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In September 2007, Kan-sas City resident Julie Levineound a lump in her breast. Sheimmediately went to a doctorbut was told there was nothingto worry about afer a biopsyconcluded the lump was be-nign. Levine continued to seemultiple doctors, all o whomtold her she was healthy.But Levine knew something

was wrong.“I knew my body, and it was

ailing me,” she said.In May 2008, her diagnosis

arrived, and it confirmed herworst ears: stage 3 breast can-cer.o spread awareness o the

disease, Levine told her story atthe Chabad Center or JewishLie at KU's first pink Shabbatdinner Oct. 16.In honor o National Breast

Cancer Awareness Month,which is observed every Octo-ber, Chabad at KU went pinkthis month: pink tablecloths,pink quinoa salad, pink chal-lah (braided bread traditional-

l eaten on the Sabbath) with

pink sprinkles, pink cake andcookies.Jewish communities around

the country have hosted “pinkShabbats” to raise awarenessor breast cancer. Sharsheret,a nonprofit dedicated to sup-porting Jewish women di-agnosed with breast cancer,started the event soon afer theorganization was ounded in2001. Instructions or properhosting can be ound on theSharsheret website, including arecipe or pink challah.Levine visited the Universi-

ty with her amily to give her

speech, which Rabbi Zalmaneichtel called “captivating.”“I was so moved by her,” he

said. “She spoke rom thedepth o her heart. She meantevery word. I think that whatshe said is what every studentneeds to hear.”Levine is an Ashkenazi Jew,

meaning she has a Central orEastern European background.According to Sharsheret, 1in 40 Ashkenazi Jews carry amutation in one o the BRCAgenes, putting them at a risk ocancer development 10 timesthe rate o the general popu-

lation. Breast cancer is one othe more common cancers themutation causes, both in menand women.Soon afer her diagnosis, ge-

neticists confirmed Levine wasa carrier o the BRCA2 muta-tion. Tere is no history o can-cer in her amily. She under-went aggressive chemotherapyand major surgery. oday,Levine is breast-cancer-reebut is being treated or a malig-nancy in her lungs.Levine has three children:

Adam, Samantha and Elliot.Adam and Samantha are Uni-

versity graduates, and Elliotis currently a junior. All three

were tested or the BRCAmutation a ew years ago, but

only Samantha tested positive.Simply carrying the mutationdoesn’t guarantee that one willdevelop cancer, but Samanthawill have to watch her health

very closely.Although she has been there

or her mother throughout herillness, Samantha said she stillappreciates hearing her story,especially when it is told toothers.“It’s important or me to hear

her speak and hear her wordso wisdom,” Samantha said.Julie said she has a sense o

duty to her amily and her

community to tell her story.She had no knowledge o the

gene beore her diagnosis, andshe said she thinks everyoneshould at least be aware o itsexistence.“Te thing about this event

— this wasn’t an event to sharenitty-gritty details o my ill-ness," she said. "It was to inspirepeople who ace adversity."Julie added: “I’m here to sup-

port any young girls who areworried or scared.”

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““She spoke from thedepth of her heart. Shemeant every word. Ithink that what shesaid is what every stu-dent needs to hear.”

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About two weeksago, 51-year-oldSuzanne Homann,

an art teacher at Spring HillMiddle School and “KU

mom,” was diagnosed withbreast cancer.Homann has had routine

mammograms rom thetime she was 24 years old,and each year the scans wereclean. Tis year, however,the mammogram picked upon “strange tissue,” so sheopted or a $60 3D scan thather insurance didn’t cover.Te tests came back posi-

tive or stage 1 breast cancer.However, Suzanne said thatafer urther testing it’s look-ing like stage 2.

“I'd be a liar i I didn'thave thoughts o losing mymother, but all I could thinkabout was how ortunate shewas to catch it so early,” saidher son, Austin Homann, asenior rom Spring Hill.When Suzanne ound out

she had breast cancer, shecalled her husband, who is adeputy sheriff in Spring Hill,at work. She said the conver-sation couldn't wait.“My husband’s first re-

sponse — he just brokedown,” she said. “But the

nice thing is we’re together.We’re doing this together.”Suzanne is adopted. She

said she had ound and mether birth mother, who has ahistory o cancer and deathsrom cancer on her side othe amily. Her birth motherand aunt died rom cancer.“I do have that ear because

they said with their latestfindings it could be else-where in the body,” Suzannesaid. “Tose things kind oscare me, but knowing thatinormation has definitelymade us proactive.”

Austin said that though thenews wasn’t easy to receive,his mom had mentioned thepossibility o the diagnosisbeore.“It wasn't out o the blue.

My mom had told me a ewweeks prior that her year-

ly mammogram picked upsome strange tissue," he said."My immediate thought wasthat it was caught early —this is as early as it gets."Suzanne agreed. She said

that once doctors did theMRI, they discovered it was

larger than they previouslythought. Te MRI also re-

vealed she had three othermasses.“Had I not had [the 3D

mammography scan], theywould not have ound this,”she said. “Most insurancecompanies don’t cover it,[but] it was the best $60 thatI spent.”Breast cancer is the sec-

ond leading cause o cancerdeath in women, accordingto 2015 reports by the Amer-ican Cancer Society. Te dis-parity between breast cancer

in women is staggeringlyhigh compared with breastcancer occurrences in men.Te 2015 report reflects anestimated 2,350 new cases in

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When Jared Coltharp, asophomore rom Chanute, wasapplying to colleges, he knewhe would need some help a-ording tuition. But he’s now inhis second year in the Schoolo Engineering.

Coltharp is one o many re-

cipients o both Universityassistance and a ederal PellGrant, and without them, hewouldn’t be here.

Coltharp also receives sup-port as part o the University’sRIO Supportive EducationalServices program, which helpslow-income and first genera-tion students by offering aca-demic, financial and personalsupport.

Funding or RIO has in-creased this year with twonew grants to the University.Te Center or EducationalOpportunity Programs re-

ceived $1.5 million to createa program that helps migrantstudents. Ngondi Kamatuka,director o the CEOP, said thatprogram opened this year andis helping our students, butcan serve up to 30.

Te Supportive EducationalServices program also receiveda $1.1 million grant to expandits office to help students in-terested in studying in thehealth or SEM fields, accord-ing to a press release rom theAchievement and Access Insti-tute, which oversees CEOP.

Te University has eightRIO programs, three owhich serve college students.Others offer scholarships tomiddle and high school stu-dents to encourage collegeschool attendance and serveadults who are looking to geta college degree, accordingto a press release rom theAchievement and Access In-stitute. Supportive EducationalServices (SES), the Education-al Opportunity Program andthe McNair Scholarship pro-gram all serve college students,like Coltharp.

Kamatuka said his goal is togive equal access, support andopportunity to all students, re-gardless o background.

“Our students need to have a

place that they can call home.Tey have unique needs and iwe are in the business o want-ing every student to succeed atthe University o Kansas, wemust provide the environmentor all o our students to besuccessul,” Kamatuka said.

Kamatuka is rom Namibia,but traveled to Zambia look-ing or an opportunity to get

a higher education. Tere hemet Kansas missionaries whohelped him move to Kansas,where he earned a bachelor’s,a master’s and a Ph.D. He saidhe couldn’t have done it with-out the support o the mission-aries, so he decided to helpothers get the same chanceshe did.

“I see mysel in all o our stu-dents,” Kamatuka said.

Hannah Morrow, a first gen-eration and low-income seniorrom Skiatook, Okla., got in-

volved in the McNair programher sophomore year or the re-search opportunities. She saidthe program helps her affordtuition and research costs, butalso provides support.

“McNair is the place or us togo where they know the obsta-cles you ace and can help uswith them,” Morrow said. “Youcreate this whole amily inthe university setting and youmight not get that elsewhere.”

Morrow said she wouldn’t bestudying brain processes with-out the program. CameronArnold, a junior rom ope-ka and a McNair scholar, also

said he was connected to hisresearch through the program.Arnold is researching carbon

dioxide oam or his petro-leum engineering degree witha aculty mentor. He said beingin the program has been ben-eficial to his research becauseo the mentoring and undinghe receives.

“It helps make my researchmore credible,” Arnold said.“Tey also help us deal withhow stressul it is to be a ull-time student and a researcherat the same time.”

utoring, financial help and

job hunting are all ways theprograms help low-incomestudents. Maritza Macha-do-Williams, director o SES,said her office serves around

250 students annually with a variety o services. Most stu-dents come to the office seek-ing tutoring, she said, but,to be a part o SES, studentsmust also regularly meet witha retention specialist, who willhelp them with everythingrom picking classes to fillingout FAFSA orms to applyingor jobs.

“Tey get to know the stu-dents as a whole,” Macha-do-Williams said. “It’s a specialrelationship that we developand it lasts many years.”

Machado-Williams said thegoal o the office is retainingand graduating their students.

Kamatuka said students in- volved in one o the RIO pro-grams have better success ratesin retention and graduationwhen compared to studentsrom similar backgrounds.

According to SES, in the2013-14 school year, the pro-gram retained 87 percent ostudents, which is over theederal goal o 80 percent. It’salso higher than the Universityretention rate, which has hov-ered around 80 percent or thelast decade.

In comparison, according todata rom the Office o Institu-tional Research and Planning,69.7 percent o students re-ceiving Pell Grants, which areederal grants or low-incomestudents, in 2013 were retainedor the next year.

58 percent o students who

entered the SES program in2008-2009 school year hadgraduated by 2013.

According to OIRP, o thestudents who entered in 2009and received Pell Grants, 29.7percent graduated in ouryears.

RIO programs vary in o-cus, but one o the programs,the McNair scholarship, is

aimed at research. Each year,there are about 16 to 30 newMcNair scholars who arepaired with aculty and par-ticipate in research, said BillWoodard, communicationsmanager o the Achievement& Assessment Institute. Teyalso have the opportunity topresent their research at theKU McNair Research Sympo-sium, as well as receive a sum-

mer research internship.Woodard said 224 o the 263

McNair Scholars KU has hadsince it opened in 1992 havereceived bachelor’s degrees.Several have gone on to earnhigher degrees as well.

Morrow is now applying tograduate schools with the helpo the McNair program. Shesaid she wouldn’t have this op-

portunity i it weren’t or theresearch she did through theprogram.

“Te research has been in- valuable or me,” Morrowsaid. “Part o the reason I getaccepted into a graduate pro-gram is because o [McNair].”

— Edited by Derek Skillett

Te University expelled fivestudents and put five others onprobation or sexual assault orharassment so ar in 2015, butKU officials have not said howmany total victim complaintsit received or investigated.

Te University providedinormation about the 10 re-solved cases as the result o arecords request rom the Uni-

versity Daily Kansan.Te University resolved a to-

tal o 42 cases rom November2012 to September 2015, butit’s unclear how many totalcomplaints were filed duringthat period. In 2014 alone, theUniversity received more than120 sexual assault and sexualharassment complaints. TeUniversity has not said howmany complaints it receivedthis year and is not routinelyproviding that inormation to

the public.Requests by the Kansan or

the total number o complaintsreported between December2014 and September were notreturned by the Office o Insti-tutional Opportunity and Ac-cess. Te office, reerred to asIOA, investigates complaintso sexual harassment andsexual assault at the Universi-ty. Erinn Barcomb-Peterson,a University spokeswoman,said it “would take significanttime” to determine the num-ber o complaints o sexual

harassment and sexual assaultreported to IOA during thattime.

In one o the latest cases, Stu-dent Affairs — the office thatdecides the outcomes o thesecases — denied a recommen-dation by IOA or a no-contactorder. Te student was oundin violation o the sexual ha-rassment policy and put onthree months probation.

In another case, a student

who was ound to have violat-ed nine different policies, in-cluding the University’s sexualharassment policy and threeStudent Housing policies relat-ing to different types o harass-ment, was shown to be listed atin “good standing” with hous-ing and reassigned to a differ-ent residence. He was also puton probation by housing.

Neither o these cases or theothers resolved by the Univer-sity contain explanations orthe punishments nor detailsabout the incidents.

Between May 2012 and De-cember 2014, the Universityexpelled respondents in eightcases, suspended seven, andput 13 on probation.

How the University handlespunishments or offenders hasbeen under particular scrutinysince September 2014, whenthe Huffington Post publishedan article detailing one stu-dent’s complaints about theUniversity’s process. In that

case, the accused student al-legedly admitted to the sexualassault but was not punishedharshly. Te article said ad-ministrators decided not torequire the accused student todo community service becauseit was “too punitive.” Anotherstudent victim spoke out abouther disappointment with howKU handled her case.

Te documents are part othe Kansan’s efforts to shedlight on how the Universityinvestigates and adjudicatescases o sexual assault.

In a letter to the Kansan’slawyer, Max Kaustch, the Uni-

versity declined to release ur-ther details, including dates,locations and demographicinormation, about the casesbecause it elt it could identiypossible victims and perpetra-tors o crimes.

Te Kansan has also only re-ceived documents rom casesin which the findings indicatethat the harassment or assault

likely happened. Te Kansanhas not received supportingdocuments or cases in whichIOA determined that there is“insufficient evidence.”

Te records request comes onthe heels o a turbulent 2014-15 school year at the Univer-sity. KU is currently involvedin two itle IX investigationsby the Department o Educa-tion’s Office or Civil Rightsafer students filed complaintsalleging that KU’s process oinvestigating sexual assault vi-olated itle IX.

Te University has sincetaken steps to adjust how ithandles sexual assault com-plaints. IOA also released anew version o its sexual ha-rassment training that is nowmandatory or all students andmore interactive. Te Univer-sity will also implement mosto the recommendations romthe Sexual Assault ask Forcethat Chancellor BernadetteGray-Little created last all.

In latest resolved sexual assault cases,

5 expelled and 5 put on probationMIRANDA DAVIS@mirandardavis

KU receives 2 grants for scholarships, tutoringand other services for low-income students

An article that appeared on Monday, Oct. 19 with theheadline “Survivor’s story:Healing afer an abusiverelationship and becoming anadvocate or others in need,”incorrectly reerred to the Sex-ual rauma and Abuse Care

Center as a resource or victims

o domestic abuse. Te centeris not a domestic violence sup-

port agency and is not involvedin domestic v iolence awarenessmonth outreach. Te articlealso reerred incorrectly to theexecutive director o the Emilyaylor Center. She is KathyRose Mockry, not Kathy Rose

Mockery.

MCKENNA HARFORD@McKennaHarford

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When Jack Cline, ormerMarine and Harvard graduate,was approached our years agoto be a lobbyist in Washing-ton, D.C., or the Universityo Kansas, he knew the fit was

right. Te University’s researchon cancer hit home or Clineand was a driving orce or himto get to work.

“Te hook or me was KU’sprimary ocus on cancer re-search," Cline said. "Personal-ly, cancer research is a prioritybecause my daughter died ocancer."

Cline, whose daughter Chloedied o leukemia beore hersecond birthday, has madecancer research a priority,helping the University earnNational Cancer Institute des-ignation and millions o dol-

lars in unding or researchtoward a cure.

Cline said meeting with thepeople behind the research ex-cites him most o all.

“Tat’s my avorite thing, in-teracting with [KU] studentsand researchers,” Cline said.“Tat’s where the ideas comerom and where discoveryemerges — rom these antas-tic and talented young people.Tere’s not a moment whenI’m on campus where I’m notexcited about going to a lab onWest Campus.”

Cline spends his days onCapitol Hill communicating tolegislators about the Universi-ty's priorities.

“I’m kind o the eyes and earso the University on CapitolHill," Cline said. "Beore each

vote, I reach out [to the Kansasdelegation] and express KU’sposition on the legislation."

While Cline — who previ-ously spent five years as a lob-byist or the University o Mas-sachusetts — has experiencein ederal lobbying or highereducation, the University onlyrecently placed a lobbyist onCapitol Hill.

Upon arriving to the Univer-sity five years ago to find nolobbyist in place, Vice Chan-cellor im Caboni made apoint to change that.

“One o the things we didwhen I arrived was take a closelook at ederal relations,” Ca-boni said. “We knew that manyo our AAU (Association oAmerican Universities) peershad offices in Washington,D.C. Tat was not the struc-ture [at the University] beoreI arrived.”

With that in mind, Caboniand Chancellor BernadetteGray-Little decided to expand

to the nation’s capital.“Te decision was made that

to have the best representa-tion possible — and consistentrepresentation in Washington,D.C. — that we’d want to findsomeone in the [D.C.] areaand open an office, essentially,in the Beltway,” Caboni said.

Four years ago, during a visitto D.C., Caboni started ask-ing around about educationlobbyists and ound Cline.Caboni said the people hespoke to said Cline was wellrespected. When Caboni ap-proached Cline about beingthe University’s lobbyist, Clinesaid he was excited or the op-portunity.

“I jumped at the opportuni-ty [to come to KU] and it hasbeen a great upgrade,” Clinesaid. “It really was a natural fit.”

Cline said he ultimatelyworks or the benefit o stu-

dents, whether that means wel-coming students participatingin the Washington InternshipProgram or lobbying or eder-al aid and grant dollars.

“In many ways, Jack rep-resents not just the Universitybut the interests o every Kan-sas student,” Caboni said.

Caboni said Cline has goneabove and beyond in repre-senting student interests.

“Having Jack as part o ourteam is one o the thingsabout which I’m most proud,"Caboni said. "When you asksomeone [in D.C.] who rep-resents the University o Kan-sas, it’s Jack. He has been justan incredible asset to the insti-tution."

Cline said that despite hisproximity to Capitol Hill, hereuses to get caught up in pol-itics.

“One thing I want to empha-

size is that this is a nonparti-san job,” Cline said. “I’m nota Republican or a Democrat.I’m a Jayhawk.”

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“Glee” star discusses disability

awareness during campus talk

KU gets grant for program to

help students with disabilities

Lauren Potter, also knownas Becky Jackson on Glee,paid a visit to the Universityon Oct. 20 to discuss disabil-ity awareness. Potter is diag-

nosed with Down Syndromeand has been speaking aboutdisability awareness through-out the country.

Here are the three maintakeaways rom Potter’s visit:

1. Follow your dreams:

Potter started her speechby saying: “Now there weresome people who told me Iwould never be able to [act].”However, with her parents’support, a dance teacher whoallowed her to be in danceclass and an opening on Glee,

she was able to achieve hers.“I loved being part o a

team,” Potter said. “I alsolearned that being an actoris very long work and some-times very long hours, butyou know what? I was inheaven.”

2. Join Best Buddies:

Potter says being a “buddy”can make a difference. BestBuddies is a program thatconnects University studentswith high school graduateswho have “intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities,”according to their web-site. Tis program providesriendships that help studentswith disabilities eel more in-cluded on campus.

3. Fight to end

bullying:

Potter was a victim o bul-lying and campaigned withactress Jane Lynch — whoplayed Sue Sylvester in Glee— to end the use o the“R-word.”

Potter said being an actresshas given her an opportunityto speak out against bullyingpeople with disabilities.

“We all need to stand up oreach other so we can live in aworld where people can go toschool, go to work and not bearaid,” Potter said.

“I think it’s really import-ant to get conversations likethis started across campus,”said J Blake, a junior romHutchison and Vice Presi-dent o development withStudent Union Affairs.

CASSIDY RITTER@CassidyRitter

Afer months o waiting, theUniversity has received a grantrom the U.S. Department oEducation that would und aprogram or students with in-

tellectual disabilities.Te program, called KU

ransition to PostsecondaryEducation or Youth With In-tellectual Disabilities, was pro-posed by Mary Morningstar othe School o Special Educa-tion to the education depart-ment this summer.

Te grant would und KUransition or five years, withthe chance to renew it i theprogram be successul.

KU ransition would have acurriculum designed to helpstudents with career develop-

ment, according to the pro-posal Morningstar submitted.Te curriculum includes class-es like 21st Century Skills andAdult Roles and Responsibili-ties.

Omar Rana, Student Senatedirector o diversity and inclu-sion, worked with Morning-star this summer while she de-

veloped the application or theprogram. He said it’s the first oits kind at any public Universi-ty in Kansas.

Senate passed a resolution atthe first ull Senate meeting othe semester in support o theprogram.

Rana said this grant is a hugehonor, and Student Senateneeds to set a positive exampleby working with KU ransi-tion.

“We need to take the initia-tive, do ability training and

let other students know thesestudents are on campus andit’s a special and amazing thingor our campus and our state,”Rana said. “Schools all overAmerica apply or these and

very ew get it. [Student Sen-ate] took that stand to supportthe program and we need tohonor it.”

As the program is finalized,Rana said the University mayattract more students with dis-abilities.

“I think this will be a hugechange because there are cur-rently no students with thesetypes o intellectual disabil-ities, and I’m hoping moststudents will react positivelyto this,” Rana said. “Tere willbe a whole new set o Jayhawkson campus.”

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cations out o a pharmacydrive-thru window in a totalo five minutes. For most,the question is why it takesso long to get a prescriptionat the pharmacy. Doesn’t thepharmacist just read what thedoctor orders, take the pillsrom the big bottle and put itin a little bottle, screw the capon and sell it to you?

I think most people have noidea what really goes into the

job o a pharmacist , whichmeans they could really bemissing out. It’s much morethan billing your insuranceand counting pills into abottle.

o get a degree in pharmacy,you must attend a minimumo six years o schoolingpast high school. Tat’s twoyears o prerequisites andthen a our-year proession-al program. Another thing

many people don’t know:pharmacists are doctors, too.Tat’s right; the Doctor oPharmacy, or PharmD, is thenational standard in pharma-cy education.

So why does it take so longto get a prescription?First, the doctor has to

actually send the orderover either by phone, ax orelectronic prescription, orthey can write you a pa-per copy to bring into thepharmacy yoursel. Ten, ithas to be put correctly intothe pharmacy system, usuallyby a student or a technician,so it can be counted (again,usually by a technician orstudent) and checked by thepharmacist.

When the pharmacist

reviews a prescription, it’snot as simple as making sureeverything matches up prop-erly. Pharmacists check everymedication or potentialinteractions with other med-ications you might be takingor any conditions you mighthave. Every single time. Not

to mention it’s personalized.A minor interaction mightbe major or babies or theelderly, but the majority othe population is going to beOK.

Te last step, once it’s filledand verified, is to give it toyou. Te pharmacist can thenanswer any questions youmight have about the medica-tion, as well as let you knowabout relevant side effects.Te keyword here is relevant.Tere’s no need to scare youwhen you’re already noteeling yoursel — we aren’tthose awul direct-to-con-sumer ads.

Many people run into someblips at the pharmacy thatmay delay their prescriptionlonger than the 15-minute

standard. Many o these hap-pen with insurance problemsor incorrect prescriptions.It’s important to carry yourprescription insurance cardwith you. It’s also importantto remember that your med-ications are not the same asast ood — don’t expect your

blood-pressure medicationto be ready as quickly as yourburger and ries.

Pharmacists, in addition toproviding counseling rightwhen you are given a new

medication, can also perormservices called medicationtherapy management, orMM. Insurance companieswill ofen ask the pharmacistto reach out to the patientand offer to discuss theirmedications with them. Ofenthis happens with patientswho have stopped takingmedications or some reason.Sometimes people becomearaid o side effects theyaren’t even experiencing be-cause o media hype and thendon’t receive the therapeuticbenefit they desperately need.

Individuals usually gointo pharmacy because theyenjoy people and healthcare— don’t be araid o talkingto your pharmacist aboutconcerns you may have aboutany medication.

Additionally, over-the-counter medications and

supplements can be reallyoverwhelming, and pharma-cists are here to help. Don’tbe araid to ask about someembarrassing, common ail-ments. Pharmacists are here

to help you through whateverminor illness you may beexperiencing and answer anyquestions to the best o ourability.

Your pharmacist doesmore than you know. Nomatter what the question onmedication, they do theirbest. Tey are an essentialpart o the healthcare teamand want to work with yourdoctors, nurses, physicaltherapists and other health-care proessionals to take careo you. Ask questions, listento the counseling and don’t

treat your medications likeast ood. You’ll learn moreabout medication, yourseland taking care o your bodythe right way.

Abby Petrulis is a seniorand second-year pharmacystudent.

When someone says, “Wemet on inder,” many peoplemight be critical, immedi-ately interchanging the word“inder” with “hookup.”However, this isn’t the waywe should look at a social appthat attracts users or reasonsbeyond one-night stands.

Many tend to criticizeinder because they say it justleads to meaningless con-nections. At the same time,we spend so much o our

lives on social media anywaythat an incredible amount oour so-called “meaningul”connections with our riendsand amily are made throughsocial media. With Facebook,Instagram, Snapchat andwitter constantly keepingus connected to each other,it’s only natural that thereis another app dedicated tomeeting new people. inderis simply a newer medium in

which people can meet others,regardless o what their inten-tions are.

Contrary to the stigma

against inder, random hook-ups are not always the goal inmind or everyone who beginsswiping. People requentlydownload the app simply tosee what it’s like, chat to aew people and, i there arereal connections, even beginrelationships.

It’s not to say that inderisn’t used as a quicker, easierway to hook up. It is on someoccasions. But whatever a per-

son’s reasons are or creating ainder profile, they can maketheir intentions clear earlyon, avoiding any conusion

or waste o time. Tis makesit easy or someone to talk tothe people who are there orreasons matching their own.

People argue inder is“shallow” because first im-pressions and selections arebased on appearances. Is therereally a difference in howflirty interactions begin inperson? You see someone youfind attractive, start to makeconversation and base your

opinions rom there.Te ingenious part about

inder, however, is that itappeals directly to younger

people who communicatethrough technology. Connect-ing with people rom behinda screen, in the palms o ourhands, is amiliar to us.

inder isn’t a representationo “hookup culture.” It’s a rep-resentation o the ast-paced,technological culture we livein today. We find ease andcomort in browsing singlesthe way one might browse orshoes on Amazon.

Vanessa Asmussen is a junior from Neodesha studying journalism and sociology.

More than pills in a bottle: What pharmacists doABBY PETRULIS@apetrulis

VANESSA ASMUSSEN@VanessaAsmussen

Oh crap I just

jaywalked in front of

the chancellor.

Overheard in Fraser:

“Dude, you can’t just

SCREAM at random

children.”

Today there exists

app-inception. Get an

app to open another

app to buy another

app. STAHP.

Successfully avoided

buying a $100

textbook and I’m

passing the class. I’m

succeeding in life.

I don’t think I have reallyprocessed these last eightmonths yet.

My lie was right on paceor a great year until I got astrange phone call rom mymom at the end o last Febru-ary. It was a Tursday, and sheand my dad wanted to driveto Lawrence or the weekend.For our amily, that was odd.My parents live in C olumbus,Ind., which is a nine-hour

drive. I was conused andslightly panicked because myparents never just drop in.

From the minute my parentsarrived, I knew somethingwas off. Tere was a weight inthe air. And afer some smalltalk as my parents, my bestriend and I sat in the livingroom, my mom explained thatafer several weeks o pain inher abdomen, she finally wentto the doctor. Te doctor didsome bloodwork but gaveher no news. Next, he did anultrasound but still no news.Afer that, her doctor per-

ormed a C scan and thenasked her to come into hisoffice. He ound cancer in herliver, lungs and on her spine.

My mom had cancer. Mymom had cancer.

Te next week, doctorsdiscovered that the origin omy mom’s cancer was breastcancer. Te weird part? Mymom had a mammogram

in December 2014, but theydidn’t find anything. womonths later she was stage 4.

People always say, “You nev-er think it will happen to you.”How could it happen to me?My mom has always been ahealthy woman. She exercisedand drank homemade juiceevery morning. She didn’tsmoke and rarely drank. Tereis no way this woman couldget breast cancer.

And since I believed mymom couldn’t get cancer, Inever really had to stop andthink about the disease. Forthe past 21 years, I wrote offall the pink.

Wearing pink and postingpictures on social media?What a flashy way to dealwith something so serious. Itall seemed rivolous and triteto me.

Wearing pink is about theexact opposite. It’s aboutshowing a sign o solidarity.It’s a visible sign that ouramily — especially my momand dad — endured a lot opain this year. It’s about edu-cating anyone we can about

how seriously you should takeyour health. It’s about sayingthat getting a mammogram,while important, is not alwaysenough. You have to listen toyour body, even i you thinkit’s just a stomachache. Andit’s about hugging your peopleextra tight.

Cancer is horrible andruthless and heartbreaking— but it puts your lie into

perspective. You care aboutspending quality time withpeople rather than prioritizingwork or school. You realizethat you’re really lucky to havean amazing best riend and

boyriend who will let youcry on their shoulders but tellyou when enough’s enough.Suddenly, you call home moreofen and send more randomtext messages. Your lie goalsstart to shif rom entirelycareer-ocused to more peo-ple-ocused.

You realize how much o asuperhero your own motheris. Mine owns her own busi-

ness and managed operationsall throughout her treatments.She is an incredibly supportivemother to my sister and me;she’s the best Gigi to my twonephews; and she has to keep

my dad in check. (And that’s aull-time job on its own!)By July, my mom had the

best news o my entire lie;her cancer was inactive. Afernine rounds o chemotherapy,my mom kicked stage 4 breastcancer’s ass in six months.

In a positive or my mom,she decided to sell her busi-ness. She wants to ocus onreprioritizing hersel. I am so

proud o her.My amily is still processing

what happened this year.Finally, over all break we gotto help each other do just that.We gathered or a pink pho-

toshoot. My dad, mom, sister,nephews, me, and even ourdogs, wore pink. We all stoodaround my mom and smiledeasily. Giant, gooy smiles. Weposted it all on social media.

Te world needed to knowshe won. And you’re damnright it was flashy.

Katie Kutsko is the editor-in-chief of the Kansan.

Learning to love pink after supporting

my mom through stage 4 breast cancerKATIE KUTSKO@katiekutsko

CONTRIBUTEDKutsko, far right, with her sister, father, mother, nephews and dogs. Kutsko’s mother wasdiagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer earlier this year but is now cancer-free.

Pumpkin pie pop

tarts are prettyyy

good... just sayinEditor’s note: ALL

Pop-Tarts are good

Fall break wasn’t

enough...

How many days

until Thanksgivingbreak???

I’d say the Mets

are going to score

between 17 and 38runs tonight.

*finds ten seasonsof criminal minds on

Netflix* bye school

*applies for

graduation*

*cries*Editor’s note: RT


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ARTS & CULTURE KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2015HOROSCOPES ››

WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?

MADI SCHULZ@Mad_Dawgg

Artist and student Haley Hapgood on

developing her style as a printmaker

A handwritten phrase is thefirst thing to note upon enter-ing the studio space belongingto Haley Hapgood, a senior

from Kansas City, Kan.It reads: “La différence entreton opinion et un café c’est que

j’ai demandé un café.”“I’ve been kind of teaching

myself French,” Hapgood said.ranslated, the phrase says:

“Te difference between youropinion and a coffee is I askedfor a coffee.”Looking past the sarcastic

French phrase, a sweepingglance around the studio spacein Chalmers Hall reveals thetalent of Hapgood, a visual artand art history major. Alongwith a few paintings, Hap-

good’s prints are the majorityof the artwork.Although Hapgood’s talent

is readily apparent, she wasn’talways set on the art schoolpath. While in high school,she was faced with a decision:study art or biology. She hopedthat she could maybe illustratetextbooks. With interest inboth, she resolved to let her APscores decide.When the scores arrived with

a higher mark on her AP artportfolio, Hapgood decidedto pursue an education in the

arts. But her decision didn'tmean the road ahead wouldbe easy.“Specifically with printmak-

ing, I feel like there’s this kindof pressure to either be creat-ing new techniques or to bemaking images that are kind of

going along with modern day,”she said. “Because it’s such anold medium there’s this kind ofurgency to keep it new.”But before Hapgood could

begin thinking about innovat-ing in her field, she had to getpast the initial classes in the

visual arts program.“Te foundations classes we

take are so tough," she said. "Iwas even questioning just be-ing in the art school."It wasn’t until a graduate

teaching assistant took herDrawing I class to the print-

making classrooms that sherekindled her love for the artform, which she had previous-ly dabbled in when she was inhigh school.Now, Hapgood works with

intricate processes to produceher detailed prints. One is in-taglio, an old process in whicha metal sheet — usually cop-per — is layered with acid-re-sistant grounds, usually wax.Te artist then draws throughthe wax, and the copper that’sexposed is eaten away by acid,and the ink settles into those

pits. Finally, when the metal isrun through the press, the pa-per is pressed into the pits andit picks up the ink to producethe image.Hapgood has also developed

her own style, reminiscent ofpointillism. She uses tiny dots

to form her patterns, and shesits for hours with her hand

vibrating over the metal plate.

She discovered this style inher high school AP studio artclass when she was tasked withmaking a body of work for anart showcase.“[Te dot drawings] started

out really figural, like draw-ing a person’s face or hair withthese dots, and I found that Ireally, really liked it,” she said.“I kind of abandoned it whenI entered art school just formainly working with the fig-ure, but I picked back up on

this my junior year and real-ized that I still loved doing justthis little intricate work.”Now, the work serves as an

escape.“It’s really peaceful for me.

I get lost in it — it’s kind of ameditation,” she said. “I can

just put on a movie and just sithere and do this for hours.”Tis meditative state reflects

an important source of Hap-good’s inspiration, whichdraws on the work of her fa-

vorite artist, Wolfgang Laib,who works with bee pollenand rice. Hapgood uses Laib’szen philosophy to relate to herown prints when she creates“abstract patterns that cover alarge field of space.”Aside from her inspiration

found in other artists, her ulti-mate inspiration comes from a

deeper source: herself.“I personally draw a lot frommy own emotions. I draw a lotfrom my mental illness. I dealwith anxiety, depression, stuff that a lot of other people dealwith,” she said. “Being able toshare an emotion or a feelingor an experience with otherpeople is really what inspiresme to make art that could dothat.”She added: “Because I’ll

hear bits of songs, or poems,and even just like little bits ofwords will kind of make me

feel that kind of deep-seatedemotion, and I want to be ableto do what those words did,and to be able to share thatkind of common emotion andmake them feel what I’m feel-ing, what I put into the work.”With such personal attach-

ments and apparent passionfor her work, Hapgood acts asa proponent for art in generaland encourages everyone to atleast take one art class, even asimple introduction course.As for career aspirations,

Hapgood hopes to work inmuseums and galleries and isinterested in curating, which iswhy she decided to pursue arthistory as well as printmaking.Hapgood also aims to obtainmaster’s degrees in art historyand printmaking in graduateschool.

“I think art is important be-cause it’s a new way of com-munication,” she said. “It’s anew language that anybodycan pick up, it’s not a lan-guage that you have to studyfor years to even be conversa-tional in. Even if you just takea few classes, you’ve learneda new language, a new way ofbeing able to see, a new wayof being able to communicateyour ideas to other people, andI think that’s really important.”

— Edited by Madeline Umali

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Wait on a final decision.Finish the research first.

You can get the facts. Restand review. Slow to avoid

potential collisions. If youfeel the weight of the world,ask for someone to stand

with you.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Your influence is spreading.Accept a nice benefit. Morework is required, and your

team can handle it. Practicemaking respectful requests.

Your popularity is on therise. Check public opinionand participate in a bigger

conversation.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

An unexpected profession-al development changes

things. Provide leadershipover the next few days.No stretching the truth

now. Temporary confusioncould rattle you if you let

it. Friends make goodcoaches. A rising tide floats

all boats.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Your wanderlust is gettingworse today and tomorrow.

Plan your itinerary andmake reservations in ad-

vance. Adapt for changingworking conditions. Man-

age your schedule carefully.Reserve your strength, andpack light. Simplicity saves

time and energy.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Contribute to familyfinances over the next fewdays. Do the bookkeeping,maybe. Bring home the ba-con. Avoid gambling. Stashresources. Make long-term

plans. Sort, file and organizepapers. Get to the bottom

of a controversy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Bounce ideas off yourpartner today and tomor-row. Contribute another

perspective to each other.Compromise on prioritiesto move forward. Get mul-tiple bids. Avoid assump-tions. If you want to know

something, ask. Good newscomes from far away.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Don’t believe everythingyou hear. Get a secondsource. Stick to testedpathways. Put togeth-er a profitable deal thattakes advantage of yourexperience and talents.

Meticulous service keepsyour customers satisfied.Fulfill (or reschedule) your

promises.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Hang out with someoneyou admire. Play with

strong competitors to learnmore. A delicious conversa-tion could lead to romance.

Relax and savor the mo-ment. Linger to watch the

sunset. Share your appreci-ations of each other..

Sagittarius(Nov.22-Dec.21)

Adapt to shifting circum-stances. Get strong feed-back from a test. Discussresearch in private and

put in corrections. Apply

what you’re learning to adomestic project today andtomorrow. Mix up the reci-pe for something original.

Capricorn(Dec.22-Jan.19)

Get your message out overthe next few days. Chooseyour words carefully, or risk

an unexpected reaction.Have answers for differentscenarios and keep themup your sleeve. Hone your

talking points. Let yourfeelings show.

Aquarius (Jan.20-Feb.18)

You’re making money to-day and tomorrow. It’s prof-

itable if you avoid spendingit all. Stash some where you

can’t get it. Pay bills andbuy groceries. Don’t borrow

or lend. Postpone givingyour time away for free.

Pisces (Feb.19-March 20)

You’re coming into yourown, especially over thenext few days. Assume

responsibility. Ask probingquestions to get to funda-mental issues. Your partner

helps. Make a logicalcase. Use your persuasivecharms. Take charge of

your destiny.

ZOE LARSON/KANSAN

Haley Hapgood poses in her studio, where she works on her many paintings and prints.

““Being able to sharean emotion or a feel-ing or an experiencewith other people isreally what inspires meto make art that coulddo that.”

HALEY HAPGOODArtist and student

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Two of Hapgood’s print projects.


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DR. KEVIN LENAHANOPTOMETRIST

Lawrence has a new annu-al event to look orward tostarting Saturday: Lawrence’sOktoberest at the LawrenceLibrary Civic Plaza.

Oktoberest is a popular es-

tival originating in Germa-ny, and similar estivals havepopped up over the worldduring the month o October.

Adam Handshy, programsand business developmentdirector or the Chamber oCommerce, said a joint eventby the Chamber o Commerce

and Downtown Lawrence Inc.had been talked about in re-cent years. Tis year the twodecided on Oktoberest.

“It was a joint confluence othe mind or a ew differentpeople,” Handshy said.

Tis year’s inaugural Okto-berest will eature a variety o

entertainment including TeHappy Wanderers — a five-piece brass band playing musicrom Germany, Austria andSwitzerland — and Te Vod-

vill Klown stage show. A ulllist o events, ood and tick-et prices can be ound on theevent’s webpage.

David amez, a graduate stu-dent rom exas, said he andhis wie attended previous Ok-toberest estivals in exas, andthey look orward to attendingone in Lawrence.

“Personally, being a sorto eutophile (lover o Ger-man culture), I’m interested

in seeing how the estival in-corporates German culturalthemes,” he said. “Ultimately,given that we are new to thecity o Lawrence, we are sim-ply interested in being part othe community.”

Tis Oktoberest will alsohave its own Lawrence flair,

eaturing drinks and oodrom Free State Brewing Co.,Te Burger Stand, Fine TymeFood, Leeway Franks, erre-bonne Po’ Boys and Juice Stop.

Leeway Franks, one o thebusinesses participating,said it will bring currywurst,bratwurst and borscht to Ok-

toberest this Saturday. All otheir sausages, cured meatsand soups are made by hand,in-house, rom all-naturalKansas bee and pork by own-er and butcher Lee Meisel.

“It’s just something un wherepeople can get out, and differ-ent vendors can support each

other and a un event goingon. It’s not every day you getto sit outside o the library anddrink beer and have un,” saidLee Meisel, one o the ownerso Leeway Franks.

Handshy said in addition tohaving a good time, he hopespeople recognize the collabo-

ration between the Chambero Commerce and DowntownLawrence to put the event on.

Te two organizations acedchallenges like communicat-ing the event and budgetingdue to it being a first-timeevent, but they worked closelytogether to benefit the com-

munity, he said“Tere’s a lot that goes into a

first-time event,” he said.He said he looks orward to

seeing amilies and the city coming together or a goodtime. But he also hopes to seethis year’s Oktoberest becomethe start o a bigger annual tra-

dition in Lawrence.“I want this thing to be going

on 50 years rom now," he said."I want it to be 10,000 peoplegoing out, and I want it togrow and to be a bigger deal.”

ickets can be purchased on-line or at various locations intown listed on the event’s page.

RYAN MILLER@Ryanmiller_UDK

“Iterations” exhibit explores

different world perceptionsCAMERON MCGOUGH@cammcgough

Inaugural Oktoberfest coming to Lawrence

Te University's Art and De-sign Gallery at Chalmers Hallis hosting a solo art show byinternationally distinguishedartist Darrin Martin. His newshow, “Iterations,” showcasesa timeline o different mediaorms, ranging rom stereo-scopic photographic imageryo the 19th century to the 3Dscanning technologies o to-day.“Iterations” sets itsel apart by

welcoming many different ele-ments o art and molding themtogether to create a unique ex-perience Martin described asa “dialogue with a timeline otechnology.”Te majority o the gallery is

comprised o moving imagesprojected on the walls while anaudio track is played. Martin

said this artistic style is highlyinfluenced by Naim June Paik,who is widely considered theather o video art. Martin alsocites Stieina and Woody Vasul-ka as major inspirations.In addition to Paik and the

Vasulkas, Martin’s creative in-fluence is also drawn rom hisown experiences, particularlyhis hearing loss. Around 2000,he had a ailed ear operation,which lef him dea in his rightear. Trough this, Martin saidhe became interested in the re-lationship we all have betweena mediated reality and our lim-

ited knowledge base.“Because I hear through hear-

ing aids and I kind o remem-

ber what it was like to have anormative hearing, it drew myattention on the subjectivity o

reality, how we are all experi-encing different things very, very differently," Martin said.

Trough a view o the directrelationship between soundand image, Martin exploreshow people are subject todifferent perceptions o theworld. In the gallery, observ-ers may use varying percep-tual abilities as the art mixesdiverse components o one’sperception into a larger expe-rience.Benjamin Rosenthal, assistant

proessor o visual art, was agraduate student at the Uni-

versity o Caliornia at Davis

when he met Martin. Rosen-thal said “Iterations” is artisti-cally impressive.“I think it’s at the cutting edge

o exploring questions o per-ception and technology, aswell as the nature o how werecord inormation and visu-al data," Rosenthal said. "Teway Darrin is addressing that

is very sophisticated."As an educator at UC Davis,

Martin is amiliar with the col-lege atmosphere and he saidhe assembled this particularshow with students in mind.Rosenthal said Martin’s art oncampus is a unique experienceor students.“Students ofen see work two

or three generations rom whatthe artists intended, so it’s rareto get this kind o work here,"Rosenthal said. "I want to en-courage students and acultyto spend time with the exhibi-

tion — challenge it, be critical-ly engaged with it. It is a rareopportunity to have this kindo work here, so they shouldtake advantage o it.”Trough the complexity o

his work, Martin said he hopeseveryone leaves the showroomeeling like they were able to

view something worthwhile.“I don’t make work that is

terribly didactic," Martin said."I don’t want to tell you whatto think about it, but I do tryto set the stage or somebodyhaving an experience."

—Edited by Derek Skillett

““Because I hear

through hearing aids

and I kind of remem-

ber what it was like

to have a normative

hearing, it drew my

attention on the sub-

jectivity of reality, how

we are all experiencing

different things very,

very differently.”

DARRIN MARTINArtist

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Upon walking into TeCommons in Spooner Hallthis Monday, visitors were im-mediately met with a uniqueand colorful display of indige-nous Dia de los Muertos (Dayof the Dead)-themed art.

Te exhibition was filled withstatues and sets of skeletonsdecorated in bright, decadentcolors. Te varied posturesand poses of the charactersdemonstrated a sense of cel-ebration to the spectator.Other pieces depicted simple

scenes with skeletons as cen-tral characters, with one sceneshowing a family of skeletonswatching television in a livingroom.

Te collection was present-ed at the Spencer Museum of

Art's open house on GlobalIndigenous Art. Te event ispart of the museum's At Largeprogramming, which aimsto teach the public about dif-ferent cultures through talks,performances and art displays,according to the museum’swebsite. October's theme isDia de los Muertos in thehopes of bringing Mexicanculture to the Lawrence com-munity.

A good portion of the col-lection on display at the eventwas collected during two dif-ferent trips to Oaxaca, Mexi-co, in 1995 and 1996. Te restwere acquired through muse-um purchases and individualdonations.

Dia de los Muertos is an an-cient tradition in Mexico that

takes place yearly around Nov.1. Te day coincides with AllSaints’ Day.

“Te Day of the Dead tra-dition goes back to ancientMexico and was meant tohonor the memory of lovedones that passed away,” saidAngela Watts, associate collec-tion manager for the SpencerMuseum of Art. “It is moreof a time of celebration thanmourning.”

raditionally, the Day of theDead is celebrated in the cem-eteries.

“Each region has its owntradition but typically fami-lies would build up alters andoffer up food, drink, and pho-tographs to their loved ones,”

said Casey Mesick, curator ofGlobal Indigenous Art at the

Spencer Museum of Art.“We hope that everyone

would come to appreciate thecontemporary Mexican cul-ture around the Day of theDead. We also wanted stu-dents to make a connectionbetween the Spencer Museumof Art and the Watkins Muse-um of History,” Mesick said.

A similar event will be held atthe Watkins Museum of Histo-ry from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.30.

— Edited by MinamiLevonowich

Exhibit at Spencer Museum of

Art celebrates Mexican culture

with Dia de los Muertos themeMYSHA PHELPS@KansanNews

ZOE LARSON/KANSAN

Three skeleton figures are displayed at the Global

Indigenous Art exhibition for Dia de los Muertos.

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The indigenous art pieces for Dia de los Muertos are painted with bright colors and

whimsical patterns.

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The Spencer Museum of Art’s open house featured different Dia de los Muertos art

Monday, bringing a glimpse of Mexican culture to Lawrence.

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A skeleton figure plays the saxophone among other Dia de los Muertos art pieces at the

art museum.


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Little-known Ombuds Office,

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counseling, sees fewer visitors

Tough it's not well known,the University has an officethat serves as a place for thepeople at the University tohave informal, off-the-record,

judgement-free discussions.Te KU Ombuds office en-courages people to come for-ward with issues that theyotherwise may not feel com-fortable discussing.

Trough four basic princi-ples — informality, impartial-ity, independence and confi-dentiality — the office lends

itself as a safe place on campusto discuss any issue, accordingto its website.

Te office is home to twopart-time employees, a grad-uate student and a full-timeemployee. Te full-time em-ployee, Kellie Harmon, is aCertified Organizational Om-budsman Practitioner.

Over the last few years, thenumber of visitors to the officehas decreased. From 2012-13,426 people visited the office,123 of whom were students.From 2014-15, the office had308 visitors, only 75 of whom

were students, Harmon said.Harmon said the decline may

be because the office isn't ac-tive on social media.

"Tis year we are doing moreoutreach, thanks to the help

of our graduate assistant,"she said. "Hopefully when we

count the numbers for thisyear next June, the numberswill reflect that."

What is an ombudsman?

By definition, an ombuds-man is someone who helpspeople to informally resolveconflict by facilitating com-munication to help all partiesreach mutually satisfactorysolutions, according to theoffice brochure. Te ombuds-men in the office also serve ascoaches and mentors for peo-ple who enter the office.

Te office, which was found-ed in 1977, is a resource forstudents, staff, faculty andalumni.

Te ombudsmen at the officehear about things like resi-dent assistant issues, graduate

teaching assistant problems,faculty issues between Uni-

versity staff members, gradu-ate students dismissed fromprograms, students with badgrades, students not adjustingwell to college life, and more.

“We see any issue imagin-able,” Harmon said.

The four principles

Te Ombuds Office is in-formal in that conversationsthere are off the record. Teombudsman will facilitate theconversation when a conflictarises and offer ways to solvethe problem. No one is re-

quired to visit the office; it isat the discretion of the personseeking help.

Along with informality andconfidentiality, the office is in-dependent, which means it canhelp direct people to wherethey can go next in handling aconflict.

“If we aren’t the right office,we have the resources to di-rect [students] to what mightbe the right office for them,”said Maria Orive, a part-timeemployee in the office and aprofessor of ecology and evo-

lutionary biology.Te Ombuds Office alsoserves as an impartial place forstudent and faculty to assesstheir problems.

“Te office will not tell peo-ple what to do because that

impedes impartiality," Har-mon said. "Visitors are always

in control of the situation."Because it has been on cam-

pus for 30 years, the office alsoserves as a way to keep track oftrends at the University.

“If I do see a trend or pattern,I can provide upward feedbackto those with the authority tocreate positive change,” Har-mon said.

Other roles

While the office strives tohelp people with their con-flicts or problems, it's limitedin some aspects.

“Tat limit is that if there isimminent danger or a threat,we have to report it,” Harmonsaid.

Te Ombuds Office can notgive legal advice, assign sanc-tions or discipline students.It can not determine guilt orinnocence, breach confidenti-ality or advocate specific indi-

viduals and outcomes.“We hear things in this office

that other places do not hear,"Harmon said. "I think it’s im-portant that this office encour-ages people to come forward

that otherwise would not."o make an appointment tospeak with an Ombuds Officeemployee, email [email protected] or call (785) 864-7261.

— Edited by AmberVandegrif

DARBY VANHOUTAN@darbyvanhoutan

New law lets people bring their own

alcohol to some Lawrence businesses

After the Kansas Legisla-ture passed a “bring yourown bottle” law earlier this

year, local business ownerscan now allow customers tobring in their own alcoholicbeverages, regardless of a li-quor license.

Only establishments thatheld liquor licenses couldpractice BYOB before thelaw.

Why did the legislature

pass the bill?

he bill was originally de-signed to accommodateart-gallery-goers who wantedto bring their own wine intoevents, according to JeannineKoranda, a representative for

the Kansas Department ofRevenue.“A lot of businesses like

those that did painting class-es have these parties, andthey wanted to let peoplebring in their own wine andparticipate in those activi-ties,” Koranda said.

Under the policy any busi-ness may authorize gueststo consume alcohol on theirproperty as long as it is thepersonal possession of thepatron and is not being soldby the owner or employees.

Are there anyexceptions?

Alcohol cannot be con-sumed from 12 a.m. to 9 a.m.

he business cannot havehad a liquor license revoked.

he business cannot have acover charge or entry fee.

Some Lawrence strip clubshave been known to practiceBYOB for several years, ac-cording to reviews on Yelp.One club, the Outhouse, hasallowed BYOB for 17 years,according to owner Jeff Wal-lace. Wallace also said the es-

tablishment has never held aliquor license.

According to the new law,an establishment implement-ing BYOB cannot charge acover fee. When asked abouta cover fee, Wallace refusedto comment. However, on-line reviews of the outhouseallege there is an entry feeranging from $10 to $15 onweekends, which would be in

violat ion of t he law.

Who else is doing this?

Prime Blu, a sushi bar onMassachusetts Street, is one

of several businesses that arebenefitting from the bill.According to Prime Blu

manager David Kwon, therestaurant is allowing cus-tomers to bring in their ownalcoholic beverages while theestablishment is between li-quor licenses.

Kwon said that because therestaurant recently came un-der new ownership, it mustapply for a new liquor li-cense. Until then, customerscan bring in their alcohol.Prime Blu said it would evenprovide customers with mix-

ers and ice.Kwon said this makes it

possible for patrons who stillwant to enjoy alcohol at therestaurant to do so withoutwaiting during the interimperiod between liquor licens-es. As far as regulation, Kwonsaid the only stipulation hewill put on customers is arequest that they not get toorowdy.

“We don’t want drunk peo-ple being loud and crazy,”Kwon said.

— Edited by Scott Chasen

LARA KORTE@lara_korte


The Ombuds Office door. The office has two part-time

employees, a graduate student and a full-time employee.


Kellie Harmon serves as the university Ombudsman andis a Certified Organizational Ombudsman Practitioner.

The Ombuds Office is a confidential, informal, impartial,

independent office that is operating on campus.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN

Prime Blu Sushi House on Massachusetts Street allows

patrons to bring their own liquor

““We hear things in thisoffice that other places

do not hear. I think it’s

important that this office

encourages people to

come forward that other-

wise would not.”

KELLIE HARMONCertified Organizational

Ombudsman Practitioner


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DARBY VANHOUTAN@darbyvanhoutan

wo campus protests by reli-gious organizations this weekprompted students to ormcounter-protests to combatwhat they called hateul mes-sages.

Both sets o protests on Wes-

coe beach were heavy with stu-dent involvement. Ofen thearguments between the groupsbecame heated.

On Wednesday, studentsormed a counter-protestagainst members o CampusMinistry USA. While thisgroup has been to campusthree times beore, this wasone o the largest student re-sponses.

Te man who led the protestor Campus Ministry USA isknown as “Brother Jed.” Ac-cording to another member

o the ministry, the group hasbeen conducting protests or42 years.

Te ministry told onlookersthey would go to hell i theydidn’t repent. Te group con-demned the LGBQ+ com-munity, rape victims, domesticabuse victims, girls who wearyoga pants and numerous oth-

ers.Students taking part in the

counter-protest respondedwith signs and flags, and someremoved their clothes or en-gaged in public displays o a-ection.

A day earlier, another groupo religious protesters preach-ing anti-gay sentiments cameto campus. Spectrum KU, theUniversity’s LGBQ+ advo-cate group, spearheaded thatcounter-protest.

Members o Spectrum stoodbehind the protestors on ues-

day with rainbow flags andsigns with phrases like “get offmy lawn,” “come to Spectrum,”and “support KU LGBQ.”

Erin Woods, a sophomorerom Wichita, was part o acrowd o students that stoppedto watch the protests unoldon uesday. Woods said sheound the protestors more hu-

morous than convincing.“I think it’s absolutely hyster-

ical,” Woods said. “It’s so out-landish that it almost seemslike it has to be satire.”

Adam Alexander, SpectrumKU’s activism chair, said theirmain goal in conronting theprotesters on uesday was tocounteract the hateul mes-sage.

“Tey look at the protestors,and I want them to then lookat my rainbow flag and knowlove still exists in this world,and what they’re saying doesn’t

mean anything,” Alexandersaid. “Love is better than hateand is more powerul thanhate, and I just wanted thatcushion.”

Gentry oman, a junior romOverland Park, said she got in-

volved in the counter-proteston Wednesday because shewas tired o the hateul mes-

sage and worried about howstudents would be affected.

“I am here because I am verytired o these people on cam-pus spreading hate and tellingpeople that they aren’t goodenough,” oman said duringthe protest. “Tey’ve comehere beore. Tey say we’re allsinners and we’re all gonnago to hell. I don’t believe whatthey’re saying but some peopledo. I am here to spread love.You are loved.”

Jonathan Reese, a reshmanrom Kansas City, Kan., was

another one o the studentstaking part in the counter-pro-test on Wednesday.

“Honestly, I think people arehere to challenge him,” he said.“Tat’s what I’m here doing.”

Reese said that as a Chris-tian, he was offended by whatthe ministry was saying and

portraying about the Christianaith.

“I I were to preach anything,it would be love and compas-sion instead o the hatred thatthey are spreading,” Reese said.

— Edited by AmberVandegri

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“Brother Jed” proselytizes to students assembled on

Wescoe beach on Wednesday, Oct. 21.

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Te University received asilver rating rom the Associ-ation or the Advancement o

Sustainability in Higher Edu-cation or its work on campussustainability.

Te silver rating acknowl-edges the University’s im-provements and successestoward a more sustainablecampus, which is in part dueto the campus plan startedin 2010, Building Sustainableraditions.

Te rating is the third high-est rating given by the Associ-ation or the Advancement oSustainability in Higher Edu-cation. Te SARS — Sustain-

ability racking, Assessmentand Rating System — spanssix continents with 650 par-ticipants. Te University isone o 121 Universities with asilver rating, according to theSARS website.

O Big 12 schools, the Uni-versity o Kansas is one othree to be awarded a sil-ver rating, with Baylor andOklahoma State University.Iowa State is the only Big 12school with a gold rating, andthe other universities are notranked.

Kim Criner, the education

and outreach coordinator atthe KU Center or Sustain-

ability, which plays a largerole in sustainability on cam-pus, said she is proud o thisachievement.

“SARS ranks us amongother campuses all over the

world on the progress we aremaking,” Criner said. “Wewere bumped rom bronzeto silver, and we are proud othat.”

Te University has beensubmitting data to AASHEevery three years. Since sub-missions are a lengthy pro-cess, the AASHE said it plansto extend the submissiondeadline so it can ocus onbuilding more initiatives andocusing on the campus.

Te Center or Sustainabil-ity works with departmentson campus to gather data,research, services they areproviding or students, howmuch energy the campususes, what products the cam-pus is using, and more. Aferdoing this, AASHE ranksbased on its progress.

Although the Center hasbeen submitting its inor-mation every three years toAASHE, it keeps constantrecords or itsel as well, saidCriner.

Building Sustainable radi-tions, the campus plan thatbegan in October 2010, ocus-

es on the idea o engaging thecommunity in sustainability.Tis plan is carried out pri-

marily through engagement,initiatives and education. It

was also an important part owhat helped KU earn the rec-

ognition, Criner said.Along with the ranking,

AASHE also gives the Univer-sity special recognition on its

initiatives in its national year-in-review.

“In the amount o time sincewe last submitted, we have

improved enough or them torecognize us on such a high

level,” Criner said.

University moves from bronze to silver rating

from STARS for work in campus sustainabilityDARBY VANHOUTAN@darbyvanhoutan

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN

The Forum at Marvin Hall, pictured on Oct. 1, 2014, was designed with sustainability in mind. The University gained silver

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This semester has seen itsshare of public presenta-

tions for open administrator jobs and rumors of admin -istrators leaving. In case youmissed it, here’s what’s beengoing on in KU administra-tion.

Provost

The University Provost andExecutive Vice ChancellorJeff Vitter is considered atop choice for the chancellorposition at the University ofMississippi. He is also con-sidered at the University of

Arkansas.Although it has not been

confirmed, Vitter will likelygo to Ole Miss. He is sched-uled to visit the campus onOct. 29 to interview withfaculty and staff before theboard makes its final vote.

Vice Provost of

Undergraduate Studies

Back in July, former ViceProvost Ann Cudd left forBoston University. Sincethen, three candidates pre-sented about student aca-demic success.

DeAngela Burns-Wallace,the assistant vice provost ofundergraduate studies at the

University of Missouri, ad-dressed student behaviors,institutional conditions anddemographics as key factorsof student success.

University Psychology De-partment Chair Ann Atchley,who has been with the Uni-

versi ty for 17 years, present -ed about meeting the needsof an increasingly diversestudent population.

The final presentation wasby Anne Birbeick, the cur-rent vice provost at NorthernIllinois University. She dis-cussed changing educationalpractices and focusing onwhat employers look for ingraduates.

A new dean has yet been

announced.

Dean of the College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences

The University named CarlLejuez as the new dean ofthe College of Liberal Artsand Sciences. The interimposition was held by geologyprofessor Don Steeples afterDanny Anderson, the formerCLAS dean, left for TrinityUniversity in San Antonio.

Back in early September,Lejuez presented about ad-dressing the challenges to theliberal arts curriculum.

Lejuez will leave his currentposition as associate dean ofresearch for the College of

Behavioral and Social Sci-ences at the University ofMaryland and start in Febru-ary 2016.

Dean of Libraries

Paul Bracke, the associatedean for research and assess-ment at Purdue University,emphasized student engage-ment and librarian involve-ment in his presentation forthe dean of KU Libraries.Three other candidates willpresent in the coming weeksbefore the University an-nounces the new dean of KUlibraries.

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