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in this office, the better. Because the more diverse of a population we have within our organization the better we can program for the University as a whole," Iler said.
Record-breaking attendance at an event last semester illustrates a growing interest in participants as well.
At 2,006 attendees, the sold out Aziz Ansari show on Sept. 14 broke the Lied Center's attendance record. Ansari appeared courtesy of SUA and as part of his "Dangerously Delicious" comedy tour.
"We knew we sold out, but we didn't know it was a record," Iler said. "And we were really excited about that."
SUA's mission is to provide low cost events to students in order to provide options outside of the classroom. Weekly events include two dollar movies and larger events such as the Ansari show.
"It's a really inexpensive way
for students to stay busy and get more out of the college experience" ller said.
Compton said SUAs done a good job throughout the past couple of years in terms of advertising and branding.
"We did a huge website overhaul and our social media presence is huge right now," Compton said.
SUA members say the increased interest in their organization is testimony to their marketing efforts and the student body's knowledge and curiosity of what they do.
"It shows, not our popularity, but how big of a role we can have on this campus," Buffington said.
SUA's next big event is their version of "Dancing with the Stars" featuring student body president Michael Wade Smith and Baby Jay Feb. 24 in the Union.
Group may get $9,000 to fund speaker
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON
STUDENT SENATE
Against the wishes of some members, the Student Senate Finance Committee approved the Center for Community Outreach's request for funding to bring speaker Greg Mortenson to the University in March.
At Wednesday's finance committee meeting in the Kansas Union, the CCO requested $10,000 from the committee.
The committee denied the original amount, amending the total to the approved amount of $9,000. The Student Senate will vote on the amended amount next week.
CCO organizes an annual campaign in March, "Into the Street Week", and plans on Mortenson for the key-note speaker.
Mortenson founded the Central
Asia Institute and his recent book, "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School At A Time," was on the New York Times Best Seller list three times.
CCO said Mortenson's reputation as the most sought out speaker and his humanitarian work justify the funding.
Members of the finance committee said their concern was that a speaker with such a hefty price tag can take away funding from other students' groups and their ability to bring speakers.
"Essentially, one group can bring in one speaker and the rest are S-O-L," one committee member said.
David Cohen, student senate treasurer, said he would feel irresponsible if he did not speak out.
"I think it's an absurd amount and way too high." Cohen said.
According to members, the bud-
Law students make up snow days
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The KU School of Law has a different policy when it comes to canceled classes than other departments at the University. KU School of Law is accredited through the American Bar Association, therefore all students must have 700 minutes of class per credit hour. If class is canceled due to inclement or if class is canceled by the professor, the time missed must be made up.
Law students must attend 700 minutes per credit hour
BY ANN WILSON awilson@kansan.com
The two snow days at the beginning of the month brought relief to students and professors alike, but students in the School of Law had all work and no play.
Stacy Leeds, interim associate dean for academic affairs, said that under the American Bar Association's (ABA) accreditation, law students must make up any missed classes regardless of the circumstances, including snow days or professor illnesses.
"It's nothing new or extraordinary," Leeds said. "The idea of having makeup classes is very routine in the law school."
The law school builds in makeup days to their calendar at the beginning of the school year and the decision for when students will make up missed classes relies on individual professors. Additional makeup times were identified after the snowstorm hit. Leeds said rescheduling the two snow days would be more difficult because they affected the whole school.
Under ABA policy, students must attend 700 minutes of class per credit hour. Leeds said this equals out to 55 minutes per day—a rule compliant with every law school in the country.
Maddie Simpson, a second year law student from Mission Hills, said that most teachers are pretty understanding when it comes to
makeup days and try to choose times based on their students' availability.
"On one hand I think it's kind of unfortunate because we can't control the weather, but if we want to maintain the ABA accreditation, there's no way around it," Simpson said.
Christopher Drahozal, professor and associate dean for research and faculty development, said in an e-mail that the predetermined makeup times reduce the risk of conflict with students' other classes.
"I checked with the students before scheduling the makeupups to make sure they didn't cause too many conflicts," Drahozal said. "Given the circumstances, I will not penalize students who have conflicts."
Two of Drahozal's classes were canceled due to the snow. His contracts class meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:15 a.m. He has already rescheduled one class for next Thursday, and another in March.
While Drahoza's students know their makeup schedules, others
such as Simpson have yet to hear from their instructors.
— Edited by Emily Soetaert
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get still has more than $30,000 in funding for other groups.
"This is the most amazing speaker and by far the best event Student Senate will have their name behind in the past five years," one committee member said.
The event total is about $34,000, which includes $19,250 that was raised through other sources, such as Global International Studies and Student Union Activities.
Edited by Jacque Weber