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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 123
STUDENT SENATE
Election violations result in fines, removal of candidates
BY ANNIE VANGSNES anniev@kansan.com
Envision presidential candidate Ross Ringer and vice presidential candidate Devon Cantwell were disqualified from the Student Senate election and KUnited was fined last week for election code violations.
Elections Commissioner Jessica Lewicki, a first-year law student from Jackson Hole, Wyo., filed the complaint against the Envision coalition for not meeting the 5 p.m.
filing deadline March 22 to turn in 500 student signatures.
Ringer said he slid the signatures
Ringer said he under the office door where the drop box was a couple of hours after the deadline.
Ringer
"At 5 we had the choice of not turning in enough signatures or waiting and getting all
and getting all 500 and turning
them in to the office," Ringer said.
Lewicki said the hearing board also questioned the validity of signatures because some signatures had been repeated multiple times, photocopied or had other alterations.
Ringer said he kept the original signatures and turned in photocopies to the commission as a precaution in case the signatures were lost. He said it might have been possible to have repeated signatures only because there were multiple people out gathering them and the
coalition also collected more than 500 signatures in case there were repeats.
Ringer said he and Cantwell were only notified of the complaint against late signatures and not of the validity of the signatures before the hearing Thursday evening.
"When we were notified of all the complaint we weren't given all the reasons why they brought the complaint forth," Ringer said. "We were only told one part of it and they made a decision that was not based on anything they had previously
told us."
Cantwell said she and Ringer only had the opportunity to address the fact that the signatures were late and not their validity. She said they received the board's rationale a few hours after the decision was given and after the hearing had ended.
Lewicki said the original hearing was called only to address the late signatures. It wasn't until the hearing began that the commission members started questioning the validity of signatures because that was the first time they had
the opportunity to look at them, she said.
"They started to look at the signatures and notice discrepancies and that's what pushed them over the edge to determine it was an egregious offense." Lewicki said.
Ringer said he plans to file an appeal with University Governance to put his and Cantwell's names back on the ballot.
Lewicki said governance will try
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LAWRENCE
Collin Johnson/KANSAN
Stefanie Rivera, a freshman from Dallas, holds the door for Deede Thompson, a freshman from Ada, Okla., and Lilly Brommann, a freshman from Chicago, as they exit Joe College Sunday afternoon. After a long legal battle with the University, Joe College is closing its doors for good. Rivera, Thompson and Bromann said that they understand the reason behind its closing but Bromann voiced a bit of frustration, adding, "People love it so much, so why shut it down?" Wednesday, March 31 st is the store's final day.
Joe College holds close-out sale
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
The storefront was littered with 'going out of business' signs, and the store was full of customers
A little more than four years after opening, Joe College, 734 Massachusetts St., will be closing its doors on Wednesday.
looking for $5-to-$10 discounted shirts.
Kansas Athletics Inc., filed suit against Joe College, which sells shirts that look similar to officially licensed apparel, about six months after the store opened in 2006. For three years the Athletics Department and Joe College battled through the courts and Joe College was ordered to pay
$127,337 in damages and $667,507 in legal fees.
The Joe College Twitter account said it would also be balting online sales. Owner Larry Sinks and his attorney James Tilly were unavailable to comment about the reason for closing the store.
Edited by Drew Anderson
GREEK LIFE
Date auction benefits diabetes
BY KIRSTEN KWON
kkwon@kansan.com
The bidding started at $10.
The bidding started at $10.
At first, silence cut through the room. Then —
"101 151 201 25! Sold to the girl in front for 25 dollars!"
Members of Alpha Gamma Delta sit at The Granada during a fundraising event for diabetes. Members of the sorority and the Theta Chi fraternity were auctioned off for dates to raise money for diabetic research.
The girl didn't pay for a piece of artwork or an antique necklace for her mother.
The sorority and fraternity came together to support the Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation, an organization that's dedicated to finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The Epsilon Beta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta raises money for
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The diabes charity date auction last night at The Granada featured the opportunity to win a night out with members of Alpha Gamma Delta and The Chi.
She purchased a date with the money going toward diabetic research.
fun event," Rachel Lantis, a junior
"This hasn't been done yet on campus and it's going to be a really
diabetic research for their philanthropy.
Valerie Skubal/KANSAN
Daffodils bloom behind Blake Hall. The sun helps battle the symptoms of seasonal depression.
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Students succumb to seasonal spring fever
Warm weather lifts spirits and raises absences
BY KIRSTEN KWON kkwon@kansan.com
The temperatures are rising, the sun is shining and the end of the semester is nearly in sight. If you've found yourself with restless behavior in the classroom, with the urge to clean the house or day dreaming more than usual, you've probably caught the bug: spring fever.
It should come as no surprise that every year when the weather starts to warm up students seem less motivated and more relaxed.
"When it's nice out I would rather be hanging out with my friends outside, playing some games, maybe drinking a few beers along with it," she said.
Laura Shulkin, a junior from Deerfield, Ill., said once it gets warm, she finds herself torn between going to class and opting for a more fun option.
This newfound, stress-free lifestyle is sometimes believed to negatively affect overall attendance and grades at the University.
However, Jason Barrett-Fox, English and women's studies lecturer, said his students typically respond positively to the nicer weather.
"I think students are more peppy thanks to the sun," Barrett Fox said. "Usually students seem to do better in the spring. The sun seems to help them."
Barrett-Fox also said he didn't see more absences in the spring but that it wasn't unusual for Friday classes to be more empty.
Shane Schauf, a graduate teaching assistant of philosophy, said his attendance rate goes down in the spring semester.
"Especially if it's been a hard winter I'm not surprised to see a lack of motivation because people have had cabin fever," he said.
Symptoms of the winter depression known as Seasonal Affective Disorder drastically decrease with the spring season, according to www.generalmedicine.com. To replace the feelings of excessive sleepiness and a lack of energy, the body's secretion of melatonin
is lower in the spring when the body is exposed to sunlight, which causes more wakefulness.
If students are ditching the
If students at classroom, chances are they're heading to Massachusetts Street among other local hang out spots.
Sarah Franklin, general manager at Jefferson's, 743 Massachusetts, said the nice
"I think students are more peppy thanks to the sun."
JASON BARRETT-FOX English lecturer
weather brings people downtown which inevitably helps local businesses. "Especially with the way Lawrence has set up the business district, the weather brings in more people because they are walking
from place to place," Franklin said. "I think students tend to get a little spring fever and they're wanting to get out there and enjoy the city."
Shulkin said she supported Lawrence businesses more frequently in the spring months.
"I eat out a lot when it's nice out so I can sit outside," she said. "I tend to walk down Mass. Street once it's nice out and do a little shopping."
When the snow melts away and students feel more active than they have in months, it's safe to say that spring has begun and the fever has officially set in.
When the snow
Edited by Becky Howlett
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