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Each year Student Senate allocates fee dollars to create a student fee package. The 2020 to 2021 package total is $506.95.
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Two of Student Senate’s executive positions were recently vacated. Grant Daily was fired from his position as government relations director for reasons that were not disclosed to the Kansan. Chris Brown resigned from his position to make time for other responsibilities.
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Student Senate’s Finance Committee approved a $15 increase per semester for the fiscal year 2020 to 2021 fee package Sunday, Feb. 9. The package includes a $7.50 increase for Counseling and Psychological Services. The increase sets the student fee package at $506.95. The campus fee review subcommittee gave CAPS the largest increase for the fiscal year after a Senate survey of the student body found 89% of 1,069 students said they have not used CAPS’ services. “A University where we embrace mental health services is a University that is much better than the rest because it really sees the modern environment of mental health on a college campus
and the struggles that students face,” Senate Chief of Staff Zach Thomason said.
“We’re lowering costs for students and we’re able to give them more staff members, which lowers waiting times.” Tiara Floyd Student Body President
The $7.50 increase will go toward the prioritization of hiring a licensed psychiatrist, social worker and case manager and lowering the fees for non-psychiatric appointments, according to the bill. The CAPS fee is now $37.50 per semester. Thomason said during the meeting that Senate estimated non-psychiatric appointments would decrease from $15 to $10 after the increase to CAPS’ fee.
“We’re lowering costs for students and we’re able to give them more staff members, which lowers waiting times,” Student Body President Tiara Floyd said. “We heard those concerns and acted accordingly.” The campus fee review subcommittee reduced the Student Union Activities fee by $0.50 and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center fee by $0.05 to set aside funding for the CAPS increase, Thomason said. In addition, Senate reduced its own activity fee by $3.20. Last year, Thomason said finance senators passed a $0.25 increase for CAPS. The campus fee review subcommittee originally introduced a $13.95 increase from FY 2021 before increasing it to $15 as the bills were being presented. Committee members voted to increase Continue on page 2
KU multicultural Greek organizations take pride in stepping, strolling tradition Nicole Dolan
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Women’s basketball takes on Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Picture a group of individuals fully in sync. Body movement, voices, steps and slaps all sound like one. Stepping and strolling traces back to African line dancing and has made its home in the National Panhellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council. Historically, Black fraternities and sororities have competed in step and stroll competitions on a large scale since about 1992, according to the History Maker’s organization website. Since then, stepping and strolling have reached a larger demographic, and in 2010, a traditionally white sorority placed first in the National Sprite Step-Off, causing some controversy within the Black Greek community, according to an NPR transcript. Senior and Student Body President Tiara Floyd, a member of the Omega Theta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at the University, said stepping is meant to “be like drums” because of the significance of rhythm within the
At the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, times were bested, records were broken, and Kansas track and field took home four top-three finishes. The top performance of the day came from sophomore Zach Bradford, who broke the school record in the men’s pole vaul. Bradford vaulted 5.71 meters to break the previous record of 5.70 set by Hussain Hizam in 2018. Bradford attempted 5.76, but missed on all three attempts. His winning height gave him the No. 3 mark in the NCAA this season. Continuing with the Jayhawks’ success, sophomore Treyvon Ferguson won the men’s triple jump with a jump of 15.70 meters. Ferguson topped Texas State junior Noah Herring’s jump of 15.42. In the men’s 200 meters, senior Ivan Henry placed third. His personal best time of 21.41 seconds holds the spot of the No. 2 NCAA performer. On the women’s side, senior Jedah Caldwell finished third as well, racing a time of 23.97. Junior Alexandria Emilianov finished second in the women’s shot put with a personal best throw of 16.35 meters. Her mark was enough to earn her NCAA honors as No. 3 performer and No. 8 performance. Sophomore Toni Englund also became a top performer in Kansas history, holding the No. 9 position in the pentathlon 60-meter hurdles and the No. 7 position in the pentathlon final scores with a personal best of 3,675 points. With two meets in the coming week, the team will split between the Iowa State Classic and the Tyson Invitational, both taking place on Feb. 14 to 15.
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Four of five KU National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations competed in a stepping competition at "Stomp the Hill" last October.
African ancestry. “Stepping and strolling showcase and kind of pay homage back to Africa,” Floyd said. “We’re kind of reclaiming that in our space. It also shows a lot of pride for our organization.” Strolling is more casual than stepping. It involves the organization’s hand signs and vocal calls. Floyd said it is acceptable for organizations to stroll at parties and appropriate events. Whereas stepping, where members recite
chants, is performed in a more serious manner. “There’s a lot more to Greek life than a lot of people think,” Floyd said. “We say ‘Greek life,’ and there are assumptions that are made across the board across every council. But something special about NPHC is that we have these dances and we have these steps that we take pride in. It’s our way of showing our presence. We’re here, and our step and stroll show Continue on page 4
Dr. Yusef Salaam, one of five people known as the Exonerated Five, spoke at the Kansas Union's Woodruff Auditorium Saturday, Feb. 8 about his experiences with the justice system. The Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, were wrongfully convicted for the April 19, 1989 rape and attempted murder of a New York woman in Central Park. It was known as a case that “rocked the city,” per the programming guide provided at the event. The event was put together by Student Union Activities, the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, the department of sociology, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Muslim Student Association, Watkins Health Services, the Office of First-Year Experience, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, Student Senate, Black Student Union and Gifted Empowered Motivated Sisters. Continue on page 2
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Student Senate Policy and Development Director Isabella Southwick spent about three and a half years of high school in outpatient treatment for disordered eating. Stress was common and her reaction to it was not eating. It was extensive therapy, clinical check-ins and family support that eventually helped her overcome it. “I would say I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for the help I got,” Southwick said. “Getting mental health treatment
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‘One stop shop’: KU student, Watkins create eating disorder resource guide
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KU junior Isabella Southwick has created a guide to provide resources for students with eating disorders.
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“It was almost as if they were hoping that someone, from the darkest enclaves of society, would do to us what they’ve done to Emmett Till,” Salaam said. Till was a 14-year-old African-American boy who, after allegedly having whistled at a white woman, was kidnapped and murdered in Georgia. Early in the presentation, Salaam shared one of many letters he received before he was exonerated. The letters wished for physical violence and death against him. Salaam also shared an experience his mother faced he heard from one of her friends. “The police recognized her and started following her from their cop car. And then, over the bullhorn, began to say, ‘That’s her right there. That’s the bitch. The mother of the dog, Yusef Salaam,’” Salaam said, “This caused her to go into hiding, and eventually she got fired from her job.” Later, Salaam described what it’s like to be a minority in the justice system. “This is a country where we’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty,” Salaam said, “But if you happen to have a skin color like mine, they see you as guilty, and have to prove yourself innocent.”
Salaam was found guilty in court for rape, assault, robbery and riot. He was sentenced for five to 10 years in prison in 1990. “It was such a painful experience to be free one day, then to be run over by the spike falls of justice, yet again,” Salaam said. Salaam said he was determined not to die during his six years and eight months in prison. “I heard you can do one of two things in prison: either you can do the time, or you can let time do you...,” Salaam said, “If you let time do you, you never realize the great words of the great philosopher Cardi B. She said, ‘Fall down nine times, get up ten.’” Even if getting back up seems impossible, Salaam said, that it isn’t, and neither is anything else. “I went to jail and went and got a college degree...we can do anything,” Salaam said. Reflecting on his experience after getting out, Salaam said that his story has more to it than just people getting tricked. “The Central Park jogger case is actually a story of a criminal system of injustice placed on its side in order to produce a miracle in modern time,” Salaam said. Jaren Dailey, president of the Black Student Union, said he was moved by the presentation. “It is a really sad topic that also needs to be talked about, or there wouldn’t be as much exposure on the topic and it wouldn’t be fixed,” Dailey said.
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Gibson and the ANAD Group, an eating disorder support group on campus. Southwick said she included resources that accept most insurance plans to ensure accessibility in the guide. The guide contains a disclaimer stating that the content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment. “To be able to help in any way I can, to say, ‘Well you have these resources, these people will support you’ — I want to be able to do that,” Southwick said. “I feel like as a member of Student Senate, that’s what we need to be doing, providing that support and help to students in any way we can.” At least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder in the U.S. Every 62 minutes, at least one person dies as a direct result of one, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Watkins Health Services health educator Aftan Jameson worked with Southwick to help her find the campus and community resources to include on the guide. Awareness, Jameson said, is the best route to reduce the stigma around eating disorders. “The guide is a one stop shop guide to provide students with what help is out there. I believe that most of the resources on it, very little students know exist,”
Jameson said. “That is the reason why this guide is so crucial. I feel that once the guide is out there, students will consider seeking help for themselves or perhaps a friend of theirs that they are concerned with their eating habits.” In addition to providing copies for each resource listed and other organizations on campus, Southwick said Student Senate will publish the guide on its social media pages and look into posting it around campus in some capacity. “It’s for students who are kind of in that unknown period where they’re really just trying to get help,” Southwick said. “It’s also helpful, too, for students who have friends that they’re concerned about.” After living through it herself, Southwick said she encourages students to take advantage of the resources on the guide, if they are in a place in which they feel they are ready. “If you’re in a place where you’re ready to get treatment, do it…I think especially as a student with so many different responsibilities and so many stresses, it’ll just keep going on the back-burner and keep going on the back-burner and eating disorders will eventually kill someone,” Southwick said. “If they go too far, you can be in a really bad place and not come back. I would say if you’re in a place where you feel like you’re ready to get help — get help.”
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Student Senate Chief of Staff Zach Thomason discusses fee amendments.
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the student union fee, the campus environmental improvement fee and the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity fee. The subcommittee originally decreased the Student Engagement Center fee from $3.25 in FY 2020 to $2.50 in FY 2021 due to a delay in the construction of the center. However, Union Director David Mucci asked for the fee to remain at $3.25 in order to ensure enough money was allocated for the center’s construction costs. Finance senators voted to increase the campus environmental improvement fee from $5.60 to $5.80 to maintain student wages and to increase the Emily Taylor Center fee by $0.10 to increase professional development for the center. After the three amendments passed, the fee package increased to $506.95. The student fee package increased by $9 in FY 2020, after
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Senate chose to completely eliminate the athletics fee. “Students need mental health resources,” Thomason said. “They need a home in the Union for their student involvement. They need a bus service that navigates a geographically diverse place like Lawrence. We, just as much as anyone, understand the need to control the package. With that said, an increase of $10-15 dollars is sometimes necessary to ensure the future success and viability of campus operations that ultimately make a campus a campus.”
“Students need mental health resources. They need a home in the Union for their student involvement.” Zach Thomason Student Senate chief of staff
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KU senior’s art experience invites viewers to enter distorted reality
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University of Kansas senior and Overland Park native Brooke Metz showed her fully immersive art experience “Dizzzybomb,” as part of Lawrence’s Final Fridays on Jan. 31 at Art Emergency, located at 721 E. Ninth St. “[Dizzzybomb is] an escape from pain, a state of mind, and a character that I embodied and lived as for about four years of my life,” Metz said. Visitors of the exhibit begin by opening the door into a colorfully but dimly lit recreation of Metz’s childhood bedroom. Inside, one wall is entirely covered by warped reflective surfaces, creating an off-kilter feeling similar to walking through a carnival funhouse. Costumes, art supplies and assorted odds and ends litter the floor, as well as several dolls — with and without their heads attached. “That’s just the kind of stuff I had in my parents’ house,” Metz said. The walls and desk are adorned with paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs — all depicting a distorted view of reality. Projected onto the wall above the bed, rapid-fire video clips play one after another, each more uniquely disorienting than the
last. A speaker sitting on the floor sets the tone, playing a mixture of music that could be described as anything but pop. A room the size of a walk-in closet is partitioned by a curtain, behind which visitors are invited to paint and draw their own art on the walls. Sitting on the bed, drawing, talking to visitors, and seeming comfortable as if this happily creepy place were indeed her home, is Metz.
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Video rental stores are widely considered a thing of the past, but Lawrence hasn’t noticed. The city has two rental stores which stand resolute, ripped out of the 1990s and placed in the massive content storm of the present. Liberty Hall and Family Video survived the rental apocalypse and the ensuing media monopolies by evolving what they offer the modern consumer: instant entertainment and customer connection. At the northeast corner of Seventh and Massachusetts Streets, Liberty Hall Video sits in the Lib-
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Brooke Metz’s “Dizzybomb” will display again at the Percolator on Feb. 28.
erty Hall complex. Since 1986, Liberty Hall has rented out horror flicks, cult classics and Oscar contenders to the community of students and townies alike. “This is kind of the one stop shop here at Liberty Hall, where you have the video store, you can go see cinema, you can go see a show — we have a lot of concerts and a coffee shop,” Liberty Hall Store Manager Sam Gunnerson said. Gunnerson is the figurative crypt keeper to the vaults of VHS tapes and DVDs kept underneath Liberty Hall. He said the eclectic film collection they provide keeps customers renting and discovering new favorites. “There’s a good chance we’ll have it here because there’s a lot
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She said realizing the power of community and allowing herself to accept assistance and support from those around her has been important in her growth as an artist. Metz said her friend, Chloe Hull, who is currently a junior at California School of the Arts in Duarte, California, worked with her “in the realm of ‘Dizzzybomb.’” “She’s really, really outgoing. If there is an opportunity out there that she wants, she’ll go and get it,” Hull said. “She lives in a creative space where she doesn’t really have limitations; she just creates what she wants.” Metz is currently working on plans for an immersive theater project incorporating nature and exploring concepts of Lois Lowry’s “The Giver,” as well as an online project called “The Hub of Human Feeling,” which she said would provide a space for individuals to share their feelings and experiences. Metz said her message to younger artists and anyone who may be working on their own art careers is that as long as the creations are honest expressions of the artist’s humanity, then “any way you’re doing it is the right way.” “Dizzzybomb” will show again at the Percolator, located at 913 Rhode Island St. as part of Final Fridays on Feb. 28. It will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. until March 22.
“I had all of these underdeveloped ideas but with so much passion,” Metz said. Metz said she fell in love with art when she first began painting outside of school during her sophomore year of high school. Before that, she choreographed videos she had made with her friends in middle school. “Most of the time when I came home from high school, I would just make art for the rest of the
day, and then do it again because that was my escape,” Metz said. “It was just living life, and then either ignoring my feelings or feeling my feelings through art.” Metz said she uses an extremely detail-oriented approach to produce pieces focused on being honest and true to her vision. “Everything needs to flow and everything needs to be the way that it is — like, the way that it actually is,” Metz said.
of things that we have here that you cannot find on the internet or streaming,” Gunnerson said. Located off 23rd and Louisiana Streets, Family Video is the classic nostalgic video store from the ‘90s with microwave buckets of popcorn capping the long aisles of DVDs. Family Video inserted other products alongside its DVD rentals to help increase foot traffic and sales. The store also sells CBD products, herbal extracts and edibles, which sit across from boxes of Raisinets and Twizzlers. Terra Langley, store manager of the Lawrence location, said she and the staff at Family Video focus on connecting with their customers. “Giving the in-person experience where they can talk about movies, or just kind of talk in general,” Langley said. Family Video contributes to the community by donating to the Lymphoma Research Foundation. During three weeks in March, every customer is asked if they would like to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to make a contribution. Langley said she sees community members pass down the experience of searching for the night’s entertainment to younger generations. To assist this endeavor, Family Video offers free children’s video rentals. “Hopefully that will help them fall in love with video stores too,” Langley said.
Campus Couture: KU junior styles high fashion, comfort Alicia Marksberry @AliciaMarksb
Jordan Collins, a junior from Lawrence studying journalism, shows off her new Gucci belt with a simple yet stylish outfit. Collins attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Irvine, California, before coming to the University of Kansas. As a FIDM student, Collins was able to get a lot of experience in merchandise marketing by working backstage with models and celebrities. “It was really cool,” Collins said. “I got to interact with LA models and dress the models, and Jennifer Garner walked by backstage.” She’s wearing a white turtleneck, yellow and black tartan plaid pants, heeled boots, a Gucci belt and hoop earrings. Collins said she has been interested in fashion since a young age and enjoys dressing up for class. “I feel like it’s a great way to display who you are without speaking,” Collins said. While remaining fashionable, Collins said this outfit makes her feel comfortable, casual and cozy. “The key for me is if I can feel comfortable and still be practical with the weather, then it’s a good day,” she said. Collins said she has a lot of clothes at home. She has a full closet for her clothes and a sep-
arate half closet for her shoes that she created by remodeling the closet where she stored her towels. Collins said one of her favorite fashion icons is Zendaya, and her favorite brand is Zara. When accessorizing, she likes to pick one statement piece and keep the rest toned down to keep the outfit from being too overwhelming. Shop the Look Shirt: TJ Maxx Belt: Gucci Pants: Target
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KU junior Jordan Collins mixes comfort and fashion in her style.
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“Bloom Doom” on display at Wonder Fair Gallery until March 27.
The Goddess Ramen at Ramen Ramen Bowls located at 918 Massachusetts St.
“Locke & Key” released to Netflix on Feb. 7
Kye Colors performs at The Bottleneck on Feb. 14
“As You Like It” starts on Feb. 21 at Crafton-Preyer Theatre
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KU club knits apparel for homeless Taylor Worden @Taynoelle7
Each week, the Warm the World club at the University of Kansas brings students together from various backgrounds to knit together clothing for the homeless community of Lawrence. The group’s central mission is to provide those in Lawrence who do not have a home with clothes to help keep them warm during the winter months, Warm the World President Hailey Solomon said. “We think that the best way to provide love and support is through action,” Solomon said. “Our action is providing warm clothes.” Solomon, a senior studying civil engineering from Oswego, had the idea for the club before she was a student at the University. “I envisioned it when I first came to KU,” Solomon said. “I was really heartbroken by the number of homeless living in Lawrence.” Solomon said she decided to start the organization if she got accepted to the University, and when she got in, she did just that. “I made it into KU and my sophomore year, Warm the World was born,” Solomon said. Solomon said in the past, the club has donated materials to the Lawrence Community Shelter and Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen.
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how much work we put into our organization while also being creative.” Senior Christina Aguirre, a member of Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc., said strolling is similar to a dance routine but with a culture rooted in it. Aguirre said strolling is a way her organization can present themselves as united while also respecting the long history with the NPHC behind it. “Our bodies are used as the instrument to create the rhythm and beat rather than voices,” Aguirre said. “We are all unique in our ways and [strolling] is a special moment to represent who we are.” The Multicultural Greek Coun-
LINK, which operates out of the First Christian Church on 10th and Kentucky Streets, provides people free meals and household or clothing items donated during the week. During the winter, anything people can donate, such as coats, hats, gloves or socks can help people get through their day, LINK President Wendi Meisenheimer said. “It just helps them in their daily walk in life,” Meisenheimer said. “Anything that people bring to us besides a hot meal is just an added value to the folks that come there.” Due to the large amount of beginners in the group, Solomon said the majority of the items made are scarves and hats. However, some more experienced members have donated blankets as well. Warm the World meets in the Kansas Union every other Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m., but Solomon said no one is required to stay the whole time, and any time members are able to give is appreciated. No experience is required to join the club. “We train people from complete beginners who have never held a crochet hook in their life to experts who have been doing it for over a decade,” Solomon said. Although the central goal is to make clothing items, the group uses its meetings to spend quality
time together as well. “We have some other people who are willing to teach and then a bunch of people who are eager to learn,” Solomon said. “And we will just watch a movie together and gab about our lives and just
make warm clothes.” One of Solomon’s favorite aspects of the group is the people she gets to work with every week. “They are all very kind and very generous,” Solomon said. “It’s just such a gift to get to meet all
these wonderful people and also to get to work together on really fun projects and watch movies. I mean the whole experience is just so much fun.”
cil was established at the University in 2010 with the founding chapters of the Mu Beta Chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta, Associate Chapter of Lambda Phi Epsilon and Delta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma. Now, the council is home to Lambda Phi Epsilon, Sigma Psi Zeta, Phi Iota Alpha and Kappa Delta Chi. In the council, the only non-strolling organization is Phi Iota Alpha. Floyd said due to the established bond between NPHC and MGC over the years, a safe space has been created for MGC organizations to stroll and step without it being viewed as cultural appropriation. Sophomore Justin Truong, a member of Lambda Phi Epsilon, said strolling and stepping are how organizations can express themselves and pay tribute to brothers that have passed
before them. Truong said he can understand how people could view MGC organizations strolling or stepping as cultural appropriation. “I don’t really see it as appropriating because [with our organization], there’s a different style to strolling, but we still have the same values of strolling as [NPHC organizations],” Truong said. Truong said it is cultural appropriation when organizations outside of NPHC directly copy moves, signs or calls and claim them to their coinciding organization. As long as members of the organization know the origin and the significance behind strolling and stepping, Truong said it’s OK to put their own “spin on it and somehow connect it to our own cultural background.” Floyd said at the University, the councils are lucky to have a strong
bond between them so they can have respectful conversations about what is considered appropriating and what isn’t.
sonally, we kind of call them our cousin.” Floyd said concerns arise only when people, Greek or nonGreek, disrespect the integrity behind stepping and strolling. Floyd said multiple levels of respect are necessary for multicultural Greek organizations to avoid appropriating NPHC organizations. For example, line crossing in Greek terms is when an organization is strolling in a line and someone, not a part of the organization, walks through the line, “breaking it up.” Floyd said breaking a line is deliberately disrespecting the organization and its members. “It’s not cultural appropriation as long as you’re understanding, you’re appreciating and not mimicking what we do,” Floyd said.
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The KU Warm the World club knits and crochets hats, gloves, scarves and other winter apparel.
“It’s not cultural appropriation as long as you’re understanding, you’re appreciating and not mimicking what we do.” Tiara Floyd Zeta Phi Beta member
“I’m personally fine with multicultural Greeks strolling and don’t see it as cultural appropriation because I think at least with being kind of like the marginalized Greeks on a lot of campuses, MGC and NPHC kind of have that bond to stick together,” Floyd said. “Per-
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Should KU have had Super Bowl Monday off? OPINION Jeffrey Birch @JeffreyBirch5
Last week, as the hype for the Super Bowl was reaching its crescendo, the University of Kansas Student Senate put out an interesting resolution. It recommended that Chancellor Douglas Girod cancel class the following Monday. If he did not, the resolution recommended the University provide barf bags to students because, in the words of Chief of Staff Zach Thomason, “We’re just being realistic.” Sentiments like this aren’t uncommon. People have talked about a Super Bowl Monday holiday for years and this is merely the natural extension of that. Around 37% of American adults list football as their favorite sport to watch, according to a Gallup poll. That’s a pretty significant slice of the population, so why isn’t anything being done? Groups have tried. A petition posted on the White House official website got up to 25,000 signatures in 2015, but that was well below the needed 100,000 signatures for White House recognition. And, if we step back, it would be ludicrous to expect congress to bow to the will of a sport controlled by an outside private business. That would be like Apple asking Congress to make their annual Worldwide Developers Conference a national holiday; or Amazon asking for Cyber Monday off. If either of these happened, people would be up in arms about the private interference
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Kansas City Chiefs fans celebrate the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl at the parade Wednesday, Feb 5.
in our government, or they’d get laughed out of the room for suggesting something so ridiculous. The situation with the NFL should be no different. If the NFL really wanted to, it is fully able to move the Super Bowl to a time when people don’t have work the next day, like before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s day, or a truly revolutionary idea: moving the game to a Saturday. So why should the University be any different? We are all fully fledged adults attending college, from which most of us will then enter the normal workforce. You wouldn’t call your boss to cancel work or else give you a barf bag (at least you really shouldn’t). That would be incredibly unprofessional. And going back to the statistics from earlier, only 37% of American adults are primarily football
fans. While that’s quite a lot, that’s nowhere near a majority. For most students and employees, it was just another Monday. An important difference, however, between us attending college and working a job is that we are paying to go to class. We’re paying quite a lot, in fact. Sacrificing a day of class because a vocal group is hungover is detrimental to student fans, as well as those who were just having a normal Monday. It would be a small group of students sacrificing the entire student body’s long-term interests for a single night of partying. Which brings me to my final point. Even if most students were watching the game, it ended at around 9:15 pm, which is way earlier than most college students normally go to bed. If you weren’t functioning enough to go to class
“I think Bill Clinton said that once... and maybe Fleetwood Mac” “I’m a triple major on the dean’s list and can’t spell spaghetti.” “He was wearing plaid though so I was like...no, but like, maybe?” “So are we watching Spy Kids or
“White people’s culture is snorting salt for the rush.” “It doesn’t make you a sinner, but it does make you a little shit.”
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in the morning, it is because of the decisions that you personally made. The University has zero responsibility to oblige students for their own poor decision making. I’m not saying to never go out. But, when you’re going out and simply hoping the world shapes itself so you don’t have to deal with the fallout, that’s not a pattern of behavior that is sustainable or healthy. Sometimes, for the sake of our own long-term interests, we have to take paths that don’t instantaneously give us the maximum amount of fun. That’s life, and that’s what college should be preparing us for. We’re at school to get an education. It’s our responsibility to act like it. Jeffrey Birch is a senior from Wichita studying accounting.
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Keisha Lopes argues that if Sanders is the Democratic nominee, U.S. politics will become more polarized.
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With Democratic primaries only weeks away, voters say that President Donald Trump’s defeat is their driving force in deciding between candidates. Yet, would electing Bernie Sanders counteract the idea of progressivism? In a majority of polls, Sen. Sanders is leading the way down the path to a Democratic nomination. Championing access to free college tuition, Medicare for all, and a fight against the ever-growing threat of climate change, Sanders has been labeled the most “progressive” candidate. Gaining significant traction from youth, minorities, women, and immigrants, the senator has be-
come the candidate of the people. On the other side of the aisle, Trump is also referred to as a candidate of the people. In his second cycle of elections, Trump has retained his base with promises of securing the borders, expanding America’s military power, and stimulating the economy by tax cuts that will be detrimental in the long term. Sanders and Trump appear to be competing on entirely different tracks. On a policy basis, the two contenders rival one another in almost every aspect. But the candidates mirror one another under a fateful umbrella: populism. Since the term “populism” has made its way onto the global stage, associations of racism, bigotry, and nationalism have clung to the word. In Trump’s case, this is not so far fetched. But, for Sanders, a candidate that resem-
bles nothing of racism or bigotry, many cannot comprehend the association. Populism has developed into a revolution against the status quo, whether it be corporate elites or the federal government. As the standing president, Trump has targeted the branches of the federal government, citing widespread corruption and misrepresentation, and Sanders has done the same against wealthy elites. With Sanders leading the way in the first Democratic primary and in other preliminary polls, the possibility of Sanders and Trump battling towards the finish line has become a quite viable possibility. We could witness these two strikingly similar candidates hurtling towards the presidency. Yet, most of the Democratic Party has remained blind to the similarities. In a time of unprecedented po-
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litical polarization, this country does not need to be flung from one extreme to the other. In fact, it would likely lead to our rapid demise. From a personal standpoint, free tuition and healthcare sounds phenomenal and I would not mind a viable planet to inhabit. The opposition is not towards the policy, but rather the inability of either candidate to understand the concept of a middle ground. Fire is being fought with nothing other than fire, inevitably only leading to a larger fire. While Americans have never been so divided, we need a figure that will slow the rapid process of accelerating polarization. Take Amy Klobuchar, for example. It is unlikely that you will see Klobuchar bumper stickers on every Prius or see or her campaign slogan on your relatives’ Facebook background; but, it’s also not probable that she will be engulfed in the flames of Fox News — at least for now. She’s a lukewarm candidate, with the ability to account for more than one viewpoint. To have anyone other than Trump as President of the United States would undoubtedly be considered a blessing, even if his name is Bernie Sanders. If America wants a progressive president, then a progressive president we shall get. Hopefully, it won’t be Trump’s good conscience counterpart. Keisha Lopes is a senior from Denver, Colorado, studying political science and international studies.
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Azubuike, Dotson record double-doubles against TCU Their connection opened the game up for Dotson, who started the game 2-of-9 from the field. As TCU held Azubuike to just one shot attempt after the 15:49 mark in the second half, Dotson got opportunities to take over the game. He shot 5-for-8 in the second half, netting his second career double-double, adding 18 points to his 11 dimes. His first career double-double also came against the Horned Frogs when he finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds on Feb. 11, 2019.
Kansas worked its offense through Azubuike who dominated the first half. He recorded 14 points and nine rebounds in the first 20 minutes on 7-of-10 shooting.
Senior center Udoka Azubuike catches the ball against UNCG. The Jayhawks defeated the Spartans 74-62 Friday, Nov. 8.
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In Kansas men’s basketball’s 6046 victory over TCU on Saturday, senior center Udoka Azubuike and sophomore guard Devon Dotson recorded double-doubles, paving the way for the Jayhawks to cruise to victory. Kansas worked its offense
through Azubuike, who dominated the first half. He recorded 14 points and nine rebounds in the first 20 minutes on 7-of-10 shooting. Six of those seven made baskets were dunks, including three straight in just over a minute, midway through the half. The Jayhawks had seven assists at the 10:05 mark, which was more
than they had in the entire game against the Texas Longhorns. A lot of those came from finding Azubuike under the rim. In fact, the senior big man received six of the first seven Kansas assists. Azubuike compensated for the rest of the team during his commanding performance, as his teammates shot a combined 6-for-26 (23.1%) from the field in
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the first half. He continued to haunt the Horned Frogs’ post defense early in the second half. Azubuike had three dunks on his first three attempts after halftime and totaled 20 points and 15 rebounds. Dotson threw alley-oops on two of those dunks and tallied a career-high 11 assists, six to Azubuike.
Dotson made one of the biggest scores of the game. It came when TCU cut the Jayhawks’ lead to four with 7:05 left in the second half. With a chance to cut the deficit to one score, junior guard Marcus Garrett stole the ball from sophomore guard R.J. Nembhard. Garrett went on to feed the ball to Dotson who drew a foul and made the layup. Dotson made the free throw that jump started a 15-4 run until the 2:10 mark. In that stretch the Charlotte native scored seven points and dished out an assist. The Jayhawks will play their next game this Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Morgantown, West Virginia against the West Virginia Mountaineers.
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Kansas women’s basketball took its sixth straight loss 87-74 against TCU on Saturday night in Allen Fieldhouse. The Horned Frogs impressive shooting and scoring outburst, as well as their dominant ball possession, led to the Jayhawks’ loss. “I knew we had to be really good to beat (Kansas) today,” TCU head coach Raegan Pebley said. “Prior to that Baylor game they were playing some of their best basketball in league.” And TCU did play great. From the field they shot an exceptional 51.5% and also stroked the 3-pointer well, shooting 41.2% from behind the arc. Leading the Horned Frogs in scoring was junior guard Lauren Heard with 23 points. She came into the game averaging a team-best 17.3 points.
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“(Heard’s) teammates did a nice job, whether it was screens or outof-defense opportunities,” Pebley said. “Her getting opportunities at the free throw line also helped.” Besides TCU’s precise shooting, they were also able to dominate ball possession. Kansas was out-rebounded by nine on the night, and TCU gathered 13 offensive rebounds to extend
Freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin blocks her opponent. The Jayhawks defeated the Florida Gators 76-66 Sunday, Dec. 8.
possessions. Kansas also committed 17 turnovers and TCU capitalized by scoring 21 points off of them. Both the rebounding advantage and Kansas turnovers gave the Horned Frogs 10 more field goal opportunities, which led to their 87-point scoring outburst. “It wasn’t our offense that was the difference in the game,” head coach Brandon Schneider said. “It was really our second quarter defense, giving up a couple transition threes and our six turnovers in the quarter was really the difference in the game.” One positive for the Jayhawks
this game was the play of sophomore guard Aniya Thomas. Coming off an impressive outing against Baylor, she added another great outing, this time scoring a career-high of 28 points. “I’ve just been going to the gym extra and just basically just going extra hard in practice,” Thomas said. Moving forward in the Big 12, Kansas will need to strengthen its defensive play and take care of the ball to be successful. The Jayhawks will face Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.
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Junior forward Tina Stephens dribbles to the rim against Texas Tech.
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February marks Black History Month, and in it’s honor, Kansas Athletics announced the Marian E. Washington Trailblazer series. The annual series will highlight the illustrious achievements and accomplishments of current and former African Americans who have molded Kansas Athletics into the program it is today. Each week in February the series will showcase an outstanding African American who blazed their way through the University and made a lasting impact on the program. The namesake comes from Marian E. Washington, who was a former Kansas women’s basketball coach for 31 seasons, from 1973 to 2004. Washington served as the first athletics director for women’s athletics under Title IX at the University for five years. Washington was a trailblazer for African-American women, being the first African-American woman to coach a United States women’s basketball team in an international competition. “I’m very excited to be associated with this new KU series,” Washington said in a statement to Kansas Athletics. “I feel that there are so many people of color that have contributed to our great university and it’s wonderful that we’re giving our fan base, alums and community an opportunity to learn more about them.” Washington was the first to be celebrated this month, followed by John McLendon for week two, Curtis McClinton for week three and finally Stanley Redwine. “It’s a real honor for me and it’s one of the most important initiatives that we preserve and tell the stories of these great Kansas Jayhawk trailblazers,” Washington said. “This series will provide
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a legacy my family will be very proud of.” John McLendon was the first African American to earn a physical education degree from the University in 1937. He was an asset in integrating the Robinson Center swimming pool, and is also a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. McLendon went on to become the first African American to coach in professional bas-
ketball. Curtis McClinton was one of the first African-American football players at Kansas. He also spent time on the KU track team, and was the 1960 Big 8 Indoor High Hurdles Champion. McClinton graduated in 1962 and was drafted by the Dallas Texans, which later became the Kansas City Chiefs. He then went on to score a touchdown in the 1970 Super Bowl, making him the first
American Football League player to score in a Super Bowl. Stanley Redwine, the week four feature, is a member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, and is currently in his 20th season as the head coach of the Kansas men’s and women’s track and field and cross country programs. Redwine is the first African-American men’s track coach in program history. He was just named a Team USA assistant coach for the 2020
Olympic Games in Tokyo. “We are proud to create this new series honoring the trailblazers who were paramount in furthering the African-American student-athlete advancement here at KU and beyond,” Athletic Director Jeff Long said in a press release. “Marian E. Washington’s impact is evident when you read and hear stories from those she influenced and how it extends far beyond sports.”
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