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MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017 | VOLUME 133 ISSUE 13
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
Sanders encourages KS Dems in Topeka speech NOLAN BREY @NolanBrey
S
enator Bernie Sanders spoke on the importance of continuing to push for liberal progress under Republican leaders when he visited Topeka High School on Saturday night. Sanders was the keynote speaker of Washington Days 2017, the Kansas Democratic Party’s annual celebratory convention. Sanders has seen strong support in Kansas. He won the Kansas Democratic caucus last March, when he soundly defeated eventual nominee Hillary Clinton, capturing 67.7 percent of the Kansas Democratic vote to Clinton’s 32.3 percent. Sanders began by thanking those who supported his candidacy, stating that he won a great victory and calling for a political revolution. “I think it’s fair to say that we surprised a few people in Kansas,” Sanders said. Sanders called Saturday’s turnout of more than 1,000 people “incredible. “Members of the audience included high-ranking Kansas Democrats, such as former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Later in his speech, Sanders also said the people of Kansas should demand that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback listen to people, not wealthy campaign donors. Kansans, such as Secretary of State Kris Kobach and the Koch brothers, were also chastised by Sanders and booed by the audience.
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If you transform Kansas like I know you can, we’re going to transform this country.” Bernie Sanders Vermont Senator
“If you transform Kansas like I know you can, we’re going to transform this country,” Sanders said. One of the issues that needs this transformation, Sanders said, is the economic difficulties facing many Americans. He said America is the wealthiest nation in the world but so many of its citizens are struggling. Sanders said that the middle class is working harder than ever without ever getting ahead. He attributed this blame, partially, to poor trade deals.
“We have seen millions of good-paying jobs lost because of disastrous trade policies,” Sanders said. “Invest in America.” Sanders next laid out many of the problems facing America, including the inflated expense of childcare and child poverty as well as the healthcare system, which Sanders thought was improved by the Obama administration. “[Republicans] are not going to repeal the Affordable Care Act,” Sanders said. Next, Sanders addressed wealth distribution. He said the American economy is rigged in favor of the wealthiest one percent of the population, and that this is an issue that has to be solved, both economically and morally. “Democracy is not a difficult concept,” Sanders said. He said that one person gets one vote and that government should not be controlled by the extremely wealthy. Additionally, Sanders spent a significant portion of his speech criticizing Republicans, specifically President Donald Trump, whom he called a pathological liar. “Trump has brought the entire swamp into his administration,” Sanders said.
Hailey Dixon/KANSAN Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at Topeka High School on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Sanders encouraged Trump to keep his promise of not cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, but he said that he does not believe that Trump will listen. “Almost half of older workers have zero savings as they prepare for retirement,” Sanders said. Sanders also said that Trump is “trying to divide us up.” He also said on the issues of racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia that “we are not going back!”
Sanders ended his speech by listing all of the things that the progressive movement hopes to accomplish together, which includes a government that works for all people. Sanders said that he wants a decent standard of living for all. He said this includes a minimum wage of $15 an hour, equal pay for women, a woman’s right to choose, a path to citizenship for immigrants, free college and a new healthcare system where “healthcare is a right, not a privi-
lege.” Climate change was also addressed by Sanders. “We know climate change is not a hoax but a threat, at terrible threat,” Sanders said. “We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels.” Finally, Sanders ended his speech by criticizing Trump and calling for a progressive revolution. “[Trump] has a mandate for nothing,” Sanders said. “We can defeat Trump’s America and create a progressive America.”
KU addressing underused services EMILY WELLBORN
Number of students utilizing service in 2015-16
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Several University departments are trying to address an issue of underutilized student services like the University Career Center, Office of Study Abroad, Legal Services for Students and the Academic Achievement and Access Center. In the past year, the Office of Study Abroad worked with about 7 percent of undergraduate students, according to a report from the Office of Study Abroad. The AAAC helped about 20 percent of undergraduate students, and the UCC and LSS each helped about 9.6 percent of undergraduate students, according to the 2015-2016 Student Affairs Annual Impact Report and data from the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access. DeAngela Burns-Wallace, vice provost for Undergraduate Studies, said that students not using these services is a problem, because it could hurt their overall college experience. “We hear from students that they need this resource or that resource and
Annual expenditure budget $9.7 million
Watkins 15,547 Study Abroad 1,394
AAAC 3,776
$3.7 million
$1 million
Career Center 1,711
Legal Services 1,777
Missy Minear/KANSAN Many counterfeit Kansas basketball jerseys are sold through AliExpress, which is a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Alibaba.
$876 thousand
Fake jerseys cost KU
$557 thousand
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$45 thousand Graphic by Roxy Townsend
sometimes those resources do exist, but we found that students didn’t know or that by the time they found out they had already struggled,” Burns-Wallace said.
Which services are being underutilized Each of these resources is currently not seeing the kind of utilization that they’d like to and want to expand their reach to more students.
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Andrew Shoemaker, the director of the AAAC, said the organization saw 1,304 students participate in supplemental instruction, 1,161 students use tutoring services, 1,163 students register with disabilities and 148 individual consultations in the 2015-2016 year. Student Money Management Services reported wanting to work with faculty to expand its services. In the impact report, the office
said there are over 12,500 students participating in educational programs and presentations, but only 285 students participating in one-on-one counseling. The year before, there were only 125. The Office of Student Affairs also reported that Legal Services for Students assisted only 1,777 cases in the last year, and 1,674 in the year before. SEE SERVICES PAGE 2
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If you take a night-time stroll around the Lawrence bars or walk across campus on a game day, you can hardly take two steps without seeing a crimson-and-blue jersey. The Kansas basketball student section consists of a sea of jerseys, and jersey parties are a common theme across Lawrence. One popular and affordable destination for buying these jerseys is AliExpress, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Alibaba, a Chinese company similar to Amazon. One problem – AliEx-
press jerseys are counterfeits. A Frank Mason III or Andrew Wiggins jersey with last names on the back is a giveaway for a counterfeit. According to Paul Vander Tuig, trademark licensing director, the University is not allowed to sell jerseys with players’ names on them due to NCAA amateur and player likeness rules. Aaron Thomas is a freshman business major who sells jerseys on an Instagram account called Jersey Express. He’s been selling jerseys for several months now, mostly to SEE JERSEYS PAGE 2
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