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Twinsenators
Arthur
Arthur and Marynell Jones, twins in the Student Senate, rely
on each other to write legislation and exchange ideas. PAGE 5A
ECM burglary
A burglar stole $6,500 from the Ecumenical Christian Ministries last week. Thad Tholcombe, ECM director, said he thought the thief was familiar with the ECM's operation. PAGE 10A
'80s revisited
Many KU students grew up in the '80s. Now students can reminisce with the help of a new show about the decade. PAGE7A
overcoming struggles
After
strug-
gling
through
the first
half, the
Jayhawks
defeated the Bears on Saturday. PAGE 12A
Jayhawks spike Cyclones
The Kansas volleyball team pounded Iowa State in three straight games on Friday. Josi Lima led the team on the court and an active crowd helped off the court. PAGE6A
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KANSAN
Monday, October 20, 2003
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Kissing, football highlight week
By Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students from all the housing governments fire up the crowd in Saturday's homecoming parade. Students, alumni and others were in attendance to watch the vibrant colors float past down Jayhawk Boulevard.
Winning the football game marked the culmination of a week of events and festivities highlighting this year's Homecoming and its theme, "Jayhawk Generations: Bringing Back the Classics."
A Jayhawk victory over Baylor Saturday just made Kansas' 2003 Homecoming week that much sweeter.
"This is easily the best Homecoming I've ever seen," said Jen Alderdice, alumni association director of student programs.
programs.
Homecoming events began last Saturday with the second annual Spirit Sprint 5K Run/Walk. The race, ran through campus, attracted 57 participants, up from the 20 it had last year.
"When you look at how Homecoming has developed, everything was bigger and better this year," said Anna Clovis, community service and events chair.
Clovis, Fairfax, Okla., junior, said that the race, like other events, would continue to grow with time as traditions are established.
Homecoming was also marked with daily events held throughout the week, such as the Chalk 'n Rock Sidewalk Contest and the Jayhawk 'Can'struction Contest.
Most of the daily events consisted of different teams vying against each other to earn points which were tallied at the
end of the week.
The team with the most total points, team Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Alpha Theta, won a plaque signifying that they were this year's Homecoming events winners.
SEE HOMECOMING ON 6A
ExCEL program awards students for leadership
The two winners of the 12th annual Excellence in Community Education and Leadership award were announced at Saturday's Homecoming football game.
Casey Collier, Shawnee senior and Jacob Williams, Topeka senior were the recipients of this year's awards.
The ExCEL. program, established in 1991, recognizes one male and one female student for their individual leadership achievements.
"It's just unbelievable to even be considered," Collier said. "It's really an honor to be picked out of everybody else."
Applicants for the award must have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher and must complete an application and interview.
Ten finalists were initially announced, which were then pared
SEE EXCEL ON PAGE 6A
Donors provide millions in support
By Johanna M. Maska
jmaska@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
SEE DONORS ON PAGE 6A
Money from the University of Kansas Endowment Association is helping to expand campus.
Dale Seuferling, president of endowment, announced the endowment support of the University in the 2003 fiscal year has never been better. Endowment spent $85.1 million, a 24 percent increase from last year. This year, donors also contributed a high of $64.8 million. The figures were released at the 112th meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees.
Most of the money from endowment contributions went to construction projects, said John Scarfe, director of communications at endowment. More than $27 million has been spent on classrooms, research centers and landscaping among other projects.
Scarffe said the majority of the credit should go to the KU First campaign. The University of Kansas announced KU First on Sept. 7,2001. For the first time in Kansas' history, Chancellor Robert Hemenway set a goal of raising $500 million. The idea was to reach that amount by the end of 2004. With 14 months left, they are working on raising the last $31 million.
During the process of outlining goals to raise the money, Endowment officials worked with the Chancellor to designate projects. The projects range from campus beautification to new buildings.
"We always have needs," Hemenway said.
Andy Knopp, student body president, said he didn't think students were involved in making unrestricted fund decisions. He said students should be involved in the process.
The money is helping some of these needs to be met, Hemenway said. The Chancellor said he was optimistic about future donations as well.
Of the total $85.1 million, faculty and staff support and scholarships remained similar to last year. Faculty and staff received $17 million while $21.4 million went to scholarships. Those funds were designated by donors.
Other funds, worth $17 million, were donated without designation to a specific program. The Chancellor and Endowment assigned the money based on need. Six million dollars went to new construction projects and loans; $4.7 million went to student scholarships.
"The economy is improving and we're seeing donations increase," Hemenway said. "I think KU is stronger than it's ever been."
Late Night in the Phog
Eric Braam/Kansan
ABOVE: Freshman guard J.R. Giddens danced Friday night before the Late Night scrimmage.
TOP: A silhouetted coach Bill Self ran out onto James Naismith court during team introductions at Late Night. In addition to skits and dancing, the event honored the 1988 championship men's basketball team.
Activities tip off season
By Joey Berlin
jberlin@kansan.com
Kansan swordwriter
Kansas basketball fans vent to Friday's Late Night in the Phog festivities looking forward to an early glimpse at the program's future. But the event's centerpiece focused on one of the most glorious seasons of Kansas basketball's
"I'm so proud that I was able to sit on that bench and be a part of this."
Larry Brown
Former head coach
past.
past:
The 1987-88 men's basketball team, which overcame 11 defeats to PAGE 12A for more Late Night coverage
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win the 1988 NCAA championship, was honored in a ceremony that began about one hour into Late Night.
The big news of the night was the appearance of then-coach Larry Brown, who returned for the ceremony at the request of new coach Bill Self.
SEE PHOG ON PAGE 6A
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