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Brian J. Nelson creates pieces inspired by spiritual music. ARTS | 3A
KU composer releases Cd
Mass Migration
CaMpus CriMe
Rise in campus crimes since 2008
Survey gathers feedback
about college experience
BY NANCY WOLENS
nwolens@kansan.com
Administrators say a student sur-
vey designed to improve the KU
experience is increasingly impor-
tant when making decisions. But
students repeatedly treat e-mail
reminders about the survey as
spam.
The National Survey of Student
Engagement, a survey sent out on
an annual basis, collects informa-
tion about the student experience
from more than 600 U.S. colleges
and universities. The universities
choose to participate in the survey
and KU is participating this year.
The survey analyzes how stu-
dents spend their time and how
they benefit from attending college.
According to the NSSE website, stu-
dents began receiving invitations to
participate in the survey Feb. 8.
Five more e-mails will be sent
to students who dont respond,
including one follow-up and three
reminder e-mails about taking the
survey.
Matt Erickson, a senior from
Eden Prairie, Minn., didnt respond
aBout tHe surVeY
NSSE began in 2000 and
since then 1,300 four-year
colleges and universities
have been involved.
Institutions pay fees that
depend on the amount of
undergraduate enrollment,
ranging from $1,800 to
$7,800.
In 2009, NSSE had about
630 institutions participate
in the survey and had an
average response rate of
36 percent.
Klute said there are
about 100 questions on the
survey and it takes about
15 minutes to complete.
The questions are nothing
like actual test questions,
he said.
They are questions
about your unique experi-
ence at KU which are fun
and interesting to answer,
he said.
SEE survey on pAgE 3A
read the full 1999-2009 Criminal ofenses report at kansan.com/documents
BY ELLIOT METZ
emetz@kansan.com
The University of Kansas cam-
pus saw a significant rise in rob-
beries and drug-related charges in
2009, according to annual crime
statistics released by KU police
Friday.
Drugs and narcotic offenses
rose from 32 to 48. While robber-
ies jumped from one in 2008 to
eight in 2009, the number of both
burglaries and thefts significantly
declined. Driving while under the
influence arrests increased from
three in 2008 to 16 in 2009.
A total of 706 crimes were
reported to the KU Public Safety
Office in 2009, compared with
700 in 2008, records show.
Since 1999, overall on-campus
crime has decreased by 35 percent
from 1,094.
We advise students to take
precautions whether they are on
campus or in the community and
be aware of their surroundings,
Public Safety Director Ralph V.
Oliver said in a prepared state-
ment.
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
BurglarY
2008: 123
2009: 63
larCenY/
tHeft
2008: 267
2009: 230
liquor law
Violations
2008: 1
2009: 28
rape
2008: 2
2009: 3
roBBerY
2008: 1
2009: 8
Drugs/narCotiCs
2008: 32
2009: 48
assault
2008: 29
2009: 41
Robberies and assaults increase, larceny decreases
out with the old, in with the food
Downtown retail competes with new restaurants and bars
pieCes of tHe pie
total sales in downtown lawrence reach about
$100 million dollars each year. the breakdown,
according to state data, is as follows:
BY NANCY WOLENS
nwolens@kansan.com
Peter Zacharias has been operating
Goldmakers Fine Jewelry on Massachusetts
Street for 41 years. During that time he has
seen dozens of businesses come and go, but a
recent trend worries him.
During the past year, five retail stores have
closed on Massachusetts Street, including
Blue Heron Furniture, Palace Cards & Gifts
and Round Corner Pharmacy, which had
been operating for more than 100 years. Some
of those vacancies have been scooped up by
bars and restaurants, a point of concern for
Zacharias.
With the stores going out and the restau-
rants coming in theres a lot less of the mass
coming downtown for shopping, he said.
You dont want to get completely taken over
by the restaurants and bars.
Three new eateries have opened on
Massachusetts Street in the past five months
and at least three more are in the process of
opening soon. Esquina, a Latin American
style restaurant at 801 Massachusetts, opened
March 1, replacing Round Corner Pharmacy.
Zacharias said retail stores are already hav-
ing a difficult time because of the recession
and the rise of Internet shopping. The lack of
store variety isnt helping its too slanted in
favor of the bars and restaurants, he said.
Jane Pennington, executive director of
Downtown Lawrence Inc., said retailers and
restaurants alike are worried about the trend.
Part of the concern is that well have so
many restaurants down here that there wont
be enough business to support them all,
Pennington said.
Although Pennington could not specifical-
ly say how many stores, bars and restaurants
are located downtown, an unscientific survey
by the University Daily Kansan indicates
there are 56 restaurants, eateries and bars,
and about 70 street-level retail stores along
Massachusetts between 6th Street and South
Park. There are about 30 service businesses,
such as hair salons, banks and law offices.
According to the count, there are six empty
storefronts.
Downtown Lawrence Inc. is a non-profit
membership organization that promotes
the downtown business district. Pennington
said DLI has more than 100 affiliates, about
82 of which are on Massachusetts Street.
Members pay annual fees and, in return,
DLI provides an assortment of benefits,
including advertising, promotion and a
unified voice at city hall, Pennington
said. But that doesnt mean they can
dictate which businesses move into
the downtown area.
There are rules out there,
Pennington said. But if someone
wanted to open, say, another baby
store right next to the Blue Dandelion,
there is nothing that we could do to
stop them.
SEE mass on pAgE 3A
WHO CLOSED UP SHOP?
narensbergs shoes
nsilver works
nBlue Heron
npalace Cards and gifts
nVermont street BBq
neangee Home Design
nBoMo Bohemian Modern
nintrigue Home furnishings
nround Corner pharmacy
nCheese & salami shoppe
Photo illustration by Chance Dibben/KaNsaN
accommodations
and food service:
53%
sporting goods,
hobbies, books
and music:
19%
Clothing and
accessories:
19%
furniture: 4%
Miscellaneous: 5%
total reporteD CriMes
2008: 700
2009: 706
on tHe
DeCline
on tHe rise
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 WWW.kANSAN.COM vOLUME 121 iSSUE 113
2A / NEWS / MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kANsAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The aim of good prose words is
to mean what they say. The aim of
good poetical words is to mean
what they do not say.
G.K. Chesterton
FACT OF THE DAY
The Epic of Gilgamesh, written thou-
sands of years ago in Mesopotamia,
is the oldest extant poem.
www.enotes.com
If and when sherron Col-
lins and Cole Aldrich get
their jerseys retired in
Allen Fieldhouse, they will
both share jersey numbers
with players already in the
rafters: Nick Collison (4) and
Raef LaFrentz (45). There
are only four other numbers
that represent multiple
retired jerseys.
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TUESDAY
March 9
nTammy kernodle, associate professor of
Musicology at Miami University, will present
Evry Time I Feel the spirit: Constructing Black
Womens Conversion Narratives in Jazz at 7:30
p.m. in spooner Hall.
nThe kU school of Music will present tenor
Jordan Gouge and soprano Tausha Torrez as
part of its student Recital series from 7:30 to
8:30 p.m. in swarthout Recital Hall of Murphy
Hall.
WEDNESDAY
March 10
nFormer U.N. Ambassador and U.s. senator
Jack Danforth will discuss current state afairs
in sudan from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Centennial
Room of the kansas Union.
n The group, shidara, will perform Japanese
taiko drumming at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
Tickets are $10 for students and $28 for adults.
THURSDAY
March 11
FRIDAY
March 12
SATURDAY
March 13
SUNDAY
March 14
nThe Wallace Johnson Memorial Lecture in
Medieval Chinese Culture: A New History of the
silk Road will be delivered by Valerie Hansen from
Yale University. The lecture is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in
Alderson Auditorium located in the kansas Union.
nkU school of Music presents kU Concert Choir
conducted by Matthew Thompson at the Law-
rence Arts Center. The concert is from 7:30 to 8:30
and is free to the public.
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nThe spencer Museum of Art and the Lawrence
Public Library will screen A Very Long Engage-
ment from 7 to 9 p.m. at the spencer Museum of
Art Auditorum.
nThe kU school of Music will present the kan-
sas City symphony Trumpet section from 7:30 to
8:30 p.m. in Room 130 of Murphy Hall as part of
its Visiting Artist series. Professor and saxophon-
ist Vince Gnojek will perform at the same time in
the swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part
of the school of Musics Faculty Recital series.
SPRING BREAK
ODD NEWS
Thief caught cashing
stolen lottery ticket
BARTOW, Fla. A Winter Haven
man was arrested after authorities
said he took a winning scratch-
of ticket back to the store he had
stolen it from a day earlier. The Polk
County sherifs Ofce reported that
a 22-year-old man stole $70 worth
of scratch-of lottery tickets from
a Circle k store sunday. One of the
tickets revealed a $50 prize.
When the man went back to the
store on Monday to claim the money,
a clerk asked the man for his drivers
license and wrote down the informa-
tion. The clerk called the police, who
arrested the man.
Grandma camps out
at soft serve store
sTEVENs POINT, Wis. Michelle
Cuestas of Green Bay used two
vacation days and camped out for
43 hours to make sure her grandson
would be frst in line for the 2010
opening of a stevens Point ice-cream
landmark.
Belts soft serve opened for the
year Friday at 11 a.m. Thanks to
grandma, 6-year-old Brayden Banks
placed the frst order.
The stevens Point Journal said
Cuestas arrived Wednesday at 4
p.m. she spent the night in the Belts
bathroom.
Woman assaults jailer
with breast milk
OWENsBORO, ky. A woman
in jail for public intoxication was
accused of assaulting a jailer by
squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV
reported that a 31-year-old woman
was arrested Thursday on a misde-
meanor charge of public intoxication.
But as she was changing into an
inmate uniform, she squirted breast
milk into the face of a female deputy.
Repeat ofender uses
cabbies as getaways
FAIRBANks, Alaska Police said
a woman accused in December of
stealing televisions and hiring a cab-
bie as her getaway driver is now ac-
cused of trying it again. The Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner reported that a
27-year-old woman was charged
with second-degree felony robbery
and misdemeanor theft in the Friday
incident. The newspaper said she
was arrested Friday after police were
called to a Fred Meyer store on a re-
port of a woman walking out without
paying.
Associated Press
Featured
multimedia
kansan.com
An all-access look at what the audience
doesnt see of a kU Theatre production.
Behind the curtain:
Arms and the Man
A look at the student trafc in front of
and behind Wescoe Hall from 12 to 2 p.m.
on Wednesday and all day Thursday
Wescoe and Budig halls timelapse
nThe 2009 Association of American Univer-
sity Presses Book, Jacket and Journal show
is open to the public all day at the University
Press of kansas, 2502 Westbrooke Circle.
nThe kU school of Music continues its stu-
dent Recital series with Jef sears, baritone, at
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall.
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 / NEWS / 3A
Governor prevents further
education cuts in proposal
BY ERIN BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
In addressing a $106 million defi-
cit in the state budget, Gov. Mark
Parkinson maintained his pledge to
prevent further cuts to education,
but has called for a $28 million cut
to the Kansas
Department of
Transportation.
The gover-
nor proposed
further cuts in
a speech Friday
after seeing a
$71 million rev-
enue shortfall in
February. The
cuts to transportation will result in
the cancellation of nearly all high-
way maintenance projects for the
remainder of the 2010 fiscal year,
which ends June 30.
Eric Foss, president of College
Republicans, said he supported the
governors proposal to cut transpor-
tation, effectively avoiding further
education cuts.
I think that at this point invest-
ment in education is probably more
important than investment in infra-
structure, said Foss, a senior from
Overland Park. You can always
go back and repave roads a couple
years from now, but those years are
pretty critical in education terms.
Kathy Damron, the Universitys
director of state government rela-
tions, said she was pleased that this
round of cuts didnt include higher
education, but said the governor
was running out of options to fill
the budget gap.
There are just so few options to
look at when there has already had
been a series of six budget reduc-
tions over the last year and a half,
Damron said.
The governor also called for the
Legislature to pass a primary seat
belt law, which vis expected to bring
in $10 million to the state from fed-
eral funding. The primary seat belt
law has already passed in the state
senate, but not in the House.
State Sen. Marci Francisco
(D-Lawrence) said the governors
speech was an appropriate way
to raise the issue again for House
members to consider it.
Although this new round of cuts
will help the state balance its budget
for the 2010 fiscal year, Francisco
said more problems could be in
store for the 2011 fiscal year.
These are a good list of sugges-
tions to get through balancing out
the budget for the current year, she
said. But I think we are going to
need to generate additional revenue
for the coming year.
Damron said the state will expe-
rience more pressure to find addi-
tional revenue for the 2011 fiscal
year, which is why students should
pay attention to the state legisla-
ture.
For students who are concerned
about the quality of education they
are getting and the ability to enroll
in the classes that they need to grad-
uate, she said. It is really important
that they check in with their elected
officials.
Edited by Becky Howlett
Parkinson
Read a summary of the governors plan for budget cuts at kansan.com
to the survey and said he was sick
of the follow-up e-mails.
It was relentless, he said. I
received way too many that I just
deleted. Its annoying.
Paul Klute, research ana-
lyst for the Universitys Office
of Institutional Research and
Planning, said the office is work-
ing with the NSSE administration
team, which is housed with Indiana
University at Bloomington, to pre-
pare and send reminders.
NSSE is only allowed to send
five direct e-mails to a group of
about 7,000 freshman and seniors,
Klute said.
As soon as a student completes
the survey he or she will not receive
any subsequent e-mails, he said.
Klute said each reminder that
is sent promotes more respons-
es, which in turn provides the
University with a higher response
rate. Higher response rates provide
more reliable results.
The reminder e-mails do pro-
vide students with an opportunity
to revisit an item that may have
gotten overlooked or lost in their
e-mail box, Klute said. We have
not received any complaints about
the reminders.
But Jonathan Daniels, a senior
from Shawnee, wont be respond-
ing to those reminders.
I dont really use my KU e-mail,
Daniels said. I only really respond
to my professors and I didnt want
to take the survey.
Barbara Romzek, interim vice
provost for academic affairs, said
she hoped the e-mails were work-
ing. She said the University is look-
ing at students feedback on ele-
ments of college life, such as the
large classroom experience, first-
semester and
first-year experi-
ences, student-
faculty interac-
tion.
Surveys are
always better the
more respon-
dents you have
and we always
are trying to
encourage stu-
dent response,
Romzek said.
The more stu-
dents who do respond to the sur-
vey, the more information we as a
University have and the more valid
the information is.
Romzek said the University uses
the NSSE results to help make
operating changes, she said.
2,950 freshmen and seniors took
the survey, according to the NSSE
reports for the University during
spring 2001, 2004 and 2007. In
2007 the University had 601 fresh-
man respondents and 658 senior
respondents, which was about a
31 percent response rate. Officials
say the surveys answers reveal
that KU students consistently take
advantage of the five benchmarks
of educational practice, which are
academic challenge, active and col-
laborative learning, enriching edu-
cational experienc-
es, student-faculty
interactions and a
supportive campus
environment.
When com-
pared to similar
universities and
schools, KU fresh-
men and seniors
described having
a more significant
amount of com-
munication with
staff in 2004 and
2007.
Academic leaders were pleased
to find out that students at KU
seemed more engaged than aver-
age for schools our size, said Dan
Bernstein, director of the Center
for Teaching Excellence.
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
THE GAME PLAN
Although the city doesnt regu-
late the balance between retail and
restaurant businesses, city officials
are working on a strategy to help
retail woes.
Tom Kern, president and CEO
of the Lawrence Chamber of
Commerce, said a retail task force
has been created to study the issue
and will report to the city commis-
sion by the end of 2010.
Theres been concern raised by
retailers downtown about the con-
version and out-migration of retail
and its replacement by bars and
restaurants, Kern said. Those are
some of the things that the retail
task force will look at.
Zacharias was one of those retail-
ers. He is on the board of directors
for DLI and said they had a meet-
ing with the city commission in
October where they voiced their
concerns.
Originally they agreed to do
a downtown task force but they
dropped that and now they want
to make it a general retail task force
for all over the city, Zacharias said.
But, we obviously have problems
down here and they need to address
that.
Roger Zalneraitis, economic
development coordinator for the
city, said downtown sales revenues
are usually about $100 million a
year. Citywide sales revenues were
about $850 million in 2008 and the
city saw a decrease in that number
in 2009, he said.
Out of that $100 million, the state
collects about $6 million in sales
tax. In fiscal year 2009, accommo-
dations and food services made up
53 percent of that tax revenue.
Kern said the retail task force is
considering ways to better promote
Lawrence as a retail destination,
not just for downtown but also the
entire city.
Downtown Lawrence is a great
retail opportunity for individuals,
he said. But it also has to be mar-
keted and I think thats one of the
things that the task force will look
at.
DOWNTOWN STILL
THRIVING
Corporate chain stores on the
edge of town undoubtedly compete
with the city center, but downtown
Lawrence is maintaining its steady
pace, Zacharias said.
Some cities dont have a down-
town left, Zacharias said. Weve
been doing well for years compared
to others. We could have the only
viable downtown in a city of our
size.
But even owners of food and
drink establishments worry about
variety on Massachusetts Street.
Zacharias said many restaurants
recognize that they need a balance
of entertainment and retail.
With every new restaurant
theres less of a slice of the pie to
support those that are already in
existence, Zacharias said.
Jim Bateman, who has owned
the Yarn Barn since 1987, said hes
concerned about the trend moving
away from retail and heading more
toward entertainment, particularly
the bar crowds.
I definitely think the issues of
bar hours, number of bars and relat-
ed nuisances need to be addressed,
Bateman said. The fights and the
trash give the downtown a poor
image.
Nancy Longhurst, general man-
ager of The Olivia Collection, which
includes The Eldridge, The Eldridge
Extended and The Oread, said she
doesnt see the surplus of downtown
restaurants and bars as competition
for their establishments.
I think it does get to a point
where there is an over-saturation,
Longhurst said. I would certainly
like to see more retail stores down-
town but I think the bars and res-
taurants are a nice attraction for
Lawrence.
Editedby Kristen Liszewski
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1.) How many hours do you
spend in a typical 7-day
week doing each of the fol-
lowing?
(Choose 0 hours per week,
1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-
25, 26-30 or more than 30)
mRelaxing and socializing
(watching TV, partying, etc.)
mProviding care for depen-
dents living with you (parents,
children, spouse, etc.)
mCommuting to class (driv-
ing, walking, etc.)
2.) To what extent does your
institution emphasize each
of the following?
(Choose very much, quite a
bit, some, or very little.)
mSpending signifcant
amounts of time studying and
on academic work
m Providing the support
you need to help you succeed
academically
mEncouraging contact
among students from difer-
ent economic, social and racial
or ethnic backgrounds
mHelping you cope with
your non-academic responsi-
bilities (work, family, etc.)
mProviding the support you
need to thrive socially
mAttending campus events
and activities (special speak-
ers, cultural performances,
athletic events, etc.)
mUsing computers in aca-
demic work
3.) Select the circle that
best represents the quality
of your relationships with
people at your institution:
mRelationships with other
students, select a number 1-7,
1 being unfriendly, unsup-
portive, sense of alienation
and 7 being friendly, support-
ive and a sense of belonging.
mRelationships with faculty
members, select a number
1-7, 1 being unavailable,
unhelpful and unsympathetic
and 7 being available, helpful
and sympathetic.
mRelationships with admin-
istrative personnel and ofces,
select a number 1-7, 1 being
unhelpful, inconsiderate and
rigid and 7 being helpful,
considerate and fexible.
As soon as a student
completes the survey
he or she will not re-
ceive any subsequent
e-mail.
PAUl KlUTE
Research analyst
survey (continued from 1A)
STATE
mass
(continued from 1A)
BY THE NUMBERS
Total downtown businesses: 160
Restaurants: 46
Bars: 10
Retail: 72
Service (salons, banks, law ofces, etc.: 30
Music venues: 2
Vacancies: 6
Closings in the past 18 months: 11
* The businesses counted were specifcally those in business
on Massachusetts Street. Some businesses incorporate a trio of
restaurants, bars and music venues.
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Best Vocal Performance:
Flying solo: A super Musi-
cal, kappa Alpha Theta and
Pi kappa Phi
Best Interpretation of
Theme: Flying solo: A
super Musical, kappa Alpha
Theta and Pi kappa Phi
Best Performance by a
Chorus: Meet Me in Candy-
land, sigma kappa & sigma
Phi Epsilon
Audience Choice Win-
ner: Where in the World?,
Gamma Phi Beta and Phi
Gamma Delta
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN
roommen@kansan.com
Only Milton Bradley could save
Candyland from the reign of the
evil Lord Licorice and stop him
from forcing Holly Hasbro to be
his queen.
In a sweet mix of music and song,
the plot of Sigma Kappa and Sigma
Phi Epsilons program in Rock Chalk
Revue won best overall show this
weekend. The show, titled Meet me
in Candyland, beat out four other
shows for the top place. The show
ran Thursday, Friday and Saturday
and the awards were presented at
the final show on Saturday.
Rock Chalk Revue is a variety
show and philanthropy event to
benefit the United Way. This week-
end marked the 61st year of the
program. Campus living organiza-
tions, including greek houses, are
paired together in April for the next
years event and instructed to cre-
ate a 20-minute musical show. In
November, five shows are selected
to perform at the Lied Center in
March.
Emily Tuel, a senior from Bayard,
was one of the show directors for
Sigma Kappa. This was the sororitys
second consecutive year in Rock
Chalk Revue after a 12-year absence
from the program. Tuel was a direc-
tor last year and said she was proud
to see her hard work on stage.
It feels so good, Tuel said. Its
something that weve been working
at for so long, all that hard work
paid off.
Several awards were given to
organizations throughout the week-
end, including awards for the most
community service and best per-
forming roles in the show.
Andrew Campbell, a junior from
Overland Park and sales manager
for the Rock Chalk Revue Advisory
Board, said more than 4,000 people
attended the shows.
Reuben Perez, director of the
Student Involvement and Leadership
Center, served as an adviser for Rock
Chalk Revue and said it was difficult
to decide what was most important
for students to take away from the
Rock Chalk Revue.
Im torn between the contribu-
tion they make to the community
and the overall sense of accomplish-
ment that students have, he said. I
think both are really critical.
All of the participants in Rock
Chalk Revue dedicated months of
practice, set building and prepara-
tion for the show. For some groups,
its a major part of the school year.
Mike Paradise, a senior from
Jupiter, Fla., served as a show direc-
tor for Sigma Phi Epsilon for the
second consecutive year.
Its amazing to be part of this
experience, Paradise said. It was
really, really enthralling.
Edited by Becky Howlett
Candyland tops Rock Chalk Revue as best in show
PHILANTHROPY
WINNERS
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Dan Burdette, a sophomore fromOverland Park and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Lindsey Cantrell, a junior fromOlathe and member of Sigma Kappa, performat the 61st Rock Chalk Revue. The
cast of Meet Me in Candylandreceived the award of best overall performance.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Chance Denman, a junior fromToronto, and
member of Pi Kappa Phi, and Allie Donahue,
a freshman fromOverland Park and member
of Kappa Alpha Theta, sing in their act called
Flying Solo: A Super Musical.Rock Chalk
Revue was held at the Lied Center Thursday,
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Behind the
curtain: Arms
and the Man
THEATER
PHOTOS AND WORDS
BY RYAN WAGGONER
rwaggoner@kansan.com
Experiencing a production of the
University Theatre as an audience
member is one thing, but the action
behind the curtain is a completely
different atmosphere.
The cast and crew arrive long
before the doors open and the audi-
ence members pour in. First to
arrive is the stage manager, Sara
Aurin Finney, at 5:30 p.m. for a 7:30
p.m. performance.
From that point on everyone
is hard at work as the stage crew
gets the set ready and the cast gets
into costume and makeup. Minutes
before the curtain raises, the eight
member cast gathers for warm-ups
and they share a few moments in
total darkness.
Once the performance begins the
mood backstage is hectic, and this
energy carries throughout the two
hour show. As the curtain falls, the
cast unceremoniously returns to the
dressing rooms and they change
back into normal attire.
Family members gather in the
green room, and after meeting with
friends and family, the cast and
crew head home, only to come back
tomorrow and do it over again.
Ed Schubel, a sophomore fromWilliamsport, Md., Cassidy Kirch, a senior fromOlathe and Spencer
Lott, a senior fromLawrence participate in a warmup exercise. The eight member cast gathered
just minutes before the performance began to warmtheir voices up, and concluded in darkness,
counting to 40 before taking the stage.
Maggie Parker, a sophomore fromBentonville, Ark., rests her eyes just of stage in between
scenes. The eight member cast spent most of its time of stage resting, consulting their scripts and
rushing to change costumes.
The door to room321 features a sign reminding people that a showis in progress. The door leads
directly to the stage fromthe dressing rooms.
Spencer Lott, a senior fromLawrence, combs his hair back in the dressing roombefore the performance. The mood in the mens dressing roomwas relaxed as the cast cracked jokes and listened to
music before taking the stage.
Tali Beth Friedman, a senior fromSolon, Ohio, waits behind a door for her cue to enter a scene.
Friedman played the role of Raina Petkof in the production.
A look at the crucial moments before
the production is ready for the stage
Professor of theatre and director of Arms and the Man John Gronbeck-Tedesco gives a fewtips
to Cassidy Kirch, a senior fromOlathe, on stage before the start of the performance. Gronbeck-
Tedesco called several cast members to the stage to give themnotes on their performance from
the previous show.
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Today is a 6
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out of your system. Then accept
a challenge to change the way
others view your work. They
dont need to understand your
motivation.
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Today is a 7
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substance from your co-workers.
They have little desire for
anything but fantasy. Try not to
demand compliance today.
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Today is a 6
social contacts obsess over
tiny details. Create a diferent
perspective in which minutiae
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Hopefully youve established a
budget beforehand.
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power of a current relationship,
or direct your passion into grow-
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Today is a 8
Although you obsess about cre-
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overall project holds together
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Today is a 7
You want it all: love, recognition
and responsibility. Well, maybe
not so much responsibility. Take
every action necessary to move
it forward.
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Today is a 7
Its a good thing that you enjoy
your work, because today the
pressures on to get more done
in less time. Relax in order to get
into the fow.
AqUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 8
Although the balls in your
court, theres a lot of action on
the other side. Take care of your
responsibilities and leave others
to theirs.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March20)
Today is a 7
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pinned to your sleeve, wear
them proudly. You cant hide
them anyway. Earlier eforts
bear fruit.
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omen need to stay safe
at night. I dont think
anyone disagrees. But
the importance of men also taking
precautions to stay safe is too ofen
overlooked.
In Lawrence, 72 percent of all
robbery victims are men, a re-
cent analysis of crime data found.
Furthermore, nearly 60 percent
of robberies occurred between 11
p.m. and 4 a.m.
I recently addressed the need
for men to help make women feel
secure at night. Men, however,
also need to look out for their own
security.
Te data analysis found that
robberies in Lawrence had in-
creased 20 percent in 2009 from
previous years and that people
younger than 25 accounted for al-
most half of all robbery victims.
Tis indicates that, in addition
to an increasing number of inci-
dents, victims are more likely to be
college students and very likely to
be male.
Tis is a perfect storm that puts
male students at risk.
At frst I was puzzled as to why
males would be at greater risk. It
seems a bit counter-intuitive. I
thought women would be easier
targets, as attackers would be more
likely to believe they could physi-
cally overpower a woman. Also, I
fgured purses could be more eas-
ily taken than a wallet.
A little thinking, though, sheds
some light on why this may be.
First, because of a greater
amount of safety education di-
rected to them, women are prob-
ably more likely than men to walk
in groups. Tis is likely to deter
would-be robbers who dont want
numerous witnesses.
Second, women are more like-
ly to have some kind of defense
against attack, such as pepper
spray or a rape whistle.
Tird, potential robbers may feel
that men are less likely to report
being mugged out of some sense
of humiliation at being robbed.
Although these reasons may
or may not be correct, the reality
still remains. Men need to become
more safety-conscious.
Men can be cavalier about safe-
ty, but some common sense will
help keep everyone in one piece.
Many of the same tips that
women have been taught should
apply just as easily to men: Walk in
groups if possible; stay in lighted
areas; keep your head up and stay
aware of surroundings.
Finally, just dont carry anything
you dont want stolen.
Tere is no good reason to have
excessive amounts of cash on you.
Ever. Limiting the amount of cash
you carry will reduce the nega-
tive consequences to you if you
are robbed. Suspending a credit
card is much easier than retrieving
hundreds of dollars in cash.
Doing just a few simple things
will keep all of us safer and reduce
your chance of being the victim of
a crime.
Shorman is a sophomore
from McPherson in
journalism.
For more information
about crime statistics in
Lawrence, read the story
on page 1A.
Safety is important
issue, even for men
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OpinionTHE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
monDAy, mARch 8, 2010 www.kAnsAn.com PAGE 7A
L
iberal extremes are getting
in the way of forging solu-
tions to our myriad national
problems, at least according to
Blanche Lincoln.
In her syrupy Southern drawl, the
Arkansas senator pleaded to Presi-
dent Obama to push back on the
people in our own party. Lincolns
petition was made at Obamas Feb.
3 question-and-answer session with
Senate Democrats.
Evan Bayh, a Democratic sena-
tor from Indiana, echoed Lincolns
sentiments when he announced his
decision on Feb. 15 not to seek re-
election this fall.
Tere is too much partisanship,
Bayh lamented, and not enough
progress. Too much narrow ideol-
ogy and not enough practical prob-
lem-solving.
It appears as if bland political
platitudes are alive and well, but
Bayh has a point. Even before Dem-
ocrats lost their 60th seat, the U.S.
Senate was the place where legisla-
tion went to die. In extraordinary
circumstances, its where laws are
sometimes passed, provided theyve
been sufciently watered down to
suit special interests.
What is it, precisely, that ails the
U.S. Senateand the political sys-
tem at large? Te high priests of
the conventional wisdom have a
diagnosis: rabid and unprecedented
partisanship.
Perhaps this is nothing more
than a refection of our nations
woeful ignorance of history, but its
exceedingly difcult to believe that
the partisan rancor animating the
public debate is unparalleled in its
scale.
Of late, no members in good
standing of the American political
elite have followed in the footsteps
of Vice President Aaron Burr and
Treasury Secretary Alexander Ham-
ilton by duking it out in a duel.
And no member of Congress has
been caned by another since South
Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks near-
ly killed Massachusetts Sen. Charles
Sumner in 1856.
Granted, it does say something
that weve been reduced to pointing
out that our politicians arent mak-
ing attempts on each others lives.
So how signifcant a problem does
partisanship pose? Teres no deny-
ing that Republican intransigence
has helped scuttle action on a vari-
ety of fronts health care, climate
change, fnancial regulatory reform,
and just about anything else Obama
announces he supports. But many
Republicansand no small num-
ber of Democratscontend that if
Democrats would just become a lit-
tle more moderate, Congress could
conduct the peoples business.
Tat so-called moderates have
no voice is news to those who have
been following the policymaking
process. Last years stimulus was
pared down not because economists
deemed that the right approach, but
in order to pick up a few Republican
votes. Te public option fell by the
wayside to appease the likes of Lin-
coln and Bayh.
A more plausible explanation for
all the gridlock is the corrosive in-
fuence of money in politics. When
Bayh announced his opposition to
the administrations proposed re-
forms to the student lending indus-
try, he wasnt refecting the center
of American political opinion. Te
more than $600,000 in contribu-
tions hes received from the fnancial
services industry probably didnt
hurt.
Who benefted from the scrap-
ping of the public option? Health
insurers like WellPoint and phar-
maceutical companies like Cubist
were pleased. Bayhs wife sat on their
boards of directors.
At any rate, Bayh may not be
done seeking to infuence the politi-
cal process.
When asked about his future ca-
reer options, he refused to rule out
becoming a lobbyist.
Brinker is a freshman from
Topeka in history and
political science.
ARooj KHALID
Great debate on partisan politics
W
ith election campaigns
ofcially underway, Stu-
dent Senates failure to
pass a bill with amendments to the
elections code was a costly mistake.
Te controversies surrounding
last years election should have made
reform a top priority for Student
Senate. A year later not one amend-
ment has passed, and the elections
code remains unchanged from last
year.
Tough some of the concerns
voiced by those senators who op-
posed the bill were well founded, its
unfortunate that the Senate was un-
able to reach a compromise before
campaigning started on March 1.
Student Senate voted down the
bill afer an intense debate on Feb.
18, marking the last chance any pro-
posed changes had of becoming ef-
fectual before this years elections.
Implementing changes now
would prove impractical and po-
tentially damaging with campaigns
already underway.
Tough procedural uncertainties
may have complicated Student Sen-
ates ability to pass a bill, senators
have had adequate time to resolve
those issues.
Tat the most recent bill went
to vote less than two weeks before
campaigning began on Feb. 18 was
a serious miscalculation.
Te dispute about who has the
authority to implement changes to
the elections codethe elections
commission or Student Senate
should have been resolved much
earlier. Student Senates indecisive-
ness on procedural issues is a source
of distrust among the student body.
Last years controversial election
sparked heated criticism of Student
Senate and underscored the inef-
ciencies of the elections code. Vice-
president May Davis inappropriate
contact with members of the elec-
tions commission led to unforeseen
complications and a contentious
election.
Ten-chancellor Robert Hemen-
ways decision to intervene in last
years election by overturning the
elections commissions decision to
remove Davis from the ballot pro-
vides further indication of the faws
in the elections code.
Without reform, the elections
code and elections commission lack
the capacity to handle the most se-
rious issues. For Student Senate to
maintain its integrity, Chancellor
Bernadette Gray-Little should never
have to interfere with elections as
Hemenway did. Guaranteeing this
requires substantial reform to the
elections code.
For reform to be possible and ef-
fective, the non-partisan elections
commission and both coalitions
need to make it a top priority afer
the elections in April. Immediate
reform is needed for Student Sen-
ate to regain the trust of the students
it represents. Tough it may be too
late for elections reform this year,
there is no excuse to not pass a bill
before the 2011 elections.
Michael Holtz for The Kansan
Editorial Board
ediTOriAL BOArd
Controversial Student Senate
election code requires reform
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Poverty isnt a choice
Chet Compton, in his article
Fairness means equality of op-
portunity, points to a focus on
equalization of outcomes, and
redistribution of wealth, as the
primary problem in politics to-
day. Presumably, he is referring
to government programs such
as Medicaid and WIC (Women,
Infants, Children), which help
low-income families gain access
to food, health care, and housing.
Te goal of Mr. Compton, appar-
ently, is to end these programs
and instead focus on attitudes,
behaviors, and priorities. Tis,
he says, is the way to be truly fair.
But, if a child is chronically ill
because his parents cant aford
to take him to a doctor, is that
fairness? If he is malnourished
because his parents have low-
paying jobs, is that equal oppor-
tunity? If he is homeless because
his parents have been laid of,
is that justice? When he misses
too much school and gets poor
grades, is it because of his bad
attitude? When he drops out of
school to get a job, in order to
help his family pay the rent and
buy food, was this because of his
misguided priorities? When he
grows up uneducated and poor, is
it due to his lack of efort?
Poverty is a cycle that requires
outside intervention beyond just
changing an individuals attitude.
As the Constitution states, the
government was created to pro-
mote the general welfare, and this
includes helping the thousands of
children whose parents, perhaps
through their own mistakes, per-
haps because of circumstances
they couldnt control, cant aford
to care for them properly. With-
out health care, decent nutrition,
and adequate shelter, a child has
almost no chances for success,
even with good educational op-
portunities. Providing him these
things is not equalizing out-
comes, it is the very defnition of
equalizing opportunity.
Rebekah Freeman is a junior
fromWinfeld.
The
Observer
By luke Brinker
lbrinker@kansan.com
Hawk
Life
By jonathan shorman
jshorman@kansan.com
Editorial cartoons are considered personal views of their creators.
Student Senates indecisive-
ness on procedural issues is a
source of distrust among the
student body.
8A / NEWS / MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kANsAN.COM
BY ALISON CUMBOW
alisonc@kansan.com
For Brian J. Nelson, his pieces as
a composer are like his children. He
spends a great deal of time nurtur-
ing his work to make it reach its full
potential just like he would with
a child.
Nelson, a composer and KU
doctoral student, held a concert
Sunday at Corpus Christi Catholic
Church to release his newest CD
two years in the making called
Vocalise.
Nelson, 42, has been compos-
ing music for 30 years. He grew up
playing the piano and the tuba, for
which he received a full scholarship
to the University of Michigan. He
said composing after playing instru-
ments for so many years was a natu-
ral outflow of his musical interests.
Being a composer is a funda-
mental need to communicate, he
said.
He added that one of his teachers
liked to say that composing wasnt a
career, but an obsession.
Nelsons obsession with com-
posing and his musical style stems
from his upbringing in the church,
where his father was a pastor.
Nelsons musical style includes
chamber, choral and sacred music.
Cesario Fernndez, a visiting
scholar at the University, was in
attendance at the concert on Sunday.
He said he heard Nelsons music on
campus, liked it, and decided to go
to the concert release.
This is the type of music I have
in my car, he said. I am enjoying it
very much.
Jeremy Khon, a good friend of
Nelsons, said he had learned a lot
about sacred music by listening to
Nelsons CDs.
Brians an artist, Kohn said.
Everything he does comes from his
love of music.
Nelsons pieces will face some
competition from come July when
his wife Marita whom he met on
www.CatholicMatch.com gives
birth to their first child.
Nelson said he sings and plays
instruments to his wifes belly.
Music is a language that we know
and understand, he said.
Edited by Becky Howlett
ARTS
Musical passion
spurs career, CD
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Joel Holland stared down the
car with a sledge hammer in his
hands looking for a target to hit.
He found one, and as he hoisted
the eight-pound hammer in the
air, he kept telling himself dont
miss, dont miss, dont miss. He
didnt miss as he made solid con-
tact with the hood of the car. He
looked over the damage he cre-
ated, gave a nod of approval and
moved on to calculate his next
spot.
I never swung a sledge ham-
mer that angrily before, said
Holland, a junior from Platte City,
Mo. But it was fun and for a good
cause.
For a dollar, people could take a
swing at a 1992 Ford Taurus with
a sledge hammer. All proceeds
were donated to the Lawrence
Humane Society. The car, which
was painted in black and gold and
adorned with Muck Fizzou, was
up for smashing all day Saturday
at Wayne & Larrys, 933 Iowa St.
Throughout the course of
the day, about 75 people took
392 swings, generating as much
money, said Shawn Hogan, gener-
al manager for Wayne & Larrys.
The car was completely
destroyed, he said.
Wayne Martin, co-owner of
Wayne & Larrys, said he enjoys
helping the Humane Society
whenever possible.
They take care of the animals
that really need help around here,
Martin said. We often forget
about them.
Martin said he thought Wayne
& Larrys will do this kind of
fundraiser again in the future.
Matt Gorney, a graduate stu-
dent from Wichita, said he wanted
to join in the destruction because
of his love for breaking things and
his hatred for all things Missouri.
If you cant destroy something
with Missouri on it, what fun is it
to go to KU? Gorney said.
Though it was fun to bash on
a car, he said it was important to
him where the money was going.
The Humane Society is a great
organization and they do a lot of
good work, Gorney said. You
cant glaze over where the money
goes for something like this.
Hogan said the car would soon
be returned to its original salvage
yard.
I wish I could drop it off at
Columbia, he said.
Edited by Drew Anderson
Colin Johnson/KANSAN
Brian J. Nelson thanks the audience for attending his concert and CD release at Corpus Christi
Catholic Church Sunday afternoon. The CD, titledVocalise,is his second release in the last 12
months and features a range of his work which varies fromchamber to choral to sacred music.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Matt Franzblau, graduate student fromBridgewater, N.J., smashes the back end of a car outside Wayne and Larrys Saturday morning. Wayne
and Larrys organized the Beat the Tiger fundraiser where participants could pay $1 to take a swing at the car, which was painted with
Missouri colors.
Missouri beatdown to raise money
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Hear clips of Nelsons music at kansan.com/audioclips
Black caucus urges
aide to cancel visit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Ala-
bamas Legislative Black Caucus
called on U.s. Education secre-
tary Arne Duncan to cancel a
planned appearance at Robert E.
Lee High school in Montgomery
saturday.
state Rep. Alvin Holmes said
the school and its principal pub-
licly opposed the Rev. Martin
Luther king Jr. and the selma-
Montgomery march in 1965.
Holmes said it was insulting to
king and civil rights protesters
that President Barack Obamas
top education aide was sched-
uled to appear at the school
Monday.
If he doesnt cancel, were
going to picket, Holmes told The
Associated Press.
sandra Abrevaya, a spokes-
woman for Duncan, said the
agency was not aware of the
caucus request and had no im-
mediate comment.
Duncan is scheduled to meet
with teachers and students at
the school and march across
the Edmund Pettus Bridge to
commemorate the 45th an-
niversary of Bloody sunday, the
violent clash between civil rights
protesters and state troopers in
selma.
About 200 people marched
to the Alabama Capitol on sat-
urday, in part to commemorate
the anniversary. The marchers,
joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson,
were also taking to the streets in
support of electronic bingo jobs
in Alabama, saying the debate
was a voting rights issue and a
matter of economic justice.
Republican Gov. Bob Riley
contends electronic bingo
machines are illegal and has
forced the closure of nearly all
the states more than 30 casinos.
The fght has stirred old civil
rights tensions in poor, black
areas where ofcials argue the
gambling halls provide needed
jobs and tax dollars.
Associated Press
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