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CAMPUS CLIMATE Survey results show students and faculty share concerns about inclusion, retention and safety.

SURVEY RESULTS

84% 79%

of student and faculty/senior administrator respondents were comfortable with the classroom climate.

of student respondents felt valued by University faculty in the classroom.

18%

said they have personally experienced exclusion, intimidation, or offensive or hostile conduct.

59%

of those who reported their experiences felt it was not responded to appropriately

SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION

63%

of respondents who said they experienced unwanted sexual contact experienced it in their first two years at the University.

Of those who experienced unwanted sexual contact:

54% 52% 37% told a friend

avoided the person/venue

didn’t do anything

One of the major themes from the written response portion of the survey was that those who reported unwanted sexual contact reported IOA mishandling and unsatisfactory consequences.

RETENTION

37%

of respondents seriously considered leaving the University at some point.

The top reasons faculty and staff consider leaving are low salary and pay, followed by limited opportunities for advancement.

The top reasons students consider leaving are lack of support, lack of a sense of belonging and diversityrelated issues.

Students are more likely to leave in their first year and first semester than any other time in their four years.

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After almost two years of protests and conversations, the University has released the results of a climate survey that sheds light on the experiences and perspectives of its students, faculty and staff.

The climate survey was taken last fall by almost 7,000 members of the University community from both the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. The goal was to learn how the University’s environment supports or hinders individual success. The survey asked 112 questions about experiences in the workplace, discrimination and inclusion, classroom experience, and interactions between faculty, staff and students.

Key results of the study were presented Wednesday in the Kansas Union by higher education consulting firm Rankin & Associates Consulting.

Students who attended the presentation said the results were not surprising.

Zoya Khan, a sophomore from Overland Park studying political science and international studies, said she knew a lot of things that the survey uncovered to be true. Though she was not surprised by the results, she is pleased that there is now data to back up the experiences of students.

“I think data always helps provide more substance to the conversations we’re already having,” Khan said after the event.

“The conversations that we’ve been having on campus hopefully can be better supported by this data at a more institutional level.”

Khan was most surprised by the fact that 21 percent of undergraduate student respondents (573 students) have seriously considered leaving the

Yusra Nabi/KANSAN Acting vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion Jennifer F. Hamer talks about holding each other accountable during a presentation of the climate survey results on Wednesday, March 29.

University. Likewise, 50.5 percent of those students reported a lack of a sense of belonging as the reason for considering leaving.

“I didn’t think it would be the top reason that people thought about leaving,” Khan said. “We need to continue to be actively engaged. We do not have the privilege to be complacent about these things. These experiences are impacting students’ lives every single day.”

Lyndie Copeland, a freshman from Holton studying journalism, was shocked by the number of sexual assaults reported on the survey. According to the presentation, nine percent of all survey respondents experienced unwanted sexual conduct, 32 percent of which reportedly occurred on campus.

“I knew it was happening, but I guess I’ve never really seen how many,” Copeland said after the event.

“Of the very small portion of people who participated in the survey, there was so many people who said that they had had something like that happen to them.”

Brittney Oleniacz, a graduate student from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, pur-

suing a Ph.D. in geology, was pleased by the number of graduate students who completed the survey, which was 1,247.

“That makes me happy that graduates students are engaged in their campus because we are so focused and we have our heads down, and we have the basement offices, and we don’t even know what the weather is outside,” Oleniacz said after the event.

However, Oleniacz said that graduate students face many issues. According to the climate study presentation, 24 percent of graduate students seriously considered leaving the University.

“I was not surprised by the graduate student number,” Oleniacz said.

“There are a lot of graduate students who do not feel welcome on this campus, particularly international graduate students. That’s not okay. We’ve made it so far already.”

Jennifer Hamer, acting vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion said the next steps will be for the University’s Office of Institutional Research and Planning to examine the results of the survey and create tailored reports that focus

on different schools and departments.

Moving forward, Hamer said the administration will take the lead in developing “institutional-level actions” focused on retention and recruitment; fostering a sense of belonging; policy, practices and cultural competency; advancement and success; and accountability.

“I think administrators, we have to hold ourselves accountable for the change we expect to occur,” Hamer said. “It’s not going to happen on its own. And it’s not fair to ask students, it’s not fair to ask staff to create the environment that administrators are responsible for maintaining.”

Despite the problems revealed by the report, Khan is optimistic about the University’s ability to act after receiving the survey results.

“I have faith in our administration and in our students,” Khan said. “I don’t think it’s going to be easy. I don’t think it’s going to be quick. It’s going to be difficult to create long-term sustainable change, but you have to start somewhere.”

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Multicultural Student Gov. bill moves to full Senate MCKENNA HARFORD @McKennaHarford

The Student Senate Multicultural Affairs and Rights Committees passed a bill Wednesday night that would establish the Multicultural Student Government and give representation to the organization in Senate.

The bill outlines MSG’s purpose, membership,

functions, responsibilities and other legislative rules.

It would allow MSG to create their own bylaws, which would determine how the body is governed and who could become a voting member.

Trinity Carpenter, social welfare senator and chair of MSG, said after working with the Senate executive staff, the bill more closely reflects what she expected

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from the legislation. “[I’m] satisfied that we could come to an agreement, but upset that marginalized students and the Multicultural Student Government had to give up so much to come to the current agreement,” Carpenter said. “However, I have good faith that what was given to us we can put to good use.”

She said MSG had to give up their organizational

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I have good faith that what was given to us we can put to good use.”

Trinity Carpenter MSG chair

independence, some funding, paid positions and had to allow Student Senate to

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appoint some members to MSG. “We had to agree to work within the Student Senate framework, which we all know doesn’t always serve marginalized students,” Carpenter said.

Currently, MSG operates as a student organization without funding or governing authority from the University.

Previous attempts to

fund MSG were unsuccessful. The first was vetoed

by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and the second failed in full Senate on March 15.

The bill would also require one member of Student Senate and one member from the Multicultural Affairs committee to be on the MSG. The bill states SEE MSG PAGE 2

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Uber rides in Lawrence stable despite price raise HAILEY DIXON @_hailey_dixon

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typical weekend night in Lawrence brings out taxis, Safe Bus, designated drivers and other forms of transportation to take students to and from bars and parties safely. One form of transportation that is widely used and popular among University students is Uber.

Last month, Uber’s increased booking fee — from $1 to $1.35 — for rides in Lawrence went into effect, making rides a tad more expensive.

Connor Mills, a junior from Shawnee, has driven for Uber for about a month.

He said he did not know the reason why the booking fee has increased by 35 cents.

However, he said the demand has stayed steady despite the fee increase.

“Since that fee increase has happened, I have not noticed any increase or decrease in the amount of riders,” he said. “I think it’s stayed pretty consistent

over the time that I’ve been driving.”

Mills said that with his experience with Uber, he thinks that college students are not really concerned about the fee.

“I don’t think it will be really an issue for them,” he said. “A lot of the times, the distances are very short.”

Mills said the most popular spot for riders to be picked up and dropped off at is on Massachusetts Street on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Mills said that he thinks there are enough drivers in Lawrence to balance the supply and demand.

“The amount of drivers, I think it’s pretty suitable for the amount of riders,” he said.

Cam Smith, a freshman from Kansas City, Kansas, said she thinks people will still use Uber in Lawrence heavily, despite the change of booking fee.

“When kids are drunk, and it’s cold in the winter, and things like the climate, and how far away it [the lo-

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cation] is, how able you are to get home safely, I think people will keep using it,” she said.

Even though she understands why the price has gone up, she said it can be annoying, especially for college students.

She said that she thinks other ride-hailing applications, like Lyft, may rise to prominence and popularity among college students if the prices keep increasing with Uber.

Overall, Mills said that

Uber is positive for both drivers and riders.

“I think that app and Uber as a company has made it really safe for both the rider and the driver,” he said. “I would give them a lot of credit.”

The Kansan contacted Uber and did not receive a response.

— Edited by Frank Weirich

FROM MSG PAGE 1 that these members would promote collaboration and represent the interests of Student Senate.

Sophia Templin, a holdover senator from De Soto, said the language of bill is intentionally vague so that MSG has room to grow and figure out what works best for them.

“We’re hoping to work with MSG to make sure that we understand who exactly their constituents are,” Templin said. “The purpose of doing that is so that senators can’t misconstrue what is exactly going on with MSG. We want to make sure specific in areas we need to be specific and vague in areas that need to be vague.

MSG changes every week.

It’s changing everyday, and we want to make sure that the actual structure of MSG is flexible.”

The bill faced some opposition in the Rights Committee from Jonathan Ehrlich, a law senator from Creston, Iowa, who said the bill was unreasonable and not logical.

“I see this as an attempt to discriminate now in order to make up for discrimination in the past,” Ehrlich said. “I think they are better suited to be a student club or maybe a committee. I haven’t been shown that it’s been properly thought-out and that it’s been properly written.”

Ehrlich was the lone member of Rights Committee to oppose the bill.

Carpenter said multicultural students have done the work and taken the proper channels to get representation within Senate, but faced obstacles from the chancellor and Student Senate.

“At the end of the day, this is a compromise between marginalized students and Student Senate,” she said.

Stephonn Alcorn, University student body president, said he hopes to continue to work on the bill in order to solidify the relationship between Student Senate and MSG.

Savanna Smith/KANSAN MSG members Mercedes Bounthapanya (left) and Keenan Gregory (right) discuss a bill that would include MSG in Student Senate bylaws during Wednesday night’s Student Rights Committee meeting.

“I think there are certainly things we can continue to work on to make sure the bill that we present next week in full Senate next,” Alcorn said. “Tonight, what has passed sets us up in a place to have a successful relationship and see if the two bodies coexist together.”

He said he thinks MSG will collaborate with the Multicultural Affairs Committee and the director of Diversity and Inclusion for their programming.

“A lot of the things that they are doing are goals that we believe in as well and we want them to succeed, and I think that can only happen with having a good relationship and working together,” Alcorn said.

After the two committees passed the bill to establish MSG in Senate’s Rules and Regulations, the Senate Finance Committee voted to allocate $1 per student of line-item funding to MSG, pending the approval of full senate and Gray-Little.

The fee was passed in tandem with a Memorandum of Agreement, which would solidify a relationship between Student Senate and MSG for the next four years. According to Alcorn, this will ensure that MSG will have funding for at least the extent of the MOA. The bill adding MSG to Senate and the fee will be presented to full Senate at its meeting next Wednesday.

Savanna Smith/KANSAN Trinity Carpenter discusses a bill that would include MSG in Student Senate bylaws during the March 29 Student Rights Committee meeting.

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Jayhawks take local parties on the move for spring break HAILEY DIXON @_hailey_dixon

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andy beaches are packed with college students, clad in bikinis and swim trunks. Individuals frolick in warm water while soaking up the sun, enjoying the relief of no classes, assignments or exams for a week.

This may be the scene that one sees while enjoying a spring break vacation in Texas, Florida, California or other popular destinations.

It’s a Friday night. People are walking in heels and dresses, khaki shorts and polos, all stumbling a bit because of pregaming. Lines of people eagerly wait to walk into their favorite bar, IDs in hand.

This may be the scene that one sees on a regular weekend standing in line to go to The Hawk, The Wheel, Bullwinkle’s or The Cave.

As one can see, these two environments are different; however, they collide when Jayhawks travel to exotic locations over spring break.

This year’s spring break, which lasted from March 17

to March 26, allowed students to visit beaches across the country, mountains, national parks and even their respective hometowns.

Payten Ferneau, a sophomore from Overland Park, visited South Padre Island, Texas, over spring break this year.

“We spent most of the time at the beach,” she said.

Ferneau said she made the 16-hour drive to South Padre with her roommate and other friends.

She said that South Padre provides a fun atmosphere to go out and have fun with friends.

“We met a lot of people,” she said. “It’s an easy way to meet people because everyone actually is taking care of everybody. I went around asking for a water and everyone was like, ‘I’m sure you can find someone.’”

Ferneau said that while many individuals believe South Padre is dirty and rowdy, she said she was pleasantly surprised and impressed with the beaches.

“Everyone says that South Padre is dirty, and it’s trashy and gross,” she said. “But

Contributed photo Sophomore Payten Ferneau and her group of friends from the University visited South Padre Island, Texas over spring break.

Baxter Schanze/KANSAN People stand in line waiting to get into The Hawk on March 15.

when we went, it wasn’t dirty, like everyone was pretty decent.”

Although she didn’t feel safe walking by herself, overall the groups of people she met were friendly.

“It’s definitely a place to have fun, but not anywhere I would go without people that I don’t know,” she said. “But it’s a trip I would take again, because we had so much fun.

We got up early, and always went to the beach early, took our coolers, just spent the whole day there, then we took a nap and then we went out. It was just so much fun.”

Brandon Dittmar, a senior from Austin, Texas, visited his hometown and showed his friends around the city.

“At night, we went out and checked out the city,” he said,

“We checked out [the University of Texas].”

Though Dittmar enjoyed being in Austin, he said the atmosphere of Lawrence provides something different for University students, including a wide range of entertainment.

“I definitely tell people to check out Mass Street because of all the restaurants, like Burger Stand,” said Dittmar.

Dittmar said that he thinks the culture within Lawrence is unique because it’s a college town.

“We are not like in a huge city, or in a small town either, so it’s like a community thing,” he said.

Dittmar said he thinks that although there are house parties on occasion, there are

not as many as what used to occur within Lawrence. He said he’d rather check out one of Massachusetts Street’s bars, of which there are plenty of options.

Bars, like Replay Lounge and Brothers, are staples of Massachusetts Street, with a long history of being in the Lawrence social scene.

“The Replay Lounge has been a local venue for over 20 years,” Sheridan James, the booking manager of Replay Lounge, said in an email.

“The impact we’ve had on the community and social atmosphere is unmeasurable. We are not only a local venue, but also a diverse bar/gathering area for our community. LFK wouldn’t be the same without The Replay, and we wouldn’t be the same without our

amazing community.”

While March Madness occurred over break, several bars offered students specials. Some of these bars were The Hawk, Brothers, Bullwinkle’s and others.

Junior Harden, general manager at Brothers, said the bar wants to provide a fun atmosphere for college students.

“We strive to just bring a fun atmosphere to students, townies, anyone that wants to come in and have a good time, we try to provide that,” Harden said.

Overall, Jayhawks know how to have a good time, whether it is during spring break, or back in Lawrence watching a basketball game while enjoying a cold drink on Massachusetts Street.

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McCarthy: Corporations real ‘welfare queens’

Slap my a** in a Sonic parking lot so I know it’s real.

College is throwing random shit at a high speed ceiling fan when we all have lots of homework to do.

“Uh, that’s way too early,” I tell myself about anything school or work related.

Me to me: Um, what am I doing?

Enroll & Pay should really be called Failing & Broke, because that’s all it ever shows me.

Can I go back to bed now?

I feel like life would be less stressful if I didn’t give a shit.

I don’t think chokers are as sexual as you want them to be. #MakeWatkinsPrescribeMoreDrugs2k17 Which emoji best embodies the scene kid movement of 2007?

I have no motivation to write a paper due on Sunday. Send help Buzzfeed is finally giving me the content I asked for.

The parking department is worse than the IRS “Free alcohol is better than puppies” –my history prof It’s only a breach if you get reported.

What part of a complete a** whooping defines “We just came up short”? We lost by 14 points! *Editor’s note: It was a quote. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I crack myself up for no particular reason.

My supervisor, “I provide some mentorship, but I’m mostly here for bad jokes.”

Maybe she just doesn’t have a life. I mean, I don’t have a life.

Stop making me change my password, KU.

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or years, conservatives and liberals have had different views about how to deal with poverty. Although both sides of the aisle have implemented policies related to welfare and poverty reduction, conservatives have stayed steadfast in their ideology concerning those of lower socio-economic status. Their view, generally, is that if you are poor it is because you do not work hard enough and if you are rich it is because you have the right work ethic.

Of course, this is ridiculous because there are numerous social, economic, and cultural factors that determine one’s personal income level and potential for economic mobility.

The most recent example of this is Representative Jason Chaffetz’s iPhone comment during the Republicans’ short-lived Obamacare “repeal and replace” effort.

His argument that people “should invest in health care” instead of “getting that new iPhone” is flawed on many levels.

First, equating buying a cellphone with buying healthcare is ludicrous because one requires smaller payments over a short period and the other requires recurring monthly payments over a long period. It is apples and oranges.

Second, Representative Chaffetz’s comment insinuates that poor people do not know how to spend their money and that they are making unwise decisions in

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the marketplace. Similar arguments such as people buying lobster with food stamps and Ronald Reagan’s fictional welfare queen example have been used to demonize lower income individuals.

Even Bill Clinton’s efforts to “end welfare as we know it” have been largely successful in making it more difficult to receive welfare benefits.

The latest move by congressional Republicans is to make drug testing mandatory for receiving unemployment benefits, thus perpetuating the narrative that welfare recipients are only trying to game the system to

feed their habits.

Yet, even though the number of people receiving welfare benefits has gone down over the last two decades, the poor are still thought to be too dependent on the government. Conservatives declare that self-reliance and personal responsibility are required to be successful and that most poor people do not have these qualities.

However, this same argument is rarely, if ever, applied to the biggest “welfare queens” in the country: large corporations.

According to a 2015 report from Good Jobs First,

around $68 billion in grants and tax credits were distributed to businesses between 2000 and 2015, two thirds of which were big corporations.

Some of the biggest recipients included Boeing, Ford Motor, General Electric, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, in addition to many others.

So where is the outcry over these corporations receiving massive government handouts? If we are truly a capitalist nation that believes in free markets, then why do these titans of industry need so much help from the government?

I believe if we are going to hold safety net beneficiaries to account in the form of more oversight, drug testing, and welfare policy reform then we should do the same thing when it comes to corporate subsidies and tax loopholes.

It is hypocritical to be for welfare reform without also being for more corporate financial reform and regulatory oversight of Wall Street.

Kevin McCarthy is a senior from Lenexa studying political science, history and public policy.

Wingerter: Students must fight fake news SETH WINGERTER @SethWingerter

As news organizations continue to shift from print to online publications, the line between true and fake news is blurred. The most recent presidential election has highlighted the problems these false stories have created. With these have come an unprecedented and dangerous wave of misinformation, which means that those who are well-equipped to fight fake news must take a stand.

Despite their complete falsity, these stories have managed to gain an amazing amount of traction and have had very real consequences.

There was an entirely-fabricated article that declared that the Pope had endorsed Donald Trump, another that declared that Hillary Clinton had sold weapons to ISIS, and one that said that FBI director James Comey received millions from the Clinton Foundation.

While these simply had impacts on public opinion, others had far more dire consequences. In the case of Pizzagate, a conspiracy theory that was spread by completely false news during the election cycle, a disgruntled reader even went so far as to investigate Comet Pizza for himself, thinking there was a child sex ring in its basement. He ended up firing three shots from an assault rifle during his visit.

This vicious fake news cycle is driving people to the brink of insanity, causing crazy and irrational acts to arise out of an extreme distrust for the mainstream media. Furthermore, there was an undeniable impact upon this year’s election.

While fake news may not have fully decided the outcome, it still highlighted an extremely important issue that is arising within our society.

Fake news is increasingly infringing upon the health

of American democracy, replacing voter education with voter misinformation, leaving many voters conspiratorial and misguided.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt realized this years ago, stating, “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.”

Instead, wisdom has been replaced by fallacy, leaving America in a position of weakness that threatens a legitimate rule of the people.

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Fake news is increasingly infringing upon the health of American democracy.”

This slippery slope must be avoided in order to preserve the health of the American democratic system, and this fake news must be com-

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bated by those who are wellequipped to fight it.

This aptitude to refute fake news can come from a higher education, as the skills a college degree covers should include critical thinking and close reading. Both are vital in the exposure of fake news.

Those who have attained a higher education must continue to support the mainstream media, despite any bias that may be prevalent from news outlet to news outlet. Relying on honest reporting that is based in journalistic integrity will be key in the downfall of fake news.

Fake news may have had a powerful impact on the 2016 election, but it is now time to put a stop to its influences.

The term “fake news” has begun to pervade the political system, allowing for serious doubt to be cast on perfectly legitimate claims.

Fake news must be defeated before the death of accountability and truth oc-

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curs, and this defeat must start with America’s educated citizens. This includes all the college graduates who are already in the workforce, but it also includes every student at the University of Kansas.

Being a member of this University, I urge everyone to go pick up a newspaper from a different news organization after you finish this one.

Not only will it help you become an informed citizen, but it will also support the very institutions that citizens rely on for truthful information and help dispel the wildly inaccurate misinformation of fake news. Fake news must be defeated, and the easiest way to do it is by simply picking up a real newspaper.

Seth Wingerter is a freshman from Olathe studying mechanical engineering.

— Edited by Sean Collins

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Make a great connection with someone influential.

Focus on shared finances over the next two days.

Draw upon hidden resources. Verify news from a second source.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You’re stronger and more confident today and tomorrow. Check your course, and then full speed ahead.

Discuss plans and coordinate action. Adapt to new information.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Review and clarify your plans. Make sure that everyone involved has been looped into the conversation. Pay attention to an elder’s suggestions.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Confer and plan with your team. Create an inspiring vision statement, and keep it visible. Ask for what you need, and get it. Coordinate practical actions.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Communication is key to managing new responsibilities. Coordinate your response to breaking news.

Listen to provide what your team needs. Good news comes through your networks.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Discuss your future aspirations with your educational team. Get valuable feedback to direct your journey.

An experienced counselor can illuminate the road ahead.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Get practical with finances. Negotiate deals and payment plans. Discuss priorities and strategies with your partner. Communication with an influential authority leads to positive results.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Communications get through. Strategize and compromise with your partner to take advantage of an opportunity. Reach out to your networks for support. Share a possibility.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Reach out and touch someone. Listen to your elders, especially regarding health and well-being. They can share what worked or didn’t. Share information, resources and ideas.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Words of love flow easily.

Write some down. Share conversation, good food and drink with family and friends. Learn valuable tricks from an elder.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Talk with family to align on domestic priorities and plans. Share the news, and work out who will do what.

Collaborate on a household project.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You’re sharp as a tack, especially brilliant with communications, networking and making connections.

Study and learn voraciously. Participate in a larger conversation.

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Hawk Route begins reform with new logo designed by University student HANNAH COLEMAN @hecoleman33

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ooking closely around Jayhawk Boulevard, you may find little yellow arrow icons. These are all around campus and are an often-overlooked, little-known perk of the University. Known as Hawk Route, the icons together make up a stairless path designed to help students with physical disabilities navigate the campus with ease.

Recently, the University looked to update Hawk Route to make it more accessible. In order to begin revamping the Hawk Route, Catherine Johnson, the director of the ADA Resources Center for Equity and Accessibility, said she came up with the idea to involve design students at the University to help create a new logo for Hawk Route.

“This is a really tough project if you really step back and think about it, what does it mean to convey accessibility?”

Johnson said. “What does it mean to create a symbol of inclusivity? That is hard.

So we wanted students to convey a deeper message to the campus that this is our accessible route on campus and that we are proud to be Jayhawks, and that this matters to us, and that’s why we are taking these efforts to make a change.”

Contributed photo The new logo for Hawk Route, designed by University student Piper Holt, will be instituted this summer.

Forty design students participated in crafting a new logo for the Hawk Route, and five design students, Brittany Lee, Jacob Gaunt, Skyler Baker, Alex McGettrick and Piper Holt, were chosen as finalists. The chosen logo, by Holt, will be put in place this summer.

The students were tasked with creating a symbol that conveys accessibility as well as inclusivity, Johnson said.

The students were not allowed to use typical designs such as the wheelchair logo to show accessibility.

Jeremy Shellhorn, an associate professor of design, said it was a

challenge for the students to create designs that avoided recycling old concepts.

“The real challenge was how to communicate accessibility and not use very generic stereotypical visuals,” Shellhorn said.

“If you even just Google accessibility, nothing really comes up, because it’s hard. No one’s really taking the time to do it and so there’s really not a lot of precedent to look at.

So the students were really pretty much working on their own and as a group, and kind of exploring this together.”

The five finalists were all formally recognized Tuesday, March 28 by

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Neeli Bendapudi, Johnson and Shellhorn.

At the end of the presentation on the Hawk Route and the design project, Holt was announced the winner.

Holt said taking on the challenge of the design project was intimidating, but well worth it.

“I just was kind of thinking about how you can go from the bottom of the [University] hill to the top, just kind of like the elevator. Like up and down arrows, and I thought that was best representative of accessibility,” Holt said.

“I started brainstorming with a bunch of ideas — all

completely different — and then I kind of narrowed it down to the better ideas, and that better exemplified the overall goal of the project. I think it’s kind of a fun process, and more challenging.”

Shellhorn said Holt’s winning design was strong in its combined sense of direction as well as its uniqueness to the University.

“I think one of the real strength in her’s was the ability to connect back to campus and again, you can’t have this at any other university. It’s unique to this institution and I think it’s completely directional, and it shows the ability to go up and down campus through the arrows.”

Bendapudi also spoke at the presentation and praised the students on their work and emphasized the importance of accessibility on the University campus.

“We all talk about Jayhawks sticking together, we all talk about KU as an inclusive place for everyone,” Bendapudi said. “But if a majority of people that need that access don’t have it, how can we claim that we believe we are inclusive?

So why is it such a great day? It’s showing how students and faculty can be actively engaged in addressing the world’s problems.”

— Edited by Erin Brock

Four things to do in KC this weekend JOSH MCQUADE

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PAULA POUNDSTONE @ THE MIDLAND Friday night at 8 p.m., standup comedian Paula Poundstone, who also lent her voice to the Pixar film “Inside Out,” will take to the Midland stage.

According to Poundstone’s website, the comedian won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic in 1989, going on to star in specials on HBO and tour the nation regularly. “Cats, Cops and Stuff” and “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard” were two of the comedian’s specials on HBO. The comic is listed on Comedy Central’s Top 100 comics of all time list. Poundstone also lent her voice to the Pixar film “Inside Out” as a minor role, “Forgetter Paula.”

Tickets for Friday night’s show are available at the Midland’s website, starting at $32.50.

ECLIPSED @ UNICORN THEATRE A five-woman play written by “The Walking Dead” star Danai Gurira will come to the Unicorn Theatre with showtimes beginning Wednesday,

March 29 and Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

According to the Unicorn Theatre website, “Eclipsed” is the story of five women — Dianne Yvette, Teisha Bankston, Ashley Kennedy, Njeri Mungai and Amber McKinnon — in the midst of civil war in Liberia. Four of the women are captured and held captive as wives of a rebel commanding officer, with the fifth woman attempting to rescue them.

Tickets start at $35 and can be found at the Unicorn Theatre website.

DISNEY ON ICE @ THE SPRINT CENTER Disney on Ice is stopping at the Sprint Center for the show’s “Follow Your Heart” tour.

The show will perform nine shows, the first being Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. and the last, Sunday, April 2 at 5 p.m.

According to the Sprint Center website, the new rendition of the classic ice show will feature Dory and Hank from “Finding Dory,” Riley and the emotions from “Inside Out,” and many more classic Disney characters.

The show features the

Contributed photo The cast of “Disney on Ice: Follow Your Heart” will perform at the Sprint Center this weekend.

Disney characters on ice skates performing tricks and retelling stories previously shown on the big screen.

Tickets and the times and dates of the nine shows are available at the Sprint Center website, starting at $12.

JON REEP @ IMPROV COMEDY CLUB Kickstarting his stand-up comedy career as the “Hemi Guy” from a Dodge commercial campaign, Jon Reep will be performing a set at

Improv Comedy Club Friday at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., and Sunday at 7 p.m.

According to the KC Improv website, Reep has appeared in TV shows and films, including “Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” “Eastbound and Down” and “Blackish.” Reep also won the fifth season of “Last Comic Standing” in 2007.

Tim Marks, the chief improvisational officer at the Kansas City Improv Company, said that the

venue will now have five shows every weekend on Fridays and Saturdays.

The schedule for those performance can be found at the Kansas City Improv Company’s website.

For Reep, tickets are starting at $20. Friday and Saturday’s shows will be 21+, but Sunday’s show will allow for those 18 and older to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Improv Comedy Club’s website.

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n a game where the entirety of the scoring was done in just three innings, the Jayhawks came out on the losing end Tuesday after a 5-2 game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Entering the day with a record of 14-8, Minnesota sent starting pitcher Reggie Meyer to the mound to counter Kansas freshman starter Ryan Zeferjahn. Although he only registered a pair of strikeouts on the day, Meyer efficiently carved his way through the Kansas lineup, allowing just three hits and two runs in his six innings of work.

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When you’re trying to fight your way into the win column, you just can’t make mistakes on routine balls.”

Ritch Price Kansas coach

Zeferjahn, on the other hand, labored through

four innings before he was was taken out in the fifth.

A three-run second inning was his only misstep in the contest, but after 89 pitches and 4.1 innings on the hill, he was replaced by junior left-hander Chase Kaplan.

At the time he was removed from the game, Kansas was only trailing by one run.

In the top of the sixth inning, two seeminglyidentical fly balls were hit to the corner outfield positions, which were manned by sophomores Devin Foyle and Ty Denzer.

Both balls appeared to be routine, with both fielders camped beneath them, but both fell to the turf as errors. As a result, the Golden Gophers pushed across two unearned runs.

“I was really disappointed on the two defensive miscues,” Kansas coach Ritch Price said. “When you’re trying to fight your way into the win column, you just can’t make mistakes on routine balls.”

Although the game was a losing effort, sophomore right-hander Zack Leban provided a silver

Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn throws a pitch in Kansas’ first game in a series against Minnesota on March 28. Kansas lost to Minnesota, 5-2.

lining with three one-hit scoreless innings in relief.

This lengthy relief outing lowered his season earned run average to 1.69.

The scoreboard yielded just two runs for the Jayhawks, but their bats were far from absent.

Kansas batters struck out just three times on the day and squared up pitches, but occasional weak

contact and ill fortune did away with the hopes of a win.

One such occurrence of a well-struck ball took place in the bottom of the fourth inning when junior first baseman Owen Taylor stroked an 85 mph offspeed pitch to right field for a single that plated the Jayhawks’ only two runs.

“Our bats are starting

to get better,” Price said.

“We’re trying to stay positive and trying to grind through it because there’s so many young guys playing that are struggling a little bit, but you can tell by the number of strikeouts being down today that we’re making progress.”

Kansas’ Wednesday game against Minnesota

was canceled due to weather. A makeup game has not been scheduled.

Kansas’ next matchup will be on March 31, when the Jayhawks host Texas for a three-game weekend series in their second bout with a Big 12 opponent.

— Edited by Frank Weirich

Maicke: Here’s how to fix the NBA’s player-resting issue MIKE MAICKE @MJ_Maicke

If you’ve been watching ESPN this last month, you’d think that the biggest crisis facing the entire world is NBA players resting during regular-season games.

Golden State and San Antonio wrecked a nationally televised game earlier in March, LeBron James thinks the whole league is being unfair to him and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver remains as undecided as ever on a pressing issue.

It doesn’t matter that the Spurs have been resting players for years; James and the Warriors sat out so it’s now officially unacceptable.

Not only unacceptable, Silver went as far as to call it, “An extremely significant issue for our league.”

And quite frankly, it is.

It’s a job and a damn good job at that. As an NBA player, you are under contract to play basketball games. If you do have a legitimate injury that is keep-

Associated Press San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard guards Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James during the first half of an NBA game on Monday, March 27, in San Antonio.

ing you from doing that, then by all means don’t play.

But, being tired isn’t a legitimate excuse to not play.

Imagine if an electrician, plumber or hell, almost any other job except professional athlete, missed a day of work because they were tired. It would be completely unacceptable and often times grounds for dismissal.

A firefighter has strenuous, back-to-back days of work that put a lot of strain

on the body, but firefighters can’t take days off so they can walk better later in life.

And the money, oh my, let’s talk about the money.

NBA games are not cheap.

Sure, I come from Chicago where it would cost me more than most markets to go to a Bulls game, but even in a market like Memphis, you’re paying around $100 to $150 for a lower-level seat. You’re also paying to park the car. You’re paying $9 per beer and $7 for a hotdog or burger.

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You get the point. You’re paying a lot.

I’m fortunate enough to have been to a lot of NBA games in my life. Have I encountered players resting?

Of course (thanks for that, 2015 Christmas Kobe), but for families who save a whole year to go to one really quality matchup, only to see that all the stars are resting, is just not right.

But, on the flip side, it gets sketchy if the league is going to start doing injury witch hunts, and questions who is actually injured as opposed to who is simply resting.

So, check this out, Commissioner Silver: What if we approach the problem like this. If a coach chooses to rest a player, then that player should have to remain benched for three games straight, essentially taking the player out for a week.

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TOP 10 MOMENTS OF KANSAS BASKETBALL’S 2016-17 SEASON

Missy Minear/KANSAN Coach Bill Self smiles with junior Devonte’ Graham after defeating West Virginia 84-80 in overtime on Feb. 13.

A memorable 2016-17 season for the Kansas Jayhawks ended before one of its greatest leaders in senior guard Frank Mason III could take the program to its 15th Final Four in school history. However, the Jayhawks still accomplished a lot in a season filled with great memories. Here are the top 10 moments of the season from the Kansan's men's basketball beat writers: SKYLAR ROLSTAD, BRIAN MINI & JORDAN WOLF

8. Kansas surges in second half to claim win at Rupp Arena

10. Josh Jackson posterizes a UAB player at Sprint Center

It’s not easy to win on the road, especially when it’s against Kentucky. Kentucky started the game strong, but it was the second half that turned in Kansas’ favor.

Kansas found itself down five points at halftime, but between Mason’s 21 points and Jackson’s 20 points, the Jayhawks were able to force turnovers and outplay two of the top guards in the country in Kentucky's Malik Monk and De'Aaron Fox. Kansas was clearly a top team in the country, but this second half proved that it could compete with any team. This was one of Kansas’ four wins over teams ranked in the top five, but it stood out for a win against a fellow blueblood.

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Early in the season, onlookers knew about the freshman guard Josh Jackson's athletic ability, but his dunk against UAB made highlight reels across the country.

Kansas easily dispatched UAB, but this game will be remembered as one of, if not the best, posterizing dunk of the season by any Jayhawk. Jackson scored two of his 22 points on a one-handed dunk over UAB’s Tosin Mehinti.

The slam heard across the country got the Sprint Center on its feet and proved to Kansas fans that Jackson was, in fact, the real deal.

9. Tyler Self's three pointer caps blowout NCAA tournament win over UC Davis An explosive Kansas performance in a Round of 64 win over UC Davis gave Kansas senior walk-on Tyler Self, coach Bill Self's son, a chance to get back on the court.

"I didn't know if I was going to play again this season, to be honest," Self said after the game.

As Self nailed a three that brought the Jayhawks to 100 points in the 100-62 win over UC Davis in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Kansas bench went wild. Senior guard Frank Mason III jumped onto the shoulders of junior guard Svi Mykhailiuk in celebration.

The win sent the Jayhawks on their way to a blowout win over Michigan State in Tulsa, Oklahoma, then to Kansas City for another overwhelming win over Purdue.

7. Bill Self's 600th career win Bill Self's team wrapped up a routine 105-62 win over UMKC on Dec. 6, but it was memorable because Self reached a milestone only some of the greatest coaches ever have.

The Allen Fieldhouse video board congratulated Self by showing him videos of former players congratulating him — everyone from 2002-05 Illinois guard Deron Williams to 2008 national champion Mario Chalmers. Self received messages from former assistant coaches and players from all of his coaching stops, including Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois.

"When you coach at a place like here at Kansas you should win a lot of games," Self said after the game. "So that's not as significant. But to see all those other fellas [Self's former players], that's what makes

it special."

Self became the ninth-fastest coach to reach 600 wins in his career. Mason powered the Jayhawks to the win on the night with 30 points.

6. Frank Mason III dives over courtside table, steals pass against Kansas State Kansas’ Feb. 6 matchup against in-state rival Kansas State was the second matchup between the two on the season, and while it didn’t feature a game-winning shot, it still had its exciting moments.

With one minute remaining in the game, a K-State pass looked to be heading out-of-bounds.

That is until Mason stepped in. Running full speed across the floor, Mason saved the ball behind him, leaping over the firstrow media table and crashing into a row of chairs. He disappeared from the camera’s view, before springing back onto the court and intercepting a Wildcats pass.

From there, Kansas would go on to win 7471. As the game came to a close, the K-State students chanted “overrated” at the Jayhawks, to which Mason simply pointed up and said “scoreboard.” It was his last game in Bramlage Coliseum, and may have been his sweetest win there.

5. Lagerald Vick steals the show with 360 dunk against Purdue The Jayhawks already had their share of NCAA tournament fun in the first weekend, but in their Sweet Sixteen matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers, the exciting plays did not stop coming.

With just over 12 minutes remaining in the game, and Kansas leading

by seven, sophomore guard Lagerald Vick intercepted a Boilermakers pass and headed down the floor unchallenged. He approached the basket from the side, gathering himself with long strides before skying up and throwing down an acrobatic 360-degree slam.

The Jayhawks’ lead was now nine, and Vick’s dunk energized and carried them to what ended as a 32-point blowout.

Vick showed flashes of his incredible athleticism throughout his first two years but had yet to have much of a defining play.

With this play, however, Vick made sure that everyone in the country knew his name.

4. Lucas, Mason and Self bid farewell to Allen Fieldhouse A tearful Mason left the floor for the last time as a player in a senior-night win over Oklahoma. Jayhawks fans also said goodbye to two other players who defined the program: guard Tyler Self and center Landen Lucas.

In his senior speech, Lucas told stories of his improvement as a player and valuable starter for two seasons. Bill Self said this season that Lucas' hard work kept proving irreplaceable as the team tried recruiting higher-rated players.

Mason brought his son to see his first game at Allen Fieldhouse, along with his mother and father.

Mason's father, Frank Mason Jr., was overcome with emotion when his son was recognized before the game.

Bill Self introduced Mason to fans as the "toughest player I've ever coached" and "the National Player of the Year."

As for coach Self's "favorite Jayhawk," Tyler Self

thanked the fans for helping him become a man.

Coach Self told fans about how his son decided to play for the Jayhawks and how he helped the team during five years with the program.

3. Svi Mykhailiuk captures win over K-State with walk-off bucket Kansas’ second win over K-State was close down the stretch, but that wasn’t anything new. That’s because the first meeting between the two teams had all the drama that was needed.

With the ball in Mykhailiuk’s hands with a chance to win the game, the junior took a few extra, unregulated steps on his way to the basket for the game-winning layup.

The missed travel garnered lots of national attention between criticism, memes and celebrations.

This win was just the second conference game of the season, and set the stage for an exciting Big 12 season.

2. Frank Mason III beats Duke with game-winning jumper Kansas opened the season with a loss, but followed it with one of its most exciting wins of the season on Nov. 15 against Duke.

With the game tied at 75 and under five seconds remaining, Mason pulled up from the foul line, hitting the shot and giving the Jayhawks a two-point lead with 1.8 seconds left. Duke didn’t have any timeouts and missed its half-court heave. Kansas won, 77-75.

It was an unbelievably exciting start to the year for the Jayhawks, after a disappointing first game.

The shot also served as the start to an incredible se-

nior campaign for Mason, who earned the title of Big 12 Player of the Year, and is the favorite for National Player of the Year awards.

He scored 21 points and dished out five assists, almost identical to his season averages of 20.9 points and 5.2 assists per game.

1. Kansas' 14-point comeback in under three minutes against West Virginia Kansas fans waited for the Jayhawks’ scoring run all night on Feb. 13 against West Virginia, and it never came.

Until the clock read 2:58, Kansas faced the second home loss in a row.

Then it didn't happen.

The Jayhawks rallied in the final minutes to force overtime. In the extra period, the miracle had already been worked and the Jayhawks won 84-80.

"I think it’s the most remarkable win I’ve ever been a part of, and we’ve had some great ones here, but we’ve never come from 14 down with two and a half minutes left against the ninth-ranked team in the country,” Bill Self said after the game.

Some fans left the Fieldhouse early and missed out as Kansas recovered from one of its worst regulation performances of the season. Overtime was a different story. The Jayhawks outscored the Mountaineers 13-9 in the overtime period.

Kansas only led for six and half minutes during the entire game. Mason scored 24 points, and added four rebounds and five assists to lead the Jayhawks to the comeback win.

— Edited by Sean Collins