Monday inside Week of celebration This week the Brazilian Student Association will host events to honor Brazil's culture. Each night will feature events that will include food, music and more with the Carnaval celebration Saturday night at Abe and Jake's Landing. PAGE 3A Club hopes to expand A club designed for students majoring in communications studies is looking for new members. PAGE 5A Art that's always fresh KU art students have joined other artists in the Crossroads district in downtown Kansas City, presenting their own art at an exhibition they called Fresh Produce. PAGE 5A Softball home opener The Jayhawks softball team won three of four games this weekend in the first game at the new Arrocha Ballpark. Kansas won two games over the Utah Utes and split two games with No.17 Nebraska.PAGE 1B Team trumps Panthers Despite losing on Saturday against the Panthers, the Jayhawks came out on top overall, winning the other two games. The team will continue its home stay at 3 p.m. on Wednesday against Tabor at Hoglund Ballpark. PAGE1B Weather Today 5432 mostly sunny Two-day forecast tomorrow 5536 partly cloudy wednesday 5937 sunny Josh Moigren, KUJH-TV Talk to us Tell us your news. Contact Michelle Rombeck or Andrew Vaupel at 864-4810 or editor@kansan.com index Briefs 2A Opinion 4A Sports 1B Sports briefs 2B Horoscopes 4B Comic 4B KANSAN IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.108 Time expires for Tigers Freshman guard Jeremy Case and sophomore guard Jeff Hawkins celebrate during the last minutes of yesterday's nailbiting 84-82 victory against Missouri. This was last regular season game ever at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers will play in a new arena next year. See game stories on PAGE 1B. Moore visits campus Talks to students about war, education, debt By Anna Clovis aclovis@kansan.com Kansas staff writer "It's what is going on." Moore and five other members of Congress visited Iraq in January. He said he originally didn't want to go but felt he had a responsibility to see what was happening. While there, Moore scrunched his way into the spider hole where United States troops discovered Saddam Hussein. Hussein. Moore voted for the resolution to send troops to Iraq. He said his decision was impacted by an unclassified report given by David Kay, former U.S. weapons inspector. Kay said that if SEE MOORE ON PAGE 6A U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) showed a chart explaining how Congress spent its money during a lecture Friday in the Kansas Union.The visit was part of the "Students Learning through Leaders" series. Spam blocker unveiled By Noeley J. Spellmeier spellmeier@kansan.com Kansan staff writer A new program to help control spam at the University of Kansas is being introduced today. KU Information Technology Services is unveiling the spam filter to help control what it calls a skyrocketing number of junk e-mails. While the new program will not remove spam from KU accounts, it is supposed to make spam more recognizable and easier to filter. Before any mail is delivered, it will be processed by software. If the e-mail comes from a known spammer it will be tagged by the program. It also determines spam by finding the SpamScore with a series of step-by-step procedures that analyze each email for a common spam code. Spam emails contain codes that reappear indicating that it is probably spam. cating that it is spam. The more asterisks, the more potential for it to be spam. All the e-mails will still be received in KU accounts, but those that are tagged will have a subject line of [Spam:****SpamScore]. The number of asterisks in the subject line will vary, depending on how certain the program is that it is spam. The more asterisks, the more potential for it to be spam. "It does not eliminate spam from coming into the inbox, but it gives you a tool by which you can control it," said Jerree Catlin, associate director of Academic Computing Services. This gives control to the user, rather than the program. With this addition, it will be easier for users to create their own filters, Catlin said. They can now set one to filter by the new spam subject line, so anything tagged will automatically be sent to another folder. Part of the reason this is being done is because spam senders are getting more sophisticated with their subject lines, Catlin said. Some people will set filters so that anytime an e-mail with the word "viagart" is in the subject, it will be filtered out. But spammers began using tricks, such as writing it as "v.i.a.g.a.r.a." to bypass the filter, Catlin said. yassp the menu, and the new program only works with SEE SPAM ON PAGE 6A Candidates announce platforms KUnited focuses on tuition contract; Delta Force, a voice on student issues By Andy Marso amarso@kansan.com Kansan staff writer KUnited and Delta Force each released the platform issues they hope will sway voters to their side this weekend. KUnited is focused mainly on specific campus improvements while Delta Force is focused on broad issues that extend to the national level. Steve Munch, Bellevue, Neb., sophomore, and Jeff Dunlap, Leawood junior, are KUnited's candidates this year. They announced their platforms Saturday afternoon at a KUnited meeting to a group of about 60 coalition members and supporters. year. "The main objective is to ensure people have a fair understanding of what they're getting into when they first enroll," Munch said. "Most importantly, that students aren't getting priced out of an education after they've already started." The platform included a tuition contract that would lock in students' tuition at the rate it was during their freshman year. munch said the platform was one of KUnited's most ambitious because it would require a consensus between student leaders, University administrators and state legislators. But, if implemented, Dunlap said the platform would prevent drastic increases in tuition like those of the last few years, which he said were caused by poor planning on the University's part. The platform included a long-term plan to unite student governments across the nation to provide a strong voice on student issues on a national level. The plan would start with a conference to bring student leaders together at the University this summer. stand every year," Dunlap said. "This doesn't handcuff the University, it forces us to plan ahead." University this summer. McKenzie said the follow-up after the conference would include networking through monthly newsletters. He and Swenson agreed that it was a project that would require a lot of planning and a long-term commitment. Blake Swenson, Topeka senior, and Kevin McKenzie, Salina sophomore, are Delta Force's candidates. They announced their platform at a house party Saturday night that was attended by about 400 people. The Delta Force platform included many issues that would require collaboration with the City Commission and the state government. Swenson said Student Senate had narrowed its scope of influence too much in the past few years. "We decided not to limit ourselves to easy stuff," McKenzie said. "We're going after hard platforms to make meaningful change." "We'd have to reevaluate where we — Edited by Ashley Arnold. "We've said we can do these on-campus platforms, but we can also do so much more," Swenson said. "We believe we can do this if the leadership believes in itself and is powerful." STUDENT SENATE COALITION PLATFORMSDelta Force and KUnited both announced their campaign platforms over the weekend. Delta Force - Improving University Career and Employment Services (includes adding a satellite office to complement current office in basement of Burge Union). - An easier time online: - An easier time online: - Online voting in Student Senate elections from any Web-accessible computer. - Online marketplace: a site for students to post free classified ads, possibly part of KYou portal. - Online enrollment improvements: Include more easily accessible course catalog and timetable online. Best before you test New academic calendar policy that forbids professors from scheduling tests for the week before final exams. Safe Ride expansion: Add more dispatchers to reduce busy signals City-wide curbside recycling pick-up dispairter City-wide curbside recycling pick-up Garret Rebellization; Student Ghetto Revitalization: Repairs for streets, lighting and sidewalks in areas directly sur- rounding campus. Increase presence in Topeka (including more one-on-one meetings with Gov. Kathieen Sebelius) to fight for issues such as higher education funding and academic freedom. Unite student leaders across the country; includes inviting new student governments from universities across the country to attend summer conference at the University. KUnited - Student seat on city commission - Continue "Have a say before you pay": No raise in student fees unless approved by students in campus-wide referendum. Tuition contracts: Students' tuition is locked in at the rate of their freshman year. Wireless campus: All campus buildings equipped for wireless Internet. - On-campus recycling center - Alternative (bio-diesel) fuel for buses. - Parking garage reallotment: Add up to 100 more student permit spots at Kansas Union parking garage. Lighting improvements: Includes use of portable lights that can be set up to light heavily used paths from events that finish in the evening. More student hourly jobs - More student hourly jobs - Increase presence in Topeka: Unite Board of Regents universities in opposition to using student fees to make up budget deficits. 21 New MRC: Make sure the new Multicultural Resource Center project is seen through to completion. Reach out to international students:Pair international students with domestic students interested in their regions to provide more interaction between the two groups. Source: Delta Force and KUnited ---