THURSDAY,OCT.11,2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
KU Republicans must wait weeks for Senate funds
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas College Republicans will have to wait at least another two weeks before it is eligible to receive money from Student Senate.
A bill granting the group $382 was tabled last night in the full Senate meeting. It will be sent back to the Student Rights Committee next Wednesday to determine whether the group is eligible for funds. If it passes the committee again, the bill will be sent back to the full Senate for another vote.
Erin Blocher, KU College Republicans chairwomen, said the group should be able to receive Senate money because it does not have ties to national republican political organizations and does not get funding from any political parties.
"The purpose behind opening this up to partisan groups is to offer all student groups equal opportunity to receive funding." Blocher said. "It's become a lot more than $382 to me."
Breeze Luetke-Stahlman, off-campus senator, said because the KU College Republicans are a political group, it might be ineligible for Senate money. She said the group's possible ties to national republican organizations needed to be clarified before Senate could allocate money to it.
If passed, the bill would be the first of its kind to grant money to a political group at KU since a change in Senate rules and regulations in the spring, allowing political groups to be eligible for allocations.
ups to other business, Senate:
passed a bill giving $5,000 to the Multicultural Resource Center for speaker Brent Scarpo as part of the Hate-Out Week program.
- passed a bill allocating $2,850 to the KU Cultural India Club.
■ passed a bill granting $1,100 to the Pharmacy Fair, organized by the Academy of Students of Pharmacy.
Academy did not approve a bill amending Senate rules and regulations to change the amount of money from $1,000 to $5,000 for bills to be immediately considered under the Consent Agenda.
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KU NAACP wants to involve more minorities
By J. R. Mendoza
Kansan staff writer
Timothy Lambert said he thought there needed to be more collaboration among minorities on campus. That's one of the reasons why the Decatur, Ill., senior decided to help create a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at the University of Kansas.
"It's in support of all minorities," said Lambert, who serves as the group's president. "I felt that it's really an umbrella the whole campus can get involved in."
Lambert said the idea to start the chapter came last spring. The group received its chapter July 17 at the NAACP's annual convention in New Orleans. Lambert said the KU chapter was the first university chapter in Kansas.
He said he also wanted to form a chapter to leave a mark on the University.
"I wanted to look for a way to impact this University," he said. "With the NAACP, it's something I can throw myself and personality into for the betterment of the campus."
Lambert got his sister, Kristin Lambert, Decatur, Ill., sophomore, to help out as well.
The Lamberts said the group had its first meeting last Thursday, and about 15 people attended. The group has started a tutoring program for Lawrence elementary school students and is working on events for Black History Month, they said. They also said they wanted to work with other organizations.
"We work together well," said Kristin Lambert, who serves as vice president of the group. "We kind of know what works for each other."
The Lamberts stressed that the organization was open for anyone to join.
Shaunte Abernathy, Kansas City Kan., sophomore, and programs coordinator for the group, said she got involved because of issues facing students of color at KU.
"The main goal is to do community service, educate more people and help minority groups," she said.
The group meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Room 107 in Green Hall.
For more information, contact naacp4754@hotmail.com,
tdlambe@hotmail.com or EmailKristin@cs.com.
OLIVIA SARI/KANSAN
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Sophomore Kristin Lambert and senior Timothy Lambert, both from Decatur, Ill., are the vice president and president, respectively, of the University of Kansas chapter of the NAACP. The group, which is open to anyone, was granted its chapter in July at the NAACP's annual national convention in New Orleans.
University vs. Oread debate replaces midterm exam
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
The continuing debate about the future of houses on the 1300 block of Ohio Street moved into the classroom yesterday, when students from the a journalism class, Research and Writing, got a chance to hear about the issue.
Instead of a conventional midterm exam, the students watched a live debate on the issue.
The debate featured Ken Stoner, director of the Department of Student Housing and Marci Francisco, a board member from the Oread Neighborhood Association.
Rick Musser, professor of journalism and executive producer of the class, said that he used this format for the midterm in previous semesters.
Stoner and Francisco debated about the plans to demolish houses along the 1300 block of Ohio Street, to replace them with scholarship halls.
"I've been tracking this one since the summer and I thought, 'Boy if it got legs, this will be a great one,'" he said.
The debate began with Stoner and Francisco each spending 10 minutes discussing their stance on the issue.
Stoner, who opened first, said the zone was predominately a student housing area.
This area is zoned for multi-dwelling use, for apartment use, for student housing and that's the appropriate use for the facility zoned," Stoner said.
Stoner showed pictures to illustrate the zone, including pictures of the houses which he would like to see demolished in the future.
Francisco said the University's campus plan had not been followed and cited specific examples from the plan that had been ignored by the University in the process.
"We thought this was the University wanting to work with the neighborhood," Francisco said of the campus plan.
The debate turned heated up when Francisco asked Stoner a question. While he was answering her, she attempted to take the microphone away from him. Musser then intervened, and Stoner threw the microphone on the table.
Francisco said the demolition would affect the boundaries between the University and the neighborhood.
"The University has made a good case about building the halls, but they have
other opportunities and other places," Francisco said.
Stoner said the houses were old houses and in bad condition. He said although they had history, they were not necessarily historical houses.
Marc Ricketts, Osawatomic sophomore, said the debate was helpful for him in covering real stories.
in cobbling on "It's actual experience, getting to go out and practice what you want to do for a living, so it was a lot better than a multiple-choice test," Ricketts said.
Later this month, members of the Historic Resources Commission and the University's Historic Preservation Board will meet to see if an agreement can be reached.
No official date has been set.
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