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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
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 process.
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
ABOVE: Junior second basemen Colby Wright practices his swing in the locker room. Wright is both a full-time student at the University and a member of the KU men's baseball team LEFT: When Wright isn't in class or at baseball practice. he said he is usually outdoors. Wright said he grew up living next to a lake, so he likes to fish when he goes home.
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
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i study 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.
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 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
"My son was shown the article at work, and obviously he was hurt by it," Bavel said. "There have been reactions
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.
handled his case fairly. His hearing is scheduled for jan. 14.
"Now, anytime a student asks to sit next to me in a booth, I'll refuse." Bavel said. "However,
about this.
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.
i smil 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."
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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CROSSWORD 6
CRYPTOQUIPS 6
OPINION 4
SPORTS 10
SUDOKU 6
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