2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4.2005
GET READY FOR THE BEAKEND
BY MATT LINDERB
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Getting tired of the radio and MTV? Want some good local music besides Tech N9ne?
At 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., will be hosting record-release parties for local hip-hop act Archetype and alternative/rock group Blackout Gorgeous.
Producer Jeremy Hummel Nesbitt, 24, a.k.a. Nezbeat, working from Lawrence, handles production for both groups, as well as being one-half of Arctuvex.
The other half of the group is Isaac Diehl. The group has a unique sound, unlike anything heard today in hip-hop or music in general. Its influence is a mix of hip-hop, jazz and soul.
Nezbeat's second project, Blackout Gorgeous, will also be at the Bottleneck. But unlike Archetype, Blackout Gorgeous tends to be more of a rock/alternative group.
Both groups have great music which comes from the heart and definitely deserves a listen. So be at the Bottleneck and support Kansas City's own Archetype and Blackout Gorgeous.
Singer Erin Keller, who has a distinct voice, fronts the band. No mainstream music compares to the group, but if you are a fan of Garbage or Blondie, you might like Blackout Gorgeous.
Both Archetype and Blackout Gorgeous will be performing songs from their new albums. People of all ages are welcome.
— Edited by Patrick Ross
TECHNOLOGY
Steven Senne/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology student works on his computer while connected to the schools wireless Internet Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005
Wi-Fi connections make students seen
BY BROOKE DONALD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe had any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hooping it over there.
But for today's student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away.
MIT's newly upgraded wireless network doesn't merely get you online in any spot on the 9.4 million square foot campus.
It also provides information on exactly how many people are logged on at any given location at any given time.
MIT researchers did this by developing electronic maps that track the devices people use to connect to the network, whether they're laptops, wireless PDAs or even Wi-Fi equipped cell phones.
While every device connected to the campus network via WiFi is visible on the constantly refreshed electronic maps, the identity of the users is confidential unless the user makes it public.
FACULTY
THE ELITE8
The
HOPE Award to honor one prestigious professor
BY ALY BARLAND
and GABY SOUZA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITERS
You can't even go to a football game without running into a professor.
Akagi
Between the first and second quarters of Saturday's football game against Nebraska, the winner of this year's HOPE Award will be announced.
Haug
Cynthia Akagi said she considered her job to be a facilitator of knowledge and said that the award meant more to her coming from students. Akagi is an assistant professor in health, sport and exercise sciences. She was also a finalist in 2003.
The HOPE Award, Honor for an Outstanding Progressive Educator, honors faculty for teaching excellence. Students select the finalists.
"Being nominated from the students does give validation that you're connecting with them in the classroom," Akagi said.
Akagi said her favorite part of teaching at the University was imparting new knowledge to as many students as possible. Knowledge would serve them even after graduation, she said.
Earle
The winner of the HOPE Award will have his or her name on a plaque in the Kansas Union and will receive a monetary award. The amount varies from year to year depending on the money available in the Endowment fund.
The Board of Class Officers solicited nominations for the award from the seniors via e-mail. The nominees were then narrowed down to the top 20 and sent back to the senior class by e-mail to vote for the top eight. The final step was the interviews of the eight candidates by the Board of Class Officers.
Marsh
Whitney Ryan, Tulsa, Okla., senior and president of the Board of Class Officers, said the interview questions consisted mostly of teaching philosophies and memorable moments. Ryan said it was a tough decision to narrow the field down to one winner.
McBride
Orr
Teresa Aldrich, secretary for the health, sports and exercise science department, works with Akagi and has observed her relations with students. She said Akagi was knowledgeable and her students learned a lot from her.
The winner of the HOPE Award will have his or her name on a plaque in the Kansas Union and will receive a monetary award. The amount varies from year to year depending on the money available in the Endowment fund.
This year is
Mark Haug's second year as a finalist. Haug, business lecturer, was also nominated in 2004. He said it was an honor to be nominated by students.
Students sense that he cares about them and they appreciate it, said John Charnes, professor of business. In a several-hundred person class that he teaches, he has each student meet with him when he hands back each test.
Charles Marsh, professor of journalism, has been selected for his second consecutive nomination this year. He also won the Kemper Award this semester. The award is given by colleagues and deans.
Marsh said he was impressed by how seriously the students took the nomination process. He said the questions asked in the interview process were challenging.
Shaftel
Benson
son, lecturer of journalism, was nominated in 2002. She said the most rewarding aspect of teaching at the University was seeing students get excited about something that she was excited about and then applying what they had learned.
Patty Norland, career development coordinator and lecturer in journalism, coteaches a class with Marsh this semester. Norland said Marsh was entertaining, intelligent and witty, which helped him to relate well to students.
Kerry Ben-
"I feed off of their enthusiasm," said Benson.
Benson said it was rewarding to witness the moment that the light came on and everything came together. She said the process was cumulative.
Jonathan Earle, professor of history, said part of being a good teacher was reaching the largest amount of students and that it was important to keep as many students interested as possible.
"You can't just teach to the top two or three students in the class," he said.
Earle has a lot of imagination when it comes to ways of teaching information, said Theodore Wilson, professor of history and a colleague of Earle's. He realizes his duty to students and enjoys working with them, he said. That is why he agreed to serve as the director of advising for the history department.
James Orr, professor of biology, said it was a boost in his morale to be nominated. He also won the Kemper Award along with Marsh.
He said he tried to present classroom lectures that were stimulating and engaging for all students.
Pam McElroy, Orr's secretary, said she had sat in on his lectures before and he seemed to have an excellent grasp on the material, which she said he taught enthusiastically.
"It's almost like if you were a student and a sponge you would just soak it up." Orr said.
Edward McBride, lecturer with the School of Engineering, said he thought that great teaching came from finding ways to make information interesting and understandable to students.
McBride is a second-generation nominee of the award: his father, also named Edward, won the award in the fall of 1974. McBride began teaching at the University in 2004, after years of work in the professional world.
McBride is constantly revising his lesson plans. Good teachers always have to "fight the urge" to use the same lesson plans, he said.
The introductory accounting classes were a problem until Tim Shaftef started teaching them.
Shaftet, the Jordan Haines distinguished professor of business, joined the faculty in 1988. He was nominated three other times for the HOPE Award.
His success with the accounting classes comes from his excellent organization of the class, said Allen Ford, distinguished professor of business. Shaftel is also known to be friendly, outgoing, and has a good sense of humor. He is currently out of town at a conference.
Edited by Jayme Wiley
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