Woman becomes team powerhouse Diane Basore, junior captain of the KU water polo club team, earned respect in a male-dominated sport by being named to the all-conference team in 2004. PAGE1B
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JAMES DENVER
Actions speak louder than words
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
Actions speak louder than words Senior guard Kaylee Brown is a silent force on the women's basketball team. Although not big on talk, she has proved herself a valuable member of the team. PAGE 2B
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 116 ISSUE 104 ▼ CITY COMMISSION
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TODAY'S THE
Ordinance may change
City court would prosecute for marijuana possession
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Tonight the Lawrence City Commissioners will vote on an ordinance that focuses on making possession of marijuana a city misdemeanor offense. If passed, first-time marijuana possession will be moved from district court to municipal court, meaning a person would receive a ticket and court date rather than being arrested. The violation would also not affect student loans if moved to municipal court.
"Based on government statistics, 10 percent of students try weed. That's well over 2,000 people," Green said. "We want students to stay in school and not lose their student loans."
Because of the Higher Education Act Drug Provision, individuals convicted in state court of drug use typically lose their current federal financial aid, according to a press release from Laura Green, executive director of Drug Policy Forum of Kansas.
The meeting starts at 6:35 tonight in Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Two separate versions have been prepared for discussion, according to a memorandum by Scott J. Miller, staff attorney. One version states that there would be a minimum fine of $100 and a mandatory evaluation must occur for possession of marjuana. The other version states that there would be a minimum fine of $300 and evaluation of the offender is not mandatory for possession.
Jerry Little, city prosecutor for the municipal court, said that this was the main reason to bring the violation to the municipal court side.
Both versions incorporate marijuana-specific evaluation and treatment programs for possession of marijuana. Although treatment is not always mandatory, the court may order drug abuse evaluation, treatment or education if appropriate.
Currently, of the 50 largest cities in Kansas, 32 of them
In Kansas first-time marijuana prosecutions are punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and one year in
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 2006
jail. It is a class A misdemeanor offense.
prosecute first-time possession of marijuana in municipal court. Only three of the 32 cities with marijuana ordinances have enhanced penalties: Overland Park, Garden City and Olathe.
"This is really the last chance the ordinance has," Green said. "The City Commission can't seem to come to an agreement on this. I feel it's really important that the city passes this ordinance."
Commissioner Mike Amyx said that one of the reasons there was such a gap between Nov. 29 and tonight was that they had received public opinion inquiring about an evaluation process of the offenders. He said it took a while to entail exactly what that would mean and how they were going to judge each person's evaluation.
The ordinance was first put on the agenda on Aug. 30. Green did not make her presentation to the Commission until Sept. 6. It was discussed at four other meetings during the fall. Green met with the city staff in January.
In Kansas, first-time marijuana prosecutions are punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and one year in jail. It is a class A misdemeanor offense.
"We would like to make a final decision since it continues to be discussed, and find some middle ground," he said.
Amyx in the past has supported the $300 minimum fine.
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— Edited by Vanessa Pearson
of a picture album posted on facebook.com that was created on Jan. 22 indicating a party, and identifying several students drinking in one of the students' rooms. Griffith was in the pictures for the party that took place on the first day of the semester and doesn't deny he was intoxicated.
Party pics incriminate Pearson Hall residents punished for drinking
FACEBOOK.COM
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
The housing department report indicated that the pictures were seen on a resident's profile by Robert Quach, Battenfeld Scholarship Hall director, and passed on to Gillett. Gillett then forwarded it on to Sarah Hayner, complex director, on Feb. 6.
ship hall judicial report that was filed describing the situation.
Students living in the scholarship halls were written up in early February for pictures on facebook.com that indicated a party violating the scholarship halls' alcohol policy.
freshman who lives in Pearson Scholarship Hall, was one of about 20 students who received an e-mail from Lance Gillett, the hall director, explaining an alcohol violation and further consequences that were to follow. Griffith said he didn't get a notice about the violation until about two weeks after the incident. He also received a scholar-
Griffith got in trouble because
Patrick Griffith, a Lawrence
PROFILE
Contributed by Max Falkenstien
Max Falkenstien broadcasts a game early in his career for WREN radio. Max will call his final home game Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Max says farewell
Falkenstien walking away after 60 years of broadcasts
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejorgensek.kamans.com  KANSAN STAFF WRITER
when Max Falkenstein went on the air to broadcast his first KU men's basketball game, Dean Smith was starting high school, Wilt Chamberlain was a gangly 9-year-old in Philadelphia, Roy Williams' birth was four years away and Bill Self would not be born for more than a decade and a half.
It was 1946, Max was 21, and the Oklahoma A&M Aggies — now Oklahoma State — were playing the Jayhawks in a game featuring two legendary coaches, Hank Iba and Phog Allen. Iba's Aggies defeated Phog's Jayhawks on the way to a national championship.
Sixty years and more than 2,100 basketball and football games later. Max,81,will broadcast his final home game when Kansas plays Colorado in Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday night,making him the most senior lajhawk honored on senior night.
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HEALTH
Week's focus centers on healthy living
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A task force for healthy living at the University of Kansas began its crusade for body acceptance Monday by kicking off its fourth annual Celebrate EveryBody Week.
Celebrate EveryBody Week was created to
Celebrate I address the issues posed by National Eating Disorder Awareness Week without the negative stigma of eating disorders, said Ann Chapman, registered dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
"It just makes sense that a positive approach is going to draw students in," she said. Highlighting the problem instead of the solution would keep students most in need of help from getting information, she said.
Indira Hogan, staff psychologist at Counseling and Psychological Services, said different studies estimate between 5 and 30 percent of college students had an eating disorder.
H. O.M.E.B.A.S.E., the task force that organized the event, started the week by posting positive affirmations on sticky notes in residence and schoolship halls, as well as at the Burge and Kansas Unions and in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. For lunch today and Thursday, all campus dining facilities will offer special Better Bites selections with a 10 percent discount.
Causes ranged from poor coping skills and family support to low self-esteem and distorted body image, she said.
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H.O.M.E.B.A.S.F
Positive Affirmations All Week
Positive messages affixed to sticky notes and posted on mirrors in residence halls, scholarship halls, the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, Watkins Memorial Health Center, Burge Union and the Kansas Union
Celebration of Food Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Thursday, March 2 Special "Better Bites" entree offered with a 10 percent discount at the residence hall dining facilities, the Underground, Burge Union, and the Kansas Union
Celebration of Food
Health Hut
Tuesday, Feb. 28,
Noon to 3 p.m.
Health Hut display at the Kansas Union Patio featuring free,
fresh fruit and other healthy snacks, along with information about H.O.M.E.B.A.S.E initiatives
Celebrate Activity Day
Celebrate Activity Day
Thursday, March 2, 3
p.m. to 5 p.m.
info table at the Student
Recreation and Fitness Center
with free bottled water for
students and information about
Recreation Services programs
"Helping Friends and Loved Ones"
"Helping Friends and Loved Ones"
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Panel discussion in the Kansas Union Pine Room featuring Ed Bloch, an eating disorder therapist, and sponsored by Panhellenic Association
Source: H.O.M.E.B.A.S.E
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