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s Student Senate
election
filing
deadlines
near,
here are a few things to
know about the election
process.
Running for a Senate
seat
Student Senate consists
of 81 elected senators and
an 11-member executive
branch. Several academic
departments
elect
63
senators on the legislative
branch, according to the
Senate website.
Jesse Burbank, chair
of the Student Senate
Elections
Commission,
said students who'd like
to run for a position on
the executive or legislative
branch form a group of
candidates. That group
will represent a common
set of goals known as a
coalition.
Burbank said coalitions
gather candidates they
think believe in their
common vision. Then the
coalitions present a slate
of candidates and cohesive
ideas that run for Senate
at the same time.
Running as a coalition
means that you run
with a group of likeminded people, and its a
concerted effort, he said.
Campaign Violations
University police reported 214 drug law arrests from 2012-2014, according to The Clery Act
Annual Security Reports.
Kansas law allows authorities to arrest and
prosecute drug offenders
for separate violations.
However, the difference
in legal consequences regarding violations are
costly and often combined.
The most prominent
drug violation among University students is possession of a controlled substance, usually marijuana,
along with a paraphernalia
charge, said Adam Mansfield, KU Legal Services
staff attorney.
A lot of the times, the
two charges get put together, Mansfield said.
So if your marijuana is
in a baggy they can charge
you for that bag as paraphernalia. A lot of people
dont understand that.
Chris Keary, interim director and chief of police
at the KU Public Safety
office, said out of the 214
drug law arrests on campus, roughly half were in
residential halls.
What we have seen in
our drug law arrests from
2012-2014 reflects a greater effective training of
housing staff to notify us
when they suspect a controlled substance," Keary
said. "We do regular training with hall staff to be
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OPEKA A group of
bipartisan representatives are advocating the repeal of the death
penalty as a way to save
the state money.
Reps. Steven Becker
(R-Buhler), John Bradford (R-Lansing) and
Dennis Boog Highberger (D-Lawrence) made the
argument Thursday at a
press conference held in
conjunction with the Kansas Coalition Against the
Death Penalty (KCADP).
can no longer ignore the people are on death row execution on hand at all alition Against the Death
economic incentive.
in Kansas.
times, and they have a Penalty reported. The coThe death penalty
However, when the state short shelf life, Bradford alition is advocating for
is such an inefficient
seeks the death penalty said.
reallocation of the death
practice in our state that
in a case, it goes though
Even without the execu- penalty budget to other
could truly
areas of public
save milsafety.
lions of dolI think
lars, Becker
there are
said. This
much better
morning we
uses for the
received a
resources that
Supreme
were using
Court
for the death
opinion
penalty in the
that I think
state of Kanrequires us
sas, Highto come up
berger said.
with about
Bradford
$54 milsaid bipartilion more
san support
for public
shows the
education
importance of
in the state.
repealing the
We are
death penalty.
desperate
This isnt
for money,
partisan; its a
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and one of
moral issue,
Kansas Rep. Steven Becker, R-Buhler, speaks about his bill, House Bill 2515, to abolish the death penalty in
the sources
Bradford said.
Kansas on Thursday Jan. 28, 2016, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.
we could find
The three repwould be
resentatives
the repeal of the death
additional safeguards to tions, were wasting mon- said they would like to repenalty.
prevent a wrongful con- ey, Becker said.
place the penalty with life
Kansas reinstated the viction, which end up
The cost for the state in prison without parole.
death penalty in 1994 but costing the state money, goes up every year as Highberger said he underhas not carried out an Becker said.
more cases are added and stands the severity of the
execution in more than
In addition, the state appeals are filed for exist- crimes in cases where the
50 years. Currently, nine has to keep the drugs for ing cases, the Kansas Co- death penalty is sought,
on a coalition or candidate
if this spending cap is
exceeded.
Violations,
which
are classified as either
egregious
or
nonegregious, are reported to
the Elections Commission,
which then has some
discretion
to
decide
the seriousness of the
violation, Burbank said.
A lot of violations are
self-reported or reported
by others. The ones [the
Elections
Commission]
gets wind of, whether it
be on campaign finance
reports or anything like
that, well take actions
on that, he said. It just
depends on how severe
the violation is.
Burbank said other
violations
including
intimidation,
anything
involving
violence,
failure to comply with an
audit from the Elections
Commission, or any effort
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Bo Luo, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is the director of a program that prepares students to take cybersecurity jobs
for government agencies.
system-security practice
and cyber-defense competition
opportunities
through the information
security club at the University.
The program will work to
recruit veteran and active
duty members of the U.S.
er DoD (Department of
Defense) agencies, Luo
said.
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Im very geometric and
structured in my work, and
I think that comes from being in the design school and
[needing] the structure,
Kovacic said. It also helps
ease stress and anxiety,
drawing triangles over and
over again, and those could
evolve to hexagons and so
on and so forth."
She added, "My art is a
process and I couldnt tell
you whats going to come
next.
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also in the design school,
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what Kovacic will do next,
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feel so lazy in comparison;
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of helped me learn how to
get better.
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difficult project, often getting caught up on what she
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to take a step back and
work on something else for
a while when I hit a wall,
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She never gives up and I really admire that about her.
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to her fabrics.
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stuck. So over the Christmas break, I just started
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was a new medium for me,
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work I think I try to find the
balance between what is
precise and very well constructed and what is unpredictable and fluid.
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with watercolors bleeding
into the fabric and running
where she didnt know it
would run has helped her
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of a coping mechanism than
anything, Kovacic said.
I definitely have a lot of
stress and my work is very
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Sophomore guard Devonte Graham smiles early in the game against Oklahoma. The Jayhawks beat the Sooners 76-72.
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However, there wasnt
a moment of panic. Graham walked over to Mason
and told him it was all under control. Junior guard
Wayne Selden Jr. recounted the conversation being
quick and to the point.
DTae told [Mason]
hes got him, Selden said.
[And] he did.
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the game. He scored eight
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Softball
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issues
BRIAN MINI
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Entering this year, pitching seemed to be the biggest question mark for the
Kansas softball team. After
the five-game Jacksonville
Tournament, it still seems
to be the biggest unknown.
The Jayhawks finished the
tournament with a 2-3 record, with one loss coming
against ranked NC State
and the other two coming
against 4-1 UNC Greensboro. In the Jayhawks last
two losses, they gave up a
combined 18 runs.
The tournament started
off well for Kansas, they
went 2-1 in the first three
games with wins against
Jacksonville and Coastal
Carolina. Unfortunately,
the inexperienced pitching staff caught up to the
Jayhawks.
Freshman pitcher Alexis
Reid, who started two of
the five games, was credited for all three of the losses. She had nine strikeouts
in just over nine innings,
but shed also given up 10
runs.
The bright side of the
pitching staff has come
from the Virginia transfer
Andie Formby. Formby has
started three games and
has a 2-0 record. Opposing
batters are only hitting
.224 against her and shes
given up just four runs in
13.2 innings.
Offensively there was a lot
to be excited about, most
notably sophomore Daniella Chavez picking up where
she left off last season.
Shes currently batting .588
(10 for 17) and has 10 RBIs
with a home run in three
straight games. To put her
10 RBIs in perspective,
the rest of the team has a
combined 14 RBIs.
Sophomore infielder
Jessie Roane added four
RBIs and senior outfielder
Shannon McGinley added
three. Senior outfielder Briana Evans is second on the
team in batting average,
hitting .385 with the teams
first triple and stolen base.
In the first game against
NC State, Kansas fell
behind 3-0 before scoring
its first run in the seventh
inning. The one run was on
Alexis Reids first hit of her
Kansas career, a solo home
run.
The second game of the
day against Jacksonville
looked a lot more like
last years Jayhawks. The
Jayhawks scored 9 runs in
five innings on their way to
a 9-0 shutout. Jessie Roane
and Daniella Chavez both
finished with three RBIs
each and Andie Formby
threw five shutout innings
and gave up one hit.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks split the two games
again. The first against
Coastal Carolina was a 5-1
win, highlighted by home
runs by Chavez and junior
outfielder Lily Behrmann.
Against UNC Greensboro,
the Jayhawks fell behind
6-1 after a four-run fifth inning. The Jayhawks started
to rally but ultimately fell
short by a score of 6-3.
On Sunday, the Jayhawks
looked to bounce back
against UNC Greensboro.
The Jayhawks held a 6-3
lead over the Spartans but
the Jayhawks surrendered
nine runs in the sixth
inning. The Jayhawks lost
12-8.
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Kansas senior forward Perry Ellis smiles in the game against Oklahoma Saturday. The Jayhawks have a short turnaround, facing Oklahoma State on Monday.
ter.
But given that the game
will take place just over
48 hours from the conclusion of the Oklahoma
game, Kansas fans cant
help but wonder if there
will be some kind of hangover effect on the players. Winning on the road
in conference is no easy
task, particularly in an
environment such as Saturdays against one of the
best teams in the country.
If the Jayhawks can
avoid the hangover and
control the Cowboys on
Monday night, it would
display the growth this
team has made over the
course of the season. And
for a team trying to win
their 12th straight conference title, that growth is a
necessity.
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Left handed pitcher Ben Krauth throws against Utah. Krauth was named as one of the teams captains.