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ponents to campus carry,
a stance they maintain as
July draws closer.
Levin said her biggest concern about campus carry is the possibility for fear to hinder intellectual discussions and free communication of ideas.
"What's mostly likely to happen would be faculty and students self-censoring and not saying things because they fear someone may become violent," she said. "That will limit the possibility for intellectual growth and exploration, which are at the heart of what a university is supposed to be."
For Levin, an emotional moment in a classroom potentially turning violent is a fear based on experience.
"A number of years ago, I was teaching a class on 19th century Russian political thinking, a topic that shouldn't be terribly controversial, you would think,' she said. "A student had a meltdown because I called a 19th century political thinker, whom he admired, an armchair revolutionary. If that can happen in a class that most people would not find controversial, you can imagine how classes that actually discuss hot button issues could generate strong feelings."
Lang also cited fears
for the nature of a learning environment with the danger of firearms present.
"An armed campus is antithetical to a learning environment," he said. "In terms of students and faculty being willing to tackle the big issues like race, class, religion and sexuality, my fear is it will have a chilling effect on the kinds of topics that people are willing to teach or discuss in class."
I tear this will make it difficult to attract students and faculty, which in the long run will degrade the quality of this institution."
Clarence Lang Professor of African American Studies
Lang said campus carry is a concern for all members of the University community, with situations such as accidental shootings, suicide, sexual assault and domestic violence to consider.
"Guns being on campus bring a number of issues to mind, particularly suicide. We know that the number of suicides have gone up in the last 10 years," he said. "We've certainly had many conversations about sexual assault and
intimate violence, and how guns make situations of this nature even worse for victims, particularly women."
Lang said campus carry will greatly affect how safe religious and ethnic groups feel at the university.
"Already there are a number of folks that don't feel safe in community spaces," Lang said. "Students of color, religious groups and members of the LGBTQ community have raised concerns about whether this campus will be a safe space. So adding firearms to the equation certainly will not make that situation any better."
Levin said keeping campus safe with campus carry in place is not viable with the funding issues universities already face, and regulating the ability on campus is impossible due to the loose concealed carry law in the state.
"I think having a security perimeter around the entire campus is really what would keep us safe, but it's not cost effective to do that," she said. "The state concealed carry law basically prevents the university from regulating who can carry as well."
Lang said there is no easy solution to the issue of guns on campus,but he fears the long-term effects it could have on the University.
Senate committees pass first step of Union renovation fee
KANSAN.COM/NEWS | MONDAY,OCT.17,2016
At Wednesday's Student Rights Committee a bill was passed which could give the student body input on a potential fee increase beginning in 2019.
This week, the entire Senate body will vote on whether increasing student fees by $50 for renovations to the Kansas Union will be on the ballot during Student Senate elections in April.
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If the fee is passed, it
Gabby Naylor, student body vice president, presented the bill to Student Rights Committee members and said Senate has known about the potential fee increase since last year.
["The referendum] is an official order for Student Senate to direct the elections commission to add a referendum question to next year's spring ballot," Naylor said. "The question would be for a union referendum. Last year, for those of you that aren't aware, we had fee review, and in fee review, the union came to us and they were asking for a renovation fee increase."
will add an additional $50 to required campus fees students pay each semester from fiscal year 2020 until fiscal year 2050.
"Next year in the spring election, when people are voting for coalitions at the end of it, it'll be yes, no, or abstaining for a vote to increase the student fee $50 for the new union," Naylor said.
Chance Maginness, a junior/senior CLAS senator who co-authored the bill, explained to committee members that the fee will not be charged to students until the Union renovation begins in 2019 because the University needs time to prepare.
"The way we've historically done referendums, and when it comes to planning something like this, we have to give the University enough time to plan for a fee increase and to plan for something like this," Maginness said. "The fee will go into effect the fall of 2019."
The referendum passed in Rights and the University Affairs Committees. Full Senate will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium.
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Danny Theisen, a SASA board member, said.
Students learn how to do the Dandiva, a traditional Indian dance, at Garba.
Miranda Anaaya/KANSAN
"I really liked Garba a lot because we don't do a lot of group dancing in America or western
omore from Overland Park, said she enjoyed the event and was glad to see the organizers make the festival work for college students.
cultures on holidays," Theisen said. "It makes you feel very connected to strangers, because you can share this very special dancing experience with them."
is an event that traditionally lasts nine days and so here, I really like how [AIS and SASA] adapted it to work to go on this weekend. They actually are having Garba for Kansas City for the past two weekends, but I wasn't able to go to those, because I was busy, but I was able to go to this one. I really liked how there was so much diversity."
"I had a lot of fun," Sharma said. "Garba
Avani Sharma, a soph-
The night continued with more dancing, followed by a traditional Gujarati buffet, and freestyle dancing concluded the event.
"I was really glad that they were able to do this for so many people. I really enjoyed that there were people from different backgrounds," Sharma said.
Human trafficking reports down in KS
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According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 30 incidents of trafficking have been reported in Kansas this year as of June 30, compared to 52 in 2014.
Human trafficking reports in Kansas are down in recent years, but a local group says there is still work to be done.
Cedric Clark is a co-executive member of Trade61, a Lawrence-based group that advocates against human trafficking. He said the problem stems from several factors.
"Human trafficking, it ties into so many different things like rape culture, domestic violence and sexual harassment," Clark said.
Considering all of these issues, Clark said it's important for people look beyond what they assume human trafficking looks like.
"What we're most passionate about would have to be just the fact that people don't necessarily have the right idea of what (human trafficking) is," Clark said.
"Do your research, figure out what it looks like to be trafficked. It's not just shackles, it's not people walking around with bruises. It's how they respond to people, how they respond to authority," Clark said.
One way to infer if someone is involved in trafficking is to look for abnormalities or changes
in their typical responses.
"If you view sexual crimes as something that we can't talk about, or something that should be left under the rug, it gives it more power, and kind of keeps it in the dark,"
Clark said being aware of the issue can help people feel comfortable seeking help and can break down incorrect assumptions.
In 2016 the NHTRC reported 111 trafficking calls in Kansas, 20 of them from directly affected victims or survivors.
Clark said.
Clark says there is still much room for improvement, despite lower trafficking numbers this year.
"Kansas is supposedly getting better, but there's so much work to be done," Clark said. "It's all around us, although we don't notice it."
"That's what awareness is for I think,trying to change that stigma," Clark said.
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