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Vol. 110 • No. 21
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Mock trial group gets partial funding
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By Chris Borniger writer @kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Student Senate voted at its first meeting of the year last night to deny a special exemption for the University of Kansas mock trial team to use Senate funds for travel expenses.
Senate, which met at McCollum Hall, voted 41-26 against the bill. It had passed, the team would have been eligible to receive the $1,844 it had requested to cover costs of travy
A group of students enjoy drinks at Bullwinkles, 1344 Tennessee St. The bar recently won a lawsuit that could allow it to begin selling liquor and staying open until 2 a.m. as early as the end of next week. Photo by Joseph Griffin/KANSAN
eling to invitational and national tournaments.
Senate did approve a separate bill to allocate $608 to the team to cover general organizational costs.
"I think a lot of people
were closed-minded on the issue and made up their minds without listening," said Sarah Schreck, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator and a member of the team.
Much of the debate centered on whether precedent existed to exempt the team. Schreck and Tara Kelly, Panhellenic senator and the team's president, co-sponsored the bills. They argued that because the forensics team is allotted money to travel, the mock trial team also should receive funds.
Aside from the forensics team, only five other groups — the Graduate Student Association, KU Bands, the Student Bar Association, Legal Services for Students and Student Senate — have such an exemption.
without the money to travel, we'd have to fold," Schreck said.
"I don't think mock trial fits in with the
Holly Krebs, off-campus senator, spoke against the bill.
purposes the University community wants to fund," she said. "We don't need to make decisions based on an organization's need to survive."
Schreck and Kelly said they had sought several other sources for funding before they appealed to Senate. The sources included the School of Law, School of Business, department of political science and attorneys from the Lawrence and Kansas City areas. The college did donate $1,000 to the team.
In other business, Senate approved a resolution condemning the State Board of Education's decision to remove evolution from state assessment tests.
"This shows that the students of Kansas are extremely unhappy at what the Board of Education has done," said Partha Mazudar the resolution's co-sponsor.
Kelly was the only senator to vote against the resolution. She said she opposed it because it attempted to make a religious justification for evolution.
Brad Carter, graduate senator and former Baptist minister, received a standing ovation for his speech supporting the resolution.
"We have the opportunity to send a symbolic statement," he said. "Don't underestimate the significance of this symbol. The Board of Education was motivated by a sectarian religious agenda. As a person of faith, I am pained by their decision."
Senate also passed a resolution supporting the students of National Autonomous University in Mexico City in their efforts to improve their representation in university governance.
Senate approved bills to fund four student organizations, allotting a total of $1,684.
— Edited by Allan Davis
Bullwinkles could see late nights again soon
By Amber Stuever
writer @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Another Oread neighborhood bar is battling the City of Lawrence for the right to operate as it has in the past.
Bullwinkles, 1344 Tennessee St., may earn its drinking establishment license back after winning a lawsuit against the city last week.
The bar sued Ray Hummert, city clerk, for denying it the zoning certificate necessary to obtain a drinking establishment license from the State Alcohol and Beverage Commission. The license would have given the bar the right to sell liquor and stay open until 2 a.m.
District Judge Robert Fairchild decided in favor of Bullwinkles Sept. 8.
The bar could begin selling liquor and extending its hours from midnight to 2 a.m. as early as the end of next week. However, Hummert has not yet signed the zoning certificate.
Judgment cannot be enforced Before the 10 days are up, City Attorney David Corliss, who represented Hummert in the case, can ask the court permission to extend the stay.
The law requires a 10-day stay, or postponement of the decision, during which the
"I'm waiting on the advice of the city attorney on whether or not to sign it." Hummert said.
would be taken until the end of the stay. One of the reasons for extending the stay, he said, is to retain the opportunity for appeal.
Edward Collister, the attorney who represents Bullwinkles, said no action
"We can't resort to legal remedies to force any judgment," Colliar said.
Bullwinkles' owners filed the suit in March, arguing that the bar was entitled to the zoning certificate Hummert refused to sign.
Zoning regulations established in 1966 made beer or liquor sales illegal in areas zoned residence-dormitory. Bullwinkles is located in such an area, but because it was established before the regulations were set, the bar was given the status of a "non-conforming use," meaning it was grandfathered and not subject to the zoning regulations.
From January 1993 to January 1998, Bullwinkles operated as a drinking establishment.
In January 1998, Bulls Eye Inc., the corporation that owned Bull Winkles at the time, surrendered its drinking establishment license to the commission after the bar was charged with serving alcohol to minors. The owners surrendered the license, but only after Hummert and his attorneys told them that Bullwinkles would not lose its non-conforming use status.
Bullwinkles later reopened as a cereal malt beverage establishment, serving only beer and shutting down at midnight.
In the fall of 1998, Bulls Eye
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Chalk it up to the KU ACLU
Kevin Sivits, Toganoxie senior and president of the University of Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, hands out free chalk at Wesco Beach. The group handed out the chalk yesterday as a protest against a possible ban on chalk writings.
Photo by Lucas W. Krump/KANSAN
Unconventional classes break mold
By Amanda Kaschube
The monotony of taking math class after biology class after English class may leave some University of Kansas students feeling stressed out and looking for classes that are a bit less conventional.
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Students may decide to take a class outside their majors to add some variety to their schedules and ease their workloads.
schedules and ease their use. One of the most popular classes at the University is Dennis Dailey's Human Sexuality in Everyday Life. Dailey, who has taught the class for more than 10 years, covers a variety of subjects, including sensuality, intimacy and safe sex.
"Most students are aware of their sexuality
Dailey said his class, which is offered by the School of Social Welfare but is open to all students, contains 500 students this semester two-thirds of whom are female.
Erica Allen, Leawood junior, decided to take Dailey's class because her mother, who had heard Dailey speak. highly recommended it.
at some level," he said. "Thee can learn something that may be useful down the line."
"She said he was the most wonderful speaker, and he had a great view on sex," Allen said. "A lot of the stuff he says makes me think, but I also get embarrassed a lot, too."
Despite the adoration Dailey has received from his students, he also has dealt with his fair share of criticism.
"Fred Phelps has picked my class and parents have written letters to the legislature
complaining," he said. "It doesn't bother me. It just comes with the territory."
Another option for stressed-out students is to take a dance class at the University. After students overcome their inhibitions, dance class can be a positive experience, said William Lenoir, professor of dance.
"It can be challenging and fun," he said. "It helps your flexibility and strength too."
Lenoir, who teaches Jazz Dance I this semester, said there was a wide variety of ages and skill levels among his students.
"A lot of the students have taken dance when they were younger and they want to keep doing it," he said. "We have a lot of theater artists, too, who need it."
But for many, it is a way to take a break
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Students are given opportunity to help a bit closer to school
Alternative weekends keep volunteers nearby
By Karg Ammon
Alternative Weekend Breaks, a new program at the University of Kansas, will allow students to make a difference in a community close to school.
The first trip will be tomorrow and Saturday to the Great Plains Earth Institute in Wichita.
By Kara Ammon Special to the Kansan
The Center for Community Outreach sponsors the weekend breaks to create volunteer opportunities for students who want to learn about important issues by participating in a local community service project.
Weekend breaks also opens up more opportunities for students who are unable to participate in the Alternative Spring Break program.
"We're trying to give people more opportunities to get involved," said Chris Huskey, Salina senior. "The weekend breaks are closer, more convenient and concern issues that are in our state."
This weekend, 10 students will travel to the institute, which sponsors large community gardens where people in lower-income areas can grow their own food. The institute has created more than eight community gardens in Wichita and also interacts with other local organizations to help them run their organizations in an environmentally safe way.
Volunteers will learn about community gardens, hunger and environmental issues. Tomorrow they will listen to speakers from the institute talk about the community gardens that have been established in Wichita. The following day, volunteers will tour the gardens and
actually work in them.
"Alternative breaks tries to get people to give their time and energy and to learn about issues that are important to them," said co-director Holly Worthen, McPerson sophomore.
No volunteer experience is required for the week breaks. The volunteers participating in this trip will stay overnight in a church. An $18 fee is required for food, transportation and a donation.
Alternative Spring Break organizers were turning away more and more students because so many wanted to volunteer. Weekend breaks organizers hope to give more students the chance to participate in community service and to learn about important issues within Kansas and Missouri.
The weekend break program receives funding from the Kansas University Endowment Association, University schools and departments, a Coca-Cola grant and its own fund raising.
Worthen said one of the purposes of the weekend breaks was to respond to some past participants' criticism about Alternative Spring Break, such as the program's dedication to national or global issues instead of to those closer to the University and its surrounding communities.
"A lot of the time we focus on national issues. This program gives students a chance to develop interest and awareness of local issues," she said. "It also brings people together that normally wouldn't be interacting with each other."
Volunteers can pick up applications for upcoming trips at the Alternative Breaks Program office or at the Center for Community Outreach office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
— Edited by Chris Hutchison
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