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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 98
ROOSTERS, TIGERS AND DRAGONS: OH MY!
Ringing in another new year
Student group honors Chinese holiday, culture
Susan Tang, a freshman from Hunan, China, performs a traditional dance depicting the stages of womanhood. KU students celebrated the eve of Chinese New Year Saturday afternoon with various performances, calligraphy workshops and food.
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN roommen@kansan.com
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In China, it's the year 4067 the year of the tiger. More than 300 people celebrated the Chinese new year on Saturday night, at an event hosted by the Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association in the Kansas Union.
"This is considered to be the most important festival in China," said Jerry Jiang, a graduate student from Chongqing, China.
Since international students couldn't be at home to celebrate, the student group held the on-campus event.
Ji Liu, a freshman from Xi'an, China, came to the U.S. last August to study at KU. At home, he celebrates the new year with his family, friends and a lot of food. "The most important part is the reunion with the family," Liu said. "There's a special time to reconcile with families, friends and acquaintances."
This year, Liu said he was excited to celebrate with his friends and to show guests different Chinese customs.
"The Chinese culture is not only celebrated by people in China, but all over the world." Liu siad. "This is how we're celebrating it here."
To ring in the new year the event included traditional paper folding, Chinese calligraphy and tea tasting. There were also several special student performances, including a demonstration of Tai Chi, a showcase of traditional Mandarin attire and a traditional Chinese dance performance.
The celebrations concluded with dinner and dancing.
Edited by Becky Howlett
What's your Chinese Zodiac symbol?
The Chinese Zodiac is a 12-year cycle, in which animal signs are designated by birth year. Each animal is associated with certain personality traits or characteristics. In Chinese culture, horoscopes have developed around the signs, like the ones here.
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Tiger 1986
Rabbit 1987
Snake 1989
Dragon 1988
Horse 1990
Ram 1991
LAWRENCE
Rally denounces police raids on local vendor
BY ROBERT ALTMAN
raltman@kansan.com
After her store, The Sacred Journey, was raided and briefly shut down last week, owner Natalie McAnulla organized a protest to tell her side of the story.
Police and agents from the Food and Drug Administration raided her store at 1103 Massachusetts Feb. 4, confiscating everything related to the herbal drug blend K2 and other herbs, all of which are still legal under current state law. Company documents were also seized at the time and the store's bank accounts have since been frozen.
The rally started at 2 p.m. Saturday at South Park with McAnulla speaking against the government's involvement with her store and finished with a march to Ninth and Massachusetts streets.
ON THE WEB
To read more about Natalie McAnulla's efforts to keep K2 legal, visit website at www.yestok2.com.
Bouncing Bear Botanicals, an Oskaloosa-
was also served with a federal search warrant (for its warehouse) Feb. 3. Bouncing Bear Botanicals is responsible for supplying The Sacred Journey with some of the substances police removed. Owner Jonathan Sloan was arrested during the raid and was charged with possession of controlled substances. He was released on bond last week.
based company that sells herbs, K2 and entheogens — substances used to obtain spiritual experiences
McAnulla said she might have to wait months before finding out
Natalie McAnulla, owner of The Sacred Journey, addresses the crowd at rally Saturday afternoon in South Park. The protest was organized after McAnulla's shop was raided by officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement last week.
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EDUCATION
Students urged to fight cuts in Topeka
BY ANNIE VANGSNES
BY ANNIE VANGSNES anniev@kansan.com
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With worries of further budget cuts to higher education, the Student Senate and the University are taking measures to try to ensure there are no more cuts. And they're asking for students' help.
John Stratton, University Senate president, said the University Senate, which represents faculty and staff in addition to students, is discussing resolution to endorse the
Board of Regents' recent statement to the governor, which demanded that no more cuts
KANSAN'S OPINION
Students should lobby Tuesday at the capitol.
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He said it's important for students to make their voices heard in the legislature by supporting resolutions or by drawing up their own.
be made to higher education in Kansas. He said he hoped that students are making their voices heard, too.
"I think the main thing people need to do is somehow make their voice heard, because I can tell you if there's lack of opinion expressed, the legislature will have absolutely no problem making decisions for us."
"If you don't get involved nobody's going to care," said Stratton, "Nobody's going to hear you."
Student Senate passed a resolution last week to ask chambers of commerce in all cities with a regent school to voice their support of higher education.
Mason Heilman, student body president, said many chambers of commerce aren't supportive of higher education because the challenge of funding higher education often leads to higher taxes for businesses. Heilman said colleges and universities provide cit-
Heilman
ies with the benefit of an educated workforce. He said gaining chamber support could put pressure on legislators who rely on campaign contributions from businesses.
Heilman said the resolution was passed down from the Board of Regents to student governments at all the regent schools. He said the resolution wouldn't affect Lawrence as much as other cities because the University has a strong base
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