Volume 124 Issue 13
kansan.com
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
the student voice since 1904
CAMPUS COMMUTERS
ALEXA RUSH
arush@kansan.com
Some students are so dedicated to school that they have committed to commuting from various cities, many traveling between 30 minutes to an hour each way everyday so they can continue to attend Kansas.
Although commuting from home can save some pocket change when it comes to groceries, utilities and bills, the amount of money spent on gas can be enough to make one cringe.
Making the trip from Topeka to Lawrence on a daily basis for both class and her job at Chili's can be a hassle, but Apryl Tillman said her commuting situation does indeed have its perks.
"If you are living with family it saves money on the necessity items," said Tillman, a junior commuter from Topeka. "Home cooked meals isn't nothing to sneeze at either. Also, I'm working on budgeting so that I can pay for an apartment all upfront for next year."
"I would estimate that I use about 20 to 25 gallons of gas per
week and, it probably costs me about $75," said Chris Katterhenry, a commuter from Lenaex. Katterhenry is in his sixth year at Kansas. He graduated in May 2010 with a degree in biochemistry.
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ELECTION
Freshmen Student Senate voting concludes Wednesday
JESSIE BLAKEBOROUGH
jblakeborough@kansan.com
Freshman elections for Student Senate conclude today at 4 p.m. after week-long campaigns to secure one of the five open seats.
The senators will then be officially sworn into their positions Sept. 14 at the first full senate meeting of the 2011-2012 school year.
The five new senators will be notified via email of their appointment to the Senate at 5 p.m. and will then attend their first committee meeting that evening at the Union. The committee meetings are open to the public.
Only freshman can vote in this election. Eligibility is determined through Enroll and Pay so that only new students to the University will be able to vote. Voting sites are open on the student senate website, University home page and on the Enroll and Pay site.
"All of the new senators will stand up in front of the student body and they will be at the same level and pace along with every other new senator who were elected in the spring," said Hannah Bolton, chief of staff and election commissioner for the freshman elections.
The candidates have been running their own campaigns since
Aug. 30, which primarily consists of postering and chalking slogans on campus and in front of residence halls on Daisy Hill.
Paige Lytle, a freshman from Wichita majoring in political science, thinks that the campaign process could use some work. Lytle says that names chalked on sidewalks don't help voters understand candidates' views on important issues.
"People just end up voting for whatever looks pretty," Lyle said.
"Oats was my nickname in high school so I just kind of ran with that and I thought that would be a memorable campaign poster," said Oatman, a freshman from Overland Park majoring in pre-business
and pre-law.
Bolton however is proud of the creative slogans candidates have come up with such as Mitchell Cota's "Vota for Cota" and Mackenzie Oatman's "Oats do a student body good!"
Bolton says there have only been a few campaign violations this election season. In the past campaign violations have included:
putting fliers in residence halls
campaigning, in places such as the bus or residence halls where the public cannot get away from the candidate and.
chalking too early.
Bolton says that chalking is more of an issue during the spring elections. This fall, the primary violations have been putting fliers in the residence halls.
Bolton says the high turnout of candidates is especially exciting.
"It's interesting seeing so many people be so genuinely interested in wanting to be involved and getting their voice heard at KU," Bolton said.
Edited by Mike Lavieri
HOW TO VOTE
You may vote in person at the Student Senate Office in Room 410 of the Kansas Union.
Go to:
With the activation of new Verizon Wireless cell site on campus, students using Verizon Wireless will experience fewer dropped calls, fewer delayed text messages, clearer reception and additional 3G network coverage and capacity.
https://apps.ku.edu/~election/ballot/freshman2012 Voting closes Sept. 7 at 4 p.m.
CAMPUS
Verizon moves to boost cell phone coverage
The new cell site is located near Memorial Stadium and was activated when Kansas classes started in August. The exact location of the site could not be released for security reasons.
Verizon Wireless media contact Brenda Hill said the company was meeting the demand for more network capacity with the increase of the use of data phones.
"We know that students text, e-mail, take pictures at football games and put them up on Facebook, and other things with their phones on campus." Hill said.
Hill said the new cell site will be especially useful when thousands of jayhawk fans come to campus for sporting events and tailgating.
By Rachel Cheon
EDUCATION
CLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
Guest speaker and AP journalist John Milburn shows Teresa Lamsan's Trauma & Media class items from his "Jump Bag." Milburn suggests keeping an emergency backpack full of essentials like Kleenex, first-aid, and plastic silverware for when he needs to report in an unpredictable situation.
New journalism class draws national attention
JONATHAN SHORMAN
johorman@lane.edu
jshorman@kansan.com
Batteries. Granola bars. First-aid kits. Journalism students watched Tuesday as John Milburn, an Associated Press reporter, pulled item after item out of his large green "jump bag" that he keeps stocked in case he's assigned to cover a disaster.
It was a brief introduction to the logistics of reporting traumatic situations for students enrolled in Journalism 201: Trauma and Media, a new class offered at the School of Journalism that's been gaining national attention.
The class, taught by Teresa Lamsam, a visiting professor of journalism from the University of Nebraska, grapples with coverage of traumatic events such as accidents and natural disasters and how journalists can cover these situations ethically.
"I am being absolutely swamped with responses from journalists about I can't believe you're teaching this class, it's so wonderful" and then I'm hearing all these stories, even on
On Tuesday, Milburn spoke to the class about his experiences covering disaster, from his first fatality accident to walking past houses with bodies in Bay St. Louis, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina. Milburn's visit was prescient because during the weekend the AP ran a story by Milburn regarding the class.
In Milburn's story, Ann Brill, dean of the School of journalism, said courses like Trauma and Media will help change the public's perception of media.
"There are things that can happen that effect people for a long, long time. We have to tell that story," Brill told the AP.
Austin Roberson, a junior from Silverlake, said that so far students in the class have been given introductions to natural disasters around the world and how they had been covered and that Milburn's presence has added to that.
my Facebook page, journalists are posting stories of their first basically, traumatic event coverage," Lamsam said.
With Milburn's help, Lamsam addressed the topic of compassion in reporting. Students discussed whether or not journalists can assist victims of a disaster while maintaining objectivity and professionalism. As a reference, Lamsam used a previous assignment where students had been asked to analyze media coverage of Hurricane Irene.
"After I read the hurricane assignment and I saw how they were keyed in on the concept of compassion, whether they were using the word or not, I realized that it also caused a lot of conflict that some of them were a little leary of the journalism profession because of that." I amsam said.
Milburn suggested that a balance between helping and reporting was possible.
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"You want to portray that you do care about them," said Milburn.
"I thought it was really neat they were able to bring in someone who has been in the field," Roberson said.
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SUDOKU 4
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Edited by Stefanie Penn
Today's weather
to pick up your complementary football tickets for the game against Northern Illinois.
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