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2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2004
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Question of the Day KU info exists to answer all your questions about KU and life as a student. Check out KU info's Web site at kuinfo.com or call it at 864-3506 or visit it in person at Anchurt Library.
What happens if I've got a conflict between academic obligations and a religious holiday? The first and best step to take is to consult your professor, so that you can work out a solution together. If you can't work out a mutually acceptable agreement, you can always consult the University Ombudsman (785) 864-3506.
University Senate Rules and Regulations, Article I Section 4 (1.4.3)
"Examinations and tests other than final examinations should not be scheduled in conflict with mandated religious observances. In order to ascertain in a given class if a scheduled examination conflicts with a mandated religious observance, at the beginning of the semester the instructor shall ask students who may be affected to identify themselves privately so that a make-up examination may be scheduled at a mutually acceptable time."
Church seeks national notoriety
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LAWRENCE — The congregation of an east Lawrence church, founded during the Civil War and once attended by poet Langston Hughes, wants the building placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The St. Luke AME Church is badly in need of repairs, and church members said they hope the historic designation will attract grants and other money needed to perform the maintenance.
"We want to make sure that we are able to preserve for history, if you will, the work of our ancestors," said the Rev. Verdell Taylor, the church's pastor.
The church congregation was initially founded in 1862, but was moved after two dozen Union troops, many of them
black, were slaughtered during Quantrill's Raid in 1863. Later, the church was supposedly a link in the Underground Railroad, which helped escaped slaves reach freedom.
The current building was constructed in 1910. About that time, a young Hughes began attending services with this aunt.
He wrote about his experiences at the church in his book The Big Sea, and said the services influenced his writing style.
"I was very much moved, always, by the rhythms of the Negro church, of the spirituals, of the sermons," he said in a 1960 radio interview. "And when I began to write poetry, that influence came through."
The church, which now has 50 regular attendees, was named to the Kansas Register of Historical Places in 2001.
Getting the building on the National Register could be more difficult, however, as church members have yet to determine who designed and built it.
Bill Tuttle, a University of Kansas professor helping with the designation, said he and church members are trying to uncover that information.
Taylor said the church will apply for the designation early next year. Getting on the national list opens the door to tax credits and grants that can be used to renovate the 94-year-old building.
"It's just a fabulous historical treasure, given its connection to the Civil Rights movement." Tuttle said.
"It's an amazing effort to keep the building in shape," he said.
Turning the tables
Ginny Weatherman/KANSAN
Aaron Bart, St. Louis freshman, buys a CD from 'Swami', who is encouraging students to read the Bhagavad-Gita. The status that sits in front of 'Swami' has the faces of a bull and man switched. It represents Karma, the belief that what you do will come back to you. 'Swami' will host a picnic at South Park this Friday for all who are interested in drumming and chanting, and will conclude with a vegetarian dinner.
New casino coming to eastern Kansas
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TOPEKA — Two Indian tribes and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius agreed to a compact permitting a large casino in Wyandotte County, guaranteeing the state revenues based on how much it restricts gambling elsewhere, a Sebelius aide said yesterday.
Under the compact reached with the Kickapoo and Sac and Fox tribes, the state could receive $50 million or more annually, said Matt All, the governor's chief counsel. Wyandotte County could receive $10 million or more. he said.
The Kickapoo and Sac and Fox have proposed building a $210 million casino complex near Kansas Speedway The state would regulate the operation.
However, to get its full share, the state must limit the number of slot machines elsewhere and oppose another new Indian casino within 100 miles if federal law requires Kansas to be consulted first. All said.
It would be the first American Indian casino in Kansas to share revenue with the state. Seven states — Arizona, California, Connecticut, Michigan, New Mexico, New York and Wisconsin — have such agreements with tribes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
All outlined the compact during a briefing with reporters and said it will be presented Wednesday to the Legislature's Joint Committee on Tribal-State Relations.
"This project will create hundreds of jobs, attract thousands of tourists and generate millions of dollars for the state and local governments," Sebelius said in a statement.
The Wyandottes opened a small casino without a compact last year, and the state shut it down in April. A federal judge recently ruled the state had no authority to do so but also said the Wyandottes couldn't reopen their casino.Hodges said the Wyandottes will sue the Kickapoo and Sac and Fox if they seek federal approval of their casino site.
However, Jason Hodges, a spokesman for the Oklahoma-based Wyandotte Nation, called the compact "a pipe dream." He said federal law required the Wyandottes to be consulted because they have land in downtown Kansas City, Kan., within 50 miles of the proposed casino.
dragging this out, they're insane," Hodges said.
All said Sebelius plans to negotiate only with the four tribes that have reservations in Kansas, all of which are in the state's northeast corner — the Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Iowa and Prairie Band Potawatomi.
As for the Wyandottes, All disagreed with their assessment of federal law.
"If they think we're not capable of
The four northeast Kansas tribes already operate casinos under compacts signed in the 1990s, though none give the state any revenue.
The Kickapoo and Sac and Fox would continue to operate their existing casinos, in Brown County, for an additional seven years, with Kansas receiving 4 percent of the gross revenues from those facilities.
A Kansas Lottery study earlier this year suggested gross revenues could be $288 million, leaving the state with $56 million after regulatory costs and Wyandotte County with $12 million.
Under the Kansas Constitution, only the state or American Indian tribes can operate casino gambling. The Constitution also permits a state-run lottery and betting on dog and horse racing.
CORRECTIONS
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Registration ends today," stated the deadline to register to vote for the November elections in Douglas County was 5 p.m. yesterday. The deadline was 9 p.m. yesterday.
Wednesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Groups promote cancer awareness," stated that Sue McDanield was the director at the Topeka branch of the American Cancer Society. She is not the director. Also, the article stated that Renee Kelley was director of public relation for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Kelley is the senior director of public relations for the American Cancer Society in Topeka. Sharon Watson is the director of public relations for the KDHE.
ON THE RECORD
Police arrested a 44-year-old KU associate professor of psychology at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the 4700 block of 27th Street. He was charged with operating under influence, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident.
ON CAMPUS
The University of Kansas Students for Life will have a meeting at 8 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
- The Laird Brown Bag series sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies will hold a presentation today called "Breaking the Spine of Japan: US-Soviet Negotiations and the Soviet Entry into the Pacific War" by Dr. Jacob Kipp, Director of Foreign Military Studies Office of Fort Leavenworth, KS. The lecture will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. at 318 in Bailey Hall.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum tomorrow called "Election Preview" presented by Burdett Loomis, professor and chair of political science at the University. The forum will be from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the ECM Center.
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