In 2008, McPherson Superintendent Randy Watson and his staff at Unified School District 418 began the process of becoming exempt from the federal No Child Left Behind Act. After two years of research, visiting other schools and going on a series of retreats to define new goals and a new system, the district, which has [...]
“It should be as easy as throwing something away.” This is the motto that Manny Abarca believes should represent the ease and importance of the University’s recycling program. After arriving at the University two months ago, Abarca, recycling operations coordinator, saw a number of flaws limiting the program’s success: For example, trash cans outnumber recycling [...]
Collection of this year’s Required Campus Fees has been better than expected, which has allowed the senate to pay off a finance bond early, said Josh Dean, chair of the Finance Committee. This news comes in light as next year’s student fees are under consideration by Student Senate’s finance committee, as disclosed in the minutes [...]
“Don’t use Wikipedia,” is the caution that every freshman in Dr. Susan K. Thomas’s English 102 class is altogether too used to hearing. Thomas, who has taught writing research papers to undergraduate students at KU since 2005, has watched students’ research techniques evolve as the Internet has made information and resources more accessible. “Unfortunately, the [...]
As graduation draws nearer, seniors across the nation are trading their Saturday nights out for intense study sessions in the library. “Balancing work, classes, an honors thesis and studying for the GRE this semester has definitely been a challenge,” said Bailey Widener, a senior from Kansas City, Kan. For those seniors who have chosen to [...]
The names of 4,450 undergraduate students who met requirements for honor roll distinction in fall 2012 were released on Wednesday. Students on the honor roll represent 97 Kansas counties, 42 states and 41 countries. The students from the main Lawrence campus and the allied health schools in Kansas City, Kan., are included. The honor roll [...]
The priority date for filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), March 1, is rapidly approaching. And for any student hoping to receive financial aid, the earlier it’s filed, the better. Simply broken down, the FAFSA is the starting point to receiving any kind of financial aid. The results of the FAFSA determine [...]
On a typical Tuesday at Topeka High School, Leobardo Espinoza Jr. received an envelope out of the blue. The contents? An academic full ride scholarship to the University of Kansas. At this point, a vast majority of students would long to be in Espinoza’s shoes. However, it’s an odd predicament in which he now finds [...]
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place in honor of the newly-renovated Kansas Union Ballroom last night. Last renovated more than 25 years ago, the Ballroom now features a new ceiling, sound system, a two-story backdrop behind the stage, energy efficient lighting and a new hardwood floor. Members of Student Senate were all given a pair of [...]
Students bored with their class lecture can now pause, stop or fast-forward their professor. That is, if their class is flipped, a teaching approach trending in University classrooms, according to Julie Loats, director of the Center for Online and Distance Learning. In a “flipped classroom,” students are required to watch a video recording of the [...]
Last spring, the School of Engineering’s EcoHawks program completed a parallel hybrid go-kart. Last week, they donated it to Lawrence High School. The project was a challenge to mechanical engineering students to design and build a functioning vehicle featuring sustainable energy. The goal of the project was for students to create a sustainable energy vehicle [...]
When it comes to a program’s success, support and financial stability are an important part of the equation. Recently, the KU debate team got a little help from an alumnus to ensure both of those critical needs will be met. In partnership with KU Endowment, David Pittaway, a 1972 KU graduate and former member of [...]
Editors note: Gun control is a hot topic in the country right now, and it impacts college students in many ways. Over the course of the semester, the Kansan will examine gun issues from a variety of angles. NATIONWIDE In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last month that left 26 schoolchildren [...]
A University student, Alexander Beglinger, was arrested in Lawrence on Sunday on suspicion of the rape of an unconscious female. According to a statement released by Sgt. Trent McKinley of the Lawrence Police Department, a 19-year-old female University student reported being sexually assaulted at a local hotel during the early morning hours on Sunday. Beglinger [...]
Many students now turn to the Internet for guidance before they enroll in a class. Monica Marshall, a senior from Greenville, S.C., used Rate My Professors while enrolling this semester to decide what classes to take — and which professors to avoid. “I’ve taken a certain class at a specific time because the teacher was [...]
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, a message of equality and tolerance rang through Strong Hall and the Kansas Union yesterday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The University’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. stressed that his passionate message is more than a historical holiday, but is instead symbolic to today’s beliefs towards civil rights. [...]
