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UNANSWERED QUESTION Sophomores Todd Reesing and Kerry Meier vie for the starting quarterback position during Sunday’s Spring Scrimmage. 1B MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 The student vOice since 1904 WWW.KANSAN.COM VOL. 117 ISSUE 134 PAGE 1A PROFILE » CLIMATE CONceRNS Government action wanted BY TYLER HARbeRT of the Bowersock Mills and Power Company on the Kansas River, and Cities all over the nation par- two different speaker’s panels. All of ticipated Saturday in the National the events were a combined effort to Day of Climate Action that asked raise awareness and appeal to legisla- Congress to “step it up” and reduce tors about climate change. carbon emissions by 80 percent by Environs president Nicole Reiz, the year 2050. Wichita senior, organized about 100 Lawrence was one of those cit- protestors in South Park on the east ies, and the KU Environs was one side of the park gazebo for a pre- of the organizations that helped march picture that would be sent to plan an afternoon march on the national Step It Up program and Massachusetts Street from South Park to the Riverfront Plaza, a tour SEE CLIMATE ON PAGE 4A » MEN’S BASKETBALL Sarah Leonard/KANSAN CJ Brune plays an active role in protesting and campaigning for rights in Lawrence. “When we first started protesting in Lawrence in the 60’s and 70’s we were big on the fist. This poster originated in Lawrence.” Brune said. Making her mark Original February Sister remains active in anti-war protests BY BETHANY BUNCH is still active today. She was arrested black and white photos of past ral- “Looking back, it was really three times during protests when lies, vintage protest posters, bumper worth it,” Brune said. It’s noon on Saturday and she was a student here, including stickers and pins, its garage stuffed Brune married a good friend Caroljean Brune — CJ to her the takeover of a building by a with old campaign signs. after her first year of college. She friends — stands in front of the group of feminists now known as Sitting cross-legged in front of a said they both knew it wouldn’t last Douglas County Courthouse on the February Sisters. Today, she is wall of books, Brune tells her story. and they later divorced. However, Massachusetts Street, a white peace a KU employee, working for the “It’s really gigglesome, the things she said she still valued the rela- flag in hand. She has shown up same University that expelled her I did,” Brune said. tionship because her two sons came every Saturday for the last four for her political radicalism. During Brune was on the “graduate in from the marriage. Gregor Brune, years to protest the war in Iraq. the week, she is business man- eight” plan. She enrolled at the 40, Brune’s oldest and only living On a similar afternoon 37 years ager of the School of Education. University of Kansas in the summer child, works at the Lawrence Public ago, Brune chained herself to the But on Saturdays, she puts on her of 1964 and received an undergrad- Library. Her younger son Charlie front of the KU Military Science jeans, grabs her white peace flag uate degree in psychology in 1972. died in his sleep from a seizure Building to protest the war in and heads for the anti-war rally on Getting kicked out of school shortly after turning 25. Brune went Vietnam. Massachusetts Street. three times, getting married and on to receive an MBA from the Brune is one of those rare activ- The Lawrence home she’s had having two kids slowed down her University. She’s been the School ists who came of age on the KU since 1970 is a living history of her undergraduate process, but she campus in the turbulent 1960s and activist past, its walls displaying regrets nothing from her past. SEE ACTIVIST ON PAGE 10A » BUSINESS Grant Snider/KANSAN Local kitchens make cooking easier Nonconference BY MATT ERICKSON together meals to take home, freeze Social Suppers, said the concept and cook later. could provide a way to split the cost Two new Lawrence businesses “It’s a fast, easy, fun way to get of food among roommates. could help students replace ramen dinner on the table,” said Lori Johns, “Sometimes one person ends up co-owner of Blue Plate Dinners. doing all the cooking, or it’s every schedule out soon noodles and delivery pizza with items such as bacon-wrapped steak with Johns helped start the Blue Plate man for himself,” Hagen said. “This gorgonzola sauce and butternut squash Dinners business, and the Lawrence is a good option to make things BY KYLE CaRTER ly because of its early completion lasagna — for a reasonable price. store is its only location. It opened available and ready.” this year. Blue Plate Dinners, 4931 W. in January. Hagen said one group of college-age Kansas basketball fans eager for Games certain to be included are Sixth St., and Social Suppers, 3514 Social Suppers is a franchise women came to Social Suppers next season may soon have some- visits to the University of Southern Clinton Parkway, call their business with 14 other locations, mostly in for a meal session last week. One thing to talk about other than who California, Boston College and concept “meal assembly.” They both the Kansas City area. The Lawrence mother came in and prepared will or won’t return. Georgia Tech as well as home match- allow customers to come in and put location opened in March. some meals to give to her daugh- Senior associate athletics director ups against Arizona and DePaul, all While the meal-assembly con- ter, a college student at a school Larry Keating said the nonconfer- of which are the second games in ence schedule was nearly completed home-and-home series. Teams play Barb Willoughby and her daughter Annie cept is traditionally aimed at par- away from Lawrence, to take back and could be released in the next each other twice, usually during a Wedman, both of Lawrence, prepare dif- ents who want to feed their families to school. with little time or effort, the owners At both meal-assembly business- few weeks. The Big 12 Conference two-year period, in a home-and- ferent entrées together at Blue Plate Dinners. of both businesses said they wanted es, customers can move between schedule won’t be released until July, home series with each team playing “It’s so much fun. We prepare the food here to reach out to University students. but Keating said the nonconference and then take it home to cook later. It’s a great Barclay Hagen, co-owner of schedule could be released separate- place,” Willoughby said. SEE MEALS ON PAGE 4A SEE SCHEDULE ON PAGE 4A Sarah Leonard/KANSAN index weather elections baseball opinion softball Classifieds. 5B Check TODAY This year’s write-in Sunday’s Crossword. 8A out The Texas nominations for games A&M’s Horoscopes. .8A 73 45 Kansan’s Opinion. .9A Sunny Student Senate seats against latest strong — weather.com Sports. .1B ranged from NBA stars Baylor opinion pitcher TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Sudoku. .8A to cartoon brought cartoon. gives 68 46 67 42 PM Showers Partly Cloudy characters. mixed Kansas All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2007 The University Daily Kansan 3A 1B results. 9A 1B problems. 2A NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WAR IN IRAQ Spotlight Four Square Club U.S. soldier death toll on rises to 3,300 since 2003 As of Sunday at least 3,300 daily KU info Organizations members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning Mike Getto, assistant football BY AMRUTA BHADKAMKAR is a ball and a square court. of the Iraq war in March 2003, coach at Kansas from 1929- The Four-Square Club of KU according to an Associated 1939 and 1947-1950, brought As the weather becomes less endeavors to promote this game by Press count. The figure includes the Jayhawk back to his home- forbidding and more cheerful, most holding weekly Four-Square “tourna- seven military civilians. town of Jeannette, Pa., where it students are on the lookout for ments” from 2 to 4 p.m. on Fridays. At least 2,674 died as a result was adopted by the high school outdoor games that can be played “The mission of the club is to of hostile action, according to and remains their mascot to without costing an arm and leg and spread and promote four-square the military’s numbers. this day. do not require too much expertise. and all its silliness to all on the This is where four-square comes in. University campus,” John Nguyen, — Associated Press — Source: kuinfo.ku.edu For the beginner, four-square is the president of the club, said. “This basically a game that is played by four silliness and fun will be passed on people on a square court divided into to others through the great child- on campus four squares. The objective is to work hood ‘sport’ of four-square.” most e-mailed from the lowest square into the high- For more information on the club, Rob Kaplan, Harvard Busi- est square by eliminating players in contact Nguyen at [email protected]. ness School, will present the higher-ranking squares. seminar “How to Reach Your Want to know what people It is easy to learn and is cheap — Edited by Sharla Shivers Potential in the Post-College are talking about? Here is a list because the only equipment needed Contributed by Four Square Club of KU of the top five most e-mailed World” at 12:30 p.m.