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Softball team eager for postseason The softball team faces the Baylor Bears twice this weekend. The Bears have a four-game winning streak. Three of those four ended early after they achieved the 8-run rule. PAGE1B
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KU needs hot bats against Tech's pitchers. Texas Tech's ability to strike out players at the mound exceeds KU's season total by 90. PAGE 8B
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 127
FRIDAY, APRIL 7. 2006
SUA
Rockin' out the hill
Revival of music festival brings bands to KU
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BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
After a four-year hiatus, Day on the Hill is back.
The music festival will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday on the lawn next to the Lied Center and is expected to last past 8 p.m.
The Austin, Texas, indy rock band Spoon, along with funk/soul band Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, will co-headline the performance.
The festival will also feature local bands The Belles, Kelpie, Ghosty, and Superargo. Tickets are free for students with a KUID and $10 for general public. They are available at the SUA box office.
Day on the Hill was an all-day concert that took place annually from 1988 to 2002 and was canceled after the Student Union Activities could no longer afford to put on a quality show for the audience.
"The reason the event was no longer taking place was because of the
budget restrictions and talent fees, said Katie Smith, SUA comedy and concerts coordinator and Tucson, Ariz., senior. "As an organization we could not get the level of bands that we felt would attract people to Day on the Hill."
The event makes its return in large part because of the passing of the $5 Student Activity Fee in Spring 2005. Arthur Jones, Flower Mound, Texas, senior and senior Senator, said he remembered that student referendum because SUA's ability to serve stu-
ay on the Hill was an
All-day concert that took place annually from 1988 to 2002 and was canceled after the Student Union Activities could no longer afford to put on a quality show for the audience
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dents was decreasing and anything that could improve student life on campus in a significant way would get passed.
SENATE ELECTIONS
Don't come to debate, board tells coalition
BY NICOLE KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KNANLEY STAFF WRITER
The Student Senate elections commissioner suggested Wednesday to candidates of the $100 Fee Cut coalition that they "not even show up" for Monday's formal debate.
The e-mail was in response to a comment Chanay, presidential candidate for his coalition, made during the debate.
The commissioner sent an e-mail to Dennis Chanay and Johnathan Wilson of the coalition following Wednesday's debate after most of the questions from students focused on a referendum proposed by the coalition to cut $46 a semester from students' required campus fees.
The Paola sophomore told audience members not to vote for him as president. He said he was running for president only as a way to gain publicity for the referendum to cut fees.
"I encourage open discussion," said Cullin Hughes, Lenexa senior and elections commissioner. "There are certain arenas that are appropriate for this discussion, but there are others, in my opinion, that are not."
Hughes said the debate Monday was intended to discuss which candidates should be voted into office and not which initiatives should be passed.
Chanay said he and his running mate still planned to attend the debate.
He said this was an issue of
"We had
all our forms turned in and had all the signatures needed. We have the right to the debate.'
Dennis Chanay
$100 Fee Cut presidential candidate
censorship. By not letting the coalition discuss the initiative, the elections commission was silencing the voices of every person who signed the original petition in support of the fee cut, Chanay said.
"We had all our forms turned in and had all the signatures needed. We have the right to the debate," Chanay said.
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, said that as long as the third coalition, such as $100 Fee Cut, followed the rules of the debate that have been set up in advance, then they had every right to be there.
"The only reason I sent that e-mail is because it appeared to me that they were planning to use the debate to talk about something other than the issue at hand, which is the presidential and vice presidential elections," he said.
Hughes said he was not trying to censor any candidate.
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Tour de Wescoe Beach
Chris Squires pedals a stationary bike in front of Wescoe Hall for Push America, a disability awareness program. Squires, Wichita freshman, and other members of his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, have been riding for 50 straight hours to raise money for the program and will stop riding at noon today.
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HEALTH
Following doctors' orders
Students with mumps have 9-day confinement
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Emily Allred won't leave her apartment without a mask for the next week.
e Dallas junior was diagnosed with mumps Wednesday and ordered into quarantine by state health
the state health department. Officials at Watkins Memorial Health Center forbade her from attending class for at least nine days.
The swelling in her jaw has made eating a challenge, creating a near paralysis effect, Alfred said. Her diet consists of mostly meal-me
MUMPS COUNT
Total cases in Douglas County: 21
Confirmed cases in Douglas County: 6
- Total cases in KU students: 16
- Confirmed cases in KU students: 5
Source: Lynn Bretz, University Relations
placement drinks, which keep her from painfully opening her mouth.
Alred is one of 16 University of Kansas students out of class this week after showing symptoms of mumps. Five of those students have been confirmed with mumps through laboratory results.
As a viral infection, mumps spreads like the common cold or influenza, which can be contracted through coughing, sneezing and shared drinks. The crowded living situations and lecture halls of university campuses make those diseases easier to spread, said Patricia Denning, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Allred said her case of mumps could be traced to the roommate of a friend, who also had mumps. Matt Iopling, Dallas junior, said that his symptoms
— a swollen lymph node and fever — had made his week anything but pleasant. Other symptoms can include headaches and general aches and pains. Jopling didn't know what mumps was until he got the disease. Like the majority of those with mumps, Jopling was also vaccinated with the MMR — measles, mumps, rubella — vaccine.
This year's strain should have been covered by the vaccine, Denning said, but after a certain amount of time, the vaccine might not adequately fight the virus. However, Allred said her most recent MMR vaccination was in 2003.
Lynn Bretz, University spokeswoman, said she expected the number of cases to continue to increase as students became more aware of mumps-specific symptoms.
Toni Bergquist, Holton freshman and The University Daily Kansan account executive, contacted everyone she had been around after she was diagnosed. She left Lawrence and her residence hall home, after her symptoms were confirmed Thursday morning. She said she planned on returning to the University after her symptoms subsided — and after the mandatory nine-day confinement period.
— Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
Hip-hop group Crux will preform a cancer benefit show this Sunday. Crux is: (from left to right) Marcos Bowman, Overland Park senior; Kris Kennedy, Overland Park senior; Trey Allen, Wichita senior; Leroy Pristach of Hutchinson, and Ricky Thrash, Kalamazoo, Mich. senior.
ENTERTAINMENT
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Hip-hop group to mic up to battle cancer
A variety of weapons can be used to fight the battle against cancer. Some people affix pink ribbons on their car, others run in 5-Ks, but this weekend, a hip-hop group named Crux will wield its microphones in the battle against cancer.
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Crux is the headlining act in
Crux is the headlining act in a cancer benefit concert entitled "Crux against Cancer," which will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
a cancer benefit concert entitled "Cruz against Cancer," which will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
cal acts Nick West and DJ Konsept.
Tickets are $5 at the door and all proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society for research.
Crux will also be joined by lo-
Crux is comprised of University students Kris Kennedy, Overland Park senior; Trey Allen, Wichita senior; Ricky Thrash, Kalamazoo, Mich. seniort; Marcos Bowman, Overland Park senior, and former University student Leroy Pristach of Hutchinson.
The self-described, cross-genre hip-hop collection formed
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