THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 2006
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3A
CAMPUS Confucius Institute to be dedicated in May
The new Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas' Edwards Campus will be visited by China's vice minister of education, Wu Qidi. He will travel to Kansas for the May 4 dedication ceremony.
The institute will open next fall and offer courses and programs in Chinese language and culture.
The University is the fourth of 100 Confucius Institutes to open in the United States. The other institutes are at the University of Maryland, in the Chicago Public Schools system and at New York's China Institute.
BillTsutsui will be the institute's executive director and Nancy Hope and Sheree Willis will be the associate executive directors, according to a University press release. All serve with existing Asian studies programs at the University. Regnier Hall on the Overland Park campus will house their offices.
-Catherine Odson
CAMPUS
24-hour book drops available at libraries
The University of Kansas has four new library book drops. The book drops are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
They are located outside of Anschutz Library, Watson Library, the Art & Architecture Library and the Music & Dance Library.
KU Libraries has plans to open a fifth book drop in the next few weeks near the Spahr Engineering Library.
In order to avoid damage to other library materials, the library has asked patrons not to drop videos, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, unbound journals, maga zines, microfilm, microfiche and other reserve items in the boxes.
These items should be returned to the KU Libraries Service Desk.The two drops located in the front and the back of Watson Library will now be closed.
STUDENT SENATE
DeJuan Atway
Athletes get seat in final bill
BY NICHE KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Outgoing senators left with a bang Wednesday night as they passed the final bill of their term after a two-hour debate.
The bill added a student senator seat for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, bringing the total number of Student Senate seats up to 91.
This bill first came before Senate two weeks ago, but senators pushed to hold it until after the election. Many didn't agree with SAAC's decision to wait until the Senate ruled before announcing which coalition to back in this year's election.
Arthur Jones, Dallas senior.
gave a speech against the bill because he said he wanted to give SAAC another year to show it deserved to be a part of Senate. He said the "politics" being used by SAAC to get what it wanted was not the way he wanted to see Senate conducted.
Chris Jones, Iowa City senior and member of SAAC, argued in favor of the bill. He said he wanted to give student athletes a voice in Senate issues. He said issues that affected athletes had gone through Senate in the past without the athletes getting to voice their opinions.
One of the issues he used as an example was the debate of whether the University of Kansas should allow its teams to play schools with mascot names
the NCAA deemed disrespectful to Native Americans. Not playing those teams could prevent KU teams from going to national tournaments, he said.
Chris Jones said that he wanted athletes to be involved in more issues than only ones that affected sports. He said giving athletes a seat in Senate would allow them to make a better connection with students.
After deciding on their final bill, the senators last order of business was to elect hold-over senators for next year.
Three senators who have already served but weren't elected this year are selected for this position each year after the general election. The purpose of these seats is to maintain consistency
from one year to the next.
Eight people were nominated. The senators elected were Nolan T. Jones, Pittsburg junior, Bridget Franklin, Topeka senior and Emily Caulfield, Sugar Land, Texas, junior. Jones did not run in this year's elections, Franklin unsuccessfully ran as the vice presidential candidate of Delta Force and Caulfield ran unsuccessfully for Imeite.
Nick Sterner, student body president, gave the new senators some advice during his last speech. He just told them to remember "All you need is love."
The meeting ended with the old senators leaving the floor so new members of Senate could take their seats.
-Edited by Vanessa Pearson
Hail to the ape
Elise Amendola/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kiki, a 23-year-old gorilla, and her daughter, Kimani, 15 months, play with crepe paper bunting and a branch. Kiki was declared Zoo New England's Animal President at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston on Wednesday.
Topeka man charged after Sunday bar fight
A 22-year-old Topeka man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault early Sunday morning after he attempted to use a handgun in a fight outside of Abe and Jake's Landing, according to a Lawrence police report.
Witnesses said the man got into a verbal altercation with a 21-year-old Overland Park man inside the club at Sixth and Vermont streets.The verbal altercation turned physical in the parking lot.
According to the police report, witnesses said they saw the suspect attempt to pull an unidentified type of handgun on the other man. Witnesses said the victim wrestled the gun away from the suspect and pushed him to the ground.
During the scuffle the victim lost an unknown number of gold teeth. According to the police report the suspect and four friends left in a vehicle shortly after the altercation.
Police spotted the vehicle parked in a parking lot adjacent to a nightclub, Last Call, at Seventh and New Hampshire streets. The police asked the driver if there was a weapon in the vehicle and he said no. When police searched the vehicle, however, they recovered a Tarus 9 mm handgun and an unknown number of gold teeth. Mike Moerff
Mike Mostaffa
NATION Number of millionaires increases by 800,000
NEWYORK — A record 8.3 million American households had a net worth of $1 million or more in 2005, an increase of 800,000 from 2004, according to data released Wednesday.
The survey by the Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm, also found that the number of households with a net worth of $5 million or more rose to 930,000 in 2005.
The Associated Press
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
OUT OF YOUR SEATS INTO THE STREETS
APRIL 22 · 29 TWO THOUSAND SIX
Earth Day/Environs Celebrate EARTH WEEK!
Tickets are $10 in advance/ $15 at the door at Leda or Liberty Hall
Saturday April 29
8:30-midnight
Camelot II Ballroom
1117 Mass.Street
KU Ballroom Dance Club
Friday, April 21 Environmental Stewardship Waste Audit Stauffer-Flint Lawn 10am-3pm
Thursday, April 20
Chevroir Energy Awareness Day
Presentations: 10:15am, 12:15pm, and 2:15pm
Kansas Room in Kansas Union
Earth Day Fashion Show and Silent Auction
Hosted by Lada Salon and Proceeds go to Haskell Baker
Wetlands Preservation Effort
Saturday April 29 Recycling Drop-off East of Memorial Stadium from 10 AM to 4 PM
Featuring...
Saturday April 29
April 20,2006
azzhae Big Band
The
PRIZES FOR LETTERS & MESSAGES $5/person
African Student Association Kalabash
WWW
5-8:30 Woodruff Auditorium Annual Event Free Dancing, performances fashion show, and more!
Food following at the ECM ($6)
Career Advice for Business Students
CRAIG MILLER MONDAY, APRIL 24 @ 7:50 PM KANSAS ICON AT THE BUILD
Marketing intelligence analyst at BlueScope/Butter Buildings will hold an interactive session offering students real-world career advice. He will also speak about his international work experience in the steel industry.
ALSEC
"Future of Food, Farming, and the Prairie"
Earth Day Forum
Dr. Kelly Kindscher of KBS, Wes Jackson of the Land 7pm at Plymouth Congregational Church Sunday, April 23
Enviors Ultimate Frisbee Tourname
Noon to 5pm at 23rd and Iowa fields
Email bigley@ku.edu to sign up
the Student Association of Graduates in English
SAGE
Tuesday, April 25, 6:30 p.m. in the Olympian room of the Burge Union.
Panelists: Professors Amy Devitt and Frank Farmer
Possible topics include understanding the level of scholarship and writing needed for academic publishing, places to seek publication, how academic publishing "works" (you may not see the paper published for a year or more after it is accepted), understanding peer review, etc. Please attend! The panels are informal and largely driven by the questions from audience members.
Ablehawks
Disability Awareness Day
Date: April 27th
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Wescoe Beach
funded by:
SENATE
PAID FOR BY KU
KU Students for Life Bobby Schindler, Brother of Terri Schaivo
Wednesday
April 26th, 2006
7:30pm
Kansas Union Ballroom
Free Event, Part of Stand Up for Life Week Sponsored by KU Students for Life
Call for Artists
for the F-WORD Artwalk
Artists of all media needed for a progressive "woman artist/woman inspired" artwalk to be held April 28th.
Submit digital images to comstwomen.meku.edu Submission deadline is April 21st.
(The F-Word 18 female/feminist)
Center for Community Outreach
learning, educating and empowering
We are now hiring paid director positions for next year.
Deadline is April 24
Communications Director Financial Director Technology Director
for more information www.ku.edu/~cco