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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 | VOLUME 134 ISSUE 04
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
Self says Kings 'a great place' for Frank Mason III
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Self said he thinks Mason's mentality will
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MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017 | VOLUME 134 ISSUE 02
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
MORE SIGNS, MORE COPS
Campus carry to bring small logistical adjustments, not big changes, to KU
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Editor's Note: This story is the first in a series of stories looking at the way concealed carry on campus will look once it goes into effect July 1.
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W with mere weeks until the University's campus becomes gun-friendly, administrators around the University are making their final decisions on what must be changed to make campus carry work. The answer? Not much.
Anyone over the age of 21 will be able to carry a weapon on campus beginning July 1 as a result of a 2013 state
law that allows concealed carry in all public buildings unless security measures are installed. The University has been under an exemption for the past four years.
December, said the weapon, if stored in a backpack or purse, had to be kept on one's person at all times. The Regents voted in May to eliminate this clause from
The preparations for this change began in the offices of Strong Hall years ago and are finally wrapping up this summer. Surveys were taken, town hall's were held, a committee was convened and a report created.
The final result of these efforts was a revised policy on weapons that mandates any concealed weapon be kept within its owner's control at all times on campus. The original version of the policy, which was passed by the Board of Regents in
the policy in favor of more general wording.
Now, administration is looking at other aspects of campus life that will have to be shifted as a result of this
change, Largely, though, administrators say there won't be major changes to the way the campus operates.
Police and security changes
Campus Police Chief Chris Keary said the law basically brings the University in line with the rest of Kansas, as concealed carry is already allowed in many public places. But he said the Public Safety Office (which oversees all police and security operations on campus) is making preparations to ensure University community members stay safe.
"We want our officers out of the cars, walking around in the buildings, interacting with people, so that it gives people a sense that there are
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Programs for low-income students fight proposed budget cuts
ANGIE BALDELOMAR @AngieBaldelomar
Since 1964, federally-funded TRIO programs have allowed thousands of low-income students access to higher education. Now, two programs within TRIO might get eliminated under President Donald Trump's proposed budget.
Efforts to avoid this have started at the University's programs. Mulubrhan Ne-
gash, director of TRIO McNair Scholars Program at the University, said her office's response is to spread actual data and stories about the work the program does.
"Our response is geared to raising awareness, and most importantly, give specific, tangible data to our congressmen, senators, [and] representatives," she said.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program assists low-income, first-generation and underrepresented minority undergraduate students in pursuing a doctoral program by providing faculty mentors, paid research opportunities and help in the process of applying to graduate programs.
For Negash, a big issue is the way Mick Mulvaney director of the federal government's Office of Management and Budget, presented the data to justify the cuts.
Mulvaney said McNair was only six percent effective. Negash said Mulvaney was reducing the impact by presenting data without the needed context.
"In order to slash a budget, you have to show that it doesn't work, in order to show it, you have to tell the data in a way that shows the story that you want to tell," she said. "If context was pro-
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Robertson said, shows the need for a community like this one.
"We've talked about it over the years but never had a sense that there was a particular interest or need yet. When it began to percolate from the students, before it was mostly our staff wondering if we should do it," Robertson said. "Finally it was our students saying, 'Hello, we want this,' and that's when we're going to act on it."
The work group, spear-
"Having a single room was cool, but it did suck that I missed the opportunity to live with a roommate all because I couldn't find someone who was open-minded," Wantling said. "Especially because once I got to KU I met a lot of open-minded people that said, 'Oh, I would have lived with you had I
year. Wunting's year in Student Housing was a good one spent in a single room at GSP, she said, but getting there wasn't easy.
tance.
The creation of the GIH wing, Robertson said, is one step toward removing hurdles like those faced by students
"I had a lot of people turn me down just because of my sexuality," Wantling said. "I had one girl who said, 'My mom doesn't want me to live with anyone that's gay,' and another one that was like, 'Well, my boyfriend might have a problem with that.'"
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Editor's Note: This story is the third in a series of stories looking at the way concealed carry on campus will look once it goes into effect July 1.
Each new semester brings a new round of syllabuses, but this semester professors will include a new added section of information that addresses concealed
carry on campus. As the University prepares to shift to an environment where students are legally allowed to bring concealed handguns to class, this will be just one of many preparations.
In response to the arrival of concealed weapons on July 1 as a result of a 2013 state law, professors are taking steps to adjust their teaching style, class content, office hours or even seeking employment elsewhere.
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Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett Gonzalez, president of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said this is because many faculty members are concerned that concealed carry will have a chilling effect in classrooms.
"I know a nontrivial number of faculty members who are changing their syllabus.
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