THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
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was raised by participants, who were asked to address 50 letters containing gift forms to their friends and family members encouraging them to donate to St. Jude's and its mission in fighting pediatric cancer.
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"I think it's just really important that all these kids get the help they need," said Lauren Cuthan, a freshman from Wichita. qs she filled out a letter to her parents. "The more money that is received from these letters the more children diagnosed with cancer will get a chance for survival."
About 250 college campuses nationwide participate in the Up til Dawn charity for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital each year. St. Jude's is one of the foremost leaders in pediatric cancer treatment and research in the world. According to its website, the survival rate for acute Lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, has increased 90 percent since the hospital's creation in 1962. All accepted patients, despite their financial or insurance situations, are admitted and treated free of cost.
PHOTOS BY ABBY DAVIS/KANSAN Above: Kansas students gather around a table at the Student Union for the event Up. til Dawn. Students brought a list of addresses to send letters requesting donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Right: Tom Mabry, a junior from Belleville, Ill., and Shane Smith, a junior from Albuquerque, N.M., play "Water Pong" at Up 'til Dawn.
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vice to Apogeo. Of eight vendors invited to bid for the contract, none were located in Kansas and only two responded. One of those was Apogeo. The other, Campus Televideo, wrote a negative response to the University, dated Oct. 4, 2010.
"Overall, the information provided to the bidders and the time allotted to prepare a proposal makes it nearly impossible to properly evaluate and price a proposal based on objective, comparable metrics," the response read in part.
Montgomery said he believes Apogee sold the University on its services before the bidding process began, and the contract was designed for Apogee from the beginning.
He said he has asked the Uni
versity for the opportunity to compete with Apogee for business in the residential housing as well, but was turned down by Barry Swanson, Assistant Vice Provost.
Jack Martin, Director of Strategic Communications for the University, said the contract was offered in the standard bidding process and that vendors did not need to be invited in order to bid for them. In this case, he said, Montgomery's firm did not bid for the contract.
But Montgomery said he was surprised to learn of the contract with Apogee last year, as he had offered Internet service to the University in 2007. He said John Louis, the director of Information Technology at the time, told him that no contracts would be offered and the University would continue the system it had in place.
Montgomery said he hopes through lobbying elected representatives, to generate enough interest that the University might reconsider. To that end, he has gathered support from some local elected officials who said they would prefer to see money stay in the local economy.
On Sept. 30, State Representative Paul Davis wrote to Assistant Vice-Provost Barry Swanson, asking that Kansas firms be included in the bidding process. County Commissioner Nancy Thellman also wrote to Swanson to question whether Apogee's services were adequate and ask that local firms be allowed to compete for contracts in student housing.
The city commission will hear the results of the study in their next meeting Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.
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KANSAS CITY
Kemper to be razed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Forty years ago R. Crosby Kemper Jr. donated some land in Kansas City's west bottoms and provided funding for what would become Kemper Arena, named in honor of his father, who had just died.
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On Tuesday, Kemper and his son Mariner Kemper were among several people urging the city to tear down the massive building and replace it with a new equestrian and agricultural center that's better suited to the needs of the American Royal, Kansas City's premier annual livestock show.
"Let's stop holding onto the past and living in the past and let's build for the future," Mariner Kemper, a member of the American Royal board, told The Kansas City Star.
American Royal leaders said it makes financial sense to get rid of Kemper Arena, which once was the city's top venue for sporting events
and concerts before the new Sprint Center was built downtown. These days, the arena sees little activity beyond events connected to the American Royal.
Dave Fowler, chairman of the American Royal board, said the city has 34 years left on its 50-year lease with the Royal, which means the city is obligated to keep Kemper up for its events. The city still owes $10 million on a $23 million expansion project in 1997, and there is about $20 million in deferred maintenance needed for the city to fulfill its lease agreement.
Among its more notable events over the years, Kemper was host to several NCAA basketball tournament regionals, and in 1988 hosted the Final Four, where Kansas beat Oklahoma. The arena also was home to the Kansas City Kings before the team left for Sacramento, Calif.
On top of that, Kemper Arena is losing about $1 million a year.
The Kempers joined other American Royal board members, city council members and other civic leaders to endorse the idea of tearing the arena down to make room for a 5,000-seat coliseum and facility tailored to year-round livestock and horse shows, in addition to the Royal's annual barbecue and festival events.
Cost of the new facility is estimated at $70 million, including $50 million in new construction, $10 million for demolition and upgrades to the existing American Royal complex, and $10 million to pay the outstanding Kemper debt.
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Mariner Kemper said the arena has outlived its useful life, since the city can't support two big arenas. Kemper Arena has been losing events since the Sprint Center opened in 2007.
The Kempers said their foundation would try to raise about $10 million. It's unclear where the rest of the money would come from.
Judge denies request in Arizona shooting case
U. S. District Judge Larry Burns wrote in his ruling that 23-year-old Jared Lee Loughner is being forced to take psychotropic drugs at a Missouri prison facility because he poses a danger to himself.
A federal judge on Tuesday turned down a request by lawyers for the Tucson shooting rampage suspect to hold a special hearing regarding his forced medication.
So far, the decision to medicate Loughner has been made by prison officials at the Springfield, Mo., facility where experts are trying to make him psychologically fit to stand trial.
Loughner's defense attorneys had argued that the issue should be up to a judge and wanted Burns to consider the matter.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson that killed six people and injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.
Loughner has been found to be mentally unfit for trial, but his treating psychologist has said his condition has improved since he has been given medication. In late September, Burns ruled that it's probable that Loughner will be made mentally fit and extended his four-month stay in Missouri by another four months.
Also this week, prosecutors asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing late Monday to reject requests by Loughner's lawyers to halt his forced medication and rescind his stay at the Springfield facility.
That was in response to a filing by Loughner's lawyers last week. They told the appeals court that Burns failed to fully consider possible negative side effects from his forced medication or put a limit on his future dosage.
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CAMPUS
University to make faculty work public
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access Monday to renew its promise to make scholarly work available. The policy requires Kansas faculty to publish their work to a public database. Instead of having to purchase journals, the public can now read Kansas faculty members' work for free.
Scholarly communications librarian Ada Emmett said the old system limited access to faculty work.
"The scholarly journal articles that faculty at Kansas publish are going to be accessible to people who don't have subscriptions to that scholarly literature," Emmett said. "So that's going to be the citizens of Kansas, high schoolers, junior colleges and people at colleges and universities around the world."
The University was one of the first American universities to sign the declaration.
"This declaration kind of says to everyone. 'We are going to try and take these following steps to open that access up as wide as possible,'" Emmett said.
In 2009, the University created a faculty open access policy. The University is the first public American university to requires its faculty to publicly publish its work.
"Harvard, MIT and Stanford faculty had already made this policy amongst themselves," she said.
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CAMPUS
Loan advice available for students with debt
As 2011 comes to an end, the nation will see a large amount of debt for students, with $1 trillion in loans outstanding. For most students, the debt for individual graduates reaches between $25,000 and $30,000.
Most students need to take out a few student loans to support themselves while they're in college. However, Leticia Gradington with Student Money Management Services said there are a few steps students can take to minimize the impact of those loans.
"Get in touch with student money management services," Gradington said. "I think my biggest tagline with any student is, 'Live like a college student now so you don't have to when you graduate,' and we engage the students in their finances."
To avoid defaulting on student loans after graduation, Gradington also said there are a few steps students can take as well.
"When you graduate, you've got great superiors, you've got deferments, you've got forbearances, things like that, that actually are an umbrella for your student loans." she said.
Gradington also said it's important to make a plan early so students can get out of debt as quickly as possible after commencement.
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