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Senate candidates' records reveal offenses
By Andy Marso
amarso@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Routine background checks by the Kansan on this year's Student Senate candidates revealed offences against Delta Force presidential candidate Blake Swenson and one Delta Force senate candidate.
The records were obtained from the Lawrence municipal and district courts.
Both coalitions had a number of traffic violations.
Swenson had a charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol in June of 2002, which was reduced to a charge of unlawful use of a driver's license.
Swenson
Swenson acknowledged the offense. He said he had gotten into a local bar with a driver's license that was not his.
Swenson paid a $300 fine for the offense
He said he didn't think it would hurt his chances for election.
"A lot of people on this campus have partaken in underage drinking." Swenson said.
Jared Keller, who is running for an off-campus seat with Delta Force had a minor in possession charge from August of 2003 that
was reduced to public consumption of alcohol. Keller paid a $400 fine for the offense.
He also had a charge of misde-
meanor theft on his record from
May of 2003. Keller said he and
a group of friends stole about $85
worth of hay bales from a local
hardware store for a party.
Week promotes world view
"It was late at night and we were thinking, it's dead grass, who really cares?" Keller said. "It was a really stupid thing to do, but it happened and I did it."
Keller and his friends repaid the hardware store for the hay bales the next day and Keller paid a $200 fine for the offense.
— Edited by Meghan Brune
By Marc Ingber
minger@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Although they usually take place in bigger cities, Lawrence will have its own type of World's Fair next week.
This weekend marks the start of the International Student Association's 52nd annual International Awareness Week. The association, which has about 200 members representing more than 100 countries, will host various events throughout the week including a volleyball tournament, a belly dance workshop, an international fashion show and a World Expo.
One of the main goals for the week is to show the student body that the association is not only for international students, said Maria Salcedo, Socorro, N.M., sophomore and public relations officer for the association.
She said having more domestic students in the association would
help the international students who don't speak a lot of English get acclimated to University life.
The week's two biggest events, the World Expo and the Festival of Nations, will take place on Friday.
At the World Expo, international students will set up exhibits for their native countries featuring pictures, flags, artifacts, cultural attire and musical instruments. About five hundred students from various elementary, junior high and high schools around the Lawrence area will attend the expo.
"I want to show them what Bolivia is all about so they will leave knowing a little bit about my country," said Gaston Araoz, junior from La Paz, Bolivia and president of the association.
At the Festival of Nations, international students will present a musical act, dance or any other type of cultural performance native to their country. The Anthony Daniels award also will be given out at this event, which is an award
INTERNATIONAL
AWARENESS WEEK
The International Student Association is holding its 52nd annual International Awareness Week
*Tomorrow:* Sand Volleyball Tournament, noon at Robinson Center.
■ Sunday: Kickoff Dinner "Flavors of the World," 6 p.m. at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread
■ Monday: International Jeopardy, 5 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union For more information visit www.ku.edu/~isa
presented to a faculty or staff member dedicated to multiculturalism.
Salcedo said all in all she expected about 1,000 people to attend International Awareness Week.
- Edited by Henry C. Jackson
Junior devotes time to multiculturalism
By Samia Khan
skhan@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Kit Leffler/Kansan
Krys Cole completes many tasks on campus, including work for the Multicultural Resource Center.
Every face in the crowd and every name in the phone book has a story behind it. Every week, Kansan staff writer Samia Khan tells the story of a randomly selected KU student.
Some might call Krys Cole's schedule crazy, but she likes to call it eclectic.
The Topeka junior has been involved in more activities and organizations than she can count
on both hands. She devotes as much time as possible to increasing diversity and variety in her life and on campus. Faces in the Crowd
"A lot of times if you're a student of color at KU, you want to help other students of color," the
Her freshman year she was involved in gospel choir, Black Student Union and the Multicultural Recruitment Team (MRT). Since then she has added Diversity Peer Education Team, Students Together Excelling in Education as Peers and KU Student Ambassadors to the list. She is also a web content analyst for Advanced Learning Technologies (ALTEC) in Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Melva Landrum, Cole's friend since freshman year, said helping the minority community was Cole's passion.
Diversity and multiculturalism are the biggest themes noticed in her activities. As the new chairwoman of MRT, she will help organize the recruitment of minorities to campus. With DPET, she gives presentations on respecting differences.
Minneapolis, Minn. junior said.
Cole focuses on multiculturalism because she likes to experience as much as she can.
She said people often don't realize multiculturalism means everybody, not just minorities.
Landrum said Cole was the type of person to try anything she's interested in at least once.
She plays violin, has tried to learn phrases from as many languages as possible and is willing to try any kind of food. She said she's eaten food from around the world, but couldn't tell you what half of it was.
"I've had parts and combinations of cows and pigs that I don't want to know about," she said. "And you can do lots of funny things with milk."
Cole's experimenting and curiosity has been with her all her life. In high school, she was tempted to tryout for the wrestling team. Now, when nobody is looking, she'll try listening to country music.
At the University, she has converted her interest in diversity and
variety into a full schedule of pursuits.
Cole spends an average of 10 to 12 hours on campus every day, for school, work or activities.
Her roommate, Rachel Balzer, said Cole had a powerful sense of responsibility. Balzer, Whitewater junior, said Cole would always go to class or work even if she wasn't well.
Sometimes her busy schedule catches up with her. Cole said she has shown up for work only to realize she is supposed to be at her other job.
She has also been scheduled to work two places at the same time.
"There are times I know I'm supposed to be somewhere but I just don't know where for a while." she said.
Cole calls herself a creature of habit. Working for diversity and incorporating it in her own life are all she knows.
"Resting is what Saturday or Sunday is for."
—Edited by Michelle Rodick