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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
YEAR IN REVIEW
Editor's note: In the spirit of its last publication for the 2007-2008 academic year, The Kansan is publishing a recap of some of the most notable stories from the past two semesters. All articles from this year are available on kansan.com. We hope you enjoy reflecting on memorable moments.
》APRIL 11,2008
United Students wins Student Senate with 48 percent of vote
Adam McGonigle and Michael Gillaspie of United Students celebrate after being elected president and vice president of Student Senate. This is the second year United Students has won the presidency.
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Shouts of joy filled The Yacht Club when members of United Students heard their coalition won the presidency of Student Senate for next year.
Students voted 48 percent in favor of Adam McGonigle, Wichita sophomore, for president and Michael Gillaspie, Ashland junior, for vice president.
The candidates received 2,005 votes, which was 200 more than ConnectKU's candidates received. Students of Liberty came in third with 305 votes.
McGonigle, who served as Student Executive Committee Chair this year, said the experience he received from the job prepared him for the presidency.
"This means good things for Student Senate," McGonigle said. "We will work to get things done for the University."
McGonigle said his mentor was current student body president Hannah Love.
Love, Dodge City senior, said she would work to make McGonigle's transition into office a smooth one. She said that even though McGonigle was going to be a junior, his age would not affect his ability to be an effective president.
"He is mature enough and has the skills he needs," Love said.
Gillaspie said it was exciting to win after talking all day to students passing by about platforms he wanted to accomplish.
"I've been spending countless hours on campus," Gillaspie said. "I know all about lack of sleep."
Gillaspie's role as vice president includes chairing Senate meetings, which means keeping order and preventing meetings from getting out of hand. He said he had leadership roles before and was prepared.
United Students won all 14 freshman-sophomore CLAS senate seats, which McGonigle said showed how good of a coalition it was all around.
Libby Johnson, Lawrence freshman, won one of those seats and said that winning all 14 was amazing.
"It shows how hard we worked" Johnson said.
United Students won 30 Student Senate seats in addition to the presidency, ConnectKU won 26 seats, and an independent won one. Gillaspie said this will mean a split Senate, but he was ready to take on controversy.
McGonigle said he was going to visit ConnectKU members to shake their hands and talk about how to work together in the upcoming year.
Edited by Jared Duncan
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Overland Park students star in reality TV show
BY ANDREW WIEBE awiebe@kansan.com
Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN
From left, Overland Park sophomores Gina, Cate, Crystle, Bethany and Sarah are part of the show "High School Confidential". The show premiered March 10.
For most college students, reality television is a guilty pleasure. For the seven University sophomores who participated in "High School Confidential," a WE TV documentary about high school life in Overland Park, it describes their high school lives perfectly.
When the show premieres on March 10, Cate, Crystle, Beth, Sarah T., Gina, Cappie and Courtney will see some of the most personal details about their high school lives on display for anyone with cable to see.
Their last names and the high school the girls attended are not revealed in the show.
Filmmaker Sharon Liese captured a variety of emotions, challenges and successes that each girl experienced during the course of four years through interviews and documentary work. "High School Confidential" has been the talk of Internet message boards because of the network's work promoting the
show on Youtube and increasing media coverage. Four of the girls are in New York this week for appearances on the "Tya Banks Show" and "Good Morning America."
men following their every move. Rather, each would have a one-on-one interview with Liese a few times a year and was filmed at school and at home at select times. The show also includes interviews with the girls' parents.
Unlike contemporary reality TV programs such as "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills," the girls who participated in "High School Confidential" didn't have camera-
Edited by Patrick De Oliveira
Multicultural Resource Center opens
》FEB.11,2008
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center opens today after months of construction delays. The building replaces the old center behind the Military Science Building and is available for all University students.
Building a new center was a goal of Steve Munch's, 2004-2005 student body president. His goal has translated into a new building next to the Kansas Union with vaulted ceilings, recycled materials and lots of natural light.
Santos Nuñez, program director for the center, said the new center
gave center users the opportunity to expand their programming. It has an academic resource center, a resource library, a classroom, a workspace, a kitchen, a conference room and offices.
Dan Sabatini, 1986 graduate, said the family decision to fund the center was to give opportunities not only to minorities but to bring them exposure.
Núnez said the center outgrew its old space on campus and had too much programming for the small building. The center provided meeting space for many different campus groups, speakers, workshops and a tutoring program. Núnez said the new building provides more space and is more accessible to everyone on campus.
"We didn't have a space where we could go with all of our materials there." Huang said.
old center wasn't big enough for meetings. His group had to reserve different rooms in the Kansas Union for meetings.
"It's a very important part of a healthy community to engage everyone and treat everyone equally;" Sabatini said.
Grant Huang, St. Louis senior and vice president of the Asian American Student Union, said the
Edited by Katherine Loeck
》FEB.7,2008
BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
"Based on current conditions, coupled with continued blowing snow, the decision was made to cancel classes," said Jill Jess, associate director of news and media relations, in an e-mail.
University cancels classes
The new emergency texting system put in place in November was not used to notify students of the cancellation.
University officials walked and drove around campus to check conditions before 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Edited by Samuel Lamb