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THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2017 | VOLUME 133 ISSUE 10
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
'Redo Your U' misleading, unnecessary, critics say
▶ DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan
W with only two months left until students
Against Rising Tuition, Tommy Finch and Lev Comolli, both sophomores from Lawrence, who are spearheading a campaign
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JAYHAWK ON THE STREET Is it better to be dating or single on Valentine's Day?
▶ MONA AHMED @MonaAhmed
Valentine's Day: the holiday celebrating relationships or the lack thereof. In honor of the holiday, the Kansan asked various students their thoughts on being single or in a relationship.
MOLLIE HANSELMAN,
sophomore from
Woodbury, Minnesota:
"I guess I'd rather have
a boyfriend because I
want free things and, you
know, to be pampered for
a day."
ALEAH ESTES, junior from Kansas City, Kan.
Kansas City, Kan.:
"I'd rather be in a relationship on Valentine's Day. And not just because of the gifts or the typical, 'Oh it it's Valentine's day, let's appreciate each other.' It would just be nice to have someone to hang out with and love."
COLE HOOVER, sophomore from Overland Park: "In a relationship just because that's what the holiday is about. Otherwise, free wings at Hooters."
Photos by Savanna Smith
BRIA CRUSE, junior from Lawrence:
"I would rather be single just because me and my mom have a tradition. Like we go out, we have a good time, we go to the movies and I get to stay home and eat junk food. So that's just me personally."
exemption for universities expires on July 1.
The weapons policy, which the Board of Regents approved last semester, specifies guidelines for concealed carry on campus. For example, those who wish to carry a firearm must carry it in a holster that covers the trigger, and anyone found to be in violation of the policy has the potential to be removed from campus.
Earlier this month, KU Athletics announced it will
departments of organizations to request security at certain events, but permanent security measures will most likely not be provided for most buildings.
Despite the University's efforts to implement safety measures within the confines of the law, many were still concerned about its impact on the campus.
"People are malicious anyway. When they have a gun on them, the chances of that turning violent or deadly increase," said
including testifying in the Kansas legislature and publicly protesting. Right now, however, the goal of the University is to do as much as possible to inform the public on how to be safe with guns on campus, Williams said during the event.
Some people, like Professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, said the University
Certain Kansas legislators have been making an effort to stop guns on campus before the exemption expires. One bill, HB 2074, would allow universities to indefinitely exempt them-
sity community have been vocal about their opposition to guns on campus
the big terrible event," said Barrett-Gonzalez, a chapter president of the American Association of University Professors, during the event.
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many University students know enough about their free speech rights. The survey asked questions about the First Amendment, like what categories of speech are legally protected.
"With our interactions with the rest of the KU community, both in person and things that we see throughout KU social media, whatever platform it might be, we get the feeling that not a lot of people know exactly what their free speech rights are
of the funding to conduct the survey, Lepinski said the group had to request permission from Student Senate to hand out the test which was approved.
Lepinski said they are still tallying up the results from the test. They received approximately 60-70 tests back, but they are trying to reach 100 before YAF publishes the results.
"The initial first impres-
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