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Committee to decide use of fund
The Multicultural Education Fund is causing controversy in Student Senate about how multicultural groups should approach Senate for funding.
The Multicultural Education Fund Board, deciding how funds should be distributed for multicultural groups and events, met for the first time on Wednesday. After the meeting, a debate in Senate committees was raised over whether the Multicultural Education Fund should be primary or supplemental to Student Senate funding.
Student Body Treasurer Austin Kelly said that Student Senate Rules and Regulations was unclear about where groups should go first to receive funds.
Student Senate is allowed to fund groups and events 50 percent over $1,000, and the Multicultural Education Fund can fund up to 25 percent over $1,000, for a total of 75 percent of a group's or event's cost.
Student Body President Hannah Love said that the fund was supplemental, and that this was clearly stated in Rules and Regulations.
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》 KANSAS 30, KANSAS STATE 24
The streak comes to an end
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Anig Talib, junior cornerback and Brandon McAnderson, senior running back, celebrate with fans after Saturday's 30-24 victory against Kansas State. The Javhawks broke an 18-year losing streak with their win in Manhattan.
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BY ASHER FUSCO
BY ASHER FUSCO afusco@kansan.com
MANHATTAN, Kan. - It took all of eight seconds for Todd Reesing's impressive progress as a starting quarterback to come to a screeching halt. But 59 minutes and 52 seconds of football later, Reesing stood atop the world of Kansas football after engineering a 30-24 victory, the Jayhawks' first at Kansas State (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) since 1989.
Kansas (5-0, 1-0) won the coin toss and elected to take possession of the ball in an attempt to silence the rowdy crowd of more than 50,000. After the opening kickoff sailed through the end zone for a touchback, Reesing and the Jayhawks took over at the 20-yard line with junior cornerback Aqib Talib and sophomore quarterback Kerry Meier lined up at wide receiver.
The ensuing play was not quite as exciting as the KU formation. Placed under duress by the KSU pass rush, Reeing unleashed a medium-length pass that was adeptly snatched from the air by Kansas State sophomore free safety Chris Carney. At that moment, the optimism spurred by Kansas' 4-0 start seemed to evaporate. Fifteen minutes and only 38 yards of Kansas offense later, the Jayhawks trailed their in-state rivals, 7-0, after one disheastern quarter.
“Our first quarter was pretty poor.” Reesing said. “We didn't get things clicking
like we wanted to at the start of the game. I think we just had to get settled and used to playing on the road in a new environment."
Playing in a new and hostile environment certainly has not been Kansas' strong suit during coach Mark Mangino's tenure. Entering Saturday, Kansas had won only two of its 20 Big 12 road games. Mangino only had one road victory in the last year-and-a-half to his name — at Iowa State in 2006. After they walked off of the field Saturday, the Kansas players said they felt a new confidence surrounding the 2007 team.
"That was the kind of game we would've gave away last year with all of the immaturity we had on the field," Talib said. "This year we have more experience and we kept our confidence at the end of the game. The offense got first downs when last year we would have put the defense back on the field. As a team, it's a big win and a big step for us."
OVERCOMING EARLY ADVERSITY
Kansas State swung the momentum even further midway through the first quarter when sophomore quarterback Josh Freeman threw a perfect strike to senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who beat Talib down the sideline and raced 68 yards to the end zone. The
The Jayhawks, still relatively inexperienced after playing their first four games of 2007 at home, had plenty to overcome Saturday afternoon.
touchdown, scored by Kansas State's most potent offensive weapon at the expense of Kansas' most acclaimed defender, brought the fans to fever pitch and buried the Jayhawks under a sea of noise and rotating power towels.
The Kansas offense punched back early in the second quarter with a quick 86-yard scoring drive. Reesing and sophomore running back Jake Sharp were the stars of the drive for Kansas. Reesing scrambled 10 yards to convert on third-and-four, and Sharp gained 40 yards on four carries, the last of which resulted in a touchdown and a 7-7 stalemate. Reesing and Sharp, the two smallest players on the field for much of the afternoon, often shouldered an enormous load. Reesing completed 22-of-35 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns and Sharp gained 77 yards on 17 carries, scoring once.
"Me and Todd have a certain element of swagger about us," Sharp said. "I guess we have little man syndrome – a chip on our shoulders. If somebody says that we can't do something, it's like, 'Well, watch this'"
Kansas State did not stand by idly and watch Kansas take control of the game. The Wildcats traveled 80 yards on 11 plays on their next drive to take a 14-7 lead late in the second quarter. But the layhawds did not wait long to showcase their resilience, as junior defensive end Russell Brorsen intercepted a pass at the Kansas State 44-yard
line, sparking a quick six-play drive that ended with Talib catching a five-yard touchdown that helped wash away the memory of Nelson's first-quarter score. Talib's score was his fourth receiving touchdown of the season and stretched his streak of games with a touchdown to six dating back to last year.
THE SECOND HALF
The Kansas defense and offense each buckled down in the third quarter. The defense held Freeman to 5-of-11 passing and forced the Kansas State offense to punt twice and settle for a field goal late in the period. The offense moved the ball with ease, as Reesing engineered an 80-yard scoring drive in fewer than four minutes. Beginning in the third quarter, the Wildcats brought blitzes of all varieties from their 3-4 defensive set, leaving open lanes for senior Brandon McAnderson, who finished with a team-high 81 yards on 12 carries.
"They tried to bring pressure — they tried to man up and play some zone, and it worked," Mangino said. "They did some good things, but we had a good feel for the run game. They were giving us some opportunities in the run game because they were worried about some things in the pass game."
The Kansas defense was able to hold
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》 HEALTH
Workshop combats stress
Students feeling stressed out can find some relief today. Counseling and Psychological Services is offering a free workshop focused on stress management from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today in room 2100 at Watkins Health Center. Attendees can learn different stress management techniques that can be useful not only in college but later in life.
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Students finish a Jayhawk 5K Run/Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness Sunday afternoon.
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》 HOUSING
Students are looking for houses for next school year in the area known as the "student ghetto," including Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky streets, earlier than usual.
Students rush to secure lease in 'student ghetto'
Serena Hearn, a landlord, said she has already leased a third of her houses for next year, and that this was the earliest she had ever seen students start looking. She said she was concerned, because it was putting pressure on current tenants to decide whether they wanted to keep
their house for next year.
Some students have already had to compete with other groups to lease the house they want.
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Some landlords were concerned with the advanced commitment from college students.
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