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THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 190
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 116 ISSUE 115
▼ SUNDAY'S STORM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006
Cleanup efforts shifting to parks
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BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
As city crews head into their fourth day of cleaning up Lawrence after Sunday's storm, attention will start to shift from sweeping debris off streets and sidewalks to cleaning up parks. Westar Energy is still working to restore power to a small number of residents.
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Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks & Recreation, said the department looked at individual parks and found tree debris and hanging limbs. Crews plan to start fixing up South Park first in order to get the area ready for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Friday.
"Cleaning up the areas will not just happen this week," DeVictor said at the City Commission meeting Tuesday night. "We will have to work into the next few weeks."
Chuck Soules, Lawrence Public Works director, said that the city had about 200 staff members out working in the city. Many of them work 12-hour shifts. He said he went to look at the dump site at 1901 Wakarusa Dr. at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, and crews were still hauling debris.
There is also a smaller dump site at 11th and Haskell streets. The county was asked to provide extra dump trucks from contractors to help haul debris because there was such a large amount.
SEE STORM ON PAGE 6A
PROFILE
Nicholas Uljanov, conductor of the KU Symphony Orchestra, guides his students through Beethoven's Fifth Symphony during a rehearsal on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Uljanov uses even the muscles in his face to give direction to his orchestra and shape its sound.
Conductor leads with tenacity
BY MELINDA RICKETTS
mricketts@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Nicholas Ulijanov slams down his baton suddenly, a trace of frustration surfacing on his normally well-controlled features. He has missed a cue, and the orchestra is making mistakes. He tells them they are forgetting what they have known since they were 12 — the
simplest techniques.
Then he softens a bit with a joke about his unblunder.
"I am so old, I can forget. But you all are so young, everybody" he says in heavily accented English, hinting at his Slavic upbringing.
Now in his third year conducting the KU Symphony Orchestra, Uljanov's mission is to promote the orchestra and bring students to its performances with the same zeal
they have for attending Jayhawk basketball games.
"I cannot understand why the people go there, thousands of them stand in the long line," he said, gesturing with his hand toward Allen Fieldhouse through the window of his large, no-frills office on the first floor of Murphy Hall, "but they do not come to the music."
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LEGISLATURE
Research bill in the works
BY FRED A. DAVIS III
ldavis@kansan.com
KANSAN STUDENT WRITER
A proposal that would give $5 million to the University of Kansas to build a first-class cancer research center was heard in the Kansas House Appropriations committee Tuesday.
While there was only testimony on behalf of the legislation, questions remained about the language of the bill.
Committee chairman Melvin Neufeld (R-Ingalls) said that there was some initial misunderstanding between the committee and Dr. Roy Jensen, director of the Kansas Cancer Center, about the role that the Kansas Bioscience Authority would play in the center.
Jensen said he was not opposed to the Bioscience Authority working with the center,but said that it was not appropriate to have it oversee the center. Jensen said that it was the ultimate goal of the center to have the National Cancer Institute oversee it.
Another issue mentioned was working the legislation to permit the cancer center to be an official fixture of the government to allow for a long-term commitment from lawmakers as well as to guarantee long-term funding.
Neufeld said this bill was important because of what it meant to Kansans in terms of cancer research.
Jensen, meanwhile, said he was "absolutely optimistic" about the prospects of the bill. Jensen added that the question was not whether the state government would support the bill, but rather how they would support it.
Neufeld said there were plans to work with or even add amendments to the bill during the next few days before presenting it to the committee next week.
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Jensen said that although he didn't think a bill is necessary, it was important that the University remained cooperative in helping to craft satisfactory legislation.
STUDENT SENATE
didates see as some of the most pressing issues facing students.
Let the RACES begin Coalitions release platforms
DELTA FORCE
The Ignite coalition has chosen to run ten platforms, Delta Force has picked seven and $100 Fee Cut Party will not be running a platform, but will support a referendum on the election ballot.
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Studie Red Corn, Shawnee sophomore and presidential candidate of Delta Force Bridget Franklin, Topeka senior and vice presidential candidate of Delta Force
Support University Divestment from Sudan
Request that the University withdraw all its investments with companies that do business with the Sudanese government and pledge to withhold its business with these companies until the genocide in Sudan has ended.
Sustainability and Gray Water Create a Center for Sustainability that would serve as a resource for student and faculties to do research on pressing environmental, cultural and social issues. Also, create a campus-wide grey water system that would collect rainwater to be reused for irrigation of lawns and flower beds, saving the University over $100,000 annually.
Abolish the 10-semester limit for GTAs, because it takes the most experienced teachers out of the classroom affecting the education quality at the University. Also, work for better working conditions and benefits such as health insurance for GTAs.
Support for graduate teaching assistants during Contract Renegotiations
Noise Ordinance
Prevent University-sanctioned consequences to students living in off-campus residences as well as ensuring that the city passes fair and objective ordinances that will not directly affect students in a negative way.
Sexual Assault Reform
Increase Student-Created Media Make funding more available to student-created art and literature projects to increase the amount of various genres of publications and media on campus. Also, have Student Senate assist students in getting academic papers published more often and with greater ease.
Promote Electronic Privacy Policy Create a student-run task force that would work with the University to establish a definite policy of electronic privacy regarding student discipline and those applying for University employment. The task force would be looking at the use of sites such as facebook.com and MySpace.com as examples of how technology is becoming a greater part of student life.
Sexual Assault Reform Work with the University to clarify the current rules regarding specific consequences for certain types of sexual assault so that each case is treated justly and the safety of all attending the University is ensured.
BY NICOLE KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Student Senate elections are quickly approaching and the coalitions Delta Force, Ignite and $100 Fee Cut Party, formerly known as Student Voice, have officially kicked off the campaign process.
Coalition members have chalked the sidewalks on campus to advertise their groups and set up tables in front of Wescoe Hall for students to visit to get more information regarding each coalition.
S100 FEE CUT
The coalitions have now released their platforms with the issues that, if elected, they will focus on. Each coalition's platforms propose changes to the University of Kansas that the canto their advising.
Dennis Chanay,
Paola sophomore and presidential candidate of $100
Fee Cut
Jonathan Wilson,
Paola freshmen and vice presidential candidate of $100
Fee Cut
$100 Fee Cut will not be running a platform.The coalition will focus their efforts on promoting one issue that will be included as a referendum on election ballots in Anril
IGNITI
Chanay said the coalition wanted to reduce the student campus fees by $100. He said this issue was important because it would make paying for college easier for students, reverse the uphill climb that fees have been taking over the years and force the University and Student Senate to set priorities and be more careful with student money.
Jason Boots, Plano, Texas, senior and presidential candidate of Ignite Mel Horen, Overland Park junior and vice presidential candidate of Ignite
Work with the University and individual colleges to expand wireless Internet in classrooms, gathering spaces and living environments on campus to keep up with the continuing increase of student dependence on technology.
Wireless Campus
Help students with the rising cost of textbooks by making a University policy requiring professors to declare their textbooks earlier so stores can find more used copies, force publishers that offer bundled products to also offer individual copies and pass legislation for a tax-free textbook program.
Affordable Textbooks
Financial Aid Accessibility
Create software that would link a student's enrollment information to a site that would list all financial aid opportunities that would apply to the individual, making the search for additional aid less difficult. Also set up a service that would give students additional education concerning financial planning.
Advising
Improve advising process for undeclared junior and higher-level students, multiple major students and students interested in changing their major. Make an interactive ARTS form that makes curriculum requirements clearer and integrated into the timetable as well as creating an advising desk to give students a holistic approach
Academic Technology Borrowing Create an academic technology-borrowing center that would allow students to check out such things as cameras, video recorders and laptops to be used for class projects.
Redevelopment of Student Organizations Web site.
Create a Web site that would have an online form that gathers information from various groups and sends it to the needed department instead of organizations having to go to four different locations to register. The site also would provide online tutorials and resources for organizations that were previously difficult to locate.
Meal Plan Usability
Bike Lanes on Jayhawk Boulevard Create a bike path along Jayhawk Boulevard by moving the parallel parking spots along the side to other lots around campus, leaving room for the bike path.
Change the current meal plan system to allow students more flexibility to change their minds regarding meal plans. It would give students more time to figure out their schedules and pick a meal plan that fits their needs rather than wasting money on a plan that goes partially unused.
Weekend Circulating SafeBus
Weekends Circulating Schedules To handle the high demand of SafeRide, this plan would create a circular route that would allow students to move about from area to area throughout the city with their KUID.
WEATHER
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INDEX
Comics... 3B Crossword... 3B Opinion... 7A
Classifieds... 5B Horoscopes... 3B Sports... 1B
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