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March on Washington
Nearly 340 participants from Kansas and Missouri took part
in the March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., last weekend. The march was for freedom of choice in individual moral decisions. PAGE 3A
Research to find home
Research to find home Construction continues on the Structural Biology Center. The building will hold equipment, including one of the most powerful instruments used today, to study proteins. PAGE 5A
Tournament action
The men's golf team will enter the final round of the Big 12
the Big 12 Championship Tournament in fifth place. The tournament, held in Hutchinson, will conclude today.PAGE 12A
Miles' big opportunity
Miles' big opportunity Sportswriter Kevin Flaherty says Aaron Miles could follow in point guard Jamaal Tinsley's footsteps next season. PAGE 12A
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KANSAN
April 27, 2004
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.139
Senate attendance dwindles
Senators not suspended for missing too many meetings
By Andy Marso
amarso@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate attendance rules, enforced earlier in the year, have been ignored in the past few months, resulting in a number of senators remaining in Senate despite several absences.
According to Senate rules, senators are to be immediately suspended after their third absence of the semester, excused or unexcused, by the Student Executive Committee chair. Roll call is taken at the
STUDENT SENATE
beginning and end of every meeting, with senators receiving a half-absence for every roll call missed.
In the past two months, 15 senators have accumulated three or more absences, but none has been brought before StudEx chairman Kyle Johnson for suspension.
for suspension Johnson said Marynell Jones, Student Senate executive secretary, who records
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ROLL CALL
According to Student Senate rules, senators are to be suspended after three or more absences from senate meetings in a semester. Fifteen senators have accumulated three or more absences this semester without being suspended. Roll call is taken at the beginning and end of every meeting.Senators receive a half-absence for every roll call missed.
Senator Absences
Senator — Absences
John Beyerlee, associate senator — 6.5
Evan Billings, fine arts senator — 3.5
Bobby Birihray, CLAS senator — 6.5
Melinda Bratthauer, nontraditional senator — 4 (Had a baby during semester)
Greyson Clymer, CLAS senator — 3
Carl Folsom, graduate senator — 3
Bradley Hoff, graduate senator — 3.5
Andrea Hughey, journalism senator — 4
Leo Khayet, CLAS senator — 3
Stephanie LeClaire, journalism senator --- 4
Erica Padish, associate senator --- 3.5
Patrick Quinn, off-campus senator --- 4.5
Chris Stachura, First Nations Student Association senator --- 5
Andrew Tran, Asian American Student Union senator --- 5.5
Egan Waggoner, CLAS senator --- 3.5
Source: Student Senate office
Shirtless ambassador
Free spirit shares his love, knowledge of world beat music
By Samia Khan skhan@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
On a nice day, you might see Joe McGuire walking through campus while singing to himself, dancing to the music pulsing through his headphones — and he'll probably be shirtless.
Or he might be in front of Watson Library in nothing but shiny, multicolored tight shorts, playing Bocci ball with his roommate. Whatever he's doing, Joe tries to "dance to the beat of his own rhythm."
The sophomore from Kansas City, Mo., has been learning about the rhythms of world music most of his life. He has also been trying to get others to explore cultures and find their own beat. At the University of Kansas, he is a co-host of the popular KJHK radio program called Latin Lab, which now has regular live performances. Through Latin Lab and his own passion, Joe has continued to learn and spread the word about world music, and how cultural fusions can help break norms and barriers.
Jeff Brandsted/Kansar
His music and his passion are part of his quirky personality. Joe, who earned the nickname "Shirtless Joe," said he rarely wore a shirt to class his first year. He'll do whatever makes him comfortable, including taking off his shirt.
Joe McGuire, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, has earned the nickname "Shirtless Joe" for breaking the social norm of wearing a shirt.
In a sociology class of 900 students, Joe, who wasn't wearing a shirt that day, was called out as an example of breaking a social norm. He said he has always done what he felt with little inhibition because he likes to have fun, be carefree and entertain.
and entertain.
For the last year and a half, he has been doing Latin Lab with Carlos Centeno, senior from Caracas, Venezuela, and Jayplay writer. Joe and Centeno met five minutes before Latin Lab went on-air. Both agreed that the chemistry was natural and their styles clicked.
for this it was like it was supposed to happen — like we were long lost brothers or something," Joe said.
While Latin Lab was on the radio, Joe began learning about being a live DJ from his brother, Oz McGuire. Joe calls Oz his greatest musical influence. Oz, a 2001 KU graduate and former JKH KJ, said he
tried to motivate his brother to continue writing and producing his own music as well as being a DJ.
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City to reconsider bringing smoking-ban vote to public
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Last week, the Lawrence City commission voted to allow citizens to petition for a public vote on a proposed citywide smoking ban. But after a week of discussion, commissioners are rethinking this referendum.
referendum. The issue is not on the agenda for tonight's meeting because Commissioner Sue Hack will be absent. But Commissioner Boog Highberger will move to reconsider the referendum at next week's meeting, he said.
Highberger originally voted for the referendum but is now questioning that decision. Highberger said he thought a petition and public vote would generate more discussion on the issue but did not think about how outside money could
Boog Highberger City commissioner
"My heart would prefer to find a solution such as a time limit, but my head says I have to vote for a total ban if it really is a workplace health issue."
sway the vote's outcome.
Highberger said he was concerned that tobacco proponents and opponents from outside the city would spend money on the campaigns. That would force the Lawrence public health community to spend money. Highberger said this spending would be a waste of financial resources.
"It would be a circus," he said.
If commissioners vote to reverse the referendum next Tuesday, Highberger will then move to vote on the smoking ban, he said.
Last Tuesday, Commissioner David Dunfield and Mayor Mike Rundle voted for the smoking ban. Commissioners Highberger, Hack and David Schauner voted against the ban. But Highberger said, if given the opportunity, he would vote for a full smoking ban next week.
"I am really torn." Highberger said. "My heart would prefer to find a solution such as a time limit, but my head says I have to vote for a total ban if it really is a workplace health issue."
If all other commissioners vote as they did last week, a ban would pass.
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Law dean considers leaving for UCLA job
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
McAllister will visit the university
McAllister will visit tomorrow and Thursday for interviews.
Stephen McAllister, dean of law, is one of four finalists interviewing for the position of dean of law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Webb Hecker, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Kansas law school, said it would be sad to lose a former student and successful dean.
McAllister graduated from the University with his bachelor's degree in 1985 and from the law school in 1988. He has been dean of the school since 2000 and with the faculty since 1993.
"I certainly could stay at KU for the rest of my life and be happy here," he said.
McAllister
Hecker said that despite his opportunity, McAllister was still loyal to the University.
"He's an expert on many issues, and we'd be losing a great asset to the school."
in the University.
"He has boundless energy that he's devoted to this place, and he's been very good at heightening the law school nationally."
Kelli Colyer
second-year law student
Hecker said. The school ranks second nationally as an affordable top law school and is one of the top five state supported law schools in the country, Hecker said.
Sidney Butcher, second-year law student, said that McAllister had been supportive in the law school and that students wanted him to stay.
Kelli Colyer, second-year law student, said McAllister had experience with constitutional law and had connections with the U.S. Supreme Court, working for Justice Clarence Thomas and former Justice Byron White.
"He's an expert on many issues, and we'd be losing a great asset to the school," Colyer said.
schoer. If McAllister left, he would vacate his position as dean as well as his position as interim director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. Richard Konzem, assistant director of the institute, said it would be disappointing if McAllister left, but that the UCLA job was a good position.
McAllister said the Southern California climate, the tremendous metropolitan area and the size of the school — twice that of the University's law school in terms of students and faculty — were factors for McAllister's possible departure.
"It's a great public school, great law school," McAllister said. "It's too good not to consider."
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