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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
VOL.116 ISSUE 21
STUDENT SENATE
Mascot policy recommended
Senate says no to 'visual violence'
BY JOHN JORDAN
jjordan@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution to ask the University not to schedule athletic events with schools that have mascots the NCAA deems offensive.
After hearing 12 speakers, including senators, professors and students in favor of the resolution, speak for about an hour, the senate chose to pass the resolution by acclimation.
Acclamation is a process in which the senate chooses not to vote because all senators support the resolution.
Jim Marchiony, associate
atletics director, said the decision about the scheduling policy would be the University's, not the athletics department's.
He said the department would discuss it with the University, but that it wasn't an athletics issue.
Stephanie Craig, Edmond, Okla., senior, said if the University adopted the resolution, it would be the first to do so since the NCAA adopted its policy.
That policy would help show the University's support of diversity and of other cultures, Craig said.
Michael Yellow Bird, professor and chairman of the department of indigenous studies, spoke in favor of the resolution.
Native American mascots have become institutionalized, unlike other ethnic groups, Yellow Bird said.
Jason Lewis, a graduate student from Los Angeles and member of the Chocktaw tribe, said it was exciting to think that students would support a policy like this.
Lewis said Native American mascots are "visual violence."
"Students have the power in their hands to change University
policy," Lewis said.
Although some may think the mascots are not offensive, Lewis said he knew the hurt the mascots bring to indigenous peoples.
"It's not an honor being a mascot." Lewis said.
Studie Red Corn, Shawnee sophomore and First Nations student associate senator, said he thought discussing and passing the resolution was a great step for the University.
He said it was up to senators to take dialogue about the issue to the athletics department.
The resolution read that Student Senate "supports the adoption of a policy by the KU Athletics Department which would prohibit the scheduling of athletic competitions with schools who are in violation with the ban."
In other business, the senate also voted to have polling sites for next spring's elections at Wesco Beach and Mrs. E's dining center on Daisy Hill.
Edited by Erin Wisdom
New Jayhawk lands on campus
ADMINISTRATION
Logo makes its debut on T-shirts at game
BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
rschneider@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Kansas Athletics Department has begun implementing the University's updated Jayhawk, featuring the new official KU logo in the center and the graphic signature, which is a combination of the University's
name and logo.
The department distributed more than 20,000 free shirts featuring the new Jayhawk last weekend at the
A 28-foot version of the Jayhawk will be displayed on James Naismith court, which is being replaced, in Allen Fieldhouse.
football game against Appalachian State. The new Jayhawk was unveiled by Chancellor Robert Hemenway at a press conference Sept. 7.
A 28-foot version of the Jayhawk will be displayed on
James Naismith Court, which is being replaced, in Allen Fieldhouse
David Johnston.
David Johnson director of marketing, said the support and participation from the athletics department during the implementation of the visual identity had been well received.
"Athletics has been a leader in uniting everyone behind a one, true Jayhawk," Johnston said.
Marchiony said the athletics department was involved in the planning and discussion of
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