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Baby Jay and Matt Rodriguez perform Thursday night at the first annual SUA Dancing With the Stars. The pair took first place with a free style dance.
Michael wade Smith, the student body president, Shade Keys Little, Chancellor Grey-Little's husband, and Baby Jay, among many others.
The winner by popular vote was Matt Rodriguez, a major moring in dance as well as a member of the KU Dance Company, with Baby Jay performing a free style number. They opened up with "It Takes Two", by Base Rob and transitioned into "Push It," by Salt-
Rissien's original partner tore her Achilles' heel recently, so Buschini only had a week to learn the complex and fast-paced dance.
Jim MacAuley, a professional dancer at Paramount, said that it would normally take six months for professionals to master these dances; the performers last night had only one. While a few groups admitted to messing up a few steps, overall every group scored well and
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University hires new officer for non-academic misconduct
Nick Kehrwald is filling the newly-created position with hopes of being proactive in student conduct education.
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Polo gets a bicycle makeover
A pair of University alumni and a Lawrencian draw attention to polo by adding bikes to it and bringing it to the streets.
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TICKETS
Kirtland pleads guilty in athletics scandal
BY ALEX GARRISON
agarrison@kansan.com
Kirtland's plea differs from the arrangement of the previous six defendants in that he did not enter a plea agreement with the
Ben Kirtland, a former head of fundraising for Athletics, pleaded guilty in a Wichita court earlier this morning, said Jim Cross, a spokesman for the U.S. district attorney.
the seventh and final defendant in the federal prosecution of several former Kansas Athletics employees has pleaded guilty to involvement in its ticket scandal.
government, but rather entered a direct guilty plea, Cross said.
"Although I do not know the exact value of the tickets I sold, I estimate the total value of the tickets I sold to be in excess of $120,000," he wrote in his petition to change his plea to guilty. "I acknowledge that I was conspiring to commit, and committing, a fraud upon the
In his plea submitted to the court, Kirtland admitted to ilegally selling tickets to KU sporting events for his own financial gain from 2005 to 2009.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL | 10A
Which guys are the glue that can keep it together?
Coach Bill Self plays with a lineup to see which combination of players is the most efficient offensively and defensively.
SENATE
Plans for service center delayed
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUUGTON amcnaughton@kansan.com
Megan Ritter, student body vice president, said they weren't at the stage they had hoped to be at.
One of the major platforms for KUUnited coalition — the Student Services Center — won't be met this year because of unexpected delays in the process.
The hope, she said, is that all platforms get done in a year but that isn't always the case.
"We just kind of entered into it not knowing really how much work it would be, but it's been a really good learning experience." Ritter said.
Originally, Student Senate leaders had hoped to have concrete plans in place for the Student Service Center at the conclusion of the semester. Blaming bureaucratic interests, they said that might not happen after all.
The center would encompass a variety of services, such as academic achievement and success, disability services and a writing center, that the leaders of Student Senate believe would
improve student engagement and performance through accessibility. Ideally, the building would include seven to 10 services.
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The location of the center would ultimately dictate what services would be offered, which still remains a primary concern.
From the beginning, the top three choices for the site are the Burge Union, Anschutz Library and the parking lot across from the Kansas Union. Renovations or additions to existing structures would accommodate the new building but temporarily displace or relocate staff and faculty.
In an e-mail, provost Jeffrey Vitter said the University ultimately had the responsibility to decide whether to proceed with a project and to determine its location.
"I expect that this approach will allow us to plan more effectively and avoid dead ends and that process will more successfully mesh with student initiatives if the relevant discussions happen earlier rather than later." Vitter said.
Student Body President Michael Wade Smith said the University
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