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TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 20,2001
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ISSUE 60 VOLUME 112
Some groups upset about less Senate funding
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
Some organizations asking Student Senate for money this semester have left meetings upset about how the Finance Committee scrutinized every last dollar.
Several students and members of Senate argue that some student groups don't get fair consideration especially minority groups.
especially during the Casey Collier, Nunemaker senator representing freshman and sophomores, said some members of the Finance Committee didn't consider giving money to groups like the Black Student Union and the Asian-American Student Union as part of improving minority recruitment and retention.
"It's hard to watch these minority groups come through the Finance Committee," Collier said. "They walk out really upset."
outreach aspect.
The Asian-American Student Union asked for $9,760, but that amount was reduced to $3,234 in the Finance and Multicultural Affairs committees.
Minority groups are not the only ones upset about reduced funding. The February Sisters Association asked for $10,450 from Student Senate but received only $6,200 because of budget concerns.
or budget corrections.
The Finance Committee received nine bills from student organizations asking for money on its last agenda. The combined amount requested was $37,369.50. The committee cut that total down to $19,624.50 before passing the bills — a combined cut of $17,745.
Kyle Johnson, engineering senator and Finance Committee member, said the committee had a "rubber stamp" style last year, giving money to every group that came through.
He said student groups were not getting the same kind of funding.
getting the same answer." "Bills get extremely scrutinized this year," Johnson said. "The groups don't get money for things they don't need."
Johnson said he thought the Finance Committee gave an equal amount of consideration to all of the groups at the last meeting.
If no money had been cut from the proposed bills, Full Senate would have spent about 70 percent of its very budget.
Collier said Finance Committee members had a tough job because they had to make sure there would be enough money at the end of the school year for other student groups.
But Mark Dupree, Black Student Union president, said if Senate wanted to improve minority recruitment and retention, senators would need to be more willing to allocate money to multicultural organizations.
Earlier this semester, Dupree's organization requested $4,355 to send members of the Black Student Union to the Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government. That amount was cut to $3,245.
"I didn't think it was fair," said Dupree, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore. "I don't think that it shows that they are trying to improve minority recruitment and retention. Looking from the outside, you couldn't tell it."
Andy Spikes, Student Senate Executive Committee treasurer, did not return calls Friday through Monday.
Contact Daley at 864-4810
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KU students' hearings set
By Jeff Denton Kansan sportswriter
Football players charged in purse theft to have separate trial dates
Kansas football players Mario Kinsey and Reggie Duncan will have separate court appearances, beginning with Duncan's hearing today.
cars he might have charged on Sept. 11 in Douglas County District Court in connection with an on-campus purse theft in June.
tion with an on-campus person. Duncan was charged with theft and one count of criminal use of a financial
card. Kinsey was charged with theft and two counts of criminal use of a financial card.
Yesterday, Judge Jack Murphy issued a continuance of their hearings, which means their hearings were postponed.
Duncan's hearing will be at 1:30 p.m. today. The presiding judge will be Jack Murphy, said Becky Stephens, Murphy's secretary.
Ron Schneider, Duncan's attorney,
said Duncan would plead not guilty to the
Mario Kinsey
charges.
When asked if he would request another continuance, Schneider said, "I am expecting to, unless something strange happens."
Reggie Duncan
Kinsey's attorney. Sherri Loveland, said Kinsey would not appear in court today. She said Kinsey's hearing was scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30.
day afternoon. A diversion may be used in misdemeanor cases to postpone prosecution for a year. If a diversion is properly completed, charges are usually dismissed.
Loveland also said she and Kinsey had sent an application for diversion to District Attorney Christine Kenney's office yester-
Duncan was placed on diversion in November 2000 for a charge of retail theft under $500.
Both Kinsey and Duncan were suspended from Kansas' season opener on Sept. 1 for violating unspecified team rules, but they were reinstated the next week for the game against UCLA.
week for the game again. Kinsey was also charged May 25 with possession of marijuana in his hometown of Waco, Texas.
Five groups selected for greek Revue
By Jeremy Clarkson
Kansan staff writer
Members from 11 fraternity and sorority pairs, hoping for the opportunity to perform in the 53rd annual Rock Chalk Revue, "Look Both Ways," anxiously sat grasping the hands of fellow group members last night as five groups were selected.
selected.
Angela Agustin, executive director of Rock Chalk, stood in front of the crowd and announced the groups that would perform at the revue in March. The groups selected were: Chi Omega sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Delta Gamma sorority and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Pi Beta Phi sorority. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi will have the first all-female cast in the history of the revue.
revue.
Before the decision, each group submitted a notebook to a panel of 14 judges. The notebook consisted of a plot summary, script, music selections and a description of the set. After the notebook was turned in, judges interviewed the groups.
Angela Agustin, Wichita senior and executive director of Rock Chalk Revue, announces next year's Rock Chalk participants. Five of 11 greek pairs were selected last night at Liberty Hall.
Agustin said she was not part of the judging process but announcing the winners of the contest was difficult for her
"I know I'm making five groups happy and making six groups really upset," she said.
Tom Davis, Olathe junior, was in tears after his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, was selected.
"It's a total shock," he said.
"It's a total shock," he said. Davis said his group would perform the skit, "The Two Ply Alliance." He said the next step for his group would be auditions and rehearsal.
Agustin said she was excited for the groups performing at the revue because the groups were usually talented and prepared well for the event.
Rock Chalk Revue will be March 7
through March 9 at the Lied Center.
"Until then, their lives are Rock Chalk, so it should be pretty interesting," she said.
the United Way of Douglas County.
All proceeds from the revue will go to
Contact Clarkson at 864-4810
Business gives students real-world experience
By Matt Norton Kansan staff writer
Matt Nixon was brainstorming with his friend Steve Bergman last summer about business ideas.
Bergman, Olathe senior, was a car expert, working as an assistant manager at Advance Auto Parts, 2535 S. Iowa St. Nixon, Overland Park senior, had worked several jobs during his college days, including delivering pizzas.
"Our idea was to make one of the little inconveniences in life a little more convenient," Nixon said.
"Why not a company that delivers oil changes?" the two asked themselves. Starting a business
Nixon knew very little about cars and nothing about changing the oil, other than that it was a pain to wait 45 minutes at a supposed "quickie" oil change business.
And, of course, they had to let the public know that they were in business
So the two KU students in the School of Business went to work putting together a business and marketing plan. On Oct.1, they opened Lube Boyz, a company dedicated to taking cheap oil changes to customers' homes or places of work.
Lube Boyz had to be registered as a company with the State of Kansas, get a limited liability company certificate, set a tax payment plan with the IRS, purchase business insurance and place want ads for employment. They even built a Web site for the company: www.lubeboyz.com.
Nixon said they spent between $3,000 and $4,000 to start the company,
most of which was spent in marketing and licensing fees.
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Ex-director of athletic fund charged with felonies
By Jay Krail
Kansan sports editor
INSIDETODAY
vocabulary may be needed.
The Douglas County District Attorney's office filed a warrant summoning McMichael to appear on Tuesday, Dec. 18 in Douglas County District Court. He will face three counts of making false writings.
Former Williams Fund director Scott McMichael has been summoned to appear in court next month to face felony charges after a University of Kansas audit reported that entertainment vouchers may have been falsified.
The vouchers were submitted on Sept. 7, 2000; Jan. 30, 2001 and Aug. 2, 2001, according to court documents.
according to court documents The audit said the vouchers totaled $8.324.
$6.24 Bill Skepnek, McMichael's attorney, said his client had been negligent in recording his travel expenses, but that he had not intentionally asked for reimbursements for expenditures he had not made.
"I think there's a very big difference." Skepnek said."Based on what I've seen, I'm very disappointed. I think it's wrong."
McMichael resigned Aug. 10, the same day the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation filed a report with the KU Public Safety Office. The report stated that a University of Kansas audit had discovered the possible embezzlement. McMichael cited personal and family reasons in his resignation. He had not given prior notice.
The Williams Fund keeps donations that are used to pay for athletic scholarships
Lynn Bretz, interim director of University Relations, said the University had no comment on the court summons.
"It's something between Mr. McMichael and the court," Bretz said.
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WEATHER ... 6A
CROSSWORD ... 6A
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