6 Thursday, November 7, 1996 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN --- D. J. TONY SALSA Help support the team to raise money to go to Nationals "NO COUPON SPECIALS"EVERYDAY TWO-FERS THREEFERS PARTY "10" CARRY-OUT 2-PIPZAS 3-PIPZAS 10-PIPZAS 1-PIZZA 2-TOPPINGS 1-TOPPING 1-TOPPING 1-TOPPING 2-COKES 3-COKES 1-COKE $9.25 $11.75 $30.00 $3.50 842-1212 DELIVERY HOURS Sun-Thurs Fri-Sat 11am-2am 11am-3am Lunch • Dinner • Late Night 1601 W. 23rd Southern Hills Center • Lawrence DINE IN AVAILABLE • WE ACCEPT CHECKS --- The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered. INDEPENDENCE DAY BEGIN BEGIN FOR i = 1 TO n - 1 DO BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN BEGIN NOW SHOWING! Friday & Saturday; 7:00 & 9:30, midnight Sunday 2:00 pm Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union SUA FILMS Spot belonging to defunct group is reassigned Tickets are $2.50 at the SUA box office. Free with SUA movie card. Movie cards are $30 for the year or $25 for the semester. International group gets Senate seat By Spencer Duncan After three months of not being represented in Student Senate, international students regained an unfilled seat last night. Jamie Partridge, Nunemaker senator, sponsored the bill and said it The Student Senate passed a bill giving the defunct International Council senate seat to the International Student Association. Kansan staff writer "Right now international students don't have a voice," Partridge said. The seat has been empty because International Council no longer exists. According to senate rules and regulations, the seat only could be filled by International Council. The bill passed yesterday allows the International Students Association to appoint or elect a senator, but the organization has not done so yet. "Why are they more deserving than other groups?" Case asked. "If we allow a social organization to have a seat, then other campus groups could come ask for a seat." Gerald Harris, director of international student services, said International Council dissolved when all council members graduated and no one replaced them. That meant the duties of International Council, which was created by the International Student Association, fell to the association. Marchand and Case both said the association should change its constitution to become more political. However, Harris said he didn't know if the association, a social group, was ready to take on the responsibilities of the council, which was a political group. was important. Girish Ballolla, graduate senator, said the bill deserved to pass. Ann Marchand, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, said she would not support the bill until the association could show it was ready for the responsibility. "I think ultimately, international students should have representation, but I don't think that ISA is in a position to do that yet," Marchandsaid. Harris said the group was in the process of doing that but that it would take time. Stevie Case, residential senator said that allowing a social group to take the seat could be a problem. "We need to recognize the initiative ISA is trying to take here and recognize the needs of international students," Ballolla said. "This bill gives international students an outlet to voice their concerns." Grants facilitate ion research By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer The chemistry department is keeping an eye on the environment. Five KU chemistry professors will examine ways to reduce the harmful effects of ions in the environment with the help of $1.125 million in grants received this month from the U.S. Department of Energy. In recent years, scientists have been looking for ways to eliminate problems caused by radioactive materials in the environment. For example, studies by the National Cancer Institute have shown that people who consume high levels of nitrates in their drinking water are at a higher risk for cancer. The main goal is to find ways to identify, isolate and remove these types of ions, said Richard Givens, professor of chemistry. "Essentially, what we are doing is designing molecules that will sequester and capture these ions," Givens said. George Wilson, Higuchi professor of chemistry, Krzysztof Kuczera, assistant professor of chemistry, and Kristin Bowman-James, professor of chemistry, received $775,000 to study negative ions. Daryle Busch, R.A. Roberts distinguished professor of chemistry, and Givens received $350,000 to research positive ions. "This is an example of a kind of trend that is now occurring in science," Wilson said. "This type of grant is an example of how people in universities who are doing basic research can eventually contribute to the solution of major practical problems." Bowman-James, who also is chairwoman of the department, said most of the money would be spent on equipment, personnel and supplies, such as chemicals and solvents. She said it was exciting to receive such a large grant, especially when financing is difficult to find. the professors, who will work with a chemist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will have three years to complete their research. "There's no feeling like it in the world," Bowman-James said. "You put so much work and effort into writing a grant proposal. Anything that pays off is just really fantastic." 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