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"It seems to me the coalitions, if they were half as clever as they think they are, could figure out how to use the third party's ranting to their advantage. They have to take advantage of the rules of the game," Loomis said. "Gee, there's a stunner for
He said that what the $100 Fee Cut coalition was doing was the classic third party method — to stir things up
"They have to take advantage of the rules of the game. Gee, there's a stunner for you. It's politics."
"It's very American," Loomis said.
Chanay said the debate Wednesday was both fair and positi
Burdett Loomis Professor of political science
"Those were completely student-driven questions," he said. "Students who were interested in it came up and asked us."
Hughes said he didn't want to see the system exploited. He said the $100 Fee Cut coalition was welcome to set up an event in which the discussion of initiatives was the main purpose. Chanay said the debate on Wednesday showed what issues the students were really interested in. He said that there was a lot of misinformation going around about the fee cut referendum, but that it still had a strong possibility to be passed.
"I think they will see that there are some major flaws in what we like to call 'student democracy,'" he said. "They will see it for what it is and they will call它 censorship and students don't like censorship."
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DEBATE E-MAIL
Student Senate Elections Commissioner Cullen Hughes sent this e-mail to the $100 Fee Cuf's presidential and vice presidential candidates Dennis Chenny and Johnathan Wilson on Wednesday. It was sent after questions from students dealt with the coalition initiative to cut student fees $46 a semester.
For the debate on Monday, all questions and answers will deal with the race for President and Vice President. I feel that too much of today was focused on the initiative to cut student fees, and not enough on the actual race at hand. I can assure you that the questions will deal with the Presidential and Vice Presidential races only, and the answers should address these questions accordingly. If you are intending to run for these offices and would like the chance to debate the issues that will be presented on Monday, that's fine. But if you intend to use the formal debate as an arena to push the fee cut initiative, I suggest that you not even show up, as I will cut off all answers that either do not answer or stray away from the matter at hand. If you have any questions, let me know.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONGRESS
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., apologizes on the floor of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday for her earlier altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer.
Georgia Rep. apologizes
Thanks,
Cullin Hughes
Elections Commissioner
BY LAURIE KELLMAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2006
WASHINGTON — With a grand jury investigating and little support from House colleagues, Rep. Cynthia McKinney reversed course and apologized Thursday for an altercation in which she entered a Capitol building unrecognized, refused to stop when asked by a police officer and then hit him.
"I am sorry that this misunderstood happened at all and I regret its escalation, and I apologize." McKinney, D-Ga., said during a brief appearance on the House floor. "There should not have been any physical contact in this incident."
The grand jury investigation into whether to seek assault or other charges is continuing. It was unclear what impact McKinney's apology might have.
Her remarks came as two
House officials who witnessed the March 29 scuffle prepared to answer subpoenas from the federal grand jury convened by U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein. A day earlier, McKinney was shunned by several colleagues on the House floor, while the leaders of her party openly rejected her explanation that she was acting in self defense when she hit the officer.
The night before the apology, members of the Congressional Black Caucus urged McKinney in a private meeting to find a way to put the matter to rest, said a person familiar with the session.
What McKinney called a "misunderstanding" on Thursday, she had labeled "racial profiling" and "inappropriate touching" a day earlier.
For nearly a week, her and her lawyers had insisted she had been assaulted and had done nothing wrong.
She is black and the police officer is white.
McKinney, 51, has a history of confrontations with officers.
In this case, she entered a House office building without passing through the metal detector that screens visitors. Members of Congress are permitted to bypass the machines, but she was not wearing the pin that identified her as a House member at the time.
The officer, whose name has not been made public, has said he asked McKinney three times to stop. She did not.
He said McKinney's race was not a factor.
Terrance Gainer, outgoing chief of the Capitol Police, has said the officer placed a hand on McKinney and she responded by hitting him.
Even as McKinney tried to put the incident behind her, a new scuffle occurred Thursday outside the Capitol.
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"Their budget was not enough to attract big names and they were not doing what they were supposed to do, which is engage students," he said.
"It was just one of those common sense things that if I can pay $5 to get enough money for John Stewart to come in, then that's worth it to me," Jones said.
In the past, Day on the Hill has featured big name bands such as Pearl Jam and the Gin Blossoms. Smith said she wasn't bothered by a lack of a household-name band.
"The concert is a way to say thank you for passing the activity fund and bringing back a great KU tradition. This concert is a trial run for Day on the Hill to see if we will be bringing back the concert permanently," Smith said.
"We feel pretty confident that the groups we have assembled will put on a good show. Many of the local bands are on the rise and the concert will have good music that people will enjoy," she said.
The event will feature several carnival games to keep visitors entertained and KJHK DJs from its Hot Lunch program will spin music during intermissions between performers.
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Cancer
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A in September and has had two member's lives directly affected by cancer.
In November, Kennedy learned that his younger brother, Darren Kennedy, a freshman at the University, had cancer. Allen's mother died of cancer in 2000. Kennedy said that he remembered how he felt on the day he found out his brother had lymphoblastic lymphoma and that he knew he wanted to raise awareness about the disease.
"I hate feeling helpless and I didn't know what to do for him. I couldn't be a bone marrow donor because we weren't a match," he said. "I wanted to do a benefit show because I was doing research and found out that 1.4 million people are diagnosed with cancer a year and over 500,000 people die a year. I knew I had to do something."
The group released an album entitled "The Question" and has plans to release a follow-up album, "The Answer," in Fall 2006. They're also planning a cancer benefit album, called "The Problem," which will feature many local performers, Allen said.
Allen said, "We are trying to accomplish two goals with the concert. First and most importantly we want to raise money for cancer," he said. "Secondly, we want to set Lawrence straight on hip-hop. Across the country hip-hop gets a bad reputation, and we want to show that hip-hop can support a good cause and still have fun."
Kennedy echoed many of those thoughts when he said, "It's kind of crazy because rap killed somebody in front of the Granada and now hiphop is going to save a whole bunch of lives at the Bottleneck."
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