TUESDAY, AUGUST 31.2004
NEWS
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doing our job."
Brown said that the chapter would have resources. If something came up, the KU NAACP chapter would be able to seek the support of both the Lawrence chapter and the national chapter, he said.
national chapter The group is for people of all backgrounds, Gean-Baptiste said, and could benefit the entire University.
The NAACP exposes people of all walks of life to different situations and shows students different approaches to coping with real-life discrimination issues, he said.
said. He said the involvement and communication the program provided allowed people to
"It makes KU a better institution." Gean-Baptiste said.
better understand different cultures.
Voter registration and membership will also be important tasks during the semester. Brown said.
He said the organization would also try to have shuttle busses which would take students and Lawrence residences to polling sites on election day.
tion day. In years past, the NAACP has facilitated discussions and lectures on AIDS awareness and cultural awareness.
The group, which now has more than 30 members, will meet every other Tuesday at 7 p.m.
cultural awaits the NAACP Black Page said the NAACP Black Heritage Ball, which debuted in 2001, would also return in February to commemorate Black History Month.
Undergraduates can join for $10. To subscribe to Crisis, the organization's magazine, members can pay $5 extra. Graduate students, staff and
Lawrence residents demonstrate their support for a federal act that would create voting equality among races. Voter registration was a matter that Tyrone Brown, co-president of the KU NAACP, would take seriously.
faculty dues are $30
For more information. students can visit the leadership and organization office in the Kansas Union.
For Haney the group provided a learning experience as well as
tond memories.
Haney, who attended the University from 1964 to 1968, said the protests and sit-ins gave her a good perspective.
Now working as an office manager for radio and TV journalism, Haney remembers her decision to stay sitting as an easy one: It was a good cause, she said.
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Q: If students haven't already bought tickets, can they walk up and purchase them?
A: Yes. Students can purchase tickets until 5 p.m. today.
Q: Where are student seats located?
A: Student seating in Allen Fieldhouse will include the following sections: A, B, C, L, M, N, U, V, V1, 1 lower, 11 lower, 12 lower, 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 21, 21A and 22 lower.
Students are allotted a total of 4,069 seats in Allen Fieldhouse. See seating chart.
At Memorial Stadium, student seating is on the east side of the stadium, the Mississippi St. side, sections 40-47.
For more information, contact the KU ticket office at 864-3141 or 800-344-2957 or e-mail the ticket office at tickets@kuhattletics.com.
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Maska
Kansas court to look at school finance
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Despite differences in funding and academic achievement, the state is meeting its constitutional duty to provide students with an opportunity to learn, attorneys told the Kansas Supreme Court yesterday.
Supreme Court the state and the State Board of Education want the Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling that Kansas spends too little money on its schools and distributes its dollars unfairly.
Administrators and parents in the Dodge City and Salina
school districts, who sued the state in 1999, contend the ruling should stand because evidence shows that the state's formula hurts poor and minority students.
But attorneys for the state told the seven justices that local school districts have the responsibility to spend any money they receive appropriately, and even districts critical of the formula provide a good education.
"The constitutional question is not whether more money can improve our schools," said Dan Biles, representing the State
Board of Education. "The constitutional question is not whether there are significant challenges."
challenges.
During the long-awaited hearing, lasting more than 90 minutes, the state and state board argued that a Dec. 2 ruling by Shawnee County District Judge Terry Bullock should be overturned.
Bullock found the school finance scheme was unconstitutional, ruling there was no rational basis for spending disparities among districts.
The Supreme Court could rule
as early as Oct.15, though many attorneys and education officials expect the court to take more time.
Biles argued that the plaintiffs cannot show beyond substantial doubt that the system is unconstitutional because the education those districts provide meet and even exceed standards set in state law and by the Board of Education.
EDUCATION The Dodge City and Salina districts pay higher teacher salaries than other districts and have "state-of-the-art" buildings, he said.
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