THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
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The Pilobulus Dance Theatre is known for its exaggerated body contortions and physical interaction of its seven dancers. The international touring company performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Lawrence native and KU alumnus Jun Kuribayashi has spent the last three years performing with the Pilobolus Dance Theatre. After traveling around the world, Kuribayashi finally gets a chance to perform in his hometown, as Pilobolus comes to Lawrence tonight for a performance at the Lied Center.
Theatre dancer performs on hometown stage
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The University has given KJHK until fall 2009 to relocate their station because the studio does not meet building codes. The station is asking Student Senate to contribute $75,000 to the proposed $245,200 remodel project in the Kansas Union. The money would come from the Student Senate Reserve Account, which has nearly $360,000.
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The KJHK shack, located on 11th Street, is an old building that no longer adequately fits the needs for the student radio station. The building doesn't meet building codes and barey has space for the numerous CDs and albums that the station owns.
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A step up from 'the shack'
Student Senate to vote on $75,000 contribution for KJHK's relocation
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Student Senate will vote tonight on paying for $75,000 of KJHK's move to the Kansas Union.
KJHK, the student-run campus radio station, is located in the Sudler Annex — commonly called "the shack" — a building near JRP Hall. The University gave KJHK until Fall 2009 to move out of the building. The Sudler Annex was donated to the University in 1929 and does not meet current building codes, including handicap accessibility.
KJHK has proposed a move to the third floor of the Kansas Union, which would be a $245,200 remodel project. The alcoves next to the FedEx Kinko's center would be remodeled into a studio and production center for the radio station.
KJHK plans to contribute $100,000 of its own money, and the Kansas Union will pay for $20,000 of the project. The station is asking Student Senate for $75,000 from the Student Senate Reserve Account, which has almost $360,000. The account is made up of money from previous years that isn't spent. The station hopes to raise the remaining $50,200.
Danielle Basci, Houston senior and station manager, said the building was too old for the station. She is one of more than 140 students involved with the radio station, which has 3,260 listeners daily.
"We always joke that it's about to fall off that hill." Basci said.
Tom Johnson, general manager and program director at KJHK, said the station needed to be updated and made more visible to the campus population. Right now, KJHK broadcasts from "the shack," produces in the Dole Human Development Center and has a business office in the Kansas Union. Johnson said the distance between the different parts of the station made it difficult to operate cohesively.
"I think it's really hard for KJHK to show students how many opportunities it offers," Johnson said.
Basci said the station was working on raising the remaining money by looking for support from local businesses. She said the station would also hold a donation drive on the air if necessary. She said the move would give the station more of a presence on campus and attract more students like her. Basci, an art history major, stumbled on the station while driving around. Basci now plans to work in radio after graduation thanks to her experience working for KJHK.
Johnson said Senate wouldn't be giving money to the station and its workers with no return. In exchange for the $75,000, KJHK will offer 70 campus groups 24 free advertisements a year for the next eight years, time that would cost normal advertisers $80,640. Currently the station can broadcast public service announcements about groups, but it doesn't advertise events.
Johnson said the station couldn't offer
free advertising to student groups promoting events that generate revenue because of a Federal Communications Commission policy that says groups must pay for that kind of advertisement.
Sam Schlageck, Manhattan senior anfine arts senator, was involved in writing the bill. He said the exchange of advertising time would make the offer appeal to other senators.
The bill to fund KJHK went to Senate committees last semester. A bill must be
"That's what sweetens the deal for us."
Schlageck said. "It makes this legislation a lot easier to pass."
Schlageck said he got involved with the project after being appointed as a Senate representative to the KJHK Advisory Board and he eventually helped write the legislation. Schlageck said senators should like the bill because the Reserve Account money often goes unused.
by the numbers
$245,200 — total price of KJHK's remodel project to space in the KU Union
$75,000 — amount the station is asking Student Senate to pay out of the Student Senate Reserve Account $100,00 — amount the station will pay out of its own reserves $20,000 — amount the KU Union will pay to fix exterior windows $50,200 — remaining amount KJHK must raise to complete the remodel
seen and passed by two committees before it can be voted on at full Senate. Schlageck said the bill passed in the Student Rights Committee but failed in Finance Committee because members felt like they didn't have enough information. Last week the finance committee passed the bill because the station provided more information about how the $75,000 would be spent.
If Senate doesn't approve the $75,000 tonight, Johnson said it would prolong the station's time in Sudler Annex. The station would eventually have to move anyway because of building codes. He said the group was creative by nature and would just have to raise the money.
—Edited by Madeline Hvden
PARK & RIDE
Commission seeks to drop price of permit
The KU Parking Commission wants to drop the price of a Park and Ride permit from $205 to $100, while increasing the prices of most other permits by $30. If approved by KU Provost Richard Lariviere, the changes will go into effect next fall. A parking commission meeting also sparked conversation about the possibility of giving all students free access to all KU buses.
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A special episode of Video Free for All will be taped today in The Underground from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Ask Student Senate that one question you want answered.
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》 CAMPUS
tee to rewrite its recommendation regarding signatures of drop forms because it thought the wording was ambiguous. The AP&P will report back to SenEx after spring break.
Last week, University Senate's Executive Committee supported the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee's recommendation to reinstate the use of the mark "W" for withdraw. However SenEx asked the commit-
Grade policy may change
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SAFETY
Keep your home secure during break
The KU Public Safety Office has created able items while they are gone on spring a list of ways students can protect their valu break.
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