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The University Daily Kansan
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Wednesday, September 13.2000
Sports: Kansas goal keeper Layla Young is fluorishing after joining the team from England this past season.
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Inside: Galen Stoeber is the only male member of the KU Color Guard.
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Senate wants say in Coke contract
ay Kursen Phels
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff write
Student Senate is trying to give students a voice in how much their Coke costs.
Student Senate will vote tonight on a petition requesting student representation on
the kU/Coca-Cola Partnership Council to help monitor the University's contract with Coke.
The petition follows a price hike at campus Coke machines from 85 cents to $1.
The function of the council is to monitor the contract between the University of Kansas and Coca-Cola, said David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs and chairman of the council.
Ambler said Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost David Shulenburger — neither of whom are on
More information
The administration explains why Coke is cheaper with a smart card.
See page 3A.
"People know Coke obviously has a contract with the University, but I don't think many people know how that goes on as far as who does what and how decisions are made," said Marlon Marshall, student vice president.
I — neither of whom are on the council but ultimately have a say in the decisions made — decided the council's members should be those directly involved with Coke's presence on campus.
Marshall said students should be represented.
Ambler said that although the partnership council approved any Coke price increases on campus, the group spent most of its time monitoring sales figures and the servicing of Coke machines.
Although no students are on the partnership council, students are on the council's two subcommittees.
Ambler said when the contract was adopted and the partnership council formed three years ago, the subcommittees were considered the proper place for student involvement.
"It was felt that the more important place for students to be involved was with the allocation of royalties used to support programs, and that's where the subcommittees come in and where student input was most needed and valued." Ambler said.
Jim Long, assistant provost for facilities management and planning; Victoria Silva resource conservation manager; and one representative each from Coca-Cola and Treat America, which supplies campus vending machines.
More information
Check out the rest of Student Senate's agenda for tonight's meeting.
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Marshall, who is a member of the student
Members of the partnership council include: Theresa Klinkenberg, University director of administration; David Mucci, director of the Kansas and Burge Unions; Pat Warren, associate director of athletics;
programs subcommittee,
said that although student
representation on the sub-
committees was important,
so was representation on the
council itself.
"While it is a great thing that students are on the subcommittees, we should be
on the partnership council as well." Marshall said. "I'm not asking for 100 percent representation, but some is necessary because a lot of the money that goes into those machines is from students."
- Edited by Warisa Chulindra
Renters say Jefferson Commons gouges
Students say complex charges excessive fees and denies deposits
By J.D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Several KU students say Jefferson Commons unreasonably took their security deposits and ordered them to pay additional fees for unneeded cleanings and repairs.
Nick Johnson, Olathe senior, said he was surprised to learn that he had lost his entire security deposit.
"When you pay a deposit, you expect to get part of it back," Johnson said.
Instead of receiving a check, Johnson and his roommates got a letter telling them they had lost their deposits and owed more money to pay for cleaning and repainting.
Nonetheless, Johnson and his roommates were charged by Jefferson Commons for carpet cleaning services.
The security deposit at Jefferson Commons, located on 31st Street behind SuperTarget, is $275, but some students only paid $175 as a move in special.
"We cleaned up," Johnson said. "We even had the carpet professionally done by Stanley Steeamer."
"I guess they didn't even look at the carpet," Johnson said. "They just assumed
everything was dirty."
Ryan Davis, Overland Park senior, lived in the building next to Johnson. He said he lost his security deposit and was hit with the charges similar to Johnson's. He also said he was charged $100 for a couple of holes from a shelf on his bedroom wall, which he said he repudiated himself.
"I figured the cost of cleaning would be built into the rent," said Davis.
"They're expecting us to pay blindly without any support behind their numbers," Davis said.
built into the rent, said Davis.
He said everyone he knew who rented there last year lost their security deposits.
Both Johnson and Davis said the letters had no details.
manager for property management within the student housing division of of JPI, which owns Jefferson Commons, said four separate letters had been sent out throughout the residency with itemized charges, move out instructions, what to clean and how to do it.
Eve Horn, vice president and divisional
"I'm sure competitors don't charge as much because they're not as worn." Horn said. "We want it to be nice for the next person moving in. The units take a pretty hard beating with all the students.
we don't try to make money. We just want to recoup what we have to spend."
Johnson and Davis said they would defer paying until they received more detail about the damage to their apartments.
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Gay Christians to find a place in local faith community
By Leita Schultes
writer@kansan.com
Kanson staff writer
Whether Jewish or Muslim, Christian or atheist, many people have a hard time understanding how faith and homosexuality can co-exist.
But at 7 p.m. tomorrow, the first meeting of Affirming Communities Together in Faith will teach that the two lifestyles are important and inseparable.
"A lot of queer Christians are in the closet," said Heather Hensarling, United Methodist campus minister. "A lot of that is because of the fear factor, and that is completely understandable. The church has hurt a lot of people on this campus."
Hensarling said she hoped Thursday's meeting, which will invite people of all faiths from the queer community and its straight allies, could begin healing that hurt.
But others — including some members of the clergy — disagree.
Taylor is a co-author of Gay Rights or Wrongs: A Christian's Guide to Homosexual Issues in Ministry, and he used scripture passages to back up his opinion.
"The act of homosexuality is a sin," said Rev. James Taylor of Lawrence Heights Christian Church, comparing it to lying or adultery — temptations he said should be repressed.
Hensarling and Gary Bartholomew, an openly gay senior from Franklindale, Penn., will conduct the meeting, which is designed to meet the spiritual needs of the queer community.
ACT in Faith is a campus extension of an idea that started several years ago in the Lawrence community, Hensarling said.
You know, that's radical when you think about it," she said. "I can't reconcile that with a gospel that would call two people loving each other sinful just because they're the same sex."
She said the United Methodist Church, as a "reconciling congregation," was a natural choice to organize the group.
Hensarling, who does not view homosexuality as sinful, said that at his most basic level Jesus represented love.
Such is the response Hensarling and Bartholomew expect. Only a fine line separates the "sin" from the individual, they said.
Taylor countered.
"God is certainly love," he said. "We can hate the sin, and love the individual."
"It depends upon how you interpret the Bible." Bartholomew tells people who oppose homosexuality. "I have friends who are pretty conservative Christians. They don't believe it's OK to be gay, but we're still friends."
Hensarling said homosexuals of faith could contribute to the church.
"We have something to learn about true reconciliation and true love, and we can learn that from a marginalized community." Hensarsling said.
The meeting will be in the Kansas Union. For more information, including the room number, call Heather Henslarling at 841-8661 or e-mail Gary Bartholomew at garyb@ukans.edu.
Computer Center sees students during wee hours of morning
By Jason Krall writer kansan.com Kansan staff writer
It's 12:07 a.m. on a Tuesday, and nearly every seat in the Computer Center's 24-hour lab is filled.
Within the next hour, the crowd will start to thin out. By a l.m., about half will remain. Proofreading papers, working on a thesis or graphic design project, or simply e-mailing and Web chatting into the wee hours, these are the diehands.
A printer beeps. A cell phone rings. For the most part, the steady clicking of fingers on keyboards will accompany a sleepless few through the long night.
— Edited by John Audlehelm
A few will still be here when the
sun rises. At least a couple will remain until Wescoe Beach floods with students on their way to morning classes.
12:39 a.m.
French pop music bops through his headphones as Moe works on a graphic design. A Paris, France, graduate student and freelance designer, he's been known to come
into the lab around midnight and stay until 11 a.m. He doesn't want his last name in this story in case a potential client might raise an eyebrow at the strange hours he keeps.
"On the weekends, I can spend all my time in here," he said.
12:51 a.m.
Carlos Harden, Atwood junior, is talking with some friends in an online chat room. He stays here late about every other night, either chatting or e-mailing
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Elizabeth Klingele,
Belleville, ill., senior,
works on an English
assignment in the all-night Computer
Center late Monday
evening. Klingele
said she used the lab
an average of three
to four times a week.
Photo by Selena
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