2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, APRIL 25.2005
INSIDENEWS
Greek safety a priority
Greek chapters at the University have taken numerous measures to ensure the security of their members this school year. While some chapters have done more than others, members wonder if it will be enough to prevent future break-ins. PAGE 1A
Students come together for Passover
Members of KU Hillel and their families came together for the Seder celebration of Passover. Students who were unable to spend the holiday with the family made the KU community a surrogate family to celebrate with. PAGE 14
National Pan-Hellenic Council holds step show
Pride March gains numbers from Earth Day and AIDS parades
Hundreds of people came to the Lied Center Saturday night to see NPHC's annual KU Greek Step Show, Zeta Phi Beta sorority and its brother fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, were named winners of the step show. PAGE 2A
Athletics Department signs $26.67 million contract with adidas
Pride March gams numbers from Earth Day and AIDS parades
Saturday afternoon the Pride March marked the end of the University of Kansas Queens and Allies Pride Week. More than 100 people joined the initial group of 118 marchers from the Earth Day parade and AIDS Walk 2005. **PAGE 3A**
The University of Kansas Athletics Department reached an official deal with adidas yesterday. All Kansas varsity teams will be donning adidas stripes rather than a Nike swoosh next year. PAGE 1A
Couple plans to marry, despite ban
Allison Hansen, Spring Hill graduate student, and Maureen Warren, Garden City senior plan to get married despite the April 5 passing of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Kansas. The couple marched together in the Queens and Allies Pride March Saturday on Massachusetts Street. PAGE 3A
ROTC students flex body mind in competition
Being a ROTC student involves more than marching and going to class. Cadets practice real wartime skills, as they did in Saturday's contest held on West Campus. PAGE 8A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Pride Week alive and well
CAMPUS
Maureen Warren and Allison Hansen spent a worthwhile week celebrating the gay community that continues to emerge, despite the conservatives' best efforts to keep it down. PAGE 7A
Column: Just sav no to study drugs
Betsy McLeod spent parts of last week in the hospital because Adderall took its toll on her body. Students take study drugs to try to squeeze more into 24 hours, but the risk might not be the reward. PAGE 7A
INSIDESPORTS
Softball team scores big victories
The Kansas softball team swept the No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners during the weekend,
5-4 and 4-1. _ MGL 1B
Kansas Relavs bring bio numbers
The Relays brought Olympic athletes and 24,000 fans together this weekend. The attendance was the second largest in Kansas Relays history. PAGE 8B
Javhawks Biq 12 hopes rained out
Column: Gold Zone increases attendance, but by how much?
Columbi. Gold Zone increases attendance, but by now much.
The Gold Zone, a new three-hour blitz of invitational events, increased interest, but Jonathan Kealing doubts it was as high as the Athletics Department said. PAGE 1B
Kansas played Texas Tech this weekend in a slugget series that rain cut short by one game. Tyson Coryell pitched seven innings in his first career start Saturday. PAGE 18
Olympic sprinters bring in fans
Maurice Greene and Marion Jones anchored their races at the end of the Gold Zone Invitational on Saturday. Greene's team won the race before he even got the baton. PAGE 28
No postseason play for lacrosse team
After losing to Southwest Missouri State and Illinois, the lacrosse team's opportunity to compete in the playoffs was squelched. PAGE 4B
Kansas athletes Jeremy Mims, Brooklyn Hann and Abby Emsley all won in their events this weekend at the Relays. Kansas fans showed their love. PAGE 1B
Track and field shines at Kansas Relavs
Greene takes third at Kansas Relays
Maurice Greene came in third place in the men's 100-meter dash, but he said he wasn't concerned because it was his first of the season. He said he'd been working with his coach and is where he wants to be at this point in the season. PAGE 2B
KU's No. 1 seeded men's bowling team was defeated in the third round of the Intercollegiate Bowling, Championships, and the women were knocked out in the fourth round. PAGE 5B
Bowling team falls early in tournament
Pioneer woman
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Gov. Kathleen Sebellius speaks to the crowd during the Pioneer Woman Award Ceremony at the Kansas Ballroom Thursday night. Sebellius received the Pioneer Woman Award from the University after signing Senate Bill 74 at Alderson Auditorium earlier that day. The bill signing created a state law that gives state university employees the option to participate in the state's civil service system.
Radio-controlled plane places third
A group of engineering students from the University of Kansas placed third in the Aero Design West competition held by the Society of Automotive Engineers in Fort Worth, Texas.
Their radio-controlled aircraft carried a maximum of 16.9 pounds, Rick Hale, associate professor of aerospace engineering and project adviser, said.
The team attempted to carry 18 pounds but a landing gear problem disqualified them, he said.
Students have done well in the competitions in the past and Hale expected the group to rank high again this year.
Construction on the plane began in January. The design for the craft was developed by Kyle Hunt, Wamego senior and project manager.
ARTS
"We've typically done very well in the design competition, but it's more hit or miss with test flights," he said.
Flight tests determined only half the team's score. The other half came from the team's written report and a 15-minute presentation.
- Ty Beaver
BY LATOVA BROWN
correspondent@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Students step it up for show
Shouts of "SKEE-E WEE," "Z-PHI" and "O-SIX" echoed throughout the Lied Center Saturday night as National Pan-Hellenic Council members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta and Alpha Phi Alpha at the University of Kansas their calls.
The special event was the NPHC's annual KU Greek Step Show.
Hundreds of people filled the Lied Center to see six greek performances and three dance skits. The show started off with a step routine by about 10 members of Panhellenic sororities. The girls poked fun at their annual "Rock Chalk Revue," in which members of Panhellenic sororites and Interfraternity Council fraternities perform to raise money for charity.
The girls surprised the crowd and received applause when they started to step like the National Pan-Hellenic Greeks, whose step routines incorporated African influences and movements.
Unity, a University hip-hop dance group, provided another non-National Pan-Hellenic performance. The group incorporated both slow dance and new
hip-hop moves. The surprise of Unity's show came when men's basketball player J.R. Giddens, who is a member of the group, performed with it.
Enjioli Dixon, Jefferson City, Mo. senior, said she liked Unity's dance moves and how the groups showed that there were other ways to be involved on campus than through just Greek organizations.
Some highlights of the night came when the Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity, a Hispanic organization, came out and did a "Beta Beach Lounge" skit with palm trees. The crowd laughed when the men brought out a Prince impersonator. The group parodied Prince because its members are known as the "purple guys" on campus, on account of the fraternity's colors.
"I enjoyed the Sigma Lambda Beta skit a lot because it was cultural and really unique and unusual." Dixon said.
The women of Zeta Phi Beta sorority put on another memorable act. Their skit imitated the show "America's Next Top Model," but their skit was titled "The Next Top Sorority." The women showed a lot of attitude in their stepping, prompting crowd interaction and cheering.
To add to the show's excitement the men of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity took
At the end of the show Zeta Phi Beta and its brother fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, were declared the step show winners.
Latasha reed, Spring 2004 graduate, performs with Zeta Phi Beta sorority as part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council's annual Greek Step Show Saturday night at the Lied Center. The sorority's skit was a parody of the show "America's Next Top Model" called "The Next Top Sorority."
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their routine old school. Their skit played off the '80s movie "The Last Dragon." Their skit had a B-Boy feel.
All the groups worked hard," said Melva Landrum, Minneapolis, Minn., senior and Zeta Phi Beta member. "And I hope that everyone enjoyed the show."
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
Seder
Some students were lucky and had parents who came in to town to celebrate with them. Arnold and Amy Terkel came from Broken Arrow, Okla., to visit their son, sophomore Andrew Terkel, for Seder.
home.
"It's nice to have a KU Jewish community to be your surrogate family," Lewis said.
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Many out-of-state students spent the first night of Passover at the homes of friends in the Kansas City area or other cities close to Lawrence.
For the second night, many came to celebrate with the Jewish community in Lawrence.
Terkel said the holiday was a good way to celebrate the Jewish culture with other people.
"It's a way for us to keep reliving our history," Terkel said.
His mother was happy to know that her son had a place to go to for the important holiday.
Regardless if family was present, the group inside the Lawrence Jewish Community Center prayed, sang and ate the specially prepared food made to celebrate Passover.
Edited by Jennifer Voldness