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Elizabeth Dole talks at first leadership lecture series DARBY VANHOUTAN @darbyvanhoutan

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n front of a crowd of nearly 120 people, former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole spoke Sunday afternoon about what it’s like to be a leader and a woman, and how the two go handin-hand.

The event was held at the Dole Institute of Politics, which is named after her husband Bob Dole, and kicked off the Elizabeth Dole Women in Leadership Lecture series. The series will celebrate Dole and several historic papers of hers being brought to the Dole Institute of Politics.

Among the 120 attendees were Provost Neeli Bendapudi and Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.

In her introduction before Dole’s speech, Gray-Little laid out the multiple leadership roles Dole herself has occupied, many of which had never been held by a woman before her.

“I’m used to that,” Dole said on being the only woman in the room. “Just doing my own thing and following my star. I advise the young women today to find what you’re passionate about. Women are moving forward in massive ways today. I was there on the cutting edge I guess.”

The North Carolina native has held positions like president of the American Red Cross, Federal Trade Commission member, public liaison assistant to President Ronald Reagan and later the first female Secretary of Transportation. She was also the first female senator for North Carolina and the Secretary of Labor for President George H.W. Bush, making her the first woman to serve two different positions in two presidents’ cabinets.

Dole Institute of Politics Director Bill Lacy led the event and asked Dole a series of questions regarding her history serving in the

Miranda Anaya/KANSAN Senator Elizabeth Dole discusses her experiences in the White House and with the American Red Cross at the Robert Dole Institute of Politics on April 30.

White House and working on policy, as well as what advice she had for women in the audience.

The experiences and trials that 80-year-old Dole discussed stood out to Andi Leuszler, a junior from Lenexa who attended the

talk.

“It was an inspiration,” Leuszler said. “To hear somebody from that perspective who went through all of these struggles and did really well and succeeded is just a nice thing to be reminded of. It’s nice to re-

member that we have made a lot of progress as women.”

Junior from Santa Clara, California, Victoria Snitsar said that the most inspiring thing that stood out to her was Dole speaking on how she ran for president in 2000, almost becoming

the first woman to clinch a Republican presidential nomination.

“I’m planning to take her words to heart and am excited to see how I can use them in my own life and how I can follow in some of the trails that she blazed,” Snitsar said after the event.

Trailblazers such as Dole will be featured in the lecture series in the fall semesters of years to come. According to Lacy, the lectures will feature women from a variety of backgrounds who can speak on their experience in leadership roles.

There was no argument, Lacy said, that Elizabeth Dole would be the inaugural speaker of the series.

“I thought today was a wonderful kick-off,” Lacy said after the event. “We couldn’t conceive of a better way to start a lecture series on women in leadership than to have the individual for who the series is named as your guest.”

Dean candidates for social welfare offer plans, goals EMILY WELLBORN @EmWellborn

Baxter Schanze/KANSAN The Adidas Leadership Scholars program is partnering with the University. Students will participate in a six week summer program before their first semester.

Adidas, KU partnering for leadership program HAILEY DIXON @_hailey_dixon

When one thinks of the brand Adidas, thoughts of a sports brand, clothing, shoes and even Jayhawk uniforms may come to mind, but its relation to academics? Not so much.

However, a program called Adidas Leadership Scholars is coming to the University, starting this summer.

According to DeAngela Burns-Wallace, vice provost for Undergraduate Studies, the program is a partnership between Adidas and the University. Its mission is to support first-generation college students, in addition

to students of low-income backgrounds.

The program will require 150-200 incoming freshmen to make a four-year commitment at the University, including attending a six-week Summer Success Academy prior to the start of a student’s first semester at the University.

After the six-week program in the summer, the students will be involved in a series of programs and workshops, according to the website. With the immersion into the program, students will be able to apply these skills they learn through Adidas Leadership Scholars during their time at the University and after graduation.

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“For Adidas, they truly believe that helping students be successful is a key part of the work that they do, across their relationships with higher-ed institutions,” Burns-Wallace said.

Burns-Wallace said the program seeks to give students professional, academic and personal peer support, match them with an advisor and help them find their major sooner.

According to the Adidas Leadership Scholars page, students who participate in the program must complete 30 credit hours per year and maintain at least a 2.50 GPA. The program will im-

Four candidates for the dean of the School of Social Welfare gave their presentations over the last two weeks to the University community on “The Social Work Profession in 2027 and the Role of Schools of Social Work in Preparing For It,” which focused on common goals of diversity and innovation.

“The pool of candidates brought back to campus was a strong one,” said Stephen Mazza, dean of the School of Law and chair of the search committee, in an email. “The SSW faculty, staff and students participated actively in the various parts of the interview process for each candidate.”

The school has been looking for a successor since the previous dean of the School of Social Welfare resigned in the spring of 2016.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to view all of the presentations and evaluate the candidates before 4:30 on Wednesday. Here’s a look at the candidates:

MICHELLE CARNEY Carney has been the di-

rector of the School of Social Work at Arizona State University since 2014. She said that because the University is at the end of an accreditation cycle, there is an opportunity to update the curriculum.

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“I think that that’s really important as a dean especially in today’s educational arena that you really need to be thinking ahead, whether it be two, three, five, 10 years and try to figure out what’s coming in the future for students as well as for the school.”

Wesley Church School of Social Welfare dean candidate

“Some schools have tried some innovative things, but in most programs we sort of make students decide whether they want to work with individual families or groups or whether they want to work with the more larger systems — communities, organizations, legislation, that sort of thing — and I think it’s a false dichoto-

my,” Carney said. “I think we need to be teaching students to think critically, and we need to be using real world cases and problem solving opportunities so that they can apply content that they’ve learned rather than sort of repeat or regurgitate or spit back content that they have just read.”

Carney also said her diverse experience would help her stand apart from the other candidates.

“I’ve been an associate dean at a similar sized university, University of Georgia, and I was also the director of a nonprofit institute for about 10 years so I have that leadership experience and I’ve been at Arizona State as the director of a very large school of social work for three years,” Carney said. “I’ve had the variety of experiences and I have just an excitement about where I think social work can go.”

WESLEY CHURCH

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Now finally in office, Womack and Carter anticipate their role in the future of KU DARBY VANHOUTAN @darbyvanhoutan

“OK...I can finally get to work. This is for real now.”

These were the words Student Body President Mady Womack said as she sat and relaxed during her first day in office following joint senate.

Both Womack and Student Body vice president Mattie Carter have been planning for their first day, as well as the year to follow since they launched their campaign on Feb. 7.

“It’s exciting. Even just getting to now sit at the front of the chambers facing out is exciting,” Carter said. “I’m ready to work this summer.”

The work she’ll be doing most this summer, Carter said, is rewriting Student Senate Rules and Regulations (SSRR). According to both Carter and Womack, changes to SSRR are done by the vice president and chief of staff. However, due to a delay in certifying election results, executive positions like chief of staff won’t be chosen until senate’s special session on May 3.

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1996. He said that being innovative is important for a new dean.

“I think that that’s really important as a dean especially in today’s educational arena that you really need to be thinking ahead, whether it be two, three, five, 10 years and try to figure out what’s coming in the future for students as well as for the school and then setting the school up for what’s coming before it happens,” Church said.

Church also said that if he got the position, he would want to reach out to the University community and promote transparency and connection within the community.

“I’m really interested in the idea that they have a transformative educational experience for students that includes diversity, equity and inclusion, so it’s just kind of this transformative experience that students have across the four

Both rulings from the Student Senate Court of Appeals hearings, as well as a “symbolic” tie vote from the Elections Commission in their last violation hearing of the elections, provided the sentiment that SSRR changes may indeed be necessary, with Womack calling SSRR a “complete disaster.”

More than that, Carter said, changes to rules are needed to complete the platforms the pair hopes to get started on as early as this summer.

“I think the platforms we ran on are probably the things we’re going to hit the ground running with most,” Carter said. “A lot of the things we want to get accomplished this year involve rules and regulations changes, so I’ll get started on that this summer.”

According to Carter, these are things like the freshman internship program, which would allow University freshmen to shadow and train with student senators. One of the platforms Womack said she is most eager to get started on is the sexual as-

sault reporting application Project Callisto.

“I’m most excited for kind of figuring out what exactly it’s going to look like to reform the reporting process for sexual assault,” Womack said.

Bringing platforms like the internship program and Project Callisto to fruition may be one of their most important jobs. But there may be one thing, Womack said, that will prove even harder — uniting 65 senators who orig-

inate from four different coalitions.

“The hardest thing we’re going to face is getting everybody on the same page,” Womack said. “Your job after the election is to dissolve your coalition and know it doesn’t really matter anymore, but in practice, it takes a little more of making people more comfortable and reaching out.”

Having hard discussions and making compromises with people who once sat opposite them

on debate stages is something that both Womack and Carter say they’re prepared for. It’s these discussions, Carter said, that will bring both her and Womack’s plans to life.

“I’m looking forward to being able to make a difference on this campus. That’s kind of why I wanted to do this,” Carter said. “There’s a lot of things I feel really passionate about and I want to be able to be the one to see them through.”

program is building off of programs that are already available at the University.

“The main aspects of the program, if you think about it, are a lot of the pieces that we have around the institution already,” Burns-Wallace said. “Much of what they will be doing, engaged with, supported with, are pre-existing offices and structures.”

First-generation college student Marissa Bernal, a junior from Shawnee, said she participated in a program

like this at the University of Missouri while she was in high school. She thinks that the program will be a positive initiative at the University.

“Having this be available to students would be really beneficial to first-generation college students,” she said.

“I was really going into the whole process [attending a university] kind of blind-sided.”

For incoming freshmen to the University, especially

those who are a first-generation college students, Bernal advises them to hold off on working for year and try to get involved in many activities and opportunities.

“I always say that, at a place like KU, we have so many amazing resources for students,” Burns-Wallace said.

The priority deadline for the program has already passed for those wishing to apply to be a part of the program for this year. Those

accepted will be notified in mid-May.

years that they’re at KU, as well as the transformation that they should have while they’re at the School of Social Welfare,” Church said.

“Since I have served as a dean previously I have had the opportunity of seeing the bird’s-eye view, sort of the grand picture overseeing an entire school of social work from the budgeting to the staffing to the faculty teaching in classrooms to curriculum so I think with that experience and moving from an experience where I have served as a dean, I might be able to move into that position at KU a little bit easier,” Caine said.

keeping things moving forward.”

Kapp also said during his presentation that he hopes to increase diversity, equity and inclusion within the school by partnering with other groups on campus and looking into policy changes to retain and recruit students and faculty.

“Our diversity, equity and inclusion group is looking at, from a policy perspective, looking at what are our practices, what are our policies and what kind of supports do we have,” Kapp said. “In addition to that, [Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Jennifer] Hamer’s office has scholars throughout campus that are also taking on these issues so we have all of these different resources that we can bring together to bare for us to put together a long term plan for this school so we have a plan that we can look at every year that can hold us accountable.”

DAPHNE CAINE Caine, who is the chair of the department of social work in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi, said that she was attracted to the dean position at the University because of its national reputation.

“The KU School of Social Welfare is a very old and established school of social welfare. It has a very positive and strong national reputation, and the faculty that are there are just outstanding,” Caine said. “I was really attracted to the quality of the program at KU.” Caine said that her experience in academic administration over the past six years would make her a strong candidate for the position.

CORRECTIONS In the April 27 issue of the Kansan, due to an editing error, the caption was not included on a photo on page 2. The caption should have read, “Trinity Carpenter, social welfare senator, speaks at the Finance Committee meeting about the fee bill with a group who were working to pass the bill.”

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STEPHEN KAPP Kapp has been the interim dean of the School of Social Welfare since March 1, 2016, after Paul Smokowski resigned. He is the only candidate from the University.

“I’m really interested in staying at KU. I’m not interested in taking myself out on the market,” Kapp said during his presentation. “I’m very interested in the school, its survival and

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How Senate allocates $70,000 to student groups NOLAN BREY @NolanBrey

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tudent Senate allocated $69,997.95 of $70,000 in student funding requests this year.

However, to receive Student Senate funding, groups must navigate an intricate process some view as bureaucratic.

Student groups are eligible to receive a portion of the more than the $600,000 that Student Senate allocates to the University as a whole.

Each semester, all students pay $455.50 in student fees, $14.15 of which goes to the Student Senate activity fee. This fee funds various activities, including University bands, University forensics, the Lied Center, the Student Senate administrative budget, the University Theatre and more.

To receive funding, groups must be registered through the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC) and be open to all students. Additionally, organizations may not have academic requirements or fees that keep students from participating.

Groups may request funds for a variety of activities and expenditures, including office supplies, honoraria, equipment, advertising, cultural items and more. However, groups may not receive funds to provide services that already exist on campus, pay for travel expenses or offer giveaway items, food or one-time-use items. Groups that cannot

apply include honors societies, Greek organizations and other exclusive groups.

“If you’re going to require students to pay this fee, they should be able to benefit from it,” said Allyssa Castilleja, Student Senate treasurer.

To receive funds, groups must complete a series of steps. Groups must first write a bill to receive funding. Bills are written by student senators, who are assigned to every student group in SILC.

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If you’re going to require students to pay this fee, they should be able to benefit from it.”

Allyssa Castilleja Student Senate treasurer

After bills have been written, they are sent to the Student Senate Finance Committee. If passed in finance, the bill is sent to one of the other three Student Senate legislative committees (this decision is made by the Student Senate vice president).

The next week, the bill is sent to full senate, and if it is approved, the group will receive their funding within two weeks.

The group asking for funding must attend each of the three senate committee meetings to present their funding request. Castilleja said this step is often the most difficult for groups.

“If they don’t show up to

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one of those presentations, then we have to table their bill and then that’s another month they have to wait,” Castilleja said.

Erin Coots, a junior from Olathe and public relations coordinator of Engineers Without Borders, said her organization’s experience with Student Senate funding requests has been positive thanks to engineering senators. Engineers Without Borders received $600 from two Student Senate funding requests this year.

“The process was very transparent,” Coots said.

“Our senator was very clear on what we needed to bring to the table, what kind of questions should we expect, what kind of things are we going to need to mention in front of senate as we request the funds."

However, while Coots views the process as fair, she wishes that it was a faster process, as groups who might need funding quickly

may not be able to obtain funds in time.

“I would say it’s reasonable to me,” Coots said. “But, I wish the turnaround time was shorter. You have to know what money you need quite a ways in advance if you want to get the money in time.”

Castilleja said the vast majority of groups who request funding receive the funding, and the finance committee denied funding to only four groups this year.

As April approached, most available funds had already been allocated. At their March 30 meeting, the Finance Committee was only able to allocate $2,652.05, while $9,230 had been requested by groups.

Student groups who ask for funds at the end of the year are at a greater disadvantage, though getting some sort of funding is still highly likely.

“I think we’re a more secure funding source be-

cause we usually don’t deny funding requests if they follow the rules, just because there’s no reason to if we have the money,” Castilleja said.

Moreover, Castilleja said 128 groups were funded this year. Most funding disbursements were either in the $100 or $500-$2,500 ranges. However, some disbursements were over $5,000, Castilleja said.

There is not a maximum amount that student groups can ask for, but Student Senate has a “half over a thousand” funding policy, meaning that if an event will cost over $1,000, the Student Senate will pay the first $1,000 plus half of the remaining balance. For example, the Student Senate would provide $1,250 in funding for a $1,500 event.

Castilleja said the student activities funding budget is not fixed, but usually hovers around $70,000 or $80,000. Unlike last year,

this year’s funding budget was used entirely.

“It’s hard to estimate because I feel like some years groups come for a ton of events,” Castilleja said.

“Some years, they just don’t.

This year, I think they came for more because departments on campus were less willing to fund just because of budget cuts.”

In general, Castilleja thinks the process works well, though it could be improved by reaching out to more organizations who do not know they are eligible for funding.

“I think it’s something that student groups, in general, always have a problem with is reaching out to new people, but I think that the groups who work with us on a year-to-year basis understand the process and do a really good job when it comes to their turnover and explaining the process and making sure everything goes smoothly,” Castilleja said.

Univ. Senate delays vote on test rescheduling policy CHANDLER BOESE @Chandler_Boese

The policy that would allow students exemptions from tests in case of life events is still up in the air after a contentious debate in University Senate on Thursday.

The Senate, which includes representatives from faculty, staff and student senates, discussed the policy and amendments to it for well over an hour during Thursday’s meeting, eventually voting to refer it to a committee of the body for further discussion, deliberation and amendments.

Senior Joseph Kollhoff, a non-traditional student senator, had originally proposed the policy, which mandated

that faculty members work with students to make up any tests or final exams that coincide with a significant life event. The policy had been supported by Student Senate and was debated at an April 13 University Senate meeting.

Some of the issues that had been brought up at the previous meeting, like a lack of specificity in defining “major life event,” surfaced again in the meeting. Kollhoff and a few staff members attempted to suggest amendments clarifying the definition, but all failed. Suggestions for qualifying life events included the birth or adoption of a child, death of a family member or a change in marital status.

“It was nice to see that there were at least a few fac-

ulty members on my side, kind of saying, this is better, let’s use this language instead,” Kollhoff said after the meeting.

Faculty members and some staff members expressed concerns with some of the amendments, like those allowing accommodations for marriage or a change in marital status.

Following these discussions, Kollhoff rescinded the part of his bill that asks faculty members to specifically allow students accommodations on their finals. He said he felt that this part of the bill was a problem for faculty members.

“It seemed to be the root of most of the argument, since you can look at finals schedules five years in ad-

vance,” he said after the meeting. “If that’s what they want to argue, that’s a more reasonable argument.”

However, the bill itself, in its original form or with a rescinded amendment, never actually made it to a vote. The Senate instead voted to move the bill to the University Senate Executive Committee, which will then decide which of the Senate’s subcommittees to move the bill to.

This decision, too, was hotly debated by members, with some arguing that the issue was complex and important enough to need further deliberation, while others argued that the issue merited an immediate decision.

“Because all of us here

are capable of making a decision, so, yes we may disagree, that’s true, but we’ve all been elected to this body because we are capable,” argued student representative Jasmine Fillmore during the meeting. “If we weren’t capable of having a discussion and clarifying this, then we wouldn’t have been elected or appointed to the body in the first place.”

Staff representative Emily Gullickson, on the other hand, said the discussion surrounding the policy demonstrated the need for further discussion.

“I feel like this is really important, not just for students, but also for considering faculty and instructor rights,” she said. “We’ve been talking about this for over an hour,

and we still haven’t reached a decision. We’ve failed everything because of the language and I think language really matters here.”

A majority of the representatives voted to send the policy to SenEx. Kollhoff said he was disappointed by the actions of the Senate, but he’s willing to compromise some of his points to see the policy passed.

“I find it unfortunate that they would rather kick the can than actually do something about it,” he said.

“In that regard, I’m underwhelmed.”

The next SenEx meeting is Tuesday in the provost’s conference room, where the group will decide which of the nine standing committees to refer the policy to.

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Crosswords are fun when it’s like a bunch of people… and the internet Currently stress shopping “I have so much to do” the sorority girl in my hall says as she spends two hours decorating a cooler in our dining hall The finger guns are the windows to the soul.

The lowest I’ll stoop is bud light dear people who try to piss off their bus driver: you’re not special and you’re making the day hell for the rest of us too isn’t it funny that “bad” is a negative term and “ass” is a negative term, but when you put them together it’s a positive term?

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Today Gmail stopped me from sending an email that I wrote “attached” in but never actually attached anything.

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n Wednesday, President Trump and his administration rolled out their much-anticipated tax reform plan. The single-page proposal was seen by journalists and lawmakers as more of a bare-bones outline than a comprehensive legislative proposal. However, it has generated some buzz in Washington this week after Trump’s 100th day in office.

The president is framing

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Brownback, job growth has been sluggish at best and we have been in a perpetual budget crisis ever since.

An analysis by the Tax Policy Center found that, although the proposal would cut taxes at all levels, the biggest beneficiaries would be the highest income earners.

Furthermore, they estimate that $7.2 trillion would be added to the federal debt in the first ten years.

While there is still much to be determined about the plan, the initial indications are that it is nothing more than a massive tax cut for corporations and wealthy individuals.

Donald Trump has portrayed himself as different from other politicians. He ran on promises of job creation for working class citizens and using his business acumen to revitalize the

economy, but this tax plan would do the exact opposite.

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The Trump administration should look to Kansas as an example of what not to do on tax reform.”

Since Ronald Reagan was president in the 1980s, conservative Republicans have pushed the same type of tax policy. Their philosophy is that massive tax cuts will provide corporations and high-income earners with extra capital to invest in more employees, but this does not happen.

A trickle-down, voodoo economic policy like this is

not only irresponsible and reckless but it has potentially detrimental consequences.

My hope is that the people who voted for Trump in 2016 start to realize what the man they elected is doing.

The President does not care about working class people.

He only cares about enriching himself and promoting his brand, and that is exactly what this tax plan would do.

I know that tax policy is not the most exciting topic, but we cannot afford to be ignorant on these issues. We must continue to keep this administration accountable.

If we don’t, everyday people like you and me will pay the price.

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

Shondell: America should embrace soccer

I have taken more naps this semester than I have ever done in my 4 years at KU. Senioritis is too real.

I’m such a slut for Doritos.

the plan as a way to relieve the tax burden on middle class families and allow businesses to be more competitive in the marketplace. It also proposes reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three.

The biggest part of the plan, however, is the administration’s proposal to slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent. This would also apply to firms known as pass-through entities, which includes hedge funds, large real estate groups and the like.

Upon initial inspection, this may sound like a great proposal. Who doesn’t want to pay less taxes, right?

But, it is not so simple.

First, the Trump administration should look to Kansas as an example of what not to do on tax reform. Despite the promises of Governor

JOSEPH SHONDELL @jshondy

Soccer, football, whatever you want to call it, is the next big deal here in America. For years the sport has seen spectacular drama on a world stage. The World Cup, Champions League and even the MLS have transformed the modern game. Now, it is time for the United States to become a world power, but they must get over a massive hurdle — culture.

For over 100 years the United States has participated in soccer at the international level. We are a world power in almost every sport that is on display at the Olympics. The major problem the United States has in the sport of soccer is lack of understanding and culture.

To put this into simple terms, think of the way we play basketball. You can walk into any community center, outdoor court or even Ambler Student Recreation Center, and there are pickup games everywhere. We have the best basketball players because of this. This is how soccer is in Europe and South America. They play endless pickup games on fields or anything they can find.

We need more fields that are for every person, we need

them on every street corner, in every city, and then we can win a big tournament on the world stage.

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The major problem the United States has in the sport of soccer is lack of understanding and culture.”

Every four years our American pride is shown on a global scale. We turn out for the World Cup in red, white and blue. Whether it be at watch parties at Power and Light or traveling to the host country, our passion rivals that of the world soccer powers. This passion needs to

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remain for the sport. For us to become a power that rivals France, Argentina, Germany or Brazil, we need a base of passion and interest to develop the sport. This starts with our youth and their development.

Names like Christian Pulisic, Matt Miazga and Ethan Horvath are about to become household names in global soccer. These players grew up in the rise of the American club soccer system. They have developed into prized European players and they are the hope for American soccer in the next World Cup and many more to come.

MLS is starting to develop top players as well and is gaining more talent from Europe to help bolster a league that is growing exponentially in popularity.

CONTACT US Lara Korte Editor-in-chief lkorte@kansan.com

Tucker Paine Business Manager tpaine@kansan.com

The start of an American soccer revolution is on the horizon. Americans, unlike anyone else, are keen to startups and feed off their effect. If the U.S. keeps developing stars like Pulisic, the future can only look up.

Feeding Europe with young Americans also sends a clear message that we mean business. Yes, we will be written off as a joke, but for us that means nothing.

The day we lift that golden trophy will be a day where the true pride of the American nation shows through.

Joseph Shondell is a freshman from Roeland Park studying journalism and environmental studies.

THE KANSAN EDITORIAL BOARD Members of the Kansan Editorial Board are Lara Korte, Christian Hardy, Tucker Paine and Vince Munoz.

arts & culture HOROSCOPES ›› WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?

Aries (March 21-April 19) Home comforts entice.

Plan a luxurious domestic evening. It’s a good time for an important conversation. Talk with family about dreams and plans.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Creative expression flows with ease. Write, record and film your masterpiece. Learn new tricks and apply them. Intellect and intuition agree. Get the word out.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Provide leadership, and cash flow increases.

Delegate to your support team, and provide clear instructions. Imagine getting what you want.

Creative negotiation wins big.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You’re energized and confident. Advance on a personal goal and let others know how it’s going.

Add creative flourishes.

Celebrate what you accomplish.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Finish old projects. Sort, file and organize papers and photos. Reminisce and remember. Review where you’ve been and consider the road ahead.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Look back and laugh.

Discuss wishes, goals and dreams with friends. Their inspiration and passion sparks something for you.

Muse about the future.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You’re in the spotlight, and someone important is paying attention. Charm and put on your best performance. A professional opportunity beckons.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Get adventurous and get out there! Expand your territory. Both actions and words go farther than expected today. Embark on a valiant quest.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Buy, sell, pay bills and manage finances. Send invoices and time sheets.

Review and update the budget to avoid gaps or breakdowns. Communication provides resolution.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Collaborate to get more done for less. Give up preconceptions about how you think it should look, and let others contribute their way for impressive results.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Put your back into your efforts. Work up a sweat, and get your heart pumping. Tap into an energy surge. Balance motion with stillness and peace.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Consider what (and who) you love. Passion motivates your words and actions. Invite others to participate in your game.

It’s more fun with someone wonderful.

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Stunt Dog Experience entertains audience members of all ages Friday at Lied Center JOSH MCQUADE

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stunt and acrobatic dog show that has made TV appearances on shows like “The Queen Latifah Show” visited the Lied Center Friday, April 28.

Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience is a show that has highly trained dogs perform specialized tricks. For example, a border collie named Super Freak is an expert in catching discs. Super Freak caught nine out of 10 discs during one segment, while Spitfire Spinelli — a husky/ cattle dog mix — is trained in the art of jumping rope on her hind legs.

Chris was the host of the show Friday night with his wife Suhey Perondi, and two other trainers: Sara Carson and Abby Cline.

Chris introduced the show to the almost soldout audience by telling them what kind of fun they should be having: “Doggone fun.”

The show was geared toward children, but adults in the audience found the child inside of them whenever one of the dogs onstage performed a stunt.

Chris invited three children onto the stage to assist one of the dogs during one of the stunts. The mascot of the show, Diggy the Dog — a man dressed in a dog costume — also showed up and helped line himself and the three children up for the stunt.

A dog came sprinting from the side of the stage, jumped off Chris’ back, caught a disc in mid-air and

Sarah Wright/KANSAN One of the dogs at Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience jumps over three audience volunteers and the show’s mascot, Diggy.

cleared the line of children.

The show included the aptly-titled Golden Bone Showdown, a competition between two teams of dogs. It included five events where the dogs on the red and blue teams faced off against one another: High-Jump Challenge, Ball Launching Challenge, Weave Pole and Barrel Racing, Disc Dog Extreme Games and the Stunt Dog Triathlon Race — a race including weave poles, running through a tunnel and catching a flying disc.

The blue team was able to take the Golden Bone home after a tie-breaking triathlon.

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Every year five million dogs go homeless and end up in shelters in our country.”

Suhey Perondi Co-host

On stage, Chris said they train the dogs to catch discs by first putting food

in the disc, creating a relationship between food and the disc. They then teach the dog accuracy by having them run around their legs and grabbing the disc when reaching the front of the legs. The final step is to throw the disc to the dog and marvel at the sight.

Suhey also came out to promote adopting animals of all kinds from shelters.

Every dog that performs in Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience was either adopted from a shelter or rescued from the streets.

“Every year five million dogs go homeless and end up in shelters in our country,” Suhey said.

Audience member Brady Shirk is a dog-owner and sophomore at the University. After the show, he said that he enjoyed the show because he got the chance to see dogs that were much better trained than his own.

— Edited by Paola Alor

KU’s Got Talent winners blend pop, classical music HANNAH COLEMAN @hecoleman33

To graduate opera student Alexis Alfaro, classical music is the foundation of all other genres of music.

Alfaro and fellow KU’s Got Talent Winner Wen-Ting Ong sang a version of “Lay Me Down” by Sam Smith with a classical take on the popular tune. With the mixture of Alfaro’s opera singing and Ong’s abilities on the piano, the duo took the win.

Ong, a graduate student studying piano performance met Alfaro early in their music program studies and became friends. Seeing the opportunity to combine their talents, the two decided to collaborate and compete in KU’s Got Talent. They chose the popular Sam Smith song that they had both previously worked on, in order to better connect with an audience that may not be as familiar with classical music and opera.

“I said, ‘What are we doing? We’re classical musicians and we’re singing pop music,’" Alfaro said.

"She said, ‘We’re doing our own thing,’ and that’s really cool, so that’s what the collaboration has been. What’s really cool is that we were recognized for it, because we put ourselves out there

Yusra Nabi/KANSAN Alexis Alfaro and Wen-Ting Ong won the KU’s Got Talent competition this spring.

and won the competition.”

As a pianist, Ong does a lot of improvising, and likes to add her own spin to popular music. Ong said she was inspired by her newfound hobby of taking tango classes, bringing out improvisation and tango influences in the Smith song and other collaborations the two have done.

Today, Alfaro said people are inundated with music. In the past, it used to be that you stuck to a particular style, such as classical.

But now, with this added mixture of genres, him and Ong could create a song

based on popular genres that everyone is familiar with.

Ong’s classical training in piano began as a child, having two parents who were singers. They would often ask Ong to accompany them and she realized that piano came easily to her. It wasn’t until the last year of her undergraduate studies, when she was working to become a doctor, that she realized she wanted music to become a career, rather than just a hobby.

She decided to devote herself to it. Ong is getting her doctorate in piano per-

formance. She wishes in the future to teach at the university level. In addition to her current studies, Ong works with the University’s Department of Dance and the Lawrence Arts Center playing for ballets.

"Doing this enhances my ability as a pianist," Ong said. "Instead of using sheet music, I improvise my own music. I just look at their movements, and follow them while they’re dancing.

So it paints a very different picture of music for me.”

Alfaro also had an love for music early on in his life, when he was a singer for his

church choir in his hometown of San Diego. His family, also musically-inclined, is made up of many devoted singers. His family would often get together to sing.

Alfaro said that he diligently listens to all sorts of music to gather information on how to better compose a mixture of styles in his music. Though Alfaro doesn’t often improvise, he said he enjoys the work of other talented musicians and putting his own voice on the songs through his natural abilities in opera.

After he graduates, Alfaro wants to keep singing opera. He currently works with the San Diego Opera. He wants to continue moving up the ladder and achieving the next steps in getting recognized as an opera singer.

The two musicians are thoroughly invested in their own musical studies and focused on individual projects, though they hope to see a possible second collaboration down the road.

“I’d love to collaborate again,” Alfaro said. “I’d love to see that happen.”

— Edited by Paola Alor

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Ahead of performance at The Granada, Frank Iero talks about digging deep for newest album

Contributed photo Frank Iero and The Patience will perform at The Granada Tuesday, May 2.

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n Tuesday, May 2, Frank Iero and The Patience will be performing at The Granada at 8 p.m. to promote their new album “Parachutes.” The tour began on April 18, and the band will take the tour international on May 11.

The 12-song album was written in just 17 days. It was a process that Iero, formerly the lead guitarist for the now-defunct band My Chemical Romance, said he dug deep for.

“Parachutes is based off of my personal experiences and youth,” Iero said.

Iero likes to keep ideas for future music around, whether it’s on a piece of scrap paper, a flyer, or even a picture of something that inspired him.

He does this so that later on, he can hone that experience and reflect on it through music, as he did with “Parachutes.”

Going on tour is a crazy experience, Iero said. There are 11 people on the tour bus, so things can get a little cramped.

However, he explained, one of the best parts of touring is that

it allows him to visit iconic music venues.

“My favorite places I’ve played are Saint Andrews Hall and The Shelter in Detroit — really anywhere that has rich history,” Iero said.

Iero explained that being a father of three makes touring harder because he misses his loved ones. Any free time he has after tours is spent with his family.

While on tour, though, he said he loves walking into a venue like The Granada knowing other bands and artists he looks up to have performed there as well.

Skylar Blackburn, a senior studying social welfare from Corpus Christi, Texas, has been a fan of Iero’s since she was in sixth grade because Iero was the guitarist in My Chemical Romance, which was and still is her favorite band.

Blackburn said that Iero’s passion when he plays on stage is what she loves most about him.

“He plays with a lot of intent,” Blackburn said. “He’s always been passionate about his music and the impact it makes.”

Her favorite song off of the Parachutes album is “I’m A Mess” because the song tells listeners to embrace being messed up — it’s what makes you special and unique.

Like other fans, Blackburn connects to a deeper meaning within Iero’s song lyrics, which is something Iero wanted to really focus on with this album.

Blackburn said that she is going to the performance at The Granada and is interested in seeing the differences between his current solo projects and how he was in My Chemical Romance. She also said that this experience was going to be very nostalgic for her.

Iero has played at The Granada before and said that he is looking forward to seeing some familiar faces in the crowd, but is hoping to see some new ones as well.

The concert will begin at 8 p.m. For tickets and more information about the show, visit https://thegranada. com/.

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Mason, Jackson, Mykhailiuk invited to NBA Combine AMIE JUST @Amie_Just

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rank Mason III, Josh Jackson and Svi Mykhailiuk have all received invites to the 2017 NBA Combine, a Kansas Athletics official confirmed to the Kansan on Saturday.

The 2017 NBA Combine takes place from May 9-14 in Chicago.

Mason averaged 20.9 points, 5.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds during his award-winning senior campaign.

Mason finished his career at sixth in the Kansas program leaderboards in both points and assists.

He hauled in countless awards, including the Wooden Award, the James Naismith Trophy, the Associated Press Player of the Year award, the NABC Player of the Year award, the Bob Cousy Award, just to name a few.

Jackson and Mykhailiuk both entered the draft pool before their eligibility was up.

Jackson declared for the draft after his freshman season and hired an agent on April 17.

Jackson finished the year averaging 16.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and three assists. Because of his efforts, he won eight Big 12

Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman guard Josh Jackson drives to the basket in the first half against Purdue on March 23 in Kansas City. Kansas defeated Purdue, 98-66, to advance to the Elite Eight.

weekly awards — a Kansas program record — and won the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award en route to his first team All-Big 12 status.

Mykhailiuk declared for the draft after his junior season and chose not to hire an agent.

He averaged eight points, three rebounds and 1.9 steals per game during his junior season. His name was also in numerous places in the Big 12 leaderboard. He was eighth in three-point field goal percentage (38.9 percent) and

eighth in three-point field goals made (1.9 per game).

Since Mykhailiuk hasn’t hired an agent, he has until May 24 to decide if he wants to continue on in the draft process or return to Kansas for his senior season.

In some of the latest mock drafts, Jackson is either pegged to go third to the Los Angeles Lakers, or be selected second by the Phoenix Suns. Mason is as high as No. 23 on some draft boards, but is left off on others. Mykhailiuk’s

name hasn’t appeared on any draft boards.

The NBA Draft lottery will take place on May 16., deciding the order of this year’s draft. The NBA Draft will be held on June 22.

Senior Column: Relishing in a great, unexpected experience does the best job provoking thought and, of course, what opinions anger people the most. With that last piece in mind, I have one piece of advice for every sports columnist: Don’t speak poorly of the Masters.

This semester I had a ton of fun being able to cover a myriad of interestBRENDAN DZWIERZYNSKI ing topics. I loved writing @BrendanDzw about the bright future for If you’re well versed in Kansas football. I enjoyed cliches, you probably know arguing about Kyrie Irving’s the phrase “it’s better to flat-earth beliefs. I was able be lucky than good” all too to express my feelings with well. This absolutely ap- raw emotion when writing plies to sports, because no about Aaron Hernandez’s winner, no champion, com- death. pletes the journey without at least a little luck.

For me, the phrase apTo write a column plies a little differently. I week in and can’t tell you if anything I’ve week out for written in the past is any you has been a good, but I can tell you that blessing, one I I’m lucky to have gotten the chance to write for The Uninever thought I’d versity Daily Kansan. receive.”

It’s still surreal to me that I’ve been able to see Getting to discuss burnmy name in a newspaper. ing sports topics with an auIn high school I never even dience is a dream for many considered working for people, myself included. our school paper, because To write a column week in I thought only pretentious, and week out for you has elitist kids did so. Honestly, been a blessing, one I never I foolishly thought the same thought I’d receive.

All in thing after getting to the all, working at the Kansan University. But, after being a Kansan copy editor for a has been a wonderful exclass and getting the chance perience, one in which I’ve to be a sports columnist this made lifelong friends and semester, I’ve realized how had opportunities that I know will help me wherever wrong I was.

I’ve learned a lot about I end up in my professional people, about writing and life.

I have one more story about myself while working about how unexpected my for the Kansan. I’ve been time as a Kansan columnist able to learn what people has been.

A good friend of react the strongest to, what

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mine growing up used to always tell me I should be a writer, because despite rarely doing homework in classes, not reading material in time, etc., I always did well on writing assignments. She was adamant that published writing was in my future, and would remind me of it frequently.

In this semester’s “Bracket Bash” special section of the Kansan, a column I wrote about why there was no reason why Kansas couldn’t win the NCAA tournament (let’s ignore the actual outcome here for a moment) was featured on the front page of the print edition. That was one of the coolest things that I’ve ever seen. I instantly thought back to my friend when I saw the page, and I came to realize that maybe she had a pretty good idea all those years ago.

I don’t know if writing, or the print field in general, is where I’m headed in the future. The adult, working world is a scary place — one that has concerned generations of college seniors.

That said, I know my opportunities at the Kansan will always stick with me and help me. I’ve worked with some incredible people in my time at this paper, and I hope they’ve appreciated working with me as much I’ve appreciated working with them (copy editor’s note: we do).

My scalding-hot takes will live on; it’s just unfortunate they won’t do so for such a great publication like the Kansan.

Ashley Hocking/KANSAN Cornerback Brandon Stewart blocks a TCU football player during the football game at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 8.

Two Jayhawks sign with NFL AMIE JUST @Amie_Just

Fish Smithson has found his NFL home. After not hearing his name called during the 2017 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins signed the 5-foot-11, 190 pound safety out of Baltimore.

The Kansas safety announced the signing himself on a new Twitter account, which was later confirmed

by Master Tesfatsion of the Washington Post. The Kansas football account then sent out a Tweet about his signing.

Smithson made a teamhigh 93 tackles during his senior campaign, with 70 of those coming as solo tackles. He also led Kansas with six pass breakups and four interceptions.

Smithson forced two fumbles, made 2.5 tackles for loss and added a sack and fumble recovery too. Because of his efforts, he earned first-team All-Big 12 honors by the coaches and second-team All-Big 12

honors from the Associated Press voters.

During his junior season, Smithson led the Big 12 with 87 solo tackles and led the nation with an average of 7.9 solo tackles per game. His 87 solo tackles was second in the country as well. He added two interceptions and five pass breakups that season, earning second-team All-Big 12 honors during Kansas’ 0-12 season.

Of Washington’s 10 draft picks, it drafted four other secondary players — Fabian Moreau, a cornerback out of UCLA, Montae Nicholson, a safety out of Michigan State, Josh Harvey-Clemons, a safety out of Louisville and Josh Holsey, a defensive back out of Auburn. There was some other Big 12 flavor as well, as the Redskins drafted Oklahoma’s star running back in Samaje Perine in the fourth round.

Smithson wasn’t the only Kansas player to ink with a team in free agency.

Brandon Stewart, a cornerback, signed with the Los

Angeles Chargers. He played two seasons at Kansas after playing at Trinity Valley Community College for two seasons.

Stewart started all 12 games for Kansas this past season and totaled 25 tackles, three interceptions, eight pass breakups and one touchdown.

During his junior season, Stewart had 35 tackles, one forced fumble and a blocked kick in his nine games started.

Stewart will be the second Jayhawk on the Chargers’ roster, as he joins Darrell Stuckey, an eight-year veteran safety. Stewart is already listed on the Chargers’ roster.

Other Jayhawks currently in the NFL include Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib of the Denver Broncos; Ben Heeney and Dexter McDonald of the Oakland Raiders; Steven Johnson of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bradley McDougald of the Seattle Seahawks, JaCorey Shepherd of the San Francisco 49ers, and Stuckey.