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Baseball wins in shootout KU baseball lost a threegame series against Texas Tech, but won the series finale 13-9.

KU celebrates Islamic faith Islamic Awareness Week was celebrated at KU with events such as Flowers on the Beach.

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Tennis prepares for K-State KU tennis’ will host K-State in its final match of conference play on Saturday.

KU celebrates Graduate Student week, recognizes graduate students’ roles on campus p. 2

Chance Parker/KANSAN Then-junior quarterback Carter Stanley starts in his first game for the Jayhawks last season.

To put things mildly, it hasn’t been an easy journey for Kansas football seniors during the course of their careers with the program.

Experiencing just six total wins over the last four years (201518), these players will have a breath of fresh air under new coach Les

Miles.

For one of those seniors, redshirt quarterback Carter Stanley, his last opportunity may be his best chance to rejuvenate a broken power five school taking snaps under center this fall.

Most notably known for racking up the lone memorable win in the David Beaty era over Texas in 2016, Stanley never quite

grasped the number one spot on the depth chart as many predicted he would after the victory.

Although his numbers seemed to outperform former quarterback Peyton Bender in passing yards and touchdowns during individual game performances, his lack of READ MORE ON PAGE 7

Basketball seats at risk once again LUCY PETERSON @petersonxlucy Student Senate voted to zero out the Kansas Athletics fee on Wednesday night, April 3, following a veto issued by Student Body President Noah Ries in order for Senate to review the decision to cut the entire fee.

Zeroing out the fee requires Athletics to make up for the money lost elsewhere, which Athletics told Ries could result in an increase to the All Sports Combo Package and a loss of student section seats in Allen Fieldhouse.

After meeting with Kansas Athletics Inc., Ries was given three different ways to cut the Athletics fee, with each including additional consequences of what should happen if the fee were to be cut.

After being given those alternatives, Ries issued his veto power for the first time during his term.

“This is the most important bill we pass all year and I didn’t really see anything wrong with taking a second look at it

Kansan file photo Following Student Senate’s vote to zero out the Kansas Athletics fee, student section seats could be removed from Allen Fieldhouse. before we pass $23 million of student fees,” Ries said.

The first option was a four-year sunset with the Athletics fee remaining at $7 in fiscal year 2020, $4.75 in fiscal year 2021, $2.25 in fiscal year 2022 and $0 in fiscal year 2023.

This option would cause the All Sports Combo Package to increase from $155 to $175 in fiscal year 2021.

The second option was a three year sunset with the fee being cut to $5 in fiscal year 2020, $2.50 in fiscal year 2021 and $0 in fiscal year 2022. The All Sports Combo Package would increase to $175 in fiscal year 2020.

The final option was to cut the entire fee. This could result in an increase to the All Sports Combo Package, removal of the

Student Body President from the Athletics advisory board, and loss of student section seats in Allen Fieldhouse, though Ries said this would be a last resort for both parties involved.

“This is totally your decision and I completely stand by whatever the senators decide to do tonight, I just want to make sure that you all know

who was hired by the student body president. The vice president chosen by GSAB will be subject to approval from the student body president and Senate, similar to the process of hiring with other positions.

“The student body president may not know what graduate students need from our champion, from our representative, and having GSAB essentially vote and nominate the person to then be appointed by the president is huge,” Oleniacz said.

Oleniacz said the appointment process by GSAB is temporary. The goal is to move toward a general election among graduate students, but the ongoing changes happening within the Office of Graduate Studies and the University make it easier to appoint a candidate for the time being.

“We’re undergoing a lot of change,” Oleniacz said. “Until the dust settles, the board will be nominating this person.”

Oleniacz and Student Body President Noah Ries

both said this change will help bring in better candidates, since GSAB is more familiar with applicants than the undergraduate student body president. “[GSAB has] really overhauled it this year in a way they’ve never seen before, in a way that’s go-

ing to provide continuity and representation across the board,” Ries said. “Really, when I look at this bill, the only change I see is that graduate students are electing their champion.”

Oleniacz said these bills codify the improvements made this year

what could happen with each and every option,” Ries said during full Senate on Wednesday night.

Removing the Student Body President from the athletics advisory board goes against Athletics’ articles of incorporation article five in which it states, “The business of this Corporation shall be managed and its affairs shall be conducted by a Board of Directors, consisting of” the following: ◆The Chancellor of the University of Kansas ◆University of Kansas Director of Intercollegiate Athletics ◆University Chief Business and Financial Planning Officer ◆University Faculty Athletics Representative to the Big 12 Conference ◆Senior Administrator appointed by the University Provost ◆University Vice Provost for Student Success ◆Student Body President of University of Kansas, Lawrence campus READ MORE ON PAGE 2

Student Senate creates graduate vice president role SOPHIA BELSHE @SophiaBelshe

Graduate students will now have a graduate student body president to represent their interests within the Student Senate chambers, following the approval of the full Senate body on Wednesday, April 3.

The graduate student body vice president will take over the role previously held by the Student Senate graduate affairs director. This change in title mainly serves to clarify the responsibilities of this position, according to the bill.

“We will have that person, basically, at an equal of the student body president, and we’re able to then bring up issue and concerns of graduate students directly to the source,” said Brittney Oleniacz, a graduate student senator who co-authored the bill to create the position.

Many other colleges similar to the University have a comparable position or a separate gradu-

ate student government, so the change in title makes it easier to collaborate with other student governments on national issues relevant to graduate students, Oleniacz said.

“This position ensures that graduate students are still at the forefront of people’s minds.”

Brittney Oleniacz graduate student senator

“It’s basically to let other universities know where we stand, that we also support graduate students, and that our voice is being heard within the University,” said Jessy Ayestas, a graduate student senator who co-authored the bill.

The graduate student body vice president will be appointed by the Graduate Student Advisory Board — unlike the graduate affairs director,

within Senate to better represent graduate students.

“Sometimes, things are mixed up in translation, and graduate students have commonly been forgotten about,” Oleniacz said. “This position ensures that graduate students are still at the fore-

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Campuses around the country celebrated Graduate Student Week last week, and the University of Kansas is no exception. Different departments across the campus hosted events to celebrate graduate students and all they do for the University.

The University is home to over 5,000 graduate students who conduct research, help publish academic journals and even teach classes.

“KU is a Research I university, which means it achieves the highest levels of research activity, and graduate students make that activity possible,” Damon Talbott, program coordinator for graduate studies, said.

Talbott coordinates internal communications to graduate students and graduate programs. He also coordinates professional development programs for graduate students, in addition to all-campus events such as Graduate Student Orientation and the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony.

Some departments, such as the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, use many graduate

Kansan file photo Graduate teaching assistant Lukas Szrot teaches a sociology class in Fraser Hall in August 2016. teaching assistants to teach lower level classes.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese has approximately 25 GTAs who are classroom instructors.

Student Senate Graduate Affairs Director Pamela Johnson is a second year graduate student in the bioengineering program. She holds the graduate leadership positions on the Senate Executive Staff.

“I am able to help graduate students through my position by bringing the graduate perspective to the primarily undergraduate Student Senate and

ATHLETICS FEE FROM PAGE 1 After Ries explained each option, senators asked questions regarding the athletics fee and its impact on students. Many senators asked why Ries was acting as the current spokesperson for Athletics, rather than someone from the organization.

Ries asked Athletics Director Jeff Long to attend the meeting; however, due to the short notice, a spokesperson from Kansas Athletics said Long was unavailable.

Throughout the meeting, Ries continually referred to himself as “the messenger” while relaying the information to the senators in order to differentiate between what Athletics told him and his own opinion on the fee.

Student senators in attendance asked why funding should be allocated to Kansas Athletics Inc. seeing as no representatives came to the Senate meeting.

“Seeing that Athletics can have someone as high profile as Les Miles go on Wescoe Beach and play cornhole with students, why was no one sent here [from Athletics] to talk to us about this?” said Senate Director of Diversity and Equity Trey Duran. “Is it feasible if we asked any other fee officer to come and request $300,000 that we would give this much effort to them when they wouldn’t show up?”

Executive Associate Athletics Director Nicole Corcoran said in an email to Ries that Athletics

hoped Senate would consider an option to sunset the fee.

“Please note, that if the fee is cut, all options discussed are on the table to address the budget gap,” Corcoran said in the email. “As shared in our meeting, we sincerely hope a sunset option would be considered by the Senate and appreciate your leadership in bringing the potential solutions back to the Senate for discussion.”

Ries and treasurer Robin Bajpai said they wanted the full Senate body to consider potential student impact before voting.

“At the end of the day we have to make a decision based on what we think is best for our students,” Bajpai said.

In order to override the president’s veto, senators needed a two-thirds vote in favor of the fee review bill. The senators voted 28 in favor, 8 opposed and 4 abstaining on the bill, overriding Ries’ veto and voting for it to move to Chancellor Douglas Girod’s review.

“Student Senate’s whole purpose is to provide equal opportunities for students, and when you give money to Athletics in this amount with these types of purposes, it’s structural privilege,” student senator Grant Daily said in an interview with the Kansan.

The fee review bill will now go under review with the chancellor, and will then move to the Kansas Board of Regents for approval.

helping advocate for graduate student needs in the Senate’s bills and actions,” Johnson said.

Additionally, she sits on several funding boards with the Senate and works closely with graduate student organizations to help plan events and draft bills to fund them.

Johnson is working to elevate the Student Senate graduate student leadership position to a Graduate Student Body Vice President, which would be selected by graduate students.

“This legislation has nearly 40 sponsors including the chancellor,

provost, many of the Student Senate executive staff and well over half of Graduate Student Senators and the Graduate Student Advisory Board. After unanimously passing in two committees last Wednesday, it will be brought to a final vote at Full Student Senate tonight, [April 3]” she said.

The bill to change the Senate graduate student leadership position to a Graduate Student Body President passed through Full Senate on April 3.

Nino Cipri, president of the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition, also believes graduate students

are essential to campus.

“We, along with adjunct and other non-tenured faculty, teach half the classes here on campus.

For the past three years, I’ve taught two classes a semester by myself, planned the assignments, the daily lesson plans, did the grading, all of it,” Cipri said. “Not all GTAs do that, but all graduate students do the work that makes this university function.

GTAC’s motto is ‘KU works because we do,’ and that’s the truth.”

Cipri said there is a fine line between being a student and an employee of the University, but regardless, they are important to campus.

“Are we students, or are we employees? Depends on who you ask. We’re primarily here for our education and professional development, but our labor keeps the University running,” Cipri said.

GTAC helps teaching assistants in several ways, from negotiating employment contracts to guarantee workers rights and wages to improving the work environment for graduate students.

“Individually, graduate workers have almost no power. Collectively, we’re a force to be reckoned with,” Cipri said.

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National Book Award-winner to visit Lawrence RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester

Two-time National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing” grips University of Kansas English professor Giselle Anatol as she listens to the audiobook. She sits for a moment, recollects herself and comes back into the present moment.

“She really pulls you into the narrative,” Anatol said. “You really have to fight your way out, which I think is a sign of a really powerful story.”

Anatol will be able to hear Ward speak at “An Evening with Jesmyn Ward” at Liberty Hall Thursday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. Ward will speak as part of the Hall Center for the Humanities’ lecture series.

Ward is the 2017 MacArthur Genius Award recipient. She is also the first woman to win two National Book Awards for fiction.

She won her first National Book Award for fiction in 2011 for her second book, “Salvage the Bones.” She also won the National Book Award for fiction in 2017 for her third book, “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”

Ward is also an associate professor of English at Tulane University.

Anatol has taught Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” in her introduction to children’s literature class at the University. The book tells

Jesmyn Ward will speak at Liberty Hall on April 11 at 7:30 p.m. the story of a teenage girl and her family living on the Gulf Coast in the days surrounding Hurricane Katrina.

Anatol said the book deals with the theme of love in its many forms: romantic, sexual, familial and the love of oneself.

“I use it as a novel that really challenges people’s ideas about what children are capable of handling in their lives,” Anatol said.

Ward’s own experiences growing up in Mississippi and experiencing the effects of Hurricane Katrina find their way into her writing.

She also covers topics like childhood, love, loss, grief and racism in her novels.

“The writing is very lyrical — it’s very beautiful,” Anatol said.

“I think in some ways, I could say it’s deceptively

beautiful because she’ll write about something with such gorgeous imagery and with such vivid details, and yet, she’s covering material that’s also making your heart sink to the pit of your stomach.”

At the University, the Project on the History of Black Writing (HBW) has been working to recover work from African American authors for the

Contributed photo past 35 years. Maryemma Graham, a University English professor, is the founder and director of HBW. HBW has expanded its efforts to circulate the work of the authors they recover and house it in a digital archive. It’s recently started the Black Book Interactive Project (BBIP) to increase the study of black-authored texts in the digital

humanities.

“There was a time when people only saw a few names of African American writers, and they thought, that’s the whole picture,” Graham said. “If I know Toni Morrison, or if I know Jesmyn Ward, if I know Alice Walker — that was it.”

Anatol said she’s excited to hear Ward read at the event because hearing an author read in their own voice can give the reader a sense of what’s important to the author as an artist.

Ward’s work has been compared to Toni Morrison — a Pulitzer prize and Nobel Prizewinning African American author. When Anatol was a first-year student in college, she attended a reading by Morrison, which ultimately inspired her to pursue a degree in English.

Perhaps Ward can do the same for students at the University.

“I think it’s always great to be able to connect with a writer and someone who’s so prestigious,” Anatol said.

“It’s a really tremendous opportunity for students who are here to be able to go and hear someone with so much expertise in her craft.”

The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and can be acquired beforehand.

Roger Shimomura’s ‘American Muse’ opens in KC COURTNEY BIERMAN @courtbierman

Roger Shimomura has been painting for more than half a century, and he’s not stopping now. He said rumblings that his upcoming exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri is the last of his career are only rumors. However, he said he’s likely to slow down.

“I’ve averaged about three solo shows a year for 40 years, 50 years, and I’m tired,” he said, laughing.

“I would hope that everyone looking at it will try to bring what’s meaningful to them and to the work because that’s more what this series is about.”

Roger Shimomura retired KU professor, artist

S h i m o m u r a ’ s “American Muse” opened Friday, April 5, at the Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art gallery in Kansas City, Missouri and will remain on display through May 25.

Leedy said the paintings in “American Muse” are classic Shimomura: eye-catching pieces of political pop art that are sharply critical of racism in modern American culture.

“I think of it more as a culmination of a lifetime of engagement with social issues,” Leedy said.

“And that is as vibrant and edgy as ever.”

Shimomura taught painting and performance art at the University of Kansas from 1969 to 2004. In 1994, he became the University’s first Fine Arts faculty member to be named a University Distinguished Professor.

Shimomura still lives in Lawrence, and he still paints every day.

Shimomura said his identity as a Japanese American has inspired much of his art. His paintings often depict cartoonish representations of Asian stereotypes and appropriated pieces of East Asian culture.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, his family was imprisoned in the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho for two years.

“American Muse” is divided into three parts: “Great American Muse,” named for artist Tom Wesselmann’s famous

Roger Shimomura mixes American culture and Asian stereotypes in his artwork.

“Great American Nude” series; “Minidoka and Beyond,” largely inspired by his childhood in the prison camp; and “Muslims and More,” its

working title, a series of small paintings inspired

by Donald Trump’s 2017 travel ban.

“I think it’s fair for viewers to come and

complain about the fact that there might seem to be a lack of focus about the work,” Shimomura said. “But I would hope that everyone looking at

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it will try to bring what’s meaningful to them and to the work because that’s more what this series is about.”

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KU professor crafts wine barrel bike RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester

On a recent trip to California, Lance Rake noticed furniture made of wine barrels. He had another purpose in mind for them.

Rake, a University of Kansas industrial design professor, said he was particularly drawn to the curves of the wine barrel staves — the wooden strips that make up wine barrels — and thought to make a bicycle out of them.

“When I saw that — I saw those curves — I thought, ‘I should make a bike out of wine barrel staves, which would be totally California,’” Rake said.

“The curves of these wine barrel staves reminded me of curves I was getting in my bicycles I was doing out of bamboo,” Rake said.

Rake sat down to begin designing the wine barrel bike, working with the curve of the staves. He said things fell into place when designing the bike, which isn’t always the case for him.

“It worked out really easily somehow,” Rake said.

“This doesn’t happen very often for me.”

The bike maintains the integrity of the wine barrels. Rake said he originally thought he would maintain the charred inside of the barrel with its wine stains

“What if I could design things that would be made by artists?”

Lance Rake KU professor

This bike design reminded Rake of previous bikes he’s made using unconventional materials. He designed bikes made from locally-sourced bamboo from Greensboro, Alabama.

and then sand away the outside of the barrel. As he began to work, he said he also liked the way the outside of the staves looked.

He has designed the bike in kit form, so those who

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“To be honest, I was a nobody in high school.

I wasn’t popular or cool or anything,” Robinson said. “So for being a kid like me, to grow in popularity around the globe is just crazy to think.

I have connections and relationships with people who are millionaires and have millions of followers now. So, I guess you could say I’m getting my revenge on everyone who didn’t really think I was anything.”

might eventually purchase it will just need to assemble it.

Rake recently debuted the bike at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in March where bike makers displayed their innovative designs.

“All of the efforts in the show are about pushing the boundaries of what a bicycle could be,” Rake said.

As an industrial designer, Rake said he’s drawn to the use of materials. He said he aims to use local materials, and in this case, wine barrels make perfect sense for California with its many wineries.

In his work, he also highlights the skills and expertise of local craftspeople.

“What if I could design things that would be made by artists?” Rake said. “What about people that had great skill and also took real care in what they built?”

Pam Dorr worked with Rake in the past when he designed the bamboo bikes in Alabama. Dorr also attended the bike show where Rake debuted his wine barrel bike. She said the bike

Contributed photo The “Cooper Bicycle” is named for a person trained to construct barrels. is visually remarkable and even smells good.

“I think upcycling anything can be innovative, but he has an eye to see and make it really special — make it a piece of art,” Dorr said.

As for the future of his wine barrel bike, Rake has been approached by wineries and distilleries to potentially use his design.

Rake said he envisions the bikes being used at wineries and distilleries for tours or other purposes, although nothing has been officially decided yet.

“When you’re done using a wine barrel, it would be nice to have another use for it,” Rake said.

Rake will turn his attention to another project in July when he will travel to

Melbourne, Australia, for three months followed by Kathmandu, Nepal, where he will develop a bike for local farmers.

Rake said the wine barrel bike project will have to be out of his hands before he turns his attention to his next project.

“The future has got to happen quickly on this one,” Rake said.

Revenge. I try not to let it get to my head because there is a lot of love as well,” Robinson said. “An average person my age at 20 would be going to college, and I’m just chilling making money and a living off something I love.”

Revenge is still

performing strongly in the streetwear community.

After the death of XXXTentacion, the brand began trending, and past collaborations between the late rapper and Revenge began popping up online for high prices.

Robinson said he will

continue to work for Revenge as long as the brand is successful. He also has his own personal brand, Dark Swan, which he can be commissioned for. Revenge Clothing is releasing a new line on April 14, and its products will be available for purchase online.

Lawrence High graduate designs high-end streetwear On Aug. 26, 2017, the owner of the Los Angelesbased indie brand Revenge posted a request on his Instagram page calling for a new artist to assist him.

Then-18-year-old Stephen Robinson submitted a design. Three days later, Robinson was selected to work for Revenge full-time just after he graduated from Lawrence High School.

Revenge Clothing was founded in early 2016 by a man who goes only by “Garette.” He does not disclose his full name and conceals his face in all online photos.

“Garette doesn’t show his face, and that adds to the mysteriousness of the brand. If he’s at a pop up [shop] or in a photo, he’s always wearing a mask or… a bandana,” streetwear YouTuber Tristan Simonson said in a video.

Revenge is a streetwear brand, mostly consisting of tee shirts, jackets and hoodies featuring unique graphics. All business is done online or in pop-up shops, and the brand is massively popular among Los Angeles youth. Revenge gained traction when Garette began working with late SoundCloud rapper XXXTentacion on his merchandise line. In August 2017, however, the rapper announced that they would no longer be working together, and Garette reached out on Instagram for fresh new work.

Simonson said Revenge and its roots are “very mysterious,” and not even Robinson knows much about Garette and has never met him face to face.

They collaborate over the phone and via Skype, with Garette in Los Angeles and Robinson remaining in Lawrence.

Before Revenge, Robinson lived the life of an under-the-radar high school student.

“So for being a kid like me, to grow in popularity around the globe is just crazy to think.”

Stephen Robinson graphic designer

Robinson said he dealt with rocky mental health and suffered from severe depression.

The first semester of his senior year of high school, he was placed in a juvenile detention center. But, his

saving grace was his art. He was a star jewelry crafter, and wanted to make a career out of crafting jewelry.

In 2017, he won the Vanguard Award from the Lawrence Arts Center, which came with a $1,200 cash prize. In his spare time, Robinson designed pieces for SoundCloud rappers before coming into contact with Garette.

Shortly thereafter, Robinson said graphic design became his whole life. “[His work with Revenge] will really help in the future if he chooses to continue his artistic career,” said Storm Auchenbach, Robinson’s friend and fellow Lawrence native.

He said Robinson’s feat was amazing, and his friends and family were thrilled for him when he was recruited to join the company.

When asked about his experiences with being such a young and established graphic designer, Robinson said it has its ups and downs.

“I’m always on a deadline, always under pressure from the community, always being criticized by fans of

Contributed photo Stephen Robinson works part-time at Pure Vape in Lawrence. His other job is graphic design for Revenge Clothing, a brand known for collaborating with XXXTentacion.

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FFA of the day: i can hear the football team’s practice music from my bedroom and i would like to request a song apparently kim k is having a fourth kid and i didn’t even know she had a third???? i’m shook i’m gonna name my first dog FERPA “did you forget about the quiz” “you can’t forget about it if you never knew about it in the first place” y’all ever get such dark eye bags you look like you have the flu “he’s having an existential crisis over cheese” “I like this shirt but it makes me look like a pregnant woman from the 70s or like I don’t believe in modern medicine” i just love how on rainy days my feet get soaked within .02 seconds of stepping on campus then I have sopping wet socks all day I just want to quit school and learn how to play the theremin i just ran into my professor and GTA at mclains drinking a beer and they said “you never saw us here” so now i can only assume they are sleeping together I may be addicted to nicotine but at least I’m not addicted to expensive food just got an email with a summer permission code from a professor that said “see you in June!” and it’s the purest thing i’ve seen all day “he lives, like, an olympic frisbee throw away from me”

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Make consent a conversation

ARCHANA RAMAKRISHNAN @KansanNews

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is “I Ask.” The National Sexual Violence Resource Center says the theme “will uplift the importance of consent and transform it from being prescriptive to empowering.”

The rigid and formulaic definition of consent that we often hear is that consent refers to an affirmative, ongoing and conscious agreement of partaking in an activity.

The NSVRC aptly redefines consent as “listening to and accepting the answer without pressuring someone to change their mind.” This puts consent into a light of a healthy, natural and mindful conversation instead of a checkbox protocol.

During this time of active advocacy to raise awareness of sexual assault, I ask you to reconsider the role you play in this movement.

Ensuring healthy conversations of consent in everyday tasks is vital.

However, it is even more important to know how to be helpful when this powerful tool of consent has been breached. I ask you to consider how you would support someone who has been through

Kansan file photo According to SAPEC, 1 in 4 (cis) women will survive rape or attempted rape while in college. sexual assault.

You can help a victim of sexual assault by listening to them, reminding them that you believe in them, and by offering support and comfort.

Many victims are afraid to talk about what they have been through, leading them to feel like they are fighting a lone battle. Actively listening to the survivor who trusts you enough to confide in you is a strong sign of support. By listening, you are conveying that you are there for them and will

wholeheartedly help them process their emotions of anger, panic, sadness or confusion. Encourage them by providing positive reassurance that all that they feel is okay and that they should never blame themselves.

It is important to strongly vocalize the fact that you believe in them.

Victims of sexual assault often face disbelief.

Questions like, “Why did you not run away or try to scream?” should never be brought up. Instead of dictating what they should

do to feel better, ask them questions and help them explore their options. As another strong sign of support, victims must always be respected for their choice of whether or not they want to report the incident.

Offering help to people who have experienced sexual assault starts here.

As responsible citizens and Jayhawks, your engagement is the first and most essential step. At the University of Kansas, highly confidential medical care

and my teachers fixed it.

Since entering college and studying writing as a discourse, however, I have learned that I, along with every person who speaks and writes with a specific style, dialect, tone, etc. had it stripped away to reinforce oppressive academic and professional structures.

Since entering the University of Kansas three years ago, I have only had approximately four classes that didn’t directly address the tyrannical ways in which language is used to enable certain power

structures, particularly in the case of Black English.

I use Black English here as an incredibly large umbrella term and am aware that there are still many dialects within Black English (such as African American Vernacular English.) However, my point is that time and time again, I have been taught that Black English, along with many other dialects and writing styles, are incorrect and hold no weight in most academic and professional spaces.

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the recent government shutdown and getting enormous backlash because of the way she talks comes to mind. She is a perfect example of

is available through the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.

The Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access is the office on campus that handles reporting incident of sexual harassment or assault. The Care Coordinator and other counseling services such as Counseling and Psychological Services and Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center offer endless opportunities for seeking help. Log on to the Sexual Assault and Prevention Education Center’s website to find carefully curated educational material.

During this month of important awareness about sexual assault, I ask you to be the bold voice that makes consent a stronger and more compassionate exchange of permission and respect. I ask that you empower yourself with the knowledge to help a victim. I ask that you know how to equip them with support and comfort to ensure that they know that they are loved and appreciated for their courageous strength, in both this month and beyond.

Archana Ramakrishnan is a sophomore from Chennai, India studying computer science.

It’s time to take dialects seriously

JERIKA MILLER @MillerJerika

We all remember those painful middle and high school English classes that tested our writing skills and our ability to write for purpose and audience using “professional language.”

I remember feeling as if all of the style and voice that I had worked so hard to create for myself as a writer was very quickly stripped away in favor of a much less exciting academic one. As I grew up, I decided that I was probably just a bad writer

There was a guy at my high school job who used to say that he didn’t feel hurt because he “deleted his feelings long, long ago,” and now that I’m older I really get that.

Nobody from Oklahoma should ever be allowed to drive ever again My eternal mood is I Can’t Wait To Go Home My favorite part of any night out is coming home a little tipsy, washing my face, and crawling into my wonderful bed without setting an alarm.

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Illustration by Philip Mueller/KANSAN Despite being taught that conventional academic language is oppressive, professors still expect students to use this style in their writing.

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college-level English.

Certainly, there are some college standards that need to be upheld, but if we as an educational institution believe that this

It is time to adapt our curriculum to the real world. this problem. Why is it that someone can say something relevant and central to an issue, such as politics or scientific discovery, yet get no recognition simply because of their accent, word choice or diction?

What about Cardi B’s ability to code switch and combine her dialect with that of a politician or a student makes us value her opinions less than say, an old white man giving a speech on the same topic at a college campus? And the most worrisome part of this issue for me is that we, as a community, society and campus, recognize that this is an issue, but make no effort to change it.

This isn’t to say that we don’t think this phenomenon of linguistic gatekeeping is wrong. The problem is that we teach about it and then, to ensure that we have learned about it sufficiently, are asked to write a paper about the problem using standard

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gatekeeping is oppressive, why are we not creating new and innovative ways of thinking, writing and showing knowledge as a campus?

It seems a bit counterintuitive to teach students that there is no one “standard English” and to respect all dialects and vernaculars, but then expect those same students to write in one style and voice: the one of professionals and academics.

Professors, if you truly care about Black English (or any other “non-standard” dialect) and the destruction of oppressive language laws, stop expecting students to create standard English masterpieces for every assignment in your class.

It is time to adapt our curriculum to the real world.

Jerika Miller is a junior from Aurora, Colorado, studying English and secondary education.

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KU tennis duo claims No.1 ranking MADDY TANNAHILL @maddytannahill

On March 29, the then-No. 5-ranked senior duo of Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia easily toppled the Texas Tech tandem of Lana Rush and Kennedy Bridgforth, besting the pair of Red Raiders 6-2. The seniors improved to 12-1 on the spring season, touting nine victories over the last 10 matches.

Following the win midway through a consistently strong senior campaign, Koch and Khmelnitckaia finally cracked the No. 1 spot in the International Tennis Association (ITA) poll, earning high praise from Kansas coach Todd Chapman.

“We are excited for Janet and Nina,” Chapman said in a Kansas Athletics press release. “Any time you achieve being the best doubles team in the country, it should be celebrated.”

Koch and Khmelnitckaia began their stint as doubles partners this past summer, where they competed in and later won the Oracle ITA National Summer Championships.

They picked up right where they left off this spring, with only one loss coming at the hands of Baylor’s Livia Kraus and Kristina Sorokolet in late March, marking the only blemish on their record.

Even with that record, the duo had yet to claim the No. 1 position in the ITA poll, despite having sat at No. 2 for multiple weeks.

“Janet and Nina have had a great year and were really close a few weeks

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Chance Parker/KANSAN Seniors Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia celebrate in the game against Iowa State. The Jayhawks defeated the Cyclones 7-0 Friday, April 5. ago when they reached No. 2 in the rankings,” Chapman said in the release. “The most impressive part is they have been consistent all year long and maintained a high level the whole year.

The exciting part is they are still very hungry and motivated for what is in front of us as a team and as a doubles team.”

Reaching a thenseason-best No. 2 rank on March 5, Koch and Khmelnitckaia proceeded

to thump duos from both No. 11 Oklahoma State and No. 30 Oklahoma, yet they still managed to drop three spots in the rankings despite ending the week unscathed.

Boasting a 5-0 mark against nationally ranked opponents, the veteran pair of Jayhawks has finally claimed its rightful position at the top of the poll, surpassing the pre-

“Any time you achieve being the best doubles team in the country, it should be celebrated.”

Todd Chapman Kansas tennis coach

viously No. 1-ranked pair of Mia Horvit and Ingrid Martins from South Carolina, who hold a 10-2 record this spring.

Koch and Khmelnitckaia mark the first doubles team in program history to rank at the top of the nation, with no other pair ranking in the top-five since 1994.

The senior tandem of Koch and Khmelnitckaia picked up two more wins this week, improving to 14-1.

Kansas men’s basketball redshirt sophomore guard K.J. Lawson has entered the transfer portal according to multiple reports, including Stadium’s Jeff Goodman.

Lawson previously transferred to Kansas, along with his brother redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson, from Memphis and sat out the entire 2017-18 season. This past year was the only full season that Lawson played in a Jayhawk uniform.

During the 2018-19 season, Lawson appeared in 35 games for Kansas, averaging 3.1 points and 2 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game. He also shot 45.3% from the floor and 29.5% from three-point range.

Most notably, Lawson scored a season-high 15 points against West Virginia on Feb. 16 and 13 points against Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 21.

Lawson is set to graduate in May and will immediately be eligible to play at the school that he transfers to.

CARTER STANLEY FROM PAGE 1 accuracy and poor decision-making at times led Beaty to favor Bender over Stanley.

Despite heading into 2019 as a senior, he will be asked to battle for the starting gig once again,

but this time against incoming JUCO transfer Thomas MacVittie.

But even after having to fight for the starting job once again, Stanley’s trust in this program has never wavered.

“I love Kansas. I always have,” Stanley said. “I love my teammates and my

new coaches. This has always been an easy decision for me.”

As competition between the two quarterbacks continues to intensify throughout the spring, the reps have been equal for both players.

For one of their targets, senior wide receiver Day-

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lon Charlot, the chemistry with Stanley goes back to enduring previous seasons with him.

“I believe I already have chemistry with Carter. I mean, he has been my quarterback,” Charlot said. “I am still trying to build a chemistry with [MacVittie], so we can get on the same page.”

Coming from the most prestigious football school in the United States, Alabama, Charlot hasn’t been given the playing time he likely desired when arriving in Lawrence, but he’s looking to change that heading into this year.

“I want to prove that we’ve gotten a lot better.

We are a very physical team,” Charlot said. “We are also very disciplined.

I want fans to see that we

got better.”

Obviously hoping to overtake his counterpart MacVittie for the starting job, Stanley still maintains plenty of respect for his intensity.

“I want to prove that we’ve gotten a lot better. We are a very physical team. We are also very disciplined.”

Daylon Charlot senior wide receiver

“He’s a competitor, and he brings it every day,” Stanley said. “[MacVittie] is very fundamentally sound and has a big arm.”

Dating back to 2009, the Jayhawks haven’t had a single quarterback play every snap in all 12 games over the course of a season. The last to do so, of course, was Todd Reesing.

With that history in mind and their skillsets and chemistry with the offense developing each day, both quarterbacks will receive the chance to prove to Miles they can be that guy.

With all the failed experiments via incoming transfers and throwing freshmen into the fire, Kansas so desperately needs a reliable quarterback, especially once conference play opens up.

The chances have been there for Stanley in the past. The only question now is can he take it and run with it?

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KU tennis clinches top-3 Big 12 finish DIEGO COX @x0lotl

Kansas tennis is nearing the end of conference play after defeating West Virginia on Sunday, winning with a convincing score of 6-1.

The Jayhawks got off to an early lead by clinching the doubles point, continuing their streak of dominance in doubles play. The No. 1-ranked senior duo of Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia got off to a hot start by

winning their match against Sofia Duran and Anastasia Bovolskaia, 6-0, a testament to their greatness this season.

The doubles point was then clinched after the duo of senior Anastasia Rychagova and freshman

Sonia Smagina defeated Paula Goetz and Nicole Roc, 6-2.

With singles play set to begin shortly, the starting lineup for the Jayhawks was changed as No. 25-ranked Rychagova, the usual No.

Chance Parker/KANSAN Freshman Sonia Smagina returns the ball against Iowa State. The Jayhawks defeated the Cyclones 7-0 Friday, April 5.

1 player, was out for the day, moving Koch up to court one and sophomore Plobrung Plipuech up to court two.

Despite the change in courts, the Jayhawks started off strong as Plipuech was the first to finish, defeating Duran, 6-1, 6-3. Koch was then second to finish her match after beating Christina Jordan, 6-3, 6-2, giving the Jayhawks a daunting 3-0 lead.

Kansas assistant coach Caroline Lilley said that the absence of Rychagova was an excellent learning experience for Koch and Plipuech.

“I think the biggest thing for us is putting them in competitive situations where they’re pushed, because that’s the only way for them to get better,” Lilley said. “Those girls who had to step into a higher position did a really great job playing confidently and trusting their tennis and trusting their preparation.”

Not wanting to waste momentum, the Jayhawks continued their strong play by rattling off three straight points to clinch the match, with a score of 6-0, pushing for the sweep.

The final match came

down to junior Maria Toran Ribes as she faced off against Roc. Despite being out, Rychagova still contributed by coaching Toran Ribes throughout her match. However, even with Rychagova’s help, Toran Ribes still fell in a super tiebreaker in the third set.

When asked about Rychagova helping her teammates by coaching them while they played, Lilley said it’s a great thing to see.

“What we tell everyone on our team is that we all have a role to play,” Lilley said. “And the fact that [Rychagova] could go out there and serve her teammates in a little bit different role than she’s accustomed to is really good for her development as a leader and also Maria’s development.”

“It’s different being coached by a teammate rather than a coach, so it was exciting for her as well,” Lilley continued.

board for long as the Cowgirls regained the lead in the bottom of the third inning on a RBI single.

Mills gave up two more runs before exiting the contest.

Todd and Kirsten Pruett also made appearances in the game, pitching the final two innings. Todd gave up two hits and one run, while Pruett retired the

two batters she faced.

The Cowgirls tacked on runs in the fourth and fifth innings as well to secure a 7-3 victory and the sweep over Kansas.

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KU softball swept by Oklahoma State on the road FULTON CASTER @FCaster04

Kansas softball played its second Big 12 series of the season over the weekend against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, dropping all three games in the series.

Kansas began the series by playing a doubleheader on Friday in hopes of avoiding weather over the weekend.

In game one, freshman pitcher Lexy Mills drew the start in the circle and struggled with her command early.

Mills retired the first batter of the game, then proceeded to walk four straight that allowed a run to make it 1-1, squandering the early lead given to Kansas on a home run by redshirt freshman infielder Sydnee Ramsey.

After the fourth walk, Mills was replaced by junior Hannah Todd, though she did not fare much better.

Todd gave Kansas 2 2/3 innings of work, but also allowed six runs and walked four.

Todd was replaced by sophomore pitcher Kirsten Pruett who pitched the final two innings and only gave up one run on one hit.

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Once again, Kansas wasn’t able to perform offensively and was shut out for the fourth time this season in a 5-0 loss.

The Cowgirls shut down Kansas offensively and held the Jayhawks scoreless outside of the Ramsey home run to secure an 8-1 victory in the first game.

Senior pitcher Brynn Minor earned the start in game two and also had issues with her command.

Minor had seven walks over her 5 2/3 innings of work and allowed all of Oklahoma State’s five runs. It was Minor’s fourth start of the season allowing four-plus walks.

Sophomore pitcher/ utility Tarin Travieso then replaced Minor for the final two outs of the sixth inning. She allowed one hit and no runs.

Once again, Kansas wasn’t able to perform offensively and was shut out for the fourth time this season in a 5-0 loss.

With the doubleheader in the rear-view, Kansas entered Saturday looking to avoid the sweep. But, again, the Jayhawks had issues early as Oklahoma State took a 3-0 lead after the second inning.

Minor earned her second start of the weekend and gave up three runs in 1 2/3 innings of work. Minor did show some progress,

though, as she did not surrender a walk.

Kansas fought back to tie the game 3-3 in the third inning when junior infielder Becki Monaghan scored after being hit by a pitch, and junior infielder Madison Sykes following right behind with a twoRBI double.

Mills replaced Minor to end the second inning, but was unable to keep Oklahoma State off the

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vs Oklahoma Fri., April 12 5 p.m.

Chance Parker/KANSAN Senior pitcher Brynn Minor pitches the ball against Nebraska. The Jayhawks defeated the Cornhuskers 1-0 Sunday, March 17.

Bryce Hoppel Track and Field

Continuing his dominance, Hoppel completed the 1,500 and 800-meter sweep at the Battle on the Bayou over the weekend.

Hoppel first took home first place in the 1,500-meter run with a mark of 3:47.98, then followed that up with a time of 1:49.69 in the 800-meter race. Hoppel hasn’t lost an individual race in 304 days.

Janet Koch

Tennis Koch played a significant role in Kansas tennis’ big weekend in Big 12 play, with 7-0 and 6-1 victories over Iowa State and West Virginia, respectively. Along with her doubles partner senior Nina Khmelnitckaia, Koch helped clinch the doubles point in both matches. Koch also went 2-0 in singles play over the weekend.