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NEWS S-Man Transportation is offering students another option in late-night transportation. PAGE 3A
Coached by the Governor, the women's basketball team makes history by scrimmaging at Late Night in the Phog. PAGE 5B
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 41
MONDAY. OCTOBER 18,2004
VOTER DRIVE
Registration ends today
Deadline for forms set for 5 p.m.
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
ahylan STAFF WRITER
Today is the deadline for Douglas County residents to register to vote in the Nov. 2 election.
All voter registrations need to be submitted to the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St., by 5 p.m. today, said Jason Boots, community affairs director for Student Senate.
The Student Legislative Awareness Board (SLAB) will also register voters on Wescoe Beach and in the Kansas Union until 3 p.m. today, and afterwards it will take those registrations to the courthouse.
Boots said another option is to go down to the courthouse in person to register.
So far, he said, SLAB has registered around 3,500 voters as of Wednesday, and a final count will begin today.
Boots said that was more than any voter drive in the history of SLAB, which began in 1994.
That figure did not include registrations it had received from several greek organizations, he said.
SLAB is not the only organization registering voters this election season.
The KU Young Democrats have also registered voters on Wescoe Beach every Monday and Wednesday, said Bryan Behgam, vice-president of the Young Democrats.
They forwarded those registrations on to the Douglas County Democratic Party, where they were sent to the courthouse.
He said they have registered 660 voters so far, and they hope to get several hundred more tomorrow in an effort he called "a registration blitz."
Some members of the Young Democrats also wore buttons on their backpacks asking people to ask them how to register, he said.
If a student was asked about it, they had voter registration forms available in their backpack.
The Young Democrats would then forward those along with the rest, Beham said.
He said that he hoped those registrations would turn into success for his party in November.
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"If we get a good portion of the people we've signed up to vote to vote, I think it will be a success for us," he said.
Josh Steward, vice chairman of the KU College Republicans, said his group didn't do a lot of voter registration drives on campus.
"SLAB is doing a lot of work in that area, and we don't want to step on their toes." he said.
He said that registering random peo
TIME IS RUNNING OUT
What: Register to vote in Douglas County for the November elections.
Where: Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. or around campus with various student groups.
When: Must be done by 5 p.m. today to vote in November.
Source: Student Legislative Awareness Board
ple on campus probably wouldn't benefit his group politically.
His group prefers to register voters in more conservative groups, like their own meetings and the greek community. Steward said.
Olathe fire kills family of student
BY AUSTIN CASTER
acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Fall break brought tragedy to one University of Kansas student.
Kameron Orr, Olathe sophomore, is mourning the death of her parents and three brothers who died in a house fire early Saturday morning.
She was in Lawrence when the fire occurred.
One brother, Justin, 23, escaped the home at 15643 W. 150th St. and called 911 from a neighbor's house at 4:49 a.m., said Mike Hall, public information officer for the Olathe Fire Department.
He survived but was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, Hall said.
SEE FIRE ON PAGE 6A
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Bill Hall, chairman of Citizens for Higher Education, discusses the need for additional funding in Kansas colleges and universities. Hall spoke Wednesday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Group says education funding still lacking
By Ross Fitch
rfitch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Kansas colleges and universities are facing problems from lack of higher education funding, and the State Legislature doesn't seem interested in helping, said members of a Kansas group advocating higher education funds Wednesday.
The Citizens for Higher Education gave a presentation at the University of Kansas Wednesday about the benefits of higher education and the problems tight budgets cause for the Kansas economy.
The group is a nonprofit organization formed in 2002 dedicated to researching, educating and informing the public about the importance of higher education and its impact on the Kansas economy. Members went on a statewide campaign to discuss the group's findings and advocate increased higher education funds. Bill Hall, organization chairman, was the primary speaker. Fellow founding member Bill Taylor also spoke.
Hall suggested three answers to the funding problems: a state-supported tuition increase, expansion of funding
SEE EDUCATION ON PAGE 5A
Bar owners still angered by ban
It's been 110 days since the smoking ban went into effect on July 1, and some bars and restaurants are starting to become more open about how much it is affecting their businesses.
In January through June, the sixth months before the city-wide smoking ban, Jerry Neverve, owner of Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St., saw an 8.6 percent increase in sales.
BY STEPHANIE FARLEY
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSAN KAST WRITE
Following the ban, the price of alcohol increased because of a rise in property taxes and alcohol costs. In July through September, Neverve noticed a 2 percent increase in sales, but the percentage included the cost increase.
Without the price increase, Neverve said he saw a 6.5 percent decrease in sales.
Even with a bar patio, Dan Koehn,
co-owner of Set 'Em Up Jacks, 1800 E.
23rd St., has noticed a 10 percent
SEE BAN ON PAGE 6A
Late Night draws crowd
Men's, women's basketball debuts with 15.500 fans
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mienning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
Few schools celebrate the start of college basketball season the way Kansas fans do. Friday night, players, fans and coaches gathered in Allen Fieldhouse for the season's kick-off party, Late Night at the Phog.
The Dallas Mavericks mascot trotted around the court in an inflatable suit. NBA hypnotist, Tom Silver, hypnotized 10 audience members. Cheerleaders
LATE NIGHT
See more about Late Night at the Phog on page 1B
tossed dozens of T-shirts into the stands. For the first time, the women's team scrimmaged at the event. And the basketball team members performed skits.
But nobody stole the show on Saturday night like Aaron Miles, Keith Langford, Mike Lee and Wayne Simien. When the four seniors on the men's basketball team were introduced just after 11 p.m., the crowd jolted to an exhilarating applause. The ensuing skit resulted in the same kind of laughter.
the seniors broke out the 1988 NCAA championship trophy as a prop for their skit, which mimicked a dream sequence. In their skit, the four seniors appeared on the court at Allen Fieldhouse in tuxedos. Danny Manning, a member of the 1988 championship team, stood behind a podium and read a list of what it takes to be a champion. The four seniors vowed to do all of those things.
"You may touch the trophy," Manning said afterwards.
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J. R. Giddens, sophomore guard, shows off some dance moves for the crowd at Late Night in the Phog Friday. He, Jeremy Case and Nick Bahe performed a Temptations song as part of one of the skits before Friday night's scrimmage.
Next, Simien picked up the microphone and the crowd erupted. R.Kelly's Step blasted from the speakers, and the seniors began to dance. Miles took the microphone, and the rest of the team came onto the court and formed a circle. Miles called on each member of the team to dance in the middle, and the next 10 minutes looked like a scene from Saturday Night Fever — rap style — as the song changed to Snoop Dogg's Drop it like it's hot.
Before that, the junior class members put on "Late Night with the Juniors." They made a list of the top 10 things to do, see and hear this basketball season
Final Four ... and stop in Columbia for an NIT game," announced junior guard Jeff Hawkins.
"Number four, go to St. Louis for the
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On the rise
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HIV statistics among the Kansas Hispanic community have steadily increased, based on a recent report from the Kansas Department of Health. PAGE 2A
Oklahoma sweep
The No. 9 Jayhawks bumped their record to 6-1 in the conference and 14-2 overall with the defeat of the Sooners and Cowgirls. PAGE 1B
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Weather ... 2A
Opinion ... 4A
Sports ... 1B
Cricket ... 6B
Crossword ... 6B
Classifieds ... 7B
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