NEWS
6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. 2005
Homes
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Sandy Praeger, commissioner of insurance for the Kansas Insurance Department, said the problem with renters' insurance among college students was the misconception they may have concerning their leases.
Alisa Shull, leasing agent for Property Management Services, which manages around 500 properties in the area, said it encouraged renters to purchase renters' insurance.
Renters often think it's the landlord's policy to cover them in the case of a fire or disaster, but it's actually the responsibility of the renter to purchase renters' insurance.
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purs that information in the lease to indicate that the landlord is not responsible for damage that may occur.
Renters' insurance has two types of coverage to protect students, personal property and liability.
Personal property insurance provides the money to replace valuables that are damaged or stolen. Liability insurance protects a renter against a claim or lawsuit involving property damage or an injury that occurs at the property.
Bailey said that University offices such as the Off-Campus Living Resource Center, by providing information such as brochures concerning renters' insurance, could be a catalyst to raising awareness.
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Loeb, Environmental Health Services coordinator, said the committee's decision would not be set in stone.
The idea behind shortening the add/drop period is to help students who must wait for other students to drop classes they want to enter, he said.
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"It really hurts the students that need a class, to be held back by students who haven't decided to drop," Loeb said.
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There's no reason for a student waiting to get into a class to wait three weeks while another
student is deciding whether to drop the class. Loeb said.
The committee is also considering recommending that students who miss the drop deadline and leave the class later receive a 'WF' or 'WP', depending on if they were passing or failing when they dropped. The designation wouldn't change the student's GPA, but it would appear on their transcript. That's a consequence of little importance. Loeb said.
"It doesn't hurt them if it's only their ego that's hurt," Loeb said. "Probably another school won't even know what it means."
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Dancers
Justin Keith, 18, Allen, works on lassoing a steer as clouds build above him Wednesday during steer roping practice for Garden City Community College's rodeo team at the Finney County Fairgrounds in Garden City.
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Along with SUA, the performance is part of the Conflict and Creativity Project presented by the center. In conjunction with the performance, an exhibit, "Conflict and Creativity: A Look at Israel and China," will be on display in the center's lobby until Monday.
SUA also sponsored an entire week of events in conjunction with the performance with theme of celebrating Chinese culture. The events included a showing of the film "House of Flying Daggers," a Chinese checkers tournament and a special Chinese tea time where students had an opportunity to meet the Beijing dancers.
"We also don't want any student to not be able to be enriched by this event because of money," she said.
Immediately following the performance, a question-and-answer session for audience members with the artists will follow.
One-hundred student-tickets to the show were available through SUA at half-price Thursday. Tran said this was scheduled in order to show appreciation to students for passing a proposal last semester that allocated more funding toward SUA.
Hey, steer, come here!
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Kids
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Zac Burson, Marcus' mentor and the program coordinator for the telementor, said teachers often make specific requests for mentors. For example, Alessandra West, a 16-year-old junior at Topeka West High School, approached a teacher at the school about wanting a mentor with writing experience to help her edit a 97,000-word fantasy story she'd written.
Meier and the telementor program found a mentor for her, Victor Rivero, with experience writing for scholarly publications. Rivero found a story contest West could enter and is helping her trim a section of her story to 17,000 words for the contest.
"I definitely wouldn't have thought of this," West said of the contest.
Rose Rodriguez, an art teacher at Eisenhower Middle School, said a mentor counseled a troubled student last year when her 8th-graders worked on a 12-week art project. She said the student normally didn't follow directions and was disruptive in class, but she saw a change during the project.
Meier said, "The kids will often share things with their mentor, a complete stranger, that they won't share with their teachers."
Other times, telementors can help students go through personal problems, just like face-to-face mentors do.
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POLITICS
DeLay to face charges in Austin
BY MICHAEL GRACZYK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Accompanied by his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, the former House majority leader showed up about midday, appeared before a judge and was gone in less than 30 minutes, sheriff's Lt. John Martin said.
HOUSTON — Rep. Tom DeLay turned himself in Thursday at the sheriff's office and was fingerprinted, photographed and released on $10,000 bail on conspiracy and money-laundering charges.
"Now Ronnie Earle has the mugshot he wanted," DeGuerin said, referring to the Travis County district attorney who brought the charges. DeLay and his lawyer have accused the district attorney of trying to make headlines for himself.
The Texas Republican is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Friday in Austin. The charges forced DeLay to give up his House leadership post.
The defense later asked Judge Bob Perkins to step aside and for the trial to be moved out of Travis County. Perkins has donated to causes, and his impartiality might be questioned, the motion said.
The motion listed 34 contributions from Perkins, which included donations to John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004; MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group; and national, state and local Democratic committees.
Earle said he would oppose the motion to move the trial, and criticized the request that the judge step aside.
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