Volume 128 Issue 49
Tuesday. November 18,2014
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'IT'S ON US'
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University participates in national sexual assault campaign
MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford
This week is the week of action for the national "It's On Us" campaign, which is a White House campaign to get students more involved in preventing sexual assault.
Kathy Rose Mockry, the director at the Emily Taylor Center for Woman and Gender Equity, said they won't host any events because of how close to the holidays it is, but they will engage students in other ways.
The Emily Taylor Center is promoting the campaign with its online presence, which will include discussion questions on its Facebook page and will use information that it received from the campaign.
"We want to keep the discussion going through social media." Mockry said.
The Dole Institute is hosting an international
for the Dole Institute. "It's about domestic violence, but it's still an issue of women and women's voices and their place."
Economic Freedom," today at 3 p.m.
spokeswoman and author,
Ludy Green, who will speak
about her domestic violence
issues and her new book,
"Ending Domestic Violence
Captivity: A Guide to
"It's incredibly timely," said Christina Ostmeyer, student outreach coordinator and student events coordinator
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KBOR Student Senates oppose new amendment
MIRANDA DAVIS
@MirandaDavisUDK
This Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents will have the opportunity to vote on an amendment that would allow administrations at regents' schools to adjust fees without a referendum to consult the student body.
All student governments of regents-affiliated universities have decided to oppose the amendment and many have passed resolutions within their senates.
The amendment, which would affect KSA 76-742, questions the necessity of a referendum. Currently, any university administration that chooses to make a fee change must consult the student body and make the results public and available to the Board of Regents. The referendum is non-binding however, so once a university conducts the referendum — even if the
students vote against it the university can change the fee.
The stakes are high for those who oppose it. If the amendment passes, regents' universities could potentially use student tuition dollars for new buildings, while only "consulting" the student government leadership.
Two weeks ago, the University of Kansas Student Senate passed a resolution to oppose the resolution unanimously within committees, but also in full senate. Both Kansas State University and Wichita State have passed similar resolutions.
"I think that because Student Senate passed this unanimously in every committee it went through and on the full Senate level, that referendums are necessary and students
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Waiting game continues for expelled student after hearing
CASSIDY RITTER
@CassidyRitter
After a hearing yesterday, Chief Judge Robert Fairchild ruled that the University will pay for the Navid Yeasin's lost tuition from the fall of 2013. However, Yeasin still awaits his fate for next semester.
Yeasin, a former student from Overland Park, was expelled shortly after midterms in the fall of 2013 due to a violation of the University's sexual harassment policy, the "No Contact" directive and a clarifying letter from the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of KU news service, said in an email.
Yeasin went through a "bad breakup" in the summer of 2013. This led to a no-contact order in Johnson County in the summer and a no-contact order through the office of IOA in the fall of 2013. With frustration that the issue was brought to the University's attention, Yeasin published tweets expressing his anger and dissatisfaction. The six tweets involved in this case did not mention the ex-girlfriend and were not sent to her directly. However, IOA said this was in violation of the no-contact order.
The University expelled Yeasin under Article 19
of the Student Code of Conduct which reads, "While on University premises or at University sponsored or supervised events, or as required by city, state, or federal law, students and organizations are subject to disciplinary action for violations of published policies, rules and regulations of the University of Regents, and for the following offenses."
Fairchild also ruled a stay order on the Court of Appeals. This means Yeasin must prepare an order to reconsider. Once this order is in place, the University has a month to appeal Fairchild's orders.
If the University chooses to appeal yesterday's ruling, they have a month to do so. If this is the case, a decision will hopefully be made over the summer, Yeasin's lawyer Terry Leibold said.
In the meantime, Yeasin will continue to live in Lawrence working part time.
If there is no appeal, Yeasin will enroll for classes for the spring semester of 2015 and receive credit for his tuition in the fall of 2013. Yeasin was expelled prior to taking finals that semester; because of this he will retake these classes if he is allowed to enroll.
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ARTS & FEATURES
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University graduate Elliot Pees' tea brand KANbucha will be available on tap at Merc Cafe starting Thursday. Pees has quadrupled production of the tea since June.
Graduate brews own kombucha tea
ROCHELLE VALVERDE
@RochelleVerde
A University graduate's brand of kombucha, a fermented tea, will soon be available on tap at the Merc Co-op's newly renovated Merc Cafe. KANbucha, Lawrence native Elliot Pees' brand, will be offered at the Merc Cafe, located at 901 Iowa St., starting Thursday, Nov. 20.
Pees said the first time he brewed kombucha, it wasn't good. It took him about a year of experimenting to make something he really liked and he said finally making a good batch was satisfying.
"It's kind of like when people play a sport, or like
After Pees's sister introduced him to kombucha in 2009, they brewed their first batch together. Pees said the do-it-yourself aspect of kombucha got him interested.
"Once we found out you could make it, we were like, 'oh, we've got to try,' because both she and I are kind of hands-on sort of people," Pees said.
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golf or something, and you get that one awesome hit, or that one shot where you just nail it," Pees said. "And you're like, yes, I've done it."
Pees graduated from the University with a degree in music education in 2006. He left his position as a music teacher at Southwest Middle School in June to focus on his business. Before then,
"Basically because teaching is so demanding and running a business is so demanding, it kind of came down to being one or the other," Pees said. "I thought enough interest was building in KANbucha that it was sort of a now-or-never decision."
Since June, Pees has already quadrupled his production. To meet the growing demand, Pees has partnered with Alchemy Coffee to share a production facility on Riverfront Drive in North Lawrence. The facility will be complete by the end of the month. Pees said he currently brews about 200
KANbucha was more of a side project, but Pees said it got to a point where he had to choose.
gallons of kombucha per month, which is about 13 full-sized kegs, and that with the new facility he could quadruple production again and eventually add an employee.
"I think that there's a lot to be said for taking a risk and just trying, even if you're scared how it's going to turn out," Pees said.
Kombucha starts with a mixture of green and/or black tea, fermented with sugar and cultures. Pees said fermentation time is typically
Pees said he's already learned several lessons as an entrepreneur, the first being that you have to take risks.
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