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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 116
COMMUNITY CUTS?
Forum addresses funding
BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
Student body president Michael Wade Smith and treasurer David Cohen held an open forum yesterday afternoon to address concerns over the proposed block allocation fee cuts that would remove all student funding of the Douglas County AIDS Project, the Willow Domestic Violence Center, GaDuGi Sexual Assault SafeCenter and Headquarters Counseling Center by fiscal year 2013, a total of $69,327 in annual funding for the four groups.
Despite a number of complaints regarding the measure, numbers of people at the forum weren't so strong. Thirteen people came, only five of whom were not current senators.
Smith expressed disappointment at the lack of turnout but defended the proposal.
"What I want to stress is that this is not malicious and not done with ignorance," he said.
Casey Briner, Renew KU's presidential candidate, and Josh Dean, Renew's vice-presidential candidate, were present at the meeting, during which Dean pledged to sign a letter with his running mate as well as candidates for KUnited, Libby Johnson and Gabe Bliss, declaring intent to follow through with a proposed task force to find funding for the four services outside the Student Senate Activity Fee, which the finance committee has voted to remove it from.
Dean said the four potential leaders of next year's Senate were all committed to finding alternative funding rather than removing all funding, which several people expressed concerns about, given that the Senate staff will turn over at the end of this year.
The block allocation proposal will go before the full Senate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas room of the Kansas Union.
—Edited by Sarah Gregory
TONIGHT'S FULL
SENATE AGENDA
WHAT: Aside from block allocations, the Senate will perform student fee reviews
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kansas Room of the Kansas Union
THE AGENDA ALSO INCLUDES BILLS TO FUND THE FOLLOWING:
- Queers and Allies Pride Month
- International Student's Association's 2011 International Awareness Week
- KU Environs
- The Big Event
- The Big Event
- Students for Life
Student body president Michael Wade Smith, right, and treasurer David Cohen address concerns over proposed funding cuts yesterday afternoon. The cuts would remove all student funding of the Douglas County AIDS Project, the Willow Domestic Violence Center, GaDuGi Sexual Assault SafeCenter and Headquarters Counseling Center.
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Home is far away, but break is here
BY LISA ANDERSEN landersen@kansan.com
RAE ALZARTH Saudi Arabia
"We may go to Chicago or maybe Florida," Alzarth said. "We need to shop."
Rae Alzarth came to the University this semester to study medicine.
Alzarth also noted that if they went to Jacksonville, Fla., for spring break, he would try to buy a car. He said he had enjoyed his time at
Alzarth hasn't been home to Saudi Arabia for six months and looks forward to his cousin traveling overseas to come visit him in the United States this spring break.
SELINA VINK Netherlands, junior
the University so far and had not gotten homesick
INGA POETING Germany, junior
"I'm used to being alone. I travel a lot," Alzarth said. "It's very nice here."
Junior Selina Vink arrived from the Netherlands this semester and is studying both American studies and journalism.
Vink will be traveling to Daytona Beach, Fla., for half of spring break, but will also be staying in her room at the Jayhawker Towers on campus.
"I have a midterm the Monday after spring break," Vink said. "I'll probably study. I might go to Kansas City to go shopping."
Vink said she had enjoyed her time living in the Jayhawker Towers
"You have a living room and kitchen; you don't have to go to dining facilities every day," Vink said. "It's kind of an apartment."
For more coverage of this story,
check out KUJH's newcast today
at 4 p.m. on channel 31.
Junior Inga Poeting came from Essen, Germany, this semester and is studying German literature and social science. Poeting looks forward to spending part of her spring break with her friend's family in Abilene.
"They were part of the decision to come here," Poeting said. "They feel like my host family."
Poeting said the people she had met during her time here had been helpful.
"I made a lot of friends pretty fast," Poeting said. "I haven't met anyone who wasn't friendly and nice whenever I had a question."
—Edited by Becca Harsch
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL |10A
Jayhawks in NIT
Kansas plays host to Wichita State in its first WNIT game tonight in Allen Fieldhouse. This is the fourth consecutive WNIT bid for Kansas.
CAMPUS LIFE|3A
SUA hosts Food Network star
Duff Goldman, host of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes," visited campus Tuesday evening. As part of SUAs Student Lecture Series, Goldman told his story from teen graffiti artist to reality TV star.
Classifieds ... 8A
Crossword ... 4A
Cryptoquips ... 4A
Opinion ... 5A
Sports ... 10A
Sudoku ... 4A
INDEX
Performance artist Emesto Pujol traces a photo at the Spencer Art Museum Tuesday morning. Viewers were allowed to follow Pujol as he did what he called visitation, where he was to copy the entire on-view content of the museum.
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Performance artist visits Spencer Museum
ART
BY LAURA THOMAS lthomas@kansan.com
Nothing but the sound of classic piano could be heard Tuesday from the Spencer Museum of Art, as gatherers watched performance artist Ernesto Pujol turn the museum into his experimental laboratory for the day. Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Pujol remained silent, aimlessly scribbling images onto his clipboard as he roamed barefoot around every exhibit.
The task of his visitation was to conceptualize the representation of a human gaze. Pujol, who stages meditative performances around the country, created something specific for his trip to the University.
"He wanted to do something with our art collection," Susan Earle, curator of European and American Art at the museum and curator of the performance, said. "He wanted to bring those to greater attention and inspire students."
His performance was based on the history of painting, which involved subtle gestures through walking, pausing, looking and drawing the entire contents of the museum throughout the day.
This entirely uninterrupted day lasted six hours, allowing Pujol to break for only five short minutes once. In that six hours, he created a flood of white paper around the museum, allowing the audience to follow his journey from room to
room.
"I really appreciated a lot of what he was doing." Matthew Walsh, a senior art student from Kansas City, Kan., said. "It is a solo performance but we have been invited to work with him. A lot of what he does has to do with the idea of community."
A community is exactly what Pujol created as students like Walsh came and went throughout the day, following his lead and trying to absorb each image shown in the museum.
"He's a wonderful person, Ernesto." Earle said. "Our expectation was that people would really engage with our collection and look at art in new ways."
The museum saw great participation from students of all ages. As the clock struck 4 p.m. and the visitation came to a close, the sea of white papers was left to represent Pujol's hours here at the University.
—Edited by Sarah Gregory
For more coverage of this story, check out KUJH's newscast today at 4 p.m. on channel 31.
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