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October 26, 1998
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Vol. 109 • No. 46
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Five quarterbacks played Saturday in an injury-filled game. Kansas backup Jay Alexander led Kansas to a 33-17 win against Colorado.
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Task force examines student-fee allocation
Group will compile report concerning legal guidelines
By Chad Bettes
Kansan staff writer
Legal guidelines for student-fee allocation at the Kansas Board of Regents' universities will be the subject of a report issued by a special task force formed by the Regents.
The Task Force on Mandatory Student Fees emerged from a special Regents council that deals with student affairs. The eight-member task force is headed by Lisa Heath, assistant vice president of student affairs at Fort Hays State University.
Heath said the task force would not make any recommendations or binding rulings. Group members simply will issue a report by the end of the year that compiles recent legal
information regarding fees, and universities will make their own decisions based on the information
"Our purpose is to take a look at some of the interesting legal challenges there have been to student fees," Heath said. "We are not setting policy."
University of Kansas representatives on the task force are Kevin Yoder, student body president, and Linda Mullens, assistant vice chancellor of student affairs.
Campus fees (Lawrence)
10 10 20 30 40 50 60 7
Student health $69.50
Student-health buildings' maintenance, repair, and equipment $1.50
Student-health buildings additions $15.00
Student Union building $22.50
There have been several controversial student-fee decisions this semester at the University, including those regarding financing for the KU chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a First Nations powow and the Love-line program.
Student Union renovation $18.50
Student Senate activity $22.00
Karen Dutcher, the University of Kansas' associate general counsel, said that in 1993, the Kansas attorney general's office had released an opinion on student-fee distribution that serves as a guideline for Kansas educational institutions.
Student media $3.00
Women's and non-revenue intercol.
sports $20.00
Educational-opportunity $6.00
Recreational services $13.00
In the opinion, then-Attorney General Robert Stephan said student fees could support political and ideological speech as long as the money was used in a non-discriminating way and for educational experiences and opportunities.
Campus lighting $2.00
A case recently filed against Miami University in Ohio concerns students seeking to stop a university policy that does not allow student fees to be used for religious activities while allowing financing for other ideological groups.
Child-care building construction $4.00
Campus-transportation $16.00
Campus-enviroment $1.00
A court ruled this year that the University of Wisconsin-Madison could not force students to finance campus groups with political or ideological activities with which students do not agree. The ruling was upheld in an appeal.
"Our funds cannot be used for partisan or religious activities." Numrich said.
Julie Numrich, Student Senate Student Executive Committee chairwoman, said that Student Senate followed guidelines in determining student-fee distribution.
She said political and religious groups could receive money for administrative purposes but not for activities that include people who are not members of the organization.
Jason Benavides/KANSAN
Although some decisions about student-fee distribution have caused debate at the University, other colleges across the nation have found themselves in court because of the issue
Victory sparks post dunking
By Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
The athletic department facilities employees worked overtime Saturday night, fishing pieces of Memorial Stadium's 30-foot goatshots from Petter Lake.
"It was a big game, and students acted as a product of the excitement," said
Josh Gaunt  Wichita freshman.
Gaunt said that he ran on the field and helped pull down the post. He said that other students boosted him up so that he could ride it down the field.
"I sat up there for 5 or 6 seconds before I got bucked off and fell," he said. "At least I landed on my feet."
After students removed the south goal post, they turned and headed toward the north side of the field.
Despite a police blockade, that post came down too.
"Our intent was to discourage them, but once the masses got too big to contain, we pulled out and let the students have it," he said.
As fans stormed the field and carried the goal posts to Potter Lake, football announcer Howard Hill warned them to be careful.
Sgt. Mark Witt of the KU Public Safety Office said that the police officers tried to stop students from running on the field.
But still, people fell from the posts or got pushed in the water.
head. Officials at the hospital said that Gross was treated Saturday night.
David Stephanchick, Overland Park freshman, said that he took an unwanted swim after the goal post he was carrying was pushed into him.
At least one student, Phillip Gross, Glencoe, Ill., freshman, was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after he was hit on the
"I didn't get trapped under the water by it, but I had to wait underwater until the post had rolled over me," he said.
Darren Cook, director of facilities for the athletic department, said that about 70 to 80 percent of the goalposts had been recovered from the lake. He said that these pieces were pretty useless,
Angle Kuhn/KAN$AN
See VICTORY on page 6A
Lee Sheets, Wichita junior, and Shea Robbins, Salina junior, prepare to watch the Marilyn Manson show at the Granada. Last night's concert sold out in 12 minutes and was a warmup for Manson's "Mechanical Animals World Tour," which begins tonight at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. Photo by Corie Waters/KANSAN
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson draws diverse group of fans
Halloween came early to Massachusetts Street as more than 650 Marilyn Manson fans, dressed in their best gothic attire, waited to see the shock rocker play at the Granada last night.
By Augustus Anthony Piazza
Kansan staff writer
The concert was the warm up show for Manson's "Mechanical Animals World Tour" that kicks off tonight at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.
The show started at about 9:15 p.m., but fans began lining up along Massachusetts Street at 5:30 p.m. to reserve a spot near the stage. The early-comers finally were let in to the venue, 1020 Massachusetts St., when the doors opened at 7 p.m.
"I think it's awesome to see the diversity," said Amanda Duling, Columbus sophomore. "I think anyone could be a Marilyn Manson fan."
Not all the fans who stood outside the Granada
The concert attracted a diverse group of music fans. Some dressed in black leather and white face paint, but others dressed in blue jeans and T-shirts.
had tickets for last night's show.
Jason Spencer, Topeka junior, waited outside the club with a sign that read "Will buy 2 tickets for $120." Concert tickets cost $17.
"I tried to win them from the Lazer today," Spencer said. "Manson is just one of those guys you have to see in your life."
The radio station KLZR, 105.9 The Lazer, began giving away Manson concert tickets Thursday.
Alison Tempero, Lawrence freshman, had better luck than Spencer. She bought her ticket for $20 from a scalper before the show.
Tempero, a Manson fan since 1989, saw the shock rocker twice before in concert and said that she wanted to hear the song Suicidal Snowman.
Manson had played in Lawrence twice before, at Liberty Hall in 1997 and at the Granada in 1996.
Not everyone in front of the Granada last night was a Marilyn Manson fan.
A group of Fred Phelps' supporters arrived to a chorus of boos at 7:15 p.m. and protested behind a police barricade before leaving soon after 8 p.m.
KU professors hope Glenn's flight will send stereotypes to moon
By Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
When John Glenn sets off for space again Thursday, the 77-year-old will become the oldest American to orbit the earth.
Glenn, a Democratic senator from Ohio, was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962.
Mike Swatte, Overland Park
sophomore, agreed.
Thirty-eight years later, Glenn
and the six
crew members aboard
space shuttle
Discovery will test
Hubble Telescope equipme
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release a
sun-gazing satellite and perform 83
different research projects while in
Glenn: Will return to space after 38 years.
space.
Mary Lee Hummert, associate professor of communication studies who studies the effects of stereotyping older adults, said she hoped the mission also would help prove the worth of older people.
"One stereotype of older people is that you can't learn new things," she said in a written statement. "John Glenn is saying it isn't as easy as it was at age 30, but I can do it, and I'm enjoying it."
Hummert said that she hoped the nation was backing Glenn for the right reasons.
"Glenn's flight at age 77 shows that our expectations for the contributions of older persons may
be too low," she said. "Those expectations may overemphasize the negative aspects of aging."
Hummert said that because Glenn had stayed in shape, he sometimes was viewed as the exception to the rule, rather than an example of older adults' potential.
"Generally, we don't appreciate our elders, but they really have a lot to offer," he said. "We tend to dwell on the negatives, like lessened physical ability."
Wayne Osness, professor of health, sports and exercise science said that older adults who had not trained as much as Glenn should not assume that they can not regain flexibility and stamina.
"The good news is as a result of our research, we can turn fitness levels around for people who have lost the flexibility to get out of bed," he said in a written statement. "They won't win any races, but many can get out of bed and go to the bathroom and back."
And older adults are more easily motivated to improve their fitness. he said.
Sweatte said he thought that was because people saw the importance of fitness when they begin to lose their virility.
Alan Potter, Iola sophomore, agreed.
"I think the older we get, the more dawns on us we won't live forever," he said. "But by the time we realize that, we've spent a lot of our life growing old and feel the weight of time pressing down on us. That creates a definite sense of urgency and motivation."
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