THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2007
NEWS
3A
STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS
Ignite candidates drop out of race
Withdraw marks the end of coalition
BY ASHLEE KIELER
The presidential and vice presidential candidates sponsored by the Ignite coalition have dropped out of the Student Senate race.
Adam Hurly, Sioux Falls, S.D., sophomore, and Austin Kelly, Lawrence junior, announced their candidacy at the end of fall semester.
Hurly and Kelly have not released the reasons behind their decision to drop from the upcoming election.
"Due to circumstances outside our control we were forced to weigh our options and have decided to pursue other opportunities." Hurly said.
Along with the demise of their campaign comes the end of the Ignite coalition. The coalition will not sponsor any candidates for the upcoming Senate election.
Jason Boots, Plano, Texas, senior and student body president, helped form Ignite.
"We respect the choices that were made." Boots said of Hurly and
Kelly's decision.
Senators from Ignite are now faced with the challenge of deciding which coalition to join, United Students or Delta Force. Many senators broke ties with Ignite to form United Students earlier in the semester because there was a need for a new coalition.
Delta Force and United Students continue to meet weekly.
Hurly said that he will not be running for a senate seat this election season. Kelly's plans are unknown.
Delta Force candidates for President and Vice President are Ryan Rowan, Kansas City, Mo., junior and John Cross, Kansas City, Mo., junior.
United Students coalition recently announced their candidates as Hannah Love, Dodge City junior, and Ray Wittlinger, Olathe junior.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
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OVERLAND PARK - A tractor trailer that reportedly went out of control as snow fell Wednesday caused a pileup on Interstate 35 that involved as many as 35 vehicles, authorities said.
minor injuries like this is a blessing:
No one was killed, but 10 people were taken to area hospitals, said Jason Rhodes, an Overland Park Fire Department spokesman. One person was listed in serious condition, and the others had minor to moderate injuries.
Winter weather causes 35-car pileup on I-35
A witness said the accident happened around noon after a northbound tractor-trailer went out of control and other vehicles crashed into it, said Overland Park police spokesman Jim Weaver.
TRAFFIC
"We're lucky," Rhodes said. "When you get cars traveling at highway speeds in a wreck to have
Rhodes said the road was slick and described the scene as a jackknifed tractor-trailer followed by a half-mile-long string of accidents.
"Literally, the problem was there was a wreck and everyone wrecked trying to avoid the wreck," Rhodes said.
Northbound lanes of 1-35 were closed for a 12-block stretch for about 2 1/2 hours.
Associated Press
BY TYLER HARBERT
Student groups honor diversity
>> BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black History Month kicks off tonight with a laid-back discussion in which participants are encouraged to ask race-related questions to a diverse panel of members from the African-American community.
The discussion, "You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers," will be held at 7 p.m. at the McCook Room in the Burge Union.
"Ive always been in situations where I've been a minority, and these are questions people normally ask me," he said.
Jordan Brown, Bloomington. Ind., freshman and member of the Black Student Union, said he came up with the idea for the discussion to help bridge the gap in cultural understanding.
Brown volunteered for the panel along with a variety of other African-American students. The
panel included an athlete, a foreign exchange student, members from upper and lower-class upbringings, and both men and women.
He said he didn't want just one or two people to represent the entire African-American population.
"I don't know of too many Caucasians who have had to speak on behalf of their entire race," Brown said.
He said no subject, including common stereotypes about African Americans, would be off-limits during the discussion.
"Anything on people's hearts or minds they can come out and ask," Brown said.
Ebony Howard, Ft. Worth, Texas, senior and vice president for the Black Student Union, said her group would play host to several different events each week during the month.
The group planned the Apollo
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Night on Saturday, Feb. 10, and the Black jeopardy event for Monday, Feb. 12. They also organized various lectures, discussions and fellowship events, she said.
Howard said the month-long celebration will end March 1 during an AIDS Quilt Reception at the SUA Gallery in the Kansas Union. The quilts would focus on the disproportionate number of minorities in Kansas who contract AIDS.
"Anybody is welcome to present, and it's appreciated they want to help with the month," she said.
Howard emphasized that Black History Month at the University was the result of efforts from numerous organizations, including the Student Union Association, the Multicultural Resource Center and a number of African-American and Hispanic-American fraternities and sororities.
"I think it's going to be very pow
Antoyia Fortune, Kansas City, Kan., junior and member of the Multicultural Improvement Team, helped with publicity for Black History Month. She said she's been working for the past year in planning some of the events.
"It was built on a struggle, so it will always have significance," she said.
Fortune said each event would touch every person who attended in a different way. She said she felt Black History Month was something everybody recognized.
erful for people to see." Howard said.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
Black History Month Events
FEB.1
Diversity Dialogue: Martin Luther King's Legacy:
Would he be proud or disappointed?
7 p.m. Kansas Room; Kansas Union
The Celebration of the Life of Paul Robertson
7 p.m. McCollum Hall, Main Floor
You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers
7 p.m. McCook Room, Burge Union
FEB.2
FEB. 3
Black and Blue Gala 7 p.m. Ballroom, Kansas Union
FEB.9
Bridging the Gap, Part II
7:30 p.m. Relays Room, Burge Union
Black Expressions 7 p.m. Hawks Nest, Burge Union
Growing Pains! America, Race and Pain
7 p.m. Pine Road, Kansas Union
Kansas Racial Profiling
FEB.6
Dinner and a Movie 7 p.m. Ellsworth Lobby
FEB.8
FEB. 5
Mind, Body and Soul 6 p.m. Kansas Room, Kansas Union
12 p.m. Centennial Room, Kansas Union
FEB.10
PEB' 30
Apollo Night
Amazon Wooddudt Audience, Kansas Union
FEB.12
FEB.12
Black Jeopardy
Black Jeopardy
7:30 p.m. Relays Room, Burge Union
FEB.13
FEB. 13
Movie and Discussion
7 p.m. Location TBA
FEB. 13 and 14 Career Fair
Career Fair
12:30 p.m. Ballroom, Kansas Union
FEB.14
A Night with Lasana Hotep 7 p.m. Courtside Room, Burge Union
FEB.15
FEB 15-18
Mendez vs. Westminster 12 p.m. Walnut Room, Kansas Union
Big 12 Conference on Black Student Leadership
FEB.19
Hip-hop Dance Clinic 8 p.m. Gridiron Room, Burge Union
FEB.23
We Are One Community Conference
9 a.m. Burge Union
FEB.26
FEB 20
Spades and Spaghetti
8 p.m. RELIAS Room, Burge Union
FEB.27
FEB.28
FEB. 27 Revitalizing Women Time and Location TBA
Chip and Dip Bone Marrow Drive Time and Location TBA
MARCH 1
AIDS Quilt Reception
4 p.m. SUA Gallery
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
Welcome Reception for the Dole Institute's Spring 2007 Fellows
Thursday, February 1, 2007
5:00 PM
Dole Institute of Politics
The spring 2007 fellowship—one former governor and one KU graduate—will offer weekly opportunities for KU students to engage in the political world. Join us Thursday as we welcome our new fellows to KU
www.dole.edu/fellows
Dole Institute of Politics Student Advisory Board
What All You Need to Know
When: TODAY at 4:30 p.m.
Call 785-864-4900 for more information
Where: Dole Institute of Politics
GET NAKED Redefining Intimacy
REDEFINING THE VIEW 2007 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
SATURDAY, FEBUARY 3, 2007 • 1 PM to 5 PM
Kansas Room • Kansas Union Level 6
DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Social Work and Human Services
• Professionalism addressed. Using Our Tools
for more information, please contact the Emy Taylor Tempus Resources Center at 785.465.3521
Completed registrations due by 5 PM Thursday, February 1.
Sexuality Education Committee Presents:
Human Sexuality in Everyday Life With Dr. Dennis Dailey KU Professor of Social Welfare
This vexit course is designed with the realities of the college aged per son in mind, with a focus on how sexual development has occurred thus far in their lives, how it is presently being experienced, and expressed, and what might be cut in the continuous development of healthy adult sexuality.
Register at the TCM any day from 10am-4pm
Students $35 and Non-Students $55 (LI line register for after January
Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
Beginning February 1 for 10 sessions at the ECM
For more information contact the ECM office at 843-4933.
YOUR AD HERE
Attention Student
Groups:
Email chrisblackstone@ku.edu for more information.
funded by:
If your student organization is registered with the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, you may get FREE ADVERTISING here in the Kansan through Student Senate!
Textbook Task Force
funded by:
SENATE
would like to remind you to:
buy, sell, AND trade your textbooks on the online book exchange.
Located in the KU portal under the Community tab.
PAID FOR BY KU
February $ 1^{\mathrm{st}} $ ,2007
What: Book Drive!!!!
When: Everyday until Friday February 9th
Where: Residence Halls &
CCO office in the Kansas Union *All books will be accepted and donations will be distributed to the local tutoring and
service organizations.
NEXT WEEK ON CAMPUS:
First meeting of the semester!
KU College Republicans
Next Tuesday, February 6th at 7:00pm English Room. 6th Floor Kansas Union Guest Speaker: Graig Campbell Chair of Douglas County Republicans
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
open meeting next Tuesday, February 6th 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Centennial Room, 6th Floor Kansas Union
Email padukans@ku.edu for more information.
www.advising.ku.edu/phialphadelta