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CITY COMMISSION
Newcomers gain seats
Chestnut, Dever get first term Highberger wins re-election
BY MATT ERICKSON
Lawrence voters — including a typically low number of University students — shuffled seats on the city commission Tuesday as newcomers Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut took the top two spots in the commission election, according to unofficial election results. Dever, Chestnut and incumbent commissioner Dennis "Boog" Highberger earned commission seats as the top three vote getters. Incumbent David Schauner and challengers James Bush and Carey Maynard-Moody failed to
Dever said Lawrence voters had signaled a desire for change.
"I think they were ready for some new ideas and new blood," he said.
According to city commission rules, the top two votes getreceive a four-year term, the third place candidate serves a two-year term.
Dever, owner of a local environmental consulting firm, and Chestnut, chief financial officer for a local publisher, will get four year commission terms. Highberger, an attorney for the state of Kansas, will serve a two year term.
win seats.
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Newcomer Mike Dever answers interviewers questions after the city commissioner seat results tailed in. Dever took 21 percent of the vote with Chestnut coming in a close second with 19 percent.
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Newcomer Rob Chestnut answers reporters questions with his daughter by his side. Chestnut won the second seat for city commissioner Tuesday night at City Hall.
Darwin "Roog" Highberger, incumbent, talks to a reporter Tuesday night at City Hall. Highberger took third seat for city commissioner. With 17.39 percent of the votes, Highberger will serve two years as city commissioner.
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Lighting up bicycle safety
SAFETY
Calib Morris, leawood freshman, is one of many students who has received free headlight and taillight kits from the KU Public Safety Office. The office is passing out the kits at various locations on campus in the coming weeks.
Students can get free headlight, taillight kits from KU Public Safety Office at several campus booths
BY ERICK R. SCHMIDT
For the second consecutive year, KU Public Safety Officers gave away bike headlight and tallight kits Tuesday to students outside the Student Recreation and
As more bicyclists hit the road with spring weather approaching, the KU Public Safety Office is taking steps to make sure riders stay safe — at no cost to bike owners.
Fitness Center.
The kits were given away as part of a safety promotion by the KU Public Safety Office,
Coca-Cola,
Cycle Works,
Sunflower Outdoor and
Bike Shop
and the city of Lawrence.
Calvin Morris, Leawood freshman, visited the booth and received the headlight and taillight kit. He said he tried to ride safely, even though he didn't wear a helmet.
"I just don't ride aggressive," Morris said. "People are usually pretty respectful of me."
Along with the lights, an officer provided safety pamphlets about local bike paths, bike safety and other information. A visible headlight and a blinking taillight are required by the city for all bicycles after dark.
DAN HUGHES Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop owner
Officer Zeke Cunningham gave away the kits both last year and this year. He said students were sometimes hesitant to approach the booth because they were afraid something was being sold, but once students realized what he was doing, he got plenty of business.
Though he doesn't ride his
"When you've got a giant hill, it's tough to get people to want to ride around town."
cars like his bike around town, Morris said riding on campus rarely presented any problems.
"Sometimes pedestrians get scared when you go by too fast," Morris said. "But everyone gets along pretty
"Some days we give them away real fast." Cunningham said. "Some days you wait around."
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Dan Hughes, owner of Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, 804 Massachusetts St., said Lawrence was a bicycling-friendly city, but that its greatest obstacle was geography.
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"When you've got a giant hill, it's tough to get people to want to ride around town," Hughes said. "Lawrence has made great strides, though, with its recreation bike routes."
> QUEERS AND ALLIES
Speaker advocates pride for all lifestyles
BY KATY BLAIR
The only question he wouldn't answer was about his kinkiest sex hobby.
Dan Savage, a sex columnist and radio talk show host, spoke in a nearly full Woodruff Auditorium about sex, love and anal beads for Pride Week.
"I come here and talk about politics, and you want to talk about three ways and anad beads," Savage said. "You knew what you wanted to ask before I even got to Kansas."
Savage kept the audience
"We need a straight pride parade. We problematize heterosexuality. It's lacking in our culture."
Savage approached the issue seriously. Savage said sex education wasn't teaching people what they needed to know, like what consent really was. As a columnist, Savage said he got never-ending letters from readers asking things that they should know but don't because sex education doesn't talk about real sexual issues
DAN SAVAGE
Sex columnist
rolling throughout the evening with a question-and-answer session about sex and sexuality.
He first compared sex education in U.S. schools to driver's ed.
"They taught you all about how internal combustion works; they did not teach you how to drive," Savage said. "If I drove after that, I think the first thing I would do is kill somebody."
After the laughter died down,
or interests.
The sex columnist came to Lawrence not only to support Pride Week as a publicly gay male for 27 years, but to advocate pride for all sexual lifetyles.
said. "We problematize heterosexuality. It's lacking in our culture."
"We need a straight pride parade" Savage
Savage said in any relationship there must be open communication about sex to maintain healthy bonds.
The audience laughed most of the evening as Savage answered question after question about three ways, how to effectively use anal beads, and the
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Dan Savage, syndicated sex columnist and radio host, holds cards collected from the audience Tuesday evening at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Savage answered the questions about sex issues on the cards.
STUDENT SENATE
Process to increase student fees in review
BY ASHLEE KIELER
Student Senate will review bills to raise the Student Health Fee and the Student Union Fee tonight.
The proposed Health Fee asks for a $13.25 increase, The Student Union fee would increase $6 per semester if passed.
Student Senate passed a bill before spring break amending the process in which student fees are reviewed.
The changes affect the way in which student fee increases for the Student Union Fee, Student Health Fee, Student Recreation Fee and the Transportation Fee are reviewed.
Mike Wellems, Andover, Minn., senior and Finance Committee executive chairman, said the fees were reviewed every three years, but some operations wait longer.
With the new guidelines, the fees will be reviewed every year.
benefit from a small increase each year" Wellems said.
"Some of the bigger fees would
Andrew Payne, Garden Citysenior and Student Executive Committee chairman, authored the bill.
"The small increases every year would help the operations from going into deficit." Payne said.
Payne said that in the past, fees had been increased every five to six years.
"Large increases help the operations get more money than they need for three years creating a reserve, that at the end of the three years they need to dip into, creating a defect," Pavne said.
Large increases every five to six years allow operations to gain more money than originally needed at first. During the next three years when inflation increases, funds run out, creating a deficit, Payne said.
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