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Volume 128 Issue 58
Monday, December 8, 2014
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CarmaHop, a ridesharing service, officially launched in Lawrence over the weekend. The service gives Lawrence residents whiteboards so they can write their desired destination for passersby to recognize.
Political groups prepare for legislative session
As students wrap up the semester,political organizations are already planning their programming for next semester.
From membership development to tabling, educating students seems to be key in programming among multiple political student organizations next semester. Chief among several groups' goals is education.
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to speak. However, because she is transferring to Wichita State University, much of the planning will be up to the new president, who will be elected this week.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Brittany Bodenheimer, a sophomore from Topeka and president of Young Democrats, said they too would focus on outreach, hoping to attract more students and get them involved in the political process. Howev�, there will
izations," she said. "I think that the biggest issue that organizations in general are having right now — political or not — is just a lack of student involvement, so I would just encourage students to get involved with whatever fits best with their ideas and really grab on to something."
STUDENT LEGISLATIVE AWARENESS BOARD
The Student Legislative Awareness Board, a bi-parti-
Interim coach Clint Bowen congratulates Jimmay Mundine at the Nov. 15 game against TCU.After leading going into the third quarter.Kansas lost 34-30.
Lawrence High and the University — playing football was inevitable. Despite this, Bowen did not settle into the family sport at the very beginning.
"I tried all the sports," he said. ["Football] was the one that seemed to work for me the best. I tried to play basketball, I tried to play baseball, and the success wasn't the same. It was pretty evident where my body and my physical skill set was meant to go."
"I think it helps to understand that there is a part of this that is difficult," he said. "It's physically and mentally difficult to go 12 weeks of a college football season. Your body is beat up, you get yourself on these emotional highs and emotional lows with wins and losses during the course of the season."
This skill allowed Bowen to make a name for himself as a player, first in high school and then as a defensive back at the University. Now, as a coach, Bowen brings his own personal experience into his practices.
Bowen has experienced his fair share of wins and losses at the University. The program's success has varied over the years, but Bowen remains optimistic, largely because of the team's improvement when he was a player here.
"When I first got here at the University of Kansas as a player, we weren't very good," he said. "We won three games my first year; we had won one the year before. By the time I left, we won nine. So I get the comments that get made on campus. I understood what those comments meant — I heard those same comments in the classroom. I think that's been helpful to explain to you guys that there is a chance for success. You have to work hard to get it, but we've turned it around before, from not being very good to being very good. It can be done."
Although Bowen coaches 99 dedicated football players every day, his favorite athletes aren't on the KU team roster. In fact, these athletes haven't even made it out of elementary school.
elementary school. Bowen's two sons, Baylor and Banks, are the youngest of many generations of sports-playing Bowens — 10 and 8 years old, respectively. Their father spends most of his free time watching his
sons play various sports.
sons play various sports. "My life right now seems to be going to youth sports events year-
My life right is going to youth spo round," he said. "Both of [my sons] have taken a liking to that kind of world."
Specifically, the Bowen boys enjoy playing basketball, baseball, and, of course, football. While their father has not had the opportunity to
"I kind of wish I could [coach them] at some point in time, but this job situation doesn't really
"Any time you get to represent the University of Kansas ... there's a special privilege that comes with that."
coach them as of yet, he looks forward to the possibility of doing so in the future.
allow for that," he said. "But it's also good to sit back and watch other guys deal with the things that come
CLINT BOWEN Interim head football coach
with coaching."
Coaching has always been a staple in Bowen's family life. He met his wife at the University when he was a graduate assistant working on the coaching staff. Bowen has been in the coaching
profession for the entirety of their relationship, something he says is a good thing for the two of them.
"This job can be taxing on relationships, what with the time commitment it takes," he said. "The
travel, the recruiting time — it can be hard on a relationship. The first time we ever met, that was what I was doing, that's where we've been the whole time. My boys — that's the hardest part. When I leave, they ask 'When am I going to see you again?' That part's tough, but they understand. The season is the rough part, and we always say we're going to make up for it in different ways after the season."
While Bowen's job limits some of what his family can do, they make the most of it in the little breaks that he has.
"We try to do as many fun things as we can," he said. "We like to hit the lake, do a little boating. We like to do some speed golfing, where I hit it, and [the boys] just chase their balls all over the course — it's like a
marathon for them. We're kind of a little day-trip kind of family. We'll hit little goofy places around the state and do different things."
Despite the time constraints that come with the job, Bowen looks forward to the opportunities presented to him through his profession. His love for the game and the community where he grew up motivate him to make a difference with the chance he's been given.
"Any time you get to represent the University of Kansas, and you get to wear that jersey and helmet that say KU on it, there's a special privilege that comes with that," he said, recalling his favorite part of playing and coaching football. "I think there's a lot of pride in that."
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Cota said the task force that compiled the report and sent it out to many within KU's administration and did not get a response.
may affect minority students.
Last week, student groups, including the Black Student Union, organized several events on campus to protest the issues going on in Ferguson and discuss what was happening
media. On these platforms, the dialogue has been base, racist and often hateful. This reflects poorly on the entire K-State family and even more poorly on the individuals who are making these posts. The K-State community is better than this and we expect more of ourselves," part of the message said.
Miranda Davis
The accuser, whose name was never released, claimed Bavel placed his arm around her shoulder and his hand on her knee as he helped her study material from his symbolic logic course at Perkins — a place where he has met with students to provide help for
handled his case fairly. His hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14.
there have been consequences in both his personal and professional life. When the Lawrence Journal-World recently published a story on the subject, Bavel's son, who lives in Lawrence, was asked about the accusations at work.
"My son was shown the article at work, and obviously he was hurt by it," Bavel said. "There have been reactions
accounts.
Aside from the accusations affecting his personal life, Bavel has also become slightly more cautious when it comes to meeting with students to help them outside of class, though he's tried to continue to provide as much assistance as possible.
sui meet at rekurs wnin students between six and eight hours a week. I look at my students as my children or grandchildren, so my main goal is to help them."
"Now, anytime a student asks to sit next to me in a booth, I'll refuse." Bavel said. "However,
While Bavel continues to be passionate about teaching at KU, he said decisions like these were typical of the University.
"They [KU] will not admit
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