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Student body president creates scholarship
KAITLYN KLEIN
kklein@kansan.com
Student Body President Marcus Tetwiler took a step toward one of his campaign promises last week when he announced a plan to relocate the "President's Endowment Fund" to a scholarship program for KU students.
Tettwer ran under the Ad Astra coalition, which promised, among other things, to make the Student Senate more accessible and transparent.
"The President's Endowment Fund" is an account that can be spent on funds for presidential projects without the approval of the Senate.
"I do not think that a student body president should be able to administer funds without any legislative oversight," Tetwiler said. "Because that's non-transparent and not what the student body voted me in to do."
According to a Student Senate press release, the account currently holds $126,420.
Tetwiler said he would like to see that money go back to the students and plans to sign an agreement in the coming weeks to establish the new use of the fund.
oiled for years.
Though the scholarship param-
"It's students the whole way around — students working for students on behalf of students," Tetwiler said. "And that's a model that student senate has championed for years."
Though the eters have not yet been determined, Tetwiler said the money will go to an established scholarship organization to provide money and resources rather than build an entirely new
won't happen anymore," Tetwiler said.
"I do not think that a student body president should be able to administer funds without any legislative oversight."
"The idea that the president is involved in where that money goes
program overseen by the student body president.
MARCUS TETWILER student body president
in addition to reallocating that money to a scholarship program, Tetwiler said he hopes to partner with the School of Business in order to grow the account more rapidly than it has grown with KU Endowment.
The partnership would allow business students to gain real-world experience by managing the account.
Michael Graham, student senate treasurer, supports the change and said he thinks it will be good for business school students to have experience with the fund.
"I think it's a good use of the fund that will produce a long lasting impact," Graham said.
Negotiations with the School of Business are ongoing, but Tetwiler said he thinks his plan could feasibly be put into effect by fall of next year.
"Hopefully everyone sees the merit in the idea of growing our money faster," Tetwiler said.
Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell
ENVIRONMENT Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak
HYGIENE, Colo. — Weary Colorado evacuees have begun returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday's clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles, and a striking layer of muck covering everything.
Rescuers grounded by weekend rains took advantage of the break in the weather to resume searches for people still stranded, with 21 helicopters fanning out over the mountainsides and the plains to drop supplies and airlift those who need help.
The confirmed death toll stood at four, with two women missing and presumed dead.
The number of missing people was difficult to pinpoint, but it has been decreasing. The state's count fell Monday from just over 1,200 to about half that. State officials hoped the overall number would continue to drop with rescuers reaching more people and phone service being restored.
"You've got to remember, a lot of these folks lost cellphones, landlines, the Internet tour to five days ago." Gov. John Hickenlooper said on NBC's "Today" show. "I am very hopeful that the vast majority of these people are safe and sound."
Residents of Hygiene returned to their small community east of the
foothills to find mud blanketing roads, garages, even the tops of fence posts. The raging St. Vrain River they fled three days earlier had left trucks in ditches and carried items as far as 2 miles downstream.
"My own slice of heaven, and it's gone," Bill Marquedt said after finding his home destroyed.
Residents immediately set to sweeping, shoveling and rinsing, but the task of rebuilding seemed overwhelming to some.
"What now? We don't even know where to start," said Genevieve Marquez. "It's not even like a day by day or a month thing.
"I want to think that far ahead but it's a minute by minute thing at this point. And, I guess now it's just help everyone out and try to get our lives back," she added.
In the mountain towns, major roads were washed away or covered by mud and rock slides.
NATION
Hamlets like Glen Haven were reduced to debris and key infrastructure like gas lines and sewers systems were destroyed.
Hundreds of homes around Estes Park, next to Rocky Mountain National Park, could be unreachable and uninhabitable for up to a year, town administrator Frank Lancaster said.
Associated Press
Navy Yard shooting shakes victims of Fort Hood attack
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Kathy Platoni stood in a doctor's office trying to hide her shaking from the other patients in the waiting room as she watched the news unfold about a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
Memories from a similar day nearly five years ago came flooding back, a day in 2009 when an Army psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas, killing 13 people, several of them Platoni's friends.
"It's surreal. I'm stunned to the bone. I mean here we are again," Platoni said in a phone interview Monday.
Platoni, an Army reservist, still struggles with images of her friend, Capt. John Gaffaney, bleeding to death at her knees at Fort Hood. On Monday, she watched the reports of an attack at another military installation. This time, authorities say a former Navy man opened fire on office workers at the Washington Navy Yard. Thirteen people were
killed, including the gunman.
"I was trying not to let the other patients in the waiting room see me shake, but I was shaken to the core," said Platoni.
Platoni just last month had relived the Fort Hood shooting, as she sat through a weekslong military trial for Nidal Hassan. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the attack.
"The fact that this was on a military installation, it just hits way too close to home," Platoni said. "To know what these poor individuals and families are going to go through, that's the worst of it ... and I wish I could be there to help."
Keely Cahill, whose father, Michael Cahill, was shot and killed after he lifted a chair to try to stop the Fort Hood rampage, nearly broke down as she talked about Monday's attack.
"This is exactly the same thing," Cahill said, her voice cracking with emotion. "I know exactly what those families are feeling."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
This booking photo provided by the Fort Worth Police Department shows Aaron Alexis, arrested in September, 2010, on suspicion of discharging a firearm in the city limits. The FBI has identified Alexis, 34, as the gunman in on Monday, shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard that left thirteen dead, including himself.
Happy birthday, Kansan! The first official issue of the paper, then titled "Semi-Weekly Kansan," appeared on campus 109 years ago today. It became the Daily Kansan just over seven years later.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
- A 31-year-old male was arrested yesterday on the 900 block of Iowa Street on suspicion of intimidating a witness or victim, domestic battery and aggravated battery. No bond was posted.
- A 33-year-old male was arrested Sunday on the 900 block of 23rd Street on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing the legal process. A $3,000 bond was paid.
- A 24-year-old female was arrested Sunday on the 1700 block of 6th Street on suspicion of interfering with an officer's duties. A $100 bond was paid.
- A 22-year-old male was arrested Sunday on the 1400 block of 9th Street on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence. A $500 bond was paid.
—Emily Donovan
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