Showdown rival comes to town
Kansas plays Missouri in a doubleheader at 3 this afternoon that begins at 3 at Arrocha Ballpark. The Jayhawks have two in a row against the Tigers.
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Read about an artist who doesn't take Lawrence's beauty for granted
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The baseball team will face off against the No.10 Wichita State Shockers at 7 p.m. in Wichita.
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Radio station wins top honors at the Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards ceremony. Thirty two of the winners were from Kansas schools.
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Decathlete Josh Kirk has found his role at the University of Kansas. Kirk will compete in the Kansas Relays, which start today.
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VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING
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Nichole Stenbak, Vancouver, Wash., graduate student, gets a hug from Brandon White, Antioch, Ill., graduate student, during a candlelight vigil held at the Campanile on Tuesday evening. The vigil was held to honor those affected by the Virginia Tech shooting.
Victims remembered
Community reflects on lives lost at memorial
BY JOE HUNT
The mood was reflective and somber during a candlelight vigil held at the Campanile on Tuesday night for those involved in Monday's Virginia Tech shootings.
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More than 100 people participated in a candlelight vigil to honor those affected by the Virginia Tech shootings Monday. The vigil was held at the Campanile.
About 120 students, faculty and communicy members attended. Maroon ribbons and white candles were passed out, and anyone who wished could sign a banner that will be sent to Virginia Tech.
The vigil only ran for 15 minutes, although many chose to stay longer. Chancellor Robert Hemenway opened with a short speech.
Matt Drake, Woodbridge, Va., graduate student, had previously attended Virginia Tech. He followed Hemenway's speech with a brief one of his own.
"It's sad to say, but the memory I have tonight is standing in this exact-same spot after 9/11," Hemenway said during the speech. "Twenty years from now we will remember we were at the Campanile the night after 32 people died."
SEE PAGE 9A FOR AN UPDATE ON THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING
SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 3A
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'R-h-i-n-o-c-e-r-o-s' seals spelling victory
BY TYLER HARBERT
The small crowd and the 20 spelling bee contestants in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union applauded as Annie Harrigan and her rival Steven
Griswold embraced.
Harrigan, Prairie Village junior, had just spelled her final word in the Student Union Activities' spelling bee on Tuesdsay night. The definition given
Griswold, a sophomore from Forsyth, Ill., tried to spell "faceious" moments before but missed. He slinked away from the microphone, making way for
"I've heard the word before but honestly no idea how to spell it. I've heard it probably twice."
the spelling bee mascot and moderator.
STEVEN GRISWOLD
About the word "facetious."
for her final word was a large, African beast with a horn on its snout.
"That is correct," said Shawn Bowers, Overland Park junior, who wore a yellow-and-black striped shirt as "Spellington,"
"R- h-i - n-o-c-e-r-o-s,
Rhinoceros" she said.
twice."
Harrigan, who spelled "facetious" and "rhinoceros" correctly to win the bee.
"I've heard the word before, but honestly no idea how to spell it." Griswold said. "I've heard it probably
The spelling bee itself was faceted — not to be taken seriously.
Neither "facetious" nor "rhinoceros" was the hardest words Harrigan said she had to spell Tuesday night.
SEE SPELLING ON PAGE 3A
Steven Griswold, Forsyth, ill., sophomore, spells a word as Annie Harrisigan, Prairie Village junior, awaits her turn during the final rounds of Tuesday night's spelling bee in Alderson Auditorium. Harrison won the competition, but both received gift certificates to Massachusetts Street.
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STUDENT SENATE
Some platforms have a long way to go
BY ASHLEE KIELER
Hannah Love, Dodge City junior and president-elect, and running mate Ray Wittlinger, Olathe junior, campaigned on platforms ranging from free parking at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center to providing Microsoft Office for all students. Love and Wittlinger take office this fall.
The United Students coalition secured the presidential and vice presidential seats in next year's Student Senate, running on a number of platform issues. But can these platforms become a reality next year?
PARKING
Many of Love and Wittlinger's platforms deal with improving parking on campus.
Setting up 24-hour parking spots at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center to allow students to work-out without being ticketed was one of those platforms.
Hultine said that designating the spots for center use would be possible but determining who actually used the spots could be troublesome.
Donna Hultine, director of parking and transit, said the campus doesn't offer any free spots, but they could possibly use a combination of permits in the area.
"We can't monitor where students go after parking," Hultine said. "It would be hard to keep the spots available for the recreation center."
A similar method was used for Watkins Memorial Health Center
SEE PLATFORMS ON PAGE 5A
>> SPELLING BEE
Student rewarded with dream position
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Scott Toland, Iola freshman, has spelled difficult words during spelling bees since competing in the sixth grade. He has bragging rights to be able to spell the longest word in the English language. Toland is one of seven students who will be a crew member for the Scripps National Spelling Bee held in Washington, D.C.
BY ERICK R. SCHMIDT
Scott Toland's recitation spelling of the longest word in the English language is rapid at first.
"P-n-e-u-m-o-n-o," Toland, the lola freshman, begins. "l-t-r-a-m-i-c-r-o-s-c-o-p-i-c-s."
He slows his pace, thinks for a moment, and wraps up the 45-letter word.
"l-1-i-c-o-v-o-l-c-a-n-o-c-o-n-i-o-s-i-t"
"This is a dream for me," Toland
The word means lung disease caused by inhalation of volcanic gasses, and Toland smiles as he finishes the spelling. This is the life of a spelling bee champion.
said. "It's what I've always wanted to do in spelling."
Toland, who covers intramural sports for The University Daily Kansan, was recently accepted as one of seven students to work for the Scripps National Spelling Bee from May 26 to June 2 in Washington, D.C., this year. The process is selective, and he said it was an honor to be chosen.
Toland's road to spelling was started by his older sister. Carol Toland, who is a second year School of Law student at the University of Kansas, won the school spelling bee when Scott was in grade school. The next year, his older brother Mark won the bee. Soon, the family spelling gene made its way to Scott, the third oldest of four children.
He won his school bee in both sixth and seventh grades, which advanced him to the state spelling bee.
The state bee goes in alphabetical order by county. Iola, which is in Allen county, landed Toland as the first speller.
"I was just nervous I was going to be the first one out," Toland said. "I just kept hanging in there, though."
Toland hung in not only to avoid being the first speller eliminated, but managed to finish 12th of Kansas'
SEE PROFILE ON PAGE 3A