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Volume 128 Issue 58
Monday, December 8, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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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
ALLISON KITE
@Allie_Kite
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.
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 pro-
zations," 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
her passions for music, children and reading fuels her desire to teach, and the library shows have really changed the way they thought about their band
"At first we were like, 'Oh we're a parody band that sings about Harry Potter,'" Sieg said. "And then, eventually we just started promoting reading creatively and really reaching out to kids to just tell them that it's OK, it's OK to like stuff."
What started as a jam session in a basement with a lone Logitech microphone attached to a music stand with duct tape has since evolved into over 60 songs.
"It was a pretty punk-rock setup," Sieg said. "To be specific, because I remember things, I believe it was on Harry Potters' birthday."
AND THEN, EVENTUALLY WE JUST STARTED PROMOTING READING CREATIVELY AND REALLY REACHING OUT TO KIDS TO JUST TELL THEM THAT IT'S OK, IT'S OK TO LIKE STUFF."
"We released an album and we were kind of like, well this might be sort of our last album." Thomas said. "We didn't say it was our last album but we sort of thought it. But the problem was we kept writing parody ideas; we kept having them."
"July 31,2009," the two said in unison. Sieg said Harry Potter was at its peak of popularity during that time because the sixth movie had just come out. Since its release, the two said it's possible people may be less interested since it is no longer in the public eye.
The lack of equipment that started it all proved to be insignificant when compared to the creativity shared between Sieg and Thomas. While Thomas draws his inspiration from Weird Al Yankovich and a band called Harry and the Potters, the duo also cites the White Stripes dynamic as a primary influence, as well as Lennon and McCartney in terms of their songwriting process.
"At first we were just writing parodies and recording them in the basement, and then we moved onto playing shows for kids and [the kids] were able to see us connecting with a crowd and telling our message to be enthusiastic about what you like," Sieg said.
With graduation looming, Thomas said he is really happy with where the two are currently at with their music.
"We're not super big so that it takes up all our time and we don't have any fun and we're working for The Man or something," Thomas said. "But at the same time, we're still successful enough that every once in a while I'll walk around and someone will recognize me, who I don't know, and they'll be like, 'Oh, are you from a wizard rock band,' and I'm like, 'Why yes, yes I am.'"
TRINA SIEG
9 KANSAN | DITL
may affect minority students.
may affect minority students. 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.
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
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.
"Now, anytime a student asks to sit next to me in a booth, I'll refuse." Bavel said. "However,
I still meet at Perkins with 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."
avec tuis.
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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