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The first discussion between the University and the Kansas Association of Public Employees will take place Tuesday to make adjustments to the graduate teaching assistant contract.
The contract applies to all GTAs, whether or not they are members of the union, and provisions include hours, wages and benefits.
Based on the potential University policy that could reduce graduate employees’ work hours from 30 to 20 per week, graduate students are curious to know what changes the University has in mind.
“From what we know, administration would’ve negotiated this with just the union representatives, without consulting grads,” said Laurie Petty, a graduate student in the sociology department.
The current contract became effective in 2010 and it was due for re-evaluation in 2013, said Ola Faucher, director of human resources at the
University.“In that amount of time, a
lot of things change,” Faucher said. “The University wanted to take the opportunity after so much time had passed to talk about salary and whatever else we need to talk about.”
She said the University specified GTA salary as the primary area of interest to discuss at today’s session.
Under the current contract, a first-year GTA working 20 hours each week receives a minimum base salary of $12,500.
Petty said the majority of GTAs have families to support, mortgages and other bills to pay, and with a salary close to the national poverty line, she said she hopes the salary won’t decrease.
Petty said she learned of the renegotiation meeting when she was researching membership with the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition, a union established in 1995 to represent graduate employees. The coalition is also affiliated with the American Federation of
Teachers and KAPE. Petty and other graduate
employees like Shane Willson, who is also in the sociology department, have directed their efforts to increase the GTAC membership — which has been dormant for more than a decade — in hopes of increasing graduate representation. Wilson said the meeting has given them another motivation to provide input.
“The more members we have the stronger we are,” Willson said. “With more members, we are in a better position to negotiate for more pay, increased health insurance coverage and the rights of graduate students generally.”
Eventually, the union must consult its members before changes go into effect. This would happen after both the University and the union agree on changes, but Willson said this is why membership is crucial.
“The issue of the grad student time limits was the catalyst that really showed grad students we didn’t have a
way to make our voices heard,” Willson said.
Faucher said the contract specifies a meeting must occur before the summer session but will not confer during summer unless both parties agree to do so. If not, they will meet in the fall to further discuss changes to the contract.
In the meantime, Petty and Willson said they will continue to inform graduate employees of the opportunity to join the union.
— Edited by Nick Chadbourne
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STATE
University student to run for 10th District House seat TOM [email protected]
University junior Nick VanWyhe registered on April 23 to run as a Republican candidate to represent the 10th District in the House of Representatives. He’s currently the only Republican candidate registered to run in the upcoming election, and as of now will be running against Democratic representative John Wilson.
Among his main reasons for running for a seat in the House, VanWyhe said he’s concerned about the condition of the economy — both at state and federal levels — as well as the dwindling funds for public education in primary and secondary schools, public universities and technical institutions.
“I recognize that the children are the future of the country,” VanWyhe said. “And if you have educated individuals, they’re going to be better off for their future, and it’s also going to take a burden off of the economy as well. The way I look at it, they go hand-in-hand basically.”
Aside from his concerns for the economy and the funding for educational institutions, VanWyhe said he’s also opposed to the government impeding on individual liberties and rights.
Nick’s decision to run for a position in public service isn’t the first decision he’s made to serve his country and state.
In 2009, he joined the Kansas National Guard and was later deployed to Africa in 2011 on a combat tour that lasted just over 13 months.
“As far as I could remember, I wanted to join the military for the simple fact to serve, and I did that, so that’s kind of what got me into public interest,” he said. “I want to serve. I want to give back to my country, to the state, to my community.”
Bill VanWyhe, Nick’s adoptive father since he was one year old, said Nick’s been interested
in politics since he was a child, describing him as level-headed and a strong debater.
“I don’t think he’ll have any problems holding his own,” Bill said.
Nick’s older sister, Eva VanWyhe, said that for Nick to be registered for candidacy at a young age is a good way for him to begin and further his career in public service.
“I just think that he knows what he wants, and he’s dedicated and determined,” Eva said. “So either
way, if he doesn’t get it now I know he will keep trying.”
When asked to describe his political orientation, Nick said that he’s fiscally conservative, but is socially moderate because he wants to balance and integrate individual liberties into current social issues. Running for a seat in the House of Representatives,
he said, could potentially delay his schooling an extra semester if he were to be elected, but said he’s more than willing to delay it to serve.
“Everybody asked me, ‘Are you sure you’re going to be able to do that?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I’m sure I can do that,’” Nick said. “I had to put off school once for my
deployment to go and serve, and I’m willing to do the same thing again.”
While running against an incumbent Democratic representative in Lawrence might pose a challenge to Nick, he hopes people will listen to him on the individual issues, and not just look at the “R” next to
his name.“I’m not your typical
Republican,” he said. “That’s basically what I’m relying on, is hopefully the people will actually listen to me on the issues rather than casting judgment first.”
— Edited by Callan Reilly
EMPLOYMENT
Labor union, University to negotiate GTA contract
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““I’m not your typical Republi-can. Hopefully the people will actually listen to me on the issues rather than casting judgment first.”
NICK VANWYHEJunior from Liberal
BRENT BURFORD/KANSANNick VanWyhe, a junior from Liberal, is campaigning for the 10th District in the Kansas House of Representatives. VanWyhe joined the Kansas National Gaurd in 2009 and toured in Africa in 2011.
CRIME
Suspect in campus car chase apprehended
Lawrence Police
apprehended a suspect at 1130 W. 11 St. who was fleeing from an allegedly stolen vehicle that crashed into the staircase behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Officers responded to a stolen vehicle report at 1 p.m. Monday. At around 2:15 p.m., Lawrence Police spotted a gold two-door sedan matching the stolen vehicle’s description near the intersection of Ninth Street and Emery Road.
After a short vehicular pursuit, which lasted no more than 30 seconds, according to Sgt. Trent McKinley, public affairs officer for the Lawrence Police Department, the suspect crashed into the staircase and initially fled toward Memorial Stadium but changed
directions toward 1130 W. 11th St., where he was arrested.
The suspect was taken to the hospital, but McKinley said the suspect sustained no injuries from Monday’s events.
The Lawrence Fire Department was called to the scene because gas was leaking from the vehicle, said Doug Green, a division chief for the Lawrence Fire Department. Green said the vehicle’s position on the railing caused the leak.
Firefighters stopped the leak and successfully removed the vehicle from the staircase at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The identity of the suspect has not been released at this time. Continue to check kansan.com for more updates.
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TOM DEHART/KANSANFirefighters responded to a report of a stolen vehicle Monday afternoon. The car collided with a railing behind JRP Hall as the suspect fled from pursuing officers. The suspect is now in custody.
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There’s so much pollen!
Annika Wooton can sing, but as a Miss Kansas contestant this year, she’s decided to highlight another skill: speed painting.
When her name is called to perform, Wooton, a sophomore from Overland Park, will walk the stage in Pratt, wearing a black jumpsuit holding a canvas and cups of paint. After the music starts, she’ll paint an image in 90 seconds that she said will transform before the audience’s eyes.
The idea of speed painting as a talent came after her senior year of high school when her theater manager asked her to create three paintings during a school assembly. Wooton said he thought it would be a fun way to show her artistic talents in front of a crowd.
She painted the first two paintings in four minutes each, and the last in eight minutes.
Looking back at that performance, she thought if she could paint a street view of New Orleans at night or jazz players on a piano in as little as four minutes, then she could teach herself to create a striking image for pageants in 90 seconds with practice and determination.
“It was the experience in high school that planted the seed in my mind, and from there, I just thought, ‘Go big
or go home,’” Wooton said. ”I’ve always yearned for a way to express my visual talents onstage because that’s where my passion lies. Until now, I didn’t think there was an adequate way to display my painting and art abilities.”
Practicing for the pageant has been time consuming for Wooton. After first priming her canvas in a light peach color and waiting for it to dry, she’ill visualize her
Annika WootonAge: 20 Hometown: Overland ParkPageant Background: Competed since she was 14Platform: More Than What You SeeTalent: Speed painting Interesting Fact: She can create zombie makeup on herself and friends.
What: Peace Corps Information TableWhen: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Where: Watson Library, LawnAbout: Students can stop by the Peace Corps table any time between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to ask questions and learn about volun-teering in the Peace Corps.
What: KU Symphonic BandWhen: 7:30 p.m.Where: The Lied CenterAbout: A concert from the KU Symphonic Band. Adult and chil-dren’s tickets are $8, students and seniors are $6.
What: Returned Peace Corps Volun-teer PanelWhen: Noon to 1 p.m.Where: Kansas Union, Centennial RoomAbout: Returned Peace Corps volun-teers will talk about their personal experiences in the Peace Corps.
What: Jewish Studies Spring Gath-eringWhen: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Where: Kansas Union, Traditions AreaAbout: An open event for anyone to socialize with students and profes-sors in the Jewish Studies program. Light refreshments will be served.
What: Grad GrillWhen: Noon to 4 p.m.Where: Adams Alumni CenterAbout: Celebrate graduation with the KU Alumni Association. There will be free food, music, a photo booth and more.
What: Nature and Culture SeminarWhen: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Hall Center, Seminar Room 1About: A seminar with Josh Nygren of the History department: “The Democratization of Conservation: Soil, Water, and Environment in an Age of Limits, 1970-1985.” Open to faculty, staff and graduate students.
What: Veggie LunchWhen: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Where: Ecumenical Campus Minis-triesAbout: A free vegetarian meal every Thursday at the ECM across from The Oread.
What: Pussy Riot Panel DiscussionWhen: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Kansas Union, Jayhawk RoomAbout: Three University professors will address a number of topics re-lated to the Pussy Riot phenomenon in Putin’s Russia.
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CAMPUS
Six students vie for Miss Kansas title ASHLEY [email protected]
Six contestants from the University of Kansas are practicing their talents, hitting the gym and staying up with current news, all in the hope of being crowned Miss Kansas on June 7.
A total of 32 women are
competing for this year’s crown. The University has more students in the pageant than any other school in the state. In the past 10 years, the University has produced three Miss Kansas winners.
The Miss Kansas Organization did not disclose how much money or prizes the winner of Miss
Kansas will receive this year. They did disclose that $3 million in educational scholarships and $50,000 in cash scholarships will be awarded to Miss Kansas contestants and winners. The winner will also represent Kansas in the Miss America pageant on Sept. 14.
Miss Kansas student spotlight: Annika Wooton
Amanda SasekAge: 23Hometown: Moberly, Mo.Pageant Background: Four years experiencePlatform: SOS: Survivors Overcoming Suicide — Reaching OutTalent: VoiceInteresting fact: She drives a minivan because she travels so much.
Mai-Thy TaAge: 22Hometown: AugustaPageant Background: Two years experiencePlatform: Embracing Diversity: Making a StandTalent: VoiceInteresting fact: She eats two times as much as a normal person because she’s so energetic.
Morgan ChristensenAge: 22 Hometown: Medicine LodgePageant background: Has competed in one pageantPlatform: Fostering FuturesTalent: DanceInteresting fact: She never uses spoons.
Shannon LivengoodAge: 21 Hometown: Clay CenterPageant background: Has competed in one pageantPlatform: Change Your Environment, Change Your LifeTalent: BatonInteresting fact: She rides stand-up jet skis.
Jennifer SalvaAge: 22, Hometown: OlathePageant background: Has competed in three pageantsPlatform: Meaningful Inclusion: Acknowledging Individu-als with Special Needs as Assets in Our CommunityTalent: SaxophoneInteresting fact: She’s studying Arabic through a Kansas African Studies Center fellowship.
The University’s six contestants
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DENVER — Kristin Hopkins wrote pleas for help on a red-and-white umbrella that she managed to push through a broken window of her crashed car and open, hoping to attract the attention of drivers on a scenic highway above.
Days later, someone spotted the flipped car of the 43-year-old single mother of four chil-dren about 80 feet down an embankment in a central Col-orado aspen grove.
Authorities say at least one motorist hiked down from Red Hill Pass on U.S. Highway 285
and alerted authorities on Sun-day that there was a body inside the car. Rescuers found Hop-kins alive, conscious and co-herent — but critically injured and extremely dehydrated.
Hopkins was flown by heli-copter to St. Anthony Hospi-tal in suburban Denver, Park County undersheriff Monte Gore said. She was in critical condition Monday, said hos-pital spokeswoman Loralee Sturm. Hopkins’ family issued a statement saying she will lose both her feet because of inju-ries sustained in the crash and is expected to survive.
Hopkins drove off the road-
way near the old mining town of Fairplay sometime after she was last seen on April 27. The accident occurred beneath a spot overlooking the sprawling ranchlands and surrounding mountains of Colorado’s South Park area.
Her 2009 Chevrolet Malibu struck multiple trees and rolled several times before landing on its top.
Hopkins had been entered into a statewide police database as a missing person. But since she is an adult and there were no indications of foul play, there was no active search for her.
When rescuers reached the car Sunday, firefighter Jim Cravener asked a colleague to break a window and feel for a pulse.
“He started to break the win-dow and she put her hand up to the window,” Cravener said. “At that point, it became a rescue.”
Hopkins’ notes on the um-brella were hard to make out but appeared to say, “six days, no food, no water; please help me; need a doctor,” Cravener said.
“It’s really something off that ‘Shouldn’t Be Alive’ show,” he said. “She really had a strong will to survive.”
The newest version of the Kansas Board of Regents’ so-cial media policy, which was proposed by the Governance Committee, will be discussed at the Committee meeting Tues-day after allowing universities and staff to review the docu-ment for about a week.
The Committee’s policy is based on revisions made by a workgroup and submitted to the Board in April. However, the workgroup’s policy is more of a guideline, whereas the Committee’s policy uses puni-tive language.
“I was pleased to see a pre-amble that emphasized free-dom of speech and academic rights, but I was disappointed that they still used disciplinary language,” workgroup mem-ber and professor, Charles Epp said.
The policy also adopted frag-ments of the American Associ-ation of University Professors’ statement of principles on ac-ademic freedom and tenure, which President of the Kansas conference of the AAUP and Associate Professor Dr. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said is prom-ising.
“It’s encouraging that they ref-
erenced the AAUP statement, but they only referenced a frag-ment of it,” Barrett-Gonzalez said. “What they really need to do is incorporate the entire 1940s Statement [of Principles
on Academic Freedom and Tenure]. That way they will be up with academic standards.”
Support for the workgroup’s policy led to the Committee using a large portion of it, but the parts they changed are not receiving the same level of support. Barrett-Gonzalez said that the policy isn’t a good example of a governing docu-
ment because it is written in le-gal language, which is hard for those without legal experience to understand.
Other controversy the policy faces is the use of punitive lan-
guage and not being clear as to what types of expression would merit discipline, which were the main problems of the origi-nal policy as well.
“I fear that faculty and staff will still not be sure which kinds of expression are safe and which are not,” Epp said.
One possible consequence to passing this policy is damaging the reputation of Kansas’ high-er education while also impact-ing students.
“I would hope that the Board of Regents will realize that what they have done and what they may potentially do could very seriously and adversely, and has adversely, impacted the fortunes of the most import-ant resource the state has, and that’s our youth,” Barrett-Gon-zalez said.
Neither Barrett-Gonzalez nor Epp believe that the Board will make any significant changes to the Committee’s proposed
policy or go back to the work-group’s policy. The Board will make the final decision about the policy at the May 15-16 meeting.
— Edited by Nick Chadbourne
Have KU graduates always walked down the hill for
Commencement? Well, the Campanile has only been in place since the early 1950s,
but walking down the hill has been a tradition since 1924.
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The policy uses disciplinary language, even though the workgroup recommended against it and there is widespread opposition.
It is not clear in the policy what kinds of expression would be punishable, which could possibly be stifling to free speech.
Because the policy is restrictive, it impinges on academic freedom.
““I fear that faculty and staff will still not be sure which kinds of expression are safe and which are not.”
CHARLES EPPWork-group member and professor
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Rather than denounce my greed, I choose to embrace it.
Wait...there are couches in girl’s bathrooms?
I wonder if the editor ever recognizes the numbers sent in to
the FFA.Editor’s Note: It’s been known to
happen...
Not even 9 a.m. on Monday and I’ve already seen more asscheek
hanging out of short shorts than I care to see ever. Gonna be a long
week!
I asked the man at the desk if there was a printer I could use and he told me there isn’t a printer in
Bailey... Is this true?
Fearing the automatic stapler is not irrational.
To the person that stopped for the Chancellor in the crosswalk: mad
props for knowing who she is.
Poor unfortunate souls.
My confidence builder for finals: music by Queen.
Christian Bale > Leonardo DiCaprio
You can’t steal an Andy Bernard quote and not give the man credit.
To the girl in a sweater and short shorts: Why?!
Shout out to the bus drivers saying we appreciate everything you do!
I can do all things through Coffee who strengthens me.
Girls have a couch in their bath-room? Where is the guys’ bathroom
couch? Separate but equal was done away with long ago!
Congrats on completing your sudoku in record time!
Love how this paper doesn’t even label Big Jay in pictures...
Editor’s Note: Big Jay is a bird who needs no introduction.
To the 41 driver Craig...thank you so much for getting me to class on time...you are a gentleman and a
stud...just sayin ;)
Me after every final next week: “ADIOS BITCHACHOS!”
Do the lizards on campus scare anyone besides me?
I think I’m going to build a hut in the middle of campus and just
camp out there until graduation.
I asked my roommate how her Stop Week was going. She glared at me
and went back to what she was working on. That bad, huh?
Finals are coming...
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@SwellDanielle2@KansanOpinion Yes! Telling people not to drink makes them drink more and less responsibly.
@b_rookiee@KansanOpinion No, I think the Hawk is enough indication why.
@hwinthrop1@KansanOpinion YES, without a doubt. As a British citizen where the drinking age is 18, 21 is ridiculously late.”Freedom” etc. #ruleBritania
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EDUCATION
Tuition cost should reflect employment possibilitiesThe most important
thing that we will ever do in our lives is
go to school, or that’s what I’ve always heard. I just can’t decide if it’s worth it.
According to affordability.ku.edu, the cost for a single credit hour at the University of Kansas is $307.50 for residents. Assuming we need roughly 120 hours to graduate, the cost of a degree comes out to $36,900 for residents. For non-residents, at $799.70 per credit hour multiplied by 120 hours, the cost is almost $96,000 for a KU degree. Now, I don’t have a problem with the school looking out for its own interests, but at what point is it enough? The fact is that coming out of school everyone doesn’t get the same
value for their money.Based on a report by
Georgetown University from 2013, recent graduates in architecture have the highest unemployment rate at 12.8 percent. The report said psychology graduates have an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent. This doesn’t seem that bad, but their expected annual earnings came in second lowest at $30,000. Keep in mind that unemployment numbers include only those who have looked for work in the last month and ignores those who have given up looking for a job out of sheer frustration.
The University isn’t doing enough to ensure that a large group of students are receiving anything after graduation aside from a
worthless piece of paper. I recognize that life isn’t fair, and when you select a major, you accept the consequences for whatever decision you make, but I think everyone should have an opportunity to follow their dreams and get a little bit of help getting there when they’ve paid tens of thousands of dollars.
It’s time that we held universities accountable. Schools need to introduce a sliding scale for tuition that is based on both the University’s
efforts to place graduates in careers after graduation, and the earning potential of the individual degrees. While this may seem like an awful idea to institutions, it is actually possible that it could work out even better financially for all parties involved. Hypothetically, if majors with the lowest job placement rates only had to pay 32 percent per credit hour while those with the highest job placement rates stayed roughly the same, there could be an entirely new demographic of people who decide that school is worth their time and, more importantly, their money.
The honest truth is that I once hoped to be an actor. However, since I was not ready to go “all-in” on my dream, I decided to get an
education as a sort of fall back plan. Now, I’m locked into a major that makes sense financially but means giving up on those dreams. I gave up because I wanted safe earning potential. Once school begins to make financial sense for all majors, then perhaps we can go back to hoping for a career in what we would really like to do. Schools should contribute to students’ achievements by offering an education for what it’s worth, nothing more and nothing less.
Nick Jackson is a senior from Lawrence studying chemical
engineering.
By Nick [email protected]
College is over, your classes are done, your lease is up. But there
is one thing left that hasn’t ended — your relationship. Chances are you both won’t end up with jobs in Lawrence, so what does this mean? Does one sacrifice and follow the other? Do you try out long distance? Or, do you go your separate ways?
Unless he or she pops the question, I wouldn’t change directions.
Maybe this comes from me being independent, or maybe it comes from me being single — it’s easier to say I wouldn’t follow a boy because I don’t have one — but I would tell every person that asks me this question the same answer: Go to where the best job or opportunity is, not to where the best boy or girl is. We are in our early 20s; this is the time to be selfish and chase our dreams, not a significant other.
Let’s consider something absolutely outrageous: your current relationship doesn’t work out. Not only have you wasted your time, but you are stuck in a city with the mediocre job you took just to be closer to your partner. If it’s meant to be, long distance will be tough but you will both get through it separately. But remember, this is a growing time for everyone. You don’t know if you will still want to be with
the person they become after being in the real world for a few months. I advise you to make that decision from your own city from your new job. Who knows, maybe eventually one of you can ask for a job transfer to a city closer. Key word, eventually.
Secondly, you didn’t get your degree in chasing someone else. You just spent four years of homework, tests and stress to earn a college degree. You now have all the tools to go after your dreams, and I hope your dreams consist of more than staying in love with your current lover.
If they didn’t put a ring on it, I wouldn’t put a lease and a new city on it. If they aren’t ready for that next step, I think following them to their new city is a couple steps ahead of where you are. When you have the job you wanted and are really working on your dreams and ambitions, everything else that should fall into place will.
Kayla Soper is a senior from Junction City studying journalism
and political science.
The minimum purchase age for alcohol has been 21 in nearly
every state since the mid-1980s. It’s strange that the United States, where a strong drinking culture exists, has such a high purchase age. This creates an odd dynamic, particularly on college campuses. While nearly everybody in college is old enough to buy cigarettes and join the military, only half are old enough to legally drink. This has almost certainly contributed to the dangerous culture of binge drinking evidenced on college campuses today. The U.S. could benefit from lowering the drinking age while increasing the penalization of drunk driving. These changes could potentially decrease deaths from driving under the influence and help to curb underage binge drinking.
The percentage of those who drink in college, including those who binge drink, has stayed roughly the same since the 1980s, when an 18-year-old could legally enjoy a beer. However, the effects of binge drinking seem to be felt more acutely. This may be because before the legal age was raised to 21, young people drank in public and more controlled environments, where they were less likely to consume dangerously high amounts of alcohol. There also was not as much of a need to “pre-game,” or drink alcohol before going to a public event. While controlled drinking can relax people and facilitate conversation, binge drinking can cause
blackouts and increase the frequency of anything from car accidents to rape. Al-Jazeera America, a broadcast news organization, singled out the University of Kansas last semester, highlighting the drinking and date rape culture becoming increasingly prevalent in Lawrence and countless other college towns. Though the majority of college students don’t binge drink, the 40 percent that do endanger themselves and those around them. More than 130 college presidents have reacted, saying they want the drinking age to be lowered. Members of this initiative support responsible drinking and think a lower drinking age would facilitate that.
Since the 1980s, when the drinking age was raised, the rate of alcohol-related traffic deaths has decreased dramatically. Many assume that there’s a correlation between a higher drinking age has lowered alcohol-related traffic incidents. This isn’t necessarily true. Regulations on drunk driving have become stricter, and this has certainly contributed to the decrease in alcohol-related traffic deaths. No longer is it legal to have an open container in a vehicle, and most states have zero-tolerance policies
for underage drivers. The punishments and fines for being caught driving drunk are also significantly harsher than they were 40 years ago.
I think the drinking age should be lowered to 19, an age that rules out high school seniors consuming alcohol, but allows college students to drink without penalty. Most suggestions to lower the drinking age in the past have been met with criticism, as many think traffic fatality rates would increase. To combat this, the U.S. should create harsher restrictions on drunk driving. As per the suggestion of the National Transportation Safety Board, the legal blood alcohol content limit should be lowered to 0.05 from the current 0.08 percent. Zero tolerance laws should be maintained for those under 21, and could be extended to the entire population, as they have been in some countries. These changes, with strong enforcement, would make driving considerably safer than it is now, while hopefully decreasing the perceived need for binge drinking on college campuses.
Ike Uri is a freshman from Concordia studying English and
sociology.
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Culture festival brings African music to town
BRENT BURFORD/KANSANMembers of the African Drum Ensemble at KU perform during the Spring Art and Culture Festival. The festival took place in front of the Spencer Museum of Art Saturday afternoon.
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The Spencer Museum of Art celebrated its annual Spring Arts and Culture Festival on Saturday. Families and friends sat outside the museum to en-joy the sunshine, face painting and sun printing. The African Drum Ensemble at KU played more than five songs in an hour-long performance that drew a crowd of approximate-ly 50 people.
The Spencer Student Advi-sory Board coordinated the festival, and organizes events for students and Lawrence community members to get involved with the museum.
Sarah Kunen, committee chair for SSAB, said the fes-tival provides a community space meant for students and the rest of Lawrence to inter-act.
“This festival really allows the students to become more aware of other groups on campus that are involved in art and culture, as well as what the museum has to offer,” Ku-nen said. “It gives everybody a nice meeting place to learn more about different areas of the world.”
Sandy Tickles, SSAB presi-dent, said the festival is meant to bring the Lawrence com-munity together.
“It’s really a celebration of arts and culture,” Tickles said. “It’s great to see the commu-nity come here and just hang out at the museum.”
As its last concert of the se-mester, ADEKU performed traditional African songs called Fankani, Kuku and Konowulen that have specific
stories and cultural purpos-es behind them. Kuku, from Guinea, is mainly played for parties that involve lots of dancing. The song was fast-paced and upbeat, and the band got the audience to in-teract. “The Spencer Museum of Art has invited us back ev-ery year,” said Kimberly Sim-onetti, a social media manag-er of ADEKU.
During the performance, ADEKU invited the audience to participate in the drum ses-sion. Nanyi Deng, a freshman from Wenzhou, China, played the traditional African drum for the first time.
“I have seen someone per-form this kind of music be-fore and I love the African rhythms,” Deng said. “It took some time to get used to the rhythm but it was a lot of fun.”
ADEKU has been togeth-er for seven years, studying rhythms from Senegal, Guin-ea and Gambia and sharing them with the community. Throughout the semester, ADEKU goes out to the com-munity and performs, mostly working with organizations at the University such as Student Union Activities, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Afri-can Studies Center.
“Because music is made in our community, we couldn’t do music without all of that. It’s fun to communicate, learn and grow together,” Simonetti said.
ADEKU is free and open to anybody who wants to learn about African culture and its rhythms.
— Edited by Austin Fisher
GUTHRIE, Okla. — Residents in an Oklahoma community where a wildfire killed one person, burned thousands of acres and destroyed at least six homes returned to survey the damage Monday as firefighters continued to battle the stubborn blaze.
The fire in Guthrie, about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City, went awry Sunday and swept through the parched countryside with wind gusts at 31 mph. Fire officials said Monday afternoon that the blaze was about 75 percent contained and they are investigating to determine whether any criminal conduct occurred when it was set. A burn ban was not in place at the time.
Forecasters say the fire danger will get worse before it gets better, though, with the weather to stay hot and windy. Temperatures are to reach 100 on Tuesday with daytime wind gusts to steadily grow stronger.
Authorities said the man who died in the fire Sunday night had refused to leave his mobile home. Guthrie Fire Chief Eric Harlow said 37 firefighters have been treated for heat-related issues.
The fire has burned 3,000 to 3,500 acres, Harlow said. In all, at least 30 buildings have been destroyed including the six homes and that number may rise as officials evaluate the damage, he said.
Officials also are assessing damage from some smaller wildfires in areas including Altus, Jennings, Seiling, Stillwater and Woodward.
The Department of Emergency Management said
Monday that a fire in Pawnee County jumped a fire line and was threatening 25 homes near Jennings. The occupants were evacuated, and members of 20 fire departments were on the scene.
A fire in rural Woodward County was two miles wide and eight miles long as it continued to burn Monday.
Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency Monday for counties throughout Oklahoma and a burn ban for 36 counties mostly in western and south-central Oklahoma. Logan County, where the large wildfire started, is included in the ban.
“One thing I know about Oklahomans is we’re strong.
We’re resilient,” Fallin said after visiting with emergency management officials earlier in the day.
A pair of water-lifting helicopters was dispatched to the scene and Fallin said she had asked the federal government to arrange for a large air tanker to be sent in from Arizona.
About 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Sunday but many returned to the rural area Monday to survey the damage.
Rachel Hudson, 32, lost her home in the blaze. And around the time the fire arrived, her daughter Mariah was in a car accident. The teenager will need surgery.
“That was all going on at the same time our house was burning down,” Hudson said by telephone as she sought shelter provided by the local American Red Cross. The home where she lived with her daughter, her ex-husband and her mother was not insured.
“I’m scared. I don’t know what I’m going to do,” she said, starting to cry. “We lost everything.”
Three of Mariah’s friends from school spent Monday picking through the rubble and salvaged some dishes, antiques, tools and knickknacks.
“We’re just trying to help out as much as we can,” Shelby
Cremeens said.Although Logan County did
not have a burn ban in place Sunday when the blaze broke out, Oklahoma Forestry Services spokeswoman Hannah Anderson said conditions were ripe for a fire with a recent drought, high temperature readings and strong winds.
The same conditions were present Monday.
“We’re just trying to put that thing out,” Anderson said. “Weather always has an impact on fire behavior. With temperatures high and humidity so low, anything can spark a wildfire. We want the public to be vigilant: It’s hot, it’s dry and it’s windy.”
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“I can’t tell you how much I’m mentally going through it,” Wooton said. “If I’m walking on campus I’ll have my song playing on repeat and just visualizing how I can do it, what I can do better and how I can do it quicker.”
Her painting for the pageant will complement her platform, More Than What You See, which is an interest in the beauty myth, or what society sees as beautiful. For the element of surprise, Wooton didn’t want to disclose any further information about her performance.
“They’ll have to watch to find out,” she said.
Juven Nava, co-director of Miss Augusta and Miss Butler County Pageants said he and Executive Director Larry Strong were nervous when Wooton said she wanted to perform speed painting for the pageant. Nava said he lost sleep over the idea.
“You’ve never seen a girl who speed paints as being the winner,” Nava said.
But, after seeing pictures and videos of Wooton performing, Strong said he became convinced she could impress the crowd.
“She is confident and this is something she wants to do,” Strong said. “If she enjoys it, she’s going to do great on stage.”
— Edited by Callan Reilly
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ASSOCIATED PRESSFirefighters work to extinguish a flare up on Monday, May 5, 2014, in Guthrie, Okla. Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state emergency across Okla-homa after several wildfires broke out across the state, including a blaze north of Oklahoma City that destroyed at least a half dozen homes and left one man dead.
““Quality over quantity, that’s the way that it should be. There are a lot of good football players in this draft, not only at the top of this draft, but I think from a value-based perspective, there are a lot of players to be had in every specific realm.”
— John Dorsey, Chiefs general manager, in the
Kansas City Star
?TRIVIA OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
Q: When was the last time the Chiefs had fewer than 7 picks in a draft?
A: 2002 (5 draft picks)— pro-football-reference.com
!FACT OF THE DAYWhile still with the Eagles, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was influ-ential in the Eagles trading away their first-round draft pick in seven drafts over a ten year span, from 2003-2012.
— sbnation.com
Anticipation of Chiefs draft picks ends Thursday with NFL draft
QUOTE OF THE DAY
It’s finally here. Since the Super Bowl concluded with the Sea-hawks rout of the Broncos on Feb.
2, football fans have endured three months of combines, pro days and never-ending analysis from the “draft experts” on ESPN and other sports sources. The attention to the draft has been constant, repetitive (we get it, Clowney is going first overall; we heard you the 50th time, Mel Kiper), and at times, grueling. But the NFL draft is finally here, with the first round starting Thursday night. For Chiefs fans, especially, it will be an interesting draft to watch. Because the Chiefs don’t have a very high first-round pick, they don’t get the kind of media attention or analysis that teams with high draft picks receive. So, let me do my best Todd McShay impres-sion and breakdown what the Chiefs are facing and what the team may do in the 2014 draft.
The first thing Chiefs fans have to re-alize is that, as it stands now, Kansas City’s draft pick positions don’t look too hot. They sit at the 23rd overall pick in the first round, and because the Chiefs traded away their sec-ond-round picks both this year and last year for quarterback Alex Smith, they won’t pick again until the third round, where they have the 87th over-
all pick. The one bright spot for the Chiefs, if you could even call it that, is that they have two sixth-round picks instead of one pick for both the sixth and seventh rounds, but that isn’t much of an upgrade. Overall, the Chiefs have six total picks, and their picks toward the top of the draft are pretty sparse.
But just because the Chiefs don’t have very good draft picks doesn’t mean they can’t grab some great talent from this draft, which is good because, at certain positions, they are going to need it. The Chiefs’ most immediate needs are at wide receiver, safety and offensive line. The Chiefs lost a big wide receiver and playmaker in Dex-ter McCluster when he signed with the Titans during free agency, and consid-ering the inconsistent Donnie Avery is the current second option behind the aging Dwayne Bowe, it would not sur-prise anyone if the Chiefs went with a wide receiver for their first overall pick. Kansas City lost starting safe-ty from last season’s Kendrick Lewis during free agency as well, and while Husain Abdullah could step into the role, the team may need something
more. The Chiefs also took a hit at O-line during free agen-cy, losing two starting guards in Jon Asamoah and Geoff Schwartz and a starting pro-bowl tackle in Brandon Al-bert. The Chiefs do have play-ers on the current roster who can step in to fill these starting positions, but coaches will want to grab a good offensive lineman or two, either to im-prove at the starting position or just provide some depth. And even though these po-sitions are the most immediate prob-lems, many key players in other posi-tions, like linebacker, cornerback, and defensive end, have contracts that will soon expire, which will also influence how the Chiefs’ draft.
So, how will the Chiefs use their first-round pick? All I can do is spec-ulate, but there are a few players that make sense for the team. I would put my money on Marqise Lee, the 6’0” receiver out of Southern California. Despite concerns about Lee’s dura-bility, height, and underwhelming, injury-plagued 2013 season, his elite athleticism and bursts of quickness make him a vertical threat and a big play waiting to happen, something the Chiefs badly need. If LSU wide re-
c e i v e r O d e l l
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he would be another
good fit at wide receiv-
er, as would Oregon State
speedster Bran-din Cooks. If the
Chiefs don’t go re-ceiver with their first
pick, other popular options include UCLA offensive guard Xavier Su’a-fi-lo, Northern Illinois strong safety Jim-mie Ward, and Alabama linbacker C.J. Mosley.
But, like the many of draft experts, I’m just guessing. The Chiefs could go a hundred different ways with their first pick and with the rest of their draft. No matter what, Chiefs fans can only hope their team makes some good calls and gets some value out of the few draft picks they have.
—Edited by Krista Montgomery
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nationally, according to the academy website. Instead of hanging out with friends after school and on weekends, players will be at the academy training or playing in matches.
“You’re preparing kids to be pros,” Trumpp said.
Players are also subject to stringent academic requirements. Maxfield said the academy expects at least a 3.0 GPA from its players. She also works with school guidance counselors to ensure players are taking challenging courses in high school. This may seem like a lot, but
the academy works around players’ school schedule to keep them eligible on the field and off. Players are encouraged to miss a training session if they need extra tutoring, Maxfield said. Travel schedules are formulated with consideration to players’ school schedules.
“We try and leave Friday afternoons at 4 or 5 p.m., even if it’s a more expensive flight, we always try to respect school,” she said.
Parents of academy players praise the ways of the academy over their experiences with high school or club teams. Jimmy Rocha, of Belton, Mo.,
has two sons playing for the academy: Israel “Izzy” Rocha on the U-16 team and Angel Rocha with the U-12s. He said the academy offers more than what his sons experienced at the club or high school level.
“This is way more professional, consistent and way more serious. This is the closest to the real thing for their age,” he said. “Here, they play soccer all day. At high school, they only play during the soccer season.”
Dave Burkhart, of Shawnee, has a son, Kole Burkhart, playing goalkeeper for the U-12 team. Dave said after getting a recommendation
from his son’s club coach to try out for the academy, the difference in quality is noticeable.
“It’s the best here,” he said. “You just don’t get training like this with a club. This is the best.”
THE FUTUREAfter opening its doors
in 2007 and going almost four years without signing an academy product to the pro team, the signings could become more routine. The academy is currently home to two nationally rated prospects.
The academy’s U-16 goalkeeper, Ryan Krutz, was
ranked as one of the top 150 players for the class of 2015 by Top Drawer Soccer, an amateur soccer news website. He’s currently ranked as the sixth best player in the heartland region, which encompasses the Midwest.
Collin Innes, an outfield player for Sporting’s U-14 team, was selected to play in the id2 National Selection International Tour, a US Olympic Committee and US Soccer Federation initiative. He was one of the 18 players to go on a 12-day trip to Italy and play three professional Italian academy teams, ACF Fiorentina, Inter Milan and
Juventus.The academy has produced
seven professional players, four of which came in the last four years. With Palmer-Brown entering the professional ranks as its first nationally recognized gem, the team has at least two more in its stables.
Until then, academy youth will be chasing the soccer dream by grinding on the field. Five days a week, after school. Traveling on Fridays. Playing on Saturdays. Traveling back home on Sundays.
— Edited by Austin Fisher
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In the early months of 2014, while Sporting Kansas City and its fans were busy celebrating the team’s MLS Cup victory, its 16-year-old youth player, Erik Palmer-Brown, was garnering attention from Europe. Attention from Europe’s elite, specifically. Italian club Juventus reportedly offered more than $1 million for the rights to Palmer-Brown. Perhaps most surprisingly, he hadn’t played a second of professional soccer; Palmer-Brown has spent the last five years developing at Sporting Kansas City’s youth academy.
Sporting Kansas City founded its youth academy in 2007 as part of an initiative by Major League Soccer and the US Soccer Federation. In 2006, MLS created the “Home Grown Protected List” which gave its teams first-rights to sign local youth to their academies and, in the future, to professional contracts. To capitalize on the new rule, the US Soccer Federation created the Development Academy League in 2007, a league for professional teams’ U-18 and U-16 youth teams to participate in. Sporting has four teams within its youth academy, U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18 teams.
Sporting didn’t sign a homegrown player to a pro contract for its first five years. Since then, the team has signed three, including Palmer-Brown when he signed in the summer of 2013. The other two, goalkeeper Jon Kempin and defender Kevin Ellis, signed in 2011 and are currently on loan to third-division Oklahoma City Energy.
For Palmer-Brown and other teens at the youth academy, soccer becomes a full-time job. Immediately after school, players report to the Swope Park Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo., home of the youth academy, to practice, lift weights and comb through performance eva luat ions—ever ything that you’d expect from a
professional. The thirty game season is played on weekends, often requiring extensive travel across the Midwest. The most talented players will also travel across the country multiple times a year to train with the youth national team.
“It’s a daily process: ‘Can you get better today?’ ‘What can you do better today?’ ‘Here’s an evaluation for this two month period, can you use that to improve in the next evaluation we have?’” U-12 and U-14 coach Matt Trumpp said.
Youth at all levels are treated and trained as if they’ll play for the professional squad one day. The goal is for a player like Palmer-Brown, who joined the academy at 11-years-old, to progress through the academy and seamlessly transition to the senior team.
“We like to call it vertical integration,” Director of Youth Soccer Betsy Maxfield said. “So if a player on the U-16 or U-18 ever gets called into the pros, they’re not going to be nervous and stunned right away. They’re going to know how to warm up just like [the pro team], they’re going to know the same type of activities and the same type of drills they do up there.”
To help foster this culture, youth go to each Sporting home game to observe and connect with the professional team. The pros act as mentors for youth playing the same position as they do. On the field training is supplemented with off the field mentoring from Sporting’s professional players.
“It’s about creating a culture of knowing your hero and
getting that call up,” Maxfield said. “And some of the pro players, we encourage them if they have off that weekend to come here to Swope and watch the U-18s and the U-16 matches.”
A NEW MODEL FOR YOUTHThe introduction of youth
academies has created a new path for American soccer youth.
Previously, top players would play for local or regional club teams. Clubs charged players an average of $4,000 per season, according to a poll conducted by ESPN FC in 2009. This fee covers travel, coaches’ salaries, tournament entry fees, league fees and more. The cost of club soccer can make it prohibitive to players without well-off families. The Sporting KC academy, and other MLS-affiliated academies, cover all costs for its youth, allowing them to accept talented players that otherwise couldn’t afford participating in elite youth soccer programs.
“Depending on where you’re from, what your demographic is or what your parents do—it doesn’t matter to us,” Maxfield said. “If you can play soccer, we want you here.”
Sporting academy players
are also woven into the team’s professional network. Youth share a locker room with professional players, have access to team doctors, and participate in the biannual MLS academy-only showcases for “anywhere from 10, on the low end, to 50, on the high end, of college coaches watching them play,” Maxfield said.
Academy Director Jon Parry said the academy offers prospects opportunities that they couldn’t access playing for a club or high school.
“I think just the environment we create, it can’t be replicated in the high school or club situations,” he said. “Nobody else is connected to a professional team like we are and our coaching staff has a wealth of knowledge.”
Because only a fraction of a percentage of youth go straight from the academy to the pros, players have an opportunity at each game to continue their post-academy career in college. Sporting’s two biggest stars, Matt Besler and Graham Zusi, played in college before going pro.
“The league we play in, the development academy, every one of our games are scouted,” Parry said. “And usually those scouts are college coaches or
technical advisors.”Parry, a coach of 16 years,
brings the academy something that only a few coaches in the country can offer. He’s currently earning his elite formation coaching license from the French Football Federation, the country’s governing soccer body. The license is one step below the country’s professional coaching license.
“It’s like getting your doctorate in soccer,” he said.
Parry said he’s implementing the ideas learned from the FFF’s courses into the Sporting academy. This includes the “whole-part-whole” training regimen, which introduces tactical and technical aspects into the ordinary run-around-and-play-ball attitude of scrimmaging.
TEENAGED PROFESSIONALSYouth deciding to join the
academy face a commitment that requires expectations and sacrifices off the field that normal teenagers wouldn’t be forced to make. Academy players from U-14 and up aren’t allowed to play any other sport. The team travels 10-15 times a year, mostly within the Midwest but also
Volume 126 Issue 119 kansan.com Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By Ben [email protected]
COMMENTARYRespect the human
aspect of sports
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
sports
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THE MORNING BREWNFL draft will end of anticipation of Chiefs picks
MLS
ASSOCIATED PRESSSporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler, right, congratulates goalkeeper Eric Kronberg, left, after Kronberg made a save in the first half during the Sporting KC and Columbus Crew Major League Soccer match at Sporting Park on Sunday in Kansas City, Kan.
BUILDING CHAMPIONSSporting Kansas City’s youth academy changing the US development system
NICK [email protected]
Ajournalism professor once told me, “Ev-eryone has a story to
tell.” But when you are a jour-nalist, you don’t focus on your own story. You spend your life telling other people’s stories: their successes and failures, their highs and lows.
At the University, the amount of stories could produce a newspaper thick enough to reach the melodic bells of the Campanile. One story could be about a first-generation college student holding two jobs while studying full time. Another, about a mother who returns to school to provide a better life for her daughter. It could be about the hipster on Wescoe Beach who attends every show at the Granada and wants to be a music producer, or the quiet freshman in English 101 who secretly is great at poetry.
Even if these people’s stories are never published, they are always being written. You don’t have to read a person’s story in the paper to get to know them. In this respect, everyone is a journalist.
I started covering sports for The University Daily Kansan in the spring of 2008. Yes, I’m old. No, I’m not still in undergrad. During the last six years, I’ve found that in sports, people often forget the person behind a story. They see wins and losses. They see intercep-tions and traveling violations. They also see touchdowns and home runs. It’s important to remember that these are merely statistics.
Once you get beyond the statistics, you realize how great sports are. It’s the stories behind the power forward who overcame homelessness to get a college education or the run-ner who fulfilled years of work by winning a championship for the Jayhawk nation. It’s the sense of unity that comes from every fan’s eyes being glued to the television, screaming for a foul. It’s the college seniors who had never seen a home football conference win, tearing down the goalposts. It’s Massachusetts Street in April 2008, where fans inundated the beer-stained pavements of downtown, treating every stranger like a lifelong friend. This is what sports are about. This is why people devote their lives to playing, covering and watching sports.
Sometimes, the negatives of sports come to the fore. Anonymous forum posts, targeted Tweets and unruly fan behavior too often diminish the experience. This isn’t to say that you should never be critical, far from it. But before you stoop to personal attacks or disparaging remarks, re-member the person behind the athlete. Remember the person behind the story.
With that, I bid the Kansan adieu. Never underestimate the privilege of attending one of the greatest, most fun, tradition-filled schools in the nation. There’s an enormous responsibility in being a sports fan, especially at Kansas. Don’t take that lightly.
— Edited by Austin Fisher
ASSOCIATED PRESSSporting Kansas City forward Jacob Peterson (37) celebrates with fans in the first half after he scored a goal against the Columbus Crew in an MLS soccer match on Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Kansas City, Kan.
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““Depending on where you’re from, what your demographic is or what your parents do — it doesn’t matter to us. If you can play soccer, we want you here.”
BETSY MAXFIELDDirector of Youth Soccer