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We dont break for spring break
For full coverage of men and womens post-
season basketball during spring break, please
visit Kansan.com. Coverage will include live, in-
game updates and interactive blogs. PAGE 1B
Bravo! KUlture is going to the show
Every theatre production takes work that cant
be seen, and the KU department of Theatre &
Film is no different. Luckily, this Overland Park
freshman has answered the call. PAGE 2B
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The sTudenT vOice since 1904
index weather
thursday friday
today
Dennis Chanay,
Paola sophomore
and presidential
candidate of $100
Fee Cut
Jonathan Wilson,
Paola freshmen and
vice presidential
candidate of $100
Fee Cut
$100 Fee Cut will
not be running a
platform. The coali-
tion will focus their
efforts on promot-
ing one issue that
will be included as
a referendum on
election ballots in
April.
Chanay said the
coalition wanted
to reduce the
student campus
fees by $100. He
said this issue was
important because
it would make
paying for college
easier for students,
reverse the uphill
climb that fees
have been taking
over the years and
force the Univer-
sity and Student
Senate to set
priorities and be
more careful with
student money.
$100 fee cut
Jason Boots, Plano, Texas, senior and
presidential candidate of Ignite
Mel Horen, Overland Park junior and vice
presidential candidate of Ignite
Wireless Campus
Work with the University and individual
colleges to expand wireless Internet in
classrooms, gathering spaces and living
environments on campus to keep up with
the continuing increase of student depen-
dence on technology.
Affordable Textbooks
Help students with the rising cost of
textbooks by making a University policy
requiring professors to declare their text-
books earlier so stores can fnd more used
copies, force publishers that offer bundled
products to also offer individual copies
and pass legislation for a tax-free textbook
program.
Financial Aid Accessibility
Create software that would link a students
enrollment information to a site that
would list all fnancial aid opportunities
that would apply to the individual, making
the search for additional aid less diffcult.
Also set up a service that would give
students additional education concerning
fnancial planning.
Advising
Improve advising process for undeclared
junior and higher-level students, multiple-
major students and students interested in
changing their major. Make an interactive
ARTS form that makes curriculum require-
ments clearer and integrated into the
timetable as well as creating an advising
desk to give students a holistic approach
to their advising.
Bike Lanes on Jayhawk Boulevard
Create a bike path along Jayhawk Boule-
vard by moving the parallel parking spots
along the side to other lots around cam-
pus, leaving room for the bike path.
Academic Technology Borrowing
Create an academic technology-borrow-
ing center that would allow students to
check out such things as cameras, video
recorders and laptops to be used for class
projects.
Redevelopment of Student Organizations
Web site
Create a Web site that would have an
online form that gathers information from
various groups and sends it to the needed
department instead of organizations
having to go to four different locations to
register. The site also would provide online
tutorials and resources for organizations
that were previously diffcult to locate.
Meal Plan Usability
Change the current meal plan system to
allow students more fexibility to change
their minds regarding meal plans. It
would give students more time to fgure
out their schedules and pick a meal plan
that fts their needs rather than wast-
ing money on a plan that goes partially
unused.
Weekend Circulating SafeBus
To handle the high demand of SafeRide,
this plan would create a circular route that
would allow students to move about from
area to area throughout the city with their
KUID.
ignite
Studie Red Corn, Shawnee
sophomore and presidential can-
didate of Delta Force
Bridget Franklin, Topeka senior
and vice presidential candidate
of Delta Force
Support University Divestment
from Sudan
Request that the University
withdraw all its investments with
companies that do business with
the Sudanese government and
pledge to withhold its business
with these companies until the
genocide in Sudan has ended.
Sustainability and Gray Water
Create a Center for Sustainability
that would serve as a resource
for student and faculties to do
research on pressing environ-
mental, cultural and social is-
sues. Also, create a campus-wide
grey water system that would
collect rainwater to be reused
for irrigation of lawns and flower
beds, saving the University over
$100,000 annually.
Support for graduate teaching
assistants during Contract Rene-
gotiations
Abolish the 10-semester limit for
GTAs, because it takes the most
experienced teachers out of the
classroom affecting the educa-
tion quality at the University.
Also, work for better working
conditions and benefits such as
health insurance for GTAs.
Noise Ordinance
Prevent Universitysanctioned
consequences to students living
in off-campus residences as well
as ensuring that the city passes
fair and objective ordinances
that will not directly affect stu-
dents in a negative way.
Sexual Assault Reform
Work with the University to
clarify the current rules regard-
ing specific consequences for
certain types of sexual assault so
that each case is treated justly
and the safety of all attending
the University is ensured.
Increase Student-Created Media
Make funding more available to
student-created art and literature
projects to increase the amount
of various genres of publications
and media on campus. Also, have
Student Senate assist students in get-
ting academic papers published more
often and with greater ease.
Promote Electronic Privacy Policy
Create a student-run task force
that would work with the Univer-
sity to establish a definite policy
of electronic privacy regarding
student discipline and those
applying for University employ-
ment. The task force would be
looking at the use of sites such
as facebook.com and MySpace.
com as examples of how technol-
ogy is becoming a greater part of
student life.
delta force
By Nicole Kelley
nkelley@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate elections are quick-
ly approaching and the coalitions
Delta Force, Ignite and $100 Fee Cut
Party, formerly known as Student
Voice, have offcially kicked off the
campaign process.
Coalition members have chalked the
sidewalks on campus to advertise their
groups and set up tables in front of Wes-
coe Hall for students to visit to get more
information regarding each coalition.
The coalitions have now released
their platforms with the issues that, if
elected, they will focus on. Each co-
alitions platforms propose changes to
the University of Kansas that the can-
didates see as some of the most press-
ing issues facing students.
The Ignite coalition has chosen to
run ten platforms, Delta Force has
picked seven and $100 Fee Cut Party
will not be running a platform, but
will support a referendum on the elec-
tion ballot.
Edited by Lindsey St. Clair
Coalitions release platforms
Cleanup
efforts
shifting to
parks
By Fred A. dAvis iii
fdavis@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A proposal that would give $5 million to the
University of Kansas to build a frst-class cancer
research center was heard in the Kansas House
Appropriations committee Tuesday.
While there was only testimony on behalf of
the legislation, questions remained about the lan-
guage of the bill.
Committee chairman Melvin Neufeld (R-In-
galls) said that there was some initial misunder-
standing between the committee and Dr. Roy Jen-
sen, director of the Kansas Cancer Center, about
the role that the Kansas Bioscience Authority
would play in the center.
Jensen said he was not opposed to the Biosci-
ence Authority working with the center, but said
that it was not appropriate to have it oversee the
center. Jensen said that it was the ultimate goal of
the center to have the National Cancer Institute
oversee it.
Another issue mentioned was working the leg-
islation to permit the cancer center to be an off-
cial fxture of the government to allow for a long-
term commitment from lawmakers as well as to
guarantee long-term funding.
Neufeld said this bill was important because of what
it meant to Kansans in terms of cancer research.
Jensen, meanwhile, said he was absolutely
optimistic about the prospects of the bill. Jensen
added that the question was not whether the state
government would support the bill, but rather
how they would support it.
Neufeld said there were plans to work with or
even add amendments to the bill during the next
few days before presenting it to the committee
next week.
Jensen said that although he didnt think a bill
is necessary, it was important that the University
remained cooperative in helping to craft satisfac-
tory legislation.
Edited by Matt Wilson
By KristeN JArBoe
kjarboe@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
As city crews head into their fourth day of
cleaning up Lawrence after Sundays storm, at-
tention will start to shift from sweeping debris
off streets and sidewalks to cleaning up parks.
Westar Energy is still working to restore power
to a small number of residents.
Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks &
Recreation, said the department looked at indi-
vidual parks and found tree debris and hanging
limbs. Crews plan to start fixing up South Park
first in order to get the area ready for the an-
nual St. Patricks Day parade on Friday.
Cleaning up the areas will not just happen
this week, DeVictor said at the City Commis-
sion meeting Tuesday night. We will have to
work into the next few weeks.
Chuck Soules, Lawrence Public Works direc-
tor, said that the city had about 200 staff mem-
bers out working in the city. Many of them work
12-hour shifts. He said he went to look at the
dump site at 1901 Wakarusa Dr. at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, and crews were still hauling debris.
There is also a smaller dump site at 11th
and Haskell streets. The county was asked to
provide extra dump trucks from contractors to
help haul debris because there was such a large
amount.
see stOrM On page 6a
Melinda Ricketts/KaNSaN
Nicholas Uljanov, conductor of the KU Symphony orchestra, guides his students through Beethovens Fifth Sympho-
ny during a rehearsal on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Uljanov uses even the muscles in his face to give direction to his orchestra
and shape its sound.
Conductor leads with tenacity
Research bill
in the works
By MeliNdA ricKetts
mricketts@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Nicholas Uljanov slams down
his baton suddenly, a trace of frus-
tration surfacing on his normally
well-controlled features. He has
missed a cue, and the orchestra
is making mistakes. He tells them
they are forgetting what they have
known since they were 12 the
simplest techniques.
Then he softens a bit with a joke
about his own blunder.
I am so old, I can forget. But
you all are so young, everybody,
he says in heavily accented English,
hinting at his Slavic upbringing.
Now in his third year conduct-
ing the KU Symphony Orchestra,
Uljanovs mission is to promote the
orchestra and bring students to its
performances with the same zeal
they have for attending Jayhawk
basketball games.
I cannot understand why the
people go there, thousands of them
stand in the long line, he said, ges-
turing with his hand toward Allen
Fieldhouse through the window of
his large, no-frills offce on the frst
foor of Murphy Hall, but they
do not come to the music.
see COndUCtOr On page 4a
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races
begin
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The odds of Oral Roberts to win
the NCAA Mens Basketball Tourna-
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Danny Sheridan, are 5,000,000,000,00
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Bonus fact: Las Vegas oddsmak-
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By AndreA ChAo
editor@kansan.com
kansan correspondent
While many college students
will be hitting the beach or just
taking it easy for spring break,
freshmen Robbie Gordy will be
participating in an Alternative
Spring Break promoting cancer
awareness. Gordy is from Oma-
ha, Neb., and is involved in a
variety of student organizations.
He was a National Merit schol-
ar, loves Disney movies and says
he has a wild imagination.
What is your major?
RG: Undecided.
What are some of your interests and
hobbies?
RG: Theater, music and choir. I
like to cook and play the piano.
What are your Spring Break plans?
RG: I will be in Denver, Colo.,
at the Native American Cancer Re-
search Center.
What will you be doing there?
RG: Its not set in stone, but
probably making rounds with doc-
tors and nurses, working with pa-
tients and spreading awareness.
How did you get involved with the Alter-
native Spring Break program?
RG: I saw a poster in my dorm.
It seemed like a good thing to do. I
normally dont have a lot of time to
volunteer with classes and stuff. It
should be a good time.
Are you involved in any student activi-
ties or clubs?
RG: I am in two choirs: the
KU Mens Glee Club and the
Oread. I am involved in CUSA,
which is the College Committee
on Undergraduate Studies and
Advising. I am one of four stu-
dent representatives. We work
with faculty on and decide on
things like major requirements
and educational goals.
What is your favorite movie?
RG: Dances with Wolves. Pretty
much any Disney movie.
How would you describe yourself?
RG: I am easy going. I am an
only child, and I tend to have a
wild imagination. I like to have
a good time.
Edited by Lindsey St. Clair
on CAmpUS
n The University Career
Center is hosting a Re-
sume Doctor workshop
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
today in the lobby of the
Kansas Union.
n There is a lecture titled
Programs and Politics
in Serving the Homeless
in a Tough Environment
at 12 p.m. today at the
Ecumenical Christian Min-
istries Center. An optional
lunch is offered for $3 for
students and $5.50 for
others.
n The Stand Up Stand Off
finals are at 7 p.m. today
at the Woodruff Audito-
rium in the Kansas Union.
n Wilfried Barner, Univer-
sity of Gttingen, is giv-
ing a lecture titled From
Ithaca to Troy: On Reading
Modern Mythical Texts
at 7:30 p.m. today at the
Max Kade Center.
n There is a performance of
The Will Rogers Follies,
A Life in Revue at 7:30
p.m. today in the Lied
Center. Tickets are $19.50-
$22.50 for students and
$33-$38 for others.
Girl Scout Lynn
Sangiacomo,
center, holds a
handful of postal
meter strips to
be attached to
boxes of Girl
Scout cook-
ies that were
mailed to the
101st Airborne
Division in Iraq
from Montville,
N.J., Tuesday.
The Girl Scouts
of Troop 580 in
Montville asked
for donations
from their com-
munity to pay for
the 1,500 boxes
of cookies. The
local Kiwanis
Club donated
the postage.
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plumbing mishap turns
water faucet to beer tap
OSLO, Norway It almost
seemed like a miracle to Haldis
Gundersen when she turned
on her kitchen faucet and
found the water had turned
into beer.
Two fights down, employ-
ees and customers at the Big
Tower Bar were horrifed when
water poured out of the beer
taps.
By an improbable feat of
clumsy plumbing, someone
at the bar in Kristiandsund, in
western Norway, had acciden-
tally hooked the beer hoses to
the water pipes for Gunders-
ens apartment.
We had settled down for
a cozy Saturday evening, had
a nice dinner, and I was just
going to clean up a little,
Gundersen, 50, said Monday.
I turned on the kitchen faucet
and beer came out.
Gundersen said the beer
was fat and not tempting,
even in a country where a half-
pint can cost about $3.75 in
grocery stores.
Per Egil Myrvang of the
local beer distributor said
he instructed bartenders by
telephone how to reconnect
the pipes.
The water and beer pipes
do touch each other, but you
have to be really creative to
connect them together, he
said.
The Associated Press
man hopes to fnd bride
while selling townhouse
GREENSBURG, Pa. Mark
R. Miller hopes some female
homebuyer is looking for a
unique feature: him.
The 47-year-old says hes
been too busy to get married.
He helps parents fnd missing
children through his charity,
the American Association for
Lost Children.
Miller has been running ads
in newspapers and on the Web
site http://www.townhousewith-
groom.com for his town house,
which includes a wooden deck,
air conditioning and gas log
freplace. The asking price is
$95,000.
Id like to be married,
and I was going to sell (the
town house) on my own, so I
thought, why not put the two
together? Miller said.
Miller came up with the
idea after reading about a
woman who sold her home
through a house with bride
marketing campaign. Any
deal is subject to compatibil-
ity, his ad says.
Miller said he will donate
to his charity any proft after
satisfying the mortgage.
The Associated Press
Rider didnt think he
was speeding that much
LIVINGSTON, La. A motor-
cyclist was booked for reckless
operation of a vehicle after
state troopers clocked him at
155 mph.
Brian Samuel Willis, 20,
of Ponchatoula, also faces
charges of fight from an of-
fcer and speeding, authorities
said. The posted speed limit
was 70 mph.
He just said he didnt think
he was going that fast and he
didnt know we were behind
him, Trooper Ryan Riley said.
He thought he was only do-
ing 120 or 130.
The Associated Press
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woman says she has grown
the worlds heaviest mango,
a more than 5-pound tropical
fruit that is roughly the size of
a human head.
Colleen Porter has a cer-
tifcate from the Guinness
Book of World Records for her
5-pound, 7-ounce mango. The
fruit is a Keitt mango, which
typically reach 2 to 3 pounds.
Virginia Easton-Smith, West
Hawaii agricultural extension
agent for the University of
Hawaii, who helped with the
submission to Guinness, con-
frmed the record.
The fruit had to be weighed
and documented two separate
times by three people. Inde-
pendent witnesses verifed the
weigh-ins.
Porter said she has been
told a photograph of her
mango is a strong contender
to be included in Guinness
next edition.
The mango was picked in
mid-October and still sits in
Porters refrigerator.
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wednesday, march 15, 2006 The UniversiTy daily Kansan 3a news
By Catherine OdsOn
codson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Matt Ubben found himself
in an unusual viewing locale
for Sunday mornings storm:
indoors.
A fve-year veteran of storm
chasing, Ubben, Rosehill ju-
nior, awoke Sunday morning
to a crash on his window, fol-
lowed soon after by sirens. His
curiosity convinced him to go
outside. The weather Sunday
morning, cool and dry, did not
seem right for a severe storm,
he said.
The Sunday morning storm
kicked off Severe Weather
Awareness Week in Kansas.
Jennifer Stark, a meteorolo-
gist with the Topeka National
Weather Service, will present
the weeks highlight, a Weather
101 lecture, at 7:00 tonight at
the Lawrence Arts Center, 940
New Hampshire.
The KU chapter of the Amer-
ican Meteorological Society
will be presenting information
about severe weather in Kan-
sas on Wescoe Beach all week
to raise awareness of severe
weather safety practices, espe-
cially among out of state stu-
dents.
Its Kansas and severe
weather does happen, said
Alex Perkins, AMS president.
While AMS can advocate
severe weather awareness, the
group itself isnt offcially al-
lowed go storm chasing or
storm spotting. Donna Tucker,
associate professor of geog-
raphy, said organized storm
chasing has been prohibited
within KU organizations since
before she joined the faculty in
1993.
Storm chasing is a danger-
ous activity, Tucker said. She
said it made perfect sense to her
why the University avoided the
liability of endorsing student
storm chasers.
Storm chasing poses dangers
even to experienced meteorolo-
gists, said Curt Holderbach,
meteorologist in charge at the
National Weather Service in To-
peka. The reasons for untrained
spotters and chasers to stay
away from severe storms range
from strong winds to lightning
and hail, he said.
Trained spotters work in
conjunction with the Nation-
al Weather Service and local
emergency offcials, such as
Douglas County Emergency
Management. Douglas County
requires visual confrmation of
a tornado by a spotter or law
enforcement offcer to sound
the tornado sirens.
Spotters go through exten-
sive training, including a spot-
ter talk like tonights Weather
101 lecture, and learn how
to handle various weather
situations, according to Mark
Cairns, Douglas County Emer-
gency Management duty offcer
and former spotter.
Youre trained to look for
more than one way out, he
said.
Chasers take more risks than
spotters, Cairns said.
Those people are really cra-
zy, he said.
Perkins has never chased a
storm, but wants to in the fu-
ture. She said her background
as an atmospheric science ma-
jor would help her know which
situations to avoid.
Before Ubben started chas-
ing, he attended a spotter talk,
similar to tonights lecture, but
said the best learning experi-
ence was working with experi-
enced chasers. In his fve years
of chasing, hes seen three tor-
nadoes and countless funnel
clouds.
Its one of the biggest rushes
Ive ever experienced, he said.
Edited by Matt Wilson
Lawrences sirens sounded
without fail during the statewide
tornado drill yesterday afternoon,
quelling concerns about their effec-
tiveness Sunday.
The questions arose over the si-
rens condition Sunday afternoon
when Lawrence police offcers be-
gan issuing severe weather warn-
ings from their patrol cars, a prac-
tice that Bob Newton, Douglas
County Emergency Management
duty offcer, said Lawrence offcials
used prior to the installation of out-
door tornado sirens.
A siren maintenance company
arrived Sunday afternoon after
county offcials were unable to
confrm if the sirens went off dur-
ing the early morning storm. The
company repaired an antenna used
to transmit and receive messages
from the individual sirens, but con-
cluded that the sirens had sounded
and were in working condition for
the entire day.
Lawrences sirens sounded af-
ter the storm hit because Douglas
County Emergency Management
requires visual confrmation of a
tornado either by a trained spotter
or law enforcement offcial before
sirens will be sounded, said Mark
Cairns, Douglas County Emergen-
cy Management duty offcer. The
department received a spotter re-
port at 8:07 a.m. and sounded the
sirens at 8:08 a.m.
Sirens are not used in cases of
severe thunderstorm warnings be-
cause people would stop paying at-
tention to the recurrent warnings,
Newton said.
Douglas County reserves the si-
rens for take cover situations and
dont mean go outside and look,
he said.
Residents should refer to local
media for an indication of when its
safe to resume normal activity.
Catherine Odson
Tuesdays test
a success after
earlier worries
Storm safety essential
t NatioNal severe weather week
Week to stress storm awareness
AwArdS
Kansan receives four
awards at conference
The University Daily Kansan
advertising department re-
ceived four awards at the 2006
College Newspaper Business
and Advertising Managers
conference held in Philadel-
phia this weekend.
The advertising department
won frst place awards for trend-
setting and newspaper promo-
tion ad in color. The department
also won a second place award
for best training program and
third place for best electronic
banner ad for house circulation
more than 40,000.
Overall, the awards served
as a reminder of what a quality
paper we have here and how
far above and beyond national
papers we are in all the aspects
of advertising, said Ari Ben,
Kansan business manager.
College Newspaper Busi-
ness and Advertising Manag-
ers Inc. formed in 1972. Today
the organization has more
than 125 member schools
nationwide. This was the 34th
annual conference.
Mike Mostaffa
CAmpuS
Event to honor faculty
book publishers at Ku
The Hall Center for the
Humanities Fourth Annual
Celebration of Books will honor
25 KU faculty members from
the humanities, social sciences
and fne arts departments, who
published 30 books in the past
year.
According to a University of
Kansas press release, the event
is free and will be held at 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 30, in the Hall
Center. Four faculty members
will talk about their books and
take audience questions.
David M. Katzman and Wil-
liam M. Tuttle, professors of
American studies, will discuss
A People and a Nation: A His-
tory of the United States, a
book they contributed to that
emphasizes social history and
gives particular attention to race
and racial identity.
Vicky Unruh, professor of
Spanish and Portuguese, will
discuss her book Performing
Women and Modern Literary
Culture in Latin America, which
explores how women writers
gained access to literary life as
public performers.
Garth Myers, associate pro-
fessor of geography and African
studies, will discus his book
Disposable Cities: Garbage,
Governance and Sustainable
Development in Urban Africa,
which provides critical analysis
of the United Nations Sustain-
able Cities Program in Africa.
For more information, e-
mail hallcenter@ku.edu or call
(785)864-4798.
Mike Mostaffa
First dean of libraries
candidate announced
Roxanne Sellberg has been
announced as the frst of fve
candidates for the dean of
libraries position.
Sellberg is the assistant
university librarian for techni-
cal services at Northwestern
University in Evanston, Ill. She
gave a public presentation and
attended a public reception on
Monday.
The new dean of libraries,
who will begin work by Au-
gust, will oversee a $15 million
annual budget, 180 staff mem-
bers and 250 students.
Melinda Ricketts
Rescuing Flubber
Steve diggs,
operations
manager with
Quality portable
X-ray, x-rays an
injured manatee
Tuesday at the
Miami Seaquar-
ium on Virginia
Key in Miami.
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nicknamed
Flubber, was
rescued off a
canal near Port
Everglades in
Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., where
it was found
emaciated
and suffering
from propeller
injuries.
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Conductor
continued from page 1a
Uljanov pronounced Ool-
YA-nuff understands the appeal
of sports, but does not understand
why music and the arts do not en-
joy the same popularity among KU
students.
In fact, Uljanov is a bit of an ath-
lete himself. His tall, athletic frame
gives credence to his recollections
of playing tennis and soccer, skiing
in the Alps and, although his stiff
body movements make the visual-
ization slightly more diffcult, fgure
skating competitively.
Total Dedication
Most of his students simply
call him maestro, a common term
for conductors. Coming to the
University two years after Brian
Priestman, a father fgure of a con-
ductor, Uljanov has injected some
discipline and ideas of his own by
adding a rehearsal to the weekly
schedule and creating an orchestra
advisory council. Such a council
usually exists only in professional
orchestras. The council gives stu-
dents an opportunity to discuss
their ideas about repertoire and
the direction of the orchestra.
His students generally charac-
terize him as frm, but fair. They
credit the quality of the orches-
tra to his conducting ability and
strictly on-task rehearsals.
Kevin Pitts, Topeka senior, said
that before Uljanov came, expec-
tations of the orchestra members
werent very high. If members
couldnt play a part, they wouldnt
be held accountable.
The orchestra realizes how
much better he has made us as a
group, Pitts said.
Uljanovs level of dedication is
evident even in casual conversa-
tion. Any attempts to elicit personal
information from him quickly turn
to talk of the orchestra and ways it
can be improved and expanded.
Everyone on this campus is
welcome to come to us, he said
repeatedly. He wants everyone
to know that the music depart-
ment will work with them to fnd
a way for them to play.
He laughed at the prospect
of having hobbies outside of his
job, saying he had time for little
other than his work. He said he
often worked late into the night.
Although he wasnt inclined to
talk about himself, the pride was
evident when he talked about the
conducting workshops he set up
with Gerhard Schwarz, the music
director of the Seattle Symphony.
Uljanov wrote him an impas-
sioned letter about strengthening
the cultural value of the music
programs at the University.
To get this man to Kansas is
very diffcult. He is very famous.
I convinced him to come to us
and do this conducting work-
shop. Its a very important event
not only for the school of music,
but for the entire University.
Schwarz will be here on April
17 and 18, and both he and Ul-
janov are hoping to create a mu-
sical version of the University of
Iowa Writers Workshop.
Schwarz said, That remarkable
program helps identify Iowa. With
that knowledge, I was intrigued to
try to do something in our musical
world that was signifcant nation-
ally and could help identify the
University of Kansas as the cul-
tural center and force that it is.
A History Abroad
Uljanov was born in St. Pe-
tersburg, Russia, but he was not
about to divulge the year.
Im too old. Everybody will
say, We have the old professor,
he said.
He speaks fve languages
Russian, German, French, Ital-
ian and English. Unfortunately,
he said, English is his worst.
His resum boasts study un-
der some of the most talented
conductors in the world, includ-
ing Mariss Janson, Ilja Musin
and Alexander Dmitriev. He has
conducting experience with well-
known orchestras across Eu-
rope, Russia and South America.
Notable examples include the
Iceland Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre de Radio France and
the Orchestre Philharmonique
de Nice, also in France.
Uljanov knew he wanted to be
a conductor since he was 5 years
old and attended his frst ballet
performance. He said the St. Pe-
tersburg ballet was one of the old-
est and best in the world at that
time. He said he believed that
every child has some experience
in their youth that makes a very
strong impact and shapes their fu-
ture and choice of profession.
He has extensive knowledge
of voice and all brass and string
instruments, but his greatest
strengths are the violin and the
piano, both of which he has
played since age 6.
To be a great conductor, you
have to be frst a great perform-
er, Uljanov said.
Currently his favorite com-
poser is Beethoven, but he said
in a month it will be different. He
loves the composer whose music
he is currently working on, he ex-
plained.
He came to Lawrence, which
he described as a small, nice,
very quiet city, to teach. He was
taught that it is important to share
your gifts with the next generation
so that the art never dies.
When he came here, his wife,
Helen, and their two children,
ages 24 and 26, remained in Sal-
zburg, Austria. Although he said
he wished to keep his private life
private, he lit up as he counted
how many days it would be until
he would see his wife.
I miss every place I lived. Ev-
ery place I lived more than two or
three months, you leave some part
of your heart of your life, he said.
At Work
Patrick Hauber, a Cleveland,
Mo., graduate student, is one of
Uljanovs three graduate con-
ducting students. He said seeing
Uljanov conduct was what made
him to come to KU after gradu-
ating from the University of Mis-
souri-Kansas City.
The minute he steps up to
the podium, its just this electric
energy that Ive never seen from
another conductor, not even the
famous ones, Hauber said.
Hauber admitted that Uljanov
pushed his students hard, say-
ing that although he got paid for
eight hours, he usually worked
far more.
Hes not the type of guy to
hold your hand. He will just say
what needs to be said and some-
times that will rub people the
wrong way, Hauber said. Its
as natural to him as one foot in
front of the other.
Hauber said there were days
when he would go home mad
as heck at Uljanov, but after
evaluating his own performance,
he appreciated that Uljanov was
a great teacher.
If he were a mean person, he
wouldnt be saying these things,
he would be keeping them from
us, he said.
Uljanov stays up until midnight
many nights, thinking of new
ways to do things and institut-
ing outreach programs and part-
nerships, Hauber said. There are
many administrative duties that
accompany being a conductor.
When you think about the
budget that we dont have, and
the staff that we do, its really
amazing that it gets pulled off,
he said.
Although it isnt obvious, be-
hind the polish of instruments
and the formality of performance
attire, a man sits in an offce late
into the evening, planning and
devising new ways for his or-
chestra to be heard.
Edited by Kathryn Anderson
news wednesday, march 15, 2006 The UniversiTy daily Kansan 5a
By Rachel PaRkeR
rparker@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A new Web site, construct-
ed in early November, allows
women to post revenge on
cheating boyfriends, fiances
and husbands.
The site, dontdatehimgirl.
com, has become a trendy
tool for women to warn other
women of potential cheaters.
I think its a great resource
for women, creater Tasha
Cavelle Joseph said last week
on the Today Show.
Joseph, a journalist, wrote
a column for The Miami Her-
ald for more than seven years.
She was inspired to start
the Web site after talking to
friends about their relation-
ships with cheating men.
The searchable database
lists mens full names, pic-
tures and detailed descrip-
tions of why they should be
avoided.
Celebrity hotshots like Jude
Law and Eric Benet have even
been added to the database.
My best friend dated a
sleazeball, and I would so put
his name in there, said An-
drea Iman, Elkhart junior.
Iman said the site is funny
and entertaining.
Eric DeVault, Lawrence
junior, said people wanted
drama, and thats why men
and women were debating the
issue. The site, he said, would
be another trend that stirs up
drama.
He said the site could be
slanderous toward men in
some situations, but he was
not worried about the site be-
cause he hadnt cheated on
any girlfriends.
The site gives men a chance
to counteract his bashing,
by submitting a reply to the
posting. If a mans contact
information is given with the
posting, he is sent an e-mail
notification that hes on the
Web site.
Out of more than 1,000
men who are listed, 50 to 100
have posted a reply.
Although women can post
anonymously, the site keeps
their information that is re-
quired for registration, in case
Joseph finds false information
in a post.
Joseph said the Web site,
which has three other staff
members, gets 580,000 hits
a day and has 250,000 regis-
tered members. Maintaining
the site is her full-time job.
Users submit 100 men each
day, and there is a backlog of
about two thousand submis-
sions that Joseph and her col-
leagues must sort.
Joseph updates a blog every
few weeks. The blog includes
Cheaters of the Day, site
promotions and funny stories
about cheating men.
A countering Web site,
dontdateherman.com, is in
development and will be up
the first week of April.
Edited by Kathryn Anderson
t Internet
Site spotlights
cheating men,
warns women
Good game
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President George Bush speaks with the McElwain family while holding a
Jason photo cut-out at the Rochester International airport in Rochester,
N.Y. Tuesday. Jason McElwain, 17, of Greece, N.Y., scored 20 points for
the Greece Athena High School fnal home basketball game during the
2005-06 season.
EnTERTAInmEnT
Correspondent retires
after 38 years with show
NEW YORK Mike Wallace,
the hard-driving reporter who
has been with 60 Minutes
since its start in 1968, said Tues-
day he will retire as a regular
correspondent on the show
this spring.
A television news legend
who was the last person an
accused wrongdoer would
want to see on his doorstep,
Wallace said hell still do oc-
casional reports for the show.
CBS News President Sean
McManus referred to him as a
correspondent emeritus.
Wallace, 87, has often said hell
retire when my toes turn up.
Well, theyre just beginning
to curl a trife, which means
that, as I approach my 88th
birthday, its become apparent
to me that my eyes and ears,
among other appurtenances,
arent quite what they used to
be, he said.
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A majority of the debris has
been cleared from the street, but
the city will continue today until
everything is cleared.
Lisa Patterson, Lawrence
communications coordinator,
said the state assessment team
sent out Monday to measure the
damage didnt provide any in-
formation on Tuesday regarding
its evaluation.
Cost and assessment of the
damage will come from the Ad-
jutant Generals Offce when the
assessment teams information
becomes available. Any federal
aid the city could receive would
be determined by the damage
assessment.
Gina Penzig, spokeswoman
for Westar Energy, said that
almost everyone had power
restored after Sundays storm
damage. However, when Westar
crew members went out Tuesday
to follow up their work, they
discovered power lines down
and houses without power that
they were not aware of.
In storm situations, power
outages can affect one single
home, so its harder to tell
sometimes who has power
and who does not, she said.
This is why were asking
people to call our 800-num-
ber and let us know. Even
if its one or two people, we
want them to call.
Westar electrical outage re-
porting line is 1-800-544-4857.
Penzig offered no specifcs on
any particular region in Law-
rence where residents were still
without power. The areas are
pretty scattered, she said.
The East Lawrence Recre-
ation Center, 1245 E. 15th St.,
was one of a few businesses that
didnt regain power until Tues-
day. The business opened back
up after its power came back
mid-morning.
Mayor Dennis Boog High-
berger and other city commis-
sioners were pleased with the
city crews responsiveness.
I commend all the city em-
ployees for their hard work and
dedication, Highberger said.
Our thanks goes out.
Edited by James Foley
By STEVEN R. HURST
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi au-
thorities discovered at least 87
corpses men shot to death exe-
cution-style as Iraq edged clos-
er to open civil warfare. Twenty-
nine of the bodies, dressed only
in underwear, were dug out of a
single grave Tuesday in a Shiite
neighborhood of Baghdad.
Some of the bloodshed ap-
peared to be retaliation for a
bomb and mortar attack in the
Sadr City slum that killed at least
58 people and wounded more
than 200 two days earlier.
Iraqs Interior Minister Bayan
Jabr, meanwhile, told The As-
sociated Press security offcials
had foiled a plot that would have
put hundreds of al-Qaida men
at critical guard posts around
Baghdads heavily fortifed Green
Zone, home to the U.S. and other
foreign embassies, as well as the
Iraqi government.
A senior Defense Ministry off-
cial said the 421 al-Qaida fghters
were recruited to storm the U.S.
and British embassies and take
hostages.
Several ranking Defense Min-
istry offcials have been jailed in
the plot, said the offcial, speak-
ing on condition of anonymity
because of the sensitivity of the
information.
Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld said Tuesday that he
had not received anything defni-
tive on the report, but cautioned
that earlier accounts are often ad-
justed later on.
twar in iraq
Mass graves uncovered
WWW.KANSAN.COM PAGE 7A
Last week the editorial board
suggested that casino gambling
could benet Kansas but that a ca-
sino shouldnt come to Lawrence.
But more casinos in Kansas
will not help our state. To win
at gambling, you need to un-
derstand the numbers, and they
dont add up for this deal.
Kansas already has four casi-
nos operated by Indian Tribes.
Those casinos posted less than
1 percent growth last year, ac-
cording to The Kansas City Star.
Contrast that against the 15 per-
cent growth experienced by tribal
casinos nationwide last year.
While the gaming industry
stagnates in Kansas, political
lobbying for it has grown by
leaps and bounds. Campaign
contributions from the gaming
industry have risen 300 percent
in the past 6 years, according to
The Wichita Eagle.
Missouri made just over $400
million in tax revenue from 11
casinos last year, according to
the American Gaming Associa-
tion. The proponents of this bill
have suggested that Kansas can
earn $200 to $300 million a year
on only two casinos plus slot
machines at three race tracks. Of
those three tracks, the Wyandotte
County one would be in direct
competition with one of the pro-
posed casinos and track in Dodge
City that doesnt even exist.
Bill 587 would put a casino
in Wyandotte County and one
in southeast Kansas. Trying to
bank on the success of the Kansas
Speedway and the surrounding
area sounds great, but Kansas City
already has a well established gam-
ing industry. With four casinos in
the area, the gambling market is at
a saturation point Kansas City
residents dont need another place
to throw dice or play slots.
If our representatives wanted
to cash in on the gaming resur-
gence, we should have led rather
than followed. Expanded gaming
in Kansas 10 years ago would
have been a great idea. Now, its
just bandwagon jumping. Every-
one else is doing it, so why not
us does not make good political
reasoning. We dont let children
use such logic and we shouldnt
let our politicians either.
Missouri, Colorado and Okla-
homa all have gambling establish-
ments. Our two casinos would
be put in direct competition with
those in Missouri and Oklahoma.
With the glut of casinos available
in surrounding states, these estab-
lishments would predominantly
attract Kansans. This is opposite
of the way a healthy gambling
industry should act. A casino
should attract outside tourism
and take more money from tour-
ists than it does locals.
If gambling revenue comes
mainly from our own citizens,
other Kansas businesses will
suffer. Every local dollar lost to
a casino is a dollar that could
have gone to a Kansas-owned
business and generated tax
revenue for the state.
Admittedly, Kansas needs
money. All governments need,
or at least want, more money
than they have. Gambling rev-
enue sounds great, hundreds of
millions of dollars without more
taxes. But their dollar estimates
dont make sense given the state
of gambling in the Midwest.
My suggestion to the legisla-
tors: Give up on gambling. Put
your time and our tax dollars to
work building a stronger Kansas
economy that continues to grow.
Dont saddle us with state-owned
casinos designed to siphon money
away from Kansas businesses.
Farr is a Scott City senior in
journalism.
Sundays wind storm blew
hard through the city of Law-
rence and the campus. Heres
our run down of the good and
bad of how the authorities and
students handled the storm.
Good. Way to go Facilities
Operations. With the hard work
of all its employees, campus
was cleaned up and made safe
within 48 hours. At the peak
of work on Sunday, more than
400 employees from ground and
building crews were cleaning up
and assessing damage. Work-
ers stopped weekend plans and
worked 10- to 12-hour shifts on
Sunday.
Bad. Tornado sirens. The si-
rens went off late and students
didnt have enough time to
respond to them. Students said
they didnt hear the sirens wail.
Good. Classes were can-
celled. Not only was this the
smart thing for the University to
do regarding safety and clean-
up, but students got a surprise
three-day weekend and a mini-
breather before Spring Break.
Bad. A poor job by the Public
Safety Ofce in managing campus.
Ofcers were incorrectly telling pe-
destrians that campus was closed.
Their orders were to discourage
students from being on campus,
but The University Daily Kansan
heard accounts from students
about ofcers telling students they
couldnt go on campus. Memorial
Drive was blocked near Carruth
and OLeary Hall by an ofcer
about 2 p.m. Sunday, but not on
the Mississippi Street entrance. Of-
cers later blocked both entrances.
Good. The ofce did cut
down on campus foot trafc by
Sunday afternoon.
Bad. Power outage. Students in
the Oread Neighborhood didnt
get power back until about mid-
night Sunday, and some not until
Monday. Waiting to x lines until
the expected second storm, which
never came, set the process back
and left students in the dark.
Good. The Ofce of Admis-
sions held special presentations
for visitors who had campus tours
scheduled for Monday. All of its
staff was also working on presen-
tations for the potential students
and their families at the Visitors
Center west of Templin Hall.
Things get complicated dur-
ing a uke storm, and its not
easy to respond. Overall, the
city and the University did a
good job reacting to the storm.
John Jordan for the editorial
board.
I just want you to know I was
really happy about having a day
off because of the tornado, and
its totally ruined because the
Cryptoquip clue is wrong again.