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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, February 11, 2000
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Scholarship halls make the grade
By Jessie Meyer writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Sellards, Miller women earn top semester GPAs
The scholarship halls, which are designed to promote academics, turned in a grade point average report for the fall that displayed the level of academic excellence they strive for.
Sellards Scholarship Hall turned in the highest GPA among the scholarship halls with a hall cumulative GPA of 3.63. It was followed closely by Miller Scholarship Hall, which had a 3.61. Both halls are women's halls.
"I've always been quite impressed with the grades in the scholarship hall," said Ken Stoner, director of student housing. "They typically run above the all-University average."
This fall was no different. The cumulative scholarship hall GPA was 3.44, more than half a point above the all-University average of 2.9.
"We just try to do the best we can," said Lesley Liu, Wichita senior and president of Sellards. "We have an environment where academics is stressed, but everyone is pretty much self-motivated."
"People in this hall have a drive to succeed and push themselves," said Robert Choromanski, Lenexa senior and president of Pearson. "I would like our hall GPA to be higher, but a lot of people have different lives and different schedules."
Pearson Scholarship Hall finished ninth with a 3.13 — a GPA well above the University average.
Choromanski said there were several things, including illness and financial issues, that contributed to the lower average, but he said he thought a 3.13 GPA still was outstanding.
Although the students do participate in other activities, they are still held to a stricter academic requirement. Choromanski said the students had to maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better to be considered for the scholarship halls. Those who fall below are put on academic probation and could face disciplinary measures.
"There is a myth about scholarship halls." Choromanski said. "People think scholarship hall students sit in their room all day and study when we actually have a lot of other activities we participate in."
The three scholarship halls with the most improved GPAs will be awarded the Donald K. Alderson Award at a reception on Stop Day this spring, Stoner said. Stoner was not sure which
"When everybody is above the 3.5 range, improvement is fairly relative." Stoner said. "But they will be awarded for their academic excellence."
Scholarship Hall GPA
halls those would be.
Jason Williams/KANSAN
Scholarship Hall REPORT CARD GPA
Sellards Hall 3.63
Miller Hall 3.61
Douthart Hall 3.55
Amini Hall 3.51
Watkins Hall 3.47
Battenfeld Hall 3.40
Grace Pearson Hall 3.36
Stephenson Hall 3.29
Pearson Hall 3.13
Scholarship Hall average 3.44
All-University average 2.9
Scholarship Hall GPAs for Fall
Quiz site entertains, but ads annoy some
Rv BriΔnna Hesse
writer@kansan.com Kansas staff writer
They know what breed of dog you are comparable to, what celebrity you are most compatible with and what product to pitch to you.
Fire up the Internet and click on to Emode.com., and this quizpacked site will respond to your every move.
the quiz-taking annoying.
Emode.com offers more than 60 quizzes ranging from "The Casanova test" to the "Are you Loony?" test. This site also offers quizzes categorized by relationships, career, health and personality.
A disclaimer on the main page claims the site's purpose is purely to increase self-awareness and self-expression. However, the quiz also offers a surplus of advertisements personalized to the quiz-taker. Although viewers said the site was entertaining, some said the advertisements thrown at them made
Yemi Adeyanju, Lawrence junior, said she was annoyed with the advertising that would pop up every time she changed screens.
"It was kind of forced upon you," she said.
"You either had to close the box off or deal with it."
"They're either collecting information about you that you don't
Bill Staples, associate professor of sociology, said that most Web sites such as Emode.com were used primarily for
marketing purposes. Staples said that there was no validity to the information supplied by these kinds of sites.
Pitt: Sought after as a match on an Emode.com quiz
know about or are wanting you to look at the ads on the page," Staples said.
Ashley Bowen, Augusta senior, took three of the site's quizzes. The first predicted her wedding date, the second proved to her boyfriend that she was not high-maintenance and the third matched her with a Hollywood celebrity.
However, when Bowen was matched up with Richard Simmons, the weight-loss guru and *Sweatin' to the Oldies* star, she was less than thrilled.
"It was a little traumatic," Bowan said. "My roommate had gotten on it and ended up with Brad Pitt so I figured I would, too. When it popped up, I freaked out."
Bowen said she thought the questions were random and unrelated to determining a suitable match. When she couldn't decide how to answer a question, she chose the same answers her roommate had chosen so she would be paired with
Pitt. too. Bowen said.
She said the site was fun but that she, too, was bothered by the advertisements.
"One ad kept popping up, and I kept clicking off of it," Bowen said. "I didn't even read it, and it was kind of a pain to get through all the stuff on there."
Emode.com said the advertisements on the site were to provide the user with free service and to help serve the user on a personal level. It also said any information it gathered could be reported in anonymous group statistical form.
Adeyanju said she didn't have any illusions about having privacy on the Internet and didn't enter any personal information.
Bowen said she hadn't taken another quiz since Emode.com had matched her with Simmons.
"I'm coping with the fact that Richard's number wasn't on there," she said. "But Valentine's Day is coming up."
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