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Student Union Activities (SUA) will show a free screening of National Treasure at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. It will follow a showing of the international film, No Man's Land.
— Kansas staff report
The screening is free, but a voucher is required. Seating is not guaranteed, so movie-goers are encouraged to arrive early.
For more information, or to get a voucher, visit the SUA box office on the fourth level of the Kansas Union.
Underground celebrates opening this week
The Underground, the remodeled Wesco Terrace, will celebrate its grand opening with give-aways this week.
One grand prize will be given every day. Grand prizes include a bike, an iPod, a DVD player, KU basketball tickets and KU Cuisine gift certificates.
The Underground will also give away other prizes such as baseball caps and cups about four times per day.
It will also have daily specials during the week at Chick-fil-A, Pizza Hut, Crustano and Pulse.
Assistant director of retail for KU Memorial Unions Michael Myers said the grand opening week was a way to thank customers for coming to the Underground.
— Laura Francoviglia
Asian American Union auction raises $500
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
The Asian American Student Union tried a new fundraiser this year: Love Asian American Style. The student group sponsored a date auction Friday night at a packed Moon Bar, 821 Iowa St., to raise money for events in the spring.
Eleven women and two men were open for bidding and brought in more than $500. However, some of the bids were not collected, leaving some volunteers without a date.
"I wish it was more organized," Victoria Li, Overland Park junior and AASU president, said. "We were not prepared for so many people."
The surprise of the night came with the auction of KU men's basketball player J.R. Giddens. Giddens was the last person to be auctioned off, and brought in $50.
After the bidding was over, nine couples went to dinner together Saturday night in KoKoRo, 601 Kasold Drive, a Japanese sushi and steakhouse.
"Instead of everyone going on separate dates, we all went together." Li said. "So, everyone feels comfortable."
Participants volunteered to be auctioned. More people volunteered than was necessary so the group had to ask for some volunteers to drop. Most of the par-
We were not prepared for so many people."
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wish it was more organized.
Victoria Li Overland Park junior and AAU president
ticipants who dropped were male.
Derek Zarda, Shawnee junior, was the one man that put himself up for bidding. There was no backing out for Zarda after he had told many of his friends to come and support the event.
"I stayed on because I'm curious to see what happens," Zarda said before he was auctioned.
Not getting any bids wouldn't upset the three-year member of AASU, he said. Zarda is a DJ for KJHK, 90.7, on Breakfast for Beat Lowers on Thursdays. He helped with advertising for the event by announcing it on the station.
Thirty minutes before Zarda went up for the auction he said he was nervous about getting bids.
He worried that no one would bid on him because he was the only white guy up for bid. A near-by friend reassured
"The turnout is great," Zarda said. "It ups my chances."
him that that wouldn't matter and no one would be able to resist his cute face.
Zarda blushed and kept dancing until it was time for him to go up for bidding. A date with Zarda was sold for $30.
Jessica Phan, Overland Park freshman, also did some recruiting for the event and tried to up her bids by wearing a school girl outfit.
"I know I'm going to have a lot of fun," she said.
Phan wore a white collared shirt and a plaid, pleated skirt and her smile grew with every bid. The final bid was $60.
Dan Kreci, Olathe sophomore, had the winning bid of $90 for Sarah Scearcy, Brainard, Minn., junior. He said Scearcy was his good friend.
"It's a lot of money, but she is awesome and she's worth it," Kreji said.
The AASU has seen more participation this year with up to 50 active members, Li said.
There are 997 Asian graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Kansas according to Fall 2004 enrollment numbers.
There were 170 Asian freshman that enrolled at the University this semester. This is down from 185 first-time freshman that enrolled in Fall 2003.
- Edited by Ashley Bechard
Victoria Li, Overland Park junior, is the first to be auctioned in the Asian American Student Union date auction. The auction was held at the Moon Bar, 821 Iowa St., on Friday night.
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University presidential salaries increase across country
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they remain a small minority.
Tuition is rising sharply and many schools are still fighting through budget cuts. But the salaries of the highest-paid college presidents are also increasing, according to a survey out Monday.
The number of University presidents earning more than half a million dollars jumped again this year — though overall
Seventeen presidents of public universities and systems will earn more than $500,000 this year, up from 12 last year and six the year before, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education's compensation survey. Tuition at four-year public colleges rose 10.5 percent this year. At private colleges and universities, the number of presidents earning
more than $500,000 rose from 27 to 42 in fiscal 2003, the last year for which data are available for the private institutions.
Johns Hopkins University President William Brody's total compensation of $897,786 topped all college presidents.
The University of Washington's Mark Emmert is the top earner among public presidents, with a package that will total $762,000
in pav and benefits.
Several education experts said the figures aren't necessarily a sign of excess, given the competition for strong leaders, who are at least as valuable in tough times as in flush ones.
Many of the top earners preside over complex institutions and manage thousands of employees. At schools like Johns Hopkins, they also oversee
teaching hospitals.
"Certainly in the private sector you'd be paying four, five, six times more for the same function," said David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, which represents universities. Jim Boyle, president of College Parents of America, said high salaries aren't necessarily a problem, since finding a strong leader can hold tuition
down in the long run. Still, the figures concern some observers.
"I don't underestimate the important work they do," said Roger Bowen, general secretary of the American Association of University Professors and a former president in New York's state university system. "But I think they're starting to look more like CEOs than college presidents, and I think public trust is a real issue."
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