THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 92
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2006
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NIGHTLIFE
Downtown still thriving
BY DJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Bars and nightclubs in downtown Lawrence appear not to have lost business from students or increased their security policies, despite the shooting earlier this week.
Jerry Neverve, owner of Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St., said he thought the aftermath of the fatal shooting Sunday morning outside The Granada nightclub, 1020 Massachusetts St., had not influenced bars or clubs in downtown Lawrence to change their security protocol. In the shooting, one man died and another was injured.
"It's a real shame, I feel sorry for what happened to the victims," Neverve said. "The incident which occurred is an anomaly; I am concerned, but it is not an epidemic."
Owners, bar employees and students have labeled the event tragic, and an isolated incident, but it has not deterred KU students from continuing to venture to downtown Lawrence. Bar owners such as Neverve are concerned about the events but not enough to change the normal safety procedures that currently exist.
Mike Hicks, Lawrence sophomore, visited Quentin's Bar and Deli, 615 Massachusetts St., on Tuesday night and said he was not afraid to venture downtown nor did he witness a huge increase in bar security.
"Security might heighten a little after the Granada incident, but something like that only happens once in a while," he said. "You can't predict when something like that might happen again."
Some of the bars and clubs in downtown Lawrence deploy different security measures to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. Most of the bars and clubs employ only doormen to confirm patron's IDs and bouncers to ensure customers do not become overly disruptive.
Saturday nights at Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St., the club's regular hip-hop night, security guards frisk patrons prior to entering the club. On Fridays, Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., implements an identification policy requiring customers to provide a college identification card as well as a state identification card.
Neverve said that in his 13 years as the owner of Red Lyon there had been only two fights and that he had
no plans to increase security. Neverve dismissed the idea of having more visible police officers in downtown and said the key to sustaining a positive ambiance relied on staff training.
"I tell my employees to be aware of your customers and to constantly observe the environment," Neverve said. "Customers who do not want to comply are politely shown the door."
- Edited by James Foley
STUDENT SENATE
Fees target of campaign
BY NICHELE KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Student Voice is the third coalition to add its name to the spring election ballots. But its focus will be on an agenda much different than most.
Dennis Chanay, Paola sophomore, who will be running as the coalition presidential candidate, said the purpose of the coalition's campaign will be to introduce a budget amendment that forces major cutbacks in spending and student fees.
"We don't have to worry about if we get elected or not; we just want to get the fee cut passed," he said. "We're running basically for publicity."
Chanay said getting separate referendums that appear on ballots passed was harder than the coalition platforms because people pay less attention to them. For this reason, his coalition decided to use its position in the elections to get students to listen to its message as many times as possible.
Student Voice's main issues will be to tighten spending budgets
and to reduce student fees by at least $100. Jack Connor, Overland Park sophomore, said the coalition wanted to draw attention to the fact that Student Senate currently has so much money to work with that it isn't worrying enough about who it is giving it to.
"We think the culture of Senate is that, 'We have a lot of money, so let's spend it,'" Connor said. "That money doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from students who pay fees so we should think very hard about how we should spend it."
Chanay said he wanted to show students how much fees have gone up over the years and make it harder for it to happen in the future.
"Last year we were really disturbed about the number of people who voted," he said. "The amount of money spent is disproportional to the number of people who are interested."
A vice presidential candidate has not yet been chosen. The coalition doesn't plan to run any candidates other than a president and a vice president.
Edited by Meghan Miller
Full speed ahead, little buddy
Tucker Garrison, 2, and Donna Gonzales, 2, race across the gym floor during Toddler Open Gym Wednesday morning at the Lawrence City Community Building, near Massachusetts and 11th streets. They go to the open gym once a week, Ryan Richards, Tucker's father, said.
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SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Ceremony to honor photographer
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Parks to accept William Allen White award
The first African-American photographer for Life magazine will be awarded the 2006 William Allen White Foundation National Citation award.
Gordon Parks, a distinguished author, poet, photojournalist and filmmaker, will be honored at a ceremony will be 1:30 p.m., today at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Parks, 93, isn't able to attend the event for health reasons. Footage of Parks accepting the award in December 2005 from Ann Brill, dean of the School of Journalism, will be shown at
Brill said that Parks had overcome much adversity in his life and that he showed people how to move forward when outside forces hold them back. He
Parks
"Mr. Parks is an excellent storyteller," Brill said. "He is one of the most gifted storytellers of all time."
the ceremonv.
The ceremony is free to the public.
also excelled at what he did.
Parks was born in 1912 in Fort Scott. He garnered nausea for becoming the first African-American photographer to work at the magazines Life and Vogue. Parks started off as a fashion photographer at Life, but became a significant photographer for the magazine during the Civil Rights Movement. He photographed many of the most notable African-American leaders of the time, including Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
His first novel, "The Learning Tree," was published in 1963 and transformed into a movie with the same title. Parks also experienced success
directing the first two of the three '70s "Shaft" movies.
In 2002 Parks was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. Parks has a photography display in the Spencer Museum of Art through March 19. Rich Clarkson, a photo journalist and KU alumnus, will be speaking at the ceremony. He said Parks was a charismatic man who still cared deeply about his home state.
"He loves Kansas," Clarkson said. "If you mention Kansas you have got Gordon for the next hour."
Edited by John Jordan
NATION
Bush defends spying
BY DEB RIECHMANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON Under fire for eavesdropping on Americans, President Bush said Thursday that spy work stretching from the U.S. to Asia helped thwart terrorists plotting to use shoe bombs to hijack an airliner and crash it into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.
"It took the combined efforts of several countries to break up this plot," Bush said. "By working together we stopped a catastrophic attack on our homeland."
Some information about the foiled attack was disclosed last year, but Bush offered more details to highlight international cooperation in fighting terrorists. He did not say whether information about the West Coast plot was collected by his administration's program to monitor _ without court warrants _ some calls and e-mails between people overseas and in the U.S. when links to terrorism are suspected.
The White House said that issue was not the point of the speech, but the president and his advisers have been vigorously defending the legality of the program, which has been questioned by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
After weeks of insisting that divulging details of the monitoring program would hinder intelligence gathering, the White House relented Wednesday and began briefing some additional lawmakers.
today's weather
Fourth and final provost candidate visits Karen Gould said that if she became provost, she'd want to see more minority students study abroad and would listen to students. PAGE2A
GAMEDAY: Kansan breaks down KU-ISU Kansas, winner of six straight, faces a struggling Iowa State team Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. Russell Robinson and Mario Chalmers still must contain Curtis Stinson and Will Blalock. PAGE 8B
Player looks ahead Caroline Smith earned recognition from the NSCAA, Soccer Buzz and the Big 12. Not being a part of the soccer world has been a challenge for Smith, one she is still getting used to. PAGE 1B
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