BASKETBALL Three players will not play with the Hawks in Canada during this weekend. PAGE 10A
FOOTBALL Sportswriters review the positions for Saturday's opening game against Tulsa. PAGE 7A
KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 13
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2004
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mike Aghayan, Mission freshman, holds a sign telling people to turn off their cell phones and tune into life on Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday afternoon. He said some people turned off their cell phones in response. Aghayan said life wasn't about materialistic objects.
Two games, one day
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@Kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWINTER
Preseason basketball to be shown before opening football game
The football season opener against Tulsa isn't the only game that can be seen at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Kansas men's basketball game against the British Columbia will be shown on the stadium MegaVision
The stadium will open at 1 p.m and the basketball game will start at 2 p.m.
before the 6 p.m. kick off.
The ticket office will open at 11 a.m.
Anyone with a ticket to the football game can get into the stadium at 1 p.m.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said the athletic department wanted to give fans their money's worth and a opportunity to watch both athletic events.
"Our thought was to give added value to people who bought football tickets," he said.
Marchiony said this was the first time an event like this had happened.
"We have never shown a preseason basketball game before a football season opener," he said.
Memorial Stadium is the only place in the nation that the basketball game will be shown, but most students said they didn't know the game was going to be aired at the stadium.
Alison Wilcox and Joey Kizer, both Omaha, Neb., freshmen, said they planned to go to the football game, but hadn't heard the basketball game would be shown.
"I didn't know about it, but it is a great
Bush speaks, KU reacts
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BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland at kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Travis Lenkner got the call in April
Amy Adams, Hays sophomore, Elizabeth Moss, Carmel, Ind., senior, Karen Bentley, Lawrence freshman, Elizabeth Roybal, Andover sophomore, and Justin Green, Plano, Texas, sophomore, react while watching President George W. Bush accept the his party's presidential nomination. Last night marked the end of the four-day Republican National Convention in New York.
It was the Kansas Republican Party informing him that he had been selected as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in New York, which began on Tuesday.
"It's just exciting to see how it all comes together," said the third-year law student from Pratt.
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As the convention came to a close last night, Lenkner and other KU students reacted to the speeches and the convention. President George W. Bush gave a speech highlighting his future plans if he were re-elected.
The KU College Republicans held a party last night to watch the president's speech as a group. The crowd gathered in the apartment of Josh Steward, the organization's vice president. They reacted to Bush's speech with applause, laughter, nods of approval and even cries of "Props to you. G-Dub!"
Bush spoke about improving Medicare for seniors and gave specific examples of actions he would take if given the chance to
serve again as president. Among these were funding community colleges around the nation and making his tax cuts permanent and decreasing federal spending:
"We've been here since 6 p.m., and the
televisions haven't left Fox News," said Justin McFarland, Lenexa senior and president of the KU College Republicans.
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Campus bikes stolen, abused
This seamless yellow bike is one of three in front of the Kansas Union from the yellow bike program. The program is experiencing setbacks because the bicycles are being vandalized.
BY LAURIA FRANCOVIGlia
lfrancoviglia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WINTER
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All that remains of the University of Kansas' yellow bike program are seven bikes and, of those, only three have seats. Since the program began in Spring 2003 most of the bikes have been destroyed or stolen.
The bike program didn't work because the students who used the program didn't take care of the bikes, said Antonio Querasian, president of the bike program.
Querasian said he wanted to coordinate the bike program because he said it was useful to students. He compared the bike program to a moving walkway at an airport. The bikes would cut time walking to class in half with the bikes, he said.
With few of the 30 original bikes remaining, the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, junior, said he didn't think the program would be useful to many other students anymore. Queriasan said he still used the yellow bikes to get around on campus though.
Querasian said he had plans to resurrect the bike program but he was hesitant to ask Student Senate to invest more money in it.
"Nobody wants to have a bike that doesn't have a seat." Querasian said.
Querasian said he tried to jump start the program during the summer and restored 10 of the bikes. He also attempted to find people to help him coordinate the program but hadn't found any interested volunteers yet.
going to be efficient."
Student Senate originally initiated the bike program, officially called YELLOW, which is Young Elected Leaders Lending Out Wheels. A community bike program was part of KUnited's platform in the Spring 2002 election.
"I'm an economical guy," he said. "I don't like to spend money when it isn't
The program started with high hopes. Kyle Johnson, who spearheaded the bike program, said 25 to 50 students used the program at its peak. Johnson said a community bike program had been attempted in the 1980s but had not been successful.
"After three days, the bikes were gone," Johnson said. "Being realistic, people are going to be juvenile."
Because the program lasted through a semester, Jeff Dunlap, who used to be a
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Bar events are mixture of different people,lifestyles
BY AUSTIN CASTER
acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFT WRITE
Lawrence bars host alternative lifestyle nights, but you don't have to have an alternative lifestyle to enjoy yourself, said Moser, who is straight.
Looking around the crowd at alternative lifestyle night at Jack Flanigan's Bar and Grill, Angela Moser didn't notice any major differences.
"I don't think the crowds really act different," the Lenexa junior said. "For college students, it doesn't really matter."
Because of the diverse community in Lawrence, some queers and straightls said they could enjoy nights on the town in safe, friendly environments.
Dave Boulter, owner of Henry's, 11 E. Eighth St., said alternative lifestyle nights in other towns might be bad for business, but not in Lawrence.
He said even closeted Lawrence residents didn't feel out of place at Henry's alternative lifestyle night on Tuesdays. He said because of the diverse community in Lawrence, even closeted patrons didn't have to worry about being tagged with a label or being ostracized.
"It's just a reflection of what life is really like," Boulter said. "It's a place to meet people on a different level."
Moser said she actually had a better time on alternative lifestyle nights.
Jack Flanigan's Bar and Grill, 806 W. 24th St., provides a different atmosphere on Wednesdays. It offers insight into queer culture by featuring drag shows that KU students may not be able to see anywhere else.
"You're not trying to impress anybody," Moser said. "You're just there to have a good time."
Moser enjoys drag shows because they're something she doesn't see every day, but said she realized they may promote negative stereotypes.
"People associate drag shows with gay people," Moser said, "But that's not necessarily always the case."
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'Hawk House
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KU Habitat for Humanity is ready to start building its first house. But before it breaks ground, it needs to raise $45,000. PAGE 3A
Overtime pay
University employees may be qualified to receive overtime pay if they are making less than the minimum salary level. PAGE 3A
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