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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 117
STUDENT SENATE
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Students show their support of funding for the Headquarters Counseling Center by holding up signs stating their powerful messages and opinions. The student senate meeting and debate over Block Allocation funding took place Wednesday night in the Kansas Union.
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Atter more than three hours of debate, amendment proposals and speeches by Student Senators along with community members, block allocation passed.
BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
Senators vote to end group funding in 2013
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It passed 34 to 14, ending possibly the most contentious Senate issue of this year.
It passed, meaning all Student Senate funding for four community health service groups — the Douglas County AIDS project, Headquarters Crisis Center, the Willow Domestic Violence Center and GaDuGi Sexual Assault SafeCenter — will end in two years, fiscal year 2013.
Senate did pass a resolution to create a task force to find new funding streams for these groups. This task force will begin work before the Senate elections and will be headed by current vice president Megan Ritter. It will also contain all four current leadership candidates and 16 other designated student leaders.
Senator Devin Cantwell proposed and got passed an amendment to strike language from the task force
proposal stating that block allocation "is not the appropriate funding outlet for non-KU affiliated organizations of any type." That the four groups are not student activities but off-campus groups has been the main argument for the block allocation cuts by its supporters, including Student Body President Michael Wade Smith and others.
An amendment to re-instate the $4,000 Willow receives was passed with the stipulation that it go toward a crisis hotline. This means Willow, as the other groups, will be funded next year but the year after that.
The meeting took place in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union and was full, with the 78 available non-senator seats taken by supporters of the four groups and members of the media in aisles. Several senators spoke of how impressed they were of the outpouring of support and involvement in the issue.
more year from the Student Senate Activity Fee, which allocates $2.11 from each student per semester
The Douglas County AIDS project, Headquarters Crisis Center, the Willow Domestic Violence Center and GaDuGi Sexual Assault SafeCenter will only be funded one
IN BRIEF:
- Edited by Erin Wilbert
CELEBRATION
Holiday traditions are kept alive in U.S. and in Ireland
BY CAROLINE ATKINSON
editor@kansan.com
Remember to wear green today to avoid getting pinched in honor of St. Patrick's Day. According to britannica.com, the holiday originated in Ireland in AD 461 to commemorate the death of the patron saint of Ireland, who dedicated his life to converting his country to Christianity, and over time became an international phenomenon.
Before 1970, St. Patrick's Day was viewed as a religious holiday, and bars in Ireland were forced by law to be closed on March 17. Most of the traditions on this day were started in the United States and later picked up by Ireland to boost tourism. The following traditions are still enacted today:
THE COLOR GREEN
The United States is known for having mugs overflowing with green beverages. The color green and the tradition of pinching those not wearing it is mainly a U.S. custom that was started by school children to ward off leprechauns. The idea is that being pinched will give nonconformists a greenish bruise to wear for the rest of the holiday. However, people in Ireland don't follow this particular tradition.
The shamrock was used by Patrick to spread the word of God to the Irish. Three was a sacred number in Ireland, as was the tri-leafed shamrock. Patrick explained how the three leaves of the shamrock were like the Trinity — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit — that was bound together by a common root.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City in 1776. In Ireland, the first parade in honor of the saint was not until 1995. The holiday is now spread out over several days in Ireland with concerts, fireworks, crafts, parades and more.
THE SHAMROCK
What do you think?
A leprechaun is said to be an Irish fairy that looks like two-foot-tall old man dressed like a shoemaker. They are unfriendly, tricky and possess a pot of gold. If a leprechaun is caught by someone, it is forced to reveal the whereabouts of its treasure. However, the captor must keep an eye on the leprechaun at all times or the creature will disappear and all hopes of finding the gold will be lost.
PARADES
THE LEPRECHAUN
1. What do you know about St. Patrick's Day?
2. What are your plans for the holiday?
ALEX HORWITZ Prairie Village senio
"I don't know anything about the history [of St. Patrick's Day], but I'm probably going to Mass Street to celebrate."
Birmingham, Ala. Senior "It's not really popular where I'm from, so it's very new to me that people celebrate St. Patrick's Day."
Edited by Emily Soetaert
KEVIN FINCHER
Birmingham Ala. Son
EMILY FERRELL Shawnee freshman "My favorite part about St. Patrick's Day is the Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's."
SARA FAIRCHILD Wichita sophomore "You drink green beer."
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS
PARADE
DETAILS: Massachusetts Street will be closed from 11th to 14th streets beginning at noon. Detour routes available online at lawencrentcitisit.org
WHERE: Downtown Lawrence
WHEN: 1 p.m. today
GaDuGi SAFE CENTER ST.PATTY'S DAY BENEFIT PARTY
WHERE: 317 N. 2nd St., formally Gaslight Tavern - across from
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today
DETAILS: Free beer, food and Irish band
INTRODUCTION TO THE IRISH COLLECTIONS BY DR. KATHRYN CONRAD
WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m.
BY DR. KATHRYN CONRAD
WHEN 5:30 to 8:00
WHERE: Kenneth Spencer Research Library
DETAILS: Call 785-864-3601 for more information
INTERNATIONAL
Howard Ting/KANSAN
Sandy Rushing, a junior from Independence, Mo., studied in Japan in 2006. Now he's returning to help with the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.
But his experiences - his deep love for Japanese culture and society - have never left him.
Rushing, a junior from Independence, Mo., lived in Japan for about a year for a study abroad program in 2006. Since then, he's come to Lawrence, joined the Kansas National Guard and worked toward his degree in psychology.
He heard last week about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has killed at least at 4,000 people and left nearly half a million people homeless with some 8,000 people still missing. He got in touch with his friends in Japan, made sure they were OK, and instantly knew he had to do more than just donate money to relief efforts - he had to go back.
Rushing is planning to leave for Okinawa as soon as Monday or Tuesday, travel through Tokyo up to the hardest-hit northern region and spend the week of Spring Break living and volunteering in a shelter house.
Immediately after he heard the news, Sandy Rushing knew he had to help.
"If I can help just one person, the trip will be worth it," he said.
Rushing has had medical training through his service and feels confident he can help, at least by
BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
Student to help with tsunami relief efforts
Throughout the country, power and food supplies are currently limited as threat of nuclear meltdown. Rushing may not be able to help search and rescue efforts, but he'll do what he can.
"There's two types of people," he said. "I want to be the kind who knows this is best course of action and does it."
distributing food and water,but his family and friends are concerned for his safety. He says he knows the risks and if he feared for his own life,he never would have joined the military.
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"People who volunteer for disaster relief know they could die," he said. "But they do it anyway, because someone should."
He says he just wants to help, not just because of the lives lost but because of the tremendous amount of lives affected - it's the whole Japanese way of life that's at risk as well as the tragedy of the loss of life.
"It's so much destruction," he said. "We don't even know how much has been lost."
Rushing does not have any agency or nonprofit support but is trying to get in touch with Red Cross officials in the area and gathering donations for travel. He's also looking for camera equipment and a travel bike to help get around.
TO GET INFORMATION about donating to Sandy Rush's payPal account for travel expenses, e-mail him at
Edited by Brittany Nelson
s523R515@ku.edu
THE JAPANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION will be tabling on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union all day today and tomorrow collecting Jonations to the Red Cross