannot last. The budget must be cut or we will plunge further into what President Eisenhower warned about, a new age of a military-industrial complex.
Joseph Shondell is freshman from Roeland Park studying journalism and environmental studies.
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Megan Murphy is a senior studying visual arts. Her piece called "Suppressions" was exhibited in the Kansas Union Gallery earlier this month.
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Senior delves into a taboo world with clay
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Megan Murphy, a senior from the Philippines, has spent the last few years of her college career working on clay figures that personify hidden and abstract human emotions.
Her time and development toward her craft recently culminated in a piece called "Suppressions," a clay-based work on that was on display earlier this month at the Kansas Union Gallery.
For Murphy, her artwork, and especially her most recent clay sculptures, follows her own personal statement that she said she hopes to bring out in every piece she creates.
"I figured that we live in this really rigid, constructed society where there's so many taboo things that we don't address and hide," Murphy said. "And that's
what I tackle in my work."
Since she was exposed to different forms of art as a child, Murphy found it natural to take art classes in high school. She also got involved with her school's student newspaper by drawing cartoons.
Once she got to college, she continued her involvement by deciding to major in visual arts. There was a period of time, however, when this track didn't seem right for her.
"For a brief period, I transferred to photo media, which is in the design school," Murphy said. "But I continued to take studio classes."
Murphy's experience in art up to this point contained mostly drawing and painting, but she said she wasn't finding much meaning. It wasn't until her sophomore year at the University that she decided to take a sculpture class.
even though I wasn't in the visual department, and my teacher brought in this alumni who was a bronze sculptor. I asked him, 'Do you ever doubt yourself?' And he said, 'Oh, every day.'"
"I took a sculpture class,
She added that at that point, she had to leave the classroom.
"And I called my grandpa and I said, 'I'm going back to visual arts,'" she said.
The speaker revitalized Murphy's wish to return to visual arts on more than just a mental level. His speech made her jealous, but in a constructive way that pushed her back on track.
"I got real emotional when he was talking to us," Murphy said. "He was able to talk about all this stuff that he was doing right now. He's doing what he loves, and I was jealous of that, so then I decided that I would go back."
Two years later, Murphy is finishing up her final year as an undergraduate student. She's put her work in exhibitions around campus, as well as in the Kansas City Arts Coalition's Undergraduate College Student Exhibition.
"I delivered my pieces there on Saturday," Murphy said. "And I saw all these other pieces that people had delivered, mostly paintings, and I thought that their work was so good. I was almost like touched that my work was placed in the same level as them."
Like others in the Lawrence art community, University ceramics professor Marshall Maude sees a high quality in Murphy's work.
Maude, who's known Murphy for two years, has had plenty of time to see her work develop.
"I've been really impressed with the progress that she's made just in the last six months," Maude
said. "The preparation that she's done for the show has been exceptional. Her modeling of the figure has improved so much, [as well as] her subject matter and the content and her conceptualization of her work. Ever since this semester started she's been working a lot."
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Kelly Corcoran is the owner of Love Garden Sounds, a record store in downtown Lawndale and KANSAN sounds is celebrating Record Store Day by having exclusive records on sale and a coupon when you spend over $50.
When it comes to her work, Murphy finds ways to connect her ideas and statements in more than just her designs. To her, the clay itself plays just as big of a role.
"There's a direct correlation with the material I use," Murphy said. "It starts off as this soft material and I'm able to mold it however I want. I make these bodies and I chop them up once they reach a certain dryness, and then I scoop out the insides. So, there are all these dismembered body parts around me, and then I put them back together. Which is kind of a metaphor in and of itself."
Ahead of Record Store Day, Love Garden Sounds reminds us why vinyl is back in fashion
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When someone walks into Love Garden Sounds a record store on Massachusetts Street they get hit with a little burst of nostalgia. Over 30,000 vinyl records and CDs line the walls and tables, from old bands to new. If you're lucky, you may catch one of the shop's three cats, Sam, Chardonnay and Stuffing, lounging around atop of the shelves.
Record Store Day is on Saturday, April 22, and Love Garden Sounds is participating in the annual day of celebration and has been for the past ten years.
Owner Kelly Corcoran said Love Garden Sourds sells exclusive records that day as a part of the celebration. In previous years, they've had over 100 people line up at the door before the store opened because of the yearly event.
Corcoran said he thinks that the tangibility of vinyl
is what has made them so popular again in our "of the moment society." The object takes up physical space rather than storage on your phone.
"Records reinforce taste you already have and maybe legitimizes an album that you care about," Corcoran said. "Having it being pressed on this grander format, when you hold it, it's very substantial. It reinforces that this music has value."
He said that there is a ceremonial feeling to "selecting a record, taking it out of however it's stored and presenting it on the turn table." Corcoran described how the needle and groove interact to make sound as being both fantastical and mysterious.
Allie Heiner is a freshman studying applied behavioral science. She is a frequent shopper at Love Garden Sounds, and said that she tries to go there at least twice a month. Although she wasn't familiar with Record Store Day before, Heiner is
looking forward to this year's celebration.
She also said that there is something unique about the way you have to listen to a record because you can't skip tracks. It makes you to listen to the album in the way the artist intended.
Heiner has been building her collection of vinyls since her junior year in high school. She said she believes that a big part of the trend-
Heiner said that her favorite records are ones that have been passed down from family members. She's received Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, The Kinks and Janice Joplin records from her grandparents and aunt.
Corcoran said that his favorite record is the Metal Box album by Public Image
iness is the "hipster feel of them and the big artwork on the covers."
Limited, because he bought it for his wife during their early years of dating and he is connected to it emotionally.
Music enthusiasts will have a chance to find their special record Saturday. For more information about Record Store Day specials and Love Garden Sounds, visit the store's website.
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The dean of the School of Health Professions at the University of Kansas Medical Center has dedicated his career to helping neurologically-impaired patients return to their daily lives.
Abiodun Akinwuntan has developed virtual reality driving simulators designed to give stroke patients the chance to return to the road.
"I started to use driving simulators as a big coincidence," Akinwuntan said. "I was looking for the most effective way to be able to rehabilitate stroke patients who wished to go back to driving. I thought the best way to train driving was in a car but without the dangers of the public road."
In the process, he's become a virtual reality expert.
The rehabilitation program begins by evaluating the "motor, visual and cognitive" skills of patients, both through clinical testing and by placing them in the easiest program level to see which specific driving skills their neurological deficits have affected.
Akinwuntan came across a driving simulator and realized he had found the answer.
Once these skills are identified, Akinwuntan can program future sessions to challenge each of the affected skills. For each impaired skill, the patient goes through 10 to 15 progressively difficult sessions designed to restrengthen that ability.
Prior to his appointment as dean of the School of Health Professions, Akinwuntan was also the associate dean of research at the College of Allied Health Sciences at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia — a Fulbright Foreign Scholar to Nigeria and a Fulbright Specialist to Iceland.
"After that, we're able to assess the success of the training by putting the patients back through the same initial assessment they did before the training program," Akinwuntan said.
Akinwuntan received a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of Lagos in Nigeria, before moving to Europe for his postgraduate studies. He holds doctoral and master's degrees in neuromotor rehabilitation from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) in Belgium and a master's degree in public health and business administration from Augusta University.
Now, Akinwuntan is bringing the cutting-edge technology to the University. In addition to his role as dean, Akinwuntan is co-director of the Laboratory for Advanced Rehabilitation Research in Simulation (LARRS), located at the University Medical
The opportunity to bring his expertise home to Nigeria was "extremely fulfilling," Akinwuntan said. His job as a Fulbright Foreign Scholar was to improve Nigeria's physical therapy education with the goal of enhancing the rehabilitation of its neurologically impaired patients. Akinwuntan said he was happy to be part of this process in his home country.
Center's campus in Kansas City.
As a Fulbright Specialist in Akureyri, Iceland, Akinwuntan shared his simulation technology with international colleagues and taught classes at the University of Akureyri. The Fulbright Specialist program sends US scholars to serve as "expert consultants" in their field for institutions around the world.
Akinwuntan works closely with Hannes Devos, the director of LARRS.
Devos, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the Medical Center, said LARRS uses various kinds of virtual reality in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological impairments. In addition to Akinwun-
tan's driving simulation, the lab features other visual and cognitive screening tools, including a virtual reality treadmill.
LARRS works with patients suffering from stroke, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, but Akinwuntan said the simulations were most promising for stroke rehabilitation.
In addition to his roles at the University, Akinwun-
tan also serves as part of the four-person review committee for Fulbright applications to West and Central Africa. At the University, he will continue to work with LARRS to explore ways virtual reality can improve the process of neurological rehabilitation.
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Sign up for an audition time at kutheatre.com. Please prepare two one-minute contrasting monolouges. Metamorphoses will run October 6-12. Rehearsal begins August 23.
Callbacks
Due to the ensemble-based nature of the show, Dr. Henry Bial will hold the callbacks as group workshops, for example calling 10-14 actors at a time for 75 to 90-minute blocks. The number of group sessions will depend on how many actors are called back.
Callbacks Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26 6 to 9 p.m. 354 Murphy
Questions or concerns? Contact Katherine Pryor at kpyor@ku.edu.
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The cast of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's "The Pirates of Penzance" take to the seas during a performance.
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"The Pirates of Penzance" @ The Kauffman Center
The Kauffman Center audience will travel the high seas this Saturday at 7:30 p.m., as the Lyric Opera of Kansas City will perform "The Pirates of Penzance."
According to the Lyric Opera, the show will feature lyrics with high energy, colorful sets and more. "The Pirates of Penzance" will be conducted by Hal France, who conducts shows around the globe, with music written by 19th century
composer Arthur Sullivan.
The show features a pirate named Frederic, played by Jonathan Johnson, who falls in love, but must stay true to his pirate ways. "The Pirates of Penzance" runs for an approximate two hours and 15 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.
Tickets can be purchased at the Lyric Opera's website, starting at $50.
Dan + Shay @ The Midland
The musical duo Dan + Shay will stop at the Midland Friday at 8 p.m. on their "Obsessed Tour."
According to the Midland, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney make up the country music duo that debuted together in 2014. Their debut album, "Where It All Began," reached No.1 on Billboard's Country Album Chart. The duo is best known for their singles "Nothin' Like You" and "19 You + Me." Dan + Shay are touring after the 2016 release of their newest album, "Obsessed," which peaked on Billboard's Country Album Chart at No.2.
Tickets can be purchased for Friday night's show on the Midland's website for $25.
I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard' @ The Unicorn Theatre
A two-actor show will take the stage at the Unicorn Theatre starting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for the opening weekend of "I'm Gonna Pray for You so Hard."
According to the Unicorn Theatre, the show will focus on a father, played by Theodore Swetz, and his daughter, played by Dina Thomas, who wants to make her father proud. Swetz is a famous playwright, and Thomas is an up-and-coming off-broadway actor.
Both actors have performed in previous productions at the Unicorn Theatre; Swetz in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" and Thomas in "Bad Jews."
Tickets for the show can be purchased and a schedule of showtimes can be found at the Unicorn Theatre website. Ticket prices start at $30.
'Round About Midnight' @ The Kauffman Center
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra will close out its 2016-2017 season with their performance of "Round About Midnight"
Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m. at the Kauffman Center.
According to the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, the Orchestra will tribute two jazz artists who helped make the music style what it is today trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist John Coltrane. The orchestra will perform their own renditions of the two artists' works, including "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "On Green Dolphin Street." Along with those two works, the Orchestra will perform other classics by the artists.
Tickets for Friday night's show can be purchased at the Kauffman Center website, starting at $26.50.
Bob Schieffer to accept award on behalf of Charlie Rose
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William Allen White Day is an annual ceremony that honors University students and well-known journalists. This year's keynote and ceremony will take place on April 20 at 3 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Bob Schieffer, a retired journalist for CBS known for his work on "Face the Nation," will open the ceremony with a Q&A interview, according to a press release from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Schieffer is attending the event in place of Charlie Rose, the host and executive editor of Bloomberg's "Charlie Rose," PBS's
"Charlie Rose: The Week" and co-anchors "CBS This Morning." Rose is receiving this year's William Allen White National Citation award and was set to be the keynote speaker, but cannot attend due to health reasons.
Schieffer said that he thinks Rose deserves this award because he has
carved out a unique place in American journalism.
"What I have always liked about his interviews is he listens, which is the key to interviewing," Schieffer said. "He has become a status symbol, for people to be asked to be on Rose's show, and he has continued to do that since coming to CBS."
Schieffer said he is looking forward to coming to the University and is happy to do this for Rose, with whom he has been friends for 30 years.
Ann Brill, the dean of journalism, said the recipient of the event's award is chosen by the William Allen White Foundation Board of Trustees through a voting process.
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Schieffer said Rose, who has interviewed figures like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad, has been a tremendous asset to CBS.
"It gives me the opportunity to come and see the students and, for me, getting to come and talk is kind of like my focus group," he said. "I get to find out what is on the students' minds."
["Rose] is literally known around the world, not just by people in the entertainment world or the American news world,"
career spanning a number of decades and the work he does," Brill said. "It's a great honor because there are many prestigious people on that list and if you look at the list of people who have won this award, it's a really impressive group of people."
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I love ice cream. Really, I love it, I could eat it every single day with a wide smile on my face. I also love calamari. I think it's absolutely delicious, and whenever it's on any menu at any restaurant you better believe I'm going to order it.
But calamari on my ice cream? Yuck, get that away from me.
People love sports with every fiber of their being, they love talking about sports, viewing sports and we as a culture adore everything that comes with sports.
Politics, too. People say they hate talking about politics, but that's not true. It can't be true, look at the ratings for Fox News, CNN
MSNBC - they're all up.
America loves sports and politics, but God help us all if they spill into each other's territory.
We saw a prime example of this early in last year's NFL season with Colin Kaepernick, when we lost our collective mind simply because he knelt during the national anthem.
Now we get a chance to be uncomfortable again.
The New England Patriots visited the White House Wednesday to celebrate their remarkable Super Bowl 51 comeback victory, but it won't be all of the Patriots this year.
I need to mention this separately. Tom Brady wasn't in attendance because of "family matters," it certainly wasn't because of who now
Aside from Brady, Martellus Bennett, Devin McCourty, Chris Long, LeGarrette Blount, Dont'a Hightower and Alan Branch also did not attend the ceremony.
resides in the White House because Brady has been seen before with "Make America Great Again" apparel.
A few of the players missing cited their children. Long and Branch said they wouldn't be able to face their children about why they went.
The rest of the players had one very resounding message: "We didn't feel welcome."
It's an invitation; it's not mandatory, if these players don't want to go because they disagree with Trump's policies, that's fine! If these players don't want to for any reason whatsoever, that's OK.
Once you become a professional athlete, you do not automatically strip yourself of the right to political thought or political activism.
Then how the hell are you supposed to try to make a change to a problem you think is pressing?"
Look back to Kaepernick. After peacefully protesting by kneeling during the national anthem, he received death threats, fans burned jerseys and social media nearly imploded.
"Don't protest like that."
people said, "That's not how it should be done," people said.
Oh really, it's not? Then how the hell are you supposed to try to make a change to a problem you think is pressing?
Kaepernick was not rioting in the streets; he was courageous enough to look a potential career-ending stance in the face and say, "your move."
So, why were we so uncomfortable with his kneeling? Because it was interfering with our sports, and sports and politics do not mix.
I think it's great that this group of Patriots players are skipping the event at the White House, compared to the alternative of an insincere visit and a hardly genuine handshake.
It's not like there is going to be a Q & A where the president is actually listening to any critiques, or will come remotely close to considering anything these players have to say.
Sports give you a unique platform to express your beliefs; use that platform to make a difference.
We get angry at people who only type hot political takes on social media and do nothing, but we're also going to get angry at the people who act on those beliefs and try to make peaceful change?
Good for you, Pats players, but don't expect this to go over quickly.
After all, nobody thinks calamari ice cream is appealing.
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"Anthony Curran, who's a buddy of mine, called me and said 'Hey, we're looking to put Hussain somewhere in the U.S.' " Hays said.
Hays worked alongside Dr. Phil Lowcock, coordinator for international student-athlete support, to coordinate with the Applied English Center (AEC) to enroll Al Hizam at the Universi
sity and better advance his English.
After just two short weeks, Al Hizam knew that he would be leaving the busy life of Los Angeles for the more humble plains of Kansas.
While the move was a major change of scenery, Al Hizam is more than happy about the change in location.
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can only do one thing," he explained. "If I was in L.A., I would probably quit track, or not go to school, I've got to choose between one of these."
Al Hizam has enjoyed a successful career at Kansas since becoming a Jayhawk in the spring of 2016. At the Arkansas Qualifier in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in Feb. 2017. Al Hizam vaulted a height of 5.46-meters (17-foot-11), putting himself in the Kansas all-time top 10 for indoor vaults.
Despite this feat, Al Hizam drew more attention to himself after he broke the Saudi Arabian national record for indoor pole vaulting, a record he set a week earlier at the Tyson Invitational, a meet also held in Fayetteville.
A little over a month later, Al Hizam also went on to break the Saudi Arabian outdoor record at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona. Al Hizam managed to vault over a height of 5.60-meter (18-foot-4), breaking his previous personal best by 0.14 meters
Although, that's not to say Al Hizam has not experienced some low points at Kansas too.
"After I jumped 5.46, I was really excited to go to the Big 12 event, I was really excited to be there and possibly win it, but I didn't do great at the Big 12," Al Hizam said.
Al Hizam ranked No.17 in the nation after the Big 12 Championships, with only the top 16 athletes in nation heading to the NCAA tournament. Despite the disappointment, Al Hizam will use that disappointment as fuel heading into the outdoor season, to beat everyone who knocked him down to No.17.
Once he gets on fire ... and his confidence level is so high, you just get out of the way."
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Three of the athletes who did finish in the top 16 were fellow Kansas vaulters Nick Maestretti and Jake Albright, both seniors, and sophomore Paulo Benavides. But Al Hizam says there are no hard feelings, describing the Kansas pole vault team as a family.
"If Jake (Albright) jumps higher, it's not going to make me look better," Al Hizam said. "But, the positive thing about our team is everybody is trying to push each other so we can reach our best potential."
Although Al Hizam is slightly disappointed with his performance at the conclusion of the indoor season, Hays is more than happy with his performances following his rehabilitation from his back injury.
When Hays brought Al Hizam to Kansas, his goal was simply to get him healthy.
"I was just trying to make sure that he wasn't broken, that's the first thing," Hays said. "Once he gets on fire though and his confidence level is so high, you just get out of the way."
Being one of the best vaulters in his nation does not come without its expectations. Although Al Hizam does not know whether he will become a professional athlete throughout America and Europe after his collegiate career or will focus on his area of study, business he does know one thing.
"We're starting to think about the Olympics in 2020, plus we also have a chance to qualify for the World Championships in London," Al Hizam said.
Al Hizam and Hays have a plan to give Al Hizam the best chance of competing in the 2020 Olympics for Saudi Arabia. With the World Championships coming up this summer in London, Al
Despite Al Hizam's successful career so far, and his lofty ambitions for the future, he never forgets the people who have helped him reach this point. The same can be said for Hays, who said he will also be happy to help Al Hizam once his collegiate career comes to a close.
Hizam looks to clear 5.70 meters. Then, he believes he will garner a lot of media attention in Saudi Arabia, as well as from the Saudi Athletic Federation.
"Our biggest thing is we need to figure out what the mark is going to be. Right now it has always been around 5.70-meters, like the world championships in London," Hays said. "If he qualifies for that, then he's definitely going to be on their selection team."
Even though Al Hizam is only a sophomore, in reflection, he's grateful for the support he's received during his past struggles, naming Hays and coach Stanley Redwine specifically for helping him through adversity.
But, he's not looking back on, the tough times. He's focusing on a challenging, but optimistic, future. That future starts with the 90th annual Kansas Relays this week, and potentially goes beyond to the World Championships and just maybe back to Asia, the continent in which he was once a champion, for the 2020 Olympics.
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Hussain Al Hizam has competed around Europe and Asia, broken the Saudi National record for indoor pole vaulting, and aims to participate in the 2020 Olympics.
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Hussain Al Hizam reaching new heights after injury
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Hussain Al Hizam's pole vaulting career nearly had a premature end.
A native of Jabail, Saudi Arabia, Al Hizam's pole vaulting career blossomed early. He broke pole vaulting world records left and right during his high school days, and won both the Arab junior title and Asian Junior Games in 2014.
Al Hizam had to start from scratch shortly after those competitions.
After returning home from the Youth Olympics in China in 2014, Al Hizam missed the pit completely and fell to the ground and suffered a spinal fracture.
Because of Al Hizam's
success, his name resonated throughout the Saudi Arabian community. Shortly after his injury, Saudi Arabian Prince Nawaf Al Saud, contacted Al Hizam about a doctor he knew in Los Angeles who could help him with his rehabilitation.
Al Hizam spent a year recovering and training in Los Angeles and began considering the possibility of competing at the collegiate level in America.
Al Hizam's childhood wasn't a typical one.
Having been a fierce competitor since the age of 8, he didn't grow up like his other classmates and friends in Saudi Arabia.
Track and field runs in the
family, as his father - Asim Al Hizam - is a former decathlete and a current decathon coach. There was never a doubt that Hussain would lead a life that revolved around sports and competition.
Al Hizam was a well-rounded athlete from a young age, participating in a plethora of sports, including soccer, volleyball and swimming, before finally following his father's footsteps and finding himself competing on the hard gravel surface of the racing track.
Al Hizam dominated the competition in several events in his youth, winning national titles in hurdling and the long jump. It wasn't until 2012 when Al Hizam decided to focus solely on pole vault, after he broke the world record for his age group. But, it wasn't just his dominance in the sport that influenced Al Hizam's decision to stick with pole vaulting.
"I found it to be something unique that not a lot of people can do," Al Hizam said. "Some people might get mad at me when I say 'everyone could run or long jump,' but not a lot of people can pole vault."
Hussain Al Hizam Pole vaulter
I found it to be something unique that not a lot of people can do."
After Al Hizam turned 11
years old, he began to travel around Europe, spending a lot of time traveling between Germany and Saudi Arabia to compete and practice. Before long, Al Hizam participated in some of the most competitive national meets for his age group. At 15, he won the Asian Youth Championships in China. A year later, Al Hizam returned to China to compete in the Youth Olympic Games.
When he finished fourth, he caught the attention of the Saudi Athletic Federation.
Al Hizam had only lived in and known one American city - Los Angeles - and naturally, his first instinct was to take a look at UCLA.
"I tried to get into UCLA
at first because I didn't know any other schools and it was a little hard for me to get in there because my English wasn't as good at that time," Al Hizam said.
With this in mind, he began to research different track and field programs around the nation, with a particular focus on pole vaulting.
"I guess that was the best research I've ever done in my life," Al Hizam said with a smile on his face.
Through this research, aided by UCLA jumps coach Anthony Curran, Al Hizam came into contact with Kansas vertical jumps coach Tom Hays.
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Junior Lucas Shaw races in the men's 400 meters as part of the decathalon at the Kansas Relays April 19.
Kicking off the first day of the 90th annual Kansas Relays, Kansas athletes lagged behind outstanding performances in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon.
However, junior Lucas Shaw launched himself into better standing heading into the second day. Shaw battled strong wind on the back stretch to win his heat in the decathlon's 400-meter run.
"With it being as windy as it is, I felt like I ran a good race," Shaw said. "I used a lot of energy in that back stretch when the wind was really pushing us in the face. So it made that last home stretch really hard, but I felt overall it was a really good race."
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At the end of the first day, senior Dylan Poirier leads Kansas athletes at fourth in the men's decathlon, about 300 points behind Texas Tech's Erin Lopez. A trio of Kansas women lie in the middle of the pack in the women's heptathlon.
Sophomore Morgan Griffiths leads Kansas in the heptathlon at sixth place, with junior Talia Marquez closely behind in seventh. Junior Teri Huslig stands in 12th after the first day of the heptathlon. Griffiths finished second in both the shot-put and the 100-meter dash.
The women's heptathlon ended first on Wednesday, with Texas Tech's Kaylee Hinton leading the competition by a rather wide margin. Hinton won Wednesday's final event, the 200-meter, creating plenty of separation from the rest of the pack.
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I felt overall it was a really good race."
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Hinton heads into Thursday with 3,336 points, and in second stands Central Michigan's April Micheaux with 3,154 points.
Poirier has an opportunity to challenge for the decathlon title, but the competition looks to be between Tech's Lopez and Reinis Kregers, a former Kansas State athlete competing unattached.
Shaw, who sits in 14th place overall, looks ahead to a favorable Thursday.
"I'm a pole vaulter," Shaw said. "I was a pole vaulter in high school, so I'm really looking forward to the vault
tomorrow. I think I'm going to gain a lot of points there. Then, the 1,500 like I said is another strong event for me, so I'm looking forward to that."
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Every day you can see graduate students working at every corner on campus. Some may be leading a class discussion in Fraser, helping a faculty member conduct an experiment in Lindley, studying for an exam in the Watson stacks or simply taking a break to unwind and drink a cup of coffee at the Union.
At the University, there are 6,158 graduate students and 16 percent of classes at the University are taught by graduate teaching assistants.
However, despite graduate students', graduate teaching assistants' and graduate research assistants' integration and importance to many at the University, graduate teaching assistants are often underappreciated, according to some.
"First of all, graduate students don't have the red carpet experience that freshmen do," said Brittney Oleniacz, a native of Phil-
lipsburg, New Jersey and graduate teaching assistant working toward her a doctorate in geology.
"We come for very specific reasons,very different reasons than undergrads. Just overall as KU as a graduate school.I have mixed feelings."
In the recent climate survey, it was reported that 24
percent of graduate students have seriously considered leaving the University at some point.
Oleniacz said there are both positives and negatives to being a GTA at the University.
"One of the pros is definitely the faculty-in-training," she said. "You are basically learning teaching styles
and how to convey information, and that's a big part of just being in academia. I don't know if I am going to be a professor one day, but what I am learning now is definitely important."
In return for their teaching and all of the schedule balancing that comes with it, some GTAs get assistance with their tuition.
Each graduate teaching assistant has an appointment with their specific department. Their appointments, which translate into their workload, cannot exceed 20 hours per week during the semester, according to guidelines in the policy library. Greater time commitments within their jobs translate to more tuition assistance.
An appointment of 40 percent (approximately 16 hours of work per week) or more allows graduate teaching assistants to have their entire tuition paid for. If the appointment is less than 40 percent, the percent of tuition paid goes down to 25 percent, depending on the percentage appointment.
Angela Murphy, a Marshfield, Missouri native now working as a fellow (a special research-focused program for graduate students), said she believes GTAs deserve better pay, as many live close to the poverty level. According to the Kansas Lifeline Program, the poverty line for a one-person household in Kansas is $16,281.
Oleniacz said each department at the University is different when it comes to pay. She said she feels financially grounded, especially compared to when she was an undergraduate student at Edinboro University, which is located in Edinboro Pennsylvania.
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Complaint calling for Womack's disqualification dismissed
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The Senate Court of Appeals hears arguments for KUnited, One KU and the Elections Commission on Saturday evening. Earlier this week, the Elections Commission tied on a decision in this case and caused it to move up to final authority.
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The Student Senate Court of Appeals unanimously voted Saturday night to dismiss a complaint asking for the disqualification of Mady Womack, the presidential candidate who has been declared the winner of the Student Senate election.
Seniors Jake Vance and Michaeli Hennessy as well two law students, Annie
The complaint from the KUNited coalition alleged that Womack, as well as members of her coalition, OneKU, had campaigned improperly during the elections on April 13 and 14 by encouraging students to vote on their phones and then "intimidating" them into casting their vote for OneKU. The Elections Commission heard the complaint on April 17 and declared a "symbolic tie" in their decision, which resulted in the complaint being dismissed.
Calvert and Joe Uhlman, represented the Court of Appeals at the Saturday hearing.
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We are happy that the Court made a clear statement validating our victory."
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In their ruling and in the hearing on Saturday evening, the court decided to approach the case as "the court of first impression," meaning that it was looking at the evidence and ruling on the violation itself, rather than the procedure and behavior of the lower court. The ruling, as well as statements made by COA justices during the hearing, indicated that the Elections Commission's symbolic tie necessitated such an approach.
"A tie does not decide a
winner or loser — it is the absence of such a decision," the ruling said. "So this Court cannot utilize its standard of review, and instead must view this case as the court of first impression."
In approaching the complaint in this way, the COA decided that there was no violation, citing lack of evidence and failure to prove intimidation. It said there is no rule in the Student Senate Rules and Regulations that Womack had actually broken, especially given the common practice of approaching students as she had.
"We are happy that the Court made a clear statement validating our victory," Womack said. "I look forward to assuming my duties as Student Body President this Wednesday."
Womack was not available to speak to the Kansan after the ruling was issued Saturday night but did send a comment via text.
One thing that all of those at the hearing, held Saturday evening, seemed to agree upon was a lack of clarity in SSRR, especially in regards to this incident.
"The thing that I would most like to see come from these is a rewrite of the Student Senate Rules and Regulations, to see the defining of many undefined things that have caused us great trouble during the election," said Nellie Kassebaum, a KUnited member who represented the group at the hearing. However, the final opinion did not give guidance or recommendations for how SSRR could be interpreted or rewritten going forward. Though the opinion did acknowledge that the rules could be clearer while addressing Womack's behavior, they said her reliance on previous campaigning behavior was reasonable.
Pending further appeals, the election results will be certified in 72 hours.
KU seeks dismissal of federal Title IX suit
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The University is trying again to get a federal Title IX lawsuit currently pending against them dismissed, on the grounds that a related suit has already been heard, tried and dismissed at the state level.
The federal lawsuit, which was filed by the parents of former Kansas rower Daisy Tackett, alleges that the University created a hostile educational environment for her after her alleged sexual assault in Jayhawker Towers in 2014. According to the lawsuit, the University did not take sufficient action to protect her on campus afterward and even allowed her coaches to take retaliatory action against her.
The new motion, which was filed Friday, says that the federal case would give Tackett "two bites at the apple." Tackett had been involved in a consumer protection lawsuit in the Douglas County Court, which alleged that the University's advertisements of safe on-campus housing misled her and her parents. The case was dismissed last month because Tackett couldn't show "continuing injury."
Because the parties and events in both lawsuits are
"All of the issues between Ms. Tackett and the University could have been presented in the state court action, just as they could have been presented in this case," the lawsuit said. "Instead, for whatever reasons, Ms. Tackett chose to split her claims, and she did so at her own risk."
the same, the University's new motion says that the federal lawsuit would require both parties and the court to essentially redo a process they've already gone through.
Dan Curry, the Kansas City, Missouri, lawyer representing Tackett, said via email Saturday that his team had reviewed the motion.
"We do not believe it has merit," Curry said via email. "We will be filing a response asking the Court to deny it in its entirety."
The University has tried on two other occasions to get the suit dismissed, saying that they did adequately respond to Tackett's report of sexual assault and could not have prevented it from occurring.
The Kansan reached out to the University on Saturday afternoon for comment on the motion, but did not receive a response.
If the case moves forward, the trial is scheduled for the summer of 2018.
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With an evident lack of support from the student
body to fund renovations to the Kansas Union, the building's fate is now in limbo.
After a majority of voters rejected the Union referendum that would have added new student fees to pay for renovations like plumbing and bathrooms, as well as expansions on several floors, Union director David Mucci said they are now back to the drawing board.
The Union referendum that was proposing a $50 per semester increase in student fees was voted down early this week. Baxter Schenanze/KANSAN
The referendum, which was posed to students on April 13 and 14 during Student Senate elections, asked if they supported a $50 student fee to fund renovations to the Union. This fee would have been charged to each student, every semester for the next 30 years starting in 2019.
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The Elections Commission released unofficial results during a hearing for an appeal filed by Redo Your U, which was ultimately dismissed on April 17. According to the commission, 56.68 percent of respondents said no, 32.6 percent answered yes, and 10.71 percent abstained.
"We're disappointed," Mucci said. "It's a lot of work and effort, but it was also a good endeavor. We learned a lot from the discussion and will take that back and use that for general improvements in the operation or new approaches because it was a good conversation with the campus community."
According to Mucci, the Union has "stressed all its options" for funding the $45 million project and doesn't know what they will do moving forward. Once the official results are certified by the Elections Commission, Union executives will go back to their Memorial Corporation Board and brainstorm either a new way to approach the student body through referenda or seek other options, he said.
Collin Cox, who is the executive outreach director of Redo Your U, the student group that campaigned for and supported the referendum, said supporters are disappointed but not defeated. He said he doesn't credit the referendum loss to a lack of trying from within, but rather a lack of support from the campus as well as groups like Student Senate not taking positive stances publicly.
"It's unfortunate because we were really looking forward to all the opportunities it would provide to students but in the end it didn't work
out," Cox said. "I think the negative portrayal of the project, through many mediums, definitely set us back a lot."
Student group KU Against Rising Tuition (KUART) was one of the groups opposing the referendum. According to KUART co-founder Lev Comolli, the group felt the $45 million being paid by students was unnecessary because only some of the requested money was for necessary renovations.
More than this, Comolli said the campaign the Union and Redo Your U led was misleading and not providing voters with all the facts. During elections week, the group counteracted chalking and advertisements from
Redo Your U with bright colored chalking right next to it saying "Vote no!"
"I think the negative portrayal of the project, through many mediums definitely set us back a lot."
Collin Cox Redo Your U Executive outreach director
Comolli said he hopes the Union learned from the loss and hopes KUART can be involved in plans going forward.
"We want to try to bring
our different ideas to the table, especially regarding our counter plan, to the Union directors to make a more inclusive and holistic study." Comolli said. "That way we don't see another referendum pass next year which will essentially be the same thing."
Mucci said there are no set plans for another referendum in the future. Instead, he said, the Union is focused on managing the building's ongoing deterioration. This includes things such as elevators breaking and major issues in the building's plumbing among many others, Mucci said.
"Clearly it's just going to be more problematic going forward," Mucei said.
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"What I've heard is humanities do not get as paid as much as the GTAs in the sciences and the STEM fields," Oleniacz said. "But maybe I'm really just good at budgeting, but I'm pretty comfortable. I'm still modestly living as a student, obviously. But I'm OK."
Graduate students have the opportunity to purchase a parking permit just like undergraduate students and University staff. They receive no preference or assistance in getting one, according to Oleniacz.
For perks, GTAs do not have many, other than insurance offered by the University.
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"Iinsurance is definitely important," she said. "Because most graduate students, we're over 25 so we're no longer on our parents' insurance policies. So to be employed by the University and by extension the state, and then having the insurance subsidy, is really important. A lot of GTAs and graduate students have families, so the insurance is
Murphy said the insurance at the University is not the best.
important."
"The coverage isn't great," she said.
Health insurance, wages the employment process and other aspects are negotiated every two years by the GTA Union, said President David Cooper, who is in the PhD department of sociology.
In addition, Murphy said she thinks Dean of Graduate Studies Michael Roberts and the staff work their hardest to help graduate students, but they can't do much to combat the issues she sees affecting grad students.
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"Our role is to be like the negotiating unit for GTAs to the University," he said.
Last May, the union negotiated a new contract for the GTAs, earning returning doctoral students a $1,500 raise.
"Graduate studies, especially since Dean Michael Roberts took over ... they're trying, but they have a limited amount of resources," Murphy said.
Roberts and graduate
studies policy coordinator Amber Roberts Graham both said GTAs are an important aspect of the University.
"They are a part of the overall mission of the University," Roberts said.
Oleniacz said that she thinks the University could provide better training for GTAs, especially when it comes to sexual assault, active shooter training and other social issues within the classroom.
Murphy said she thinks in addition to more pay, the University could implement more support and resources for graduate students, such as free printing and self-care tools.
In addition to maintaining self-care, juggling socializing and teaching, studying can be difficult, but Marissa Wiley, a GTA in communication studies, said that organization is key.
"We are under an immense amount of pressure," she said.
"You have to have a planner that works for you, whether that's virtual or whether that's an actual
hard copy, you have to be organized," Wiley said.
Wiley said that setting aside ample amount of time for research, teaching and socializing is also important.
Sleep, for Wiley, is important, even though other graduate students may not feel the same.
"It's not just you," she said. "We are all dealing with the pressure that you are feeling. We are terrible at talking about it and we are terrible at supporting each other but there are people here for you and you just have to tap into who those people are because once you find them, it completely changes your experience from the inside out."
"You have to figure out what works for you," Wiley said. "If I am not sleeping at night, I am not performing during the day...you have to find what works best for you ... it just depends."
Murphy advises graduate students and GTAs to find others to support them during their time at the University.
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Finishing up a semester can be an anxiety-inducing experience that leads to hair pulling, paper ripping and hope-depriving stress. Studying for final exams and working on final projects can take a toll on a student's sanity.
Becoming overly stressed can make preparation for and completion of finals worse. It can also have adverse health effects on students. In order to avoid getting overwhelmed, students need to allocate time away from studying.
According to the Mayo Clinic, stress can reduce motivation, lead to problems sleeping and cause restlessness. The Mayo Clinic also points out that stress can exacerbate or instigate more severe health issues like depression, drug or alcohol abuse and heart disease.
These negative effects of stress can all reduce the quality of studying and test taking. Spending time on activities that lower stress, such as spending time with friends, reading a book (for fun, not necessarily for a class) and taking a walk outside, can all improve a student's mood and help improve final grades.
Another way to avoid this unhelpful stress is to avoid cramming and procrastinating. Admittedly, I am not good at this. When I cram and procrastinate, I usually feel exhausted and burnt out regardless of how I perform on the test. On the occasions that I do review well in advance of my tests, I feel more confident in my knowledge and my ability to perform
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On the occasions that I do review well in advance of my tests, I feel more confident in my knowledge and my ability to perform well on the exams."
Recalling information from class becomes easier, and last-minute studying is mostly just to refine my understanding of the topic. This lengthened studying tactic also affords me more time to
take breaks from studying.
Studying is obviously important, but relaxing is equally important to ensure that you do well on your final exams and assignments. You cannot expect your work to be high quality when you feel overly stressed. A sense of urgency can help you progress on your studies and assignments, but when that urgency turns to anxiety, it is important to put down the pen, shut the laptop and relax.
Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying journalism and political science.
Munoz: US should reconsider electoral system
▶ VINCE MUNOZ
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This Sunday, France held a vote widely viewed as pivotal to the future of the European Union. Unlike American elections, because no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote, there will be a second election between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Foreign elections like Sunday's remind us that, if we as Americans are unsatisfied with our politics, there are alternative electoral systems that the U.S. can and should consider.
Since the early 1990s, Americans increasingly dislike our two major parties. Not coincidentally, Trump and Clinton were the least popular nominees in the history of American polling.
Many believe that there is no way to change this and that they must choose the lesser of two evils each election. But this is not entirely true. Election systems often dictate how many parties form.
In our current system a candidate for president or congress typically only has to win more votes than the other candidates,rather than an absolute majority of 50 percent plus one. These are called plurality elections.
Foreign elections like Sunday's remind us that, if we as Americans are unsatisfied with our politics, there are alternative electoral systems that the U.S. can and should consider."
Pluralities usually result in two party systems, like in the U.S. and U.K., by making it difficult for third parties to win. Pippa Norris, a lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, explains that, "if the electorate becomes divided between three or four parties competing
nation-wide, the disproportional of the electoral system becomes far harder to justify. Smaller parties, which consistently come second or third, are harshly penalized."
However, systems like France's majoritarian system can promote multiple parties. For example, in their 2012 elections, François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy advanced to the runoffs. They headed the Socialist and Republican parties, respectively. This year's candidates, Macron and Le Pen, represent the "On the Move" and National Front parties even though both the Socialists and Republicans had well known candidates.
Given that a candidate almost never wins 50 percent plus one on the first vote, the runoff style allows voters to express their most preferred
candidate without having to worry about inadvertently helping the candidates they don't like. They can vote for a "compromise" candidate, should their first choice not make it to the second round.
This is not to say that changing America's system would automatically result third and fourth parties winning elections. However, changing how our elections translate to formal governing power could change the party system.
Americans should keep this in mind should dysfunction in Washington continue in the future.
Vince Munoz is a junior from Topeka studying political science and strategic communications.
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facing inner demons; contemplating the legitimacy of his religion; battling with these ideas of his position in the world. Kendrick Lamar captures all of these ideas in his most recent album "DAMN."
Kendrick's album covers so much in such a small window of time, considering this is his shortest album. This album is also somewhat different from what we have seen in his previous projects.
But, is "DAMN." his best album?
Kendrick kicks off the album with a very interesting intro. On "BLOOD." Kendrick sees a blind woman who is trying to find something. As he offers help, he says, "Seems to me that you have lost something." The woman states that it is Kendrick that has lost something, which turns out to mean his life. He is shot and killed right at the beginning.
The circumstances with "BLOOD." are reversed in the last track "DUCK-WORTH." After the death, we get an outro for the song which includes people on Fox News criticizing his lyrics on "Alright." Kendrick then counters this idea in the next track "DNA."
In "DNA." he uses the opinions of those at Fox News (and later that of Geraldo Rivera) — that music like this caused more problems for African Americans than racism — which is nonsense. Kendrick goes in by portraying something that is "harmful" for listeners. He switches to this more aggressive and loud flow and states that these particular subjects within his music are the product of the continued attack on the black community from white America.
Though Kendrick analyzes these different issues that the black community continues to face, most of his presentation illustrates his own experience and what he continues to battle.
He wonders whether or not his position in the industry and black culture as a whole is worth it. Kendrick is often painted as a savior and a person that will educate his listeners as he pushes the culture forward. In his song "FEEL" he is
wondering why everyone is expecting him to pray for them, but no one is praying for him. Very little people seem to be truly concerned with his well-being and what he provides for the culture.
Kendrick also points faults in himself that might hinder him from being in a better position.
Throughout the album, Kendrick seems to have lost his way on the path that God set for him. Since he is not on the right path, it seems that God is punishing him to test his resilience. This idea is very clear in "FEAR." as you listen to the voicemail left by his cousin Carl. Kendrick does not necessarily know if this
is what he believes in, but he throws it in for listeners to ponder and debate.
"DAMN." is used for listeners to look at themselves and their own faults. Kendrick is here to provide his own experiences, but he wants us to look at ourselves in the bigger picture. He wants everyone to know that there is more to our DNA than "sex, money, murder." He wants us to look back to our loved ones, our pride while remaining humble and focusing on the positivity in our life that do not require falling victim to greed, lust, wrath, and more.
My one gripe with the album is that these different subjects should be connected a little more. At some points, it seems that things are scattered throughout the album and some parts could have been switched around to create a stronger linear path. For example, I feel like the reference to Carl in "YAH." could have been placed closer to "FEAR." But, I believe the scattered ideas within this album illustrate what Kendrick goes through at this point in his own life. He has to juggle all of these ideas as they continue to weigh on his mind, which leads him to present these contemplations and depression throughout the album.
So, is "DAMN." Kendrick's best album? I, without a doubt, would say that I love this album. But, I cannot see myself stacking it up against his last two albums. I am not saying that it is not as good as the others, but it is different in the way that Kendrick presents it. King Kendrick covers so much with this one album
"DAMN." is Kendrick's most personal and emotional album yet. The album is short and sweet, with a lot of great production and features combined with a variety of flows and lyrical meaning. Even with all of that, I cannot say that this is his best. I will say this: "DAMN." reassures the fact that Kung Fu Kenny is one of the greatest rappers of all time.
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KU World Expo to showcase, celebrate over 44 international communities today in Union
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The International Student Association (ISA) will be hosting World Expo 2017, an annual event that showcases the University's global community, on Monday, April 24. The event will feature music from around the world and cultural presentations from more than 44 countries.
Monday April 24th12-4pm Kansas Union Ballroom (5th floor)
The purpose of the event is to celebrate international culture, said ISA president Hollie Hall, a master's student at the University from London.
"We [hope the event] demonstrates to the local community the important role international students play in the USA, especially in light of recent negativity we have faced," Hall said.
sity student or member of the Lawrence community interested in learning about the international presence at the University.
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The event also kicks off International Awareness Week, held each spring now for more than 50 years. The week-long celebration will feature the 65th annual Festival of Nations, a talent show that allows international students to share their country's music and dancing.
At the World Expo, international students are able to share their country's culture with the Lawrence community by setting up booths complete with artifacts, food or pictures. The event will also feature educational games and prizes meant to bring interest in cultural diversity. Hall said.
ISA provides international students with the opportunity to share their culture with the University, said ISA cultural chair Gita Nadinda, a psychology major from Bali, Indonesia. The group also provides a sense of community among students studying thousands of miles from their home.
World Expo 2017 will feature booths of over 44 different cultures Monday, April 24
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Nadinda, along with assistant cultural chair Maheen Bangash from Overland Park, has spent months planning the upcoming World Expo to produce a "well-rounded and diverse" event.
Hall said that she enjoys the ability to meet other international students through ISA.
"We're always learning new things about different people and their home countries," Hall said. "It's enriching to be able to have this experience on a campus which lacks diversity."
Hall, who has been involved with ISA since arriving at the University in
World Expo 2017 will take place on Monday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Kansas Memorial Union Ballroom. International
2014, said she hopes the event will highlight the "vital" importance of diversity.
Awareness Week will run through the week, ending with the Festival of Nations on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium.
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The PA droned on as 2016 Olympic gold medalist in shot put Ryan Crouser waltzed to the ring for his sixth and final attempt. He'd already secured first place and the $4,000 prize, but the former Texas athlete was in Lawrence for his first event on American soil post-Olympics for another reason.
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"Usually track and field takes a back seat, so to come here and feel like a rockstar is pretty cool," Crouser said.
2016 Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser throws in his fifth attempt. Crouser won the Downtown Shot Put, surpassing the previous record with a distance of 72-foot-6.5.
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I'm in great shape right now, so I'm ahead of my schedule and I was pretty confident I could throw a 72-foot throw."
Ryan Crouser
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As Crouser took to the ring, the crowd rose to its
feet. He pinned the shot to his neck then twirled like a top, attempting to balance his power and coordination. The shot traveled over 72 feet on the corner of Massachusetts Street and Eighth Street, a new downtown shot put record.
"I'm in great shape right now, so I'm ahead of my schedule and I was pretty confident I could throw a 72-foot throw." Crouser said.
His best throw was officially 72 feet, 6.5 inches.
"When you get a great venue in the United States, it's rare because it's such a European-dominated sport, so there's only a couple of meets on American soil that get this much energy," he said.
Crouser said the decision to attend the seventh-straight iteration of the downtown shot put as his first United States event post-the Rio Olympics was easy.
blared through downtown Lawrence. For one night, shot put ruled Lawrence.
One bystander remarked the meet was unlike he had ever seen before. High school and college athletes mingled with families and bar crawlers. Free t-shirts were thrown. Food from vendors was being sold. The music
Crouser said he will be back next year to defend his title, hopefully under better weather conditions. He said the light rain was a concern at times.
"I tend to be a little bit more on balance and not having to rush quite so much... just try not to do anything too crazy," he said of the cold weather. "It's a little bit more of a warmer weather sport because you want to be loose and you want to be
relaxed."
The meet also featured current Jayhawk thrower Nicolai Ceban, who was competing as an amateur and therefore ineligible for the cash prize.
Crouser doesn't have that problem. He has to find
"It's my first big check," he said. "I might end up like 'Happy Gilmore' with a few of them stuck in my back seat trying to cash them."
something to do with the large novelty check.
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Stigler dominated the field with a statement performance. No one was even close to catching him. Stigler's time of 49.38 was good enough to be among the top-10 fastest times worldwide this year. The second-place
finisher, Quinton Harley, clocked in at 52.65, a full three seconds slower than Stigler. Wilson placed fifth.
As Stigler crossed the finish line, he couldn't control his emotions. He looked at the scoreboard, saw his time and yelled "I'm back, baby," to the Jayhawk-filled stands
around him. He waved his arms, pumping up the crowd.
Stigler said running at Rock Chalk Park is a feeling he can't explain. He equates it to running at nationals, NCAAs or the USA Championships. This facility and this place mean that much to him.
"Lawrence is pretty much my home," Stigler said. "I love it here. I'd love to stay here the rest of my life if I could. It's great. The fans love me, I love the fans. It's great."
The fans do love Stigler. Immediately after his race was over, several fans
dressed in crimson and blue shouted congratulations his way. And one young Kansas fan came up to the fence and asked for his autograph.
Stigler gave the fan more than just one autographed item. He signed the kid's sweatshirt, as well as the meet program and Stigler's
own bib number
When he went to sign the meet program, Stigler asked the child where he wanted him to sign. The kid said he didn't care. Stigler smiled.
"I'mma sign page 47," Stigler said. "That's my goal time."
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After injury, Stigler set on proving he's not a 'fluke'
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The biggest track meet of Michael Stigler's life was roughly a week away.
The former Jayhawk was practicing 400-meter hurdle sets at Rock Chalk Park before the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. As Stigler was two hurdles into his second set, he heard his worst nightmare: a loud pop.
As Stigler's body hit the synthetic track, his dreams of making the 2016 Olympic
team popped along with his right hamstring.
At Rock Chalk Park, Stigler's name is already
"It turned me into a new man, having to start from rock bottom," Stigler said. "Making the Olympic team is everybody's goal. And not being able to do that really hurt. But I'm gonna be a fighter and fight back — let everybody know that I'm here to stay. My collegiate season wasn't a fluke. I am here to stay. The name Stigler will be known by the time my career ends."
known. It's etched into the Kansas history books along with fellow Jayhawk legends and NCAA champions in Jim Ryun and Cliff Cushman.
Stigler spent two months recovering from his injury, with help from a Kansas Athletics athletic trainer in Zack Sanchez and OrthoKansas sports medicine doctor Luis Sanchez before returning to the track. And when Stigler did return, he changed up his training regimen.
Instead of solely focusing on his speed and hurdle
My collegiate season wasn't a fluke. I am here to stay.The name Stigler will be known by the time my career ends."
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work, Stigler worked with coach Stanley Redwine and the distance runners in the fall. Come winter and spring.
Stigler began to work with sprints and hurdles coach Elisha Brewer.
Less than a year after his injury, Stigler returned to the track in which he currently trains to run the 400-meter hurdles in the 90th annual Kansas Relavs.
"I'm strong from coach Redwine. I'm getting the speed from coach Brewer," Stigler said. "It's something we've never done. It's gonna be something special when it all comes together."
Stigler wasn't the only Jayhawk in the race. Current
Kansas senior Alex Wilson was in the next lane over.
"I know what to expect," Wilson said of Stigler, as the two still practice together. "Coming out of the blocks, he likes to get out and really go for it."
That's just what he did.
Stigler blazed past the other competitors soon after the gun went off. He was nearly a hurdle ahead of everyone else on the back curve.
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KU men dominant as Kansas Relays come to a close
Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 22 at the Kansas Relays.
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The image of senior Jacob Morgan exerting every fiber of his being into the last 100 meters of his 5,000-meter race to clinch first place exhibited determination and grit. It was that same determination and grit that led the Kansas men to a first place finish in the scored quadrangular of the 90th Kansas Relays.
Track athletes greatly aided the effort, having 14 athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
The Jayhawk men swept away their competitors, finishing with 231 points, well ahead of second-placed Southern Illinois.
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59,2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
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"I can't believe how loud
people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?" Morgan said with a relieved smile on his face.
Morgan was also running in his fourth and final Kansas Relays, with the senior having just two words to describe the feeling:
"Too soon."
Sophomore Bryce Richards was another athlete who gave his all to earn points for his team. Heading into the final 100 meters of the men's 1,500-meter race, Richards trailed California's Thomas Joyce in a head-to-head finish. Richards stole first place from Joyce in by far the closest race of the relays. Coming in at a time of 3:53.57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
"I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
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The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hurdles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day,but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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poncy working well tor graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
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McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings athletics facilities will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
Fiednouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015,the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus,but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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Allie Melendez would not let a subfreezing temperature of 10 degrees stop her from getting ice cream.
Walking from Daisy Hill to Massachusetts Street in winter 2014, Melendez,a senior from Los Angeles, contracted pneumonia, all because she wanted to get a scoop of her favorite flavor of Sylas and Maddy's ice cream.
"It was a freezing cold Tuesday night before finals week in December," Melendez said. "I had soiling wet hair, but goddamn it I was going to get my Buy One Get One [deal] at Sylas and Maddy's."
Since 1997, Sylas and Maddy's — named after the owners' family dog and their neighbor's cat — has been a staple of Lawrence that has enticed generations to visit again and again.
"You could be going to get yogurt, you could be eating at the restaurant that you ate at, but people choose to come here and we just want people to want to come back," Sarah England, owner of the Lawrence Sylas and Maddy's, said.
The business, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in June, is family owned and operated at 1014 Massachusetts St. Their other location is in Olathe.
The restaurant boasts over 150 recipes of various flavors, and always has 40 different flavors at a time of ice cream, sorbet and sherbet in the store.
"Since it is a family business ... a lot of our family works there and a lot of our family friends work there," she said. "We do feel like a pretty close-knit group, some of us."
Melendez is a huge fan of Sylas and Maddy's, and thinks the flavors can brighten anyone's day.
"I like how just basic it is," she said. "You know exactly what you're getting. If you're having a bad day, you get a full pint and take it home," she said.
Melendez said that she loves all the flavors offered, but cake batter is her ultimate favorite.
The ambiance in the restaurant also appeals to customers like Melendez.
"I just love how cute it is," she said.
Moreover, England says they do try to create a fun atmosphere for customers when they visit the restaurant.
"When you come in, we want you to just feel like you had a good time, you had good service,good quality ice cream, good price, we want you to enjoy your time," England said.
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Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 22 at the Kansas Relays.
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59,2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
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est race of the relays. Coming in at a time of 3:53:57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
Jacob Morgan Senior
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur-
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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As the rest of the town is just starting to wake up, Munchers Bakery is helping Lawrence start its day with breakfast.
It's not even 7 a.m., and general manager Mike Tennyson Jr. has already gotten in a full day of work. He kneads a slab of dough spread across a huge wooden table covered in flour in the bakery's back room. In a few hours, the dough will be baked into danishes, ready for purchase at the Munchers counter. But before that, it needs an hour to rise in the proofing oven, and then it needs to be baked.
Tennyson has worked full time at the bakery for five years. His sister, Sunday Martin, works there full time. Tennyson said his job isn't all that difficult — aside from the hours, which have
and pastries. The strawberry cream cheese donut, a recent creation of Tennyson's, is one of their most popular items.
Munchers, a 24-hour bakery located at 9th and Iowa, is known for its cheap, freshly baked doughnuts
and started a rebrand. He turned it into a family business, a place where college students could go for a late-night study break or where grandparents could take their grandkids for a treat on a lazy afternoon. Business Insider even named Munchers the best bakery in Kansas in 2015.
only gotten harder since he had children.
Regulars recommend
Munchers has been in its current location for decades, but it didn't always have lines out the door on Saturday mornings. Tennyson's father, Mike Sr., purchased the bakery in 1990
"It's not for everybody," Tennyson said. "That's for sure."
the cream cheese donut. Sophomore Grace Mauery said she stops by Munchers at least a couple times a month for the popular treat. The Marching Jayhawks drum majors highly recommended it when she arrived on campus freshman year, and she's been going ever since.
"If you've been studying for a long time and it's late at night and you want a snack and nothing's open, it's a good place to go," she said.
Lawrence resident and 1981 University graduate Craig Penzler takes his four grandchildren to Munchers when they visit him in Lawrence. He said when his two daughters were younger, Munchers was a family staple. Now his kids are grown and moved out of state, but he always brings a box of Munchers doughnuts when he goes to see them. He said they have a standing order for the cream cheese doughnut and the strawberry knot.
"When the girls got married and moved out of town and all that, it seemed like a fun way to take Lawrence to them," Penzler said.
out of their family.
"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
policy working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
have to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
NOLAN BREY
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities — will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
SEE POLICY PAGE 3
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
Pleinouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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Bullwinkles Bar co-owner Pete Sorrentino had a prompt reaction when he learned his bar was voted "best sports bar" in Top of the Hill.
"We're pumped about that, that's awesome," Sorrentino said.
Located at 1344 Tennessee St., Bullwinkles — or the "Bull," as it's affectionately called — is often described by one characteristic that makes the bar a popular option for University students who want to watch games: relaxed.
"The fact that it has an overall more relaxed atmosphere compared to the [Jayhawk Cafe], the Cave,
[and others] really creates a place for people to talk and watch games," said Mackenzie Klaus, a sophomore at the University.
Junior Braden Robinson also said he thinks Bullwinkles does an effective job at creating a relaxed atmosphere for sporting events.
"I feel like [Lawrence] doesn't have a quintessential sports bar on Mass Street, there's not really that culture here," Robinson said. "But, I could definitely see how the Bull can be up there [as best sports bar]. You drive by and you always see people having conversations and watching games with their jerseys on."
How does Bullwinkles create that relaxed sports atmosphere? Sorrentino
said it helps that he and his brother, co-owner Tommy Sorrentino, are former college athletes.
Pete played baseball at Washburn from 2012-14, and Tommy played soccer at Rochester from 2008-11.
"We like to incorporate the sports environment versus just being a bar," Pete said. "Sports are a good reason to get people to gather around and hang out. It's a big accomplishment for us that our customers think
After an injury ended his playing career, Pete, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, found a home in Lawrence and began creating the sports atmosphere at the Bull after the brothers took over the bar's ownership in August 2013.
highly of our sports environment and; our culture environment at the bar."
Pete said creating an environment similar to Allen Fieldhouse has been a goal in trying to draw students to the Bull.
The Bull features two outdoor TVs and an outdoor roof that was added in the past year. Pete said the outside patio can sometimes imitate the packed environment of Allen Fieldhouse.
"It's impossible to recreate Allen Fieldhouse, but it's very small, and it's tight, but there's just a lot of emotion in there because you are so close to the next person [seated next to you]," Pete said. "It just makes it fun and gets everyone into it."
roof has helped in serving Kansas City Royals fans that frequently attend the bar.
He also said the outdoor
"I remember the Royals playoff games [in 2014 and 2015], there was a couple days where it was raining," Pete said. "It kind of hurts when it's raining and you have an open patio and everyone's running inside. It's been a big help for us during those rainy and seasonal days we get in Kansas, giving people the option to still stay in the bar and not having to run somewhere else to go watch it."
Klaus also said the occasional live music played by the University band at the Bull contributes to the sports atmosphere.
"Everyone sings along
and it just feels so special to be there," Klaus said. "Every night the band is there is a night I never want to forget as part of my college experience."
Pete and Tommy said they are always working on new bar ideas to continue to appeal to students.
"We're always trying to grow and improve," Pete said. "We've been working pretty hard over the past few years to create the product that we have today, and we just always to try to continue to push the envelope to see how much better we can make the experience. That's why we're really pumped that we won this, and that we were even nominated for best sports bar. It's pretty cool."
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aided the effort, having 14 athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
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"I can't believe how loud
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19:59.2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
nior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 6 at the Kansas City
est race of the relays. Coming in at a time of 3:53:57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
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"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
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"I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
I can
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur-
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 sec-
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
onds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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Consistently a bustling, lively taste of Lawrence, Free State Brewing Company on Massachusetts Street is known for its local ingredients, famous beers and busy atmosphere.
The brewery was first established in 1989, the first legal brewery in Kansas after a 100 year period. The brewery has a 14-barrel brewhouse and has some of the finest equipment available for small breweries, according to the brewery's website, and even produces bottled beers. Since the opening of the restaurant, Free State has ingrained itself into Lawrence culture, and serves, "everyone under the sun," manager Alex Hamilton said.
"We have a great cross section of people who come here," Hamilton said. "All demographics, just the way we like it. We're a very populous restaurant. We're not trying to satisfy any one group of people; we want our guests to be from everywhere."
Hamilton said people tend to enjoy the brewery's constant buzz of people throughout the week, making it a great atmosphere for lively conversation. He said that the menu is also diverse and has options for different diets and styles of food.
["The restaurant is] raucous and very brewery like," Hamilton said. "It's definitely a brew pub. I think it's just kind of the
place that people want to get together whether it's family or friends and a place to have a lively conversation, good food and good beverages."
Customer and Lawrence resident Chris Beightel said the restaurant's atmosphere suits everyone and every occasion.
"Free State is a must-visit restaurant for anyone looking to take in a big helping of Lawrence culture," Beightel said. "The food is top notch, and the menu has something for just about everyone and every occasion. The atmosphere is great. It's pretty loud, but somehow the voices bouncing from limestone walls to concrete floor just kind of turn into white noise and let you have private conversations at your table without disturbing your neighbors or being disturbed by them."
The brewery's most celebrated menu items include their cheddar ale soup, the black bean quesadillas, the fish and chips, the chicken crawfish gumbo and the beer-battered onion rings. Hamilton said these menu items are said to be a staple of the Free State and Lawrence dining experience.
University freshman Molly Mong said the unique food options give the restaurant endless options that aren't typically found in Lawrence.
"I think their food really has the roots of good pub food, but adds something more, both with the quality and the originality of the dishes," Mong said.
"They have burgers and fries, but also chimichurri and gnocchi and all these really interesting dishes that you might not find anywhere else on [Massachusetts Street]."
Mong said the combination of the busy and excited environment, and the quality food always make her experiences at the brewery memorable as well.
"I think I actually went there for the first time when I was pretty young," Mong said. "It must have been when my dad took me up to Lawrence for a basketball game. I just remember how busy and excited the environment was. Since it was a game night, everyone seemed to be friends with each other and were in high spirits, and that just made it seem so cool to me."
The long-standing brewery is also rooted in tradition. Free State celebrates March Madness with a March Mustard Madness event that features over 65 different types of mustard and food specials. The restaurant also offers Monday night deals on beers, offering $2 selected beers.
"Since it is a brewery, it almost gives it this pub feel that feels so cool, since in reality you are actually in a really nice restaurant," Mong said. "It makes the setting more casual in the best way.I think the crowded and bustling atmosphere along with the food quality is something that is hard to find sometimes, and that is what a lot of students thrive on."
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bet or their family.
"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
policy working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
nave to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities - will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
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Friendhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
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"Megan is 21. You go girl," the bright marker on the side of the booth says. It is in a sea of birthday wishes and Greek letters that cover the Wheel's walls and furniture. Loud music plays over the speakers as Betty Jury sits with her family for lunch.
She went to the University in the 50s, was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and graduated with a degree in home economics. Her family was visiting her from Seattle, for a tour of the University that has changed a lot since she was a student. The Wheel, she said, hasn't changed at all.
"It was the place to eat. The place to eat." Jurv said.
Jury said, "the camaraderie and the friendly atmosphere" made the Wheel special and what makes The Wheel Pizza Company so special for current students.
"I think it's great for the new generation," Jury said.
"My generation, we didn't even know what pizza was."
Camaraderie is also something that Rich Brown, who is as much a Lawrence icon as the bar,makes the Wheel Pizza special for students.
Rob Farha, the current
"We're underneath The Wheel, and we're across the street from The Hawk and the Bull." Brown said. "The people get along together."
"You see a lot of funny things, hear a lot of funny things." Brown said.
Brown is known to late-night customers as "Pizza Pete," and has been serving the braided-crust pizza since 1999. He said that The Wheel has never been a boring place to work.
He said the customers are the most interesting part of his job. The "not sober" patrons can be very funny, he said.
"People have tried to put money into the ATM to get out more money," Brown said. "It's like it's a slot machine."
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owner of The Wheel, said Brown does a good job of handling drunk patrons.
"It's positive and fun, but there are some negative things. Sometimes the alcohol gets in the way," Farha said. "People can be disrespectful sometimes. He does a good job of tailing that."
Farha said that he wants to keep the tradition of the Wheel going in the future and that the late-night, noisy patrons are worth it.
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"The positive is kids are walking around not driving," Farha said. "To have that, you're going to have a little noise and stuff, but it's better than the alternative. I think and it gives them something to munch on late night."
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aided the effort, having 14 athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
"I can't believe how loud
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 29 at the Kennesaw Box.
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59, 2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them
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est race of the relays. Coming in at a time of 3:53-57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
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"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
Jacob Morgan Senior
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day,but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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answered yes and 10.71 percent of students abstained
Student Senate campaign season officially began when coalition reg-
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A cheap haircut or trim can be found at nearly every shopping plaza in Lawrence, but if you'd like a little conversation and a friendly atmosphere during your sit under the scissors, Downtown Barber Shop on Massachusetts Street has kept townies and students clean and neat for 30 years.
While the barbershop opened in 1987,barber Jay Amyx said the trade has been a part of his family's legacy for almost 100 years.
"Downtown Barber Shop was opened in 1987 by Jon Amyx," he said. "He has been cutting hair since 1975 in Lawrence. He's third generation, and I'm a fourth-generation barber here in town. Grand total, our family's been doing it for 93 years."
Amyx said he wasn't initially keen on taking up the family trade, but came to love it through interacting with customers from the Lawrence and University communities.
"The fact that I get to
deal with people on a day-to-day basis and learn a lot about them and be a part of their lives, it's nice, I like it," he said. "It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job, being a part of so many people's lives. The hairstyles are what they are, but being part of those people and what they do on a day-to-day basis is great."
Fynn Simister, a junior from Australia studying psychology, said he's gone to the shop since his first haircut in Lawrence.
"It's always busy, so you know it must be good and the job that they do has been excellent every time, so I haven't had to look anywhere else," he said. "I first came down with a few friends, and I haven't looked back since."
While the shop serves community members and beyond, Amyx said students keep the business, and the hairstyles, lively and fresh.
"The kids from the University are great, and we see new faces every year," he said. "They keep the styles lively, they stay with the trends. It keeps our business flowing."
Junior Navy ROTC student William McNichols said he's had his hair cut at the shop since his first week at the University, and doesn't trust anyone else with it.
For McNichols and other military students, the barber shop is now more than their preferred stop for a trim. After his friend Nicholas Herren died in an accident on K-10 last semester, McNichols said the shop donated money for a scholarship fund in memory of Herren.
"Within the first two days, I came here with the rest of my freshman class," he said. "They started us off with the skin-tight cut, and I've been coming here ever since."
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"This entire barbershop came together to make donations for a scholarship," he said. "They know all the military guys real closely, they know us all by name."
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ber or then family.
"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
poncy working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
nave to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings athletics facilities will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings in the buildings nave adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 6 at the Korean Bay
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
"I can't believe how loud
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5.000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19:59, 2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
in at a time of 3:53:57. Richards finished ahead of Joyce by 01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
Jacob Morgan Senior
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur-
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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BEST ITALIAN FOOD 715
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awrence's 715 Italian restaurant hangs its hat on innovation.
Located at 715 Massachusetts Street, 715 took up residence in one of downtown Lawrence's historic stone buildings in 2009. The restaurant has kept the building's original stone walls, but has developed an eclectic feel by adding sleek wooden chairs, shiny black tables and a fully equipped bar.
Despite its modern atmosphere, however, 715 is void of one contemporary restaurant staple: TVs. And for a reason.
"The original idea was a restaurant that would be a gathering place that didn't revolve around sports," co-owner and restaurant manager Matt Hyde said. "That's not something you come across often."
Though the menu has evolved since it first opened its doors eight years ago, the restaurant has maintained its culinary theme, which Hyde described as "handmade with an Italian influence." The restaurant also uses as many local products as possible, fostering a sense of community with the Lawrence area.
The Tuscan-inspired restaurant
was built upon the principle of inclusion, Hyde said. It's an objective met in part by its development of diverse menu items, suitable for all budgets.
"You don't have to spend a lot of money to hang out here," Hyde said. "You have options if you do, but we wanted our restaurant to be very broad,very open."
715 also cultivates its sense of openness by providing gender-neutral bathroom,said assistant general manager Carson Levine. Having worked at the restaurant since 2010, Levine feels this sense of camaraderie is what makes it special.
"Matt [Hyde] wants it to feel like this is a place for everybody," Levine said. "It doesn't matter what you wear, it doesn't matter what you look like, it doesn't matter who you are, you can come here."
"That's why the restaurant works so well," he said. "We have so many remarkable people that we hired from different countries, from different socioeconomic standpoints and from different walks of life, so we have a very
To Hyde, his restaurant is successful because it never stops evolving. 715 maintains a "wonderful, diverse" staff of more than 60 employees.
open-minded management team. We truly want input from our staff about how to make things better."
Hyde hopes this diversity will encourage broader viewpoints.
"We want our guests to be excited about coming here and trying some new things," he said. "But to also have some [food] options to fall back on, like lasagna. Or like spaghetti and meatballs."
Junior University student and 715 fan Moriyah Ramberg feels the restaurant has an "upscale city vibe," similar to those in Chicago or San Francisco.
"It has a different feel from a lot of the restaurants on Mass," Ramberg said.
For Levine, the best part of the restaurant is the people. The upbeat, fast-paced environment - especially on weekends - is an exciting experience for staff and guests alike.
"It's just so fun," Levine said. "I think people know that they're going to have a good time when they come here. It's got good energy. It's something you can't really pinpoint."
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"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
have to ability to continue have to school, even while juggling raising a family.
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
NOLAN BREY
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities - will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
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Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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However, Hogan said
The success of Java Break, the coffee shop voted best coffee for the second year in a row, is due to one thing,says owner Derek Hogan: its loyal customers.
Hogan, 50, opened the Java Break in 1994. Hogan said, at the time, he didn't have the finances to open an entire restaurant, so he decided to open a coffee shop instead.
"Seriously, the coffee business is based on the loyalty of your customers, and Java Break has been blessed with always having lots of great regulars that support us and have our back," Hogan said.
"Coffee shops were getting pretty huge at the time, and Lawrence only really had La Prima Tazza," Hogan said. "I love coffee, and it was a way to get into baking and serving some tasty sandwiches and just kind of get my foot in the door to do more of what I wanted to do in the future."
Java Break was originally supposed to be the Java Beat, a coffee shop with an emphasis on music, at a location on 23rd Street and Louisiana.
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the location fell through, so he was forced to change his business model and open his coffee shop in a 200-square feet location off of Massachusetts Street. Thus, Java Break was born.
Kyle Ta, a freshman from Wichita studying biology and philosophy, visits Java Break several times a month due to its one-of-a-kind aesthetics.
"As for the coffee shops itself, the culture is really nice. I will mainly go to Java Break for atmosphere," Ta said.
"Compared to other coffee shops, it tends to be a little bit more casual and less harsh."
unique rooms, but its most notable room is the free speech room, where anyone can write anything.
$2^{nd}$ Place:Dempsey's $3^{rd}$ Place:Jefferson's
"I bet you five times a month I hear from someone where they had their first date here, and now they're married with three kids," Hogan said.
In addition to a unique menu that includes, among other things, a cereal bar and homemade chai, vanilla and chocolate syrups and almond milk, Java Break also boasts an eclectic atmosphere.
Hogan said, while college students make up about half of his customers, Java Break is a coffee shop for anyone to study, play board games and go on coffee dates.
"Even talking to KU grads, who are like 30 or so, who know about Java Break, it's always been a staple," Ta said. "Before even going to KU, I was
Though dozens of coffee shops have opened up since Java Break broke ground, Hogan's coffee shop still stands out to customers.
"The free speech zone was kind of a compromise, because we had problems with people drawing in the bathrooms, so I kind of set this room aside and said, 'go crazy,' and it actually stopped the graffiti in the rest of the store. It kind of became a tourist attraction on its own," Hogan said.
Hogan said Java Break's unique appearance is a result of the way the shop has been expanded over the years.
"Java Break is never static," Hogan said. "The chance of a booth room being the same two years from now is slim to none. It's definitely a unique atmosphere. It kind of evolved that way."
always told to go to Java Break."
Hogan said he plans to continue to run Java Break until his inevitable retirement, but he is thankful for all whom have supported him over the years.
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
"I can't believe how loud
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In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59.2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
in at a time of 3:53.57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by 01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
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senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 32 at the Kansas Relays.
Jacob Morgan Senior
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?'
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hurdles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day,but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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"We get to introduce people to things they haven't tried before. People are generally open to trying new things."
These are the words of Mass Street Soda manager Maren Ludwig. The things she's
referring to? Soda - over 1,300 kinds of soda when the shop is at maximum capacity. This includes root beers, colas, Harry Potter-inspired butterbeer, fruity sodas, tart sodas and hundreds more.
"It's a lot of fun because it's an environment that entire generations can enjoy, like young kids obviously like seeing all the
different varieties and trying something different," Ludwig said. "We also have grandparents that bring their grandsons or granddaughters in once a week and introduce them to the soda that they drank as a child, which is cool."
One generation that enjoys soda from the three-year-old Mass Street Soda shop are those who attend the University, including employee CJ Stuever, a senior from Lawrence.
"My job is fun because I'm required to try everything and I get paid to drink soda, so that's not a terrible thing either," Stuever said.
Stuever, who will celebrate one year of employment at the shop in May, said one of the best parts of Mass Street Soda, in his opinion, is the alternative space it provides students.
"Not everybody is necessarily attracted to the bar scene," Stuever said. "So having a place for people who want to come and sit down at a 'bar' and watch a game or something and not necessarily be in a place
where music is blaring and you can't hear the person next to you, I think makes it a fun place."
The shop offers a special on Wednesday to college students who present a student ID. This special allows them to upgrade any very un-boring soda to something even better by adding ice cream for no additional cost and making it a float.
Ice cream upgrades and a "chiller" that will cool any soda in under a minute are only a few of the surprises waiting behind the doors of the 1103 Mass St. location
"The most surprising part, it's either a person seeing a soda they haven't seen in years," Ludwig said. "Or maybe just the sheer number of sodas we have."
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"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
have to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
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Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
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Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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On Feb. 13, 2017 16,300 rabid Kansas basketball fans packed themselves into Allen Fieldhouse for the Jayhawks' game against the West Virginia Mountaineers. This wasn't a typical Kansas game, however, as the crowd opened the evening by setting the world record for the loudest indoor sports event.
That's not to say the venue isn't electrifying on its own, of course. This just happened to be a night when both players and their adoring supporters, stuffing themselves into college basketball's most notable monolith, got to be a part of something special.
As for the game itself, the Allen Fieldhouse magic was on full display as the final minutes of the game wound down, as it often does on Naismith Drive during college basketball season.
After trailing by double digits late in regulation, the Jayhawks mounted a furious rally and eventually overcame the Mountaineers. Filled with excitement, fast-paced basketball and a deafening roar from the Kansas faithful, that night exemplified why Allen Fieldhouse is such a special place to a countless number of people. For those reasons, and more, is why Allen Fieldhouse won "Best Campus Building" for the Kansan's Top of the Hill awards.
Brian Hanni, the director of broadcasting for Kansas Athletics and radio voice of the Jayhawks, has experienced Allen Fieldhouse from the perspective of a fan, a fill-in broadcaster, a member of an opponent's commentary team and as the Kansas play-by-play voice. To him, every "first" broadcast inside what some call "the mecca of college basketball" was special.
"One of the first games I ever had a chance to see at Allen Fieldhouse was Jacque Vaughn's famous game-winner vs. Indiana in 1993," Hanni said in an email. "I was in middle school at the time and thought that shot — and the deafening crowd roar that followed — was about the coolest thing I'd ever witnessed."
The advantage Kansas has when it plays in Allen Fieldhouse is attributable to the rabid fan base that fills the building throughout the season. Hanni, a 2002 University graduate, said the team has an inherent confidence when it has that raucous crowd behind it.
"When a Jayhawk run begins and the crowd starts frothing at the mouth, you can just see the demoralizing effect it has on the faces of the opposing players," Hanni said.
The West Virginia game
epitomizes the aura and special nature of Allen Fieldhouse. Hanni said that game was a perfect example of the effect Allen Fieldhouse has on Kansas opponents, a sentiment which is shared by Chris Lilly, the sports director for WIBWTV in Topeka.
"The craziest game I've ever covered [in Allen Fieldhouse] was the West Virginia game this year." Lilly said. "They were down late, the crowd rallied and all of a sudden KU comes back."
Lilly called the atmosphere in the building "mind-numbing," especially when it comes to opponents facing it.
"It's incredible how loud it gets and how it throws off other teams," Lilly said. "Everything plays into it to make it the perfect home-court advantage."
On the University campus and throughout the legions of Jayhawks fans
athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
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Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59, 2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
"I can't believe how loud
in at a time of 3:53:57. Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
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Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 22 at the Kansas Relays.
"I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
Jacob Morgan Senior
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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which blanket the world, Kansas basketball is treated like religion, with its epicenter located in a state somewhat fanatical about religion. This faith truly brings people together from countless backgrounds and cultures, and its church is beloved by generations worth of students and fans.
For Hanni, whose experiences in broadcasting have led him to notable venues all over the country, nothing compares to "The Phog."
"Where else can you drive up to an arena that's located on a street named for the game's creator (Naismith), walk into a building named after the 'Father of Basketball Coaching'(Phog Allen), see Naismith's original rules of the game and look at the immortalized jersey number of the single individual whose impact caused more rules changes than any other (Wilt)?" Hanni asked. "It's all right there at 1651 Naismith Drive."
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"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
poly working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
have to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
NOLAN BREY
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities - will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
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Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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The line is usually out the door as Lawrence residents flock to The Roost on Sunday mornings.
The Roost, a restaurant on Massachusetts Street that specializes in breakfast foods, is located in the space previously occupied by Milton's, a breakfast spot now located on New Hampshire Street.
The husband-and-wife partnership of Sean and Manda Jolly brought The Roost to life. They both worked at Milton's before discovering that the restaurant was planning to close.
"When we found out [the space] was opening up, we reached out to the landlords and they wanted to work with us," Sean, who is also
The Roost's head chef, said.
Officially opened in the summer of 2013, the restaurant is nearing its fourth summer in business, serving around 1,500 customers each weekend. The restaurant also won "Best Breakfast Spot" in the 2015 Best of Lawrence awards. Sean said The Roost is successful not only because of its location, but because of the food they serve.
"I like to think that we offer a good product," Sean said. "Good food, good service."
Sean said The Roost tries to be different from other chains around Lawrence by cooking all of their menu items from scratch. Whether it's baking their own biscuits or making their own sauces and gravy, the recipes are all created by Sean
and the rest of the kitchen staff. The Roost also offers a variety for breakfast, listing dishes from "Breakfast Sammys" (sandwiches) to a wide range of omelets.
"We offer something a little more unique," Sean said. "Be it the chorizo and eggs or the campfire breakfast."
The most popular item The Roost has to offer is the Rooster, Sean said. The Rooster is a breakfast plate with the choice of French toast, pancakes or potato pancakes; two eggs; and the choice of bacon, sausage, ham or fruit. Sean said that is the biggest breakfast plate that The Roost offers.
What also makes The Roost unique is its love for anything and everything eggs Benedict. Sean said it offers him a creative outlet
in cooking and is excited for the restaurant's love of the dish.
"On Fridays, we do an eggs Benedict special," he said. "I kind of look around and see what we've got, or maybe take inspiration from wherever else."
Students who do not have morning classes also take to The Roost for a big breakfast or a light snack. Steven Davis, a diner at the restaurant and sophomore at the University, said he likes to go to The Roost occasionally on Friday mornings.
"I love the variety [the Roost] has to offer, especially with a new [dish] to try every Friday," Davis said.
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 20 at the Kansas Relays.
"I can't believe how loud
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
Missy MInear/KANSAN
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59.2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
in at a time of 3:53-57. Richards finished ahead of Joyce by .01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
Jacob Morgan Senior
I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?"
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
dles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hur-
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabnev.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
poney working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
nave to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
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As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities - will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
SEE POLICY PAGE 3
Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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For the few, The Granada on Massachusetts Street can be just another flashy sign they pass on the way to start their Friday nights. A vestige of the past with towering white letters across a star-clad backdrop - a vintage movie display board to boot.
But, for many, the building has character and life; a living pantheon of the up and coming in the music industry. Names like The Killers, John Mayer, Carly Rae Jepsen and Rae Sremurd have walked across the stage as mid-level starlets and left as A-list to-be's.
That's why, after over 80 years since the building opened, those behind The Granada's success don't want it to settle to be just another voiceless venue. Its history demands otherwise.
"We didn't want to have that corporate promoter vibe," Mary Costello, current manager at The Granada, said. "A voiceless venue, like, 'Here's the show, here's the doors.' We try to have a personality."
The Granada, formally The Granada Theater, a name established during its day as a silent movie theater in the early 30s, is home to what many may now call the best in live music in Lawrence. Starting in
1993, the location has made its focus to serve a variety of local and nationally-recognized talent to the University community.
Its key to remain at the top has been an emphasis in its concert production and, most importantly, a lively social media presence. It's a recipe that keeps audiences wanting to come back and stay up-to-date. According to Costello, The Granada saw record fall numbers in attendance in 2016.
"A lot of the college kids continue to go to shows. We also have a really hardworking staff and we have a pretty full calendar," she said.
burn native, is a Granada regular. A senior in information systems and technology, Bohm said he has been attending shows at The Granada since high school, and he hasn't gotten tired of being in the intimate venue.
"I would say The Granada is my home away from home," he said. "Some of my best memories have been made here and it gives me an escape from the pressure of school and working several jobs."
Robert Bohm, an Au-
Eli Mitchell is the promotions manager at The Granada. When he started in August 2015, it was important to effectively communicate with their audience, so they could come to them on social media for more than just the next show time.
"It's a lot of sharing funny articles and memes," he said. "You want to maintain this casual relationship with your audience and kind of play around with them in the comments, that sort of thing."
Being successful as a concert venue in a college town also means prepping for the inevitable: rowdy, raucous crowds looking to have a good time. The Granada has between 20-25 production staff members on hand to prep for, and work during and after the concert. Each members'
weekly schedules vary, but what never changes is the daylong gauntlet to make each concert experience unforgettable.
Looking to the future, Costello said The Granada is going to start collaborating with other locations around Mass Street, like next-door neighbor Lucia Beer Garden, for more outdoor events in the summer. The Granada is also ready to give Lawrence music festivals that are coming through the Midwest.
"I would attribute [The Granada's success] to Lawrence continuing to support live music," Costello said.
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
Senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 22 at the Kansas Relays.
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
"I can't believe how loud
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59, 2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
in at a time of 3:53-57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by 01 seconds.
Missy MInear/KANSAN
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
Jacob Morgan Senior
"I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?' "
"I can'
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabnev.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hurdles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day, but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles.
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Mady Womack and Mattie Carter of the OneKU coalition were elected student body president and student body vice president on April 14. Their win was certified Tuesday night.
Ashley Hocking/KANSAN on April 14. Their win was
▶ DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan
In the final act of a particularly long and contentious Student Senate election, the Elections Commission certified both senate and Union referendum results on Tuesday evening.
The official results remained consistent with the unofficial ones released on April 14 after the polls closed at 4 p.m. that same day. OneKU candidates Mady Womack and Mattie Carter were elected as student body president and student body vice president, respectively, with 47.1 percent of the vote. Womack said, with results now certified, she and the rest of those elected feel they can finally get to work.
"We are going to spend the rest of the week interviewing applications for the executive staff," Womack said. "We will accomplish a lot of what we set out to do this summer alone, so students will have some changes to come back to."
KUnited presidential candidate Tomas Green and vice presidential candidate Zoya Khan took second with 34.93 percent of the
vote. TrueKU came in third with 12.41 percent of the vote and Onward received the least with 5.63 percent.
In the almost two weeks since polls closed on April 14, the Elections Commission heard five violation complaints along with an appeal of the results and an additional hearing with the Court of Appeals.
According to Student Senate Rules and Regulations (SSRR) the commission must allow a certain amount of time to pass before results are certified. Due to the Court of Appeals hearing, which took place April 22 and ended in the appeal's dismissal, results couldn't be certified until 72 hours after the court's
decision was released.
Of the 23,172 students at the University, 5,561 students voted for Student Senate seats, making voter turnout 24 percent - a 4.75 percentage increase from last year's election.
Of the 65 total senators elected, 32 ran with OneKU, 22 ran with KUnited, four ran with Onward and seven
The voter turnout for the Union referendum was a bit higher at 24.8 percent, with 5,747 voting out of the 23,172 total students at the University.
were independent candidates.
A majority of these students, 56.68 percent, answered no to the referendum. A total of 32.6 percent
answered yes and 10.71 percent of students abstained.
Student Senate campaign season officially began when coalition registration began on Feb. 2 and remained in full swing through the elections, which were postponed one day due to technical difficulties, on April 13 and 14.
The 67 individuals who came out victorious in the elections will begin their year-long term at a joint senate meeting with current senators on Wednesday.
Historically, at joint senate executive staff such as chief of staff and communications director are appointed after applications are submitted and interviews are conducted with newly-elected executives. However, Womack said this wouldn't have been possible due to delayed results.
"The long delay in the certification of results just means that we have not been able to even post job descriptions to hire our executive staff," Womack said Tuesday night. "Not being able to confirm a staff tomorrow night at Joint Senate just delays our progress on our platforms."
New grad student policy gives new parents time off
▶ PEYTON KRAUS
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Graduate students now have more options if they become parents while attending the University.
A new policy officially entered into the online policy library a few weeks ago, which states that graduate students welcoming a child into their home will be allowed a six-week academic accommodation. This allows students to take a break from their academic responsibilities in order to aid in their transition to having a new member of their family.
"We had heard from a few different faculty that they really wanted to be able to support their students, and they weren't really sure how they should do that," said Amber Roberts Graham, graduate studies policy coordinator for the University. "So we thought we should provide some guidelines that really encourage them to work directly with their students."
Each student will be advised to work with their professors and advisors to come up with an alternative plan for their course load, which includes writing extra reflections in place of attending class or receiving extensions on projects and papers.
"It's really just an extension of the existing expectations," Graham said. "Your deadlines would suit what you can accomplish on a certain timeframe. It's a little bit of a different kind of environment."
Graham mentioned that her office sees this policy working well for graduate students because of the layout of curriculum and classes.
"Graduate school is so individualized that any given student could need something different, and we wanted to build that into the policy, that flexibility," Graham said.
The Dean of Graduate Studies, Michael Roberts, who got the idea from an initiative put in place by the University's medical
center, initiated this policy.
"He really wanted to make KU more overtly friendly to a wide variety of students, and we find lots of graduate students have kids coming into graduate school or have kids while they're in graduate school, and we wanted to be a little bit more explicit that that's OK and that we're going to work with them," Graham said.
As a non-traditional student with three sons, student senator Frank McGuinness understands how important it is to have to ability to continue through school, even while juggling raising a family.
"I'm always grateful when the University acknowledges parents who are trying to further their education," McGuinness said. "The reality is, getting an education certainly leads to better opportunities long term to support yourself and your family."
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Athletic facilities to be only KU buildings without concealed carry
McGuinness agrees that accommodations should
▶ NOLAN BREY
@NolanBrey
As the University prepares for the upcoming implementation of concealed carry on campus, only some of its buildings - athletics facilities - will be able to keep guns out due to practicality and budget constraints.
Starting this fall, the University will implement armed guards and metal detectors at entrances to Allen
Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium and Rock Chalk Park during events with more than 5,000 spectators. Additionally, spectators will no longer be allowed to bring bags or purses into athletic venues and instead must use clear plastic bags.
These new policies are a reaction to the concealed carry law that will allow guns in campus buildings starting July 1. However, the law states that guns can be restricted from buildings if the buildings have adequate security measures (ASMs), such as armed guards and metal detectors.
In theory, every building on campus could restrict guns if ASMs were put in place. In 2015, the University investigated securing the more than 200 buildings on campus, but the investigation revealed that doing so would cost upwards of $20 million and congest the flow of student foot traffic.
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Students pleased with Senate's steps for multiculturalism, looking forward to more
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better multicultural representation and awareness, and funding given to Multicultural Student Government, students, like MSG chair Trinity Carpenter, are pleased with the funding for marginalized students and those of a multicultural backgrounds.
However, the final plan ended up being a compromise between Student Senate and MSG. MSG's original request of $2 per student, which was approved last year but vetoed by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, ended up at $1 per student.
the funding, but it came at a huge cost," Carpenter said. "As MSG, we basically are just making sure that everything is in order to transition leadership to incoming students, and those who are going to take over."
Although the funding of MSG is helpful, they were originally wanting a separate government, and more funding to help students of marginalized identities and of multicultural backgrounds. MSG wanted to be established as a governing body that was equal to Student Senate in power and responsibilities.
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In addition to the funding, a bill was passed that will require student senators to complete a cultural competency training. Other than that bill and MSG funding, there has been a referendum put forth about eliminating coalitions in Student Senate elections.
"With the creation of MSG, as a part of Student
With the funding established, Carpenter said MSG's goals are to continue to grow and to create guidelines and structure for those leading next year.
"Now having the access and ability to funds to do programming and provide financial support to marginalized students is huge," Carpenter said.
Senate, I think all that will do is just help create [representation]," Njai said. "With their initiatives and the things they have planned for the next year, I think that'll be great."
Senate Director of Diversity and Inclusion Abdoulie Njai said this last year's administration has worked hard on creating more inclusion for all students.
Njai said that he is excited for the future of MSG and what they will accomplish next year.
"I know a lot of students are really excited that we were able to come to this compromise and find a way
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to have MSG and have that incorporated within Student Senate as well," Njai said. "So, I think a lot of students are excited for that."
Carpenter said she hopes Student Senate continues to be more accessible and create more opportunities for marginalized students.
"I would like them to come up with concrete ways to support marginalized students," Carpenter said.
ter said that she hopes winning coalition OneKU tries to establish multiculturalism and more social justice.
"I feel that Mady and Mattie have a lot of work ahead of them," Carpenter said.
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"When we decided that the University wasn't going to protect all of the buildings on campus, it was clearly a cost factor," said Mike Williams, former University Senate president and associate professor of journalism. "But, it's also the reality factor that so many of our buildings have so many entrances that just thinking how you would have that many people to staff them and how it would interrupt the everyday flow of things."
Since the entire University could not be secured, University leaders instead singled out athletic venues.
"Those two locations were singled out by the committees of university stakeholders that put together the weapons policy last summer," said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations for the University, in an email. "Allen Field House and Memorial Stadium events rose to the top of the committees' recommendations because they include large crowds of
people in close proximity as well as an environment where emotions run high and there is a potential for conflict. The ability to pay for adequate security measures was also a strong consideration for their recommendations."
"We'll have to plan for it in our upcoming budget and make sure that we sharpen our pencils and make sure that there are funds enough to implement this," Marchiony said.
Jim Marchiony, the associate athletic director for public affairs for Kansas Athletics, said the annual cost of ASMs, which will be funded by Kansas Athletics, has not been determined. However, the startup costs for next year would at least be in the million-dollar range, Marchiony said.
Marchiony also said that fans should not expect a huge disruption to the sporting venues and that it will be similar to security measures at professional
However, Marchiony said funding ASMs will not significantly detract from or harm any of the other Kansas Athletics' programs.
sporting events.
"We don't expect a huge disruption," Marchiony said. "Every time you institute a new policy there's a learning curve, but we think the clear-bag policy, it will make access to the venues much more efficient than if we did not have a clear-bag policy."
The best solution in Kansas would be that the legislature let the universities do what they think is best for their unique situation."
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Clear bags should be similar to one-gallon freezer bags, specifically bags that are 12-by-6-by-12 inches, Marchiony said. However, traditional clutch bags smaller than 5.5-by-8.5 inches will be permitted.
Williams said the ASMs will act as a deterrent to gun use in athletic venues, which often include alcohol and are high-intensity situations.
"It's a deterrent, and that's the best we can hope for because the reality is that if you're going to do a mass shooting or if you're really going after someone, you're probably not going to do it in an environment where you know you're going to have to have a metal detector," Williams said.
In the athletic facilities, the ASMs will be temporary and not permanent, Williams said. This means that the security measures will not be built into the buildings but will be movable and stored when not in use.
Moreover, the metal detectors will require at least two guards to run the machines, as well as one armed guard present. Each entrance to the athletic venues will require ASMs.
Williams and Marchiony both agreed that the ASMs will most likely be in place unless the state legislature were to change campus carry policies to allow local control.
"The best solution in Kansas would be that the legislature let the universities do what they think is best for their unique situation," Williams said.
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With graduation approaching, students finishing college this semester are deciding what comes next. For those entering the job market, another decision comes up: whether to stay and work in Kansas or to leave.
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Recent data from the Board of Regents' Kansas Higher Education Reporting System (KHERS) show that the number of students staying to work in Kansas after graduation has decreased slightly in the last five years. In 2010, 51.5 percent of students graduated with a bachelor's degree were employed in Kansas compared to 44.7 percent in 2015. The trends in other degrees are similar.
David Gaston, executive director of the University Career Center, said there are many factors to consider with these studies, such as the amount of students coming from out of state. In the University's case, he said, it is important to consider its proximity to Missouri.
According to a 2014-2015 Destination Survey from the University Career Center, which about 65 percent of the total student population answered, Kansas and Missouri are the two states where the most students are employed, with 37.86 percent of students working in Kansas and 27.45 percent in Missouri.
That Kansas and Missouri are the two main destinations is not a surprise, Gaston said, considering that Kansas City, the closest metropolitan area, is spread
across both states.
Breeze Richardson, the communications director for the Regents, said the board is working to better understand the effect Kansas City has on the Kansas economy. Another factor when looking at employment data, she said, is that many Kansas companies are "global employers."
"The question is, how do you help the companies that are based here in Kansas that dramatically affect the economy here, but that may be by employing someone outside of the state?" she said.
Ultimately, it's all about
connecting students to potential employers, Richardson said. At the state level, the board has been piloting an internship program with the Department of Commerce, she said, that will help pay tuition expenses and offer internship opportunities in exchange for an opportunity to work for the company offering these upon graduation.
At the University, the Career Center is the best place to start creating these connections, Gaston said.
"Our career coaches help students figure out how to
get connected with employers," he said. "The problem is not all students take advantage of those services."
Gaston said the center serves students through different platforms, from its website to Skype and in-person appointments.
"We have staff that work with employers, that help them understand how to best recruit KU students," he said. "Part of that is, we post over seven to eight thousand jobs for KU students, that are specifically for KU students, and that's not counting the 1,500 to 2,000 internships that are
specifically for KU students $ ^{4} $
The goal of the center is to make the transition from college to a job "less scary," Gaston said, so students should take advantage of it.
"We're here to help and we do promote job opportunities in Kansas, and there are a lot of good ones," he said. "Our interest has to be with helping the student realize their aspirations."
Although the Regents data show a decrease in the number of students staying to work in Kansas after graduation, there's also an increase in wage for those who
stay, Richardson said. The opportunities are there, and it is a matter of communication and connecting students with employers, she said.
"The board knows that if we're going to attract new businesses to Kansas and expand opportunities of existing businesses, we need to keep graduating talented folks and we need to keep them here in the state, so that work will continue," she said.
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be made for students who are managing both roles, because this comes with responsibilities traditional students don't deal with.
"When you have mouths to feed, and you're responsible for raising other humans, it's important that you have those opportunities," McGuinness said. "Anytime you have the opportunity to improve the
prospects for your family. it's a wonderful thing."
However, as an undergraduate student, McGuinness wants the policy to continue to expand throughout the University in order to reach all students who deal with the same situation after having a child.
Although McGuinness hopes for the policy to expand, students have not felt the need to even take advantage of the policy yet this
semester. There has been positive feedback, however on allowing the option for students.
"We've heard a lot of feedback from faculty and departments and staff on campus that are really excited about this," Graham said.
However, the new policy has been slow to catch on. Graham didn't know anyone who has taken advantage of it yet.
The policy makers have
made sure to reach every kind of parent to allow anyone to take advantage of the accommodations as conflicts arise. The policy covers parents who give birth, adopt or foster a child. While students who are pregnant have months to plan ahead, parents may find out they are able to adopt or foster in the midst of assignments, Graham said.
"I think sometimes the
timelines can be very fast and sudden." Graham said. "We wanted to be able to accommodate to people in that situation."
This policy does not currently cover graduate students' employment or research relationship with the University; however, the department plans to add more policies that will cover these extra responsibilities. This academic accommodation is only the
beginning for the graduate studies program becoming more inclusive.
"This, we thought, was a much more effective way of saying, 'Of course you can become a parent and a graduate and a scholar,'" Graham said. "You can do both it just takes reasonable understandings, not whole semesters off."
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one show that has stood the test of time is Sesame Street. Watching Elmo, Big Bird and the entire diverse neighborhood is an experience that almost every kid in America can relate to.
Unfortunately, President Donald Trump wants to take that experience away.
When every new president comes into office they make new budget cuts, usually cuts that are different than their predecessors. However, President Trump has proposed to do something no president has done before
— eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and cut the budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to nothing.
Not only did President Trump propose to cut those programs, he also proposed to cut funding completely to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This is not a normal thing to do. Eliminating these programs is an attempt to undermine public knowledge and education.
Unless these organizations are able to raise enough money to cover the cuts, say
goodbye to PBS, NPR and good public libraries.
In defense of these cuts, some people argue that Trump is trying to save money. How much money you ask? About 0.016 percent of the total U.S. budget.
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Without PBS or NPR reporting true and reliable facts, people are more likely to defer to partisan news sources and receive biased news."
Trump has seemingly started a war on knowledge and truth by proposing these cuts. Unlike some other news organizations, such as Fox News and MSNBC, PBS is a
relatively nonpartisan organization.
For 14 years people have been rating PBS as a more trustworthy news source than any other in the nation. Yet Trump is still attempting to eradicate it.
I believe that Trump is trying to demolish these vital programs to try and make the American people more susceptible to his lies. Without PBS or NPR reporting true and reliable facts, people are more likely to defer to partisan news sources and receive biased news. Trump is also attempting to cut the budget of the Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health.
Many people believe that cutting the budget for the Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health will restrict research and silence scientists.
Luckily, it seems as though the country is not going to stand for this. On Saturday, April 22 there were 610 marches throughout the globe to stand up for science and research.
These marches for science were organized as a nonpartisan way to celebrate science and how it affects all people.
The only way these cuts will happen is if no one does anything to stop them. By continuing to call legislators, organizing marches and speaking out against the proposed cuts, the American people can fight back in an effort to save these programs.
Alyssa Hoedl is a freshman from Olathe studying journalism and political science.
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▶ WILL ADMUSSEN
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An open letter to the new Student Senate
Dear Student Senate
Congratulations! You won the Greek vote. The first ever all-Greek ticket, what an accomplishment.
Say it to yourself - Senator "insert your name here." Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? I'm sure some of you have all the right qualifications to be a great senator: a mediocre high school debate career that ended too soon, a blank spot on your resume and only a few reoccurring conflicts on Wednesday nights.
dinner at their dining halls. But the question that your constituency will ask you, that is more important than, "what is student senate" is undoubtedly, "what type of senator will you be?"
With your newfound popularity, I'm sure many people will come up to you on Jayhawk Boulevard asking for favors and inviting you to
Will you be an effective senator, fiercely committed to the power of your own opinions and rhetoric, or will you be hindered by your constituents' opinions?
Will you maintain the power and prestige of Student Senate from encroachments by multicultural students by keeping the coalition system, the system that former OneKU Presidential Candidate Stephonn Alcorn says unfairly advantages Greek communities? On that note, again, congratulations on being the first ever all-Greek ticket. What an accomplishment!
Will you be a senator that steps up to important challenges, such as the momentous task of debating when you can say "vote for us," or will you spend your energy attempting to shut down the opportunity for students to voice their opinions on coalitions through a referendum, because students "wouldn't be informed...?"
Will your progress be impeded by nonsensical rules like "you must get 25 signatures in order to run in the Student Senate election." or will you make great gains for the student body?
Now, you must not let this newfound title get to your
head. Be sure to take time for yourself. Don't be afraid to skip the most important finance meeting of the year, where $20 million of student fees is debated, in order to go to a cafe.
As I approach my word limit, I want to leave you with some parting advice. I know, I might not be the most qualified person to give advice or recognize the shortcomings that Student Senate has. Between my tenure as the Government Relations Director on the Executive Staff, founding a committee to address retention, and being at the center of one of the most dramatic Student Senate elections, I recognize I don't have much credibility, especially since I have been out of
Senate for two years.
But, here is my advice: take Student Senate seriously. In four years, everyone will remember the buzzword that was your coalition name and the grandiose negative speeches you gave instead of the time you spent listening to students and building relationships. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, "Ask not what you can do for the student body, but what Student Senate can do for your resume."
Warm Regards,
Will Admussen
Will Admussen is a senior from Urbandale, Iowa, studying political science and economics.
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The Bottleneck will host second annual Air Guitar Qualifiers on Friday evening
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The Bottleneck will host the second annual Air Guitar Qualifiers for the chance to be world champion on Friday, April 28 at 9 p.m. University alumnus and 2013's air guitar world champion Eric Melin will be the night's host.
Air guitar is a kind of performance in which the entertainer trades in the traditional guitar — called a "there guitar" — and mimes the movements in creative ways. According to official air guitar association of the U.S., judges will look for three components: technical merit, or how well it
looks like the competitor is playing a guitar, stage presence and "airness," which is how well the competitor transforms air guitar playing into an art form.
You never know what you are going to get. It's very multi-dimensional."
Conor Taft Undergraduate admissions representative
"There are things a there guitar cannot do," Melin said. "An air guitar can sprout two necks. An air guitar can be broken and magically put back together-
er again. You can throw an air guitar across the stage, catch it with one hand and play it with the other arm."
Lawrence became one of the 17 official air guitar qualifier locations after Melin brought it to the area in 2016. Melin won the Air Guitar World Championship in 2013 with the stage name "Mean Melin."
The competition in Lawrence is the first step of many to reaching the world championships. After the qualifying round, those who place first or second will be given the opportunity to continue on to the national semifinals in the closest of six selected cities, Kansas City being one of them.
Melin is not the only
Lawrence native to perform well in air guitar competitions. In 2016, Conor Taft, an undergraduate admissions representative at the University, advanced to the National Championship and placed in the top five.
Taft was encouraged by his boss and coworkers to compete in last year's qualifier because he performs air guitar during parties. Taft said he enjoys the uniqueness of every performance, whether it be someone coming out of their shell, or someone who is already outgoing and jumping around the stage.
"You never know what you are going to get," Taft said. "It's very multi-dimensional."
Taft said last year's qualifier had the Bottleneck filled to the back, which created an intimate experience among the audience and the performers. According to Melin, there were about 20 competitors in 2016's qualifier, including two Olympic shot putters. He said he expects there to be around the same amount, if not more, competitors this year.
The event is free and will be held at the Bottleneck on Friday, April 28 from 9 p.m. to midnight.
"It's one of the most unique, bizarre things you will ever witness," Taft said.
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Spencer Museum exhibit explores relationship between makeup and gender performance
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Putting on makeup in the mornings can be ritualistic. Rose Wolf, a senior studying visual arts with a focus on expanded media and art history, dug a little deeper into the meaning of different routine behaviors while applying makeup.
Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Rose Wolf is a University senior and an artist pursuing her bachelor's degree in visual art with an emphasis in extended media. Wolf has two video pieces currently in the Spencer Museum of Art's student show.
Wolf explained this in a video installation currently at the Spencer Museum of Art titled "Herd Immunity." The video is on a continuous loop, and centers on gender performance. She said that makeup is a great tool to examine gender performance because it has become accepted as a gender neutral practice.
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"Herd Immunity" compiles makeup tutorial videos by feminine presenting makeup artists. The participants submitted these videos to Wolf and she entered them into a grid pattern, much like the famous intro of the show "The Brady Bunch." There were only about six blocks in the beginning stages of the project, but it has grown to 16.
"A lot of my art work is rooted in the notion that gender is performative and gender is a social construct," Wolf said.
Wolf sets aside 15 minutes every morning to put on makeup as a part of her self-care, a practice she said is a form of autonomy.
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decide what my face will look like is a pretty radical idea," Wolf said. "Having that self-determination is
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Free Fire is a dark comedy starring Brie Larson. The movie is currently in theaters.
Violence in film is typically a tool used to intensify a scene or make the audience uneasy. In "Free Fire," director Ben Wheatley — known for such films as "Sightseers" (2012) and "High-Rise" (2015) — used violence as a way to create a dark comedy that is as brutal as it is funny.
"Free Fire" stars Brie Larson, Armine Hammer, Sharlo Copley, and Cillian Murphy. The film takes place in the 1970s and follows an arms deal gone wrong between an Irish gang and a group of gun runners. Due to a previous argument between two opposing members, a gunfight ensues, which leaves the two groups to fight for their lives, making the film one large firefight.
The film does a good job with a humorous approach to this violent situation. During the fight, many quips are thrown out with characters jokingly arguing with each other. Copley's character Vernon, for example, brings this into
play with his fish-out-ofwater attitude, getting mad at others for getting dirt on his suit. Though the main source of humor comes through its use of over-the-top violence, the film
contrasts verbal jokes with unrealistic and gory violence, making the violence digestible.
This works well for the film's dark comedic attitude, though some of the
plain jokes tend to fall through short. The overall comedic tone though works very well for what the film set out to be - not taking itself very seriously. This includes having characters
barely survive deadly situations, like a gas canister explosion that is accidentally set off during the fight, while the others laugh at their misfortune.
The film is definitely an
ensemble triumph. Every actor gives a fairly good performance. No character stood out over the rest, each staying fairly standard to their character types. The film lacks a central character and instead allows you to root for the character of you choice. Other than Copley's character Vernon, each character is painted in a light to give them some kind of redeeming quality. This works well in context to the story of the film, with each character not really knowing who to trust, putting the audience in the same position of the characters.
Overall, "Free Fire" stands as a solid R-rated action comedy that knows exactly what it's trying to be, not taking itself too seriously and instead making fun of the ridiculous violence involved. Though there is nothing too special with the performances, each actor does their job in portraying their character with none standing out over the other.
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really empowering."
Wolf has always been interested in making videos. In high school, she wanted to be a filmmaker, but instead found ways to merge her love of art and film.
"I do expanded media
because expanded media is everything." Wolf said. "For a painting class you can't make a video, but for a video class you can make a painting. Expanded media lets me bring all [types of media] together."
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at Bzar Salon in Lawrence, said that she's seen a big movement for makeup to become more gender-neutral over the past few years. Sanko has male coworkers who are makeup artists and wear makeup as well.
"A big one was the first male CoverGirl, and other big one was YouTube channels with males doing makeup as well," Sanko said.
Sanko has been doing makeup artistry professionally for two years. In her time as a makeup artist, she said that a big part of her job is to help clients push
their boundaries of creativity and encourage them to present themselves in a way that makes them feel beautiful, much like what Wolf has studied.
gling with their identity," Sanko said.
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▶ JORDAN WOLF
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The Kansas City Chiefs haven't drafted a quarterback in the first round since 1983. This year, that needs to change.
It's been 34 years since Penn State signal-caller Todd Blackledge had his name called seventh overall by the Chiefs, and 30 since he took his last snap for the team. Since then, a band of outsiders have lined up under center in Kansas City, the most successful of which came originally from other teams.
Blackledge was the last quarterback drafted by the Chiefs to win a game for them. That's absolutely, undeniably, unacceptably ridiculous.
It's not to say the Chiefs have had an abundance of incompetence at the position, as Joe Montana, Trent Green and Alex Smith have all played very well and had their shares of success. But,
none of them were drafted by Kansas City. None were its own.
It's gotten to the point where many Chiefs fans, myself included, are tired of having to buy in to already-established quarterbacks every five or so seasons. I am the biggest Smith defender you'll meet, and he has done great things since coming to Kansas City. But, whenever he's done here, I don't want another him. I don't want another Matt Cassel.
I want someone we can believe in, someone we can watch grow. I envy the Seattle Seahawks, who have had the pleasure of watching Russell Wilson develop into one of the game's best quarterbacks, and I envy the Oakland Raiders, who probably won't have to worry about the position for the next 10 years.
Enough is enough. It's time for the Chiefs to draft a quarterback. One in the
first round, and one that we can safely invest the future in.
This isn't a call for Smith's job. He played excellent last season and has given the Chiefs no reason to believe he won't be as good in the next. But, father time will soon catch up to him. He's about to turn 33 years old, and realistically only has two, maybe three strong years left in him before his numbers — and his body — will begin to deteriorate.
But,whenever he's done here, I don't want another him. I don't want another Matt Cassel."
Drafting a quarterback in the first round doesn't mean that they'll be the
starter, especially as late in the draft as the Chiefs will select. John Dorsey can take a page out of the Green Bay Packers' book and let their guy sit under an intelligent veteran for his first couple seasons. After all, he was in Green Bay when they did this with Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre.
Should Dorsey and company choose to pick a signal caller with their first selection Thursday, the question becomes who to pick.
The sexiest pick seems to be Clemson product Deshaun Watson. He just led his Tigers to a National Championship, completing a dramatic game-winning drive in doing so. The two parties have met already, so there's certainly mutual interest. The concern here is not whether or not they would be a good pair, but rather whether or not Watson will still be available.
Another candidate, albeit slightly more unlikely, is
North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky. He's been subject to knocks on his lack of experience, as he started just one season for the Tar Heels before declaring for the draft. He's still likely to be the first quarterback taken, and probably won't be available for the Chiefs, but would definitely be a serious option if he was.
The final prospect I would consider in the first round is Patrick Mahomes II of Texas Tech. He has all of the physical tools to be a great quarterback, possessing maybe the best arm in the draft. He threw more than 5,000 yards his final season with the Red Raiders, so he knows how to air it out. He's been the guy I've envisioned the Chiefs taking all along, and appears to be the most likely to be available.
Any of these guys would be an acceptable pick. I suppose, should all three be selected, that going in another
direction would be acceptable. But, that's extremely unlikely, as almost every mock draft has at least one available at the Chiefs' pick. Other guys such as Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer and Tennessee's Josh Dobbs could be good fits, but the first round may be a little early.
While the Chiefs have had decent quarterback play in recent years, fans haven't had a real guy to call their own in decades. Having an experienced veteran is nice and safe, but after a while, nice and safe gets old. Conservatism can only get you so far in football, especially at the quarterback position.
So, when the Chiefs are on the clock Thursday night, they should have only one goal in mind: draft the quarterback of the next generation. Draft the guy you can put the faith of the future in. Draft the guy you can believe in.
Kansas basketball officially adds three transfers
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Kansas Athletics has officially added three transfers to its men's basketball roster.
Dedric Lawson and K.J. Lawson, brothers from Memphis, and Charlie Moore, a guard from California, have signed their grant-in-aid agreements, per a Kansas Athletics news release.
"We're excited about all three of these prospects," coach Bill Self said in the release. "They've all had successful starts to their college careers at different
institutions. Certainly, the transfers became so attractive to us, in large part because we will have guys in our program who will be ready to contribute in a year. We could lose multiple guys next year, so I think this is a great fit for the University of Kansas. Not only will we get better down the road but this will certainly make us better in practice next year."
K. J. and Dedric Lawson announced their intentions to transfer to Kansas on April 10.
Dedric Lawson, a sophomore forward and former
McDonald's All-American, averaged 19.2 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Tigers this season. His 9.9 rebounds averaged led the American Athletic Conference, and his 19.2 points averaged was good for second in the league.
"Averaging almost 20 points and 10 rebounds last year, Dedric is one of the best big-man prospects in the country," Self said in the release. "He was a double-double machine last year."
K. J. Lawson, a red-shirt-freshman forward, averaged 12.3 points and
8. 1 rebounds this season. His rebound average was third in the conference, behind his brother and UCF's Tacko Fall.
Moore started every game for Cal last season during his freshman campaign and averaged 28.8 minutes, 12.2 points and 3.5 assists. His assists per game average was 11th in
"K.J. averaged over 12 points and eight rebounds while playing the small forward position," Self said in the release. "He's a very competitive athlete who we feel will add to our culture here."
the Pac-12 Conference for the 2016-17 season.
Certainly, the transfers became so attractive to us, in large part because we will have guys in our program who will be ready to contribute in a year."
Bill Self Kansas coach
Self compared Moore to current Jayhawk Malik Newman.
"Charlie started at Cal this past year and averaged just over 12 points a game as a true freshman," Self said in the release. "We think after a year sitting out that he'll be much like [KU sophomore transfer] Malik Newman will be for us this year, ready to make a serious contribution to our program."
All three transfers will sit out for the 2017-18 season.
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Once again, in their junior year at the 2016 Kansas Relays, Nashia and Malika found themselves squaring off against each other in the women's 1,500-meter race. This time, despite a couple of lanes separating them, the twins once again finished within seconds of each other, with Nashia
claiming seventh place over Malika by 1.12 seconds.
It wasn't until their final year at Kansas that the pair found themselves cheering each other on from the sidelines. With Malika racing in the 1,500-meter race and Nashia racing in the 5,000-meter, they could finally cheer each other on at the Kansas Relays without having to worry about their
own performance in the same event.
She's such a great competitor, such a great teammate to work with."
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Yet despite the competitive nature the twins have endured throughout their time at college, they have nothing but positive things to say about racing alongside their twin sister.
"It's been so great, being able to have my sister with me through my whole collegiate experience," Nashia said. "She's such a great competitor, such a great
"It's amazing," Malika said. "She's one of my favorite people to run with. I'm grateful to be able to go to school where my sister is as well, and even before our time here being able to race
As if she were an echo to her sister, Malika felt the same way as she walked off the track.
teammate to work with, so it's really beneficial for me."
together."
Although the sisters look to go down different paths in life, with Nashia majoring in journalism and Malika in global and international studies, both of them will always cherish the time they had together between the white lines of the track.
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Right: Senior Malika Baker runs in the women's 1,500 meter race at the Kansas Relays on April 22. Left: Senior Nashia Baker runs to the finish line in the women's 5,000 meter race on April 22 at the Kansas Relays.
A after racing in the Kansas Relays for eight consecutive years, twin sisters Nashia and Malika Baker found it difficult to turn their backs on the track for the last time.
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its 5,000 mile race. April 22.
"It feels very surreal," Malika said, with a sad tone to her voice.
Nashia and Malika, who originally lived in Fort Benning, Georgia, moved to Lansing at a young age and attended Lansing High School for all four years. Living just 45 minutes away from Lawrence gave the Baker twins the opportunity to compete in the Kansas Relays, starting in their freshman year of high school.
Four years after the pair first competed in the Kansas Relays, Nashia and Malika found themselves competing at the meet for the fifthstraight year. The difference this time, though was that the twins swapped out the red and black uniforms of Lansing High School for the pink and blue uniforms of Kansas.
During their time at the relays, Nashia and Malika have had a competitive relationship on the track.
In their first year as Jayhawks, the pair found themselves up against one another in the women's 800-meter. In the third heat of the event, Nashia was set up on the starting blocks in lane five, inches away from her twin sister in lane six. Despite being neck-and-neck after the first 400 meters, Nashia
finished in fourth place, 2.38 seconds ahead of Malika in fifth place.
Their first year at the Kansas Relays as Jayhawks, 2014, also marked the first year the Kansas Relies were held at the newly-built Rock Chalk Park. The venue offers
viewers a much closer and more personal experience with the athletes compared to the Memorial Stadium, where the meet had been held nearly every year since 1923.
"I think Rock Chalk is a little bit smaller than the stadium," Nashia said. "I think it's way more compact, and you can hear the audience so much better. It's really great to be able to hear everyone and have that support and competitive atmosphere."
A year later, the sisters paired up on the same team.
combining in the women's 4x800-meter race to not only claim first, but to record the second-fastest time in school history.
Once again, in their ju-
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Maicke: Don't change the NBA intentional fouling rules
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But, of course, once that happened, the older kids would change a small rule to either give them a slight advantage or to hinder the play of my overly athletic friends.
I used to play pick-up basketball and football during recesses with my friends. Sometimes, we would play against kids a few grades older than us, which was a real challenge. A couple guys I played with would always get the upper hand on the older kids simply because they were better and more athletic.
I think about my days on the blacktop whenever I hear any analyst or even casual fan gripe about the "Hack-a-Shaq" rule, which more realistically has become "Hack-a-DeAndre" or "Hack-a-Roberson."
Ridiculous, right? Just because the older kids were not as good at something they would change the rules.
Of course this refers to opposing teams intentionally fouling a player away from the play who is unfathomably awful at free throws. It's a really smart numbers move, basically saying that "I dare your 40 percent free-throw shooter to knock down two free throws."
Every time I hear Jeff Van Gundy whine and moan about this "hacking" rule, I cringe. Don't get me wrong, I don't like watching it, it slows down the game like crazy, but in the playoffs when winning is the only thing that matters, I'd love to see my team use it.
It takes the other team out of its offensive rhythm, it mentally annihilates the player who is getting fouled (imagine you're Andre Roberson and you see the Houston Rockets bench laughing at your back-to-back missed free throws in the playoffs, ouch), and it's utilized by fantastic coaches like Gregg Popovich and Terry Stotts.
But, to say that they should change the rule is
completely absurd.
It is your job as an NBA basketball player, and it's the second easiest shot behind the layup. I don't want to hear the "my hands are too big" excuse or the "he's great in practice, but it's different in a game."
It's not different; it's one repetitive motion that you have all day every single day to work on. Don't change the rule, get better.
It cracks me up, really. It's like they don't know that teams are going to do this to them. Hey, Jordan and Roberson, don't like this happening to you? Get better at free throws.
In this case, absolutely hate the player (the one that's garbage at free throws that is, not the smart one fouling them), not the game.
Just because a few players are really, really bad at something, does not mean that the entire league needs a rule change. It means they need to do their damn job better.
Karre paces Kansas baseball in win over Grand Canyon
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With four Jayhawks making their return to their home state of Arizona, many of them were motivated to perform well in front of their friends and families when Kansas played the Grand Canyon Antelopes late on Tuesday night.
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One Arizona native, sophomore center fielder Rudy Karre, accounted for enough runs to match Grand Canyon's total of four, as Kansas took the win, 9-4, on a comfortable night in Phoenix.
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The 6-foot-7 hurler pitched five strong innings while allowing one earned run, although two additional runs crossed the plate as a result of Kansas errors. Rackoski was credited with the win, his fourth of the year.
Karre's first two plate appearances ended in a way that many of them have this season - with hit-by-pitches.
Karre, who hails from Peoria, Arizona, entered the ballgame tied for third in the NCAA with 18 hit-by-pitches. After being plunked twice, he moved into a tie for second place with 20 and solidified his reputation as a functioning ball magnet.
Another player who made the trip home was right-handed starting pitcher Sean Rackoski,who claims Chandler, Arizona, as his hometown.
In each occurrence, the bases were loaded, which rewarded the leadoff hitter with two runs-batted-in.
Other than the two free bases he was awarded, Karre also laced a single to center field that plated two additional runs, giving him a total of four RBIs in the game.
"Rackoski gave us five great innings," Kansas coach Ritch Price said in a Kansas Athletics news release. "That was a huge step forward for him after missing the time he did, and how about Goldsberry. He saved our bullpen with his four-inning outing. It was a good team win."
He saved our bullpen with his four-inning outing. It was a good team win."
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Sophomore right-hander Blake Goldsberry entered in relief to begin the sixth inning, and he locked down the Antelopes for the remainder of the game. He allowed just one run on two hits, but, perhaps more importantly, he saved Price from having to dig deep into his bullpen for a midweek matchup.
Sophomore left fielder Devin Foyle and senior first baseman Marcus Wheeler were the other Kansas players with hometown fans in the bleachers. Foyle, from Fountain Hills, and Wheeler, from Phoenix, combined for
two hits and four runs scored in the game.
Junior shortstop Matt McLaughlin saw his cold streak continue, as he only reached base once in his six at-bats. Even though he has hit the ball hard consistently, his first-inning double was his first hit since the series finale against Oklahoma State on April 15.
Despite scoring nine runs, the team left 14 baserunners on base and committed three errors, which led to a disorderly box score.
"I thought it was a grinded-out win," Price said in the release. "We had a chance to blow the game wide open and just left too many guys on base."
As of late, Kansas has been on a tear, as it has taken down both Big 12 and non-conference opponents with ease in the month of April. The Jayhawks began the month with a series win over the Texas Longhorns, and have been hot ever since. Currently, Kansas has won 10 of its last 15 games, including two consecutive Big 12 series wins.
The Jayhawks continue their two-game midweek series against Grand Canyon on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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