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VOL.116 ISSUE 111
THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 2006
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▼ AWARENESS
Display honors victims, raises awareness
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarbose@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Twenty-one white cardboard cut-outs pinned on a clothesline Wednesday in front of Stauffer Flint Hall represented dead bodies. The cut-outs stood for the reported deaths of transgender individuals killed worldwide because of anti-transgender violence in 2005.
Each cut-out had the name of the person, date the person died, how the person died, location and additional details of the death if known. The cut-outs were provided by the University of Kansas Queers and Allies organization.
"We wanted to raise awareness about the transgender community in such a silent community," Reid, Lawrence junior, said.
Shannon Reid, director and activism chair of Queers and Allies, came up with the idea.
about a subject that people didn't often hear about. She said people often heard of soldiers dying in the war or women dying because of abuse, but that transgender death is not typically heard of.
Krystol Griffin, student senator for Queers and Allies, said they wanted to raise awareness
"There is not a lot of transgender awareness out there," Griffin, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore said. "We're trying to give an equal amount of awareness."
Reid came up with the idea when she came across the Web site rememberingourdead.org that named each transgender person who died. The Web site shows the names of many transgender people who were victims of violence throughout the years, however, Griffin said Queers and Allies chose to display the names of those individuals killed last year worldwide.
"I saw the Web site and was completely moved by it," she said.
Reid wanted to convey the transgender prejudices in some way to the University. She got
the idea from a "Womyn' take Back the Night" event where participants tie-dyed or wrote on T-shirts to convey messages about violence toward women and children, and then hung the shirts on a clothesline. She said it was a powerful visual aid, and she wanted to do something similar.
"I wanted to use the clothesline idea, and I kept thinking about police chalk lines, so that's where the cut-outs came from," Reid said.
Dustin Nye, Wichita freshman,
was surprised at what he saw.
The display attracted a lot of attention from passing students who had varied reactions.
"I had no idea this stuff was going on." he said.
Sarah Fettke, Wichita freshman, said it wasn't surprising for her because she often heard about similar situations.
"It's kind of sad that it doesn't surprise that violence like this occurs," she said.
— Edited by Timon Veach
Nicoletta Niosi/KANSAN
Shannon Reid, Lawrence junior, hangs cardboard cut-outs of bodies outside Stauffer-Flint Hall Wednesday. Queers and Allies hosted the display as a "Transgender Awareness Project" to call attention to prejudice experienced by the transgender community. Each cut-out represented a transgendered person who was killed last year as a result of violence against transgendered people.
STUDENT SENATE
Proposal suggests set tuition
Plan has perks for students risks for budget
BY NICLEO KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANKSAN STAFF WRITER
A board of students and administrators is finalizing a new proposal for a guaranteed tuition plan that would
show prospective students to know exactly what tuition will cost for four years at the University of Kansas.
administration and finance.
"We can tell you, 'Here's what your tuition will be for the next four years. It's not going to change.'"
Nick Sterner,
student
body president,
present.
Eakin said the idea behind guaranteed tuition was to give students more stability so they didn't have to fear a radical increase to their costs. During the past four years, tuition at the University has increased an average of 12 percent each year.
He said he hoped the plan
"We're giving up some flexibility, but we think the return is good."
ed the idea of guaranteed tuition at an open forum Feb. 28. He said he thought the plan fit with the University's plans for the future, including a push for more students to graduate within four years.
"The real goal is that notion of predictability," said Lindy Eakin, vice provost for
Under the proposed plan, students who exceed four years would be moved to a higher tuition rate for their remaining semesters.
Lindy Eakin Vice provost for administration and
led the plan would be implemented in the fall of 2007 after the current tuition plan had expired.
"There's no bones about it. It encourages students to graduate in four because you don't know what the base rate is going to be." Sterner said.
finance
Next week the board will complete a final draft of the proposal.
which will be presented to the Board of Regents in May. Eakin said the Regents wouldn't make any decisions on the proposal yet, but the University wanted to give them an idea of the direction it was headed.
Eakin said the proposal would create challenges for the University. The University can't predict the budget for the next four years, and Eakin said that if the state cut the University's budget, the plan would restrict the University from increasing tuition to make up for the cut.
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▼ HÉALTH
No notes, no excuses The University of Kansas
Student Health Services
Patient name: Susan Alig
To Whom It May Concern:
To Whom It May Concern:
Susan had the flu last fall and hoped her professors would grant her an extension.
Most did, but one in particular, did not.
Susan's sociology professor refused to grant her an extension on her paper because she didn't have a doctor's note to prove her illness. Until last spring, students who missed class for any length of time could get a doctor's note from Watkins Memorial Health Center. The current injury and illness policy denies students who miss class for less than three days immediate documentation of their illness.
Patricia Denning, chief of staff at Watkins, said the University of Kansas was the only school in the Big 12 that offered any sort of doctor's notes for absences.
"We're trying to train students the way things work in the working world," she said.
Jill Kuhnheim, chair of the department of Spanish and Portuguese, said her syllabi allowed students a limited number of absences, regardless of their reason. For short illnesses, she said, doctor's notes were impractical because most students would not see the doctor in the brief time they missed class.
Denning said Watkins had seen a decrease in appointments for short-term illnesses since the policy changed.
Signed: Written by Catherine Odson/KANSAN
Date: Graphic by Dani Litt/KANSAN
(Patient Label)
Students can access illness documentation
Medical staff will provide, upon request, documentation of three or more consecutive days of absence due to extended illness or injury that is documented via services provided by Student Health Services or other health care provider. Documentation of shorter illnesses will not be provided by the medical staff.
Students can access copies of their medical record, including documentation of visits, by submitting a form to the records and registration department. This request can take up to ten days to complete.
Source: Watkins Memorial Health Center
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LAWRENCE
City asks manager to resign
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansai.com
KANSAN STAT WRITER
City Manager Mike Wilden resigned Wednesday as requested by the Lawrence City Commission. His resignation will go into effect Friday at 5 p.m., but he will be available as a consultant during the transition period.
Mayor Dennis "Boog" Highberger said the city commission made a change to the city manager leadership position to respond to the challenges facing the Lawrence community.
"We want to emphasize that we greatly appreciate his years that he has given to the community," he said.
Wildgen was appointed to the position in 1990 and is the fifth city manager in Lawrence history.
"I would like to thank the city commissions that have served during my tenure for their support," he said in a statement released Wednesday. "I am a strong supporter of the city-manager form of government. One of the basic tenets of the form of government is the responsibility of the city commission to select and retain the city manager."
City Commissioner David Schauner said he could not comment on specifics of the matter other than Highberger's comment because it was a personnel matter. He said they wanted to focus on the future.
Schauner said Wilden did a good job as city manager.
"He was a very loyal and dedicated employee who put the city first," he said. "We're facing some upcoming challenges and are looking towards new leadership for someone to tackle those challenges."
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