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STUDENT SENATE
Work just beginning for Student Senate
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON
amcnaughton@kansan.com
The full Senate is done meeting for the semester, but for members of the Senate Executive Committee, the work is just beginning.
Student body president Libby Johnson said for Senate, summer is a time of "house keeping." It provides the new executive staff members with the opportunity to understand and become comfortable with their new roles.
The Senate executive committee will meet every few weeks throughout the summer. The committee consists of executive staff members and the chairs from each Senate committee.
Johnson
While some legislation is heard regarding "old business" from the spring semester, a majority of the legislation heard over the summer deals with Senate rules and regulations, Johnson, a senior from Lawrence, said.
Bliss
Summer legislation must first go through chief of staff Hannah Bolton.
On the agenda thus far is the bill proposed by former student body president Michael Wade Smith and former vice president Megan Ritter regarding the changes to the executive staff job descriptions.
Any legislation that is heard during the summer must still be approved by full Senate in the fall.
tors to gauge what needs to be done in order to accomplish platforms proposed during campaign elections.
"For students to get the full effect of those platforms, we need to get it done over summer." Bliss said.
A couple of the platforms that student leaders would like to get accomplished are free graphic design for student groups and bike rentals.
Vice president Gabe Bliss, a sophomore from Olathe, said he hopes to get both of those accomplished before students return in the fall.
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Bliss would also like to set the agenda for next year and possibly create an outreach program during the summer.
SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Student Body President Libby Johnson
Student Body Vice President Gabe Bliss
Student Senate Assistant Treasurer Courtney Sheldon
Student Senate Treasurer David Cohen
Student Senate Outreach Director Brandon Woodard
Student Senate Executive Secretary
Alek Joyce
Graduate Affairs Director Jake Rapp
Student Senate Chief of Staff Hannah Bolton
PHILANTHROPY
Student hopes to raise money to help others
BY KELSEY RICHARDSON
krichardson@ksan.com
At the end of the semester most students are focused on finishing their last assignments before finals, but one University student has shifted his gears to prepare for a community service bike ride.
Adam Bricic, a senior from St. Louis, plans to participate in the Bike and Build service ride at the end of this month. According to bikeandbuild.org, Bike and Build is a national organization that allows adults to plan and facilitate projects to help with the cause for affordable housing in the U.S.
Bike and Build promotes the need for affordable housing in hundreds of communities across the nation.
Before Bricic can embark on his community service ride across the country, he must raise $4,000 by May 20.
Bric said that $500 from the money each participant raises goes to a charity of his or her choice. The charity must be related to affordable housing, but each rider may pick the community or communities he or she wants to help.
The Bike and Build ride offers 10 routes for riders to choose from, all of which travel across the country. Bric plans to take the Central U.S. ride, which starts in Virginia Beach and ends 3,800 miles later in Cannon Beach, Ore. Bric's route will pass through Lawrence on June 27.
Adam Bric, a senior from St. Louis, plans to participate in the Build and Bike Ride, a project that helps raise money for affordable housing in hundreds of communities across the nation. But, before Bric can participate, he must raise $4,000 by May 20.
"It's not just a cross-country cycling adventure, it's helping the community," Bricic said.
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Bricic's route across the country
"It's something I had to apply for," Bricic said. "We had to go through a process just to get accepted. I was waitlisted for almost two and a half months, so now I'm in a rush to catch up."
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So far, Brcic has raised a little more than half of the $4,000 needed to participate. If Brcic is unable to raise all of the money, he will not be able to join in the bike ride.
"Having faith in God is not unreasonable." Bassall said.
Frank Basgall, president of St. Thomas More, said Miravelle would present logical proofs, independent of Catholic teachings, showing that God does exist. Miravelle and St. More are officially participating only in the debate and not the other ReasonFest events. Basgall wants to open people up to new ideas and promote the coexistence of reason and faith.
Amanda Brown, a senior from Shawnee, worked with Ray on the research and helped to operate one of SOMA's "Ask an Atheist" information tables at Stauffer-Flint Hall on Wednesday. She said 70 percent of those surveyed answered a full range of questions about sexual practices, including fetishes and 90 percent of that group identified as atheist.
the Douglas County Aids Project at Wilde's Chateau 24, 2412 Iowa St. It immediately follows the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, a national holiday created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 that has recently been challenged in federal courts by the Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation.
ReasonFest will continue on Saturday with "Sex and Secularism," a presentation of research on the sexual attitudes and practices among people who have left religion. Psychologist Darrel Ray will present the results of a national survey of 14,500 formerly religious people.
Other presentations on Saturday will discuss the philosophy of naturalism, the state of secular student groups in the U.S., investigations of the paranormal, and the constitutional separation of church and state.
John-Mark Miravelle, instructor at the School of Faith, will debate in favor of the existence of God at the invitation of the St. Thomas More Society, a campus organization of Catholic law students.
"Does God Exist?" will feature Dan Barker, co-president of the Foundation. Barker is a former minister and the co-host of Freethought Radio in Madison, Wis.
Hudson said DCAP and Planned Parenthood would receive 100 percent of any funds raised on their behalf on Friday and Saturday.
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Edited by Brittany Nelson
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