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The Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, a bar dedicated to live music, opened its doors March 23, but the owner said there was still plenty of work to do. PAGE 5A
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1-1 tie against
1-1 tie against Creighton after game officials ended the game because of darkness. PAGE 12A
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
April 2,2004
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.122
Lord Wads to focus on TV show
2003 candidate wants to maintain involvement in Senate elections
By Andy Marso
amarso@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
There's something missing from this year's Student Senate election. There's no gleam of armor, no clash of jousters and no visions of being king of the University of Kansas.
Basically, there's no Brett Wadsworth
Baskey, a.k.a. Lord Wads, is the Overland Park senior who formed a third coalition last year and took on more traditional politicians from Delta Force and KUnited in a long-shot crusade for student body president.
Lord Wads and the 12 Knights of the Crusade got 184 votes, losing to KUnited by more than 2,000, but bringing a spirit of adventure to the elections. They wore armor, capes and makeshift crowns and hosted a jousting tournament using PVC piping in place of spears and bikes in place of mighty
steeds. They championed unusual platform issues such as smoking in classrooms and giving automatic F's to students whose cell phones ring during class.
just for us to have a good time," Wadsworth said. "This is KU, where anybody can do anything they want. It's kind of like a little DisneyWorld."
"Our original idea was
Wadsworth decided not to run this year because he's concentrating on his KUJH TV show, The Wonderful World of Wads.
Last spring, Brett Wadsworth, Overland Park junior, jousted with Peter Thornhill, Mission Hills freshman, on the lawn of Strong Hall. Wadsworth said that the jousting activities were to attract attention to last year's campaign for election as student body president.
Drew Thomas, holdover senator, ran against Wadsworth with Delta Force last year and said the Lord Wads campaign brought attention to the election that wasn't there this year.
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LOCKED UP
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Story by ANDYMARSO
On Saturday, Feb. 7, a man in a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans approached K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall about 10 p.m. The hall was locked, but the man saw a resident milling around in the kitchen. He knocked on the door.
Amira, like every scholarship hall, is a community of about 50 residents where everyone knows everyone else. The resident didn't recognize the man, so he asked what he was doing. The man said he was there to see "Chris" on the second floor. There were two men named Chris on that floor, so the Amini resident told him to go ahead.
told him to go ahead.
The man went to the second floor and knocked on doors. If residents answered, he said he was there to see Chris, and they told him he had the wrong room. But they didn't watch as he went to other rooms. In four rooms no one answered, and there the man carried out his true intentions. He stole a PlayStation, games, Palm Pilots, a CD player and other items.
Amiini residents came home to find their belongings missing, the victims of a burglar who took advantage of their community's open nature. No one blamed the resident who had let the burglar in.
"He did more than a lot of people would even do," Mike Khadavi, Amini president, said. "Most guys' halls don't put much emphasis on making sure guests are with residents."
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The residents of the men's scholarship halls say they're paying more attention to security lately, in part because of the Amini burglary. But they're still
Abby Tillery/Kansan
The front door of Douthart Scholarship Hall requires a numerical code to unlock the door. Douthart has a reputation for having fort-like security.
Repomed scholarship hall crimes 2000 to 2003 The men's halls have reported 71 crimes, while the women's halls have reported 87. Thirty-eight thefts and 21 burglaries have been reported from the men's halls and the women's halls have reported 24 thefts and nine burglaries. Burglaries often include thefts. All of the women's halls have more stringent security policies than the men's.
Source: KU Public Safety Office
Sean Smith/Kansan
CAMPUS
25 graduate programs reach top 25 for public universities
The University of Kansas has 25 graduate programs that rank in the top 25 programs for public universities, according to the 2005 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools."
The program of city management and urban policy and the special education program both rank first. Other programs in their respective top 10s include: community health is tied for second; paleontology ranks third; public management ranks fourth; occupational therapy is tied for fourth; public affairs is tied for fifth; audiology ranks fifth; speech-language-pathology ranks sixth; sedimentology/stratigraphy ranks seventh; social work is tied for eighth; physical therapy is tied for 10th.
Thirteen other programs were between 10 and 25. Nursing-midwifery is tied for 12th; music is tied for 12th; nursing-anesthesia is tied for 14th; public finance and budgeting is tied for 17th; health services administration is tied for
18th; clinical child psychology is tied for 19th; nursing is tied for 20th; rural medicine is tied for 22nd; clinical psychology is tied for 23rd; drama/theatre is tied for 23rd; history is tied for 23rd; aerospace engineering is tied for 24th; and the School of Education is tied for 25th.
"The University of Kansas continues to be one of the best universities in the nation," said KU Ghancellor Robert Hemenway in a press release. "The dedication of our faculty and students to teaching, learning and research is outstanding."
— Naeley J. Spelimeier
Weight control project to expand
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By Matt Rodriguez
modriguez@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A new program at the University of Kansas is shifting its weight to the center of the state.
Control Research
The Weight Project, led by Joseph Donnelly, exercise and weight management researcher at the University, plans to expand its program to Hays and Salina within a year.
WEIGHT
LOSS HELP
"Kansas does not stop at T o p e k a , " Donnelly said. "We will attend to the rural section as we can."
Anyone interested in learning more about the Weight Control Research Project may call (785) 864-0782 in Lawrence or (913) 588-9422 in Kansas City.
Donnelly has a background in obesity and weight management research and has used his expertise to help people lose weight since 1984.
Donnelly has one clinic in Lawrence and three in the Kansas City metro area. Donnelly said the program had a combined 250 members at the four locations.
Participants in the program must be overweight but otherwise in good health. The program's goal is to help participants lose 20 percent of their body weight.
The program is in high demand, with a waiting list of more than 500 people.
william J. Crowe, Spencer Research Library librarian, went from a size 52 suit to a size 40. It's taken him three years to go from 297 pounds to 168 pounds.
"It doesn't turn you into a health fanatic, but rather a healthier person," Crowe said.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway lost 55 pounds when he was on the program. He said he felt like a healthier man.
"Your body is changing for the better because you're losing weight you no longer have to carry along with you," Hemenway said.
Donnelly's program shows that the University is a research school that does a great job teaching research and servicing the community, Crowe said.
The program is a year-long process that starts with a liquid diet and ends with a healthier lifestyle. Participants meet weekly for the first six month, for an hour and a half every night. After the first six month, the group gathers twice a month.
The program costs $1,500. Donnelly said this was cheaper than other commercial diets, which could cost between $4,500 and $5,000.
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