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Senators question president's vetoes
ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Student body president Hannah Love vetoed three pieces of legislation last week.
The vetoes are causing controversy with some senators because they say she is no longer representing the interests of students.
Love
Student Senate passed the legislation at the
March 12 meeting, while Love was in Washington, D.C. on a Student Legislation Awareness Board trip.
The three pieces of legislation that Love vetoed are: a resolution asking KU Information Technology to consider bringing Gmail to KU e-mail, a bill that would create a sustainability student fee and a bill that would give the Student Senate Executive Committee veto power over the Multicultural Education Fund Board.
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MASS.STREETMAYHEM
Jayhawk fans throng Massachusetts Street after the Kansas victory against Davidson 59-57 Sunday afternoon in Detroit. Fans poured out of bars and restaurants and clogged the street for blocks, completely halting the flow of traffic. Kansas will play North Carolina on Saturday in San Antonio in the Final Four. This will be the first Final Four in NCAA history to have only first-seeded teams.
Downtown erupts in celebration; Kansas enters Final Four and prepares to face North Carolina
BY LUKE MORRIS
Imorris@kansan.com
Fans celebrating Kansas' Elite Eight victory against Davidson turned Massachusetts Street into an impromptu parade site Sunday night.
"As soon as the game was over, I immediately started celebrating and came down here," said Larry Sieve, Overland Park sophomore.
Kansas basketball fans began to celebrate on Lawrence's famous street immediately after the final buzzer sounded and the Jayhawks punched their ticket to the Final Four.
Cars traveling down Massachusetts Street traveled at a slow pace, blaring horns as drivers and passengers shared high-fives with fans
celebrating on the median of the street. Truck beds were filled with more fans screaming at the top of their lungs. A few lay across the roof of a car as it traveled down the street.
Dani Davey, a law student from Overland Park, said the celebration matched the Jayhawks' Final Four celebration in 2003 in craziness.
"Considering it's still going on two hours after the game, it's pretty crazy," Davie said.
Most of the crowd gathered at the corner of Eighth and Massachusetts streets.
"Go Jayhawks! All the way to the title!" yelled one fan as he sprinted past the corner.
Lawrence residents joined students in the celebration. Even some elderly residents took a walk down the street sharing high-fives with everyone in their
paths.
"Mostly it's a wild, good atmosphere," said Taylor Porter, a Lawrence resident. "I told all my friends to come to town because when we make it to the Final Four, its gosh darn Mardi Gras down here."
Lawrence Police officers monitored the crowd. Officers didn't bother trying to keep people from blocking traffic. Instead, they focused more on monitoring alcohol use in the area. Officers forced some fans to pour out their open containers of beer.
"We deployed units to Mass. Street specifically for this," Lawrence Police Captain Ray Urbanek said. "We're just keeping people from hurting themselves."
Urbanek said that he was not aware of
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Massachusetts Street during the night.
Although the scene may have looked like a riot, Adam Knoerschilz, Lyndon senior, said that trouble seemed minimal.
"I've seen some people who are obviously underage and drinking, but I don't necessarily call that trouble," Sieve said.
Knoerschilz said he hoped the city would have an opportunity to have an even larger celebration next week after the NCAA Championship game.
"it's been all positive and a hell of a good time," Knoerschilz said. "I could only imagine this in my dreams."
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