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KANSAN
May 13,2004
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.151
Student ticket controversy
Senators sav Clinton ticket allotment unfair, ask to move event to Fieldhouse
By Anna Clovis aclovis@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Student senators, upset with the distribution of tickets for former President Bill Clinton's lecture, are trying to force administrators to change the venue from the Lied Center to Allen Fieldhouse.
The 700 tickets made available for the public yesterday at 11 a.m. were gone in 25 minutes. Between 2,500 and 3,000 people waited in the rain outside the Lied Center for tickets. According to Network and
Telecommunication Services, 65,817 telephone calls were made to the Lied Center ticket number. 864-ARTS, between 11 a.m and noon yesterday.
Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president, said the reasoning behind moving the event was because student access to tickets was limited.
"The purpose of the Dole Institute is to expose ordinary citizens to government."
Dunlap said he spoke with Richard Konzem, associate director for administration of the institute, Steve McAllister, interim director of the institute, Chancellor Robert Hemenway, and Richard Johnson, dean of students, to discuss moving the event.
Dunlap said.
Clinton
students, to discuss moving the Dupla a decision had not yet been made because of security issues. He said because of other presidential appearances in Kansas next week, the Secret Service was spread thin and would prefer to keep the event at the Lied Center. That does not mean Allen Fieldhouse is out of the question, Dunlap said. A decision could come as early as tomorrow, Dunlap said.
Konzem said the institute had considered Allen Fieldhouse, which seats 16,300, as the location for the event but decided against it because of concerns with the building's sound system and security.
Originally, 1,900 seats were available for the event, but Konzem said 1,200 seats were reserved for VIPs including donors to the institute, media, state legislators and institute volunteers.
SEE CLINTON ON PAGE 9A
RAISING THE BAR
Former star strives to ascend football ranks PHOTOS BY KIT LEFFLER
STORY BY JOE BANT — PHOTOS BY KIT LEFFLER
Matt Patterson was a football star in high school.
A running back since the first time he laced up a pair of cleats at age six, he shined in three
years as a starter at Archbishop O'Hara High School in Kansas City, Mo.
He scored touchdowns — 54 in total. He gained yards more than 5,000. Both statistics still stand as school records. A two-time team captain, he led his team to playoff-caliber seasons each year he took the field.
He signed autographs for kids after games. He was the kind of a player who would cause the crowd to hold its collective breath every time he touched the ball. He was a star.
time he touched the ball "We knew we had something special when he came in freshman year," said Jim DeMarea, kind high school coach.
Now, just a couple years later, no one knows who he is.
As fourth string running back for the University of Kansas football team, Matt, a red
shirt freshman, played in zero games last season. He didn't suit up for the games on the road. The home games, he spent on the sidelines — a stolc number 36, cheering the team on and waiting for his opportunity, his short 5-foot-8 frame seeming even shorter surrounded by his taller teammates.
Likely entering next year with a similar spot on the depth chart, Matt is looking at another season of hard practices and sparse playing time.
Though the former high school phenom has had to get used to not being a first-stringer, he said he felt no bitterness or resentment. He said he accepted his backup role and wanted to eventually move up by continuing to work hard and think positively.
SEE PATTerson ON PAGE 8A
Cramming does little for finals
By Samia Khan
skhan@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
For the more difficult finals on campus, cramming won't help. In some classes the subject matter is harder than students originally thought. In other classes, understanding the material from the beginning is more important than memorizing a textbook. Sometimes there just isn't enough time.
If you're looking for a quick way to ace your finals, good luck.
Just ask Brad Torgler. He has spent the last two days awake in the aerospace engineering lab, and he hasn't really started studying yet.
The Overland Park junior is taking two of Richard Hale's aerospace engineering classes. He's still working on a report for Hale's structures class. It's at 95 pages now, but he estimates it will be close to 120 when he's finished.
"He definitely demands a lot," he said of Hale.
Tongler will be sleep-deprived and over-
for his aerospace finals.
He described the classes as more practical learning.
Trying to memorize the material does not help.
worked before he even has a chance to focus on finals. Torgler said he usually put in 40 hours per week studying
H a l e said the projects leading up to finals week were usually t he toughest part of the course.
SEE FINALS ON PAGE 9A
Book causes stir among sororities
By Azita Tafreshi
atafreshi@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Robbins
Alexandra Robbins was like any other 19-year-old sorority hopeful. She had survived "rush," bonded with her pledge class, went to date parties and even witnessed
Robbins was actually a 27-year-old author and journalist, but throughout the 2002 to 2003 school year, she posed as a college student to expose the inner-word
hazing. But one important difference separated Robbins from the rest — she was experiencing sorority life undercover.
expose the interworkings of sorority life. Now a New York Times best-seller, her new book Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities investigates the stereotypical images of sororities portrayed in movies like Legally Blonde and Animal House. Images that not all sorority members at the University of Kansas think are representative of greek life.
Through her observations, Robbins found that "many of the rumors (as well as the fantasies) about sororities are staggeringly true, including those concerning loyalty, sex, conformity, drugs, violence, verbal abuse, mind games, prostitution, racism, forced binge drinking, nudity, cheating, eating disorders, rituals, 'mean girls' and secrecy," as she wrote in her book.
Although she did note that not all sororities embody these experiences, Robbins spent most of her book focusing on details of this nature.
on details of and the stories.
Jenni Grode, member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, said the controversial book had already generated discussion among sorority members. But she said she thought Pledged was a balanced attempt at revealing the truth that she would recommend to people both in and outside the Greek community.
"I think it makes you question things you should question about what your organization is based on, and then what it really is in real life." Grode, Edmond, Okla., sophomore, said.
SEE PLEDGED ON PAGE 9A
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