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John Tibbetts, University of Kansas film professor, brushes up on the stars. ALSO: Relief for your roomie pains in today's JAYPLAY.
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Sportswriter Jesse Newell profiles Matt Kleinmann, the only freshman walk-on for this season's men's basketball team. PAGE 1B
KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004
VOL.115 ISSUE 7
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Hey, hey, hey Cosby to perform a routine at Fieldhouse for Homecoming
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLA
lfrancoviglia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Bill Cosby might have unknowingly thrown a loop in Student Senate legislation last night, but the loop was appreciated: He said he would come to homecoming.
Cosby accepted an offer yesterday that was extended earlier this week to speak during homecoming week, said Chris Kaufman, co-director for homecoming. The student
homecoming. Cosby The Student
Senate loop: The finance committee tabled a bill to allocate $5,000 for part of Cosby's visit costs.
But the legislation won't hold up Cosby's visit, said Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president. The University Events committee announced Cosby's confirmation yesterday afternoon.
jocedaily.com
If a speaker is confirmed, Student Senate requires a signature from speaker or his agent committing to the performance and cost of the speaker before members can pass legislation, said Ryan Faulconer, finance committee chair and Colorado Springs, Colo., senior. Because Cosby's
early, confirmation was a surprise,
the committee tabled the bill.
Cosby is scheduled to perform a stand-up comedy routine Oct. 5 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kaufman, Denver senior, said the homecoming committee accomplished its goal of getting a big-name act come to the University.
"He'll make homecoming that much bigger," Kaufman said.
Cosby will bring the community and the campus together at one event, Kaufman said. Because Late Night will not occur during homecoming week this year, Kaufman said he expected Cosby to draw a similar crowd size.
Ticket prices haven't been set yet, Kaufman said, but will be available in mid-September.
In other legislation:
Tabled in committees:
A bill to fund the KU Juggling Club was tabled in the Finance committee because the group wanted beanbags and other items Student Senate doesn't regularly fund.
A bill to fund the KU Communications Studies Club was tabled in the University affairs committee.
Passed in committees;
A bill to fund the United Methodist Campus Ministry
A bill to create an advisory committee for JayWalk
Safety taught to students
— Edited by Neil Mulka
Murder causes faculty to look at practicum safety
New flowers deliver color to campus
By Amanda O'Tole
aootole@kansan.com
KANSTAFF WRITER
The practicum will require students to work a certain amount of hours with a professional agency like the Johnson County Mental Health Center that Teri Lea Mathis Zenner was working
About 350 social welfare students will enter their professional field for their required practicum on Monday.
ZENNER
when she was killed Aug.17.
The school had been focusing on the emotional aftermath of the murder as a response, said Jean Peterson, the School of Social Welfare's practicum director.
Peterson said safety had always been a concern for the school, and safety is taught in the student's practice classes and in the field.
The next step will be to analyze practicum safety, she said.
Zenner, like other students, was trained to handle and mitigate dangerous or hostile situations. Peterson said.
become a more systematic process in the school because of the murder.
Peterson predicted safety would
Peterson said students were also given handouts that outlined the National Association of Social Workers' safety guidelines. The presentation and guidelines included the need for written safety plans and how to detect a hostile situation.
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Melanie Hepburn, assistant dean of social welfare, said the Wyandotte Center for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. attended the school's annual practicum orientation Aug. 20 and delivered a presentation about safety.
Though no formal changes have been made in the practicum, Peterson said she, Hepburn and Ann Weick, social welfare dean, would meet sometime in the next few weeks to discuss what, if anything, needed to be modified.
Peterson said she would look into how much safety training students were receiving, and she didn't know how or when potential changes would be implemented.
"In situations like this, you need to take care of what's in front of you." Peterson said.
"I have no idea what I'm going to find," she said.
Scattered showers helped water plants that were planted as part of a campus beautification effort. Eighty-eight hundredths of an inch of rain fell yesterday.
Dole director named
Former strategist to run institute of politics
By Stephanie Farley
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSAI STAMP WRITER
Bill Lacy, former White House political director for President Ronald Reagan, will start his job as the new director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on Sept. 7.
Lacy worked with Sen. Bob Dole on his two presidential campaigns and on one of Dole's Senate campaigns.
Lacy said he was excited about heading the Dole Institute and creating a
hands-on experience for University of Kansas students in dealing with politics. The goal, Lacy said, is to encourage people to be involved in politics regardless of what their political affiliation is.
"The Dole Institute of Politics can be a real enriching agent in the educational process," he said.
Lacy said he hoped to provide a hot bed of political interest at the Dole Institute by creating an environment where students could meet and rub elbows with political practitioners.
return to his position as the dean of the School of Law.
Lacy will replace Stephen McAllister, who has been the Dole Institute's interim director for 10 months. McAllister will
McAllister said he was glued to focus on one job instead of two, now that Lacy had been appointed director. McAllister said he thought Lacy would do well at working with all kinds of people.
Lacy served as a fellow for one year at the Institute of Politics in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991.
Lacy said he wanted KU students to feel as comfortable at the Institute as they did at Harvard's Institute.
Lacy resigned as a campaign strategist for Dole in 1996. Lacy moved to Olathe and operated the Sophie Mae Candy Company, which he and his father are now selling.
Edited by Jon Ralston
Students' political interests vary
BY ANGY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
With the upcoming November election, students and politicians are concerned about issues facing young people this election.
But as some students put effort into getting the student vote, other students still don't seem to care.
Jason Boots, Plano, Texas, junior and community affairs director for Student Senate, helps run the Student Legislative Awareness Board, which registers students to vote.
to vote.
"A lot of students realize that politics does influence their lives, they just don't take an interest in it," Boots said. "Without that voice of the students, they're going to get passed by."
Boot's organization is registering people to vote on campus through a variety of programs. One of those begins this week, Boots said. Tomorrow, SLAB will pick up voter registration cards that were left in the residence halls at the beginning of the year.
Boots thinks this and other campaigns will help get students involved.
Amy Rollins won't be one of those students. Rollins, Prairie Village senior, said current politics didn't address issues she cared about.
"I wish they paid more attention to environmental issues and more attention to education," Rollins said. "That's what I'm interested in."
Tom Dickerson. Overland Park sophomore, is another student without a drive for politics. But it's not his fault, he said. Politicians don't address young peoples' concerns because they don't vote as often, he said.
"They view us as kind of a lost cause." Dickerson said.
Tyler Longpine, Hays senior, doesn't let that stop him.
He said until students voiced their opinion, politicians won't address their concerns.
Longpine has taken this semester off to devote time to get democrats in office as KU director of campaigns.
The only college credit he received this
"I've learned as much, if not more, about how politics works than in political science classes," he said.
He works with the campaigns in Douglas County and Lawrence, he said, which includes incumbent Dennis Moore's race for Third District U.S. House Representative.
semester is through the political science department as a part of his internship with the party, but it's worth it, he said.
He said it will pay off if the democrats do well in November.
"I'll celebrate those victories," he said
"I'll celebrate those victories," he said.
Getting involved in the political process,
however, doesn't have to be through the
races.
Cheryl Calhoun, Salina senior, worked as an intern for the Douglas County AIDS Project this summer. She was a grant writer for the project, and one of her most exciting moments on the job came when her first grant was approved. The $5,000 grant allowed the program to provide food and rent for some AIDS victims for a month.
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The guidelines to keeping a Muslim diet and what restaurants and other foods are still all right to eat. PAGE 6A
KU student settles her lawsuit for downloading music, while the University finds new ways to stop student file sharing. PAGE 3A
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