High school teammate becomes college competition Darrell Arthur takes on former high school teammate Wednesday night when the Jayhawks battle against Baylor in Waco, Texas.
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RIVALRY
Game moves to Arrowhead
BY NATHAN GILL AND BRIAN
LEWIS-JONES
The Kansas City Chiefs announced yesterday that the next two Kansas-Mizzou rivalry games would be played at Arrowhead Stadium.
Many Lawrencians are at least disappointed about the move; local businesses are expressing concern over losing business. Willie Wilkerson, manager of Jayhawk Spirit, was worried that the games' new location would hurt his business
selling official Jayhawk merchandise.
"It saddened me a lot," Wilkerson said. "I think the University is getting a little greedy."
Wilkerson said home games brought customers, some from other states, and agreed that the move is bad for Lawrence's business community.
Coach Mark Mangino, with Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins, middle and Kansas City Chiefs President, Carl Peterson, right, discuss moving rivalry game to Kansas City.
Lavern Squier, president and CEO of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said he was
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>> "WALKING THE DREAM"
DeAndrea Herron, San Antonio senior, reads the program for "Walking the Dream," a program that took place at Woodruff Auditorium Monday night after the luminaria walk down Jayhawk Boulevard to honor Martin Luther King Jr. The program featured a performance by the Inspirational Gospel Voices and a speech by Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark.
Students remember King
BY KATY BLAIR
This year's theme for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration was not just thinking about the dream, but "Walking the Dream."
After reflection on the accomplishments of King, Kimbrough
legacy. As the group fell silent, "Hallelujah" was sang by the Inspirational Gospel Voices, and the silent walk for King's dream began.
Last night, over 100 students and educators gathered in front of Strong Hall to remember King's
"Too many people are comfortable. We see things that are wrong, but don't say anything. We must challenge each other and ourselves."
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"It's a coming together to celebrate his dream and raise awareness," Mia Iverson, Frisco, Texas freshman, said.
Kimbrough's message to the audience was clear: All people must take a stand for what they believe in.
The evening's main event at Woodruff Auditorium included several speakers, including Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College.
>> INCOME
Businesses affected by higher wage
Senate considers $2.10 pay increase
The minimum wage increase passing through Congress will affect Lawrence businesses to varying degrees. For some, it may cut into profits, but for others it may have little effect.
BY MATT ERICKSON
The House passed a bill earlier this month that would raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour from the current minimum wage of $5.15, cnn.com reported. The wage would increase in smaller increments until reaching $7.25 in about two years.
The Senate is considering the bill this week.
A Washington Post article from earlier this month said that 16 percent of workers in Kansas would be affected by such an increase, compared to about 9 percent of workers nationwide.
Todd Cohen, interim director of University Relations, said the University's minimum wage for student employees is $7 an hour. It was raised before last semester, the third increase since 2002. Cohen said the University's student minimum wage will probably surpass $7.25 by the time the federal wage reaches that level.
Rod Ernst, owner of Ernst & Son Hardware at 826 Massachusetts St., said that a raise of the minimum wage to 7.25 would make it more difficult for him to compete against larger hardware retailers. The raise of the minimum wage would make it more difficult for him to cut jobs, increase product volume or raise prices than it would be for larger stores.
"In my business, when you you're dealing with these box stores, I can't compete with them head-on as it is." Ernst said.
Ernst said he pays all of his employees more than the current minimum wage, but he said many of them make less than $7 per hour. He said a wage increase would definitely cut into his profits.
"We're working on a pretty short margin already with what the rent prices are," Ernst said. "Something's going to have to be made up somewhere."
Chetan Michie, Manhattan
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>> STUDENT FINANCES
Moore proposes bill to cut student loan interest
BY TYLER HARBERT
Life would be easier for Caitlin Gibbs if she didn't need a loan to pay her tuition.
Like many other students, the Dodge City sophomore has borrowed money from the federal government every semester since she began at the University of Kansas in 2005.
"I wouldn't borrow unless I had to," she said.
Because the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would slice interest rates on government loans in half, her plight may become a little less burdensome.
U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kansas) supported the bill which easily slid through the Democrat-
"I was fortunate to have such a great experience and want to ensure that more students have access to higher education, now and in the future." Moore said. "It's not only an
controlled Congress 356 to 71. In a statement from Moore, the former Jayhawk said his time at the University
helped inspire his support of the bill.
said the bill would cut interest rates for undergraduates on need-based federal loans by a varying percentage
"I was fortunate to have such a great experience and want to ensure that more students have access to higher education, now and in the future."
REP. DENNIS MOORE
opportunity for the students,but also an investment in our future"
Information from Moore's Website
each year until 2011 when the rate will hit 3.4 percent, or half of the current 6.8 percent.
A representative for Moore said the bill, called the College Student Relief Act of 2007, must still be passed through the Senate and
signed by the president before it can be enacted. There is no set time for the bill to reach the Senate.
"I just wouldn't have the stress of figuring out how I'm going to pay for next semester," Gibbs said.
Stephanie Covington, associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, said if the bill is finalized it could impact more than 6,000 students.
She usually works 16 hours a week in the Watson Library for some extra money and said she hopes the bill will aid her during her final two years of school.
Her records show that 6,736 undergraduates borrowed federal subsidized loans during the 2005-06 school year, the most recent year
Gibbs estimated she borrowed $1,500 in federal loans and used some grant money to pay for her tuition and fees this semester.
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"We're just happy there's some relief for students," Covington said. "We support anything that helps make college more affordable for students."
"It will affect quite a few of our graduates" she said.
Covington said more students may see this as an option, but it's difficult to gauge whether or not her office will see a significant change in the amount of borrowers.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers