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New officers set The Black Student Union officially welcomed new officers into their positions last night. The incoming president has already set goals and made plans for next year. PAGE 3A
Internet restored Internet access is being restored on Daisy Hill. Students can access a Web site available to only ResNet users and follow a procedure to restore full access. PAGE 3A
Niang's back
Moulaye Niang announced that he would return to the Kansas
basketball team next season. He entertained offers from several schools. The Jayhawks now have two scholarships free to recruit for next year, because of David Padgett and Omar Wilkes leaving the team. PAGE 1B
Fearless fighting Members of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club learn a fighting discipline that has few rules. Jiu-Jitsu is not traditional martial arts and it's not wrestling, but one thing is for sure — the goal is to win.PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
May 4, 2004
ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.144
RIAA cracks down
Two unidentified students to be subpoenaed
By Steve Vockrodt
svockrodt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is awaiting subpoenas from the Recording Inustry Association of America before deciding how to proceed on lawsuits filed against two KU students.
The RIAA announced last week that it is filing 477 new lawsuits against file-sharers nationwide.
Lynn Bretz, director of University Relations, said the suits have been filed in U.S. District Court and the University has received them. The suits identify the defendants as "John Doe #1" and "John Doe #2."
Neither the RIAA, the courts, the University nor the students themselves know who the defendants are. The RIAA knew only the IP addresses of the students.
HAVE YOU DOWNLOADED THESE SONGS?
Here are the downloaded music files of the two KU students whom the RIAA is suing:
Doe #1
- Dixie Chicks — You Were Mine
- Beastie Boys — Sabotage
- Journey — Who's Crying Now?
- Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight
- Alabama — I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)
- Clint Black — Like The Rain
- Phil Vassar — Carlene
- 98 Degrees — I Do (Cherish You)
- Martina McBride — Still Holding On
Van Halen — You Really Got Me
Clint Black — Life Gets Away
Doe #2
An IP, or Internet Protocol, address is a numeric address given to a computer connected to the Internet.
Doe #2
Rage Against The Machine — Killing In
The Name Of
Nirvana — Come As You Are
Smashing Pumpkins — Bullet With
Butterfly Wings
U2 — Mysterious Ways
Deftones — Be Quiet And Drive
Source: RIAA
Bretz could not comment further on the case or the University's position on the lawsuits.
SEE RIAA ON PAGE 6A
needed to the interface. The University will take no further action until subpoenas are received.
April showers bring May flowers
A jogger ran behind a flower planter in front of the Physical Plant Maintenance and Service building. Yesterday's warm weather was optimal for runners.
Lawrence area rough on allergy sufferers
By Bill Cross
bcross@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
There's something magical about springtime — something in the air. For some, it's love. For many students, it's pollen.
It's allergy season. Sneezes and coughs interrupt lectures. Students sit in the hallways with heads buried in their hands.
Sean Merrion, Overland Park junior, goes through this routine daily. He suffers from seasonal pollen allergies, or hay fever.
fever.
"I rub my eyes persistently in the mornings, but that just makes it worse in the long run, and there's really nothing you can do," he said.
Nancy Olson, pediatrician at the KU Children's Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said pollen counts were highest in the morning.
counts were highest in the day. The comfort eases during the day, as pollen counts decline and sinuses drain.
According to a four-year study conducted by research firm Sperling's Best Places, the Kansas City area is the worst in the United States for pollen and mold allergies.
Allergic reactions are a result of the human immune system. Sometimes the immune system is too eager to help and attacks a harmless intruder in the body, such as a pollen particle or a mold spore
John Brown, professor of molecular biosciences, said specialized cells in the immune system are responsible for releasing histamines. When these cells bond to antigens — such as viruses, bacteria, or in some cases pollen — they release histamines that cause small blood vessels to expand. These vessels are like a Chinese finger trap — when they expand, materials can easily pass in and out of the bloodstream. In a normal immune response, white blood cells exit the vessels into the surrounding tissue to kill the intruder. In allergic reactions, the inflammation is pointless and irksome.
is pointless and misleading.
For most seasonal allergy sufferers this
SMOKING BAN
SEE ALLERGIES ON PAGE 6A
Commissioners vote tonight on local ordinance
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
City commissioners are expected to vote on a smoking ban at tonight's commission meeting with four commissioners leaning in favor of a ban.
naming in favor of a ban. It would take three votes of the five city commission members to enact a ban, which would take effect July 1.
Commissioner David Schauner said he would vote for a ban because of the health risks that second-hand smoke presented.
ban, which would take away some One commissioner, Sue Hack, is against a ban.
"People talk about what is fair and what is unfair for businesses," Schauner said. "But it's really about what's good for people who work in closed spaces."
Some businesses would suffer economically from a ban, but smoking-related medical costs would hurt more by bringing about economic downfall, he said. For example, higher medical costs would raise health insurance rates.
should raise health concerns. Regardless of how the commissioners vote, pro-smoking ban and anti-smoking ban groups car petition for a citywide vote on the issue. If they gather 3,800 signatures, citizens could vote on the issue in the August primaries or in
"People talk about what is fair and what is unfair for business. But it's really about what's good for people who work in closed spaces."
David Schauner Lawrence city commissioner
Winger, city manager David Kinglsley, president of the smoking task force appointed by former mayor David Dunfield, said he wanted to see the city vote for a full ban that would eliminate smoking inside restaurants and bars. For a year, Kingsley and six other task force members studied the health effects of second-hand smoke, smoking bans in other cities and the economic implications associated with banning smoking. The task force then presented its findings to city officials at the end of March.
November's general election, said Mike Wildgen, city manager.
For Kingsley's work to pay off, he said the city should have the final say in the ban issue. His year-long study would
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Hack plans to give residents a choice
By Ron Knox
rknox@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Inside The Hair Cut, a salon that tailors its business to men, Sue Hack sits in a padded black chair usually occupied by waiting customers and talks about smoking.
The former mayor and current city commissioner smoked for years. Today, she says the habit is filthy, horribly addictive, and more than anything, just a stupid —
"That doesn't mean you get to decide for people," her daughter Anne says, interrupting her mother mid-sentence.
interrupting her mount.
Anne sits, knees to her chest on a stair
to the elevated shop floor. Behind her,
barbers pull their scissors and combs
from black Craftsman tool boxes.
"Smoking is a choice thing. I think Mom knows that," she says, glancing over at Sue.
over at Sue. The salon, 3727 W. Sixth St., is a day job for Anne. At night she bartends and works in promotions at Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., and the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
And Sue listens. But when she casts her vote tonight about whether to ban indoor smoking in Lawrence, she has to
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"You can make more money working full-time at Target than you can working in a bar," Anne says, watching the door for customers. "I work around smoke because I want to. It's my choice."
Anne knows that most people who patronize her bars smoke. She smokes, too. When Sue asked her for her opinion on the issue, she told her.
Sue Hack, Lawrence city commissioner, has voted against implementing a smoking ban in Lawrence. Hack said the commissioners have not had enough time to explore all the options available to them. The commission is scheduled to vote on the ban tonight.
consider the opinions of others besides her daughter.
Sue listens to her constituents, they certainly let her know how they feel. After being out of town for a week, she came back to find 373 e-mails about the ban in her inbox.
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