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DEBATE
DEVON CANTWELL Vice Presidential Candidate for Envision
"One thing that really needs to be improved at KU is networking between different student groups."
"The full time work for credit program that we are working on would give full course credit for full time internships."
MEGAN RITTER Vice Presidential Candidate for KUnited
"We want to start a Jayhawk tailgate because it's really expensive for student groups to tailgate right next to Memorial Stadium and fixing that would encourage safe tailgating and more networking."
"The Big Event is an idea we got from Texas A&M when students would all go out into their community and do a full day of community service."
— Edited by Kristen Liszewski
CAMPUS
KUganda screening film for human rights
Tonight, the KU community will have an opportunity to hear a first-hand account of the ongoing war and human rights struggle in Uganda.
KUganda, an on-campus group involved in raising awareness about the Invisible Children movement, is hosting a screening of the group's latest film, "GO," as part of its Legacy Tour.
Invisible Children is a nationwide organization dedicated to using media to influence the war in Uganda.
At tonight's screening, Pepito, a victim of the Ugandan war, will be a featured speaker.
Victims of this war are known as Internally Displaced Persons. According to the United Nations, these people have been removed from their
homes and are currently living in camps or other refugee-like situations. According to the Invisible Children website, there are currently 1 million people in IDP camps.
"What's happening in Uganda is a violation of basic human rights," said Arielle Hernandez, president of KUganda. "It connects all of us."
Hernandez, a junior from Houston, said that KUganda hosts a screening of an Invisible Children film each semester.
"To hear the stories and testimonies of these people, it makes it really real," Hernandez said.
Tonight's presentation will begin at 5 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
— Roshni Oommen
"He was a delightful man in every way," she said. "That is one of the most interesting days I've ever had."
LECTURE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
O'Connor grew up on a ranch in rural Arizona. She received her bachelor's degree in economics and her law degree both from Stanford University. She was working on the Arizona Court of Appeals when President Reagan extended a Supreme Court nomination to her.
"I did not seek that job," O'Connor said. "I didn't know if I could do it well enough."
But with encouraging words from her husband, the late John O'Connor, she accepted the president's nomination and became the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
"It is interesting that she was seemingly so isolated from Washington," Robert Bombard, a law student from Boulder, Co., said. "Her first visit was her trip to meet President Reagan, and it is so interesting to me that someone
nominated to the highest court,
until then, had never set foot in
the nation's capitol."
O'Connor also shared with the crowd how she landed her first job out of law school, and gave advice about pursuing job opportunities.
"These are tough times" she said. "It's hard to get jobs."
When O'Connor graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952, law firms did not hire women. She had two degrees from Stanford and still, she claimed, no law firm in California would give her an interview.
She sought out the San Mateo county attorney and volunteered to work for free until a job became available. About four months later she had her own office and a paycheck.
"That is what I tell young people today," O'Connor said. "You may have to be a little creative in getting that first job, but it's OK, make something of it and enjoy it."
O'Connor also spoke about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Stevens to come at the end of the summer and her hopes for cooperation among members of congress.
"We're at a time when there's so much controversy in the congress," O'Connor said. "I hope that we don't end up at odds with the selection of a new member of the court."
Above all, O'Connor emphasized to young lawyers the importance of an independent and impartial court to the country.
"Under our system of governance as we know it we have had one safe place and that safe place has been the courtroom, where it is possible for any citizen to have a fair and independent decision made by qualified decision makers," O'Connor said. "We can't let that go."
— Edited by Kristen Liszewski
NATIONAL
Exhibit celebrates Apollo 13 flight
CHICAGO — Surviving Apollo 13 astronauts and several flight directors reuited on Monday to remember a failed moon mission 40 years ago this week that they managed to turn into one of the greatest triumphs in the history of space exploration.
Those who gathered included Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, fellow crew member Fred Haise and NASA's legendary flight director, Gene Kranz — all three of whom were immortalized in the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," which starred Tom Hanks as Lovell.
"There's truly a unique bond. There is a brotherhood," Kranz said about how the crisis forged a lifelong bond between everyone involved.
The Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St., will move to 3701 Franklin Park Cir., if the City Commission passes the shelter's zoning application. Although staff members are in support of the move, which will provide more space for staff and people who use the shelter, many shelter users are worried about the shelter moving too far away from downtown
The Adler Planetarium, where the reunion took place, is holding a series of events this month commemorating the Apollo 13 flight. One exhibit includes a lunar helmet and gloves that Lovell was supposed to wear on the moon had the mission gone as planned.
On April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank exploded as the spaceship was four-fifths of the way to the moon. The crew, which included Jack Swigert, who died in 1982, was forced to scrap the moon mission and focus solely on getting back to Earth alive.
Lovell's calm if unsetting words to Mission Control following the explosion that, "Houston, we've had a problem"—now widely recited as, "Houston, we have a problem"—belied his quick internal calculation that their chances of survival were slim.
In Houston,Kranz led hundreds of flight controllers and engineers in a furious rescue plan. He insisted on Monday that he never allowed himself to believe that the plan could fail.
"But you don't put that in your mind," he said Monday. "You don't say how slim they are but rather how you can improve the odds."
LAWRENCE
New shelter location faces mixed reviews
Associated Press
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
If the application passes, the shelter, 214 W. 10th St., will move to a larger building at 3701 Franklin Park Cir., near Haskell Indian Nations University.
The City Commission vote on the Lawrence Community Shelter's zoning application has been deferred until April 20.
"We have no space," said Loring Henderson, the shelter director. "We are crowded beyond belief here."
However, while staff members are in favor of the move, many shelter users are concerned about how far away from downtown the new location is.
The current building is between 6,600 and 7,700 square feet. The new building is about 25,000 square feet, Henderson said.
The current shelter sleeps 53 in warmer months and 76 during the colder months. The new shelter plans to hold around 125 beds.
people are seen."
While space may be the main issue, Henderson said city politics have also played a role in instigating the move.
"The city doesn't like where we are," he said. "We are too near downtown, and they don't like the fact that homeless
But moving away from downtown could create issues for the shelter's users.
The lack of public transportation from downtown to the new shelter, for instance, could pose a problem for some, shelter-user David Mincey said.
"If you don't have actual appointments, you aren't going to be able to get bus passes, and that would be quite a long walk." Mincey said.
People might also look to other outlets for help, said Cathy Davies, who recently began using the shelter. Davies appreciates the help the current location has given to her and the rest of the community.
"I couldn't have survived the last month without them," she said. "They've been awesome to me."
However, Davies said people in need of help might look instead to churches and other organizations located downtown before going to the new shelter located farther away.
"The way the churches and Salvation Army helps down here, there's no way someone is going to go clear out in the country." Davies said. "I just don't see it happening."
To deal with the location
concerns, Henderson said plans are in the works for arranging a bus stop at the new shelter.
"We've met with the transit authority, and they're working hard to give us a bus stop." Henderson said. "They haven't committed to that, but it looks pretty likely that they will."
It would still be a regular fare,
but the shelter receives money
from the city for bus passes. Henderson said.
The shelter would transition to its new location 12 to 18 months after the application passes, Henderson said. "It depends on how fast we can raise the money," he said.
Already, the shelter has been quietly raising money for the transition, and shelter staff hope
to start a full public campaign the day after the approval, Henderson said.
The zoning application has already cleared the Lawrence Planning Commission and will go to the City Commission next week for final consideration.
Edited by Sarah Bluvas
View a video of shelter director Loring Henderson talking about the new location at kansan.com/videos
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