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Dont
Forget
Your umbrella.
WHY
It's really just to spread
more awareness about the
potential Student Senate is
capable of. There's so much
Imagine wants to do to
affect everyone, Rainey said.
We want to empower and
engage the student body and
encourage them to support
and re-engage with Student
Senate. It's about telling
our story and explaining to
students that we represent
them, but we also want them
to feel comfortable to come to
Student Senate hopefully
this will lead to a more safe
and inclusive campus that is
about action.
ADVANCE KU
1. CREATION OF A NATIVE
AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD
There is a possibility to
create a Native American
Advisory Board, what
that is is a group of tribal
leaders and community
leaders that would meet,
discuss and then recruit
and retain Native American
students, Pringle said. We
have a student that were
working with who has done
extensive research on how
to implement that.
2. PUBLIC COURSE
EVALUATIONS
Weve been working
really hard with faculty and
advising
administration
on how to publicize public
course evaluations, Pringle
said. We would publicize
those to students so when
IMAGINE
1. CONNECTIONS
If you look at our
Connecting Community
platform, its really focusing
on that KU has been very
reactionary
to
things
that have happened on
campus, Rainey said.
Were looking to move
forward to a point where
were aware of awareness
and prevention. We want
to work with GaDuGi, the
Willow Center and the
Emily Taylor Center. These
connections will foster and
create a safe space for these
survivors who have come
to us or the University and
they do not feel safe at KU.
2. A POINT SYSTEM
Another thing were
really emphasizing is being
inclusive in names and
classes, Rainey said. With
that, were focusing on the
diversity that lies at KU
and not just in the simple
sense. One of our favorite
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Senior theatre design major Jami Bessey performs spoken word poetry in
the Underground for Campus Arts Week Push 4 Art event. Bessey described
Push 4 Art as a movement that sponsors spontaneous art. The group
rotated around campus during the day, performing for those who pushed
the button on the podium pictured above.
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Sophomore dance major Christine Bessey breaks into dance after a student presses the Push 4 Art button. The movement is part of Campus Arts Week, and features artists performing for students as they move around campus. Bessey
mentioned her appreciation for the movement. It opens up peoples eyes. Theres so many different kinds of art.
regimes
are
threefold,
including components of
cardio or aerobic exercise,
strength or resistance training,
and flexibility or balance
training. Simply focusing on
fulfilling a daily step goal may
not provide a balanced fitness
plan.
Fortin said research shows
strength training offers a
lot of benefits in addition to
increased calorie burning. For
one, she said it helps increase
bone mass, which is especially
important for women because
they have a predisposition
toward osteoporosis.
In order to get the most out
of a fitness tracking wearable
device, Fortin and Wiebe
agree it is important to look
at the big picture rather than
focusing on one number each
day.
Edited by Victoria Kirk
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Kelly Oubre and Cliff Alexander become the sixth and seventh KU freshmen to declare for the NBA draft. They join two
sophomores and nine juniors, all but three of whom were players in the Bill Self era.
Officer charged
with murder for
shooting black man
BRUCE SMITH
Associated Press
Associated Press
TOPEKA Kansas became
the first state Tuesday to ban
a common second-trimester
abortion procedure that critics
describe as dismembering a
fetus.
Republican
Gov.
Sam
Brownback, a strong abortion
opponent, signed a bill
imposing the ban, and the
new law takes effect July 1. He
and the National Right to Life
Committee, which drafted
the measure, said they hope
Kansas example spurs other
states to enact such laws.
Already, the measure also has
been introduced in Missouri,
Oklahoma and South Carolina.
This law has the power
to transform the landscape
of abortion policy in the
United States, committee
president Carol Tobias said in
a statement.
Two abortion rights groups
that operate Kansas clinics with
abortion services, Trust Women
CHARLESTON, S.C.
A white South Carolina
police officer was charged
with murder Tuesday in the
weekend shooting death of a
black motorist after a traffic
stop.
City Patrolman Michael
Thomas Slager was arrested
and charged after law
enforcement officials saw
a video of the shooting
following a Saturday traffic
stop, North Charleston Mayor
Keith Summey told a hastily
called news conference.
Authorities say the victim,
50-year-old Walter Lamer
Scott of Charleston, was shot
after the officer already hit
him with a stun gun. A video
of the shooting released to
news media outlets shows
the officer firing several times
at the mans back while hes
running away.
Summey said at a news
conference that Slager made a
bad decision.
When youre wrong, youre
wrong, Summey said. When
you make a bad decision,
dont care if youre behind
the shield or a citizen on the
street, you have to live with
that decision.
Slagers
attorney
had
released
a
statement
Monday saying the officer
felt threatened and that the
motorist was trying to grab
the officers stun gun. The
attorney told The Post and
Courier of Charleston on
Tuesday that he no longer
represents the officer.
North Charleston Police
said Slager was arrested by
officers of the South Carolina
Law Enforcement Division.
The shooting occurred as
heightened scrutiny is being
placed on police officer
shootings, particularly those
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager
was charged with murder of a
black motorist after a traffic stop.
North Charleston Mayor Keith
Summey told media Slager was
arrested and charged Tuesday
after a video was released.
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BY BECOMING A
MORNING PERSON, THAT
8 A.M. CLASS WONT
STING AS BAD...
For the night owls out there,
no need to fret on your natural
preference. While practicing a
morning-person lifestyle is relatively rare for a young demographic,
it becomes increasingly common
as we get older. Frederick Browns
research outlined on LiveScience
attributes the commonality of
staying up late and sleeping in to
hormonal changes and increased
socialization.
If youre interested in rising with
the sun before college ends, there
are small things to do to help ease
the pain of waking up early. CNN
offers some tips such as coming up
with meaningful goals for getting
up early, visualizing the best things
youll do that day or shifting your
schedule 15 minutes at a time.
By becoming a morning person,
that 8 a.m. class wont sting as bad
and youll find yourself with free
time to enjoy this beautiful spring
weather while the sun is shining.
Jenny Stern is a junior from Lawrence
studying ecology and evolutionary
biology
Anissa Fritz
@anissafritzz
increase in efficiency of
consumption often results
in increased consumption
as well. An increase in
productivity of agriculture
or industry will also result
in increased resource
throughput, resulting in less
life-sustaining resources.
Scientists and private
industry should concern
themselves with how to
efficiently produce goods and
resources without increasing
consumption. People should
also consider the idea of
not having children, as the
increase in population will
certainly lead to unsustainable
population levels.
The NASA study cited in
The Guardian article states
collapse can be avoided
and population can reach
equilibrium if the per capita
rate of depletion of nature
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Projections of population, resources and output according to the 1972 book Limits of Growth written by Donella H.
Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jrgen Randers and William W. Behrens III.
is reduced to a sustainable
level, and if resources are
distributed in a reasonably
equitable fashion. Funding
reallocation for renewable
energy research and
agriculture, as well as
restructuring society for
better allocation of resources
are also possible steps
humanity could take to
save our civilization. Better
distribution of resources
could be seen as an alternative
to a population-control law.
Even though the predictions
cannot be 100 percent certain,
the entire world should be
focused on this problem. If we
do not address these problems
now, who knows if todays
civilization will exist in the
near future.
HOROSCOPES
A HAUNTED HOTEL
PAGE 5
Employees discuss
alleged hauntings
at Eldridge Hotel
KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_
of furniture around it
show the wear of years
of storage, the colonels
chair has never shown a
trace of dust, Longhurst
said.
Several years ago we had
a new bellman here in the
hotel and he said, I dont
believe that story, Longhurst
said. So he took the key and
unlocked the door and started
up the steps and got a chill.
He got partway up [the stairs]
and looked up over the edge
and somebody was sitting in
Colonel Eldridges chair. It
was an older gentleman and
he had a pipe. He looked up
and said, hm. The bellman
screamed and came running
down the steps into the
hallway never went in there
again.
Room 506 is the other spot
within the Eldridge known
for supernatural occurrences.
Guests in the room have
reported doors slamming,
faucets turning on and off
and, Coble-Krings said, the
door locking by itself from
the inside.
Longhurst remembered an
instance he had personally
experienced where hotel staff
had to literally tear the door
from its hinges to get into the
room.
We made a new master
key; the door wouldnt
open, he said. We replaced
the batteries; the door still
wouldnt open. Finally we had
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
This photo taken in the 1970s and contributed by the Eldridge Hotel shows
the ghost which appears to be seen in the elevator in the left half of the
screen. This was the first time that the alleged ghost appeared in the Eldridge.
ROOM 506
Marketing Manager Lisa Coble-Krings explained guests in the room
have reported doors slamming, faucets turning on and off and the
door locking by itself from the inside.
Assistant General Manager David Longhurst remembered an
instance he had personally experienced where hotel staff had to
literally tear the door from its hinges to get into the room.
that could happen but it
happened.
Coble-Krings said there are
several theories regarding
why 506 is such a center of
activity. The room contains
an original cornerstone brick
from when the hotel was first
built as the Free State Hotel.
Some people also believe the
room serves as a portal to
another dimension.
Weve heard rustlings [in
506], she said. One of our
valets told us that he just
walked down the hall and
heard voices in [the room].
TRENDING
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In this image released by HBO, Sophie Turner, as Sansa Stark, left, and Aidan Gillen, as Petyr Littlefinger Baelish,
appear in a scene from the HBO original series, Game of Thrones, premiering Sunday, April 12, on HBO. For the
first time, Game of Thrones and AMCs Mad Men, which premieres April 5, will be available to those without a
cable subscription with HBOs new service, HBO NOW.
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A bronze sculpture of Lucille Ball is displayed in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the village of Celoron, N.Y., in her
hometown in August 2012. Since the sculpture was unveiled in 2009, the statue has been blasted by critics who
say it bears little or no likeness to the popular 1950s sitcom actress and comedian. Village officials say they want
the sculptor to fix it for free, but the artist wants as much as $10,000 to alter the statue. The village has started a
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Kansas junior
college coach
should be hired
Dylan Sherwood
@dmantheman2011
nowing that a
powerhouse in
womens junior
college basketball is in your
state means a good coach is just
a few hours away. The school
is Hutchinson Community
College. The coach is John
Ontjes.
The Kansas coaching vacancy
has been voided for the past
month and no list of possible
candidates have been released
by Kansas Athletics.
Last week in the Kansan, an
article was published about four
other possible candidates. Dr.
Sheahon Zenger should have
Ontjes as his number 1 choice.
Ontjes, who just finished
his eighth season as the Blue
Dragons coach, has lead his
team to the NJCAA National
Tournament every year since
2012. Ontjes has an impressive
overall record of 257-26 and
has only lost five games in the
last four years. Four of those
losses came in the National
Tournament, the other on
Feb. 6, 2013 in Garden City in
overtime. The Blue Dragons
have been ranked No. 1 several
times during the past three
years.
The Blue Dragons have
finished second in the national
tournament three times in the
last four years with a thirdplace finish in 2013.
Ontjes has been named the
Jayhawk West Division Coach
of the Year from 2011-13.
With this impressive of a
resume, theres no doubt that
Ontjes is a solid candidate.
During his eight years at
Hutchinson, he has a home
record similar to Bill Selfs
in Allen Fieldhouse. In 147
games in the Hutchinson
Sports Arena, Ontjes has only
lost three games. Self has nine
losses total in Allen Fieldhouse,
meaning he has two more
conference titles than lost home
games.
Ontjes can recruit as well.
His program at Hutchinson
consists of both in-state and
international players. On his
team this past year, he had
players from Cameroon and
New Zealand. Kailani Purcell,
a player from New Zealand,
was named an NJCAA AllAmerican and committed to
BYU.
Ontjes is also familiar with
Allen Fieldhouse, as he played
for the Oklahoma Sooners
from 1993-96.
With the way Ontjes has been
coaching the Blue Dragons, he
is bound to make the transition
to Division I. He can recruit
out-of-state and Kansas players
well, and with only one Kansan
on last years Jayhawk roster in
senior guard Natalie Knight,
some home-state players will be
welcome.
If Ontjes takes this Kansas
job, itll be a hard move for him,
leaving his hometown for the
job in the Big 12 Conference.
Expect big changes out of
the Kansas program and the
change that will put Kansas
Womens Basketball on the
map, just like Kansas mens
basketball.
Edited by Garrett Long
kansan.com
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