THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
NEWS
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FINAL FOUR
Fans keep focus on school, trip
Students remain devoted to their team and studying during Final Four
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS fchambers@kansan.com
Students attending the Final
Students Four will have to set aside time to study before their trips or while in San Antonio to stay caught up.
In 1988, classes were canceled the
on Saturday. Perlmutter said the girls in his group would participate in the 5k or 3k run at 8 a.m., and ticket pick up would be at 9 a.m.
the national o Chancellor R伯rt Hemenway has not yet said what he would do if the Jayhawks win this year's title.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway has not yet said what he would do if the Jayhawks win this year's national title.
day after the basketball team won the national championship, but
Regardless, KU students said they would still have tests and homework due in their
concern would be having a memorable trip. He said he would try to hang
M a r k
A r e h a r t,
Omaha, Neb.
freshman, said
when he was
in San Antonio
his only con-
"I may realize when I get back but right now I'm just really focusing on getting to the Final Four."
classes other days next week
so he would not be getting any sleep for several days.
Students said that they did not mind skipping some of their classes for the games, but that they would have to leave San Antonio early or miss out on Final Four festivities and sightseeing to study for others.
MARK AREHART
Omaha, Neb., freshman
Worthington said she would only miss one class while she was on her trip, but she had forced earlier deadlines on herself to make sure she finished all her homework before her trip. Worthington said games were stressful enough, and she did not want to worry about homework, too.
Whitney Worthington, Austin sophomore, said she was flying to Austin on Thursday. She said she would then drive to San Antonio, which is about two hours from Austin. Worthington said she had a presentation on Monday so she would return to Lawrence Sunday afternoon.
Worthington said she was most excited for the University of Kansas Alumni Association's pep rally. She said she was told that in 2003 there were too many people at it, and the Alumni Association had to kick people out. She said she went to the alumni tailgate for the Orange Bowl, and she was told it sold out as well.
Fogelman said he had to skip his two-year anniversary with his girlfriend this week as well to study, but he said she understood because she was going to the Final Four as well.
Alan Fogelman, Olathe senior, said if Kansas won the first game, then he and his friends would celebrate on the San Antonio Riverwalk, but Sunday he would have to write a paper.
Scott Perlmutter, Fresno. Calif., senior, said he had two tests next week, but he did not know when he would find time to study for them.
He said he was driving and would arrive in Austin at 3 a.m.
out with as many Kansas fans as possible and to take his seat early so he could watch the teams practice and take in the entire experience.
"I'm not really concerned at all with school work." Arehart
said. "I may realize when I get back, but right now I'm just really focusing on getting to the Final Four."
-Edited by Sasha Roe
CAMPUS
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Groups look to get kiosk running again
Four campus organizations are coming together to revamp the klosk in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
The structure was a gift from the class of 1950 and was originally intended as an informational booth. It hasn't been used for anything except hanging flyers for 30 years, and now Student Senate, The University Daily Kansan, KU Info and the provost's office are all working to revitalize the booth. The project will cost around $30,000.
Marsh said thekiosk was in a great location for students but had fallen into disrepair.
Curtis Marsh, program director for KU Info, said that at one time, students staffed the booth and it had runners who went back and forth to Watson Library to gather information. Marsh wants the kiosk to be a satellite office of KU Info, which is in the Kansas Union. The kiosk would also work with The Kansan.
Malcolm Gibson, general adviser to The Kansan, said he wanted to overhaul the kiosk since he came to the University in 1996.
"If we make it look nicer, people will respect it more." Marsh said. "People won't want to just slap stickers on it."
Gibson said The Kansan Board discussed contributing one-third of the costs of the kiosk but had not yet voted.
Gibson said the renovated building would have a new roof, heating, Internet access and phone access. He said the building might also have air conditioning and an LCD screen on the outside of the building to display student group
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Gibson said he wanted a member of The Kansan to staff thekiosk during school days and special events.
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Students walk by the kiosk on Jayhawk Boulevard across from Bailey Hall on Tuesday. Several groups on campus want to revamp the kiosk to provide informational services for students.
Andy Haverkamp, Hoyt freshman and senator, wrote a bill to get funding from Senate for the kiosk. He said when he first came to the University, he asked upperclassmen what the building was and many didn't know.
Haverkamp said he contacted people involved and had the bill written in two days.
At last night's Senate meeting, Senate passed legislation to provide $16.000 from the Student Senate Reserve Account to the project.
Don Steeples, vice provost for scholarly support, said the building hadn't been renovated because there hadn't been funding for a project. He said the office of the provost would provide close to a third of the cost of
the renovation.
Steeples said the project would go to Design and Construction Management for the design phase of the process. The project would then move to either Facilities and Operations or an outside contract
tor if the department was too busy to build it. Steeples said if there was enough money to move forward on the project, it probably wouldn't be completed until summer 2009.
Edited by Jared Duncan
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