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TUESDAY
OCTOBER 9,2001
ISSUE 32 VOLUME 112
Credit card solicitation on campus under fire
By Luke Daley
Kansan staff writer
Student Body President Justin Mills wants to kick credit card companies off campus, but restricting just one type of solicitation could be considered unconstitutional when it comes to commercial speech.
comes to a communication. Tom Stacy, professor of law, said taking away a credit card company's right to sell its product on campus would set a precedent for other organizational bans. This would mean that businesses such as the Kansas City Star would be prohibited from selling subscriptions on campus.
"I would think that any total prohibition would run into problems," Stacy said.
Mills said he was researching First Amendment issues as they relate to campus solicitations.
He said credit cards could be a dangerous way for students to accumulate debt, and credit card sales representatives on campus prey on the inexperience of students who usually don't know potential problems associated with the credit card process.
"These companies have practices that exploit students," Mills said. "What they don't tell you is that students get bad credit history because they aren't taught how to use them."
But Stacy said an alternative would be for the University to prohibit exploitative solicitation. He said concerns about deception by credit card solicitors could be solved by forcing the credit card companies to provide credit and debt information to students who apply.
"As long as the credit card companies are providing information that is truthful and not misleading, the University would really have problems prohibiting that," Stacy said.
promising that
Mills met with eight other students
Friday afternoon to figure out how to expel the solicitors from campus.
"Our goal was to get them removed from the Union, but then we decided to get rid of them on the whole campus." Mills said.
He said that no timetable was set for removing the solicitors and that he and other students were researching the issue.
Ridding the University of credit card sales representatives may prove problematic from a legal standpoint.
Rocky Nichols, democratic state representative and Topeka graduate student, introduced a bill to the Legislature that would prohibit credit card solicitation from all university campuses in Kansas. If passed, the bill would allow the University of Kansas to prohibit credit card companies on University grounds.
Nichols said banning the solicitation from university campuses did not qualify as a commercial speech issue because universities already placed guidelines and restrictions on solicitation.
and restrictions on us. "It would seem to me that we could still protect constitutional rights and limit credit card solicitation," Nichols said.
He said the University might be hesitant to ban credit card solicitation on its own because it receives money from the credit card companies by allowing them on campus.
"I would hope that University groups would be able to find different ways of funding," Nichols said.
Sarah Hoskinson, Burton senior petitioned students on campus to get credit card solicitors removed from campus.
She said getting rid of the credit card merchants should not qualify as a First Amendment issue because the University places restrictions on
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Habitat house vandalized
House that Greeks Built suffered damage, theft. but should be finished in timely manner
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
Vandals struck the House that Greeks Built during the weekend, damaging a back door and stealing an air compressor valued at $350, said Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police Department.
Andre Bollaert, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, said that the vandals also spray painted the word "ass" on
interior walls, something that had been done to another Habitat house in the same development.
The house at 1721 Atherton Court was entered between 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. It is supposed to be completed around Sunday, Oct. 14, for Lawrence resident Maureen Mulally and her son. Bollaert said he did not think the vandalism would delay the completion.
vandalism. As of yesterday, the house was considered secure, meaning the walls were up, the windows were in and the doors and temporary locks were on. Bollaert said. He said Habitat houses had been vandalized only after they were secure, and there had been some trouble with vandalism in this area.
But this was the first time anything had been stolen.
Bollaert said Habitat was dealing with its insurance company to cover the cost of the stolen compressor. But because the compressor was owned by Habitat employee David Baldwin and not the organization, the insurance company may not cover the expense.
"We will definitely reimburse him for it." Bollaert said.
ii. Bonder said.
Although Patrick said police didn't have any suspects, Bolaia thought the acts were committed by juveniles who lived in the trailer park near Atherton Court. Bolaia suspected juveniles because of the immature nature of the crime. He said he had seen juveniles in the area recently but
"We know who they are, we just haven't caught them vet."
Andre Bollaert Executive director of Habitat for Humanity
could not tie them to the crime.
Shattering beauty pageant stereotypes
"We know who they are, we just haven't caught them yet," he said.
Connor Noonan, appointed officer for the House that Greeks Built, said the Greek community would do its part to
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By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer
Make up and basketball don't mesh well, but that's not a concern for Miss Kansas USA Lindsay Douglas.
"I try to get in some pick-up games a couple of times a week," said the St. Louis senior.
Douglas said that during her first three years at the University of Kansas she took a basketball course each semester and was often the only girl.
"I pretty much had to prove myself each semester," Douglas said. "It was so much fun."
Seeing her in athletic gear on the court, the guys from class wouldn't think of her as a beauty pageant contestant, she said.
David Meall, Minneapolis, Kan., junior, met Douglas last year during a pick-up game at Robinson Center.
"She's tall enough that she's a force down low," Meall said. "The girl is an incredible ball player."
The stereotype of a pageant contestist is a lifelong pageant performer with big hair, lots of make up and a fake personality Douglas said.
Such a stereotype is Douglas' antithesis, and her priority in entering a contest — such as the Miss USA competition in February — is maintaining self-confidence.
"You can't walk into a pageant thinking you're going to win," Douglas said. "Only one person can win. I just walk in and be myself."
But she added that other aspects to competition exist, such as being in shape.
The time she spends on the basketball court helps, Douglas said, though she has to curb the time when a competition nears.
"I always get scrapes and bruises," she said. "Can't have that in a swimsuit competition."
The Miss USA competition will be the fifth pageant Douglas has entered. She said the opportunity to promote the competition's platform, Breast Cancer Awareness, was important to her. As Miss Kansas USA, Douglas travels around the state to promote charities.
charities.
"I love being involved in charity work," Douglas said. "That's what drew me to the pageant."
Miss Kansas USA Lindsay Douglas will compete for Miss USA in February. The St. Louis senior is pursuing a degree in communications and hopes to teach elementary-level education and coach basketball.
Contact Smith at 864-4810
Students, faculty attend forum with Haskell
By J. R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer
A variety of topics were touched on yesterday at panel discussion between the University of Kanas and Haskell Indian Nations University.
"Indian education was the last and liberal solution to Indian problems in the 19th Century," said Wildcat, professor of American studies at Haskell Indian Nations University. "It meant literally to take the nativity out of the children to be civilized."
Dan Wildcat recalled how people once thought Native Americans needed to be assimilated into American culture.
About 50 people attended the discussion at Haskell called "A Time for Healing: KU and Haskell Building a Positive Future."
Sharon O'Brien, KU associate professor of government and graduate adviser of the Indigenous Studies program, said she was struck by the United States not participating in a reconciliation process with Native Americans.
start at a great school, KU professor of anthropology and a panelist, said the passage of the Native American Language Act in 1990 was important because Native
"It doesn't even come up for discussion," she said. "Reconciliation has to start at a grass-roots level."
about 200 existed in Iowa. Cornel Pewwardy, assistant professor of teaching and leadership, adjunct professor at Haskell and panelist, said he was working to eliminate the Kansas state public institutions' use of Native American sports mascots because they were stereotypical. He also said he objected to the use of "Fightin'" as part of Haskell's team name.
American languages had been disappearing. He said that before 1492, between 400 to 600 languages existed, but now only about 200 existed in North America.
"Education is the component," Peewardy said of fighting stereotypes.
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Shawna Carroll-Bender, Denver grad
uate student in anthropology said she and other anthropology students came up with the idea of the panel between Haskell and the University because they wondered why the schools did not have more of a relationship.
"We wanted to see how to build a connection and make it stronger," she said.
sector and make Mike Doveton, Lawrence senior, said he attended the panel because Native-American issues interested him.
"Haskell rarely gets recognized," Doveton said. "It's the whole aspect of a second university being here."
Contact Mendoza at 864-4810
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