Student Senate Election 2006 Voting in this year's Student Senate election takes place today and Wednesday online at www.election.ku.edu The Kansan profiles the candidates and coalitions on PAGES 5A, 6A AND 7A
Final Exam: Reflecting on basketball More than a week after the Final Four, The Kansan reviews the men's and women's basketballe seasons. For detailed analysis and a short preview of next season, see PAGES 3B,4B AND 5B
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VOL.116 ISSUE 129
SPEAKER
TUESDAY, APRIL 11. 2006
Daschle: We need to build a strong country
BY ANNE WELTMER
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KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"The question is, how do we build an American as good and strong as its people?" Daschle said.
Tom Daschle thinks the United States needs to make use of its people and resources to leave a better country for the next generations, a tradition past generations have kept throughout U.S. history.
The former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Democrat gave the annual Dole Lecture to a full Lied Center at 8 p.m. Monday. He discussed issues ranging from a need for better education and health care to the need for energy independence.
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He said today the U.S. government needed to provide good education and health care for its people. With that, the American people can accomplish anything, he said.
The United States finished 37th in the World Health Organization. Daschle said the ranking was unacceptable. "What would they say if we came in 37th in the Olympics?" he said
Almost 30 years ago, both the wealthiest and poorest fifths of the nation's income doubled, he said. More recently, the poor have stayed the same and only the wealthiest have grown, making the economic growth "terribly lop-sided," he said.
He said the U.S. gains 65,000 new engineers a year, while China has $6 million, and the U.S. became, for the first time, a net importer of technology in 2005. All of this could change if the government provided education for its people. That won't happen when the budget deficit will possibly be lessened with the $12.7 billion cut in Federal Student Loans.
SEE DASCHLE ON PAGE 8A
PARKING DEPARTMENT
Parking fees to rise
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The new Park-and-Ride lot on West Campus will create an additional 1,500 parking spaces, as well as extra fees for the more than 11,000 people who use University parking.
Beginning next fall, all parking permits will cost an additional $20 to help fund the lot, at 23rd and Iowa streets, and the five new buses that are being purchased.
The buses, called Park and Ride Express, will be free for anyone to ride. They will run from the new lot to campus, with approximately 11 stops on the route. The buses will pass by Daisy Hill, but not stop there.
Because of the $1.3 million price of the buses, the parking department sought help from the federal government, which is financing 80 percent of the purchase price. One of the stipulations, however, was that the buses be free to the public.
The current Park-and-Ride lot, which is at the Lied Center, will be used for overflow residence hall parking and special events parking.
Even though the buses are free, students will still need a Park-and-Ride permit to park in the new lot. That permit comes with a KU on Wheels bus pass, which will still be needed to ride the other campus buses.
Another change is that freshmen living off campus will not
be allowed to purchase a yellow permit, which is used by most off-campus students and allows parking in the lots by Memorial Stadium, the Student Fitness and Recreation Center and Allen Fieldhouse. Freshmen will instead have to purchase the Park-and-Ride permit.
The new lot is expected to alleviate congestion on campus. A study done in 2004 estimated the University needed an extra 1,800 parking spaces to meet demand.
In addition, the University and the city of Lawrence will soon conduct a joint study on the possibility of linking the city's "T" bus system with the KU on Wheels.
SEE FEES ON PAGE 8A
LAWRENCE
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Fire crews begin to leave after responding to a house fire on 2003 Emerald Drive. The cause of the fire had not been confirmed Monday night. For an update, check Kansan.com.
Fire kills puppy
A dog died in a garage fire Monday night just after warning the house's occupants of the fire engulfing the garage roof, a neighbor said.
Barkley, who was not yet 1 year old, was the only fatality in
the fire at 2003 Emerald Drive, near the intersection of 19th Street and Naismith Drive. Three people and another dog escaped uninjured. Fire crews responded to the fire at 10:23 p.m.
could feel the heat of the fire from her house across the street. She watched from a tree as firefighters carried Barkley's body out of the house and covered it with a white sheet.
Anna Edmounds,15,said she
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ELECTIONS
Few show up for Senate debate
Student vote starts today for Senators three referendums
Only 12 people, five of whom wore T-shirts in support of Delta Force, attended a formal debate Monday night in the Kansas Union among the three coalitions in this year's Student Senate election.
BY NICole KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The small turnout, however, did not stop Ignite, Delta Force and $100 Fee Cut candidates from discussing the role of Student Senate at the University of Kansas and what changes they would make if elected.
When asked about the conflicting views of each coalition by a panel made up of one student and two faculty members, Delta
Red Corn used the example of the coalition's support of the University's divestment from Sudan. He also said that Delta Force T-shirts were printed by sweatshop-free companies and its fliers were on recycled paper.
Delta Force
Force presidential candidate Studie Red Corn and vice presidential candidate Bridget Franklin said their platforms all stemmed from activism and social responsibility.
He said Delta Force was most interested in issues that didn't affect just KU students. The impact of Delta Force's platforms would reach further than the University, he said, while still benefitting KU groups.
"What we want is change and that means a bigger picture than just ourselves," Red Corn said.
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Presidential candidate Jason Boots and vice presidential candidate Mel Horen of Ignite answered a question about leadership style by discussing their group's goal to be the voice of student organizations on campus.
Ignite
Johnathan Wilson, Paola freshman and vice presidential candidate for $100 Fee Cut, looks toward Delta Force candidates. Ignite, Delta Force and $100 Fee Cut debated about which coalition would best represent the student body Monday night before a group of 12 people in the Kansas Union.
SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 8A
ACTIVISM
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Shawnee junior Scott Pinkelman holds a letter to Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine for Lawrence Free State High School students Laura Kelly, Mitchell Haberdy and Ashleigh Coleman to sign. The letter asks the state attorney to drop charges against five activists who were arrested in 2005 while protesting a Minutemen convention.
Students rally against bill
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansai.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Protesters gathered on Wescoe Beach Monday to voice concerns about the immigration bill being discussed in Congress. Students walked out of class at 11:45 a.m. to join a few Lawrence residents in the day proclaimed a National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice.
Kim Coughlin, Lawrence senior, helped organize the event as a Community Action Committee member and was the first of nine speakers. She stood up to speak on one of the stone planters on Wescoe Beach under a tree with a sign that read "No one is illegal." Her voice rose as she continued.
"We're asking people to take action and stand in solitude of undocumented people," she said. "The so-called compromise bills are not really compromised bills.
"If you look at the language of the bills, the people are referred to as aliens and they are not fucking aliens. They see with their eyes and eat with their mouths. They're human beings."
Provisions of the bill include: Illegal immigrants who have been in the country for at least five years could receive legal status after meeting several conditions, including payment of a $2,000 fine and any back taxes, clearing a background check and learning English. After six more years, they could apply for permanent residency without leaving the United States. They could seek citizenship five years later.
Also, illegal immigrants who have been in the country between two and five years could obtain a temporary work visa
after reporting to a border point of entry. Illegal immigrants who have been in the United States for less than two years would be required to leave the country and apply for re-entry alongside anyone else seeking to immigrate.
For about an hour, students spoke out against the bill, played drums and chanted "No! No! No one is illegal!"
Beth Chronister, Topeka senior, spoke about her work as a social worker with students at Northeast Middle School in Kansas City, Mo., in an after-school program. She said the bill was de-humanizing and made the children and her felons.
Emily Patrick, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, recently went to El Salvador as part of the SHARE Foundation to hear people's stories and help them in various ways, such as holding a funeral service because they couldn't afford one.
"In talking with some of the younger people, I learned that 12-year-olds knew more about U.S. government than I did," she said.
Lawrence residents who attended the rally included Gwen Wiens, who said, "Just because someone comes from countries with poverty doesn't mean they should be used for profit. It's sad that families are being divided because of these laws. Families can't come here."
Ronald Francisco, professor of political science, said that issues like this happened every 10 years. He estimated that normally about 1 percent of the population felt strongly enough about a particular issue to take part in a physical demonstration, but that about 5 percent of the population were protesting this bill.
see RALLY on page 3A
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