Spiral notebook in hand, Jen Hein on Monday began collecting e-mail addresses from students in Kansas University professor Dennis Dailey’s controversial class on human sexuality.

“I’m putting together a letter to Gov. (Kathleen) Sebelius’ office,” said Hein, a student in the class. “I’m going to e-mail it to her, and then I’ll e-mail a copy to everybody on the list. After that, we’ll see what happens.”

In her letter, Hein, 23, said she would ask Sebelius to veto a recent budget amendment that orders the state Board of Regents to rescind funding for any department caught showing obscene videos in a sex education class.

Sen. Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, introduced the amendment March 26 after hearing from several students who said Dailey’s curriculum included pornographic videos. The amendment later passed the Senate and House.

Dailey, who’s taught the human sexuality class since 1979, has acknowledged showing videos of couples engaged in sex acts but denies they are pornographic.

Hein said she would ask the governor to meet with a group representing the students in Dailey’s class.

“It’s our position that she’s not heard from the students yet,” said Hein, a sixth-year senior from Topeka.

Danny Magariel, a 19-year-old Overland Park freshman, added his name to the e-mail list.

Kansas University students Danny Magariel, left, and David Titterington, right, add their e-mail addresses to a list compiled by Jen Hein, center, for use in a letter to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Monday's signatures were collected to convince the governor to veto a budget amendment aimed at blocking the use of videos in human sexuality classes. Hein, Titterington and Magariel are students in the KU human sexuality class.

“In my eyes, it’s the right thing to do,” Magariel said. “The Legislature, I think, is hurting more people than it’s helping.”

Magariel said Dailey’s class wasn’t so much about sex as it was about “creating a harmonious society, based on peace, diversity and understanding.”

Magariel and David Titterington, also a student in Dailey’s class, insisted the videos were not pornographic.

“It’s like they’re made for television,” Titterington said. “They emphasize intimacy over sex.”

Also on campus, the Delta Force activist organization is mounting a petition drive, urging Sebelius to veto the amendment.

The Delta Force petition, said its coordinator, Brian Thomas, is aimed at protecting academic freedom. Thomas, a junior from Plano, Texas, said, “It’s not the state’s position to dictate course content.”