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any signs that encourage solely male or female users, but display themselves as neutral or gender-free bathrooms. These restrooms have signs that only say "Bathroom," or are often displayed as "family bathrooms."
As part of an effort to reach out to the transgendered community, Queers and Allies will be providing only gender-neutral bathrooms at all of its events during this year's Pride Week, which begins today.
Blankers found four gender-neutral bathrooms. He's currently searching for more, and hopes to make a map of all on-campus gender-neutral bathrooms in Twente Hall.
"Every single time I ever have to go to the bathroom, it's something I think about." Blankens said. "It's important for people who aren't readily perceived as male or female"
Sara Thompson, executive director of KU Queers and Allies, said that at each event, members of Q&A will place signs outside of the restrooms that advertise them as gender-free. She said they won't cover up the already existing 'male' or 'female' bathroom signs, but will acknowledge the fact that anyone who feels comfortable in is allowed to use either.
In order to be allowed to convert the Union restrooms into gender-neutral restrooms, Q&A had to receive permission from the Kansas Memorial Unions staff. Rachel Gadd-Nelson, educational outreach coordinator of Q&A, said the union staff understood the educational importance of gender-neutral restrooms.
Thompson said the importance of gender-neutral bathrooms extends beyond Pride Week.
"It's a really big issue for transgendered folk or gender-neutral folk," said Thompson, a senior from Salina. "It makes society uncomfortable. But people are people — everyone deserves respect. We want everyone to feel comfortable."
The bathroom de-classification is meant to be as much of an educational tool as it is to offer a practical solution, Rachel Gadd-Nelson, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., said.
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"People who are going into the bathrooms at our events know what bathroom they're going into, and they're letting people know," she said. "It's giving them something to think about."
ODD NEWS
Stick shift stops car jacking and robbery
FOUNTAIN HILL, Pa. — Police in eastern Pennsylvania said two men tried to rob and car jack a pizza delivery driver but were defeated by the vehicle's standard transmission. Fountain Hill police said the Domino's Pizza driver had stopped at a red light early Friday when a man ran up to the vehicle from the rear and grabbed her by the throat and shirt. He demanded money while a second man tried to open the passenger door.
Fire captain arrested after refusal to leave
Police said the driver reported that the men fled after making a reference to the manual transmission. Investigators did not say whether they escaped with any money from the driver.
LEADVILLE, Colo. — Prosecutors in Colorado are deciding whether to file charges against a fire captain who was arrested and handcuffed during an emergency call.
City officials say Dailey went to the sheriff's office to help after someone called an ambulance for a woman with a neck injury. They say deputies arrested Dailey after he refused their orders to leave.
Fire Capt. Dan Dailey was released about an hour after his March 27 arrest.
City officials defended Dailey's decision to go to the scene. Sheriff Ed Holte (HOLT) was out of the office Friday and didn't respond to a message.
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related to bottled water. Soechtig was initially inspired to advocate for reusable water bottles after learning 1,500 bottles end up in a landfill every second.
crowds — some nights only 15 people showed up. But whether it is 15 or 200, Soechtig said, they will continue on, even if it is one person at a time.
The journey for Soechtg has been filled with inspiring support and some disappointing
"At the end of the day, we are just two girls driving across the country with this movie."
For information on the tour and film, go to www.tappedthe film.com.
Soechtig said.
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For information on the tour and film, visit www. tappedthefilm.com.
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Grace Hsu, a senior from Overland Park, hides behind a Jayhawk at the Lied Center Saturday afternoon. Hsu played a zombie in the game Zombies vs. Humans and hoped to infect the humans before the end of the game. At the last moment, while battling a human, Hsu was defeated. Zombies vs. Humans is a nationwide rule-playing game that has recently found its way to UI.
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participants thought the pace was too slow at times. Humans and zombies alike also wished the game could have been played campus-wide, rather than being restricted to West Campus.
Hanson and co-founder Sydney Ballesteros wanted to play the game campus wide, but KU administrators forced them to limit the first game to West
Campus, citing safety reasons, Hanson hoped the game would be able to expand, possibly only across the bridge to Daisy Hill, for their next round.
Ballesteros, a freshman from Stafford, Va., said she hoped that the game would eventually grow as much as it had at other universities.
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to socks as its sole weapons.
The group hoped that Nerf guns — also banned by administrators in the same's KU debut
Overall, Hanson said the game was a success and he was satisfied
"They have a whole entire week and people get dressed up and it gets freaking crazy," Ballesteros said.
with how it went.
"Everyone had a good time and there were a lot of laughs," Hanson said. "That's what we were really going for."
Hanson said he expected the next set of games to start sometime around the first week of May.
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