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He said McDonald's spokesmen claimed his film had nothing to do with the recent changes in the restaurant's menu.
Spurlock said he could have chosen any fast food restaurant for his documentary, including Wendy's, Burger King, Pizza Hut or White Castle.
Sales in the United Kingdom plummeted 70 percent after the film's release.
McDonald's is iconic,
Spurlock said, and could most easily influence change across the industry.
Garrett Guzman said he went to see Spurlock speak because he loved the film. The Wichita sophomore said it had been almost a year since he had eaten at McDonald's.
According to its Web site; McDonald's serves 47 million people around the world in 30,000 restaurants in 119 countries each day.
"It gives insight to the fast food nation," Zach Ross, Niwot, Colo., freshman, said.
Ross said he was most surprised by the ridiculous amount
of weight Spurlock gained while filming the documentary. Spurlock gained almost 25 pounds in 30 days.
"You don't get high off your own supply," he said.
"It changed my mind," Ross said. "I know people who won't eat fast food anymore."
MEXICAN: Film focuses on Mexicans' plight
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Spurlock also joked about the exercise video for children featuring Ronald McDonald.
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future, it's clear that any anger or frustration over illegal immigration is being misdirected."
The first film was in response to Connie Morris, Kansas State School Board member, claims that undocumented workers didn't pay taxes or that they were criminals and freeloaders, Arab said.
"My main goal was to provide the other side of the story," Arab said. "I knew she was wrong and I felt compelled to provide a more reasonable examination of the issue."
Arab enrolled in Tom Volek's, journalism professor, corporate video and documentary class in the spring of 2003 to help with the making of his first film.
"I provided him, more or less, the avenue," Volek said. "He clearly has done a marvelous job using video and he is a very professional person."
It took Arab more than nine months to research, film and produce the first film. Filming in a Garden City dairy feedlot on one of the coldest days was one aspect of making the film that Arab said he would never forget.
"It was probably colder inside than it was outside," Arab said. "Still, tucked away in that feedlot, we found an incredible migrant worker
named Juan, who clearly had thought long and hard about this issue."
Arab wants to show, not just talk, about issues on immigration.
"Nothing is more powerful than seeing these people with your own eyes." Arab said.
The No Child Left Behind Act doesn't say no American or English speaking child left behind, Arab said in his first film. Actually seeing the children who would be denied an education had more of an impact than just reading about the issue, he said.
The second film is more than half finished and some interesting people have already been interviewed, including Latino activists, undocumented students and their families and a KU student involved in the instate tuition lawsuit and Kris Kobach, a republican candidate for 3rd District congress running against Dennis Moore (D-Lenexa).
The lawsuit is against a bill the Kansas Legislature passed that allowed undocumented students who completed three years of high school in the state of Kansas to receive in-state tuition. Groups including the Federation for American Immigration Reform filed the lawsuit.
comes from the lack of information about immigrants, Arab said.
"The anti-immigration groups have done such a great job of spreading lies and hateful messages that it's very important to contribute something that balances out those ignorant and destructive views," he said.
"We've always had this fear about immigrants, but legitimately 90 percent of us are immigrants," Paden said.
The inspiration for this film
Paden is helping Arab make the film, and said that interviewing Kris Kobach opened his eyes to how differently people view education. Paden believes that by educating everyone, Kansas will benefit. After interviewing Kobach, Paden said that Kobach had a totally different view of what education is.
Aaron Paden, Lawrence senior, agreed that there were biased views about immigrants.
Paden said the film will help people talk about these issues in a healthy way. It was easy to paint a negative picture of immigrants when people had a blank slate on the issue Paden said, but it was an issue that won't solve itself.
"He saw education as a commodity that can be traded," Paden said.
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TICKETS: Following mad dash, tickets remain
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The University of Kansas Athletic Department allots 4,000 seats for students in Allen Fieldhouse. The first 3,800 students are guaranteed tickets. If necessary, the remaining 200 tickets will be distributed in a lottery which will take place after the designated pick-up period. Marchiony said.
(From left) Ashley Roberts, Topea freshman, Amanda Zimmerschied, Lawrence freshman, Shawna McMahan, Dallas freshman, and Amanda Garibay, Overland Park freshman, sit on the lawn of Allen Fieldhouse and wait while a friend gets them men's basketball tickets with their KUIDs. Some students arrived at 5 a.m to wait in line for KU篮球 tickets.
"If everyone gets a ticket, they won't panic next time," he said. "If not, this will only get worse."there is a lottery, the winning students will be contacted via e-mail. The winning students can then pick up their tickets until 5 p.m. on the Thursday following the distribution period.
Students probably panicked when they found out there was a possibility of not getting their tickets, said Dwayne Buscher, Lawrence senior.
Kendra Finney, Overland Park junior, buys tickets every year, but sometimes has to work
during the game. Because names and IDs are printed on the tickets, she can no longer give away her tickets to friends.
"I'm going to be pissed my ticket has to go to waste," Finney said.
They would receive about $95.
Buscher said he would not mind selling back his sports combo because he plans on going to St. Louis in April.
"If I saw us winning the Final Four, that would make up for not seeing a home game," he said.
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CAMERAS: Office targets parking lots, dorms
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In the plan's first phase, cameras will monitor areas including parking lot 300 by the Lied Center and the Dole Institute and the GSP-Corbin parking lot where the incidents were reported last February and October.
Birdsong said the University hoped to have the first phase done by the end of the school year.
The first phase will cost about $250,000 and will be followed by at least two additional phases. Budgets for subsequent installations have not been determined.
Bailey said the cameras are meant to be another tool the office can use to increase safety and minimize crime.
"These are not meant to be spy cameras," Bailey said. "We'll let people know they're being watched and hopefully it will deter crime committed in public locations."
Lorin Duron, Dallas junior,
said the cameras are a good idea
as long as the watching doesn't
get out of hand.
"I think they should have something they're looking for," she said. "I don't think if they see a girl carrying beer from her car to GSP that they would go and check her ID."
Mary Chao, Denver junior. agreed.
If a crime happens, however, Chao said she wants the cameras there.
But there are two sides of the spectrum, Aaron Bazata, Chicago junior said.
"I don't really see that it's necessary for such surveillance." he said.
He also said the only people who should be concerned are those who are committing crimes.
"There's good sides and there's bad sides," he said. "A growing campus can only mean growing surveillance."
The KU Public Safety office will use the cameras to monitor crime. Bailev said.
Bill Staples, sociology professor and author of Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and
Visibility in Postmodern Life,
said we need to be careful how
willing we are to put ourselves
under surveillance.
"I understand the fear of crime, but we need to ask if this campus is a hotbed of criminal behavior," he said. "The cameras make us feel good being able to do something about incidents that have happened, but I'm no sure how thought through they have been."
He also said the effectiveness of the cameras will depend on how it is used. He said someone needs to be watching the cameras and the response of officers needs to be quick.
Birdsong could not give a specific timeline when the vendor would be selected or when the first phase would be completed, and said additional surveillance is a growing trend.
"It'll become second nature after time passes," she said. "It's just another tool to keep the campus safe."
- Edited by Ryan Greene