THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
VOLUME 118 ISSUE 11
STUDENT SENATE
Community Affairs Director up for re-approval
Barnes denies involvement with petition forgery last spring
When full Senate meets tonight for the first time this academic year, a re-
vote to approve Katherine Barnes to the position of Community Affairs Director of the Student Legislative Awareness Board will be at the top of the agenda.
Barnes, Hutchinson senior and junior/senior College of Liberal Arts
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and Sciences senator, was presented for appointment to the position last spring, but the appointment was not passed because of speculation that Barnes was involved with breaking election rules during.student senate elections.
Hannah Love, Dodge City senior and student body president, was eventually able to appoint Barnes to the position on an interim basis for the summer. Tonight, Student Senate will vote on whether she should be
kept on for the academic year.
Kathy Talbot, student success advisor for the elections commission, said Barnes' name was mentioned in connection with Patrick McGowan, who was dismissed from student elections last spring after the Election Commission found that he falsified signatures on the petition needed to apply to run for a Student Senate seat. Talbot said election commission members contacted people on McGowan's petition who claimed they never
signed their names.
Talbot said that there were discussions that Barnes had committed similar offenses, but no formal complaints were filed with the Commission.
"The Commission did notice correlation between the two petitions," Talbot said. "I don't think there was enough evidence. It was coincidental evidence."
Barnes said that she did not break election rules last spring.
"I knew the rules, and I didn't break any. Nothing was ever filed against me," Barnes said. "Those are rumors that were flying around amongst other people. I don't think it should be called into question."
Alex Treaster, legislative director for SLAB, said that Barnes worked this summer on registering voters, planning Civic Engagement Week and working with the Lawrence City Commission.
Barnes will present the work she's done this summer before Love presents her for reappointment.
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HURRICANE KATRINA
KU grad, volunteer shares story
Ashley Sloan, a 2005 University graduate, will be featured during the last segment of Anderson Cooper 360 tonight to talk about her relief efforts in New Orleans.
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Sloan recently co-founded a non-profit organization called Live St. Bernard. The organization hopes to bring builders to the region to help rebuild houses.
The show is for the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Sloan took a year off before her senior year to volunteer in the south, including New Orleans with AmeriCorps. After the hurricane, she decided to return to the region as an AmeriCorps team leader for 11 months.
SCIENCE
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CLAS Dean to give speech on neuroscience
Steinmetz's speech will look back at the history of neuroscience and also where the field is headed in the future. Steinmetz said children should begin developing learning skills as early as possible, because this development could enhance learning ability later in life.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Joseph Steinmetz has been interested in the field of neuroscience for years. He will give a lecture entitled "How is the Brain Involved in Learning and Memory?" at noon today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
Ryan Gilchrish, Wichita, senior, attaches his bike lock onto his bike in one of the designated bike rack areas after class on Monday. This is one of the bike racks that is often overcrowded.
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Bike racks: coming to a building near you
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A trio of departments at the University is cooperating to outfit campus with more bike racks. The number of faculty and students riding bikes or mopeds to campus is increasing and space for the vehicles is
limited. The departments are asking for students' help to identify places where new racks might be useful.
Several students have started chaining their bikes
to sign posts and other areas when the current racks are full. The University has a policy against locking bikes in places
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other than the designated racks. The departments
hope the additions will encourage students to take their bikes off of trees and posts and back to the racks. T.t.e new racks should be in place by the end of September.
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Stunt double swings onto campus
Tobey Maguire might be the face of Spider-Man in the popular film trilogy, but Chris Daniels is responsible for bringing Spider-Man to life. Daniels will be talking about his experiences on the "Spider-Man" films and his career at 7 tonight in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The event is sponsored by Student Union Activities.
In addition to doubling for Tobey Maguire in the "Spider-Man" trilogy, Daniels has done work in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," "Just My Luck" and the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Shawn Bowers, SUA public relations director and Overland Park senior, said the event went along with SUA's "Spider-Man 3" premiere, which took place during Hawk Week this year.
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Reception honors diversity
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Haskell Indian Nations and University of Kansas students receiving research grants from the National Institute of Health will have a welcome reception this afternoon.
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The NIH grants were put in place to encourage collaboration between the universities to encourage diversity in the sciences.
Students, faculty and program sponsors will be Joined by Provost Richard Lariviere, Joseph Steinmetz, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Venida Chenault, vice-president of academic affairs at Haskell.
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ARMY OFFICER NOT GUILTY IN SCANDAL
Lt. Col. Steve L. Jordan was acquitted of failing to control U.S. soliders in the Abu Ghraib scandal.
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