Volume 126 Issue 2
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Monday, August 26, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University Daily Kansan
SENATE
Ad Astra begins platform progress
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KAITLYN KLEIN
kklein@kansan.com
With a new Student Senate taking office at the University this fall, students may see changes from the shift in leadership.
In April, the student coalition Ad Astra, current Student Body President Marcus Tetwiler and Vice President Emma Halling, beat long-standing coalition KUnited, presidential candidate Brandon Woodard and vice presidential candidate Blaine Bengston, to gain control of Student Senate. Ad Astra ran on platforms for parking ticket forgiveness, eliminating taxes on textbooks and a more accessible and transparent student government.
Student Body President Marcus Tetwiler, senior from Paola, said the first improvement students should expect to see upon returning is a more accessible student government. He said there will be a Student Senate YouTube channel where students can find senate meetings and special announcements.
"Our brand has changed," Tetwiler said of Student Senate in an email. "The way we market our student government will change as well."
Additionally, Senate plans to have its first public forum in early September.
Results for the other platforms won't come as quickly, but Tetwiler was confident that KU Parking and Transit would work with Student Senate to improve the parking program.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
As for the textbook tax, Senate is working with other state universities' student senates to create a statewide platform to lobby the state government when the next legislative cycle begins.
Over the summer Tetwiler joined more than 100 student body presidents across the country in signing a document urging Congress to keep student loan interest rates low.
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"After a summer of tweets, emails, phone calls and work with KU's Federal Lobbyist, students' voices finally had an impact this week." Tetwiler said in an email. "As a bipartisan bill was passed to reduce the student loan interest rate and have its future be tied to the market."
Student Body President Marcus Tetwiler and Student Body Vice-President Emma Halling led the Ad Astra coalition last year.
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CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS
- Increase student input in housing
- Prioritizing student health
- Increase access and accountability within Senate
- Parking ticket forgiveness
- Eliminating sales tax on textbooks
- Lower transcript fees
- Student Senate opportunity endowment
- Improving student parking
- Lock in transfer student tuition rates
For more detail regarding the platforms, check out Ad Astra's website.
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began mixing in Lawrence early August, but Friederich
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aside and just do what he loves.
"It's been awesome being on set because that's my element," he said. "Especially coming from pre-production where you have to internalize and visualize everything, it's great to be able to do tangible things like move a camera or set up lights now."
says he's happy
to finally put the financials aside and just do what he loves.
WILL FRIEDERICH Co-writer and -director
learning the craft of filmmaking.
Friedricher says the co-
Funding period
Jun 28, 2013 - Jul 28, 2013 (30 days)
McGinness says they are nearly done shooting the film and have begun the editing process, which has been the most rewarding part of production for him so far.
"A lot of the ideas behind this movie saved my livelihood at one point or another, and seeing
"God, Grant Me" was partially funded through Kickstarter, a fundraising website that allows people to donate to various projects, but the project only receives the money if it's predetermined goal is met by a certain deadline.
to each others differing styles. "We both have strengths in entirely different areas and weaknesses in entirely different areas, but that's okay," he said. "He's had to teach me how to nail things out and get things done in a timely manner, and I think I've taught him a lot about visuals and things like that that are very important."
directors have had to learn to adjust to each others differing styles.
Project by
Project by
Jesse McGinness
& William
Fröderich
Lawrence, KS
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"GOD, GRANT ME"/KICKSTARTER.COM "God, Grant Me," a film created by two Lawrence residents, is currently in production. The duo reached their fundraising goal of $4,500 on Kickstarter in July.
The film met its goal in the last hour with 69 backers donating a total of $4,530. One of those backers is Michelle Leatherby, a graphic design student at the University from Fayetteville, Ark. As a photographer herself,
she said it was important to her to help fellow artists see their work come to fruition. "I think it's important as an artist to support other artists work, even if it's a completely different field," she said. "It's just nice to
be able to help other people with their projects, because I believe if I had a project they would help fund it as well. It's a real give and take in the artist community"
McGiness and Friedier plan to finish and submit the film
in early November to various festivals, including South by Southwest. If accepted, they hope to debut it in Lawrence this spring.
Index CLASSIFIEDS 2B CRYPTOQUIPS 5A SPORTS 1B
CROSSWORD 5A OPINION 4A SUDOKU 5A
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