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Gun policy impacts classroom dynamics History Professor Eric Rath canceled office hours in his online History 399 class, citing safety concerns with the university policy on concealed carry. Some conservative outlets have deemed Rath’s act as a “threat” to the Second Amendment SYDNEY HOOVER @sydhoover17 A University professor gained national attention recently for a note he put in his syllabus regarding the concealed carry of guns on campus. Eric Rath, professor of history, published in his History 399 syllabus what the Washington Examiner is calling a threat.

Rath, whose History of the Samurai course will be taught online, canceled his office hours and will only be meeting with students via Skype, according to the syllabus.

Rath said in his syllabus that he “no longer feels safe” to have visitors in his office due to concealed carry policy.

“I request that you not bring firearms to class or wherever I am present,” Rath said in his syllabus.

“When I am trying to focus on helping you to do your best work, I do not want to worry about whether you might react by pulling a gun on me, or whether you might have an improperly secured weapon in your belt or bag.”

Rath declined requests for comment, stating that he only discusses course policy with his students.

The concealed carry of firearms was legalized on state campuses in July 2017 despite months of protests from students and faculty who also expressed concerns about safety and classroom environments. Last fall, a professor made a point to teach his classes in a bulletproof vest in protest of the law.

Rath noted a number of regulations outlined by the University on concealed carry in his syllabus. For instance, the firearm must remain concealed from view at all times. He also mentioned that the average medical cost for a gunshot wound is $63,000.

Rath urged students who choose to carry concealed weapons to go through training on the use of that weapon, stating that it is the carrier’s “ethical responsibility” to do so. Training is not a requirement for a concealed carry permit in the state of Kansas.

“In keeping with

Student arrested on suspicion of sexual battery at Oliver Hall LARA KORTE @lara_korte A University of Kansas student was arrested Tuesday night in Oliver Hall on suspicion of sexual battery.

An 18-year-old male was arrested at 1815 Naismith Drive at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday by KU Police, according to Douglas County arrest records.

He was arrested on suspicion of one count of aggravated criminal sodomy; unknown circumstance and one count of sexual battery, according to the arrest record.

James Anguiano, deputy chief for the KU Public Safety Office, said the incident was reported by a female resident of the hall.

“A female student liv-

ing in Oliver Hall reported she was inappropriately touched by a male acquaintance in Oliver between August 28, and 30,” Anguiano said in an email. “After interviewing the suspect he was arrested and taken to the Douglas County Jail.”

Police are still investigating the incident, he said.

According to KU People Search, a student of the same name attends the University. The Kansan is not naming the individual at this time, as formal charges have not been filed with the Douglas County District Attorney.

KU Housing did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Oliver Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive.

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my responsibility to ‘maintain an efficacious learning environment,’ as the Faculty Code requires, I will report all gun violations to KU and state authorities,” Rath said in his syllabus.

Victoria Snitsar, a senior from Santa Clara, California, and state chair for KU College Republicans, said she was enrolled in the class, but dropped after reading through the syllabus.

“I didn’t really feel comfortable taking a class where I knew the professor was so outwardly biased that he dedicated two pages of an eight page syllabus to basically oped during the first week of class,” Snitsar said.

Snitsar later spoke to a number of national conservative media outlets, such as the Washington Examiner, and published an editorial In July 2017, the University with The College Fix. “My professor believes he can restrict my gun rights because he is in editorial.

According to Erinn a position of authority, but I do not leave my B a r c o m b - P e t e r s o n , for news constitutional rights director media relations, at the schoolhouse and door,” Snitsar said in the University faculty have

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“met with the professor to ensure his syllabus is in compliance with university guidelines and state laws.”

She said Rath agreed to

update his syllabus, but did not say which areas of the syllabus needed to be changed.

University spends over $230,000 for electronic parking system

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Parking garages are making changes to accept payment through license tags.

KALLI JO SMITH @KalliJoSmith All University of Kansas parking garages have officially switched to a license plate recognition system this semester. However, Donna Hultine, director of KU Parking and Transit, said complete installation of the system is still in the works.

Hultine said KU Parking’s vendor, NuPark, which provides the software system and cameras for the new license plate recognition system, initially said the system would be installed in late August, before pushing the installation dates back

to September.

NuPark did not return requests for comment.

The total cost for the new system is somewhere above $230,000, according to Hultine, with the money coming from a project with KU Parking and Transit. The Allen Fieldhouse Parking Garage costs $70,000, while the Mississippi Street Parking Garage costs $156,000.

Hultine could not provide a figure for the Central District garage, which she said was built with the cameras already installed.

The fixed cameras that are to be installed by NuPark as early as next week cost $7,000 per cam-

era. According to Hultine, the Allen Fieldhouse garage will have two cameras, while the Mississippi Street and Central District garages will both have four.

Since the LPR system isn’t officially up and running due to delays by NuPark, Hultine said the University’s parking attendants have had to do more labor intensive searches to catch those parking illegally.

The new LPR system will allow for those who have a valid permit linked to their license plate in the Allen Fieldhouse Parking Garage, Central District Parking Garage and

Mississippi Street Parking Garage to have their plates scanned upon entrance and exit.

The system will also work for those who prepay for parking on arrival using a pay station or the ParkMobile app linked to their license plate.

University student Jackie Rech, a Wichita native, parks in the Central District Garage. This garage was built on the idea of the LPR system.

Although it’s not fully completed, Rech said she is glad she doesn’t have to deal with the gate system.

“We don’t use a pin code or anything to enter since there is no gate; it’s definitely nice,” Rech said.

Before the LPR system, individuals using the garages would have to use the gates and pull tickets upon entry, and then pay when they exit.

“Now with this system, anyone who pulls up will get a green light or a red light saying whether their license plate is valid,” Hultine said. “I think this will be a lot easier because before we were having incidents of gates not pulling up, and people getting backed up in the garages.

It was horrible.”

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KALLI JO SMITH @KalliJoSmith In an email sent to all students Wednesday, the newly-appointed Director of Institutional Opportunity & Access Joshua Jones announced that the office will be hiring an additional investigator and moving to a new location.

IOA is responsible for enforcing the University’s equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policies and procedures.

The IOA provides on campus assistance and protection to students and faculty who report harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct, sexual

violence and retaliation.

In the email, Jones said the office made the decision to not replace the open administrative position after Shane McCreery, former director, departed but instead, to use that intended salary for adding a new investigative position to its team.

“With the new position and after filling a previously vacant position, we will have four fulltime investigators to help reduce the amount of time it takes to conduct and close Title IX and Title VII investigations,” Jones said in the email.

Jones took over after McCreery left this summer, but has been working for IOA since 2014.

In the email, Jones also said IOA will be moving its office location to the Dole Human Development Center on Sunnyside Avenue. The office suite is located in room 1082.

The IOA’s office was previously located at Carruth-O’Leary Hall, Room 153 on 1246 West Campus Rd. This new location will allow for expanded space including two new interview rooms, one which will be known as a “soft interview room,” where those being interviewed can feel comfortable while meeting with investigators and counselors.

Jones said IOA plans to move into its new office sometime this week.

Missouri’s former Secretary of State Jason Kander will visit the Kansas Union on Thursday afternoon to campaign for Paul Davis, who is running to represent the University in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District.

Davis, a University alumnus, narrowly lost a bid for Kansas governor in 2014 to incumbent Sam Brownback. This election cycle, many thought Davis would again seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for the governorship, but he opted instead to run for the Congressional seat left vacant by Rep. Lynn Jenkins’ retirement.

Davis last visited the University in November and spoke at a forum hosted by the KU Young Democrats.

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mously frustrated with Washington D.C. right now,” Davis said at the time. “And I am trying to instill in people that we need you to participate, we need everybody to participate because if you don’t like what’s going on in Washington D.C., you can do something about it.”

Kander,D-Kansas City, launched a voting rights initiative called Let America Vote in Feb. 2017, and announced in June that he would run for mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

His announcement to run for mayor came as a surprise to many political analysts, who thought of Kander as a contender for the Democratic Party’s 2020 Presidential nomination.

The event begins at noon in the Centennial Room on the 5th floor of the Union.

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LINDLEY LUND @lindley_mae98 Although using laptops, tablets and cell phones are popular for college students to take notes in class, recent studies show the usage of technology for note-taking may inhibit students’ learning abilities.

According to a study conducted by Arnold Glass, a psychology professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Mengxue Kang, a Rutgers graduate student, students who used electronic devices scored poorer on exams.

“Students themselves shrug it off and say, ‘Oh no, I can divide attention, this isn’t bothering me,’” Glass said. “These are large enough effects that students’ grades were clearly affected by [laptop and cellphone use]. Students really are hurting themselves by ignoring me -- this isn’t just my ego.”

Eric Thomas, a professor within the School of Journalism, said he can see why technology can distract students.

“From my observation, I think that it is really difficult to deal with students who are using technology when they’re in the classroom,” he said.

However, Thomas does believe there are different ways to use technology in the classroom..

“It’s not that you’re asking them to think about a critical thinking idea and take notes at the same time, it’s that you’re using whatever technology it is to do what you’re asking them to do,” Thomas said. “As an example of that, if I asked students to learn a new technique on Photoshop or a new technique on InDesign, I feel like it’s incredibly wasteful of their time to not have a laptop or a computer in front of them.”

Natalie Opitch, a junior from St. Louis, said that most of her professors

do not allow students to use technology in the classroom.

In fact, Opitch said one of her psychology professors sent an article from Scientific American to the class. The article sent to Opitch’s class discusses a study similar to Glass’ that shows why laptops should not be used in the classroom.

Opitch said she agrees with this.

“I tend to not use technology in class,” Opitch said. “I find myself getting easily distracted if I do, and I feel like I can engage more if I don’t have something like a laptop screen blocking my field of vision.”

With college classes

being structured in different ways, Thomas said he believes that sometimes technology is crucial for the class, but at times, technology is simply a distraction.

“For instance, in one of my classes we do a lot of sketching,” Thomas said.

“We do a lot of coming up with ideas via sketching, and at that point a laptop is not helpful, a phone is not helpful, an iPad is not helpful. All of those things are an out and out distraction.”

When it comes to note taking, Thomas prefers his students to use the traditional pen and paper.

This prevents temptations to drift to other websites or social media if a student takes their notes on a laptop. However, he does allow his students to take notes on whatever they prefer after a few years of strictly allowing only note taking by hand.

When students get distracted, Thomas said he believes it’s their choice and a professor cannot “hold their hand” and tell them to stop doing that.

“It’s kind of a pipe dream to assume you’re going to be able to check every student who’s using any piece of technology and police a classroom as large as some of our classrooms,” Thomas said.

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Video installation shows realities of slavery DEASIA PAIGE @deasia_paige

A black man stands still as water enters his boat.

It’s as if he’s ready to die. A black woman does the exact opposite — she fights the water as her boat begins to submerge. Another man reacts somewhere in between those actions, as if he’s both ready and ill-prepared for his death.

A new video installation at the Spencer Museum of Art uses these images to convey the impacts and concepts of slavery — illogical and evoking a range of emotions from its victims.

“Passage,” the three-channel video installation, was chosen to represent South Africa at last year’s Venice Biennale, an annual culture festival. When Joey Orr, curator of research at the Spencer Museum, attended the festival, he said he thought it would be perfect for the installation to be an exhibit at the Museum.

The installation is on display at the museum until November. The work represents how slavery greatly contributed to disrupting African identities. Each channel depicts a character’s boat being submerged underwater in the 19-minute video.

“I was interested in

bringing it to our audiences since it intersects with so many different strands of research here at KU,” Orr said in an email.

The installation, created by South African artist Mohau Modisakeng is presented by the Museum’s Integrated Arts Research Initiative, which fuses research with the arts. “Passage” is a small part of the initiative’s overarching theme this year.

“Each year, the Integrated Arts Research Initiative launches an inquiry into a subject that is of interest to people from many different fields,” Orr said. “This year, we are looking at social histories — the stories of individuals or social groups as opposed to larger histories of politics, military, or economics.”

Elizabeth Kanost, the communications coordinator at the Spencer Museum, said the installation acts as an introduction to the series of exhibitions this fall that will help explore different social histories and give recognition to people who aren’t typically included in history.

“The idea of social histories is not necessarily looking at the historical narratives that are traditionally shown, but trying to highlight people who have been left out of history and people who’ve been misrepresented in

Contributed Mohau Modisakeng, Passage (video still), 2017, Courtesy of the artist, Ron Mandos and Whatiftheworld “Passages” is a 19-minute, three-channel video installation on display at the Spencer Museum until Nov. 25. history,” Kanost said.

Kanost said while the installation specifically addresses the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the work can be tied to the universal theme of immigration. “[The installation] could also reference the passage of refugees and people, in general, who are in transit from one place

to another,” Kanost said.

“With any exhibition, we try to address social issues that are relevant. There are certainly questions of immigration and migration happening throughout the world, so I think that is definitely something that can be referenced in the installation.”

Kanost said the installation ties well with this

year’s common book and common work of art, as both works relate to migrant artists.

The installation will be on exhibit until Nov. 25 and can be viewed in the Kemper Family Foundation Balcony of the Spencer Museum.

“With this exhibition, like the rest of our exhibitions, we’re trying to

address broader social issues because that is one of the great things about art,” Kanost said. “Art from the past can be seen as a primary source material of things that have occurred and art that’s made right now can be commenting on things in the past, like slavery. People can see it and think about it new ways.”

After a day filled with meetings, the students got to see the band Arctic Monkeys from the platinum seats.

“I screamed more than once. It was magical,” Taylor said. “That’s the best way I can put it.”

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by Lied Center technical directors and married couple Ann and Andy Haus. This is the second year of the program, but it was the first time the program was open to students outside of the Lied Center staff. But this trip would not be possible for anyone if it weren’t for University alumnus Tim “Tuba” Smith.

When Smith arrived at the University in 1998, he planned to be an optometrist. But after Ann and Andy recruited him to work at the Lied Center, he fell in love with the entertainment industry and switched his major to theater and film studies. Now, he’s the production director of C3 Presents, an event planning company that runs festivals and events like Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza. Smith started KU LEAP to raise awareness and show that and anyone in any major can get involved in this industry.

“Try to give me a major that doesn’t relate to the entertainment industry, and I have yet to find a answer that I can’t relate to the entertainment

industry somehow,” Smith said.

But while seeing the band from platinum was a cool experience, music therapy senior Megan Widger said “every single part of that experience was mind-blowing.”

As Widger, a senior from Kearney, Nebraska, talked to the professionals, she discovered that many of them never planned to go into live events. It just happened.

Megan Widger said she connected to this lesson.

Going to Lollapalooza opened her eyes to just how many options she has.

As she prepares to graduate this year, Widger said she is seriously considering music business jobs such as being a booking agent, producer or manager.

This experience showed her that she can do anything she wants.

“Having that passion and allowing that to bleed into other areas of your life; that will help drive your career,” Widger said.

Smith and the Hauses said they hope to get more students involved in the trip from a variety of majors. But what matters the most is igniting that passion in students — no matter what that may be.

“You don’t have to know where you want to end up, just follow your heart and where you want to go,” Smith said.

Students get a behind-the-scenes look at Lollapalooza

Contributed photo Students stand in front of the Arctic Monkeys stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The students received an all-expenses-paid trip from the KU Live Event Accessibility Program to learn about live event management.

KATIE COUNTS @KansanNews Over 100,000 people.

Eight stages. More than 100 artists. One weekend.

Many might wonder what it takes to put on a music festival the size of Lollapalooza in Chicago, but a group of University of Kansas students now know.

This summer, seven students got an allexpenses paid, backstage

look at the music festival sponsored by the KU Live Event Accessibility Program. But it wasn’t just a free trip to see concerts.

“You’re there to learn things,” said Carson Taylor, one of the students who attended the trip.

Taylor, a junior from Zeeland, Michigan, is a Lied Center employee studying history and political science with hopes to go into

international business law. His majors may not seem like they have a direct relation to live events, but while at Lollapalooza he was able to meet with the international department and city officials who have very important roles in the festival.

Students also met with strategic communicators who promote the event, on-site medical professionals, lawyers, sound and lighting

coordinators, and many more. They learned the many aspects of putting together a music festival: how to manage crowd flow, to position the medical station next to the EDM stage, and how something as simple as flush bathrooms can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit.

While the students got to talk to all of these professionals, they still got to have some fun.

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In the spring of 2015, filmmakers Joshua Nathan and Patrick Ross rode the Southwest Chief passenger train from Los Angeles to Garden City, in Western Kansas.

With backpacks containing nothing but basic camping gear and filmmaking equipment, the two began their on-foot journey across Kansas, with the hopes of documenting the realities of the frequently misunderstood state.

After committing to the idea in the fall of 2014, Nathan and Ross spent the next six months developing their plan and preparing for the journey that would ultimately take two months to complete. They captured their experiences on the road and have since been editing the film for their documentary, “Kansas an Ecologue.”

As they began their walk from Garden City that following spring, Nathan and Ross started the trip in hopes of digging into the states and learning more about the people and history of Kansas. While attempting to stay on

the back roads and in the country, the two zig-zagged through the state, traveling east to west.

“We were just isolated, and just walking these dirt roads, and that has a profound effect on your psyche and mentality,” Ross said. “You view life a lot differently when you sort of push yourself to those limits where you’re going off and adventuring into the unknown.”

Despite currently residing in Los Angeles, both Nathan and Ross spent the majority of their lives in the state of Kansas. Nathan was raised in central Kansas in a small farming community called Moundridge, while Ross is originally from Lawrence. Both graduated from the University of Kansas in 2011 — Nathan as a film major, and Ross as a biology major.

They met briefly while at school, but they became much closer after they both ended up in Los Angeles.

The idea for the film was first brought up by Ross, who initially suggested the idea of making a documentary focused on small-town Kansas. Nathan expanded on the concept by suggest-

ing they travel by foot as opposed to simply driving from town to town.

Throughout their travels, Nathan and Ross formed relationships with many of the people that they met along the way.

Without a place to stay, they were well equipped to camp and live outdoors.

They also met a variety of people when passing through towns and requesting permission to camp on landowner’s properties.

“What we were surprised about was just how willing a lot of the people that we came across were in assisting us and providing us whatever we needed, like food and shelter,” Ross said. “That was the other kind of beauty of the trip.”

Through the help of the friends they made while on the road — many of whom they interviewed for the documentary — Nathan and Ross got in contact with people in the next towns over who were willing to offer them their hospitality. Eventually, the trip evolved from them walking across the state into them being carried by the citizens of Kansas.

After two months of

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Patrick Ross, one of the alumni behind the film “Kansas an Ecologue” and friend Joshua Nathan walked across Kansas in 2015, documenting their experience. traveling, Nathan and Ross made it to Lawrence where they concluded their journey. They then returned to L.A. where they have spent the past few years editing the film and shaping the story.

This May, the Watkins Museum of History was awarded a grant in support of the project for $10,000

by Humanities Kansas, an independent nonprofit supporting ideas that empower the people of Kansas. The grant has provided Nathan and Ross with tre-

mendous support and validation that will help with the development of their project.

As they continue to craft the documentary, Nathan and Ross are being sure not to let time become a burden and are taking their time while editing the film. With the film constantly evolving, they said it’s difficult to know what its viewers will take away from the final product; however, they do hope to impact a large audience with its message.

“For Kansans, our hope is that it will allow them to delve in deeper to understand their home more, and I think for outsiders, it will help them learn about a state that is often dismissed,” Nathan said.

“It should allow people to dig into the place deeper, whether they’re from Kansas or not, and in a macro aspect, it’s a reminder of the intense beauty and mystery and history of all places.”

created dozens of earthworks: a landscape of Vincent van Gogh’s “OliveTrees,” crop art of several country music stars commissioned by Spotify, a portrait of Amelia Earhart in her hometown of Atchison — and so much more.

For him, creating these massive works of art are about involving the community.

“Most artists paint in obscurity in their gallery and then they go out on put it in a gallery,” Herd said. “The interaction that they have with people is drinking a glass of wine and looking at it.”

Herd was fascinated with art from a young age.

Growing up in Protection, Kansas, he wanted to get out of his small town and decided to get to Wichita State University where he studied art. Herd said that he left Wichita State after a year — but he never left art.

“I always pursued the art. I was an artist. I didn’t even think about it,” Herd said.

After dropping out, Herd planned to be a musician but later gave that up. He picked up some odd jobs for a couple of years,

but he always did what he could to add art to his work. Eventually he got to the point where he was able to paint murals and signs for a living.

“I was able to not have to go to work for anybody,” Herd said. “That was everything to me. It was like, ‘My God, I can get up in the morning and do anything I want to do.’ That’s what I’ve been after the rest of my life.”

Inspired by pictures he had seen of the Nazca lines as a kid, Herd decided to create his first earthwork: a 160-acre portrait of Kiowa Chief Satanta that he completed in 1981.

Herd said he wants his art to be accessible to everyone: people helping him turn the land into art, photographers taking pictures of the piece, and the viewer going to see it.

“A lot of these projects bring a lot of people together, a lot of people who would not otherwise be working,” Evan Herd, Stan’s adult son said.

“Then they’re able to work on this big project that turns out to be something really cool and beautiful.

That inspires me.”

Evan knows this first-

hand because of his involvement in Stan’s most recent big project, “Young Woman of China,” located in the Yunnan province of the country. The project is nearly four football fields large. Stan took over a dozen trips to China over the course of two years, Evan accompanying him on many of these trips. Both described the experience as life-changing.

“Meeting the ethnic minority people and drinking with a roundtable of people whose language we couldn’t understand but who were just laughing like best friends,” Stan said. “And we couldn’t even speak the same language, but they got you after a while.”

But it was also an exhausting experience. After years of being immersed in is art, Herd, who is approaching 70, said he wants to take some time to slow down and enjoy the world. That doesn’t mean he’s going to stop creating.

Herd said that “all the good stuff” is in front of him.

“The world’s kind of a magical place,” he said.

“What lessons are going to come to me if I keep my mind open?”

After 37 years, local crop artist looks to slow down

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FFA of the Day: if u wanna CEASE TO EXIST PUT YA HANDS UP “Sorry, I’m just innately a dick” “All of my friends are currently single.” “Tell all of them I say sup.”

Honestly frats are for dudes who can’t get girls any other way my favorite interaction between girls has to be “your hair looks nice!” “thanks! I washed it.”

I have a new mantra...

It’s chanting “I hate myself” until hopefully I do my homework Coffee and alcohol.

The two genders I can’t remember the last night I didn’t drink.

College man. one of the kids i used to nanny just followed me on instagram and she has triple the amount of followers.......... how Started off senior year right by vomiting at least 3 times all over the stairs of memorial stadium

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McBride: My safety is not a choice MALLORIE MCBRIDE @malloriemcbride

There was once a time, not long ago, when lighting up a cigarette was just another customary part of a meal or an outing with friends. The harmful realities of tobacco were not a matter of ignorance, but a fact of innocence. It wasn’t until evidence surpassed fabrication, and the realities of tobacco were exposed, that America’s views on smoking shifted.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, or 1,300 deaths daily. In light of this, it’s understandable why the University chose to become a tobacco-free campus, beginning its enforcement last July.

This regulation came into effect only one year after the University converted to a concealed carry campus. Students are banned from lighting up, but are instead permitted to carry weapons.

It is incomprehensible why cigarettes would be banned before guns.

Whether I decide to smoke a cigarette is my

choice. I also have the choice of whether or not I want to be around those who do smoke and be exposed to secondhand smoke. What I don’t have a say in is whether or not I will be able to voice a “yes” or “no” when approached by someone carrying a gun. What happens to my choice if I become one of the many victims of gun violence?

This tells me my state, the first in America to allow students to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training, cares more about the private choices I make concerning my health than my personal safety. According to Kansas law, I can’t smoke “within 10 feet of any doorway, open window and air intake of establishments where smoking is prohibited” — and smoking is prohibited in most public places. But I could be less than 10 feet away from a gun on campus and not know it.

Under the laws of concealed carry, an armed student must have their weapon out of sight and on their person at all times. This includes when a student is giving a presentation or during a lab. Do you know how it feels to watch your

Miranda Clark-Ulrich/KANSAN The University went tobacco-free in the fall of 2018. This decision was made after three years of research and discussion. peer give a presentation wearing their backpack, knowing they are only one trigger pull away from killing you?

Not to mention the expense involved. It cost around $2 million to secure our athletic facilities with metal detectors. No wonder there were budget cuts this year.

At one point in time, cigarettes were deemed the hallmark of real America and the epitome of masculinity. From actor James Dean to Don Drap-

To be fair, anyone could murder me and I’d say thank you Just saw a guy drive past with two tickets under his wiper.

Wonder if he’s realised yet.

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“I wish I was a sex bug” instead of doing homework I am trying to learn how to juggle and it’s not going well sos i ran out of juul pods I’m so tired I’m just staring at my coffee hoping it’ll somehow transfer to my body Every time I try and type talk it auto corrects to y’all the Texan in me won’t die At least our marching band is good

er of “Mad Men,” set in the 1960s, smoke was a common element on movie screens, and big actors wouldn’t shy away from a drag.

Guns have long been a symbol of being American, too. Tied closely to our notion of freedom, the second amendment is referred to constantly, however outdated it may be.

But unlike with cigarettes, the ubiquity of weapons really is a matter of ignorance. Every year gun violence occurs more

and more, and less and less is done to prevent it. Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, more than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence on their campus during school hours, with the number only continuing to rise.

But thank God my campus banned cigarettes.

only jeopardizes their well-being but could potentially scare them off so much that they do not go forward with their case.

Instead of colleges being responsible to follow up on any report of sexual harassment, DeVos’ new plan adopts a new definition of sexual harassment that only allows for the most severe offenses to be pursued.

The idea that colleges would be able to decide if your sexual harassment story is scary enough to force them to act on it not only shows victims that their complaints don’t really matter, but also takes away the responsibility from colleges to do something about the harassment that happens every day on campus.

Colleges will only be required to follow up on formal complaints where officials have “actual knowledge” of the incident occurring.

Instead of being able to tell your residential advisor or someone you are close to on campus, if the complaint wasn’t made by the victim to the right person, then it does not count as a complaint. More than 90 percent of victims on college campuses do not report the assault. So of the 10 percent who do, a majority are probably going to people that they trust because they need to talk about it.

By removing the responsibility of college campuses to reach out to students even if they didn’t “self-report” to the proper channels, DeVos is allowing colleges to relinquish their responsibility because it creates a conversation that they have no interest in starting.

I understand the concept of creating more rules and standards to protect all parties involved within the process of a sexual harassment allegation.

I also understand that colleges can only do so much for their students. But I will never understand the idea of taking away the security that people have with Title IX in order to avoid being held responsible for not pursuing answers to a rape allegation, just because it could hurt your institution.

Rape, harassment, misconduct, whatever you may call it, happens every day on campuses all across the nation.

The victims need to be the first priority,; any and all standards written by DeVos should protect them first. If DeVos chooses to send the opposite message, it is only perpetuating a system that has kept victims in the dark for too long.

Mallorie McBride is a senior from Overland Park studying journalism and business.

Maas: DeVos’ rules do not protect students

“I want you nowhere near women for the rest of your life.”

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Associated Press Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a visit of the Federal School Safety Commission at Hebron Harman Elementary School in Hanover, Maryland.

HAELI MAAS @haelimaas Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is looking to change policies for college campuses regarding sexual misconduct or harassment allegations, according to a report written by the New York Times. These new policies would do more for those who are accused of sexual misconduct and would release some of the liability that campuses have to victims, but would fall short of doing more for the actual victims of sexual misconduct/rape/ harassment.

In reality, these rules are a way to take away the

liability that colleges have to their own students and make it easier for them to turn a blind eye to the misconduct that occurs within campuses all around the United States.

While I can appreciate the idea of creating more rights for those accused of sexual misconduct, I think the issue is in the way college campuses handle the accusations themselves, rather than how they handle the accused.

DeVos’ new plan protects college campuses from sexual misconduct that happens off-campus. This is like saying “because you were raped in your apartment,

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The logic that goes into developing a plan like this is rooted in the idea that college campuses are not responsible for their students when, in fact, the only priority or loyalty that schools should have is to their students.

This new plan allows for mediation, meaning that victims and the accused are able to question each other, request evidence and cross-examine it. Even voluntary mediation is inappropriate – putting a person that was sexually abused into the same room as their abuser not

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Haeli Maas is a junior from Lindsborg studying strategic communications.

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Beaty looks ahead, says defensive depth is key

With 12 different members of the defensive line taking snaps last Saturday, energy reamined high throughout the game

Chance Parker/KANSAN Senior line backer Joe Dineen Jr. tackles the Nicholls State opponent on Saturday Sept. 1. Kansas fell to Nicholls State 26-23.

FULTON CASTER @FCaster04 After a 26-23 defeat to FCS opponent Nicholls State this past Saturday, coach David Beaty emphasized defensive depth and improvement, at a media availability on Tuesday.

In last weekend's contest against Nicholls State, the Jayhawks gave up 329 yards of total offense to the Colonels, including 187 yards on the ground.

One positive coming out of last week for Beaty is the depth on the defensive line and how the Jayhawks were able to continually get fresh bodies on the field.

“You know, the good thing is we were able to [play fresh players],” Beaty said. “I don’t think we got — we didn’t get Azur (Kamara) in as much as we would have liked to have. We didn’t get, you know, a few of them in as much as we would have liked to have. Some of the guys that didn’t play as much actually probably

played a little bit better than the ones that did.

And that was good to see.”

Overall, Kansas had 12 different members of the defensive line record at least one snap on Saturday.

By doing so, Beaty believes it allows the defensive line to retain a high level of energy from snap to snap. He believes the team doesn’t miss a beat when they rotate in their younger players which is an advantage that not many teams have.

“But giving us some depth there, I thought it helped us,” Beaty said.

“It helped us slow them down. It really did. It helped us stay fresh. And you know, offensively I thought we did do one thing well. We actually controlled the ball a little bit better, and we used a lot more clock to keep our defense fresh, which was better for us, and that combined with the depth I think helped us a little bit to be in that game there at the end.”

One younger player who Beaty noticed was freshman cornerback Corione Harris, who Beaty says has a high ceiling, but still has plenty of room to grow.

“Some good, some not so good,” Beaty said. “But once again, the thing I liked about him is he has a don’t-blink attitude. I mean, he wanted to get in there and was excited about getting up in their face and playing some press coverage and really attacking those guys.

Did some good things. I thought he was physical at times on the edge, which was good. But you know, he’s still a young guy, but he’s got a bright future. I think he’s going to be a really good player.”

Kansas will next face Central Michigan on the road on Saturday with kickoff scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Football Gameday Kansas at Central Michigan, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m.

Chance Parker/KANSAN Senior tight end Mavin Saunders celebrates with his teammate after scoring a touchdown against Nicholls State on Saturday Sept. 1. Kansas fell to Nicholls State 26-23.

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Jack Johnson: Central Michigan 31-17 KU, Maddy Tannahill: Central Michigan 27-24 KU

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Coming off a less than stellar performance in the home opener against Nicholls State, in which he only rushed for 61 yards on 12 carries, Herbert still proved to be the most essential part of this offense succeeding.

In the early stages of last Saturday's game, the junior running back touched the ball on the first five plays on offense, including a couple catches out of the backfield.

After recording a team-high 14 tackles, 11 of which were solo, in a 35-20 loss at Kentucky, redshirt-freshman safety Devonni Reed earned Mid-American Conference's Defensive Player of the Week in the West Division on Monday.

Though a defensive back, the Detroit, Michigan, native showcased his ability to impact the game on both sides of the ball in his first start in Saturday’s season-opener after having returned a fumble 20 yards into the Kentucky end zone.

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The senior kicker was one of the few bright spots against Nicholls State. He converted two field goals, most notably a career-long 54-yarder, which marked the longest by a Jayhawk kicker since 2013, as well as a 41-yard field goal in overtime.

A sophomore out of Lansing, Michigan, quarterback Tony Poljan leads the Chippewas in both passing (137) and rushing (47) yards through the first week of play. However, after completing 17 of 27 pass attempts last week, Poljan’s longest pass recorded only 34 yards.

As a freshman, Poljan made an appearance in all 12 games, both taking snaps at quarterback and lining up as a wide receiver, where he tallied five catches for 97 yards.

Though young, Poljan’s athleticism, particularly on the run, could make him effective against the Kansas defense.

sophomore, linebacker

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The sophomore from Arlington, Texas, tallied three total tackles in his first game of the 2018 season, but made the best defensive play of the night late in the fourth quarter.

Johnson broke off the line and exposed the Nicholls State right tackle on his way to burying quarterback Chase Fourcade for the team's first sack of the season.

Despite having only one start prior to last Saturday, junior wide receiver Cameron Cole has developed into one of the program’s leading wideouts. Heading a group of receivers with little experience, Cole led the unit with four catches against Kentucky, totaling 51 yards on the day and averaging 12.8 yards per reception.

Cole also posted two catches for a total of 15 yards in Central Michigan's meeting with Kansas last season.

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