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Costumed students finish the 5K run at the KU Endowment building. KU students attended and participated in the Crimson and Boo 5K run on Daisy Hill, which took place Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
Runners in costume raise scholarship fund
MAEGAN BULL
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For Paige Stark, a junior from Olathe, giving back to her fellow students was as easy as running a 5K dressed as a zombie victim.
Covered in tissue, latex, makeup and fake blood, Stark participated in the second Crimson and Boo 5K, which drew about 180 participants Sunday. Participants had
past students by positively enhancing the University through their involvement and leadership in the KU community.
it's a melding between fundraising and giving back to students, allowing them to really pursue their goal, drive and passion here at KU as well as giving them a chance to speak with past Jayhawks," Naasz said.
Last year, the SEB raised close to $5,000, and a majority of the funds came from last year's Crimson and Boo run. With the funds SEB was able to award three
"The run is not just a fundraiser, but a way for students to connect with alumni, such as individuals in the KU Endowment or past graduates who really love the school," said Graham Naasz, president of the Student Endowment Board.
"The run is not just a fund-raiser, but a way for students to connect with alumni ..."
students with the Tradition of Excellence Scholarship.
The recipients from last year were: Lavesh Mirpuri, a graduate from Lima, Peru; Leigh Loving, a senior from McPherson; and Natalie Parker, a senior from Overland Park. All the students were chosen for their work and involvement at the University.
PAIGE STARK Junior from Olathe
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the option to dress up in costumes for the chance to win the best costume award. "I came out to run the race
Service centers get $86K donation
with my friend and it's for a fundraiser, which makes it even better," Stark said. "The costume award helps too."
The Student Endowment Board hosted the race to raise money for the Tradition of Excellence Scholarship, which is awarded every spring. According to the KU Endowment website, the scholarship is awarded to student leaders who uphold the prestige of the
MEAGAN BULL.
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GaDuGi SafeCenter's Executive Director Chrissy Heikkila said the money received from SSAB will be used to maintain a 24/7 hotline, support its staff and do campus outreach. The funds also allow the center to directly help the victims of sexual assault or domestic violence.
Student Senate's Student Safety Advisory Board donated $86,150 this year to Headquarters Counseling Center, GaDuGi SafeCenter and Willow Domestic Violence Center, all of which are local organizations that help victims and families of sexual assault or domestic violence.
"Last year we served 256 individuals, and we have already exceeded that number this year," Heikkila said. "That's just the individuals who have requested our services. We have spoken and interacted with thousands of KU students through engagement and education purposes."
The donation came after Student Senate raised the
supportive services fee from $0 in 2013 to $1.95 per student last year, said Garrett Farlow, a sophomore from Tecumseh and chair of the SSAB. The supportive services fee is part of the student services fee all students pay at the beginning of the semester. Supportive services fees could then be used to allocate money to local organizations that have requested funding to keep their operating costs low and free to all.
"Not only is the supportive services fee helping out KU students, but it's also helping the community that KU students are living in," Farlow said.
Student Safety Advisory Board
Willow Domestic Violence Center
$9.500
This year, the SSAB had an $88,000 budget, which is almost three times more than last year's budget of less than $30,000, Farlow said. The board's funding comes from both the supportive services fee and the campus safety fee. Although the supportive services fee has been raised, the campus safety fee remains $0. Farlow said he hopes to see the campus safety fee rise and eventually balance out the higher supportive services fee.
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2014 donations
$36,265.30
GaDuGi SafeCente
$40,384.70
Headquarters Counseling Center
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A protester vells at a Missouri State Police officer during a protest at the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters Oct. 10.
Library to host Ferguson panel
JAMES LAMB
@TheJamesLamb
A panel of experts will hold a discussion Monday on the various implications of the recent events in Ferguson, Mo., at the Lawrence Public Library at 5:30 p.m.
Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, "Facing Ferguson: Historical, Legal and Political Contexts" is free and open to the public. The panel will delve into the historical, social, economic and political causes and results of the events that grabbed international headlines in the past couple months.
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discussion is really important, and my fear is that now that it's [been] about two months, the narrative and discussion about the problems that were going on that we were talking about a month ago may die off," said Caleb Bobo, a junior from St. Louis and president of the KU Black Men's Union, one of the sponsors of the event. "So I think this is a good way to continue keeping this kind of important topic in discussion."
The panel will include Clarence Lang, an associate professor of African and African-American Studies and American Studies at the University; Brendan Roediger,
"We want to call this a postracial society, a color-blind society where all that stuff doesn't matter, but when you see the fact that if you're an African American, you're 21 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than if you're white, that means something along the lines of race still exists in this country," Bobo said. "My goal is to just have college students at least realize what's going on."
an assistant professor of law from St. Louis University; and Jamala Rogers, a columnist for the St. Louis American and an editorial board member for both TheBlackCommentator.com and The Black Scholar.
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According to the University's press release, the panelists will try to draw conclusions from the recent events in Ferguson that can be applied more broadly to the entire country.
"I think that Ferguson, in a similar manner, can tell us a lot about issues of space, of race, of inequality, of politics today." Lang said in the press release.
Bobo also hopes the panel
will bring awareness to the reality of race in America today.
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