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MONDAY,AUGUST 18,2003
Knopp has tall order to fill as new president
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Andy Knopp, Manhattan senior, is preparing for his job as student body president. He said he would have programs such as the Jayhawk Express bus route and the JayWalk program available by the beginning of the semester.
By Paul Kramer
pkramer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Standing 6 feet 7 inches, Andy Knopp naturally stands out on campus.
Still, Knopp, student body president and Manhattan senior, likes to think of himself as a typical student who plays basketball at Robinson Center, hangs out on Wesco Beach and likes to go the Pizza Wheel Co. and The Crossing. But his student position and the accompanying responsibilities make for a different reality.
Knopp will speak at both Opening Convocation and spirit night during Hawk Week and will attend Board of Regents meetings as the University representative.
However, Knopp knows his most important role as president is to represent the students who elected him and the new students who will be affected by his decisions and actions.
That's not to say Knopp is highstrung. Diana Rhodes, Student Senate's administrative assistant, said Knopp brought a laid-back style to leading the student body.
Knopp and Vice Presidem Catherine Bell, Coffeye senior, lead the KUnited-dominated Student Senate, which hopes to get a lot accomplished this year.
"He has great sense of humor, and he knows what's going on," she said.
The KUNited platform focuses on student-friendly programs and trying to improve overall student life at the University.
Knopp said he knew students responded to tangible results from programs and Senate bills.
Two programs that will be available for students at the beginning of the year are the Jayhawk Express free bus route and the JayWalk program — designed to ensure safety for those walking on campus late at night.
Along with adding to services for students, Knopp said he wanted to address issues such as
"Different things make different people happy there are lots of ways
to get involved."
Andy Knopp student body president
students' financial burdens and saving University money.
One program that deals with both goals is the student textbook exchange program. In cooperation with the Kansas Union Bookstore, students can order their books online and be notified on the Union's site if their book can be purchased cheaper from the student exchange.
Knopp sees programs like this as an indirect way to deal with tuition increases.
Knopp encourages all students to come up with ideas to save money. He welcomes e-mails, notes left at the Student Senate office or participation in committee meetings as ways to make a difference.
attends a meeting, he can vote on bills that will then have a opportunity to be sent to full Senate for a vote.
All students can attend biweekly committee meetings to voice their concerns, opinions or suggestions. Once a student
Knopp became involved in KU politics as a freshman at a committee meeting, and was soon named an engineering senate replacement, and his career was off and running.
Knopp served as the engineering senator his sophomore year and business senator last year before deciding to try to follow KUnited president Jonathan Ng into office.
"I looked around and saw a lot of people doing things for the school, community service, being RA's, playing basketball. Everyone wanted to make KU better," Knopp said.
He encourages students to find their niche and make an impact.
"Different things make different people happy — there are lots of ways to get involved," Knopp said.
After a rigorous spring filled with election anxiety and endless campaigning, Knopp said he took it pretty easy this summer and was looking forward to getting back into the swing of things this fall.
- Edited by Dave Nobles
Student twirls her way into national pageant competition
By Alex Hoffman
ahoffman@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Angelae Busy, Lenexa senior, won the title of Miss Kansas in June. Busy, shown wearing her Miss Cheney Lake crown, will compete in the Miss America pageant Sept. 20 when she will display her baton-twirling talents.
Busby, Lenexa senior, will compete as Miss Kansas in this year's Miss America pageant. Sept. 20 in Atlantic City, N.J.
Angelaea Busby's baton twirling and public speaking practice will culminate in one night of competition.
On June 7, Busby was crowned Miss Kansas after defeating 20 other contestants. This was her first try at Miss Kansas after qualifying as Miss Cheney Lake.
Since then, she has spent her summer in Pratt training for the competition and maintaining a tight schedule.
"It's basically a 24-7 job." Busy said. "I've been doing a daily workout routine, practicing public speaking and broadening my platform."
Despite the hectic schedule, Marie Hanson. Busby's business manager, said she handled her duties well.
"She's a very focused girl," Hanson said. "It's part of her nature."
Busby's platform of depression awareness holds personal significance to her because a close member of her family suffered from the affliction. Busby said she hoped to educate people more about depression and dispel its myths.
"Currently there are a lot of people who don't understand what it is," Busby said. "It is a disease and there is that stigma attached to it."
Busby said she had modest expectations going into the Miss Kansas competition.
Busby won the Finalist Interview Award for accumulating the most points in the interview portion at Miss
"My goal was just to take the top 10," she said. "At no point did I think I was going to be the favorite. I mean, there had been no first-time winner in the last 23 years."
"I was just myself during the entire."
process."
Angelae Busby Miss Kansas
Kansas. She sharpened her interview skills Saturday in a mock interview session with seven judges. She said she had one important characteristic that made an impression on the Miss Kansas judges.
"I was just myself during the entire process," she said.
For now, Busby will have to
leave the fall semester behind because of her busy schedule. Her stint as recruitment chair for Kappa Alpha Theta will have to wait. She also will not be able to perform her duties as feature baton twirler for the Marching Jayhawks. Rather, she will take her twirling talents to the stage at the Miss America pageant.
"I will miss halftime though," she said.
On Sept. 3, Busby will travel to Washington, D.C., to meet the other Miss America contestants.
- Edited by Ehren Meditz
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