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Senate gets no after-hours party with Loveline hosts
By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer
Lovettie is coming to the University of Kansas this Friday, and members of Student Senate are going to miss the after-hours party with Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla.
Student Union Activities went to last week's Senate meeting and asked for $2,000 to co-sponsor the
event. At the meeting, Tiffany Crow, SUA Vice President of Alumni Relations, and Lindsey Gaston, Special Event Coordinator for SUA, told Senate members if they contributed the requested $2,000, 20 members of Senate would be invited to an after-show party
with Loveline's hosts.
Seth Hoffman, Nunemaker Senator,
said the invitation to the after-show
Senate voted instead to give SUA $1,000 for the event, and in doing so lost the invitation to the party. Senate would have been credited as "co-presenter" on all fliers and radio announcements, but now it is co-sponsor. Only "co-presenters" get to attend the party, this includes SUA board members and Special Events committee members.
party could be seen as a way to buy Senate votes.
"I thought the idea of offering invitations to members of Senate was weird," he said. "If the $2,000 would have lowered ticket prices from $10 to $6 or $5, I'd be much more likely to support it, bu"
Adam: Dr. Drew's Loveline sidekick on MTV and the radio.
that is not what happened."
Partha Mazumdar, Graduate Senator, did not understand why Senate should contribute $2,000.
"If we would not have given SUA a single dollar, Loveline still would come," He said. "Basically, they just wanted us to give them money. And I like SUA, but I don't see Loveline as a show we need to sponsor."
R. J. Woodring, Nunemaker Senator, presented the bill to Senate.
"I still feel it's a worthwhile venture, and it'll help people want to know us better," he said. "But as far as inviting people to the reception, that's just the way SUA works. The more money you contribute, the more perks you get."
Gaston said that if the after-hours program seemed like a ploy to get Senate's support, it was taken the wrong way.
He also said making a profit was not SUA's primary concern, but that it still was possible to break even.
"The only reason we're having the reception afterward is because they offered," he said. "Originally, the program was supposed to take place in October, but all those dates were canceled. We were fortunate in that we were the only place that got to reschedule. Because we lost a month to promote, the producers of the program offered to have a reception with the hosts for the inconvenience."
Amini Scholarship Hall may get mirror
Couple might donate money for women's hall
By Sarah Hale
Kansan staff writer
In 1988, the University of Kansas developed a wish list of possible projects that would be created around campus.
One of these projects included two scholarship halls that would sit side-by-side as mirror images.
That or this project was completed in 1992 when Amini Scholarship Hall opened after a $1 million donation from K.K. and Margaret Amini. The second building has remained only a design.
Though there has been no formal announcement, Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said yesterday the Aminis were serious about donating money for the construction of a women's scholarship hall to sit adjacent and to the north of the current Amini Hall.
the building, but he said it likely would not be Amini.
The Aminis have not told Stoner the name they would choose for
Though the discussion of the project is in the preliminary stages, Stoner said the proposal is going to be sent to the Board of Regents for approval and a budget would be established.
Tom Hutton, University Relations director, said he was aware of the possible construction of a scholarship hall but did not know specific details. He said if the new hall were built, it would be similar in design to the current 16,425 sq. ft. Amini.
Stoner would not say how much money the Aminis were considering donating.
Hutton said formal assurance of a donation from the Aminis would bring a formal announcement of construction plans.
"There's always some caution about announcing plans until the money is in hand," Hutton said. He said the Aminis always had been honorable donors.
In addition to the $1 million donation for Amiini Hall, the Aminis also gave an unknown amount to the University for the construction of the KU Vietnam Memorial.
building, if built, would be comparable to the first with some minor alterations.
Stoner said that Amini's sister
"There are going to have to be some changes because the building needs to be turned and it will rest on a hill." Stoner said.
Gould Evans Associates LC, 706 Massachusetts St., designed both buildings in 1991. If the new scholarship hall were to be built, Stoner said the original design might be used with necessary alterations.
The construction company that built Amini men's hall would not be used for this future project because it no longer exists. Stoner said the contractor retired.
Because of the plan's early stages, Stoner said if the donation went through, he hoped it would be finished by the fall semester of 2000.
The possibility of another scholarship hall comes amid celebration of the Aminis' 50th wedding anniversary, which was last week.
the couple met while attending the University. Margaret graduated from the School of Journalism in 1946 and K.K. graduated from the School of Engineering in 1949.
The Aminis, who now reside in
Amini Scholarship Hall: the sequel
How are scholarship hall residents selected?
Students apply to the Department of Student Housing.
Applicants' academic records,
essays, references and financial need all factor into
who is selected.
What is a scholarship hall?
What is a scholarship hail?
About 50 men or women residents.
Graduate student director.
Communal living run by the Department of Student.
Residents cook or clean two to six hours a week in exchange for cheaper living arrangements.
San Antonio, Texas, had been members of The Chancellor's Club, the University's major-donor organization, and the Mount Oread Society. Margaret also was inducted into the KU Women's Hall
Most halls have at least two
Residents live in two-to four-person rooms or suites.
Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
of Fame in 1995.
The Aminis became interested in donating money for a scholarship hall because of K.K.'s involvement in his own hall. He lived in Battenfeld Hall from 1945 to 1948.
Contemplating the finer things
Laura Hanson, Minnetonka, Minn., sophomore, studies a plaster cast of a Grecian frieze for her art history class. Rainy skies kept many students indoors early yesterday afternoon. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Festival Photographs Images from the weekend music extravaganza See page 8A
Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
Local banks offer deals to attract student dollars
By Sarah
Special to the
Commerce Bank's new deal with the University of Kansas seems to
be giving the bank
an edge on student checking accounts.
ing accounts. The bank offers a free checking
account in conjunction with its new KUID contract. The account is set up so that KUIDs are Commerce ATM cards. Commerce opened four ATMs on campus and a branch in the Kansas Union.
Loug Saville, manager of Commerce's Iowa Street Branch, said the accounts have been a tremendous success.
"The numbers for free checking accounts are up at least one and a half times that of last year," said Savile. "A lot of the students are drawn by the fact that there is a branch located right on campus."
Commerce's campus branch manager Matt Wyatt, said the checking accounts had been appealing to students from out of the area and to those without transportation.
"We got the ball rolling by introducing the accounts to freshman during orientation this summer," Wyatt said. "Then we had time to spend with the students, explaining to them the benefits of having an account based on campus."
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan offers a student oriented account called True Blue checking. Like the Commerce accounts, there is no minimum balance and no fees.
Barbara Carswell, first vice president at Capitol Federal, said their account was competitive. She added that her bank had seen no major impact on their free checking accounts from Commerce's offer to KU students.
"We like to think that we look at things in a proactive way," said Carswell.
Carswell also said the locations of their branches were a plus for students.
"We have two locations," she said. "One branch serving the west side of campus and the other serving the east side." Mercantile bank is currently working on a free electronic checking account targeting students.
"We realize the importance of convenience for students and this account will meet those needs," said Janet Toebben, Mercantile bank senior vice president.
Although the local accounts are easily accessible, many still choose to bank elsewhere.
Anne Cooley, Topea junior, said she does not find the local checking all that convenient.
I bank at Commerce in Topeka and I'm just not interested in transferring my money to a Lawrence branch," said Cooley.
Heather Yates, Olathe junior, said it was better learn how I don't want to worry that if I lose my KUID, I lose my
Other students said they valued the convenience that Commerce Bank offered.
"It's a better deal," said Chris Hopkins, Gresham, Ore.,
sophomore. "Commerce is free — no fees, no minimum
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