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28th annual KU
Powwow aims to
promote indigenous
culture awareness
Kansas falls one game short of Final Four, losing to Villanova 64-59 in the NCAA tournament
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Clay Young, Svi Mykhailiuk and Hunter Mickelson keep their heads down in the locker room after losing to Villanova 64-59.
SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU
I hate that it
had to end
like this.
Devonte Graham
Sophomore guard
University sponsored or
supervised events or as otherwise required by federal,
state, or local law, according to the current Student
Code of Rights and Responsibilities.
In an email correspondence dated Nov. 13, 2015
from Tammara Durham
vice provost for Student
Affairs to Student Body
President Jessie Pringle
and former Student Body
Vice President Zach George,
Durham said the University
has fallen behind peer institutions in protecting the
rights and safety of all students.
Durhams email said
a draft of the new code,
supported by herself and
Gray-Little,
would
be
shared with representatives
from Student Senate and
implemented at the end
of the year after feedback
from senators.
Lance Watson, director
of Student Conduct and
Community Standards, said
the push for off-campus jurisdiction language to be included in the Code is only to
ensure student safety.
If [administrators]
dont take our
voices into
consideration and
our constituents
voices into
consideration,
then are they
really listening to
students?
Madeline Dickerson
Student Senate Rights
Committee chair
two things that can be addressed off campus, everything else cannot.
So we wanted to look at
it broader, and be up with
more contemporary practices with peer institutions
as well.
In an email with Pringle
and George, Durham addressed concerns about the
jurisdictional language.
The jurisdictional language permits the University to address, serious, significant, off-campus issues
that threaten the health and
safety of our community
as well as a students right
to participate in the educational process, she said in
the email.
The intention is to address the needs of students
who have been subjected to
such intense violence that it
resulted in substantial injury causing absence from
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listening to students?
Dickerson said the Senators sentiment about proceeding to present a draft
of the code was uncertain
during the Rights Committee meeting. She said concerns were raised about the
administrations ability to
pass their own draft.
If they arent going to
take our voices into consideration, why are we pretending to even have one?
she said. As chair, are we at
this point because we were
forced to be at this point by
the administration?
We passed this draft,
but was it because we wanted to, or because we had no
other option?
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Clough
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Professor Jennifer Hamer, Chair of the Department of American Studies, set up a mentoring program to assist CLAS students who are failing or having
academic issues.
Long-term, we want
to develop proactive programs that help struggling
students as early as we can
so they can avoid academic probation and dismissal altogether. The hope is
that the program can have
multiple levels of mentorship including peers, faculty and alumni and can be
tied closely to our existing
strengths in advising, Lejuez said.
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Rolstad
opinion
FREE-FOR-ALL
WE HEAR
FROM YOU
I woke up to snow,
and now it's 50
degrees. Kansas
spring.
DANYA ISSAWI
@danyasawi
s college students,
we find ourselves in
a purgatory of overstimulation. Life on a large
campus involves incessant
schoolwork,
internships,
rigorous classes and more
often than not, an intoxicating and electric nightlife. In our effort to keep
this juggling act in motion,
we become secluded. While
broadening our horizons in
I yearn
Editor's Note:
Cool me too.
Went to church for
easter this morning
but the cheesecake
factory afterward
was a more religious
experience
Villanova? More like
Villain-ova.
They changed the
pinched nerve test
sign on 23rd. End of
an era.
Standing in line
behind the women
negotiating coupons
at Hobby Lobby is the
bane of my existence
Illustration by Jake Kaufmann/KANSAN
When Pandora
suggests spring break
radio, and it feels like
youre being taunted
since break is over
Dogs love to be pet
BROOK NASSERI
@enasseri32
The semester is
nearing an end, let the
existential crisis ensue
When did stopping
for pedestrians in
crosswalks become
old-fashioned?
KU lawsuit counter:
3,547
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architecture is shaped by
their unique experiences,
demonstrating that learning is intrinsically linked
with individuality. In an
environment such as a
college classroom, where
people have come from all
walks of life, students have
the potential to teach each
other how they see the
world.
Additionally, a 1984
study by Carl Benware
and Edward Deci reveals
students who learn new
material with the goal to
teach others are better
able to learn compared to
students who learn simply
to be examined.
There certainly are benefits to learning from ones
peers in a group. However,
group projects as typically
assigned in college classrooms are far from the
best way to accomplish
this learning. First, teachers lack an understanding
of how logistically challenging group presentations are.
When students working, dealing with family or
personal obligations, and
taking five other classes
in order to graduate on
time are put together in
a group, simply finding a
time to meet as a group
can be next to impossible.
In addition, group projects can stifle creativity
rather than encourage it.
As demonstrated by the
1951 Asch experiment,
3/4 of people are willing
to agree with the obviously incorrect answer when
everyone else in a small
group does. This tendency
to conform means group
projects are no guarantee that the groups final
project reflects what every member of the group
believes. Even in small
groups, more vocal members can easily outvote
their peers, and the final
product a group turns in
imperfectly represents every persons vision.
When grading a group
project, professors lose
the insight of individual students and can only
look at what the group
collectively agreed upon.
Instructor perceptions of
group projects are vastly
different than that of their
students in other ways as
tions for the project, setting students up for success at working efficiently
as a team. Second, grading
scales should be adjusted
so that students are not
depending on perpetually absent or irresponsible
peers for their own scores.
Finally, teachers should
encourage their students
to come to them with concerns.
But, take heart, fellow
students. We can learn a
lot from group projects
as they are currently being assigned. For example, Ive learned time and
time again that sometimes
its easier to shut up and
go along with what other
people are saying also,
that trusting anyone ever
is a bad idea and all people are terrible. These are
valuable lessons that Im
sure will stick with me for
the rest of my life.
Brook Nasseri is a
sophomore from Topeka
studying
microbiology
and English.
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I am proud that we
can come together
to celebrate our
resiliency and
cultural heritage
at an institution
that acknowledges
diversity [among]
its student body.
Ryanne White
Junior
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Shaw Crowfeather (left) and Landri
James (right) practice a traditional
dance dressed in full tribal attire.
opportunity to showcase
diversity, equity and inclusion.
"We're hosting the event
to promote cultural awareness, enhance native faculty, staff, and especially
student retention here at
the University of Kansas,"
James said.
While last years event
was held in the Kansas
Union, James said it will
be interesting to see how
many people will come this
year in the much larger
Lied Center. The increased
size will not only allow for
a larger audience, but vendors will also sell authentic
native American food at the
event.
She also said the festival
would like to provide a safe
place for native communities in the Lawrence area.
To me, the KU Powwow
and Indigenous Culture
Festival is most important
in terms of native staff,
faculty, and student retention, James said. With
our small native population
on campus having such di-
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ollywood
is
becoming saturated
with
prequels,
sequels, franchises and
universes.
Sometimes
the original is best left
alone. My Big Fat Greek
Wedding
2
provides
an
entertaining,
yet
overbearing continuation
of the hit 2002 film My
Big Fat Greek Wedding,
giving credibility to the
notion that the first film is
usually the best.
To be fair, returning
screenwriter and star Nia
Vardalos had a very hard
task in front of her. The
first film was adoringly
original,
spunky
and
quirky. It seems as though
she tried to encapsulate
that same spirit but with
added ploys that would
connect with an audience
that is living in todays
modern times and zoo of
technology. This is all too
apparent with multiple
scenes involving an iPad
equipped with FaceTime,
or as some of the older
characters refer to it, the
Facetimes while they yell
directly into the screen.
Miraculously,
the
entirety of the original
cast have made their way
Edited by Skylar
Rolstad
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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
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Villanova celebrates behind senior Perry Ellis after defeating the Jayhawks 64-59 to advance to the Final Four.
EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggsUDK
OUISVILLE, Ky.
After the final buzzer,
not even freshman
forward Carlton Bragg Jr.
could muster a smile as
he entered the handshake
line.
Sophomore
guard
Devonte
Graham
remained on the bench for
a few moments, and, once
he hopped at the end of
the line, it was clear he
was fighting back tears.
Senior forward Jamari
Traylor who was moments removed from seeing his college career end
remained on the bench
with his head buried in his
jersey. It wasnt until former Kansas player and assistant director of student
athlete development Aaron Miles made his way to
the bench to console Traylor that he finally got up
and joined his teammates.
He was just there
for me, Traylor said of
Miles. [Its] just a terrible feeling right now. I was
just depressed that it was
over.
Sixty-one days had
passed since the Jayhawks
last lost, and the argument
File Photo/KANSAN
Grace Hagan keeps the ball away fom Oregon State.
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolSports
Edited by Shane
Jackson