WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Conference to aid student leaders
Multicultural office encourages students to gain experience
By Katie Nelson
Kansan staff writer
The Office of Multicultural Affairs wants to make sure students leave the University of Kansas with more than good grades.
"Students may think all they need to do the first two years of school is study," said Tony Daniels, associate director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. "But we know from experience, you need to get involved too."
To give students that extra experience, the office will sponsor its first Multicultural Student Leaders Success Conference.
Representatives from corporations such as Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Philip Morris, State Farm Insurance and pharmaceutical manufacturers Eli Lilly are coming to KU this Saturday with the same message.
"We see it as a way to gain a presence on the KU campus," said Tiffany Slackes, a college recruiter for Helzberg Diamonds. The Kansas City, Kan., jeweler regularly recruits at KU, and will
attend this weekend's Leaders Success Conference.
"We'll talk about positions we have, but also resumes, interview tips and things we look for in a candidate." Slackes said. "It will be helpful, especially with how the job market is now."
Daniels expects about 100 students to attend the day-long meeting in the Kansas Union. Students can learn about KU's academic support services from Career and Employment Services, which is also sponsoring the event, and minority student organizations such as the Black Student Union and the Asian American Student Union.
"We want to show students the importance of the development of leadership skills and real experience like internships and coops," Daniels said.
The event is free and begins at 9 a.m. at the Kansas Ballroom in the Union.
Registration forms are available in the Office of Multicultural Affairs until today. For more information contact Daniels at (785) 864-4351.
Contact Nelson at knelson@kansan.com. This story was edited by Erin Ohm.
By George Schulz
Kansas staff writer
V8 squeezed out of University stores
An exclusive University of Kansas contract with Coca-Cola Co. led to the removal of V8 juices from the Kansas and Burge unions' convenience store shelves last week.
The contract stipulates that any non-Coke drinks, which includes V8 vegetable juices and V8 Splash fruit juices, cannot compete with Coke products available at businesses affiliated with the University. The Campbells Soup Company distributes V8.
The contract has kept Coke's major competitors from store shelves on campus since 1997 when the University signed the $7 million, 10-year contract.
"Coke considered V8 and some other juice drinks to be not allowed according to the contract." Mike Reed, director of KU Bookstores, said.
David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said Coke employees working on campus checked drink coolers and notified KU administrators that the terms of the contract had been violated.
"We shouldn't have bought it in the first place," he said. "A manager just missed it on our end."
Mucci said the University derived significant benefits from the contract, including Merit and KU-faculty dependent scholarships, free Coke products and funding for student programming.
He said V8 was not a particularly high-volume seller and if the beverage sold any less it would likely be removed from the shelves anyway.
Michele Conley, supervisor of
The Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union, said she didn't agree with the exclusive nature of the contract.
"I wish we could carry it because it's one of the healthier juices," she said.
"We should have a choice. But there's really nothing you can do about it."
Contact Schulz at
Coke representatives declined to comment yesterday.
Leona Schulz at editor@kansan.com. This story was edited by Lauren Beatty.
Moving makes finding home hard for pets
By Matt Stumpff
Kansan staff writer
Students have found it's a good idea to keep their pets close by when moving to a new home.
Christina Ihloff, Dodge City sophomore, lost her cat of four years. Lily, three days after she moved to her new apartment.
The first time Ihloff took Lily outside, she stayed with the cat. Ihloff said she thought Lily could find her way back, because the cat had found her way home after moving once before. Ihloff said
she gave up on finding Lily after checking at the Lawrence Humane Society several times. She decided not to get a new cat.
Lawrence Animal Control picks up stray cats and dogs and takes them to the Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th, where owners can sometimes find their lost animal.
Stace Hoobler, operations manager of the Lawrence Humane Society, said cats and dogs sometimes tried to return to their old homes when they first changed residences.
"Pets are disoriented when they change homes," she said,
"There have been stories of cats traveling hundreds of miles."
Jen Marcec, Leavenworth freshman, said she lost her cat of 10 years, Ski, last week. Ski appeared a day and a half later in front of a neighbor's apartment
Marcec said she was more concerned with her cat's wellbeing than with the possibility of never seeing him again.
"I was afraid he was going to get run over by a car or attacked by a mean cat or dog." Marcee
"There have been stories of cats traveling hundreds of miles."
Stacy Hoobler
Lawrence Humane Society operations manager
said, "He doesn't know about the outside world."
New sports bar offers southwest atmosphere and 'walk-up' window
Contact Stumpff at mstumpff@kansan.com. This story was edited by Katie Teske and Melissa Human.
Kansan staff writer
By Erin Beatty
The same old cactus sign stands behind the Phillips 66 on 6th Street, but instead of advertising the former fast-food Mexican restaurant Taco Grande, it now advertises the new Cactus Jones Southwest Sports Bar.
Cactus Jones, 545 Frontier Road, opened Aug.17, and owner Brenda Jones said she expected a good crowd.
Joshua Cervantes, Kansas City Kan., senior has already been to Cactus Jones almost 15 times since its opening.
"It's busy here, but not too busy that you can't get a drink." Cervantes said. "Plus, all the workers are really friendly."
To attract customers, Jones said instead of having drink specials on certain nights, she would keep all her prices low with most drinks $3 or less.
Jones, whose husband Mike is the former owner of the Jet Lag Lounge, 610 Florida, started thinking about opening a new bar February of this year. She got the building permit for Cactus Jones in June and spent the summer renovating, building on and decorating the new bar.
Inside, southwestern-style paintings and neon signs cover the walls. Jones added eight new TVs. a jukebox and the video
game Golden Tee 2003
An enlarged bar area and a new patio stand in place of what used to be the drive-thru for the old Mexican restaurant.
Jones did decide to keep the drive-thru window intact, so customers drinking on the patio could walk up to the window, buzz a bartender inside and buy a drink.
Jones said she was not concerned about competing with popular bars on Massachusetts Street.
Jones boasted a drink she co-
nected, called "Cactus Fever." The
"I'm not at all worried about our location," Jones said. "There's enough bars and enough people to go around in this town."
"It's busy here, but not too busy that you can't get a drink."
Joshua Cervantes Kansas City, Kan., senior
drink consists of tequila, coconut rum, melon liqueur, pineapple juice and sweet and sour.
Cactus Jones now only serves drinks but will start serving food, including appetizers, sandwiches and entrees next week.
Contact Beatty at
ebeatty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jessica Hood and Amanda Sears.
Aaron Showalter/Kansan
Travis Williams, Lawrence resident, chats with his wife, Erin, Colby senior, over drinks at Cactus Jones, 545 Frontier Road. Cactus Jones, one of Lawrence's newest bars, opened Aug.17.