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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2007
CHRISTIAN PEACE WITNESS
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The Ecumenical Christian Ministries has reserved the Danforth Chapel for every Monday in April to hold vigils to reflect on the Iraq war.
Weekly vigils honor troops killed in Iraq
BY TYLER HARBERT
Noon was a solemn time Monday for members of the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq to reflect on the ongoing war.
Tim Stauffer, Iola senior, worked with the Student Leadership team and the Ecumenical Christian Ministries to reserve the Danforth Chapel every Monday at noon in April for quiet vigils.
"We've all been frustrated by the complicity shown by the Christian community regarding the war," he said.
Though sponsored by a Christian organization, Stauffer said the vigil was open to people of all faiths or no faith to honor those who have died in the Iraq War.
Inside the chapel, a small stereo played worship music and a nylon net was strung up at the front of the chapel. Stauffer said people were invited to tie black cloth ribbons on the net as a tribute to the dead.
"it's a tangible way of marking a memory of a person," he said.
As people came and went from the chapel, they were also invited to sign a 16-foot banner in front of the chapel that read, "NO WAR IN IRAQ; NOT IN OUR NAMES."
Stauffer said the banner was created four years ago at the start of the Iraq War. He said more than 40 people signed the banner Monday and it already contained a couple hundred signatures from past events.
Chris Cardwell, Lincoln, Kan. senior, was one person who signed his name to the banner yesterday on his way to French class.
"I'm so sick of the war and I was opposed to it when it first started," he said. "People have become numb to it."
He said seeing the numbers of those dead and injured in Iraq was a good way promote anti-war sentiments.
"People made passing jokes when this war first started about it being our generation's Vietnam," Cardwell said. "Four years from now the joke won't be funny anymore."
Elise Higgins, Topeka freshman and member of the Student Leadership team, helped organize the peace vigil and spent about five minutes in the chapel thinking about how her faith coincided with her need for political action.
"It was reflection on how important it is for us to be involved even in a small way," she said. "I think this atmosphere isn't coercive and it's inviting."
Beth Ruhl, Lawrence senior, also helped plan the vigil. She said she was motivated to help with the vigil after she protested in the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq in Washington, D.C., on March 16.
"Even if people disagree with us, wed like to talk with them because dialogue is important to us," she said.
Stauffer said the group didn't have an agenda.
"We just ask people to reexamine what they believe and why," he said.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
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The plan, passed Monday by the state House, would take effect only if states representing a majority of the nation's 538 electoral votes adopted the same change.
to undo electoral system ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland is poised to become the first state to approve giving its electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than to the candidate chosen by state voters.
Some states are considering the move as a way to avoid a scenario in which a candidate wins the national popular vote but loses in the Electoral College, as Democrat AI Gore lost to George W. Bush in 2000.
Downtown safety: The commission continues to study ways to prevent violence downtown. Possibilities include increasing police presence downtown or an entertainment licensing system, which would give more responsibility to business owners to prevent violence.
Supporters of the Maryland bill said the state, which has 10 electoral votes, gets passed over by presidential candidates who head to larger battleground states. Opponents say the change is unnecessary and constitutionally questionable.
"If you're talking about development and whether to put a Wal-Mart on the west side of town or not, I don't think that's relevant to most people's lives," he said.
City commissioner David Schauner, who is running for reelection today, said he probably wouldn't pay much attention to city politics if he were a student.
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She said the city's noise ordinance, transportation system and property taxes were all issues that could have implications for students.
The final vote in the Democrat-controlled House of Delegates was 85-54, with only one Republican endorsing it. The Senate has already passed the bill, and Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, plans to sign it, said spokesman Rick Abbruzzese.
Bus coordination:The city and the University will consider merging or overlapping the KU on Wheels and Lawrence Transit System bus lines, which could make it easier for some students to get to campus.
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Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, said many of the issues in this year's election probably weren't very interesting or important for students, though.
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"Most students are more interested in just being students," he said.
He said students who paid attention could find issues they might care about, such as rental property registration and a proposed domestic partner registry for same-sex couples.
Candidate Carey Maynard-Moody said all students would have to choose whether to become involved in their communities some day after they graduated, and she said participating in city government could provide a good introduction to community leadership.
Public smoking ordinance, 2004 The commission banned smoking in all enclosed public places in Lawrence, by a 4-1 vote.
Guns near bars, 2006:The commission unanimously decided to prohibit the possession of firearms within 200 feet of the premises of drinking establishments.
Several city commission decisions in recent years have made a difference in students' lives in Lawrence, and the new commission elected today will also address issues important to students.
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Single-family home ordinance, 2001: The commission voted unanimously to prohibit more than three unrelated people from living together in homes zoned as single-family.
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Kansan staff writer Matt Erickson can be contacted at merickson@ kansan.com.
"Studying should be what students do best," Maynard-Moody said, "and studying candidates' platforms and voting in this election will serve students well later on."
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"We're real pleased with Facilities Operations and their response," Lohmeyer said. "It seems to be a high priority."
Despite those problems, most temporary roofs did not have excessive amounts of leaks, so repair work on some buildings was delayed until after winter. Bailey Hall will not be repaired until summer because of traffic concerns on Jayhawk Boulevard, and the tile for the roof on Dyche Hall has not arrived yet.
Kansan staff writer Joe Hunt can be contacted at jhunt@kansan. com.
James Modig, director of design construction and management, said that the most extensive repairs went to Robinson Gymnasium and Frasier Hall.
Allen Fieldhouse will need extensive repairs as well. Modig said the roof was leaking and the entire metal skin of the roof would need to be replaced during the summer.
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Roof repairs continue after the March 2006 microburst on 20 campus buildings. Facilities Operations expects construction to be completed by the end of the summer.
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campaign is a project intended to stop organizations like the Fred Phelps church group from protesting funerals, said Ryan Campbell, Olathe senior and student senator for Queers and Allies.
Campbell said Queers and Allies has sold more than 100 T-shirts at $10 a piece in the past, and that he expects more to be sold at some of the upcoming pride week events.
Tonight at 7:30 is a lecture with sex columnist Dan Savage at
Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
"I've readsome of Dan Savage's stuff," Pryor said. "He's a very blunt guy and vulgar and I think he works well with a college crowd."
There will be a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union., presented by the Service Members Legal Defense Network regarding the, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy. It will be followed by a social event at 10:30 p.m. at Liquid Bar and
Nightclub, 804 West 24th St.
Thursday at 6:30 p.m., the organization is sponsoring the Queen Awards Banquet at Macell's, 1031 New Hampshire St., which honors people who have contributed to the LGBT community in Lawrence.
Friday is the Brown Bag Drag in front of the Kansas Union at noon, and the week culminates with an AIDS walk, followed by a pride march on Massachusetts Street.
Stephanie Bottoms, Omaha, Neb.
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munications director, said the pride march was organized to promote diversity and for the IGBT community to be visible in Lawrence.
"Pride week is a good way for LGBT individuals to celebrate something that usually causes them to be discriminated against," she said.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
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