"I'm a little surprised by how negative people are toward Bush personally." Andrew Kohut, director of a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press poll.
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100TH ANNIVERSARY
friday, february 20, 2004
FROM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ARCHIVES
FEB.20
20 years ago in the Kansan:
Staff reporter Mary Sexton wrote about the battle of the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas to get minority status for homosexual individuals. Ruth Lichtwardt, president of the organization, said homosexuals deserved minority status because they were discriminated against as a group and could not choose their sexual preference.
25 years ago in the Kansan
Staff Reporter Patricia Manson wrote about the controversy of a proposed bill benefiting home renters. Jack Brand, a lobbyist for the Lawrence Apartment Owners Association, said, "A bill that would allow tenants to deduct the cost of home repairs from their rent would force landlords to raise their prices." A proponent of the bill said it would encourage owners to settle disputes with tenants quickly.
75 years ago in the Kansan
The Kansan reported on an "old time party" to take place in the Union building. According to the article, "rolling dance tunes and dances of the days of Martha and George Washington" were to be features of the party. "Plans for the entertainment include games, bridge, and old-fashioned dancing," the writer
wrote.
90 years ago in the Kansan
The Kansan was there when students were petitioning for a Student Union. Following a morning rally, only 35 more signatures were needed to acquire the 600 total signatures needed to submit the petition. John W.Fisher, the first student to ever register at the University of Kansas, spoke out in favor of the Union. "When you get six or eight hundred students together in such a Union it means that many voters. And what cannot such an organization of earnest voters do before the legislature at the University," Fisher said.
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The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring a Graduate Student Exhibition that lasts until Feb. 27 on the third floor of the Art and Design Building. Free. Contact Art and Design. 864-4401.
■ The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring Concerts at the Lied Center featuring the KU Symphonic Band and the KU University Band at 7:30 tonight. Tickets can be purchases via the Lied Center, $7 for adults and $5 students/seniors. Contact the M&D Office at 864-3436.
The KU Ballroom Dance Club is having dance lessons and practice from 7.p.m. to 9.p.m. tonight in the Hashinger Hall Dance Studio. These are beginner's dance lessons.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries is having a sign-up for an Alternative Spring Break to northern New Mexico at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the ECM, 1204 Oread. This is an orientation and sign-up for a trip entailing volunteer service, historical and cultural introduction with the theme What do I Want My Life to Say. Contact Nadine Appenbrink at 841-5424.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center is looking for students who are interested in contributing their time to help repair homes in needy communities in Saltillo, Mexico and Auxier, Kentucky over spring break. There are five spots still available for the Saltillo trip and one for the Kentucky trip. Contact the St. Lawrence Center at 843-3784 or send an e-mail to
saltillosb@hotmail.com.
Latin American Studies is sponsoring a Latin Film Festival at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium. This program dramatizes the history of Teotihuacán through reenactments of the everyday life of its multicultural inhabitants. The chronology of events leading to its eventual rise to dominance as the stronghold of Aztec rule in Central Mexico is traced. Murals found on the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, and in the temple of the winged serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, are presented as pages of a nonexistent codex, and as the spiritual key to cultures that existed elsewhere in Mesoamerica.
CAMPUS
Proposed Student Senate voting changes bill fails
A bill that would have allowed students to vote from computers in residence hall academic resource centers failed in full Student Senate Wednesday The bill would have taken effect in this spring's Senate elections. The bill passed in two committees last week by simple majority votes, but as a change to rules and regulations it required a two-thirds vote in full Senate. The vote was 25 in favor, 25 against.
Andy Marso
Vietnamese Tet Show marks start of Year of the Monkey
The Vietnamese Student Association will present its annual Tet Show at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Union Ballroom. "Tet" marks the new year on the lunar calendar.
also perform.
Association members, parents and students from other universities will celebrate the Year of the Monkey with a dinner, dragon dances, a fashion show and skits by students. A martial arts group from the University of Kansas will
She said approximately 200 people attended last year's show and the same number are expected this year.
— Jodie Krafft
STATE
TOPEKA—A bill requiring most children to wear seat belts or use special booster or safety seats when riding in vehicles faces an uncertain future in the House.
State law requires all children under 4 to ride in special safety seats and any child from 4 through 13 to wear seat belts.
The Senate approved the measure on a 27-12 vote yesterday.
The bill would require children aged 4 through 7 to ride in special booster seats if they weigh 80 pounds or less or are 4-foot-9 or shorter. All other passengers under 18 would have to wear seat belts.
Also, the bill would increase the fine for violating the child passenger safety law to $60 from $20.
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FCC chairman to present keynote address at summit
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Michael Powell, Federal Communications Commission chairman, will give a keynote address on broadband technologies and communications issues today.
Rep. Tom Sloan (R-Lawrence) is the primary sponsor of the summit, Sloan said he hoped to develop a special relationship between Kansas policy makers and broadband providers, and the FCC and its staff.
Pauline Sung, Leavenworth junior, and Tracy Hsiao, Wichita senior, practiced a Chinese fan dance last night at the Parlors Room in the Kansas Union. Sung, Hsiao and several other members of the Asian American Student Union are preparing the dance for the Taste of Asia, at 7 p.m. February 28 at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"After this event, I hope the FCC turns to Kansas in the future to serve as the model for other states on broadband and communication issues," Sloan said.
Powell will begin today with a briefing at Nichols Hall in the Information and Telecommunications Technology Center, 250 Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Rd. The keynote address will begin at 2 p.m. in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
Among those joining Powell will be Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).
Anna Clovis
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