in other words "It's official. It's official."
Rich Walker, who joins more than 1,700 other gay and lesbian couples who have exchanged vows in San Francisco's City Hall in the past few days.
2A the university daily kansan
news in brief
tuesday, february 17, 2004
100TH ANNIVERSARY.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ARCHIVES
Ten years ago in the Kansan:
Kansan staff writer Jamie Munn wrote about renovations planned for Corbin, Lewis and Templin residence halls. The Board of Regents was voting whether to allocate $1.3 million for renovations at Corbin and $50,000 to study the need for renovations at Lewis and Templin.
Twenty years ago in the Kansan:
Twenty years ago in the Kansas Staff reporter Jenny Barker wrote about a KU professor that was
standing up against the University's allowance of confidential research. Associate Professor of philosophy Don Marquis said, "When one signs an agreement to do classified research, one is agreeing to keep certain aspects of research secret - one is acquiring the obligation not to teach the material being researched."
Fifty years ago in the Kansan:
Fifty years ago in the Kansas:
"Late enrollment of 295 students at
the University has boosted the total spring semester registration to 6,015 on the Lawrence campus," said James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions.
Ninetv years ago in the Kansan:
Ed Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe, said that University Chancellor Strong would make a good U.S. senator. He said that "college men" were the most important citizens of the country.
STATE
State legislators seek to raise education budget by $1 billion
TOPEKA—A group of school officials has proposed a new school finance formula designed to satisfy a preliminary district court order that found the current system of funding schools in Kansas unconstitutional.
The plan would add $1 billion to the existing $2.6 billion in annual state aid to school districts. It was drafted by the Salina and Dodge City school districts, which sued the state in 1999, and others in the Schools for Fair Funding coalition.
Hays Superintendent Fred Kaufman said the plan addresses both fairness in school funding and giving districts enough money to provide a suitable education to all students.
The package would increase base state aid per pupil to $5,033 from its current $3,863,as well as boost aid for special education, transportation and at-risk programs aimed at helping improve the performance of poor and minority students on standardized tests.
Kaufman said legislators should give the plan serious consideration, instead of looking at putting more money into the current school finance formula, which Shawnee County District Judge Terry Bullock was broken. He later admonished the Legislature to "just go fix it."
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The school districts drafted the proposal after the Dodge City and Salina superintendents received a written challenge from Senate President Dave Kerr, R-Hutchinson, seeking a solution.
"I would hope they would look at it from a perspective that there is a real need for this," Kaufman said of lawmakers.
—The Associated Press
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.at the ECM, 1204 Oread. There will be conversation on a variety of personal, social and environmental issues. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is having a Veggie Lunch from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Thursday at the ECM. Optional donation for meal. Contact Laura Adams at 843-4933.
University Christian Fellowship is sponsoring a Bible Study at 7 p.m. tonight in the ECM. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 or www.ucf4u.org.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring a free Graduate Student Exhibition that lasts until February 27 on the third floor of the Art and Design Building. Contact the Art and Design at 864- 4401.
KU LEAD and the Center for Campus Life are sponsoring the second session in the Leadership Enhancement Series from 6 to 7 tonight in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. The session is titled Goal Setting for Student Organizations presented by Angie Carr, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and Matt Crouse, Department of Student Housing, Contact crouse@ku.edu.
The Office of Study Abroad is having an information meeting about Theatre in Greece at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Crafton-Preyer Theatre, upper lobby of Murphy Hall. Learn more about this summer study abroad program in which students will produce and perform a Greek play in an ancient Greek theatre. Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
The Office of Study Abroad is having an informational meeting about Arabic Studies in Ifrane, Morocco at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in 4021 Wescoe Learn about studying the Arabic language and culture this summer in
Morocco, Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
The Office of Study Abroad is having an informational meeting about Ancient Rome and the Bay of Naples at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in 2106 Wescoe. Learn more about this summer abroad program in which students study the archaeological remains and artistic heritage of ancient and medieval Rome, and the buried cities on Pompeii and Herculaneum. Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
The Office of Study Abroad is having an informational meeting about the Summer Language Institute in Florence, Italy at 4 p.m. today in 2066 Wescoe. Learn more about this summer study abroad program for students who wish to study the Italian language and culture in an authentic setting. Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
The Office of Study Abroad is having an informational meeting about European studies in Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in 4021 Wescoe. Learn more about this four-week study abroad program which gives a first-hand view of the institutions and policies that are molding Europe today. Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
The Center for Russian and East European Studies, the Foreign Military Studies Office and the Department of Political Science are sponsoring a lecture entitled From Bosnia to Baghdad: State-Building as a Military Task with General William L. Nash from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The lecture is free.
The Center for Russian and East European Studies is having their Laird Brown Bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. today in 318 Bailey Hall.The title of the lecture is Writing the History of the Twentieth-Century Russian Literature with Professor Gerald Mikkelson, Slavic Dept., KU.Bring your lunch and questions.
Nearly 40 people attended Saturday's Spencer Consort concert at the Spencer Museum of Art. The concert featured musicians John Boulton, professor emeritus of flute at the University of Kansas; Joy Laird, adjunct instructor of flute at Washburn University; Susan Cannan, postdoctoral fellow in chemistry; Paul Laird, associate professor of musicology and director of the Instrumental Collegium Musicum; Elizabeth Egbert Berghout, assistant professor of organ and carillon, playing music by composers from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
Enlightening concert
ON THE RECORD
A KU employee reported a burglary and theft at 8:18 a.m. Friday at McCollum Hall. A bank card, valued at $1, was taken.
A KU employee reported a University seal was stolen at 2:28 p.m. Friday from the Kansas Union. The seal was valued at $700.
Question of the Day
KU info exists to answer all your questions about KU and life as a student. Check out KU info's website at www.ku.edu/book484-3960 or visit it in person at Anachutz Library.
How tall is Mt. Oread, anyway?
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